🎄 How I turned my Candy Christmas Tree into a Grinch tree 🎄

If you’re like me and live for the holiday season, you’ve probably already jazzed up your space with a Christmas tree which may or may not be bursting at the seams. Well mine was after years of collecting ornaments (thanks to those epic Boxing Day bargains) ! I decided to take the plunge and buy a second Christmas tree 🤗 during the Black Friday mayhem, courtesy of the most realistic artificial tree maestros – Balsam Hill.

They have the most beautiful trees which look so realistic, their trees don’t lose their needles so I feel they would last a lifetime – at this price it better be 🌟 They currently have some of their trees at 50% off for cyber week and this is such a bargain – shop here 🎄

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Now, I’ve got the perfect canvas to unleash my ornament obsession. It’s like the North Pole collided with a Christmas superstore in my house, and I am here for the holiday extravaganza! Let’s deck the halls and why not add a mischievous twist this year and turn it into a Grinch tree that’ll steal the show (and maybe a few hearts)?

Here is my Grinch Tree (the real kicker) so far (with hopefully more ornaments to come – stay tuned). The tree featuring below is the 7′ Silverado Slim tree with the clear LED Fairy lights.

Have a glimpse 🎄

FIRST STEP: ADD all the red and white ornaments

SECOND STEP: ADD those lime green ornaments

Go back to those storage boxes, can you find any lime green ornaments? If not, go directly to step three. If yes, great! you have a better collection than me! Add them to your tree, evenly spread of course.

THIRD STEP: Add a Green Grinchy Touch

Let’s have winter wonderland properly collide with Whoville. Let’s turn those old red/white ornaments grinchy! Love repurposing, we can finally make something out of those old ornaments we have been hanging onto.

Grab some acrylic green and yellow paint. Mix about 60% yellow with 40% green and that should give that famous Grinch hue colour. You could also mix yellow and blue, that should give you the same result. And get painting. Adding a few dots or lines of lime green paint would revive your ornaments and will be a perfect addition to your Grinch tree.

Something else I did was actually pick some of my relatively new ornaments and only added some grinchy paint on one side of the ornaments – future-proofing! You could get rid of the Grinch features in the future by only displaying the side which isn’t painted.

Fourth step: Shop for Grinch ornaments

If like me, you find your tree is not grinchy enough, I am afraid it’s time for shopping around and I did that for you (for those based in the UK).

I’ll be honest, the choices are soo limited. I didn’t think it would be difficult to find Grinch decorations but it really has been. Hopefully more will be released next year.

Primark didn’t release any Grinch tree decorations this year. But I understand the ones from last year can be found on Amazon; at a price tag it seems.

Nothing with good reviews otherwise on Amazon.

Fifth step: Shop for lime green decorations

LAST Step: ADD RIBBONS and the famous plates

Now, add ribbons to your Grinch tree. Choose colours that complement the Grinch’s green and red theme. This ribbon on Amazon would add a lovely extra festive touch.

Very last step for now, add the famous ‘Whoville’, ‘Grinch’s lair’ plates. I simply order those cardboard ones from Etsy.

So there you have it ! The Grinch would be proud – and maybe a bit jealous. It’s the perfect combo of sweet and mischievous. And there is still plenty of space on the tree to add more ornaments in the years to come (once I find more deals 😉).

Let the Christmas chaos ensue, and may your holidays be as vibrant and quirky as my Grinch tree adventure! 🌲✨

With love 🤶,

Caroline