Everybody wants their Christmas tree to be the talk of the neighborhood or family. Family and friends calling you weeks later complimenting you on your tree decorating skills is the reward that you are looking for when decorating your tree. Admit it! You want your Christmas tree to be the best there’s ever been. Right!
Every successful project requires a plan. Here’s your plan to make your Christmas tree decorating fall into place.
1. It is all about colors: The first thing you need to decide on is what the theme color of your tree would be! Silver and gold are the common colors used by most people. If you want to stand out from the crowd, my suggestion is to use a mixture of red, white and silver colors. Make sure you choose a color combination that would go well with your Christmas ornamentation! Try a different mixture of colors. Experiment to get that just-so touch that you are looking for.
2. Decorate your tree: In order for your Christmas tree to look classy, you should use a variety of ornaments of different shapes and sizes to decorate your tree. I would recommend that you buy large-sized balls and space them quite a bit from each other; that really looks beautiful. In order to save money, you should try to buy Christmas ornaments in sets. Besides being cheaper, ornaments which come in sets add a lot of variety to your tree, thereby making it even more beautiful!
3. A theme-less tree: If you ask me, the best way to make your tree stand out from those of your neighbors is to make a tree without any fixed theme color or ornamentation. Yep, in 2008, go for a theme-less tree! There are two advantages of this – first, it will make your tree unique, and second, you can use many different types of decorations on the tree.
Many times children get excited about Christmas and make some sort of Christmas decorations at their schools and then bring them back home to put on the tree. Now, if your tree is limited to a particular theme, be it in color or ornamentation, then you won’t be able to decorate your tree with the crafts created by your children!
4. Try out some homemade decorations: Homemade decorations are a good way to save a lot of money on Christmas decorations, not to speak that they make your tree more unique and personal, which in turn makes your family happy! You can engage yourself and your children to create some really cool Christmas decorations! Creating them is not as hard as you think!
Here are some ideas to get you started:
Use pine cones for your decorations. There are so many things that you can make out of pine cones. Put ribbon on them. Cover them in glitter. Use the spaces between the seeds to the best advantage. Fill them with something bright and colorful. Make little Christmas trees out of the pine cones themselves.
Use common craft supplies. Popsicle sticks, wooden letters, pipe cleaners or styrofoam balls. Cover them in Christmas decorated cloth. Make ornamental picture frames out of them and put your favorite Christmas pictures from years past in them. Make tiny reindeer or animals out of the pipe cleaners, or use them as glass bead holders and arrange them around your Christmas lights to make them dazzle!
Have fun decorating your Christmas tree this year. Use your imagination when it comes to making decorations. Pick a theme, or choose to not use a theme. Think outside of the box and see if people aren’t talking about your special Christmas tree for years to come.
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