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Hey, party peeps! TREND ALERT: Mini Christmas Trees—Our New Family Tradition! Have you guys seen this hot new trend where you decorate a personal mini tree? Target has an entire section dedicated just to mini trees right now in their holiday section. There are a few colors (white, red, gold, blue and green) to choose from and an entire section of color-coordinated mini accessories to decorate it, including tree skirts, tree-topper stars, lights and ornaments! How cute is that?
This new trend has an especially personal meaning for me. A few years ago, we relocated from out of state and moved into our house a few weeks before Christmas. None of our stuff had arrived and wasn’t scheduled to until after Christmas, so we had none of our holiday decorations that year. But a good friend of mine brought over a mini tree so the kids would have a tree on Christmas! They LOVED it. It was the only thing sitting in front of our gigantic fireplace mantel, and it just shined brightly, like it was six feet tall! Since then, I have a fond memory of mini tinsel trees, and I had a trip down memory lane as I stood in the aisle at Target surrounded by mini trees in all their glory. Right then and there, I decided to take that memory and create a family holiday tradition out of it. This year, I surprised my kids with a mini tree for each of them to decorate themselves and place in their rooms. They loved this.
GIRLFRIEND TIP: Each Christmas, the kids will pick out a new ornament for their tree. When it gets full, they can simply move the older ornaments to our big family Christmas tree.
PICK OUT MINI TREE DECORATIONS!
Each of the kids went with me to Target to pick out their own mini tree, plus ornaments and accessories to go with it. They picked out their own mini tree skirt, colored lights, tree star and mini ornaments. I also let them each pick out three more ornaments from the regular-sized ornament section that would fit on the tree nicely. It was fun to see which ornaments they picked out. My youngest son picked out a green mini tree and ornaments that reflected his current favorite things—the Hulk, “Jurassic Park” and R2-D2! My youngest daughter—my girly girl—picked out a pink mini tree, of course, and matching pink balloon, pink gingerbread house and a ballerina mouse! My tween daughter, Faith—my animal lover—picked out a gold mini tree and three modern gold-and-white animal ornaments. (That’s my daughter!)
LET’S DECORATE OUR MINI CHRISTMAS TREES!
This was super fun and did get a bit silly at times. I mean, what kid doesn’t get excited when a string of lights suddenly lights up in their hands? I even got into the action! My daughter, Riley just kept saying, “Mom, this is SO FUN!” These are priceless memories for me that we will cherish.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR HOLIDAY TRADITIONS?
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WHERE DID SHE GET THAT?
– Styling and photography: Soiree Event Design
– Mini trees and all mini tree accessories and ornaments: Target
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That had to be a blast for all the kids. They all got their own little christmas tree to decorate. What a fun idea!
I love tiny trees! We have a big tree, but we also have several tiny trees.
The mini Christmas tree looks so cute. I also have one on my office desk and I love that it reminds me of the holidays and it inspires me more.
I had a mini tree always when I was growing up and now I have one for my son. I love that these trees are such fun colors!
I live in a small studio apartment so I have to buy tiny trees. I did try to put out a big one last year but it was just in the way. These are all so cute, I’ve got to get me a pink one.
This is kind of a trendy.I am sure kids will love this DIY project.
we do the same thing in our house. Each kiddo has their very own tiny tree and has for years. They love and adore them. I think these are all I’m going to use this ear.
I love those tiny little trees. I think they are super cute.
I love all the pink and all the Star Wars. I went to Target last night and got my daughter a slew of pink Christmas stuff. And my son got Star Wars! Ok, my whole family did.
The mini tinsel trees are adorable! I love the red one. This would look great in my home office.
These little trees are so cute. It would be great to get one for my Daughters dorm room.
These are all so cute! I love the colors that they come in and how you decorated with more color to bring it out. So pretty!
My kids each have a mini tree in their room! I love these! I want the pink one!
Those little trees are a super smart idea. Kids learn how to decorate, and they can do their own thing and not worry if it fits with the family decor. I guess they could even keep them in their own rooms to make their room ready for Christmas too.
I love the addition of those mini trees, very festive.
I love this mini tree trend! I think it makes it much easier to have a themed tree if you’ve got something a little more manageable than a 6 foot tree! lol
Your pictures are so beautiful! Love the idea of the mini tree! Will do that with my son next year!
Those are cute! I love all the sparkly colors, my kids would enjoy these!
I think this is a trend that will stick. You can put these minis all over the place and make each room festive.
I didn’t realize that Target had these sweet little trees. I need to hop over there and get a few. I love all of the colors.
Aww, I am loving those colors! It must have been so fun for the kids to pick out and decorate each tree!
We used these similar trees for our Holiday party at work yesterday! Great decorations for tables.
I totally love these little trees! Giving them their own tree is such a cool idea, it must have been very fun for them to decorate.
We have always had so many traditions, many from my childhood. This year everything is different and new, and we’re making new ones. 🙂 I like the mini trees!
Those mini trees are so cute! My son has one that he loves to decorate all by himself.
We created a little tree for our kids too. They loved it and keep their favorite ornamnets on it.
I just love those colorful mini Christmas trees so much & these are part of our family tradition as well. They look absolutely fabulous & my kids are going to be so excited with this fun DIY work.