How To Put Up Christmas Lights Outside Tree

Guide to hanging christmas lights on outdoor trees tall and evergreen.

How to put up christmas lights outside tree.

String them with christmas lights to create holiday magic. Hanging christmas lights on outdoor trees is the perfect way to bring holiday cheer to your home and neighborhood. It s also a chance to show off your house a little. Decorating the outside of your house will show your christmas cheer to your neighbors and passersby.

The glow of lights will enhance your tree s natural beauty. Use the steps below to hang christmas lights on tall outdoor trees. With some patience and a bit of creativity you ll have a house that outshines all the others. And a tree that is wrapped only partway up its trunk simply does not look festive or complete.

Even better lighting your outdoor trees is easier than you think. For every foot average 100 lights. So if you have a six foot tree you ll probably need 600 lights. Test the lights to make sure that they re working and then leave them plugged in while you work to get an accurate idea of how the lighting will look.

The best way to string christmas lights on outside trees is by starting at the base of the trunk and following these instructions. Your christmas tree is finally up and you ve spent the last 45 minutes slinging lights around its branches taking chances with your rickety old ladder investigating which broken bulb caused the entire string to turn off the list goes on. Continue on to the branches then wrap back down into the empty spaces. When determining how many lights or strands of lights to use don t follow the old saying a little goes a long way it just doesn t apply in this case.

Time to deck the halls walls mantles and trees and best of all hang up the christmas lights. First wind the lights up the tree leaving about 6 inches between each pass. Use this guideline to determine how many lights you ll need. We ll show you how to put christmas lights on a decorated christmas tree correctly it s easier than you think.

Before you start plug in the lights to checks if all the bulbs are working. And when you step back to take a look the lights may be disorderly or too dim or maybe even too. Leave them on while you work so you can see how they look on the tree.