Professional Way To Put Lights On A Christmas Tree

The general rule of thumb is 100 lights per 1 foot of tree.

Professional way to put lights on a christmas tree.

That way when you put your tree up and a light strand doesn t work it s not that big of a deal. If you are putting lights on an artificial tree and don t want to have to do it again next year there are a few ways to make the lights stay on the tree in a more permanent fashion. Artificial trees typically come in sections and you want to make sure that you don t string one strand of lights between two of these sections. For 10 years i decorated christmas trees for the albany institute of history and art s festival of trees.

An essential part of decorating for christmas is decorating the tree right. The whole tree glows and the strands of lights aren t barely as noticeable as with the lasso method. Instead weave them around the tree working in triangular sections. The act of going around and around trying to get the lights evenly placed can wear you down.

For every foot average 100 lights. This is a tutorial video for an easier way to put up your christmas tree lights. When hanging christmas tree lights on a tree you should plan on using 100 lights for every foot of your tree s height. Yes there is an easier way to put them up and take them down.

Leave them on while you work so you can see how they look on the tree. So for a six foot tree you ll need about 600 lights. No more light lassoed christmas trees. 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 lights on a christmas tree for some is a laborious chore. Before you start plug in the lights to checks if all the bulbs are working. But that my friends is how i put lights on my christmas tree. And the first part of decorating is how to put lights on a christmas tree.

So if you have a six foot tree you ll probably need 600 lights. The first designer secret is you can add a bit of twinkle to your christmas tree by adding 1 2 strands of 50 or 100 clear or white blinking lights no more than 2 strand for a tree under 10 tall or 3 if you have a tree that is at least 10 tall wrapped around just the trunk of your christmas tree they can be a different color white than your. So many trees come pre lit but i prefer to put my own lights on a tree. How many lights to use.

Use this guideline to determine how many lights you ll need. We ll show you how to hang lights on a real christmas tree it requires just a little patience.