How To Put Light On A Christmas Tree

Beginning at the bottom weave each string in and out of the branches to the top of the tree and back.

How to put light on a christmas tree.

But that my friends is how i put lights on my christmas tree. That will make any bare spots show up more clearly as dark areas on the tree. 2 weave the lights back and forth across the triangular section placing them about 3 5 inches away from the tip of the branches. Working your way down and around place lights at the front and the back of the tree for depth.

No more light lassoed christmas trees. The general rule of thumb is 100 lights per 1 foot of tree. Take a step back and sort of squint at the tree. There are two ways to put lights on your tree and it usually depends where your lights start and end as well as where your plug is.

Keep doing this around each branch on the bottom. We ll show you how to string lights on a christmas tree that wows. Today i m sharing an updated version on how to light your tree using a v. Wrap the cord around every green as you work back along the branch.

Start at the base of one branch wrap up to its tip and back down to its root. How many lights to use. To make your tree really wow double the number of lights to 200 per foot of tree. Put in the very bottom row of branches and light them up and down on each branch.

Start at the top of the tree and weave your lights above and below the tree branches. Instead weave them around the tree working in triangular sections. 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. Once you ve identified the bare spots rearrange the lights to fill them in.

Hanging christmas tree lights horizontally as in our video is the more traditional method. After each of the lowest branches are covered move the lights up the trunk to the next level of branches and start again until you have reach the very top of your christmas tree. The whole tree glows and the strands of lights aren t barely as noticeable as with the lasso method. Once all of the lights are on your tree connect them to the power stripand turn them on.

You should add the christmas lights starting from the bottom back of your christmas tree going toward the trunk of the tree and back out towards the tip of each of the branches. Use 12 boxes of 100 light strands for a 6 foot tree and 16 boxes for an 8 foot tree.