Decorating Your Tree on a Budget.

For those who cannot afford to buy all of the fancy Christmas tree ornaments available today, decorating your 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. Beside being affordable, these Christmas tree decorations are great for students. Check out some of our affordable Christmas tree decoration's instructions below.

COOKIE TREE:

Make a nice-looking and yummy cookie tree. Be imaginative by baking cookies in a myriad of shapes and sizes. Brighten it up by adding color to the cookies with unique rainbow or colored sprinkles to give the cookies an extra color boost. To put the cookies up on the tree, roll a piece of thick paper - the size of a dime - and insert it in the surface of the cookie before putting it in the oven. Doing this will allow the holes to remain open during baking. After baking, thread ribbons into the holes of the cookies and trim the tree with your cookies.

On top of the cookie tree, place a large, soft cookie with a Christmas tree light in its center. Before putting this cookie in the oven, follow the same procedure by punching a hole using a rolled piece of cardboard in the center of the cookie. You can decorate the cookie by covering it with white icing with a splash of red food color.

Furnish a cute tree skirt by using an apron that has nice images of fruits, or even cookies. Now you have your very own Christmas cookie tree.

SNOWY TREE:

Here is another cost-effective way to design and make a mini Christmas tree. Try making a snowy Christmas tree. Gather cotton balls and stick them to the tips of the branches. Also use any white glitter and sprinkle it over the cotton balls to give it aglistening snow result. You can also cut thick silver strings into tiny bits to achieve the same effect.

Need something to put on top of the tree? Build a snowman. Just by using your favorite pastry dough, shape the dough into the form of a snowman. Cover the entire snowman with white sugar frosting. Use chocolate chips for his eyes, and carve a nose using a knife for a small carrot. Make a smile on his face is easy by using chocolate from a pastry 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.

By: Kerry Beck

Kerry Beck wants to offer you a special Advent activities to use in your Christmas & Advent celebration this year. Her book also includes Christmas holiday gift ideas to make.

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