24 Ideas to help you decorate your RV – this Christmas

December 6, 2021

Will you be out and about in your motorhome, caravan or campervan this holiday season? Why not decorate it to get you and your guests in the Christmas spirit, from simple to elaborate ideas we have you covered.

Given most RVs are limited by space and you don’t want to have to lug heavy decorations around the place here are a few simple things you can do to get you and your loved ones singing Christmas carols.

Change your quilt cover to something Christmassy
If you don’t want the expense of a whole quilt, why not a throw cushion to put on your bed or dinette.
Buy a Christmas tea towel to hang over the oven door – you can find them at Target, Kmart or your local $2 store
Change your coffee/tea mug up for the holiday season, there are so many different ones around. You could even make the RV lover in your life one with the whole family on it and a Christmas message.
Christmas window stickers take up no room at all and are easy to stick on and remove when the festive season is over. They sit flat under the bed when not in use if you are a full time traveller in your RV.
Mini Christmas trees look great on the dinette table and nice to have if you have little ones around.
Christmas lights, string them across your pelmets. You can get battery operated ones and if you are thrifty you can use rechargeable batteries inside so it doesn’t cost you much to run. You can even set them up with timers so they come on by themselves. Use removable picture hooks to string them up so you don’t damage your interior.
Stockings hung with removable hooks look bright and festive.
Christmas garlands with or without lights, easy to hang around your RV on removable hooks.
Christmas table cloth for the dinette or outside table.
Christmas serviettes for inside or outside your RV.
Tinsel across the pelmets.
Baubles hung from the curtain ties or blind or from the handles of your overhead cupboards.
Christmas shaped crystals, give you good luck and enhance the Christmas spirit
Update your candles, battery or regular with gum leaves and a ribbon wrapped around them, perfect to decorate your Christmas table inside or outside your RV.
Create your own ‘stick’ Christmas tree from a branch you grab on a bushwalk. Paint it or decorate it with baubles to sit front and centre on your table
Christmas wreath for outside your RV. Tie it on securely (cable ties are a good option) to the front of your RV.
Hang baubles from your awning
String lights across your awning, solar powered so you don’t need to pay for batteries and you can operate them even when you are free camping. Unless you want to take them down each time you move we suggest to put these up when you are camped for the Chrissy break.
Secure a wreath to your entry door of your RV. If you use fishing line you can secure the wreath from inside your RV and simply pop outside when you are stopped for the night. Pull back inside when you are on the move again.
Arrange old or new Christmas cards in the shape of a tree and attach using bluetack to the fridge in your RV, make sure you put a star on the top to finish off the look.
Christmas placemats can add festive cheer, one in the middle of your dinette table or one for each guest, easy and flat and doesn’t take up much room.
An advent calendar helps you to remember and count down the days before Christmas, there are so many varieties available to choose from, like chocolates, beer, beauty, bathbombs, hair accessories, tea, lego, stationary, cocktails, food and we could go on. They are compact and easy to attach to your RV wall – use removable hooks so that it’s not so permanent.
The best for last! Nothing beats a jar full of green and red lollies to bring in the festive cheer. Recycle an old empty jar, fill with red and green lollies and the best bit about this decoration is that you get to eat the decoration on Christmas day – now that is an easy way of packing away your Christmas decorations 🙂 Australian made Darrel Lea has released some new Christmas Crunchy chocolate balls that would be perfect to use – get them at your local grocery store.