Decorating Your Christmas Tree With Children
Decorating the Christmas tree is a symbolic moment that marks the start of the Christmas festivities in your home, however, the decision as to whether you should let your children’s creativity run riot or keep the tree looking the way you’d envisioned can be a tough decision. Here are the top hacks for allowing your little ones to add their bit of Christmas spirit to your tree while keeping the overall look, classy and stylish.
DIY Decorations
One way to allow your children to take part in decorating your tree without actually getting involved in the design process is to ask them to create their own decorations that suit the colour scheme of your tree. This way you can assure your children that their decorations will be the star of the show, whilst keeping in mind that the whole tree will still have some sense of coordination.
Edible Christmas decorations are an excellent excuse to get your bake on and create decorations for your tree that are mouth-wateringly good! Popular shapes for these delicious decorations include, snowflakes, stars, presents, snowmen, and baubles, although you can make your own stencils by simply drawing your design on a piece of cardboard and cutting around the edge.
Another easy and fun decoration to make is a lollipop stick snowflake! If you haven’t started yet, then start saving those ice lollipop sticks to paint and decorate for Christmas. You’ll need four sticks per snowflake, a colourful paint that ties in with your Christmas colour scheme, and of course some string to hang them from.
There are many other crafting opportunities for your little ones to enjoy when putting together your perfect tree, such as bead and pipe cleaner ornaments, or even Christmas pom-poms!
Let Them Have Their Own Mini Tree
If letting the children lose on your precious tree isn’t an option for you then how about getting them a table-top tree to decorate all by themselves and proudly display in their own room? This way a whole mish mash of decorations can be used to your kids content…maybe with the exception of gin baubles, save those for your tree.
There are an array of table top Christmas trees to choose from, such as tinsel trees in a range of colours, glittered trees, wooden trees, metal framed trees, and many more!
Tree Design Ideas
If you’re feeling a bit stuck for new theme ideas this Christmas, then why not get your children involved in the design process? Get them to come up with ideas for a new colour scheme or take them ornament shopping with you to choose a decoration that catches their eye for some inspiration. If you’re using the same theme as the previous year, then you could ask your children to decorate it how they remember and fix any flaws later in the evening!
Hopefully, these hacks have given you an idea on how to make decorating your Christmas tree fun for the children whilst maintaining a stylish look, however, an important tip to remember with any household where children reside is to leave the delicate decorations to the pros, preferably placing them as high up the tree as possible!
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