If you are looking for a fabulously glamorous theme for your Christmas tree this year, why not decorate a peacock themed Christmas tree?
Peacocks are beautiful birds whose feathers are prized around the world.
The colors of a peacock are rich and elegant, but not the traditional predictable red & green colors of Christmas.
Here are designer tips and tricks for how to decorate a peacock themed Christmas tree.
Color Scheme
Color is the most important aspect of decorating a peacock themed Christmas tree, so make sure to be intentional when selecting your color scheme.
Your color scheme will be the colors that you use for all of your Christmas tree decorative items, not just the ornaments. This includes your tree topper, tree skirt, ribbons, and anything else attached to your Christmas tree.
Make sure that the color scheme that you select complements the room where it is going.
Peacock feathers are green, brown, gold, light blue, and navy.
Some people like to also additional saturated colors, such as hot pink, mint green, purple, burgundy, plum, orange, and gold colors.
Whatever colors you choose, they should be inspired by the bold rich colors of peacock feathers.
Those colors should be your color scheme (of course you can mix it up a bit to put your own spin on it).
Christmas Tree
You can use an artificial Christmas tree or a fresh Christmas tree to create your peacock theme.
Since green is one of the colors in a peacock feather, you can use a green Christmas tree for a more traditional look.
You can use a white, silver, gold, black or another colored Christmas tree for a more contemporary or modern look.
Whatever Christmas tree that you decide on, make sure to get the highest quality tree that is within your budget for the best aesthetic.
Fuller Christmas trees with many branches & tips and without big empty holes look much more luxe than a skimpy cheap Christmas tree that can look half dead.
Christmas Lights
You can use blue, green, white, or clear Christmas lights on your peacock Christmas tree. Whatever color you select, make sure to use all of the same color of lights throughout your tree.
Use 1 strand of 100 mini non-blinking lights for each foot height of your tree minimum (feel free to add more, even if you have a pre-lit tree).
For example, if you have an 8 foot tall tree, you should use a minimum of 8 strands of 100 lights.
For a little twinkle effect, add one or two strands of slow twinkle lights #ad spread throughout your tree. Make sure to avoid standard flashing or blinking lights that can be too harsh.
For a variety of light shapes, feel free to add one or two strands of lights with a larger bulb spread throughout the tree..
Christmas Ornaments and Trimmings
After the Christmas lights are added, you should add your ornaments and trimmings.
If you want to use ribbons, add those before the ornaments.
Once the ribbons are complete, add your ornaments.
You can use ornaments that look like peacocks, ornaments that look like peacock feathers, real peacock feathers, or ornaments of any shape or size in the peacock color scheme that you selected.
Consider adding 5-7 extra large ornaments that will be your focal point ornaments.
You can also add natural items such as pine cones and tree branches.
Use ornaments in many textures, such as smooth, rough, glittered, shiny, soft, and spiked.
You can even try wiring several plain ornaments together to create a larger ornament cluster for a designer look.
If you have any areas of your tree that feel like something is missing, consider adding in some floral picks to make your tree look fuller. You can add picks that look like evergreen branches, berries, flowers, or whatever else appeals to you.
Above and Below
Select an appropriate tree topper for your peacock Christmas tree, however a tree topper is optional.
If your design style is more eccentric, you might consider using a peacock statue covered in peacock feathers.
If your style is more conservative, a gold start or nothing on top might be more appropriate.
You might consider using many peacock feathers sticking out of the top of the tree as a topper.
Don't forget about decorating below your Christmas tree also.
You can add a Christmas tree skirt or a simple blanket or sheet wrapped around the base of your tree to create a place to put your Christmas gifts.
Many people like to use a Christmas tree collar #ad either with or without a Christmas tree skirt.
For an added designer touch, wrap your Christmas gifts in color coordinating gift wrap. Consider selecting 3 different colors of gift wrap with 3 different colors of ribbons, then mix and match the gift wrap and ribbons to create several different combinations of gift wrapping.
