Southwest Christmas Tree Decorating Tips

Are you in the market for some good, old Southwest festivities? If so, try decorating your Christmas tree in a Southwest fashion. Here are some tips for helping you achieve a Southwest Christmas tree:

Southwest Christmas tree. Get a Chile Pepper Christmas Tree from terrysvillage.com to help add Southwest flair to your Christmas. Just log onto terryvillage.com to see the beautiful Chile Pepper Christmas Tree this site offers for only $29.99, and you can get free shipping if you order $49 or more.

Decorate a Cactus. Here is your chance to save big bucks on a Christmas tree because you have no need to buy a tree if you plan on going Southwest. Just decorate a cactus. Be careful, though. Sometimes spiders lodge inside the cactus and hatch. You don't want to end up with a house full of spiders.

Christmas Dough Ornaments. The Southwest states include Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona, so why not make cookie dough ornaments in the shape of these states to replace the typical glass bulb ornaments. Just log onto allhomemadecookies.com to learn how to make scented, inedible cookie dough ornaments.

Real Dried Chiles. Find a local grocery store that sells real, dried Chiles and hang these on your Christmas tree, using the small metal hooks that you normally use with glass bulbs. You can make the Chiles look more festive by poking holes through the tops and threading through some yarn to use as the hooks, rather than using the metal.

Use a Southwest Poncho. Skip the traditional cotton tree skirt. Use your most fest Southwest poncho or Southwest blanket to wrap the bottom of your Christmas tree. This will not only add festive color to your tree, it will also save you plenty of money during these hard economic times because you can use what you already have.

Hang Lighted Chile Ristras. Log onto christmasinoldtown.com to buy your Chile Ristras to hang on your door. You can get the traditional red, or you can get a variety of other colors. If you're patriotic, try the red, white, and blue. Chile Ristras at christmasinoldtown.com run around $16 each.

Southwest Indian Ornaments. You can also get a variety of Southwest Indian ornaments from christmasinoldtown.com. You can get a Sunface Kachina, Eagle Kachina, or a Koshari Kachina for the price of $7.95 each. You can even get Navajo Indian Dolls, Indian Rattles, and Clay Angel Ornaments.

Utilize Hot Sauce Varieties. Surround your Christmas tree with a variety of hot sauces. The market is full of just about any type of hot sauce you'd want. You don't have to worry about buying the expensive stuff, though. Just buy some small bottles of Tabasco Sauce, tie ribbons around them, and strategically place them around your Christmas tree.

Use Beaded Jewelry. If you have some Turquoise jewelry, place it under your Christmas tree, or even on it. If you want to go a cheaper route, visit your local craft store and get some beads that reflect the Southwest colors and string them up to use as a tree wrapping (much like you would use tree tinsel).

Use painted rocks. Painted rocks are a cheap way to color up your Christmas tree in a Southwest fashion. Just find some ordinary rocks that are fairly large, clean them off, and spray paint them in Southwest colors. Place these under your Christmas tree, at the base or mingle throughout the gifts.

Sources

Allhomemadecookies.com

Christmasinoldtown.com

Terrysvillage.com