For those who cannot afford to buy all of the fancy Christmas tree ornaments available today, decorating your Christmas tree on a budget can be practical and cost effective. You, too, can have a lovely decorative tree without having to sacrifice style and beauty. Here are some suggestions.
Cookie Tree
Make a delectable cookie tree. Be creative by baking cookies in all shapes and sizes. Dress up the cookies with non-pariel rainbow seeds or sprinkles to give the cookies that extra splash of color. To hang the cookies on the tree, roll a small piece of cardboard – the size of a dime – and insert it in the top of the cookie before baking. This will ensure the holes remain open during the baking process. Afterward, insert ribbons into the holes in the cookies and hang them on the tree.
Atop the tree, add a large gingerbread cookie with a Christmas tree light in its center. Before baking this gingerbread cookie, follow the same procedure by inserting a rolled piece of cardboard in the center of the cookie. You can dress up the gingerbread cookie using white icing with red food color.
Create an adorable tree skit by using an apron that has decorative images such as fruit, or yes, even cookies.
Snowy Tree
Here is another inexpensive way to decorate and produce a spectacular tree. Make a snowy Christmas tree. Take cotton balls and place them on the tips of the branches. If you have any white glitter on hand, sprinkle it on the cotton balls to give a glistening snow effect. Or you can cut silver garland into little tiny specks to achieve the same results.
Need an ornament for the top of the tree? Make a cookie snowman. Simply using your favorite cookie dough, shape the dough into the form of a snowman. Cover the entire snowman with white icing. Use chocolate chips for his eyes, and shape a nose using a small carrot. Add a smile on his face using chocolate from a piping bag.
To add a tree skirt, simply use a large piece of cardboard. Cut the cardboard into an arc. Take two or more cups of flour and add water. Paste the flour onto the cardboard to give the illusion of fresh fallen snow. Add white glitter to enhance the effect.
As you can see, it is quite easy to decorate a Christmas tree by being creative and affordable!
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