Nice Affordable Miniature Christmas Trees.

For those who cannot afford to buy all of the fancy Christmas tree ornaments available today, decorating your tree on a budget can be practical and cost effective. You, too, can have a lovely decorative tree without having to sacrifice style and beauty. Beside being affordable, these Christmas tree decorations are great for students. Check out some of our affordable Christmas tree decoration's instructions below.

COOKIE TREE:

Create a winsome cookie tree. Start by baking the cookies in all shapes and sizes. Sprinkle each cookie with rainbow seeds or sugar sprinkles to give the cookies a appetizing color. To hang them on the tree, pierce it with a small piece of cardboard - about the size of a dime - and punch it through the top of the cookie before baking starts. With this cardboard, the holes will remain open during baking. Then, thread ribbons into the holes and make it into a bow on each cookie. Now you can hang them one-by-one.

Atop the tree, add a large gingerbread cookie with a Christmas tree light in its center. Before baking this gingerbread cookie, follow the same procedure by inserting a rolled piece of cardboard in the center of the cookie. You can dress up the gingerbread cookie using white icing with red food color.

Furnish a cute tree skirt by using an apron that has nice images of fruits, or even cookies. Now you have your very own Christmas cookie tree.

SNOWY TREE:

Here is another cost-effective way to design and make a mini Christmas tree. Try making a snowy Christmas tree. Gather cotton balls and stick them to the tips of the branches. Also use any white glitter and sprinkle it over the cotton balls to give it aglistening snow result. You can also cut thick silver strings into tiny bits to achieve the same effect.

Need an ornament for the top of the tree? Make a cookie snowman. Simply using your favorite cookie dough, shape the dough into the form of a snowman. Cover the entire snowman with white icing. Use chocolate chips for his eyes, and shape a nose using a small carrot. Add a smile on his face using chocolate from a piping bag.

To add a tree skirt, simply use a large piece of cardboard. Cut the cardboard into an arc. Take two or more cups of flour and add water. Paste the flour onto the cardboard to give the illusion of fresh fallen snow. Add white glitter to enhance the effect.