How to Light, Ribbon, and Decorate a Christmas Tree
by
Megan Aubrey
(IC: blogger)
This year I was SO excited to meticulously light, ribbon, garland, and ornament my Christmas tree. Sure, it was a $20 half off cheap-o tree in the clearance after Christmas sales a few years ago. But that didn’t stop me from knowing that I could make this the prettiest, glitteriest, glitziest Christmas tree I’ve ever decorated.
tree lights
tree lights
Here is a step-by-step guide on how I took an unlighted, cheap Christmas tree and lit it up in Christmas cheer!
STEP 1: TAKE ONE SECTION AT A TIME.
This just makes the whole process so much easier (and eliminates some of those plastic tree scratches that makes your hands and arms look like you were attacked by a cat). Plus, you are able to best light the tree this way.
I used Vidya’s awesome tutorial on how to best light a tree. Basically you wind the lights up and down each Christmas limb instead of just circling the tree and only having lights on the outer branches of the tree. This helps better light the tree with depth and makes it look like a prelit tree too!
STEP 2: LAYER ON THE RIBBON AND GARLAND!
I used two spools of wired ribbon from Michael’s (70% off!).
I did wide gaps between each round of ribbon because I wanted to alternate the two different patterns on the tree.
Once you have all the ribbon on the tree you need to start twisting and playing with it. You don’t want what looks like roads just plowing through your tree. You want the ribbon to play and mingle with your tree branches, weaving in and out. You also want to wrap some limbs around the ribbon to give it a gathered look at times.
STEP 3: ADORN WITH ORNAMENTS!
STEP 4: SKIRT IT!
That completes my four step guide on how to decorate a Christmas tree in a fool proof and glamorous way!
Do you have any tips to add? I’d love to hear your best Christmas tree decorating advice in the comments!
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Published December 21st, 2014 6:50 PM
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Jenny on Oct 21, 2021
oh NO! I’m seeing this tutorial in October 2021. It’s toooooo ssssooooooooon to be saying Merry Christmas!
my Christmas deco thoughts start around the beginning of December. I would have bought all my pressies before then but the tree and any decorations NO! TOO SOON! Sorry, I’m genuinely NOT a bah humbug type of person but October/November is way to early.
LOVE your tree and will definitely be putting my lights on the tree this way from now in, mid-December! But then I’m British! 😊
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