How to Dress Up a Cheap Poinsettia Plant so it Looks Expensive

It's so easy to style a cheap poinsettia plant and you don't have to spend a lot of money to do it.

Let me show you how as part of this month's Thrifty Style Team!

I love inexpensive poinsettias. I shared in a previous post proper care of poinsettias and how to keep them looking beautiful even when you didn't spend a lot on them.

I usually get one or more as soon as I see them for sale at Aldi's.

This year was no different. I got one when I could...I think it was early November...and I've been admiring it ever since.

The Box

When I first brought it home I left it all by it's lonesome self but then when I started to get serious about Christmas decorating I knew I wanted to do something pretty with it and that's when I made another trip to....the box!

If you've been following my Thrifty Style Team posts you may remember that my sister gave me a box with items from my parent's home...some were my Mom and Dad's and some of the items belonged to my Grandma.

For this post, I wanted to use my Grandma's vintage crock and I think it's the perfect home for my cheap poinsettia!

How to Style a Poinsettia

I brought the crock up from the garage...washed it and dried it....put a Styrofoam bowl inverted in the bottom and then added the poinsettia.

I took off the plastic sleeve and then started to add fresh cranberries (also from Aldi's -only 99 cents a bag) all around the base of the poinsettia.

Next, I added pine cones that my dad saved for me from his yard. The pine cones are over 20 years old and every year they come out for Christmas and I add them somewhere around my house.

I finished off with some small battery-operated lights and candy canes......

and that was it! Start to finish less than 5 minutes (way less) and other than the cost of the poinsettia and the cranberries, I didn't have to spend a penny! I had everything else on hand.

How do you style your poinsettias for Christmas?

Now, for the rest of the amazing shares from the Thrifty Style Team!

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The Tattered Pew - How to Make an Ivy Topiary From a Wire Hanger

2 Bees in a Pod - DIY Christmas Matchbox - Perfect Gift

Vinyet Etc - Create Holiday Magic - Have Yourself a Vintage Little Christmas

Postcards From the Ridge - Festive Christmas Table Decor That Anyone Can Do

Lora Bloomquist Create and Ponder - Scrabble Holiday Art How To

I Should be Mopping the Floor - Free Retro Santa Printables

Sweet Pea - Painted Christmas Stocking

Cottage on Bunker Hill - How to Make a Wreath out of Gingerbread Salt Dough

The How To Home - How to Dress up a Cheap Poinsettia Plant so it Looks Expensive

Have the happiest of holidays and a very Merry Christmas.