If you’ve recently downsized you might be thinking you don’t have room for your traditional Christmas tree. Small space living calls for thinking outside of the box. Here are some small Christmas tree ideas that keep the season festive without taking up too space.
Gingerbread Tree
Update a classic tabletop accent with a mix of shapely ornaments and festive flocked branches
Materials:
- Gingerbread dough
- cookie cutters in assorted shapes
- chartreuse and aqua ribbons
- 36-inch artificial cypress tree
- two to three cans of spray snow (we used Santa Sno Blower)
- concrete planter
- reindeer moss
- ornaments
- gold twine
Method:
- Shape 24 cookies with cutters.
- Before baking the gingerbread dough, use a straw to poke a hole in each cookie for the ribbon.
- Bake and let cool.
- Thread loop of ribbon through each cookie, and tie.
- Cover tree with spray snow; let dry for one hour.
- Place tree in concrete planter, and cover base with reindeer moss.
- Hang cookies from tree. Add ornaments.
- Trail chartreuse and aqua ribbons and gold twine down from top of tree.
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Fruit Tree
This citrus combo provides a fresh dose of sunshine
Materials:
- Five (2-pound) bags of lemons
- florist picks
- 24-inch plastic foam cone
- sprigs of fresh rosemary and cypress
- urn
- five oranges
- reindeer moss
- ribbon
Method:
- Stick lemons with florist picks (one per lemon).
- Starting toward the bottom of the cone, insert lemons in circular diagonal rows, working your way up and leaving about 1 inch of space between each row until the cone is covered.
- Fill in the empty spaces between the lemon rows with rosemary and cypress sprigs.
- Set the decorated cone securely inside the urn.
- Place leftover lemons and oranges around the base of the cone; cover up any gaps with reindeer moss.
- Trail ribbon from the top of the arrangement.
Advent Tree
We turned the beloved holiday calendar custom into wonderful wall décor. We hung our presents in random order to give the look a playful treasure hunt effect.
Materials:
- Small saw
- seven wooden dowels
- 14 wooden dowel caps
- 15 clear adhesive hooks
- ribbon
- branches
- 25 small gifts
- 25 number tags
- ornaments
- greenery
- tree topper
- beaded garland
Method:
- With a small saw, cut seven dowels in graduated lengths to form a tree shape. Attach caps to the ends of dowels, and secure dowels to wall with adhesive hooks (two per dowel).
- Using ribbon, tie a branch to every other dowel.
- Assemble 25 small gifts, and label them with number tags, 1 through 25. With ribbon, tie each gift to the tree.
- Fill gaps with colorful ornaments and sprigs of greenery.
- Place tree topper above the top branch with an adhesive hook.
- Zigzag ribbon and garland across and down levels of tree.
