After you’ve spent so much time and effort, and put so much love into your Christmas decorations, you will want to store them and use them year after year – for many years to come. You may even want to eventually hand them down to your grandchildren so that your great-grandchildren can enjoy them.
Unfortunately, some decorations won’t store well. Anything that was made with live materials, such as live foliage can’t be stored, unless that foliage can be removed and replaced each year.
When you are creating your decorations, think about storage and only use materials that can be stored well. Also make sure that pieces of the decorations are attached well.
Wrap each individual decoration in tissue paper. This not only helps protect them, but it also keeps all of the ‘parts’ of each decoration together in the event that they fall off. Glue has gotten stronger and stronger over the years – but it does ‘wear out’ over time.
After wrapping each individual decoration, store them in a big, airtight plastic container if possible. This will keep air and moisture out, but it won’t prevent the ornaments from being affected by heat. Therefore, if your ornaments may suffer from heat, don’t store them outdoors or in attics. Instead, store them in a closet or spare room.
Note that you don’t want your decorations ‘squashed’ by other, heavier decorations. Place your decorations into the container carefully.
You may want to use shoe boxes inside of the larger container for better protection. Some decorations, such as the tree topper, may need its own shoe box. Other smaller decorations can share shoe boxes.
When you drag the Christmas decorations out next holiday season, carefully unwrap each decoration and closely inspect it. Have a hot glue gun and a sewing needle and thread nearby for any needed repairs.
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