Christmas Tree Decorating : Theme Tree Ideas

A collection of blog posts on A Pop of Pretty's Christmas theme tree ideas, as featured in well known media like Women's Day and Cottages & Bungalows, including a Red Plaid Cottage Christmas Decorating Tour, a Winter Wonderland Christmas Decorating Tour, a Navy Blue and Silver Christmas Decorating Tour, an All White Christmas Decorating Tour, along with a Cabin-Themed Christmas Tree, a Disney Frozen Christmas Tree, a North Pole Themed Christmas Tree, a CandyLand Tree, a Nutcracker Themed Tree, a Dr. Seuss Themed Christmas Tree and more. Includes tips and ideas for how to decorate a Christmas tree and how to put ribbon on a Christmas tree more.

Our Gold and White Christmas Tree {Christmas Tree Decorating Ideas}

The idea of a gold and white Christmas tree has been on my mind for awhile now. I’ve been crushing on gold and white decor this year (see Sold on Gold), and there’s no better time to indulge in gold than at Christmas!

Call me crazy, but just about every year, I edit my tree colors. You can see how I manage to change my Christmas tree color scheme affordably over here. In that blog post, I explained that the thing I love best about Christmas decorating is the chance to be creative. Our Christmas tree never looks exactly the same because I enjoy the process of mixing things up. READ MORE HERE

Red & Turquoise Fundraiser Tree {Christmas Tree Decorating Ideas}

Today, my sister and I were busy with our decorating gig, pretty-ing up a Christmas tree at my daughter’s school for a PTA fundraiser. This is the second year we’ve created a tree for this event. The tree and the funds for decorations are donated by some other generous parents, and we donate our time to pull it together. Basically, we decide on the Christmas tree decorating idea / concept, then select the decorations, and decorate it. Last year, our ‘theme’ for the fundraiser was a Winter Wonderland tree. Everything was very white, translucent and sparkly; and, we imagined it ending up in a more formal living room.

This year, we changed things up, and went a totally different route. We wanted to create a happy, cottage-y tree with lots of fun color – something that kids could enjoy as much as their parents, in a more casual setting like a playroom or TV room. We chose the cheerful combo of red and aqua / turquoise, just like the Canadian Tire Christmas tablescape I revealed here the other day.

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Blinged Out, Girly-Girl Monogram {Easy Craft or Gift Idea for Girls}

In my holiday home tour the other day, I shared a picture of our 8-year old daughter’s Christmas tree. This year she made a colorful, blinged-out monogram for the top. (Last year, she had a ballerina tree and we topped it with a ballerina teddy bear – times, they are a changin’.)

If you are looking for a fun and easy craft to do with your daughter(s) over the coming days, either as a tree topper or perhaps as friend gifts, this is a sweet idea. It can just as easily be used as wall decor in a friend’s room.

G made the first one for her cousin as part of her birthday gift back in November. All it took was some gems and sequins, a wooden letter from a craft store, and some strong glue. The great thing about it is that it can be completed independently. G needed help fitting the gems on in some of the tight spaces, but that’s about it!

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Holiday Home Tour 2012

OK, so I *think* I’m done with the Christmas decorating. When it comes to seasonal decorating, I have a slight problem, in case you haven’t noticed by now. I have to make a full stop; otherwise, I could keep going until the 25th! But then I’d have way too much to take down later. Plus, I have to move on to a million other things on my Christmas to-do list. Like, for example, I haven’t wrapped a thing yet. Nodda. I like decorating so much more than wrapping.

So tonight, to procrastinate on the wrapping a little longer ;-), I thought I’d pull together a summary of all the random Christmas decorating blog posts that I’ve shared over the past month. In the home decor blogging world, that kind of blog post is usually called a “Holiday Home Tour”. That label is a little misleading in my case. I am only going to show you the areas of my home that are presentable at the moment. Unlike a real home tour, I’m going to shield you from the mess of Christmas bins (and glitter) that still needs to be put away!

The Porch

Our front porch is decorated with real greenery, white lights and traditional Christmas colors. I usually stick to red out there because it’s such a festive color, and is easily seen from a distance. For the first time in a decade, I also used some gold in my Christmas decor this year.

The gold and red polka dot ribbon that I used is traditional, but fun. I’m a big fan of polka dots!

Earlier in the month, I posted a tutorial on how to makeover an old artificial wreath, and create the look of real greenery using just a few sprigs of cedar.

The Tree

Our Christmas tree sits right in the center of our open concept Living Room / Kitchen area. For the first time, I decorated a 100% neutral Christmas tree this year, using champagne, white / cream and chocolate brown.

I also gave a little Christmas decorating tip / tutorial on how I added ribbon to my Christmas tree, which was a little different than in previous years. Last year, my tutorial on how to decorate a Christmas mantel (including how to add ribbon to a Christmas mantel) was really popular, so I thought this might be helpful too!

Our 100% neutral tree only lasted a few days! “Neutral”became “bleu-tral” when I added a pop of muted blue to the tree. It still feels pretty neutral, but the touch of blue blends so much better with the room.

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Our Dr. Seuss Christmas Tree! (2012)

If you read my blog last Christmas, you might remember that I created a full-on Dr. Seuss-themed Christmas tree for our basement family room! Well, it’s up again (yay!), and we’re still just as excited about it.

The best thing is that this year, our 3-year old boys really ‘get it’. Last year, they were kind of oblivious. But now that they love “Cat in da Hat”, looking at the tree brings them endless enjoyment.

I didn’t make anything new for the tree this year. I think I maxed out on handmade Dr. Seuss decoration ideas last year! (You can find a tutorial on how to make my Dr. Seuss decorations here.) But I’m loving the Dr. Seuss themed ornaments that I received last year as gifts, and a couple that I bought recently. So, for those of you who haven’t seen last year’s posts on our Dr. Seuss tree, I thought I’d share some more pics!

Although it’s not strictly a Who-ville Christmas Tree, we definitely have lots of Grinchy ornaments on it! There’s The Grinch, Cindy Lou Who, Max the Dog, and a bunch of Whovillers. The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (with Jim Carey) is our 8-year old daughter’s all-time favorite Christmas movie. OK, I’ll admit, I seriously LOVE it too. It’s hysterical. (“Holiday, whoby whaty?!?” Classic!)

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Our Newly, ‘Bleu-tral’ Christmas Tree (Neutral + Blue)

The other day, I showed you our Newly, Neutral Christmas Tree, decorated mostly with champagne, white and chocolate brown decorations.

If you caught that post, you might remember that this is the first year I’ve decorated a completely neutral tree. I wasn’t sure how I felt about it, and I was toying with adding a little pop of blue. (When it comes to blue, I have no self-control.) So, after living with the neutral tree for a few days …drumroll… I decided to add a few muted blue ornaments. Sorry to all you neutral lovers out there: I think I broke the cardinal rule of “neutral”!

Even with the blue, I think it’s still pretty neutral. (Well, let’s just say it’s neutral compared with last year’s red and turquoise Christmas tree!) So I guess now it’s a ‘bleu-tral’ tree!

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