Funny Christmas Door Decorations That’ll Make Your Neighbors Actually Laugh

Funny Christmas Door Decorations That’ll Make Your Neighbors Actually Laugh

Funny Christmas door decorations saved me last year when I volunteered (read: was voluntold) to handle our office holiday door contest.

I stared at that blank door for twenty minutes before panic set in.

You know that feeling when everyone expects something amazing and you’re armed with nothing but craft supplies and questionable artistic skills?

Yeah, that was me.

But here’s what I learned: the funniest doors aren’t the ones with perfect Pinterest execution—they’re the ones that make people stop, chuckle, and snap a photo to send their friends.

Why Puns Absolutely Dominate Door Decorating Contests

Look, I’m not saying puns are sophisticated humor.

I’m saying they work.

“Christmas is Write Around the Corner” became my go-to after I saw it crush a neighborhood competition.

Here’s what made it brilliant:

• Giant composition notebook covering the entire door
• Pencils decorated with mini Santa hats
• Erasers wearing tiny elf costumes (yes, really)
• Red bows stuck to everything that didn’t move

The whole thing cost maybe fifteen dollars and took two hours.

People absolutely lost it.

“In Our Class We Sleigh All Day” takes the internet slang “slay” and runs with it straight into Christmas territory.

I printed actual photos of everyone in our department, cut them out, and stuck them on paper sleigh cutouts.

The reaction?

Pure gold.

My boss laughed so hard she snorted coffee through her nose (I apologized, but secretly felt victorious).

For something even simpler, try “Chillin’ with My Snowmies” if you’re going for that winter vibe without the direct Christmas angle.

Replace the “o” in snowmen with photos of your crew.

Quick pun ideas that require minimal talent:

• “Have Yourself a Merry Little Kiss-mas” (cover your door in Hershey’s Kisses)
• “Sleigh My Name, Sleigh My Name” (Beyoncé meets Christmas)
• “Fleece Navidad” (attach cotton balls everywhere)
• “Resting Grinch Face” (your natural expression during holiday stress)

Photo Manipulation Ideas That Look Way Harder Than They Actually Are

I cannot draw to save my life.

Stick figures judge me.

But photo manipulation? That’s just printing and cutting.

“Come Take an Elfie” combines two things people already love: selfies and making fun of themselves.

I took headshots of everyone, printed them at actual face size, and attached them to elf body cutouts made from green craft paper.

The setup took maybe an hour.

The laughs lasted all December.

Here’s my exact process:

• Take photos (or steal them from last year’s holiday party, no judgment)
• Print at roughly 4×6 inches for adult faces
• Cut out just the face (leave a small border so they don’t look decapitated)
• Attach to pre-made elf bodies or draw simple triangle bodies
• Add pointy hats using construction paper

“Santa Squad” works the same way but with red bodies and cotton ball beards.

I literally glued cotton balls in beard shapes under people’s photos.

My coworker Dave’s Santa version became his profile picture for three months.

“The Elves of Santa’s Village” takes this concept further by creating a whole workshop scene.

I positioned photo-elves around a cardboard workshop, added a few gift boxes, and wrote “Santa’s Little Helpers” at the top.

The trick is making the faces slightly oversized for the bodies—it automatically becomes funnier.

The Grinch Hand: For Those of Us Who Can’t Draw But Still Want to Win

Let me be brutally honest about my artistic abilities.

They don’t exist.

My kindergarten teacher once suggested I “focus on other strengths.”

But the Grinch Hand changed everything for me.

Instead of attempting to draw an entire Grinch (nightmare fuel, trust me), you just create his iconic green hand reaching around the door frame.

What you actually need:

• Green poster board or craft foam
• Black marker for the outline
• That’s literally it

Cut out a hand shape with three fingers (because that’s apparently how many the Grinch has).

Make it big enough to grab attention—mine reached from the top corner to about mid-door.

Position it so it looks like the Grinch is peeking around, trying to steal Christmas from whoever walks through.

I added the phrase “The Grinch is In” below it.

People got it immediately.

The beauty of this approach is that even if your hand looks a bit wonky, it’s still recognizable.

The Grinch isn’t exactly symmetrical anyway.

Variations I’ve seen work brilliantly:

• Grinch hand holding ornament decorations off the door
• Multiple Grinch hands reaching from different angles
• Grinch hand with a “Do Not Disturb” sign