Make an Ornament Archway for Christmas

4 Materials
$85
5 Hours
Easy

I wanted something unique on my front porch this year and thought an archway of ornaments would make a big statement for those who walk or drive by this Christmas season.


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Measure the place you want to place your swag. You can do one at the entrance of your porch or around our front door. Head out to your local home store and pick up some 3/4″ pvc pieces.

Use a hacksaw to cut the pieces of pvc to the correct lengths for your archway.

The black arrows above show where I planned to construct an archway for Christmas. Decide where you are going to want to put your archway and measure it for your pvc.

Use a drill to drill holes all the way through the pvc at each end of each piece of pvc AND about every 24 inches down each length of pvc.

Slip zip ties through all of the holes in the pvc. You will use the zip ties for two things. One will be to hang your archway and the second will be to attach garland and ornaments to the pvc.

Use any inexpensive garland and attach it to the pvc with the zip ties.

Make sure you use the zip ties to secure the garlands securely and then cut the ends of the zip tie short so you no one gets cut on it later.

Gather all of your ornaments. I found bargain shatterproof ornaments both at Dollar Tree and At Home.

This is a VERY important step you can’t afford to skip! Gently remove the cap from your ornaments.

You will be left with this as shown above.

Use a small bead of hot glue around the top of the ornament and put the cap back on so it is secure.

You have different options now. You can use pipe cleaners as I did above, or floral wire or additional zip ties. Cluster the ornaments in groups of four or five and then begin attaching them to the pvc on top of the garland.

Your pieces of pvc will begin to look like this. Keep working down the length of the pvc until you have your pieces as full as you would like.

When your three pieces are done, you can add the upright pieces with extra long zip ties to columns on your house.

Use heavy duty Command brand hooks to attach the horizontal piece to your house. Make extra large loops of zip tie to hang the piece as shown above.

Now you have a fun and festive way to greet guests or even just to bring a smile to those who walk or drive by your home. With a spotlight on these at night, they absolutely glow with their reflective surfaces! For more of my crafty seasonal decor projects stop by    Celebrate & Decorate.


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  • Regina Sibley Regina Sibley on Nov 02, 2022

    I love the door decoration. Any tips on how you made that?

  • Michelle Lynes Michelle Lynes on Nov 02, 2022

    How do you store it or do you take it apart every year?

  • Joyce Joyce on Nov 04, 2023

    I believe I will use pool noodles! I will let you all know

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  • Dolores Esparza Dolores Esparza on Nov 04, 2023

    For an arch (depending on how wide the doorway is), For about a 3-3.5 foot wide use an opened Hoola-Hoop, but for wider doorway use a 1/2 PVC stick that will allow some bending. That same Hoola-Hoop can be used in garden later as a "tent" rib for you veggies.

    • CaliGal CaliGal on Nov 11, 2023

      That’s a great hack! I love thinking outside of the box. Sounds like you do too!

  • Dolores Esparza Dolores Esparza on Nov 11, 2023

    Another nice use for hoola hoops is to open them up and use almost straight sticks, dowels or rebar on the end to stick into ground and then place netting over to protect veggies in the garden. Will look like old covered wagon depending on the net color.

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