Garlands add color and style to the Christmas décor and look stunningly royal on Christmas tree. Find some tips on how to use garlands as Christmas Tree decoration here.

Garland Tips

• The amount of garland needed generally depends on the size of the tree that you have chosen for holidays. About 10 foot of garland is needed per foot of the tree.
• Any extra left later can be used to decorate mantle and wreaths for Christmas décor.
• The placing of garlands in straight or diagonal lines have now been replaced by gently sagged placement of garlands that look more graceful.
• You may also place your garlands sagging deeply if your Christmas tree is large and has open space between its branches.
• Install the lights on the tree first and then place the garlands. You may later add other ornaments and decorations on the tree.
• You may use a combination of two or three types of garlands adorning the tree that are to be chosen on the basis of size variation, color combination and design principles. You may hang the longest and widest of these garlands sagging deeply with shorter ones doubling or tripling it inside.
• Garlands tend to slip, if branches of the tree are drooping or delicate. To ensure that they stay in place, wound them around the branches or secure then with wires or ribbons.
• Vertical garlands can be placed by securing them the top of the tree and then looping them down vertically. To make twists and turns look graceful and interesting, secure the garlands there with wires and ribbons and add ornaments to them.
• Wide and narrow ribbons, in shapes, colors, styles and sizes are great for making garlands. You can use ribbons themselves, twisting and turning them occasionally to give a garland-like look.
• Flexible beaded garlands knotted in between the beads or where beads are glued, can be cut up in such a manner that beads won't fall off and then can be used to drape the branches. They look fabulously, when placed artistically.