Outdoor Holiday Crate Decorations
Last updated August 21, 2024
Alix Adams is the founder of A Ruffled Life. The website is a junction of DIY, interior design, party, travel, photography, and family. Alix is a cupcake maker, picture taker, and people maker. She is passionate about eating good food (preferably prepared by someone else), seeing new places, and working hard.
A Note From The Home Depot
Alix Adams of A Ruffled Life absolutely loves transforming her home with holiday decorations. To get her started on this year’s Christmas decorating, we invited Alix to take part in our Holiday Style Challenge, then sent her a mystery box of Home Depot Christmas decorations along with a Home Depot gift card.
Alix used supplies from The Home Depot, including crates and burlap, to create festive front door decorations that look like oversized Christmas presents.
Read on for her holiday crate decorations tutorial.
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DIY Outdoor Crate Holiday Decorations
The Sheet Metal
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
This year I teamed up with The Home Depot and their Holiday Style Challenge to create some fun, holiday crate decorations for my porch! With some simple wood crate boxes and a little creativity I created two versions of a front porch gift box as decorations. This craft is pretty simple and the best part is you can find all of the supplies at The Home Depot.
DIY Outdoor Crate Holiday Decorations
The Sheet Metal
Step 1
Begin by placing the sheet metal on your crate (or you could set the crate on the sheet metal if that works easier) and use the permanent marker to mark on the sheet metal the size of the crate side.
Step 2
Next, take the snip pliers, and cut out the marked square on the sheet metal. This can be kind of tricky, so take your time. Also, cut sheet metal can be sharp so I recommend using gloves to protect your hands.
Step 3
Then grab that cut square of sheet metal and place it on the crate side, making sure it is evenly placed. Use the staple gun and staples to staple the sheet metal to the crate. Repeat Steps 1 through 3 with the other sides of the crate.
Step 4
Now it’s time to paint! Place your crate in an area that is paint-safe. I painted mine in my garage on a painter’s drop cloth with the garage open for ventilation. Coat your crate with the white spray paint. It took me three coats of spray paint to cover it completely. I let each coat dry before applying another.
Step 5
Once your crate is dry, add a burlap bow to make a gift box impact!
The Candy-Stripes
Maybe sheet metal isn’t really your thing? That’s totally fine! I did another simpler version of this porch gift box using only crates and paint! For the candy-cane striped boxes here are your steps:
Step 1
Begin by placing the sheet metal on your crate (or you could set the crate on the sheet metal if that works easier) and use the permanent marker to mark on the sheet metal the size of the crate side.
Step 2
Next, take the snip pliers, and cut out the marked square on the sheet metal. This can be kind of tricky, so take your time. Also, cut sheet metal can be sharp so I recommend using gloves to protect your hands.
Step 3
Then grab that cut square of sheet metal and place it on the crate side, making sure it is evenly placed. Use the staple gun and staples to staple the sheet metal to the crate. Repeat Steps 1 through 3 with the other sides of the crate.
Alix Adams has always been a maker-doer. On her blog A Ruffled Life, Alix writes about crafts, entertaining, raising a family and life in general. She lives with her husband and two children near Salt Lake City.
Also be sure to follow our Holiday Style Challenge board on Pinterest, for more Christmas decorating ideas.
The Home Depot has everything you need to decorate for Christmas in our Holiday Decorations Department.
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