12 Unique Christmas Tree Decorating Ideas

How about thinking outside the Christmas box this year? With a little imagination, you can whip up these unique Christmas tree decorating ideas and make this holiday a celebration to be remembered. It's cheap and easy to do. So here are 12 unique Christmas tree themes for a stunning holiday.

#1. Maritime Christmas Tree

You'll find beautiful plastic fish and seashells at craft stores. Use a nail to punch a small hole at the top and hang your maritime ornaments with fishing wire. Add blue and green Christmas ornaments to complete this unique Christmas tree decorating idea.

#2. Hansel and Gretel Christmas Tree

Bake (or buy) Christmas cookies and hang them all around your tree using silk ribbons. Add candy canes and strings of popcorn. And hang red and green lollipops on silk ribbons. Kids will love this delicious Christmas tree theme.

#3. Poem Scrolls Christmas Tree

Print your favorite poems in beautiful font. Crumple the paper and dip it in strong tea for 30 seconds. Carefully unwrap the paper. Once dry, it will look like a parchment. Roll your poem scrolls and tie them with silk ribbons in all sorts of colors. Hang your poems all over your tree, then unwrap these Christmas tree decorating ideas on Christmas eve.

#4. Upside Down Christmas Tree

This whimsical Christmas tree theme is irresistible to children. Drive a strong hook into a beam in your ceiling and hang your Christmas tree upside down. Wrap a glittering wreath around the rope that suspends the tree. Then let the kids decorate their upside down tree with their favorite ornaments.

#5. Rustic Apple Christmas Tree

Hang shiny red apples all around your Christmas tree using craft wire to secure the stem. Tie silk green bows at the top of each apple to conceal the craft wire. Hang striped red-and-white candy cane between the apples to complete this unique Christmas tree decorating idea.

#6. Teddy Bear Christmas Tree

You'll find miniature teddy bears at craft stores, toy stores or online. Secure the bears to your tree with silk ribbons. Add acorns and pine cones hung on bright red ribbons. And finish off this playful Christmas tree theme with a big teddy bear on the treetop.

#7. Single-Hued Christmas Tree

It's not outrageously unique, and yet the effect is irresistible. Buy round, shiny Christmas ornaments in analogous colors. For example, decorate your tree with purple, violet, lilac and other similar shades. Add a blue light string (or purple if you can find one). And complete this unique Christmas tree decorating idea by hanging purple silk bows between the ornaments.

#8. I Love America Christmas Tree

Order miniature USA flags online. Spread the flags through your Christmas tree, using craft wire to hold the flag polls in place. At a party store buy silver wreaths and wrap three or four in a swirl around the tree. Then complete this unique Christmas tree theme by adding star-shaped ornaments.

#9. Paper Stars Christmas Tree

Wrap your tree with a string of Christmas lights. Next, look for giant paper stars online. Hang them around your tree using craft wire. Your Christmas lights will twinkle through the paper stars. Add starry ornaments here and there to put the finishing touch to this unique Christmas tree decorating idea.

#10. Angel Christmas Tree

Look for angel ornaments online. Or make your own angels from lace handkerchiefs. Wrap a golf ball in the handkerchief, then tie a silk white ribbon in a bow to hold the ball in place. Glue or sew tiny wings (found in craft stores) to complete your angel. After you fill your Christmas tree with angels, add ivory colored ornaments and a silver star at the top.

#11. Flower Christmas Tree

At a craft store buy your favorite silk flowers. Most come with a wire stem, which you can wrap around your Christmas tree to decorate it all over. Add wreaths with frosted apples and secure them to your tree with craft wire. Then complete this unique Christmas tree decorating idea by hanging little silk bags of potpourri here and there, to spread the scent of a garden.

#12. Glass Christmas Tree

Decorate your tree with a string of colorful Christmas lights. Then hand blown glass ornaments all over your tree. To save money, buy your ornaments in gifts sets of four or more. The Christmas lights will twinkle through the glass and cast a magical appeal over your tree.

You can always combine these unique Christmas tree decorating ideas. Or use a few of them on your existing tree. Whichever way you go, these irresistible Christmas tree themes are sure to cast a spell over your holiday.

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