That video makes me smile no matter how many times the boys want to watch it over and over and over again. But now let's take a little slower approach and I'll give you a closer look at each layer of the tree.
Pre-Lit Tree. Our tree is a pre-lit Virginia Pine from Target {affiliate link}, and I really love the texture of it - and not having to add lights each year is a definite bonus!
RIBBON. The first layer we add to the tree is a shimmery, silver ribbon that we twist around the tree.
After initially wrapping the tree in ribbon, we tuck it back a bit further on the branches where it helps to bounce around the light and make the tree feel even brighter.
FELT GARLAND. Next up, we wrap the tree in a white felt ball garland.
I love the chunky look of this garland! It looks so cozy and wintery, in addition to being soft for little hands.
Oversized Knit Balls. A large part of what makes this tree work is the scale. The oversized knit balls really help to give the tree an interesting shape because they sit out, breaking up the basic conical shape of the artificial tree.
These knit balls weight virtually nothing, so I think they are styrophoam in the center. They are perfect for adding size but not weight to the tree, keeping it kid-friendly!
White Yarn Snowball Ornaments. While I love the large size of the knit ornaments, they tree can only handle so many. To balance the large spheres, I picked up some white yarn snowball ornaments.
White Felt Snowflakes. Since we were starting from scratch with all new ornaments to decorate our kid-friendly tree, I didn't want to buy too many because $$$$. That's why I was so thrilled when I found the extra large white felt snowflakes.
These snowflakes add the graphic element that I love, and they really make a statement on the tree!
Orange Felt Snowflakes. Orange is certainly not a traditional Christmas color, but since our basement is decorated in gray, white, and orange throughout the year, the tree needed to coordinate. I originally envisioned an all white and silver tree, but when I found some orange felt snowflake ornaments, I just couldn't pass them up.
I as a little skeptical about adding orange to the tree that first year, but now it's my favorite part! And we've really played up the orange as part of our Christmas decor throughout the rest of the basement as well {as you can see in my full Christmas Home Tour}.
White Felt Snowmen. We almost didn't add the snowmen the first year, because they were a little cutesy for my taste, but the tree felt like it needed something more, and the white felt fit the bill.
Stars & Bells. The final two additions to the tree are some plastic iridescent stars and some silver bells. These are smaller, so it's hard to pick them out in the full tree picture, but up close they do add a lot to the tree.
Since much of the tree ornaments are felt, knit and yarn, I wanted to add a couple more elements that would catch the light and add a little more shimmer and shine to the tree. We picked some clear, iridescent stars because the thick plastic is very durable, and because of the rounded tips rather than sharp points. These stars bounce the light around very nicely!
The silver bells also have a great reflective quality, but more importantly, they make noise - and that means the boys love them. We hang most of the bells lower on the tree where the kids can reach them, and they often take them off to shake them a bit, and then put them back in a new spot.
And there you have it, our MODERN GRAPHIC FAMILY Christmas tree! Ain't she pretty?!
Especially because the tree is located in our basement between our family room area and the boys play area, it gives me a piece of mind to know that the boys can safely play around the tree and that I don't have to constantly remind them to keep their hands off of it.
GET THE LOOK. What do you think? Are you ready to create a modern and graphic, baby and kid friendly Christmas tree of your own?! Most of the ornaments on our tree are no longer available, but I've found some really similar options and put together a list!
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-6- Knit Ball Ornament*
Other Similar Options {not pictured}:
OUR OTHER CHRISTMAS TREE... Upstairs in our living room, I put up a skinny, lodgepole pine Christmas tree in the corner for the first time this year. We'd been storing the tree since our days of living in a condo downtown, and I think the tree looks great in this spot. To keep it simple and kid friendly, I simply wrapped it in black and white striped ribbon to coordinate with the black and white stripes throughout the rest of the main floor Christmas decor.
And those pretty glass ornaments that just aren't safe for little hands - some of them still get displayed each Christmas - hung in our high living room windows where they shimmer in the light safely out of reach!
TAKE THE FULL TOUR! If you like my MODERN. GRAPHIC. FAMILY. style, you'll want to check out the rest of my Colorful & Modern Christmas Home Tour, which is filled with lots of easy DIY projects!
EAGER FOR MORE CHRISTMAS TREE STYLES? Next up on the blog hop is Graceful Order. You're definitely going to want to see her tree {trust me}, and be sure to tell her I sent you! Then, you can continue to follow the tour from her site, or you can use the links below to jump around from one amazing blog to the next!
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