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Kid-Friendly Holiday Decorating Tips

November 26, 2019 by Rachel 30 Comments

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This post has been sponsored by Big Lots. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Does anyone else feel like for all of the Christmas songs there should be at least a couple tunes for Thanksgiving? I, for one, am beyond excited to have our family over for our first Thanksgiving in our forever home. Our century-old farmhouse is the perfect place to host and decorate for this special occasion.

In our family, Thanksgiving officially kicks off the holiday season. We all have to be separate places on Christmas morning, but for Thanksgiving, we are always together. This years’ total attendance will be 6 adults, 5 (young) children, and 3 dogs.

I picked up all of the necessary decorations and table settings at Big Lots. They’re both adorable and kid-friendly — on a budget. The rustic holiday look with buffalo check, burlap accents, and red vintage feel was exactly what we need to keep the farmhouse-feel.

Big Lots Kid Friendly Decorating Tips

Kid-Friendly Holiday Decorating Tips:

Limit the breakables.

Instead of trying to keep breakable decorations away from my littles, I just eliminate them almost entirely. The items I’ve decorated with are sturdy, inexpensive, and made of soft or plastic materials. No glass here!

buffalo check living room decor

Get them involved.

Want your kids to respect the items you decorate with? Have them help you pick out the items at Big Lots! Getting them involved in the process gets them excited to have the items displayed in your home.

woman sitting on couch with coffee mug

Also? Kids love holiday chores. Get them excited to have company over by enlisting their help setting the table! My kids treat it like a craft project. They get to ‘put together’ all of the seats, plates, and settings.

woman sipping from coffee mug

Don’t take it too seriously.

I know so many people who take their holiday decorating to a whole other level. That’s great, but it also can set you up for major disappointment when something is out of place or doesn’t look right.

hot cocoa in front of christmas tree

Instead, have fun with it. Do you want to put your tree up now? Go for it! You don’t want to stick to one theme? Then don’t! The holidays should be a fun and happy time for everyone. So let it be.

If decorating farmhouse chic isn’t your thing, Big Lots also has a super gorgeous blue and gold line of decor as well as a colorful line! So something for everyone!

christmas living room

What’s your favorite holiday decor trend this season?

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  1. Amber Myers

    November 26, 2019 at 8:05 pm

    This is all such amazing decor! I’ve always liked Big Lots. I’ll have to stop by and pick some of this up.

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  2. Tara Pittman

    November 26, 2019 at 10:53 pm

    Kid friendly is always good in my broken.house. That way I dont have to stress about things getting

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  3. Marie Phillips

    November 26, 2019 at 11:02 pm

    I love how you decorated that so perfectly for your kids! Everything looks absolutely amazing. Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
  4. Crickette, The Things I Have to Say

    November 27, 2019 at 4:27 am

    I believe that Christmas is really for children. I mean, it is for everybody, but I remember being young and having loads of fun then, as I do now. HAHAHA.

    Nowadays we make a great effort decorating and cooking, for my younger cousins. We do this because they enjoy it so much. And now, as adults, we enjoy Christmas cus we want the children to have so much fun with it, as we did. It’s the circle of life.

    Reply
  5. Nyxie

    November 27, 2019 at 6:14 am

    I love these tips. I think all kids should have the opportunity to get involved with decorating. It’s important that we don’t try and make it too perfect or fancy. That’s not what the holidays are about!

    Reply
  6. Gervin Khan

    November 27, 2019 at 11:08 am

    I like your ideas but I always wanted to have a simple Christmas decoration in our house. Since I have a little kid I prepare only to have a Christmas Tree, a wreath and Christmas pillows as our decoration.

    Reply
  7. Sarah Winton

    November 27, 2019 at 12:58 pm

    I love the idea of Thanksgiving songs! In Canada, though, Thanksgiving is in October so it’s not really part of the holidays.

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  8. Ashley

    November 27, 2019 at 1:48 pm

    My favorite holiday trend is your entire living room! SO CUTE!

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  9. Chad

    November 27, 2019 at 7:18 pm

    These are awesome! I never think about kid-friendly decor because i dont’ have kids. These are awesome ideas.

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  10. Nate

    November 27, 2019 at 9:24 pm

    I am all about Big Lots and we go there pretty often. Love how you decorated your living room! Awesome job!

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  11. Candace Hampton

    November 27, 2019 at 10:35 pm

    I went to Big Lots last weekend and bought several things. The best part was that basically every Christmas decoration that I bought had an additional discount. Like you said, they have something for everyone and every taste lol Thanks for sharing!

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  12. Angela Thiede

    November 27, 2019 at 11:40 pm

    Wow! Your decorations look fantastic. I wish I had seen this when my son was still in the grab everything phase. Now, I can put out whatever I wish and he doesn’t notice it, let alone bother it. Unfortunately, the kitten is another story entirely…

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  13. Norma

    November 28, 2019 at 12:14 am

    Great ideas to get kids involved in holiday decorations. Big Lots has great stuff to decorate for the Holidays.

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  14. Jasmine M

    November 28, 2019 at 1:24 am

    I love the decor you bought! It is gorgeous. Big Lots always has amazing decorations to buy for every holiday of the year.

    Reply
  15. Nicz Escat.

    November 28, 2019 at 2:44 am

    I agree with getting kids involved on picking the decorations for the Christmas. They would be so excited about it. And Christmas are for kids after all.

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  16. Nicz Escat

    November 28, 2019 at 3:37 am

    The red wreaths on the wall looks so great.. Great choices here. And yup. We should involved the kids when ot comes to decorating the house.

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  17. Rose Ann Sales

    November 28, 2019 at 3:38 am

    The red wreaths on the wall looks so great.. Great choices here. And yup. We should involved the kids when ot comes to decorating the house.

    Reply
  18. Fransic verso

    November 28, 2019 at 3:49 am

    Amazing decor, I got to say, the car touch was amazing idea and loved that. Also, colors are so well together.

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  19. Mayuri Patel

    November 28, 2019 at 4:45 am

    Beautiful decor, love the red truck the most.So festive and yet different from the normal tinsels.Getting kids involved in decorating a place for a festival makes them appreciate and value festival traditions.

    Reply
  20. Joanna

    November 28, 2019 at 5:51 am

    You have done such a great job decorating, I love the red color theme. You have definitely not over did it, and your home looks festive and cosy.

    Reply
  21. Samar

    November 28, 2019 at 8:58 am

    I love this ideas, where kids are kept busy atleast for some time.

    Thanks for sharing.

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  22. Erin

    November 28, 2019 at 11:45 am

    Big Lots is great! Thanks for all this inspo. I absolutely love decorating for the holidays and I’m feeling super motivated to get started on it now.

    Reply
  23. Farah Al Zadjaly

    November 28, 2019 at 2:26 pm

    This is great, as I know some decoration is definitely not kid friendly. It scares me at times when I go shopping and see them. Getting them involved is also an amazing idea.. As they are even more excited for Christmas.

    Reply
  24. Stephanie Stebbins

    November 28, 2019 at 3:17 pm

    These are such awesome ideas. I’m going to try all of them this year!

    Reply
  25. Laura

    November 28, 2019 at 4:35 pm

    I love how you have decorated. It looks so festive and its plus it’s kid friendly x

    Laura
    https://www.beautywithlala.com/

    Reply
  26. tweenselmom

    November 29, 2019 at 10:16 am

    Your motifs are truly cute. They are clean and refreshing to the eyes.

    Reply
  27. Melissa Cushing

    November 30, 2019 at 10:22 am

    I love this post and love the look you created with items form Big Lots! I am going there today and I love going in there to check out the latest and greatest 🙂 Great post and thank you for sharing!

    Reply
  28. Karen

    November 30, 2019 at 6:59 pm

    The place looks beautiful. Feels very warm and Christmassy.

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  29. Kiwi

    December 2, 2019 at 5:03 am

    Definitely dont have too many fragile items for the kids to break. Definitely let them help put them up thats part of making the memories.

    Reply
  30. Practical Health and Wellness Solutions

    February 28, 2020 at 11:40 am

    I agree that when decorating, we should not really take it seriously. It must be fun. It’s our expression after all.

    Reply

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