| I use an indoor artificial palm tree as my | | | | I recently purchased starfish garland from a local |
| Christmas tree. It is about 6 feet in height with a | | | | beach shop. I could have made it but it was so |
| brown base, brown trunk and green "palms" | | | | cheap it would have cost the same to make it. It |
| coming off of the top. I decorate it with beach | | | | is about a dozen smaller (approx 2") starfish that |
| themed ornaments and it fits in with my theme. | | | | are on a string of raffia. I will hang this around my |
| I travel quite a bit so I try to pick up a beach | | | | tree as garland. You could also make the same |
| themed souvenir ornament from each city I visit. | | | | garland using seashells or sand dollars. A small drill |
| This way not only am I bringing back a little | | | | and some raffia and you are set. |
| something to remember my trip by, I can | | | | For lighting my tree, I wrap flip flop lights around |
| decorate my Christmas tree in a beach theme as | | | | the palms. Other choices that you could use are |
| well. | | | | surfboard lights, blue lights, tropical shirt lights or |
| If you don't travel much to collect ornaments | | | | palm tree shaped lights. |
| from different cities you can make them for | | | | I will go to the fabric store and purchase some |
| really cheap. I have bought clear balls, poured | | | | kind of tropical fabric to wrap around the bottom |
| beach sand and small shells in them and hung | | | | for a tree skirt. Sometimes finding tropical |
| them on my tree. You can purchase starfish and | | | | Christmas fabric is a little hard to find in a local |
| sand dollars at your local craft store or online, drill | | | | craft store so I would recommend using Ebay. |
| a hole through them and stick raffia through the | | | | They always have many choices and it is |
| hole and hang them on your tree. | | | | inexpensive as well. |