7 Festive Holiday Decorations to Hang in Your Windows

Whether you’re in a new home or just updating your existing decor, it’s always a challenge to come up with new holiday decorating ideas. One of the questions I receive from readers is how to make a big impact without a huge budget or a lot of extra space.

Today, I wanted to just touch on one of the easiest and most impressive ways you can add more holiday flair to your home by incorporating Christmas window decorations.

Charming Wreaths

Besides ornaments, is there anything more festive than a wreath? I think not! We all know they look perfect on doors and walls, but I was so surprised by how great they look as window decorations. They add such a cozy feel.

If you want to replicate the look from Martha Stewart, you can try using these adorable mini wreaths.

Wintery white and red wreaths hung in window. — Icy white wreaths with a pop of red hung in windows.

The tiny wreaths are super cute, but the larger versions are just as beautiful. Just look at these gorgeous white wreaths featured at Green Style Gallery. Simply stunning!

Tiny wreaths hung with red ribbon on a window. — Dainty wreaths with red ribbon hanging in a window.

Beautiful Glass Ornaments

You just can’t lose when you use a few colorful glass balls with some pretty ribbon. It’s so easy! All you do is tie each ornament to a piece of ribbon and then use tape or a thumbtack to hang it from the top of the window.

You can grab these elegant silver and gold glass balls or go for these more traditional but still chic red and white ones, all depending on your personal style!

Colorful glittery decorations hung with ribbon from garland above window. — Bright, glittery ornaments hung with ribbon from a garland.

Silver and gold glass ball ornaments hung from red ribbon in a window. — Silver and gold glass ball ornaments hanging from red ribbon.

Another clever idea from Michael’s shows a decorative display that uses a garland right above the window. I love this so much.

Beautiful glass ornaments in red polka dots and stripes hung by window. — Charming glass ornaments in red polka dots and stripes.

You could even cluster your ribbons and glass balls together for a full, bouquet-like look, just like this one I saw on Design Rulz.

Silver and gold glass ball ornaments hung from matching ribbon in window. — Metallic silver and gold ornaments hanging from matching ribbon.

Stunning Stars

The IKEA gallery I mentioned also had this gorgeous holiday window display. They hung two huge star-like lanterns in each window and then added silver and gold ornaments all around them. I mean, how beautiful is that?!

To get this look, you can find paper star lanterns here or get extra festive with this snowflake-shaped lantern instead!

Large bright star lights hung with smaller ornaments as Christmas window decorations. — Big, bright star lights hung with smaller ornaments in a window.

Rustic Pinecones

Pinecones are such a great way to bring a little bit of that wintery outdoor feeling right into your home. This idea from Welke is just so adorable and rustic.

I love the little pieces of moss and tiny reindeer figurines they put on top of them.

Pinecones with moss and reindeer figurines hung in window as decorations. — Pinecones with moss and reindeer figurines hung in the window.

If you want something with more of a holiday theme, you could string some frosted pinecones on red rope and tie it all together with a bit of green ribbon.

This is such an easy decoration to make yourself, or you could just get one from Etsy.

Frosted pinecone garland with green ribbon and red rope hung on window. — A frosted pinecone garland with green ribbon details.

Dreamy Snowflakes

If you want to create that winter wonderland look inside your home, snowflake decorations will definitely do the trick.

I absolutely love this budget-friendly and beautiful example from The Yellow Cape Cod. They just used plastic dollar-store snowflakes and some fishing wire!

Glass bottles with branches and snowflakes decorations on window. — Glass bottles holding branches with hanging snowflakes.

Large snowflakes hung with fishing wire in a window as decorations. — Big snowflakes hanging from fishing wire in a window.

I saw such an interesting idea in one of IKEA’s photo galleries . They used bare branches placed in glass bottles and hung tiny snowflakes from them to really get that wintery vibe. It’s such a simple but stunning idea!

And why not combine snowflake ornaments with other types of decorations? This beautiful window display from Top Inspired looks both wintery and festive. It’s a winning combination in my book.

Red glass balls and snowflake ornaments hung in window. — Red glass ball ornaments and snowflakes hanging in a window.

Sweet Candy Canes

I love this idea from Pink Pistachio that cleverly combines pinecones with candy canes to get that perfect Christmas look.

You could even skip the pinecones entirely and just hang the candy canes with some simple ribbon. How cute is that?!

Candy canes and pinecones hung as Christmas window decorations. — Candy canes and pinecones hung together in a window.

Frosted Window Drawings

Okay you guys… here it is. This first idea isn’t something you can exactly hang up, but it definitely creates such a beautiful look! All you need is a temporary white window marker made for drawing on glass.

I think the white works so well because it looks just like frost or snow.

Christmas ornaments draw on window with temporary white marker. — Christmas ornament drawings done with a temporary white marker.

'Let It Snow' written on window in temporary white window marker. — A ‘Let It Snow’ message written with a temporary white window marker.

The best thing about these creative Christmas window decorations is that everyone can enjoy them, both inside and outside your house! Now, that is something to get a little excited about.

Take your holiday decor to the next level this year, and don’t be afraid to mix and match some of the beautiful ideas from above.