Professional Way To Put Lights On A Christmas 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.

Professional way to put lights on a christmas tree. So for a six foot tree you ll need about 600 lights. How many lights to use. And the first part of decorating is how to put lights on a christmas tree. 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. But that my friends is how i put lights on my christmas tree. We ll show you how to hang lights on a real christmas tree it requires just a little patience. Instead weave them around the tree working in triangular sections.

For every foot average 100 lights. 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. Before you start plug in the lights to checks if all the bulbs are working. The act of going around and around trying to get the lights evenly placed can wear you down.

That way when you put your tree up and a light strand doesn t work it s not that big of a deal. The easy way that i put lights on those trees i am going to cover here. This is a tutorial video for an easier way to put up your christmas tree lights. 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.

No more light lassoed christmas trees. 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. The general rule of thumb is 100 lights per 1 foot of tree. Hanging lights on a real tree.

The whole tree glows and the strands of lights aren t barely as noticeable as with the lasso method. So many trees come pre lit but i prefer to put my own lights on a tree. Putting lights on a christmas tree for some is a laborious chore. Use this guideline to determine how many lights you ll need.

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. For 10 years i decorated christmas trees for the albany institute of history and art s festival of trees.