Decorating for Christmas Without A Christmas Tree!

I saw something the other day and it inspired a great idea. It was a beautiful wall decoration using a bulletin board. It made me think…what about making a Christmas tree on the bulletin board as a perfect alternative for those who may not want to put up a tree but still want the Christmas feeling. College students could be a great example. People who live in small apartments, those who won’t be home for Christmas, elderly who don’t want all the fuss. Just to name a few. By using a bulletin board, you can hang the ornaments and still be able to reminisce, play Christmas music and drink whatever it is you drink while doing it. Best of all, cleanup will be a snap!

Let me show you what I did!

Lucky for me I had a large bulletin board that I snagged from the trash last summer. I took it out of storage, cleaned it up, re-covered it with linen fabric, made a frame, painted it white and finally attached it to the board with Liquid Nails.

The bulletin board is ready to add ornaments. Since I will be using my own ornaments this year, I went to the Dollar Tree to get ornaments for my bulletin board tree.

I modified some of the ornaments. The bird and silver ring were two separate ornaments and I combined them. I had two of each of the deer and the sleigh, but they were pointing in the same direction, and I wanted them to face opposite each other for symmetry. To fix this I removed the decorations on one deer and one sleigh and attached it to the other side and just like that they are opposite each other.

I used push pins and white-tipped straight pins to attach the ornaments. The push pins worked better with flat pieces, while the straight pins allowed the larger ornaments to hang freely. Although the ornaments were in place, they did not create a tree shape. After looking through my Dollar Tree collection, I found white trees and snowflakes. I used the white trees to make an outline and filled the remaining empty spaces with the snowflakes, which created the desired effect.

I love the way it came out and look forward to making it a part of my Christmas decorations for years to come!

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As always love to hear your comments. What do you think of this idea? How would you use it?