Whether your Christmas tree is still around, or you have been planning to have a Valentine’s tree, there are many ways to decorate it and be a part of celebrating the month of love. Usually, business owners often include trees as part of celebrating Valentine’s. But even if you’re at home, and planning to decorate your room this Valentine’s season, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t decorate your tree for this special event.
Decorating a Valentine’s tree is a great idea if you’re hosting a party, spending Valentine’s with your significant other or family members, and even with friends. However, if you’re getting a new tree from your yard, or decorating it while planted, it’s best if you should consult with an arborist first before picking the decorations.
In this article, we’ll discuss some ways to decorate your tree for a romantic Valentine’s season.
1. Choose a Valentine’s Colour Scheme
When planning the decoration of your tree, the first thing you can do is decide on the colour scheme. Since red is the colour of love, you can look for other shades, like pink, white, gold, and silver to incorporate into the colour scheme.
For instance, since the tree is the base, you can also consider green as the main colour. Unfortunately, since green and red are also the colours of Christmas, you can focus more on pink and white.
2. Ribbons & Garlands
Aside from the ornaments and string lights, you should also add some ribbons and garlands. If you can’t find heart-shaped garlands, or buying ribbons can be too much, you can create your garlands using paper chains. Fold a long strip of paper, draw a heart on the first fold, and cut it. After that, unfold the paper, and you now have a garland of hearts.
3. Set the Mood Using Romantic Lights
Instead of using your regular Christmas lights, you can switch to string lights that are soft pink, or heart-shaped. It can help create a romantic, dreamy ambience that can help you feel that the season of love is around.
On the other hand, if you’re on a tight budget, then regular white string lights can also work, as long as you have the pink and white ornaments.
4. Heartfelt Ornaments
Once you decide on the colour scheme, the next is to plan the decorations. For instance, you can start with heart-shaped ornaments, like notes, cards, and balloons. Since Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, you can find grocery corners and specialty stores offering decorations perfect for Valentine’s Day.
If you’re lost on where to start, you can pick the largest ornament you can find, and work your way to deciding the right designs that fit your main decor.
5. Love Notes & Photos
If you’re planning to surprise your significant other, you can create some small notes or written letters, and hang them on the tree. In addition, if you also have some printed photos of you two, you can hang them, so it can indicate that it’s the tree of your love.
6. Sweet Treats as Decor
Since Valentine’s season is full of sweet treats and flowers, you can also hang some chocolates, cookies, and candies that have the colour scheme as the one you’ve selected. However, if you don’t prefer to add food to your tree, you can also buy fake ones, just to add sweetness to your tree.
7. Floral Accents
As mentioned, the Valentine’s season is filled with sweet treats and flowers, so you should also include flowers on your tree. For this decoration idea, have a few choices, such as fake, dried, or fresh. However, fresh flowers can be too expensive, and they may only last for a few days.
8. Valentine’s Tree Topper
If Christmas trees often have a star or an angel as a tree topper, you can create a heart or a small cupid for Valentine’s Day. However, if you can find a ready-made Valentine’s tree topper, it’ll be easier to assemble your tree.
9. Themed Tree Skirt
As for the base of the tree, don’t forget to look for the perfect tree skirt. It can be patterned or plain, depending on whether your tree already has a lot going on. However, if you’re decorating a live tree that’s outside your house, you won’t be needing this.
10. A Tree That Spreads Love
Just like a Christmas tree, your Valentine’s tree can be your main decoration that’s a sign and a way to spread love to everyone. It doesn’t always have to be a romantic love. It can still be about other kinds of love, like for family and friends.
Final Thoughts
Are you excited to start decorating your Valentine’s tree? It’ll be great if you have a few family members or friends to decorate it with, just like when setting up a Christmas tree. However, if it’s a surprise, doing it on your own can also be a fun activity.
Let us know how your Valentine’s tree turned out by sharing a photo below!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Aliana Baraquio is a web content writer working for Sydney Tree Solutions, a company that provides tree removal and arborist services throughout Sydney. As a writer, she is passionate about providing good quality articles that help readers make the right choice.
