Things You'll Need:
- Brightly Colored Jute Cord
- Strings Of Seashells
- Ukuleles
- Christmas Tree Skirts
- Christmas Trees
- Cocktail Umbrellas
- Leis
- Plastic Tropical Fish
- Tree Stands
- Miniature Bottles Of Rum
- Christmas tree lights (palm trees and tropical fish, or hula girls)
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Step 1
Buy a tree and set it up.
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Step 2
Put lights on it. For a tropical-theme tree, replace some bulbs so you've got lots of yellow, orange, green and blue - or get strings of lights in the shape of tropical fish and hula girls.
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Step 3
Collect the materials you'll need: cocktail umbrellas, little bottles of rum, strings of shells, paper fold-up pineapples, miniature tropical fish (plastic, of course) and parrots, for starters. Party supply stores are a great place to start since luaus are always in style, and check toy stores for doll-size scuba sets.
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Step 4
Get some string or cord to tie everything on - brightly colored jute will complement the tropical theme.
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Step 5
Attach the decorations to the tree, starting with the biggest items. Then move on to medium and smaller items, arranging as you go. Some items will practically attach themselves - the cocktail umbrellas, for example, can be propped on the branches. Use the cord to tie the rest of the items to the ends of branches.
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Step 6
Don't forget something special - a ukulele, perhaps? - for the top.
Comments
hereshow said
on 11/23/2007 I'm planning to do this. I also got some palm tree and ukulele metal ornaments from Hilo Hattie (that kind of look like those Mexican tin ornaments)
I think you forgot the obvious decoration for the top: a starfish! I have one that's about 20 years old but I think it will work.