DIY Cute Door Decor For The Holidays Using An Upcycled Egg Carton

With the holidays right around the corner, you have likely been inundated with copious amounts of decor at local shops and retailers. While some individuals might readily shell out large amounts of money on seasonal decor, store bought decorations lack a degree of personalization. If you consider yourself to be of the DIY persuasion and want to stay on budget this Christmas, there's a perfect holiday project for you that makes use of items you might have sitting around the house — and it all starts with an upcycled egg carton.

YouTuber @MadeByFate showcases the way in which you can repurpose a flat piece of cardboard, as well as an old egg carton, and a few feet of artificial garland, tinsel, and Christmas ornaments to create a stunning wreath for your door. While the supplies for this project should cost no more than $20, the end result looks significantly more expensive. And if the low cost of this project wasn't enough to love, you'll also appreciate that you'll admiring your new wreath within a short period of time.

To begin, you'll need a large piece of cardboard, which should be cut into a wreath shape. You can use a piece of string and a marker to create the outer perimeter of the wreath, and then shorten the string to mark the inner circle, depending on how deep you'd like your wreath to be. Cut the cardboard along the marked lines and set it aside while you prepare your other materials. Use scissors to cut apart a cardboard egg carton, isolating the individual containers from the carton and cutting around the edges to give them a smooth cup-like edge.

Now, take your artificial Christmas garland and, using your cardboard wreath template, measure the width of the wreath, then cut the garland to that length. Arm yourself with a hot glue gun and squeeze out thick beads of glue on the area of the wreath from the inner to the outer edge and secure the garland portions evenly around the wreath. Be careful to not directly touch the glue or to press the artificial garland in too hard, as you could easily get burned. As you're gluing the garland around the wreath, leave enough space in between the garland sections to glue your egg carton cups. Once the wreath has no sections of cardboard that are visible, you can get to work decorating the wreath to make it truly shine.

If you're following the wreath-making tutorial, you'll fill the egg carton cups, hot gluing miniature Christmas ball ornaments in an alternating pattern and balled up tinsel inside each cup, all the way around. You'll then top the whole wreath with a great big Christmas bow at the very top before hanging it on your door, or other focal point for all to see. It cannot be denied that copying the wreath tutorial step by step will result in an attractive end product, but if you are craving a little more personalization, there are easy ways to pull it off.

Play around with the color scheme of the wreath by implementing metallic tones, whether that's by purchasing silver, gold, and icy blue Christmas ornament balls, or spray painting the actual egg carton cups to make the entire wreath pop. You can also get creative by spray painting the garland either white or gold for a more striking and regal appearance. The bow at the top of the wreath can be swapped out for a green or glittery bow for a more contemporary look. After putting in so much work to make your wreath look amazing, remember to take the appropriate measures to protect it. This decorative piece might look like a million bucks, but cardboard won't last long, and you should prevent wind from rattling your wreath, so tie it down or bring it inside during snowy and wet weather. For a more durable wreath, you can also do away with the cardboard backing and purchase a foam wreath backing, which may last longer.