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CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATIONS

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It&rsquo ;s that time of year again &ndash ; time to get Your home ready for Christmas. Decorat’ing can be overwhelm’ing if You don&rsquo ;t know where to start. This ebook will give You 51 great Christmas decorat’ing ideas. Most of these ideas use things that You already have. By the time you&rsquo ;re done, Your home will be all decked out and ready for Christmas.

Most Christmas decorat’ing starts through the Christmas tree. Whether You decorate Your tree traditionally each year or you&rsquo ;re look’ing for new ideas, this first set of tips will help You to make that Christmas tree shine.

1. Have More Than One

If You have room in Your house, it&rsquo ;s fun to put smaller trees in other rooms. A smaller tree in the kitchen, bathroom or bedroom can truly unify Your home. If You don&rsquo ;t want to buy more trees, You can just save some branches from Your big tree and put them in a flowerpot or decorated coffee can. Hang ornaments on the branches, and You instantly have a mini Christmas tree.

2. The More Decorations the Best

There&rsquo ;s no such th’ing as too many decorations on Your tree. If Your ornaments are carefully selected and evenly spaced, the more decorated the better look’ing the tree.

3. Silk Flowers

Silk flowers are a great way to add color and beauty to Your tree. You can choose different colors, or make them all white for a beautiful snowy effect.

4. Metallic Spray

You can paint pinecones, leaves and seedpods through metallic spray can truly add to your decorations. Then You can evenly space them on Your tree for a great new look.

5. Miniature Wreaths

You can find all kinds of miniature wreaths at craft stores. Add greenery, ribbons or berries through a glue gun, and tie a ribbon for hanging, and You have a great home–made tree decorations.

6. Ribbon Streamers

Instead of garland, try us’ing ribbon streamers. All you do is attach Christmas colored ribbon or raffia to the top of the tree, then wind them down and around the tree until You get to the bottom.

7. Tree Topper

Traditional Christmas trees are usually topped through a star or an angel, but don&rsquo ;t let this stop You from gett’ing creative. Try to find a family heirloom, or an important object that represents Your family, and use that as Your tree topper.

8. Replace Wire Hangers

A simple way to make Your tree look better is to replace all of Your wire hangers on Your ornaments through ribbon loops. You can choose just one color to unify all of them, or You can use lots of ribbon colors to add variety to Your tree.

9. Home Made Garland

There are many creative ideas for mak’ing Your own garland. Here are a few things You can use:

Popcorn

Floral vines

Cranberries

Pinecones

Seedpods.

10. Christmas Cards

A simple tree decorat’ing idea is to save Your old Christmas cards and cut out the images from them. You can either attach ribbon right to the cutouts, or glue them to a jar lid and attach the ribbon to that.

11. Cookies

Decorat’ing Your tree through cookies is an old tradition, but a good one. All You need to do is bake gingerbread or shortbread cookies, let them cool and hang them on Your tree. Make sure to add a hole in the top for the ribbon.

12. Glitter

Almost any little toy or trinket can be dipped in glue and glitter and hung on a tree. It&rsquo ;s a great way to turn &ldquo ;junk&rdquo ; into a great Christmas ornament. Here are some things You can use:

Keys

Golf balls

Small toys

Paper clip chains

Corks

13. Origami

Origami is the art of fold’ing paper, and it&rsquo ;s a fun way to decorate Your tree. You can find lots of ideas and directions at Your library or the Internet (cyberspace). Here are a few good ones:

Christmas Tree: http://www.tammyyee.com/origamitree.html

Santa Claus: http://www.tammyyee.com/origamisanta.html

Christmas Star: http://www.yasutomo.com/project/paperstar.htm

Angel: http://tammyyee.com/origamiangel.html

14. Party Streamers

Head to a party store for a fun idea to decorate Your tree. Buy party streamers and hang them on the tips of Your tree branches for a bouncy, festive tree.

15. Pipe Cleaners

Pipe cleaners are a wonderful simple way to decorate Your tree. Just grab a bunch and start bend’ing and shaping. Here are a few ideas of shapes that You can make:

Stars

Snowmen

Snowflakes

Angels

Stockings

Candy Canes

16. Wired Bows

You can buy wired translucent ribbon at any craft store. Silver, gold and red are great colors. The ribbon is very pliable, so mak’ing bows through it is fun and easy. Remember that there&rsquo ;s no wrong way to make a bow. Once the bows are to Your liking, simply place them on Your tree.

17. Toys

Toys are rarely thought of as Christmas decorations, but they can be great on the Christmas tree. If You go down the toy aisle of Your local dollar store, You can get lots of ideas. If it&rsquo ;s miniature, it&rsquo ;ll look great on Your tree.

18. Family Pictures

Make Your family pictures a part of Your Christmas tree. You can cut out wallet–size pictures through scrapbook’ing scissors, or cut shapes out of them and hang them on Your tree. You&rsquo ;ll find that this truly personalizes Your tree, and makes it Your own.