As Christmas creeps closer, it’s time to get the lights out and decorate your dorm to make it all your own. Nothing helps put people in the Christmas spirit than creating their dorm into a Christmas Wonderland. Especially with finals right around the corner, renovating your dorm into a room that rivals Santa’s workshop will help make the stress melt away. Here are 10 ways I came up with to make your dorm into the ideal Christmas Wonderland:

1. Instead of spending a lot of money on a small tree this Christmas hang up lights in the shape of a tree and place gifts under the it to save money while at the same time saving space. You can also fashion your own star out of scrapbook paper and place it at the top. Another thing to add to your tree of lights is to create your own bulbs out of scrapbook paper and hang it from the lights. Check Pinterest plenty of creative ways to accomplish this.
2. Go out to Five Below or any place that sells cheap window decals to deck out your ugly sliding doors—if you have one—in your dorm room. They are really cheap, cute, and add just a little extra Christmas spirit. If you don't have a sliding glass door you can also add these to your mirror in the bathroom.
3. Rather than spending too much money on stockings go out and buy cheap stockings and decorate them with fabric paint or puffy paint. You can personalize it so everyone can add their own touch to their stocking. It is also a good time to bond with your roommates over your love of Christmas.
4. Next, you can decorate your door with wrapping paper to make it look like anything you want. You can go all out and wrap the entire door to look like a present or just add a cute Christmas bow for a little touch of cheer.
5. One of the easiest things to make are snowflakes. I mean come on, we all learned how to do this in elementary school. You can cut really cool designs out of white paper, attach them to string, and hang from your ceiling to create a winter wonderland.
6. If you have a lot of empty wall space, a great way to make it exciting and Christmas-y is to create a big count-down to Christmas calendar. There are so many ways to do this so you can be a as creative as possible. It is a great way to bond with your roommates as well as get more and more excited as Christmas gets closer.
7. Buy a box of lights—you can get some for under $10—and string them anywhere you like and into whatever deigns your heart desires.
8. A great thing to top off any great room is to add candles or great smelling wallflowers that remind you of Christmas. Bath and Body Works always has amazing smelling candles and wallflowers that can get you in the Christmas spirit and they are always having great deals during the holiday season.
9. Anyone have a super boring and ugly white fridge? I know I do. Instead of leaving it plain, turn it into a snowman. You could use either felt, wrapping paper, or paper to create your snowy friend.
10. One last trick you can do is really simple but fun. Find your favorite Christmas word and cute out paper letters—as big as you want—and tape it onto an empty wall. Next, get tape and make a frame around it to make it clean and nice. To top it off create a bow out of wrapping paper and that seals the deal.