Creative Tips for Decorating your Christmas Tree

Have you looked at the beautiful Christmas trees in the stores and wondered how anyone could decorate them to look so lovely? Somehow, even when you make your best effort, your tree just doesn’t look like theirs do. Are you doomed to a lifetime of cozy but lusterless Christmas trees since you can’t afford to spend a lot of money on new ornaments and trimmings, or is there a way you can make your tree look more like those in the stores without breaking the bank? This article will give you some tips for how you can add glamor to your Christmas tree for very little money.

Start by taking a look at your lights. A good rule of thumb is to have at least 100 to 150 lights per foot of tree height. Therefore, if you have a 7 foot tree, you should have a minimum of 700 twinkle lights on it, and it will look even better with as many as 1050 lights. You can change the entire look of your tree just by purchasing some inexpensive new lights. Instead of only being available in clear or multi-color strings any longer, you can purchase twinkle lights in all one color. You may be surprised how special just this change can make your tree look. If you want to spend a little more on lights, you can purchase lights in different shapes, bubble lights, and brilliant LED lights which use less energy.

Another way to make your tree look special is by adding some of the traditional ornaments used by our forefathers. You can make decorative strings of popcorn or cranberries, and your children will love having a part in making decorations for the tree. You can figure out a novel way to suspend Christmas cards from the tree, add bows made of wired ribbon, or look online for patterns to make your own ornaments. Using glitter or glitter glue on homemade ornaments will help them reflect the light and sparkle.

Hanging your ornaments while paying attention to symmetry will also give it more of a department store look. Of course, this will mean that your children won’t be able to share in the fun of decorating the tree, so you may decide that you’d rather forgo the formal look and let them help create a unique style to be enjoyed by your own family. One other thing that can make your tree look great without spending a fortune is to add tinsel. In order to look really nice, it needs to be put onto the tree one strand at a time which can be a time-consuming task but well worth the extra effort.