A few years ago, when I was pregnant with Ellie, my friends and I had an ugly Christmas sweater party. It was hilarious and ridiculous. We had a lot of fun and totally wanted to do it again. Fast forward a year and ugly Christmas sweaters were suddenly outrageously expensive.
I don’t know about you, but I have zero interest in shelling out $25+ to wear something once and laugh at its sheer ugliness. I’m way too cheap for that.
But I do still love the idea of a good ugly Christmas sweater. It just needs to be a cheap one. Like, maybe, a sweatshirt or sweater that I already own and never wear and a few dollar store embellishments. Now that sounds much better to me.
These ugly Christmas sweater DIYs having varying levels of difficulty, but all of them are nice and cheap. Now. Go forth and get ugly!
10 ugly Christmas sweater DIYs
stocking sweater via HeatherOMade
kids ugly sweater via One Artsy Mama
tinsel cardigan via Pinterest
reindeer with glasses via Life After Laundry
Christmas tree outfit via Sloppy Elegance
ugly tie tree sweater via I Love to Create
gingerbread sweater via Pinterest
lit up tree via The Cards We Drew
tacky vest via My Thrifty Chic
tree skirt skirt via Cassie Stephens
I didn’t realize it, but there’s an entire subset of pervy ugly Christmas sweaters that are… um… interesting to say the very least. Since I’m almost always in the company of small children who ask way too many questions, I’m going to go ahead and skip those. But feel free to get lost down the deep, dark rabbit hole of raunchy Christmas sweaters. Just know that what you find can’t be unseen. 😉
Have you made your own ugly Christmas sweater? I want to see it! Leave a link in the comments or tag me on social media.
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Hi! I'm Jen, a freelance writer and girl mom who loves reading the newest children’s books as much as I love a good psychological thriller. I believe fiercely in the power of kindness, empathy, and really good quality chocolate. When I'm not knee-deep in glittery crafts and girl talk, you can probably find me sprawled out on my couch in the middle of a Netflix marathon with dark chocolate smeared on my face. The struggle is real. 
Your post is hilarious!! 🙂 Thank you!! That gives me some ideas that I can embroider on my sweaters!! Thanks again!!