Altrusa International of Ames, Inc.
Holiday Home Tour 2025
Date: December 6, 2025
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Cost: $20 for purchased ticket
$22 online ticket cost
Tickets available: Everts Flowers Home and Gifts
O’Donnell Ace Hardware
On-site the day of the event
Club members
House addresses: Listed on purchased tickets.
Join us on Saturday, December 6, 2025 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the 35th Annual Altrusa of Ames Holiday Home Tour! This beloved community event features five beautifully decorated homes, showcasing unique holiday décor and festive inspiration to kickstart your season. Whether you are looking for decorating ideas or simply want to enjoy the holiday spirit, the tour offers something for everyone.
Tickets are $20, and all proceeds directly support local nonprofits, including this year’s grant winners: Ames Community Theater, Cultivating Hope Farms, Food at First, Legal Aid Society of Story County, and University Community Childcare. It is a wonderful way to enjoy the holiday magic while giving back to organizations making a difference in our community.
Tickets can be purchased in person at Everts Flowers Home and Gifts and O’Donnell Ace Hardware, on-site the day of the event, club members, or online.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to celebrate the season while supporting local causes! For more information, look through this website or follow us on Facebook or Instagram for updates!
Check Out Holiday Home Tour Sneak Peek below poster
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Bruce and Melanie Kempf Home
Home is truly where the heart is, filled with people, traditions, and memories you create. Bruce and Melanie Kempf moved to a peaceful cul-de-sac in Ames to raise their daughters. Christmas is a magical time of year at the Kempf house, with decorations, family and community traditions, both new and old, faith, and food. The family enjoys hanging handmade, gifted, and generational ornaments on the trees, indulging in a hot chocolate bar and holiday cookie-baking fun.
To stay connected with current and past long-time friends, neighbors, and co-workers, the Kempfs send Christmas cards and relish the excitement of opening the mail to find cards in return. The joy in life truly comes from the people, traditions, and memories made along the way. Santa might be amused or delighted by the choice of two very cozy fireplaces in the house. May you enjoy this home as much as the homeowners do! ❤️
Fred Lewis Home
Hunter and Holly Bellon
Do you long for the Christmases of years gone by? Christmas with the traditional reds and greens of your childhood, Grandma’s tinsel tree and Great Aunt Edna’s collection of Santa’s. As you step into the home of Hunter and Holly Bellon you’ll be transported to Christmas past. Holly began collecting vintage holiday décor in 2017 as a way of holding onto the magic of Christmas that she remembered from her youth. Within the Bellon’s home you’ll find kitschy Christmas finds, Shiny Brite ornaments, holiday Blow Molds, and many other treasures from the 1940s through the 1970s. As you walk through their home, the Bellons hope you enjoy the nostalgia.
Elaine and Brian Anderson
Hollis and Kris Oelmann
Kris and Hollis spent their first night at their new home in Country Estates subdivision, nestled on five acres of beautiful woods with wildlife and creek running behind, in 1997 after a Cyclone Football game. Their love of the Cyclones is highlighted in their basement where their daughter painted a large Cy on their basement wall and where many of their decorations will have a Cyclone theme. There is also a lovely cross stitch of the ISU Campanile made by Kris’s Mom. Her mother knitted their children’s Christmas stockings along with 97 stockings from 1966-1995 for family & friends. There are also many decorations with snowmen and a tree decorated by their grandchildren each year. Hollis started a seed corn company in 1994, Ag Source, and still farms north of Ames with their oldest son, Travis. Youngest son, Jared, owns Oelmann Irrigation and Landscaping, so the deck surrounding their home with lighting and landscaping is a special treat to view, inside and out. Daughter, Holly, is a kindergarten teacher who also brings her decorating talents to the Oelmann’s home this year.