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DIY Christmas Display Box | Handmade Christmas Decor Blog Hop

written by Lauren

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I love this easy DIY white shadowbox display case for sweet Christmas village miniatures.

I love celebrating the holidays, especially Christmas! I often like to make my own DIY decor — it helps get me in the holiday spirit! Today I’m getting together with some sweet friends for the Handmade Christmas Decor Blog Hop. We will all be sharing Christmas decor and projects with details on how to make them! Be sure to scroll through this entire post so you can see all my friend’s wonderful projects, too!

Stop by the Handmade Christmas Decor Blog Hop to see a variety of beautiful decor projects you can create this season for Christmas.

DIY Holiday Display Case  | Shadow Box

I got the idea for my new homemade Christmas decor from a fun, but simple project I created for Halloween. I only made the project one day before Halloween, so I haven’t shared it yet here. For Halloween, I made a simple Halloween shadow box by spray painting a bamboo drawer organizer black.

I had ordered the drawer organizer for a kitchen drawer. It wound up being larger than I expected, though, and didn’t fit the drawer. I’m not sure why I never returned it. I am glad I didn’t! Once I spray painted the brown bamboo drawer organizer black, it became a super fun display for my living room’s console table. My daughters love it, and so do I!

I love this easy DIY Halloween display case for displaying cute holiday miniatures.

 

 

In my display case I put a few cute Halloween figurines that I found at the craft store, some fun Halloween stickers and some glittery black battery-operated votive candles for a spooky look. You can see in the below photo how my DIY Halloween shadow box/display case looked on my living room’s console table.

This easy to make and inexpensive DIY Halloween shadow box and display curio case looks great on a console table.

I immediately knew that I’d create a similar Christmas display case to decorate my living room’s console table! So I ordered myself another bamboo drawer organizer from Amazon and got some white spray paint.

DIY Christmas Shadow Box 

For my Christmas display case, I was lucky enough to find a bunch of cute Christmas miniatures at my local Target in the dollar spot section. I also picked up some mini bottle brush trees at my local craft store. I strung some mini tassels that I had in my craft stash on some twine to hang across the top of my Christmas shadow box. This is what the miniatures looked like in my bamboo organizer before I spray painted it.

I love how a simple drawer organizer can be turned into a shadow or curio box for displaying Christmas and holiday miniature figurines.

To create my Christmas display case or shadow box, I simply spray painted my new bamboo drawer organizer with white spray paint. I just put the organizer down on some newspaper in the backyard and sprayed away! Painting my new DIY Christmas shadow box took maybe 20 minutes, tops.

A drawer organizer sprayed white makes a nice curio and shadow box for Christmas and the holidays

I love all the adorable Christmas miniature figurines I found. I think the green pickup truck with the Christmas tree is my favorite!

Miniature green pickup truck with Christmas tree from Target. #christmasdecor #target #christmas
Another fave is the small puppy figurine I picked it up in honor of my family’s new Shih Tzu puppy, Mochi. I was hoping to find a Shih Tzu figurine, but this will have to do.

I love this adorable puppy miniature figurine. He'd be perfect in a curio or shadow box or in a Christmas village.

My Christmas curio/shadow box was an easy project, but I’m really happy with how it turned out!

A cute DIY Christmas shadow and curio box made from a simple drawer organizer.
I am starting to like making curio/shadow boxes.

I love how my spray painted drawer organizer turned Christmas shadow and curio box turned out! It gives me a fun place to display lots of fun Christmas miniature figurines. There are so many cute ones at the craft store.

Be sure to pin this project if you’d like to make your own Christmas display box this holiday season!

You Might Like Some of My Other Christmas Projects!

white christmas tree with a white Shih Tau puppy

Christmas Trees on Parade

Mini wreaths from the dollar store on kitchen cabinet doors for Christmas. Plus, you won't believe the super easy way to hang these up!

Kitchen Cabinet Wreaths

These super easy homemade peppermint patties make delicious Christmas gifts! Visit Mom Home Guide for the recipe.

Homemade Peppermint Patties Recipes

 

See all my friends’ beautiful handmade Christmas decor projects, too!

Love this beautiful handmade Christmas sign! Visit Harbour Breeze Home for the free printable and tutorial to make this sign.

Harbour Breeze Home – DIY Farmhouse Sign | Free Christmas Printables

I adore this Frontgate-inspired knock-off DIY Christmas wreath!

 

First Day of Home – Frontgate-Inspired Christmas Wreath Knock Off

Make pot pourri on the stove with this homemade recipe.

 

Serving Up Southern – Holiday Stovetop Simmer

I love this adorable DIY chalkboard advent calendar with fun activities!

Thistle Key Lane – DIY Chalkboard Advent Calendar with Activities

 

 

Filed Under: Christmas, Crafts, Decor, how to Tagged With: Christmas, craft, decor, how to, small spaces

Comments

  1. Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom says

    November 15, 2018 at 10:33 AM

    This turned out so cute, Lauren! I just love the tassel garland and the little items, such as the jingle bells!

    Carrie
    curlycraftymom.com

  2. Michelle | Thistle Key Lane says

    November 15, 2018 at 1:44 PM

    Hi Lauren, I have always loved miniature collectables since I was a child and your display box brings back great memories. I may have to make one with some of the little Christmas collectables I have packed away. So happy to be on the blog hop with you!

  3. Julie Briones says

    November 15, 2018 at 2:23 PM

    Super cute, Lauren! It’s sure fun to find new decor ‘by accident’! 😉

  4. Crissy says

    November 15, 2018 at 4:39 PM

    Ha! I had no idea you used a drawer organizer for this craft, Lauren. That is so clever! How wonderful that you could just change out the miniatures every season. I see little Easter eggs and Valentine’s minis in this curio box’s future. ?

    • Lauren says

      November 15, 2018 at 4:54 PM

      Great idea, Crissy! I’m planning to use it for Valentine’s Day but didn’t think far enough ahead for Easter! Fun!

  5. Kim @Serving Up Southern says

    November 15, 2018 at 7:37 PM

    What a great idea to use a drawer divider for the shadow box! This is such a cute project. I’m going to make these with my little granddaughters. I think they would each love one in their room for the holidays.

    • Lauren says

      November 15, 2018 at 8:28 PM

      That’s a wonderful idea, Kim! I hope you get to do this project with your granddaughters!

  6. Jill says

    November 15, 2018 at 8:45 PM

    I love how this turned out! And using a drawer organizer is such a genius idea! All of the miniatures are adorable – especially that truck!

    Jill – Doused in Pink

  7. James says

    November 30, 2018 at 3:29 PM

    I love your blog. Really so helpful and informative post. I like this post. Thanks for the good post to sharing it with us.

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