How often have you stood at the mall looking at a full artificial Christmas tree artfully draped with lights? Well, you to can put up lights on your Christmas tree with some easy-to-follow steps available here.
Hanging Lights on Your Artificial Tree
Many faux trees come in sections opening up like umbrellas. If you prefer to use miniature tree lights, you can wrap them around the tree branches to leave them on. But preferably, light each of the sections separately.
You can choose a 100-light strand as working with them to wrap your tree is much easier. But you can also dress up your tree in different lighting effects, as seen here:
A Minimalist Look
If your tree looks sparse, use 50 per foot instead of 100 lights per foot. Here you can use large lights like a string of globes or even retro-inspired bubble lights.
- Get about three boxes of the 100-light strands for your 6-foot full artificial Christmas tree and five boxes of lights if your tree is taller.
- Always start at the bottom, close to the trunk. Leave some slack in the leader cord in your first strand of lights. You can separate the cable at the first bulb forming a loop. Now, slip that loop over one of the branchlets close to the trunk, wrapping the cord several times to secure it.
- Pull them tight to the tip of your branch and work back towards the trunk. So, you will wrap the cord over itself and the branch.
- Next, separate the cord once more when reaching the trunk to slip it over the branchlet. Then carry the cable to the next branch, wrapping again near the green of the trunk, pulling it out to the tip. Again wrap the cord over itself as before.
- Continue in this manner until you reach the end of the light string. Now, plug the next set in and continue as before to get the section where your tree comes apart. If you have extra lights, work them back along the branch instead of crossing them.
- When you reach the top of your tree, do not wrap the lights around too many branches, resulting in an uneven look.
Moderate Look
If you want a bright, classic look, we prefer LED lights as they have a warm tone and do not produce heat. You will need six boxes for a six-foot tree; for an eight-foot tree, you need eight boxes of 100 light strands.
Follow the steps as before but now add some dimension looping strings a couple of times around each branch to get them closer to the trunk. Work from the bottom of the tree to the top. Hence, you cover your tree more with fewer lights as you work them under and over the branches.
Follow this pattern around your tree. It is a simple technique making a huge difference when you cover your Christmas tree with lights instead of using a lassoing method.
Showcasing Your Lights
Now, if you want to create a Rockerfeller expression in your living room on your full artificial Christmas tree, you will need more lights. So double the number of bulbs up to 200 per foot. So for a six-foot tree, you will need 12 boxes, and an eight-foot tree will need up to 16 boxes of 100 light strands.
As you work back along the branches, you must wrap the strands around every greenery. Again, we recommend pairing different-sized bulbs with vast stringing techniques. For example, using a branch wrapping method, you can string your larger lights on your first weaving and layer the smaller LED lights closer to the trunk.
