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.
How to put up christmas lights tree.
Leave them on while you work so you can see how they look on the tree.
Feel free to add up to 5 strands of lights per foot height of tree if you really want your christmas tree to glow and be the center of attention.
Add lights to your christmas tree.
From subdued and simple to merry and bright these christmas tree lighting tips will help you impress your holiday guests.
And when you step back to take a look the lights may be disorderly or too dim or maybe even too.
So if you have a six foot tree you ll probably need 600 lights.
The whole tree glows and the strands of lights aren t barely as noticeable as with the lasso method.
Avoid dragging the strings across the floor.
First wind the lights up the tree leaving about 6 inches between each pass.
When you get to the end of a strand of lights add another and keep going but don t connect more than 3 light strands or it could become a fire hazard.
Coil the first set of christmas lights loosely around your hands.
Start from the bottom and work up stringing the lights in an up and down weaving pattern.
The first thing you re going to want to do is pour yourself a cup of hot chocolate and put on some christmas music.
We ll show you how to put christmas lights on a decorated christmas tree correctly it s easier than you think.
How many lights to use.
The final designer secret is to move around the christmas lights slightly after you have added your christmas ornaments to light certain special ornaments from the front.
Use this guideline to determine how many lights you ll need.
For every foot average 100 lights.
The general rule of thumb is 100 lights per 1 foot of tree.
Time to deck the halls walls mantles and trees and best of all hang up the christmas lights.
No more light lassoed christmas trees.
Once you re in a suitably festive mood you can get started stringing the lights on your tree.
Untangle the lights carefully.
Test the bulbs to make sure all of the pieces are in working condition.
How to put up christmas lights outside.
Decorating the outside of your house will show your christmas cheer to your neighbors and passersby.
Start weaving the lights back and forth going down one side of the tree instead wrapping the lights around the circumference of the tree.
The glow of lights will enhance your tree s natural beauty.
Continue on to the branches then wrap back down into the empty spaces.
That will give you the desired 3 inch spacing.