Home Decor Ideas for Christmas in Australia

The holiday season is quickly approaching. Summer is almost here in Australia. For anyone living in the Southern Hemisphere, that means Christmas time is coming and it is quite different than much of the commercialised “White Christmas” that occurs in winter for the Americas and entire Northern Hemisphere. So for us at , Christmas is associated with beach fun and a warm weather holiday. We have compiled some beautifully creative and fun Christmas beach decoration ideas to go along with the theme and idea that for Australians, a “White Christmas” is all about the beautiful white sand beaches. Whatever theme you choose, the best way to pull it off is to carry the theme through in all the Christmas decorations you display. Your Christmas tree, table decor, wreaths, and even stockings can all be the same theme and same colour scheme to match and make your Christmas decorations look very professional. Here are 10 beach Christmas decoration ideas we found on Pinterest.

Sand Snowmen

Instead of building snowmen, building sand men at the beach for Christmas is an Australian tradition. The sand men themselves are not the most ideal decorations, but taking pictures of your family with them at the beach can be great decorations or wonderful Christmas cards.

Beach Themed Christmas Tree

Switch up your Christmas tree theme to a beach theme. Rather than the traditional green and red colours of a Christmas tree and traditional Christmas ornaments, try going with a white tree and ocean blue coloured decorations. Ocean ornaments are available pretty much anywhere and everywhere. They can definitely be ordered online if stores near you don’t have them. Any way you string it, your Christmas tree can be your own. Read on further to see some great beach themed Christmas tree ornament ideas.

Starfish Christmas Tree

Here is another idea for a beautifully decorated beach themed Christmas tree. The predominant ornaments on this tree are starfish. Some can be real and some can be bought. You can mix and match to make it your own. Blue and silver ball ornaments fill in the space between other fish and nautical type ornaments.

Palm Tree Christmas Trees

Since Christmas trees are not usually around during summer in Australia, if a live tree is what you want, consider a fun Palm Tree idea like this one for your Christmas tree. If you don’t have palm trees near you, choose any tree in season and make that your choice for a live Christmas tree. If your tree is a seasonal summer tree, you can decide to use traditional ornaments, lights only, or keep it all a beach theme with beach style ornaments.

DIY Christmas Beach Ornament

These clear ornament balls are available at most Christmas and craft stores. Make sure that they can be opened before purchasing. Then you can customise them anyway you want. Adding a little sand and shells from the beach is easy and quite economical. It also means that each ornament can be unique while still looking similar enough to all match.

Shell Christmas Tree Ornament

These clear ornament balls are available at most Christmas and craft stores. Make sure that they can be opened before purchasing. Then you can customise them anyway you want. Adding a little sand and shells from the beach is easy and quite economical. It also means that each ornament can be unique while still looking similar enough to all match.

This is another adorable DIY shell ornament idea. You can decide to make your own shell ornaments like this example, the snowmen. Other ideas include just take a larger size shell and adding some Christmas sparkle with glitter or other craft ideas.

Beach Christmas Wreath

Christmas wreaths are one of the most popular home decorations next to Christmas trees. Make sure that your welcoming wreath shows off your Christmas beach theme. You can make one yourself like this DIY idea or purchase them in stores. If you can’t find a beach themed wreath in your local stores, you can always buy a generic one and then add your own beach ornaments and accents to it.

Beach Christmas Table Centrepieces

Designing your own table centrepieces is easy with this idea for using the glass vases you have, adding sand at the bottom and then mixing in shells and ornaments to match the rest of your decor.

Shell Christmas Trees

Another great idea for table centrepieces or decoration accents are these adorable shell Christmas trees. You can make these easily on your own with shells you’ve collected at the beach or bought in bulk from the store. Just start with a styrofoam base available at most craft stores and glue the shells on. Save a starfish for the topper.

Mermaid Stockings

This is one of my favourite ideas for a beach themed Christmas stocking. You can make them on your own using part of a Halloween costume and a sparkly Santa Hat or Stocking. It just takes a little bit of sewing know-how or you also can glue it together.

You probably can find nautical or beach themed stockings in the store. However, if not, or if you are crafty, then you can make your own or embellish ones you find that will work with this type of design. In this case, plain stockings can be made into beach themed stockings with iron-on or sew-on patches and some shells.