Christmas Tree in a Box {+ free printable}

What comes in a Christmas Tree in a Box:

• One strand of lights
• As many clothes pins as number of pictures
• Pictures of friends and family to use as ornaments
• M&M’s- or the person’s favorite treat to eat while “hanging” the tree
• 8 or so tacks- to hang the strand of lights
• Printable manual (in this post)
• I also added some of these free printable love notes in as ornaments.

It’s an easy little project to put together. The only actually crafting involved is decorating your clothes pins with sharpies. This is how the recipient will hang the pictures from the strand of lights.

Gather pictures, strand of lights, and tacks. I put the tacks in an empty Altoids container for easy shipping.  I also added some blank card stock for DIY ornaments. (Andy did not utilize the DIY ornaments, but it was an honest attempt at encouraging creativity!) I think the right person would love DIY ornament materials (me! me!). The M&M’s are a just a yummy treat to eat while decorating your tree. Andy loves peanut butter M&M’s, but any tasty treat will do the trick. Hanging the tree is super easy. It takes 15 minutes, and the handy manual gives you the tree hanging low down. Just double click, save, print, and add to your Christmas Tree in a box package…

As far as shipping goes, grab a medium flat rate box from USPS. It will cost you $13.65 to mail, and the weight does not matter.