Christmas Vintage Gumball Machine

There’s nothing more fun, funky, and creative than a vintage thrift store gumball machine repainted and decorated for Christmas! With red, black, white, and silver ornaments inside, and a bow on top, this Christmas gumball machine makeover will have you saying Ho Ho Ho all the way through New Years!

Christmas decorated thrift store vintage gumball machine that is painted white, with red, black, silver, and white ornament bulbs inside and a big messy bow on top.

I love anything that is fun and different. Some may call me a crafty rebel!

So as soon as I saw this Vintage gumball machine at a local thrift store, good ‘ole Quality Thrift, I just knew it was coming home with me!

Vintage Thrift store flip. Gumball machine painted all white sitting on a front porch.

This bad boy wasn’t white like this when I got though. I gave it whole makeover before it made it to the Christmas decorating phase. Make sure to check out the transformation to see how I took this thrift store flip from Drab to Fab!

I actually had a little Snowman wood bead garland ornament hanging from the coin turn thingy, but I believe these pics were taken before I added that cuteness. I’ll snap some better pics this upcoming Christmas, I swear!

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Supplies Needed to Decorate a Vintage Gumball Machine for Christmas

Vintage Gumball Machine – You can get them on Amazon if you can’t find one at a thrift store!
Bulb ornaments
Big messy bow
Mini Wood Bead Garland ornament

How to Decorate a Gumball Machine for Christmas

The possible ways to decorate your Vintage Gumball Machine are endless but I decided to keep it simple!

I can’t wait until we move into a bigger house so that I have more room and opportunity to decorate and get fun inspirational pics for you guys! But until then, these will have to do. Just imagine it in a big beautifully decorated entryway with lights everywhere!

We did a Messy Bow workshop in my private subscription group, The CRafterparty, just before Christmas so I had this amazing big ‘ole messy bow just waiting for a home, I set it on top of the vintage gumball machine just temporarily because I didn’t have anything to do with it, and I loved it so much I kept it there (for a little while)!

Big messy bow with a snowflake in the center on top of the white painted vintage gumball machine.

Isn’t it the perfect place for it?

If you don’t prefer the messy bow, you could add a Santa hat on top, like I did here. Which way do you like better? I can’t decide! Which is why my Vintage Gumball Machine did a wardrobe change halfway through the season, LOL!

Here’s a pic with the little Snowman Wood Bead Garland hanging from the coin turny thingy, I just knew I had a pic somewhere!

Christmas decorated thrift store vintage gumball machine that is painted white, with red, black, silver, and white ornament bulbs inside, a santa hat sitting on top, and a snowman wood bead garland ornament hanging from the coin turner with DIY tassel.

I can’t wait to decorate it again this Christmas. It really adds some flair to your Christmas decor and it’s definitely a statement piece that will leave visitors asking “Where’d you get that!?”

Are you going to decorate a Vintage Gumball Machine for Christmas this year? If you do, I’d love to see it! Pop on over to our free Craftspiration Facebook group, and join in on the fun by posting a pic of your completed DIY’s and crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations!

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