Putting Lights On A Christmas Tree Up And Down

That way when you put your tree up and a light strand doesn t work it s not that big of a deal.

Putting lights on a christmas tree up and down.

Once you re in a suitably festive mood you can get started stringing the lights on your tree. Start at the base of one branch wrap up to its tip and back down to its root. Instead of wrapping the lights around the tree in a maypole style mentally divide the tree into three triangular sections from top to bottom around the tree s cone. Then wrap each branch going up and down the branch with the lights.

Try to avoid any obvious pattern or spiral. Start from the bottom and work up stringing the lights in an up and down weaving pattern. The problem is that method loses some of the tree s sparkle power. You want the lights to look natural.

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. Plug in the first string of lights and nestle the last bulb on the string at the top of the tree next to the trunk. Most people light up their christmas tree by spiraling the lights from the bottom to the top of the tree. 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. 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. Putting in only the bottom row makes it easier to line each branch with lights. If your branches are attached just fold down the branches layer by layer.

I actually just own a bazillion twinkle lights because i like to put them all over the place. You just run down to target and buy a new strand or two. Starting at the bottom string your lights around and through the tree in a random fashion. First put on the bottom layer of branches.

Before you start plug in the lights to checks if all the bulbs are working. 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. Put in the very bottom row of branches and light them up and down on each branch. Then put on the next layer of branches and add the lights using the same technique i used on the first layer of branches.