Putting Lights On A Christmas Tree Up And Down

You want the lights to look natural.

Putting lights on a christmas tree up and down.

Before you start plug in the lights to checks if all the bulbs are working. Most people light up their christmas tree by spiraling the lights from the bottom to the top of the tree. Once you re in a suitably festive mood you can get started stringing the lights on your tree. The problem is that method loses some of the tree s sparkle power.

Leave them on while you work so you can see how they look on the tree. First put on the bottom layer of branches. Instead weave them around the tree working in triangular sections. So many trees come pre lit but i prefer to put my own lights on a tree.

Then wrap each branch going up and down the branch with the lights. Try to avoid any obvious pattern or spiral. I actually just own a bazillion twinkle lights because i like to put them all over the place. Put in the very bottom row of branches and light them up and down on each branch.

For a real tree take the lights and start near the trunk of the tree bring it out along a branch and run it back towards the trunk again in a circular motion continuing until you get to the. Start from the bottom and work up stringing the lights in an up and down weaving pattern. You just run down to target and buy a new strand or two. Then put on the next layer of branches and add the lights using the same technique i used on the first layer of branches.

That way when you put your tree up and a light strand doesn t work it s not that big of a deal. Putting in only the bottom row makes it easier to line each branch with lights. Use an extension cord to connect the first set of string lights and work your way from the top of the tree to the bottom. If your branches are attached just fold down the branches layer by layer.

If you go around in a. Start at the base of one branch wrap up to its tip and back down to its root. Keep doing this around each branch on the bottom. Hanging lights on a real tree 1 when working with a real tree branches can be less uniform therefore it is best to not wrap the lights around the tree.