I'd definitely like to see the guide to how to pack all these items up in the new year, without destroying everything. 🦋

I can't decide between the trees. They're both so pretty, just in different ways. One tip to make sad garlands and wreaths look better is to take a little time to fluff out and shape each branch. If they're flattened and misshapen it will make a world of difference.

I'm a lady bug . But I do admire those folks that put individual ornaments back in their compartments year after year ! ☺️

I like your rustic, natural tree upstairs. I'm more of a traditional Christmas decorator, but your pink fancy tree is beautiful too.

I am a cricket and yes, I wrap my ornaments neatly. Can't bear to only think to toss everything in a bin. 😂😂😂 Takes a lot of time, but there's not a lot of damage or mess. Luckily we are all different. 😁 Loved the video. ❤️ Greetings from the Netherlands! Oh and the red tree. 😊

I always put everything away in an extremely organized way, BUT when I pull everything out the next year I make an absolutely huge mess while decorating. I have 48 years of beautiful things to display in vignettes all over the house. Christmas decorating is so much fun. I love to see my grandchildren respond to Christmas at Nana’s!

I get the feeling that Cass loves decorations for Christmas.

OCD cricket here 👋 I change my house decorations 5-6 times per year and it usually only takes me 1-2 hours max for the entire house. The trick is pretty simple: when storing decor I always use big see through bins with lids and I label them by rooms rather than the occasion. And then inside the big bins i would use smaller (also labeled) boxes that each contains decor for different occasion. That means I already have my decor prepped for each room and all i have to do is to take each box to it's corresponding room and to set it up. It's fast, easy and it's completely clutter free.😊

The line of bottle brush trees and the reindeer candle holder are absolutely lovely!

“I also have a bucket of twigs!” Was my favorite line and I had to watch a few times because it kept making me chuckle - but totally planning to do that one! 🤭 love these ideas!!!!

I'm a butterfly. But when it comes to certain items, I'm a bee. I wrap my ornaments well but then chuck everything into a tote. I'll find ornaments in different totes. I broke down and purchased an ornament box. Not all the ornaments fit in it. So once again, there's ornaments in other boxes. I'm not disappointed. It is what it is.

My living room as a beautify glam tree. Our bedroom has all the sweet heirloom, kid made, homemade ornaments on a small tree.. one that has the crochet tree skirt that my grandma made. We get the best of both worlds this way. ❤

I’m a rustic tree kinda gal who loves the winter aesthetic. Also a bee 🐝 who loves to decorate slowly, pulling out each storage tub. Each tub of course is organized by type of decor and room it is meant for 😎 On occasion I will bring up quite a bit from the basement but always make sure to clean up afterwards (I lose my mind if it all the totes stay out too long).

I always pack up the ornaments by color groups, because sometimes you want a red and gold tree, sometimes a blue and white tree, sometimes a peacock tree. Whichever mood strikes me when I go to decorate, all I need is the color palette I've chosen. I don't think my tree has ever looked the same way twice. Makes me happy to choose a different look each year!

Those trees arranged on the board looks gorgeous! No one would EVER guess Dollar Tree. It looks professional! Love it :)

I am a bee, so of course I have ALL the organization bins for my decorations! I got one for that allows to place the tree ornaments in individual spots, all padded. I got a bag for the tree! So, when we pull out the decor it’s all neat and when we put it back it’s all neat! I now need to label them too!

I'm a cricket. I discard any decorations that I didn't use the year before and I put everything back nicely at the end of the season. Knowing that the bins are messy inside would make me nuts and I would probably lose sleep thinking about it 😬 LOVED the video. Great ideas. I especially love the flower tree. 😊

The reindeer candle holder is beautiful!

I love that reindeer candle holder! What a great piece! You always surprise us! Keep doing what you do! Hugs!🎄🎄🎄

I am not a crafty person, but you made such beautiful things, I think I can do this. The reindeer candle holder really does look expensive. And I love both trees. 😊

I am a bee who has moved often. Lists and labeled bins are my jam! I begin by making a plan/list of what I want to use this year, then I shop my bins over the weekends between US Thanksgiving week (exterior decor week here in the upper Midwest) and the Sunday before Dec 24 (Dec 17th this year). Not only that, I have home chores for my adult children to assist us with. This year we are moving large rugs (8' × 12') between rooms for 2024-- a free refresh! 😊 And we keep the 12 Days of Christmas, so all is up until January 6th.

100% cricut. Everything wrapped and labeled. The ornament organizer is everything!

I’m a cricket and I make sure to declutter any unwanted decorations before packing them up and I put them up in an organized way. This makes it much easier to decorate the next year. I also loved all of these hacks ❤

Oh my goodness! You have made dollar store stuff look sooooo high end! You did a beautiful job! Thank you for all the great ideas! I'm a bee.... all the ornaments go back in the box they came out of & lights wound up neatly.

I love your tree upstairs! And I can totally relate to just throwing stuff in a bin after the season is over. You’re not alone!

Love the bottle brush display & reindeer candle holder!! ❤️🎄🦌

I am a butterfly, and there is stuff everywhere! No one can sit down boxes, open lids, all over the place glitter! And sometimes it stays that way for a couple days until I’m sure I’m done because I have to haul everything up and downstairs.😂😂

I am a cricket and all mess is cleaned up and put away that same day no matter how tired I am. When I pack up for the season everything is in totes labeled what’s in it ❤

I love that reindeer candle holder ❤

I just LOVE the reindeer candle holder! Genius!!! Love it all! Thanks Cas!!!!!

I'm a cricket with ADHD. I have to wait for the optimal time to put away the Christmas decorations so it can be organized for next year. If it's a hot mess when I open up the bin I find it extremely difficult to even start decorating. I would have to organize the things before I set out anything. Having less Christmas decorations has also helped. I've only kept the things that I truly love and I use a lot of lights. Lights have a big impact on their own without cluttering up the place. I put lights on already existing plants and shelving.

Rustic, traditional tree is my favorite. ❤️ But, everything is GORGEOUS & AFFORDABLE.

Love the reindeer tiered tray and the books you covered in white paper to say "baby it's cold outside". I'm a butterfly, but my fall and Christmas organizations are pretty organized.

You’re awesome Cas. You’re so creative and thanks for sharing your best tips with us. Thanks for being so transparent about the mess too. You’re so real and we appreciate it all. Can’t wait for your holiday baking videos. Last years’ were awesome and so helpful. My kids loved your recipes

I am totally a classic cricket everything is super sorted, and meticulously wrapped in labeled bins. I actually have bins labeled for what room it decorates, I have printed photos of how I decorated an area the previous year, makes it super fast and easy. And my husband kids and grandkids can all help, and they know exactly where to put things. I'm also a professional cleaner and organizer. So fun to decorate a client's home and then set up the system for them as well.

I'm an extreme cricket. I declutter when I'm getting ready to decorate and when I'm packing up. Everything goes back into original packaging and then into like-item tubs. I prefer the traditional, rutic tree, but the other is pretty. I love the DIY. I know the story for every ornament we own. And I tell them every year. We have more of a memory tree than a themed tree. The ornaments come fom our childhoods and our trips throughout the years.

My two favorite hacks are your first one with the trees. And the deer on the mirror---totally cool! Good job, Cas. I'm somewhere in the middle. I take down Fall, put the items I am keeping in their bins, dust, and go for Christmas. It HAS to look messy at first--especially if you are moving things around to have a somewhat different look. Im definitely a ladybug--so the bins are a MUST.

I just moved into a place that has space for a Christmas tree and I'm so excited to decorate it! Thanks for all the tips! I haven't been to a dollar tree in a while 😅

I have each room's decorations organized in its own bin-but there is a lot of "stuff" in them that can ake over that particular room until it is all decorated. I wrap all my Christmas items in tissue paper because we used to move often, and I was not sure if my Christmas decorations would survive otherwise. I pull everything out, not necessarily carefully, and put it in the bin top so I can see it. I get so excited seeing all the pretty things again. I grab items from the top of the bin as I go along. I have a lot of tree ornaments because I used to decorate 5 trees; one-family tree, 3 trees for each child, and one skinny tree in our hallway. I packed bins with just their ornaments that were in the original boxes and let them take what they wanted for their own trees when they had their own home. I kept their leftovers and only recently bought ornament packing boxes and started putting the ornaments in those, however, I kept a number of the Hallmark boxes they came in bc they were so fun to read about.

I am a cricket, but this year has been super simple because of life events. The funny thing that I wanted to share is that I carefully wrap several paper crafts that my kids made at very young ages. Think paper plates, traced hand prints on poster board with glitter, and macaroni noodles. It has been the utter horror of my kids when they see them on my tree. To explain their extreme disdain for these adorable treasures of mine, my kids are adults, ages 30 & 34! Lol. I love them and hope to have them on my tree as long as I live. ❤

Really enjoying this video! Like these simple, inexpensive craft ideas! I learned the hard way that red floral berries don't enjoy summering in a hot attic where I stored my Christmas decor. They burst open and revealed their Styrofoam innards. 😅 Maybe sharing this will save some of you when you pack your berries away. 😂

I'm a butterfly and I can totally relate...and then I'm like okay I decorated, someone else clean up :) I finally convinced my husband to stop using the ornament boxes a few years ago because it was like torture to put each ornament back in its wrapping and box and then tetris them alllllll into a large bin. That is not me.

Thanks for all the tips and tricks. I like the rustic tree. I'm an "old-fashioned Christmas tree" kind of girl. I guess I'm a "neat and methodical" decorator. I have all my decor stored by item type so I usually take it one bin at a time and place items from that bin all around the house, then I move on to the next. I don't always get that instant reward of seeing one space done, however, when the last bin is done then the whole house is done. I store any items that I remove for Christmas into the empty bins. Keeps it safe and out of the way. When the holidays are done and I put everything away, I wrap everything and put it all back nice and neat. I'd go crazy just knowing that the bins were all messy if I didn't, and yes, I'm a Cricket.

I have two large clear ornament bins. Every year, I treat myself to one (or two) special ornaments from a trip, a craft shop or just wherever I see one that makes me smile. Not necessarily expensive. Breakable ornaments are carefully wrapped up, non breakables are placed together in pretty boxes. All fit into the two bins and put away after Christmas. When I take them out the following year, it’s like opening presents, when I unwrap them! Not a chore, just a lot of awww’s, so sweet, cool, funny, etc coming out of my mouth. I just keep all the wrappings in the same bins for the later putting away. Love Christmas. My home decorations are mostly nature, outdoor winter wonderland themed, so can keep them up, over our whole cold Canadian winter.

Cricket here :) I do find myself finding the perfect decor and not changing it up for years once I find what works in a space. Christmas is really the only holiday I go all out for-I maybe put up a few things for halloween or a bunting up for July. Storage...yeah, I do carefully box everything up but that's so it will fit back in (need to declutter it seems!)

Fantastic ideas! Easy and inexpensive. I'm definitely doing the cute bottle-brush tree woodland scene and embellishing my tree with flocked garlands and ribbon. I love all the tree styles but especially rustic. Ladybug here. The older I get, the fewer decorations I put out. All I can think of is dealing with the clean up and storage after Christmas and it overwhelms me!

Both trees are gorgeous. If I have to pick one that’s my style it would be the upstairs.

My house is a wreck from until I'm done decorating, but everything is wrapped & organized before it's put away. One of the best 'dollar store hack' videos ever!!

Thank you for the reindeer candle plate idea! We don’t have Dollar Tree here but I am definitely going to search something similar and copy the idea. So thanks!!!

So many great ideas that seem easy enough for a novice to try! Thanks so much! 🎄

Out of a lack of energy, I usually decorate in "shifts." I start with the tree in my family room. It's my favorite so it motivates me to do more. When I'm finished decorating that tree (BTW, all the decor for that tree is stored in one cube to make it easy to find.) I clean up my mess and the next day I take out the next project. I would say I'm a bit of a combo bug. I like things out where I can see them but the stuff I don't use every day gets organized in detail in my cupboards and closets. Sometimes my closets look better than the outside areas. Go figure.

Your video is probably the best Dollar Tree DYI Christmas decor video in the entire KZfaq.

I have a few of those apple picks that I've had for years now, they hold up really well if you treat them with kindness. Both trees are pretty, but I'm leaning toward the rustic flocked one. I'm undecided as to my tree theme this year, so I'm watching videos hoping for inspiration! 🎄🎅

Fun Christmas DIYs. Your trees look beautiful!

With things getting so expensive I'd love to see some videos upcycling already owned decorations and making "new" ones. To me that would be a fun collaboration to do with other KZfaqrs! Happy Holidays!

My son came up with an idea several years ago that is now my favorite Christmas tradition: The Jolly Dolly. Participants each get what used to be $5, now it's $6.25 plus tax, to buy whatever they want in the Dollar Tree and make it into a Christmas-themed something... then our elf determines the winner, and that person gets to open a present early or get first dibs on egg nog or cookies. Everyone has access to glue guns, tape, etc. We've made ornaments, trees, wreaths, baskets, spreads of candy pandering to the elf's sweet tooth... I love it! Especially since he came up with the idea. Our next one is slated for this weekend!

I absolutely love the reindeer candle holder! Totally making that! Great job girl!

I haven't been able to decorate in 4 years because I'm still trying to renovate my whole house & declutter...it isn't working out well 😒 but your house is beautiful! 🥰 I hope that I'll be able to decorate next Christmas (I've said that every year for the last 3 years)

My house is a complete disaster, just like you. And I keep a basket or box on the stairs to collect Christmas buys through out the year. My hubby says I'm beyond help. But I LOVE IT! My happy place is amongst my Christmas Chaos!

Everything looks great! I used to decorate for Christmas. I'm a crafty person. I made wreaths for my 2 kids for their homes. I'm making another type this year for them. A 3-D wooden star with fairy lights. I haven't decorated my home since 2020. Nobody was coming that year, so I only put up my small 2.5 foot tree. It's actually decorated, in a bag, in a box. I just pull it out and plug it in. Done. I put up my wreath (that was handmade by a friend) also. When I did decorate, I took my time and took things out of boxes, and put other things that were in the house into the boxes while the Christmassy things got put out. (switched places) I did have my hubby put lights on the house and our blow up stuff and candy canes. I get depressed if the lights are not on the house. So that helps. I don't know if I'll put up the tree this year. I had a loss last year. I didn't decorate last year either. When my kids were younger, I decorated a great deal.

Love these ideas Cass! I'm in the UK but going to use the rules to check out Home Bargains (our equivalent here) I feel like you should sell all your creations they come out so beautifully and great for the people that aren't even that crafty and don't have a glue gun or spray paint!!

Although I am a ladybug, I'm very methodical decorating and packing it up for the next season. I can't decide about the trees. They are both stunning! Thanks, Cas, I love your videos.

🐞Ladybug here! I’m actually pretty neat as I decorate except for the room where I store the Christmas decor. It stays cluttered with boxes for a few days while I decorate! I do wrap everything pretty carefully because I have items passed down to me or items that are special. Thanks for the tips Cas!

You're as funny as usual!! Although I am a meticulously organized person at heart, during holiday decorating, I am a disaster too! Every room of my house, including the basement and the garage, look like they've been hit by a tornado! No place to even walk comfortably! And as for the glitter, well, my family members have resigned themselves to the fact that they will be "eating" it for the next 2 months! Thanks for making me laugh every time! You're an inspiring hoot!

All pretty. I like the blue added for a spark of color

I love that you use blue and still use it to decorate through the Christmas season.

I'm a neat & tidy cricket, but my house is covered in glitter for weeks after Christmas! The reindeer candle holder transformation was amazing!🎄

Wow it all looks so pretty! I unpack neatly…one box at a time. Before I start I put away the thanksgiving stuff. I’m a bit of a perfectionist, but I also am the “a galloping horse wouldn’t notice” kind of girl, too!

The reindeer candleholder is awesome !

I'm a 🐝, my husband and I are both bees actually, we have 1 tote of decor and a big bag that has our tree and 3 Christmas throw blankets in it (we move a lot for his work and often we land in an apartment) so that is just enough to make our space feel festive without being overwhelming. We also have 2 small children so we try to keep tempting breakables to a minimum and up out of reach. Yes, we very methodically decorate each year often with Christmas music playing and this year we put the yule log on TV too. I'm very very particular when I pack our tote during take down so it's pleasant to open and go through next year.

I am a hot mess sandwich, too. I TRY to keep it neat but it never happens. In fact right now, the dining room floor and table are covered in Christmas decor, lol! Tomorrows to-do job is finish putting up stuff and clean up!!

Thank you. No one needs to over spend on their decorations. This was very helpful.

I am a Ladybug but I do organize my decor in the totes every year so that unpacking is super easy! I use the same decor every year including DIY ribbons for the cabinets, etc. that I roll up and store in a shoebox in the totes, garland for over the windows and for wrapping light extensions are together...it makes me feel so proud every year when I go to unpack and see everything so neat and organized! 🤣 BUT I'm more of a minimalist too so I don't have a ton of things.

I’m a hot mess too! Now I don’t feel so bad! Good to know there’s someone out there like me.

The deer candle holder is perfection

I have an elegant tree upstairs and a traditional red and green tree downstairs. As a former teacher I use that downstairs tree to display the precious teacher gifts I received over the years. I have long used the picks and ribbon to upscale my trees. Every year I try something new. This year it will be lovely long feathers that I sored cheaply from Temu. Our Dollar Tree is a hot mess. You can barely get down an aisle because there are half opened boxes everywhere. I fantasize about going there at night and working until the store looks great. I also can't seem to find some of the things you purchased, but I will go back and look again.

I've never shopped at Pottery Barn. These dupes are absolutely beautiful and way more reasonable to me.

I love this Cas. You always have great ideas. I am going to add a Nativity scene to remind everyone of the reason we have Christmas.

Wow this video has 85,000 views and only 26 Likes. That would be frustrating if I posted videos. Great Job Cassandra. Love the Christmas music and theme. Great ideas.

I’m a bee and everything neatly comes out of the boxes and gets put up, and neatly goes back in when the season is over. 😊

Love how your simplistic items are turned into such high end looking decorations. Where I am in Canada, we don’t have The Dollar Tree, just Dollarama and choices are much fewer and more money. But, still tolerable. Keep up the good work. Love your humor too.

Cute ideas! Never buy new if you can rehab what you have. I love thrift stores. Cheaper than even the dollar store. I have vintage mid century snowflake glasses I put battery powered candles in. 1950s ceramics that aren't readily available. I get sick of wreaths or the picks are discolored, I save the wreath and get new picks for it. I even use the garland trick on wreaths. Make my own bows too. Gave up on having a big tree and bought a large leg lap for the front window. It's an Ohio thing. We are proud of our little holiday movie that was filmed here. We have kind of adapted that lamp into our decor. Even have a crate to put it on. I try to be clean but never happens.

I love the picture that's behind you next to the tree at one point. The forest of trees. Lovely.

I am a cricket. Holiday decor is neatly packed away each year. Both trees are beautiful. I prefer the rustic, traditional look. Also, love the reindeer centerpiece! If the Dollar Tree near me has the items I will be making that.

I've had a country tree for many years. For a lot of years we had an 8' tree. I have downsized to a 4' tree and decorate it differently every year but I have gone with elegant trees. Love both your trees.

I am so jealous. Our dollar tree and surrounding ones are a fraction of the size of yours. I did manage to get a few of the things but none of the big G reenery for the bucket. I want everything you made. Simply gorgeous and simple. MORE OF THESE PLEASE

Best I can tell I'm a Bee. So, I try my best to put everything up neatly the year before and work on each section of my house at a time. For instance, my special ornaments for my tree are all individually wrapped for protection, and I unwrap each one as I decorate the tree. Then once the tree is done I move onto hanging the stocking along with decorating around my TV. The goal is to eventually decorate my kitchen fully for Christmas.

Wow, you have such a knack for high-end decorating! The deer in the wreath looks unexpected and beautiful. The upstairs tree with the red is outstanding!!!!! So gorgeous. I love that you used red and green for Christmas, and not black or gray (no Christmassy feeling there!) I'm off to Dollar Tree for picks!

I love buying from dollar tree and making it my own. Great job Cas.

Nope! No "neat & tidy" here. I'm a huge Hot mess while decorating, and a tornado taking everything back down lol. I love everything that you did for your decorating. The way that you transformed that old tree with all the red berry pick takes my breath away. It is so beautiful.

Thank you Cas for this episode!! This got me excited to make some of these decorations with my girls. I’m probably going to have to watch this a few more times.

Red tree. Always red for me but my granddaughter would absolutely love the elegant pink and gold tree 🥰

You are adorable and fun to be around! I enjoyed this video so much! Super creative and cozy!

Great ideas! In years past, I'd go all out decorating my house. As the years go by, simplicity reins. But I do love this season. ❤

I love the upstairs tree! I never thought to wrap garland around the tree and it looks fantastic!

OMG I love everything you did in this video but my absolute favorite is the reindeer candle holder!!! You are an absolute decorating Goddess!!! I pull everything out like you do but I work with one or two boxes at a time. I use banana boxes because they stack nicely and I live in a tiny one bedroom apartment and only have one closet for storing decor but I have soooo much decor, for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, that I store some of it in my pantry! 🤣 When I put things away I put all the Reindeer in one box, Nutcrackers in another, etc., because I change things up and do different themes each year! Thank you so much for sharing these hacks! Blessings of love and light to all!

Cas, this is so awesome! I have been in dollar tree every year for grandkids stocking stuffers and love all the stuff, though haven't thought of making decorations. Your ideas are fabulous. I am on a committee to decorate a table for a holiday luncheon, so these ideas will come in handy for sure. Thanks for this great video.

Our tree (only 1) is pretty much just a place to hang all the homemade or gifted ornaments we've made or received over the years. ie. It's more of a memory holder than "decor". And we LOVE it.

Packing up holiday décor in clear storage bins is as simple as separating like things/colors into storage bins. It's so much easier to decorate the next year when it's organized, and you can see exactly what you which bin you need at a glance. Also, if you don't have clear bins, simply label the contents. Two thumbs up for adding decorated garland to the tree. I was amazed at how much fuller the tree looked! The assorted bottle brush display you made looks high-end. And I loved the turtle dove ornaments!

I'm definitely the same way putting things away 😂 there's methods in the madness. Thank you for sharing your wonderful ideas! Your decor looks beautiful!