We’ve entered that time of the year when it’s all about preparing for the upcoming holiday and new year. The month of December is mostly associated with snow and Christmas as it is one of the biggest festivals celebrated worldwide.
The festival joy is celebrated by decorating your house with various colors, hanging socks with gifts, writing letters for Santa Claus and praying that you are on his good children list, baking loads of gingerbread cookies, and building cute houses out of them….the list is endless. But let’s not forget one of the most important tasks of Christmas, decorating your Christmas tree.
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There is not one Christain household where you won’t see a decorated Christmas tree is set up in the corner of their living room. It not only brightens up the room but is also a fun way to bring your family close and to do something together.
How to Decorate a Christmas Tree?
Christmas tree is not only about buying a green fir or pine tree, setting it up in your living room and putting up anything and everything that you can find. I mean, you can definitely do that, but if you are a first timer, you can follow these steps to decorate a beautiful Christmas tree.
- Start with hanging string lights from the base of the trunk and work your way up. Make sure to wrap these lights around every major branch. There are many colors of lights available in the market along with the choice of string color. Choose the one which will suit your Christmas decoration theme.
- Next, use a foil or flower garland, ribbon and this time, start from the top and work your way down to the trunk. You can use thin or thick garlands, based on whether you want a delicate look for your Christmas tree or an over-the-top look.
- Hang the ornamental items like balls, snowflakes, polaroid photos, bells, stars, etc. Start with placing large hanging items with even spacing and then placing all the other decorative items as per your Make sure the top of the Christmas tree doesn’t have the big and heavy items as it may start tilting due to the weight.
- Lastly, choose the right tree topper. Traditionally, using a big star as a tree topper is ideal as it signifies the star that shown bright when Jesus Christ was born. But now, you can use an alternative design, like using a giant bow, snowflake, or you could make your own topper.
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Now that we’ve given a few pointers for decorating a Christmas tree, here are some fun, unique and exciting Christmas tree decoration ideas that you can use this season.
1. Floral Christmas Tree Decorations
You must be thinking, isn’t the Christmas tree already so leafy and green, why decorate it with flowers? Well since we don’t have any natural flowers on a Christmas tree and flowers are something that is known to elevate elegance and beauty, you can use flowers to decorate a Christmas tree as well. And by looking at some of these pictures, we are sure that you’ll surely not regret your decision of using flowers. You can use any flower of your choice or use an assortment of different flowers to make your Christmas tree decoration look extravagant but elegant at the same time.
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2. Fruity Christmas Tree Decoration
Who would have thought that a day will come where we’ll also see fruits being used as decorative items on a Christmas tree? Yet here we are. The year 2020 has been the year of everything extraordinary and newness. So, apply this new normal to your Christmas tree as well. Use dried fruits or faux fruit items to hang them individually in every branch of the Christmas tree or make a vine out of them to wrap it around. Your guests will be surprised by your imagination.
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3. Colorful Shiny Balls Christmas Tree Decoration
We often think that red, gold, white, and silver are the only choices we have for a Christmas decoration. Well, it’s true that they are the most used colors for Christmas but try experimenting with other colors as well. Use purple, blue, orange, and other vibrant and royal colors to decorate your Christmas tree this year. Give it a gradient or a positive vibe by placing the colors in the sequence of a rainbow. Your house will not need any more vibrance post decorating your Christmas tree with pretty colors, just like the ones shown here.
4. Themed Christmas Tree Decoration
You have themed birthdays, anniversaries, bachelorette baby showers and now you can also have a themed Christmas. Try decorating your Christmas tree with items depicting your favorite movie, story, or video game character. You can use the theme of Darth Vader, Snow White, Harry Potter, Lego Movie, Mario, etc. However, these are only a few examples. You can run wild with your imagination and make your Christmas more exciting.
4. Minimal Christmas Tree Decoration
Maybe you’re lazy or maybe you don’t want to spend too much this year (don’t worry, we’re not judging you). There is no harm in applying the minimal trend to your Christmas tree decoration. You can DIY the decorative items or use some previous Christmas decorations to decorate the Christmas tree. A minimal style also looks quite elegant. It’s the thought of spreading joy and Christmas spirit that should matter.
5. Tags for Christmas Tree Decoration
Another creative way of decorating your Christmas tree is to use handmade tags. You can either add pictures which reflect some of your precious memories or write Christmas messages for your family member or friends on them. Add a few other rustic elements and you’re presented with an amazing Christmas tree.
6. White Christmas Tree with Colorful Balls for Decoration
Did you forget to buy a Christmas tree? Or you don’t have the time to buy one now? You can always go for some artificial Christmas tree such as the one shown below and decorate them with colorful balls. It’s the thought that counts.
7. Candy for Christmas Tree Decoration
The various red and white candies can also be used as a creative Christmas tree decoration. You may have to ward off your children and/or pets to steal these delicious treats.
8. Pine Cones and House Christmas Tree Decoration
Use pine cones and wooden house decorative items to use instead of the shiny balls to decorate your Christmas tree. the rustic colors can be complemented by the use of monotone wrapping papers for your gifts.
9. Silvery Christmas Tree Decoration
Use a Merry Christmas banner and some cute polaroid photos of your family members to hang on the Christmas tree. Topping it off with a silver bow instead of a shiny star can be a nice twist.
10. Overloaded Christmas Tree Decoration
While some like to keep it minimal, others like to go all out with their Christmas decorations. To each their own. We also have few inspirations for those who like to show off their wild imagination and decorate their Christmas tree with everything they can possibly find. But, somehow the Christmas tree looks as beautiful as it should post decorating them. Have a look and decide for yourself.
11. Unique Christmas Tree Decoration
The moment you feel that you’ve seen it all, the next moment there will be something popping up in front of you that‘ll make you wonder about the capabilities of the human brain. We’ve seen flowers, candies, and various other Christmas decoration items being hanged on the Christmas tree but have you seen butterflies or dream catchers being used as decorative items? No? Then here we have some such wonderful and amazing Christmas tree decorations. Just like us, you’ll be mesmerized by the beauty these decorative items give to the Christmas tree.
12. Upside Down Christmas Tree Decoration
You want to give the traditional Christmas a quirky and extremely fun twist? Them there can be nothing better than hanging a decorated Christmas tree upside down. Trust me, you’ll be the talk of the town for months to come. A very creative, unique, quirky, and out of the box idea to install and decorate your Christmas tree.
13. Kiddy Christmas Tree Decoration
Do you have a growing child in your house? How about taking inspiration from their building blocks and alphabet letters to decorate your Christmas tree this year? It’ll not only be an out of the box Christmas tree decoration idea but also help your child learn something in a playful manner.
14. Snowman and Mitten Christmas Tree Decoration
Haven’t you gotten bored with using the same decoration items over and over? Then apply this new and beautiful idea to decorate your Christmas tree this Christmas. Use white mittens, various sizes of snowflakes, and a cute snowman to hand on your Christmas trees. To give it a color pop, you can use metallic blue balls, or any other color that is your favorite.
15. Black Christmas Tree and Its Decoration
The trendiest Christmas tree color in recent times is using a black. You can use a plethora of decorating ideas and colors on it. Use string lights, hand golden or silver balls, white snowflakes, tassels, ribbons; you name it and you can hang on it. A black Christmas tree will look chic, bold, sophiticated and modern.
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17. Christmas Tree Endowed With Lights
18. Pink Christmas Tree
19. Christmas Tree With Ribbons
20. Red & White Christmas Tree
So what are you waiting for? Start planning your budget and deciding on the style you’ll be imbibing this holiday season. Because apart from baking, singing Christmas carols, and sending Christmas wishes to your near and dear ones, decorating a Christmas tree takes effort and a whole lot of mind work
Our @VenueMonk team hopes that we have been instrumental in giving you some great ideas for decorating your Christmas tree. Have a Merry Christmas!!!