How can you set up a Christmas tree without a special stand so that it can stand until March 8?

Perhaps the main hassle, in addition to preparing festive dishes, in the days before New Year is created by the Christmas tree: finding, choosing, buying, installing and decorating so that it is without unnecessary nerves and expenses, and the result turns out to be beautiful and safe... Having reached the installation, many owners live the forest beauty may encounter difficulties if the farm does not have a special stand. But with some ingenuity, dad can always find an alternative and still install a live Christmas tree at home.

How to do it?

If the tree is artificial, then there should be no special problems with its installation: all such models are equipped with ready-made stands, which only need to be assembled correctly according to the instructions.

But what to do with a living one if there is no special device or there was one, but it broke?

There are 3 most common ways to install a green beauty without a special stand:

• in a bucket;
• on a homemade cross;
• with additional fastening (if the tree is too high).

The most common method is a bucket of sand (or sand and gravel). However, the only way to get sand in winter is at a hardware store. And the process of such an installation cannot be called neat - sand will definitely spill onto the carpet. But if you need the Christmas tree to stay alive as long as possible, wet sand will come to the rescue.

The tree must first be prepared: renew the cut of the trunk (as the stems of flowers are cut), cut off the lower branches so that 20 centimeters of the trunk fit into the bucket. Sometimes, in order to make the tree more stable, it is necessary to thin out or shorten some branches at different heights.

Now you need to put the Christmas tree in a bucket, fill it with sand, compact it properly, making sure that the trunk is clearly vertical, and then pour water over the sand with the addition of an aspirin tablet.

If instead of a Christmas tree you bought a fluffy, branchy pine, for additional stability it is advisable to first secure the trunk in a bucket with gravel or stones, and then sprinkle it with sand.

Also, if there is no stand, you can use plastic bottles filled with water instead of sand. They are placed in a bucket in a circle, with a tree trunk placed in the center. For greater stability, the voids are filled with pieces of fabric.

If you were unable to purchase a real, industrial stand, you can replace it by making a simple cross from two wooden blocks, sawn in the middle and fastened together. To install a Christmas tree on it, you need to place it in the center of the crosspiece, screw a long self-tapping screw first into the crosspiece (from below), and then directly into the trunk.

If you have the financial opportunity, purchase a forest beauty already in a tub. It will be constantly alive, will not crumble, and will last for several years. And you won’t have to install it at all: it will be enough to simply place the tub with the Christmas tree in the right place.

How to install a Christmas tree if there is a small child at home?

This situation radically changes the approach to the question of the place and method of securing a Christmas tree or pine tree.

To begin with, we should clearly understand what concept we will adhere to: we will give the baby the opportunity to explore the world and gain his own personal life experience, closely monitoring him, or we will try to protect him as much as possible from possible injuries, because we do not have the opportunity to be nearby every second. This is what further actions will depend on.

For the first option, the stability of the tree and the safety of the toys for the baby are important. Therefore, the deepest bucket is chosen. If the parents decided on the option with a cross, then, if possible, it is attached directly to the floor.

It makes sense to trim the lower branches.

Toys must be unbreakable: foam, plastic, textile, cardboard.

If the tree is quite tall (above one and a half meters), it becomes less stable, which means it is easier for a small child to knock it over. In this case, it is advisable to further secure the Christmas tree by tying the trunk with ropes to a nearby support (curtain rods, heating pipes, etc.) or by securing the ropes to the wall or ceiling.

Falling needles will need to be constantly collected so that the baby does not accidentally swallow them or get scratched.

If parents want to prevent possible troubles from a child’s contact with the Christmas tree, it should be out of his reach. That is, it can be placed on a table, chest of drawers, or inside the playpen.

As an extravagant option, you can suggest fixing the Christmas tree upside down under the ceiling. The baby definitely won’t be able to reach her there, but he will be able to admire her as much as he wants. True, securing and decorating a tree in this position is not so easy.

New Year is perhaps the brightest and grandest holiday for every family. And nothing should overshadow it.A properly installed Christmas tree will eliminate the need to periodically raise it and reinstall it again, distracting from the celebration and losing the magical mood.