Put Christmas Lights On Christmas Tree

No more light lassoed christmas trees.

Put christmas lights on christmas tree.

To help you get it just right this year we ve compiled a guide on how to put lights on a christmas tree. How many lights to use. The first thing you should consider before purchasing lights is the size of your tree. Leave them on while you work so you can see how they look on the tree.

To make the lights stick to the tree more permanently pull the wires apart and slip tree branches through the newly created gaps in the strand causing the lights to get a little more stuck in the tree than they would be otherwise. Before you start plug in the lights to checks if all the bulbs are working. Untangle the lights carefully. Begin at the bottom of the tree making sure you have left enough slack for the plug on.

Coil the first set of christmas lights loosely around your hands. The whole tree glows and the strands of lights aren t barely as noticeable as with the lasso method. So if you have a six foot tree you ll probably need 600 lights. Use this guideline to determine how many lights you ll need.

Add lights to your christmas tree. But that my friends is how i put lights on my christmas tree. A strand of lights is typically made from a few different wires that are braided together into a larger cord. When hanging christmas tree lights on a tree you should plan on using 100 lights for every foot of your tree s height.

We ll show you how to hang lights on a real christmas tree it requires just a little patience. Test the bulbs to make sure all of the pieces are in working condition. Most holiday decorators recommend 100 150 mini lights per foot. 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. Avoid dragging the strings across the floor.