Whether you are a neat freak, clutter hater, highly organised, or maybe someone who loves a challenge when detangling your Christmas lights for next year… we have gathered together some of the quickest and easiest ways to store all your Christmas decorations – meaning next year you can spend more time enjoying decorating as opposed to frantically trying to locate your baubles!
So, it’s time to enjoy packing away your Christmas decorations with these brilliant Christmas storage hacks…
Brilliant Christmas storage hacks start with egg boxes!
Let’s face it, the plastic boxes most baubles tend to come in nowadays are flimsy and easily lose their shape and stability once you have opened them – this can make storing your baubles a bit of a tricky task, but not anymore! For quick and easy storage of your baubles, save any egg boxes from all those Christmas cakes and cookies you’ve made by using them to house your decorations safely.
Another easy and cost-effective way to safely store away your baubles is to use storage boxes – yes, pretty obvious right? But why not recycle all your leftover cardboard by cutting and slotting them into dividers? This way, you can neatly colour code your baubles and the little personal sections will help to stop your decorations from rolling and breaking as you place your tubs back in the attic for next year.
Sandwich bags will save the day!
If you found yourself short on leftover cardboard this year, another wonderful way to store your baubles away safely and neatly is to use sandwich bags. One or two packs should be enough (depending on how many baubles you have!), and they can be used year after year, meaning you don’t have to keep buying up plastic.
Using the zip-fasten bags will help eliminate any unfortunate ‘tipping’ accidents, meaning if your bags happen to fall out during an attic-slash-ladder faux-pas, you won’t be left with escaping baubles rolling and spinning out of control all over your home!
Be the best wrapper you can be!
If you are anything like me, wrapping everyone’s Christmas presents is one of your favourite Christmas activities! (Yes, I do make sure everyone acknowledges the beautiful wrapping before they are allowed to open their present) so having a designated Christmas wrapping station is compulsory. The only issue with being a master wrapper is the dreaded ‘where is the Sellotape? I’ve just had a hold of it?’ or ‘where did I put the red snowflake ribbons?’...
Brilliant Christmas storage hacks can be achieved by using over-door storage, which you can purchase at a home store or online. You can neatly keep all your magical wrapping items in one tidy location. The wonderful aspect of this type of storage is how it can be used all year round. Once you’ve used up all your Christmas paper, simply re-stock for birthdays, weddings, and christenings… and remain the present wrapping King or Queen all year round!
