How To Light Up A Christmas Tree

Starting at the bottom string your lights around and through the tree in a random fashion.

How to light up a christmas tree. When you reach the end of the limb reverse direction and wind the string back down winding between the upward wraps so that the resulting spacing is one hand width. Or you put it up on christmas eve. For minimalist lighting use about three boxes of 100 light strands for a 6 foot tree and about five boxes for an 8 foot tree. Look for broken fuses in the male end of the light string and replace using one of the extra light fuses that are included with the tree.

Space the wraps about two hands eight fingers apart. 1 when working with a real tree branches can be less uniform therefore it is best to not wrap the lights around the tree. Wrap the lights up each limb or large branch making sure you have several extra feet of string. Hanging christmas tree lights horizontally as in our video is the more traditional method.

Step 1 place the largest tree section into the christmas tree stand and tighten the nuts to hold it firmly. If you go around in a. When do you put up your christmas tree. The problem is that method loses some of the tree s sparkle power.

Pull the string of christmas lights taut to the tip. Allowing some slack or leader cord in the first strand of lights. This beautiful christmas art was inspired by my glowing moon diy. We think the easiest rule here is to do it one of two ways.

To change things up a bit i decided to recycle an old pallet for this diy because we live on farmland and have a pile high of those pallets. Beginning at the bottom weave each string in and out of the branches to the top of the tree and back. Begin at the bottom of the tree close to the trunk. Then tape the cord of the lights down at the back of the canvas just so they would not tug on the canvas.

Then i hung my canvas on a nail and it comes easily off and on the wall to turn on the twinkle lights. Run up and down the limbs. Most people light up their christmas tree by spiraling the lights from the bottom to the top of the tree. Plug the light plug into the electrical outlet to ensure that all the lights light up.

A good fuse will have clear glass while a broken fuse will cause the glass become tinted. Light up christmas tree. Instead weave them around the tree working in triangular sections. Either you put up your tree the day after thanksgiving.

Unplug the tree from the wall. I am so glad this was a highly requested project because i am in love with how it turned out. Use an extension cord to connect the first set of string lights and work your way from the top of the tree to the bottom.