Decorating trees on your lawn for the holiday season is no doubt something that most people have tried. But how do you get high up in the tree? How can you make it look right? Well, here's how we do it here @ Bright Christmas.
1st: Always test the strands of lights! The most common length and spacing we use are 50' lengths with 100 bulbs meaning 6" spacing.
2nd: The easiest way to get lights high on a tree is to get a 24' extension pole. We put a hook at the end of the pole so that you can hook on to the strand of lights.
3rd: Starting with the female end of one of the strands, hook it over the extension pole. This part takes a bit of finesse, but you need to get the female end to get wedged in between two branches at the very top of the tree using the extension pole. Lay it in between an accessible high branch, just make sure that it stays.
4th: Moving your extension pole down the strand of lights, delicately hook onto the lights again and place in on another branch moving in a circular pattern and slowly moving down the tree.
5th: When you are about reaching the end of the first strand of lights, attach another strand of lights but make sure to tie the ends together so that way they don't come undone if winds get heavy.
6th: Continue this pattern until you reach the bottom part of the canopy of the tree.
7th: To finish off the tree to make it look great, do a trunk wrap with mini lights as well. Starting at the bottom of the trunk, start wrapping your mini lights around the trunk keeping the spacing even.
8th: When finishing the trunk wrap, plug the trunk lights into the canopy lights so that you have one continuous power source to all of the lights. Plug in, and enjoy!
(Note: Manufacturer's suggest only plugging in 3 strands of mini lights end to end as to avoid fuses blowing on the lights. If you need more than 3 strands of lights, run your power source up the trunk and plug in your canopy lights separately from your trunk wrap lights. Or you can purchase commercial grade mini lights that allow you to attach 5 strands end to end. My suggestion there is Novelty Lights.)
If you have any questions, please ask me and I will be more than happy to answer them! Your finished product should look like this: (just add the trunk wrap)
1st: Always test the strands of lights! The most common length and spacing we use are 50' lengths with 100 bulbs meaning 6" spacing.
2nd: The easiest way to get lights high on a tree is to get a 24' extension pole. We put a hook at the end of the pole so that you can hook on to the strand of lights.
3rd: Starting with the female end of one of the strands, hook it over the extension pole. This part takes a bit of finesse, but you need to get the female end to get wedged in between two branches at the very top of the tree using the extension pole. Lay it in between an accessible high branch, just make sure that it stays.
4th: Moving your extension pole down the strand of lights, delicately hook onto the lights again and place in on another branch moving in a circular pattern and slowly moving down the tree.
5th: When you are about reaching the end of the first strand of lights, attach another strand of lights but make sure to tie the ends together so that way they don't come undone if winds get heavy.
6th: Continue this pattern until you reach the bottom part of the canopy of the tree.
7th: To finish off the tree to make it look great, do a trunk wrap with mini lights as well. Starting at the bottom of the trunk, start wrapping your mini lights around the trunk keeping the spacing even.
8th: When finishing the trunk wrap, plug the trunk lights into the canopy lights so that you have one continuous power source to all of the lights. Plug in, and enjoy!
(Note: Manufacturer's suggest only plugging in 3 strands of mini lights end to end as to avoid fuses blowing on the lights. If you need more than 3 strands of lights, run your power source up the trunk and plug in your canopy lights separately from your trunk wrap lights. Or you can purchase commercial grade mini lights that allow you to attach 5 strands end to end. My suggestion there is Novelty Lights.)
If you have any questions, please ask me and I will be more than happy to answer them! Your finished product should look like this: (just add the trunk wrap)
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