Christmas Tree Decorating Ideas – Part 1

One of my favorite things to do as a child at Christmas (apart from opening my presents that is) was to come up with ways of decorating our family Christmas tree. My brother and I would head to a local store and pick up a freshly cut fir tree. Bringing the tree back home would leave the car with an amazing smell that lasted for a long time, it was better than any air freshner!

There really is no end to what you can do with a tree, only your imagination will hold you back. The materials you can use are endless: paper, plasticine, tinsel, chocolate (yeah the kids will thank you for this one), and beads to name but a few. I am however getting ahead of myself. First you gotta pick what kind of tree you’re going to use.

Will it be a real tree or a plastic one?

Choosing your Christmas Tree for Decorating

There are many pros and cons to each tree. A real tree after a few weeks will start shedding it’s needles “en mass”. If the tree is sitting above a carpet you’re going to have a nightmare trying to clean them all up, a plastic tree is not going to give you than problem. On the other hand a natural tree gives off a fantastic natural but will only last one Christmas and a plastic tree has no smell but can be used year after year.

Down to the Christmas Tree Decorating Ideas

OK so first of all you’re going to want to collect all the items you need for decorating your Christmas tree. Here’s some you might try:

Baubles:

These come in many shapes and sizes. Personally I like to use the star and ball shaped ones like these.

Get yourself a lot of these they make for a great cheap decoration!

Tinsel:

You can’t go wrong with tinsel. You can use it to decorate the tree, the fireplace, the doors and windows, dinner plates, hats and family members and friends!

OK having fun yet?

Christmas Tree Chocolate:

Next up in our Christmas tree decorating ideas list is chocolate, yeah you know what I mean. At this time of year you can indulge and for once not feel bad about it. There is always the possibility that if you leave chocolate decorations on the tree they wont be there for very long!

One of my favorite Christmas tree chocolates was a hollow Santa very similar to the picture. It was very light and so would make the branches bend. This saved many decorations from falling off the tree and smashing on the floor. Other favorites included Christmas tree shaped chocolates and bunny shaped chocolates, which I’m sure were more for Easter however they found their way on there.

And thus concludes part 1 of Christmas tree decorating ideas. I hope you have enjoyed it and have taken some inspiration for next month when everyone’s trees start going up. I will be giving more ideas in future posts. If you have any other ideas please let me know by commenting at the end of this post I would very much appreciate it!