Dollar Tree Decorated Christmas Tree Under $50

Y’all know my favorite thing to do is inspire you to create & decorate a home you’ll love—well, how about a Dollar Tree Christmas Tree decorated for under $50?!

This blog post contains affiliate links. The opinions are wholly my own from my own experience. I may earn a small commission from clicks through to the websites that end in a purchase.

Christmas Tree Selection

I set out to decorate my Christmas tree on a budget mostly because I just love a good challenge, how about you?

The white, flocked 7-foot Christmas tree was from Walmart and was purchased for $79.

The super cute snowman hat tree-topper was also from Walmart for $9.99.

The rest of the Christmas tree was decorated for under $50 using ribbon from JoAnn’s  & items from DOLLAR TREE. (my affiliate link is for Dollar Tree) See how I put everything all together below…

Tips for Decorating a Flocked Christmas Tree

There were several lessons learned from this being my first year to have a flocked Christmas tree.

• Don’t wear a nice dark colored outfit while trying to put the tree together
• Don’t forget to “unstick” all of the flocked branches before you decorate
• Don’t let your black dog near the tree… see below

Step by Step Tutorial on Decorating a Flocked Christmas Tree

Step One

I started off with a neat little trick to make the tree appear taller by adding a cardboard box underneath the Christmas tree base. Surrounding the bottom, was a cute metal snowflake ring, but I quickly determined I wanted a softer look, so enter the tree skirt.

Then I figured, what could be better than one tree skirt but TWO! This is where the TWO tree skirts idea came in! 

The bottom layer was an old bedspread my daughter decided she didn’t want anymore and I failed to return, so we had it sitting in a linen closet; super-handy!

The top layer was quilted, buffalo check fabric I snagged from JoAnn’s and used my 40% off coupon which made it next to nothing!  Score! See photos below.

Step Two

Secondly, I chose which ribbons to use was the hardest part of the entire process, but adding the ribbon made the biggest impact and was super easy —y’all know I’m all about easy!

Step Three

The decorative sprays and fun picks were all from Dollar Tree came next and really helped pull the tree together with lots of color pops!

Step Four

The Dollar Tree signs were nice and bold statement pieces added throughout the tree. This was a first for me to add signs and I think I love️ it!

This is the view of the top portion of the Christmas tree and a close up of the Dollar Tree signs that were tucked into the tree >>>

Step Five

The Christmas tree topper was the show stopper for sure! In the past, we’ve had a star, a Grinch, and even a pretty mesh bow, but this year I went for something different to go with the new tree.

Nothing says snowy flocked tree like a snowman, so a snowman top hat was the winner!

Step Six

Last but not least, filling in the Christmas tree all of the Dollar Tree ornaments mixed in with the tried and true older ones finished off the tree perfectly! 

In fact, one of the ornaments added was the DIY EMBROIDERY HOOP ORNAMENT that was super popular!

viola! My christmas tree decorated by Dollar Tree under $50~

I hope you’re inspired and happy decorating a home you love for the holidays!

If you enjoy this kind of DIY project, you need to be getting my emails, friend! Each week I send out a couple of emails that include updates, crafts, shopping experiences and decor inspiration. Be sure to get yourself signed up below.  I can’t wait to meet you!

If you like decorating mulitple Christmas trees each year, check out this post with 31 different amazing artificial tree options!

Another fun post all about decorating where I’m sure you’ll find more inspiration is this one where I toured the Decorator’s Warehouse here in Texas!