![]() This list includes both pre-lit and unlit Christmas trees and is fully updated for 2022. Since we have it by our front window, a few neighbors with young children have come to ask how to hang their tree to keep it safe from their toddlers (I like to call them Todzilla).It’s no secret that I love a gorgeous flocked Christmas tree so I’ve gathered a list of the most beautiful flocked Christmas trees for every budget. My kids are past the stage where they HAVE to pull the ornaments down but I know curiosity is a strong temptation and we have enjoyed the oddity and space it saves. (Does not make for a Merry Christmas! Lol) ![]() You will want to find the studs or wooden beams to hang from or you will rip a hole in the ceiling. We had to go artificial for this as we hung it at an angle to compliment the layout of the room and could not provide water but we lit an evergreen candle and it smelled like the real thing without all the needles to clean up. It takes up less space from the room but you can't get a 10 foot tree. Hang the ornaments AFTER the tree is securely hanging. The trick is to put the lights on by circling around the tree and actually clip them on with the clips at each socket BEFORE you hang the tree. I don't notice the eye hooks in the ceiling the rest of the year but they have come in handy for other decorations and for some hanging plants. I think one year we may have used fishing line but it has to be pretty hefty to hold the tree. We just put in some eye hooks and used picture wire because it was hard to see. That one worked for a while and then broke so we are back to the ceiling. ![]() We hung ours from the ceiling for two years and last year we used a flag holder and it stuck out from the wall at an angle. This sounds crazy but it worked really well. What did our parents do before baby gates, and when most trees where real trees. It's not like she will be the first child to ever find herself in the tree. I'm sure no mater what I do and how much I try to prevent it she will find herself in the tree sometime between now and when it's gone. I'll just lay them on our guest bed so my son can still see them and guess what's inside. I will not be putting any gifts under the tree until two seconds before we open them. I would have done the table idea if I felt like we had one sturdy enough, and small enough not to take over our living room. She will pull up on anything and everything, and the last thing I want is for her to pull up knock over the table and tree on to herself. We thought about the table idea, but I didn't feel like we had a sturdy enough table. We do use the kid friendly ornament hangers and not those metal ones. Needless to say we don't have near as many ornaments on so it took no time to put it up. Then we didn't put any ornaments any lower than where she could reach. We just put our tree up this evening and we left off the two bottom rows of branches. Ha, we are in the same situation to the T. Anyway, any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! The only thing I don't like about that is that it doesn't seem as festive to open gifts by the light of the computer you know. ) But my baby is into everything and I am going to just stick a six foot tall shiny toy in the corner that is not to be touched? How have some of you moms handled this? I usually make the Christmas tree a focal point of my living room, but I was thinking that maybe this year it should be in the computer room, where I can limit his access? So would it be better to just do garlands etc in the living room and the tree in the computer room. My first born was six months his first christmas, so it wasn't a problem and then 18 months the next time around, so he could be taught to stay out of it and just look, of course he had his moments. He is a very frisky and inquisitive fella and I am wondering how on earth I am going to keep him out of my tree this year. So as is obvious by my subject line, I have a 10 month old.
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