How to keep your Toddler away from the Christmas Tree

Christmas it is indeed the best time of the year. You have decorated your beautiful tree with your family but the little ones have other ideas of taking out the decorations on the tree.

Toddlers years can be tough at times and Christmas cheer can come with it’s own challenges

Celebrating Christmas with two kids has been different over the years. My first experience was sort of challenging. My daughter Willa (two at the time) she was not drawn too much to the Christmas tree. However my son JT (9 months at the time) was crawling and exploring around.

Boy it was an another level experience. I would turn my back for a second and he’d make a run for the tree. It was a game of catching the baby all the time. This left me and my husband exhausted and frustrated at times.

After so much research, trial and error through resources, I have found a few simple ways to keep your curious little ones safe and your Christmas tree intact.

7 simple ways to keep your toddler away from your decorated Christmas tree

1. Choose a fake tree!

Pine needles that sheds from the real tree are not just messy and annoying but can also be a risk to your baby/toddler if they manage to eat them.

2. Let them Touch the Tree

What toddlers wants is to know and explore. The more you tell them No, they want to find out “why they have been told NO” therefore leading to more curiosity. Just let them explore it and after a while they will be bored with the tree and move on to something else.

3. Give them their own tree

Try and give them their own tree. This could be a small tree that they could decorate themselves. You can easily found a mini tree on amazon. It does not have to be expensive. if you are into DIY you can try and make your own Christmas tree.

4. Use Non-Breakable Ornaments

Use kids friendly Christmas ornaments on the lower part of tree, where your little one can reach. You can also try and make your own DIY child friendly ornaments

5. Put a barrier around Christmas tree

You can do this by creating gift fence around your tree. Putting decorated boxes in front of tree or you could put fence around the actual Christmas tree.

6. Decorate Top Of the Tree

Only decorate half top of the tree where you little one can’t reach and finish the rest of tree at a later stage.

7. Add Bell ornaments to you tree

If you are a parent yo a toddler you know silence is not always golden. So decorating your tree with the bells will act as an alarm to alert you that the tree is under attack.

Final thoughts….

Although Toddler years may be stressful at times, they’re also so rewarding in many ways. One thing to remember as you go through this stage is your Toddler is only little for a short time, this will be over before you know it. There is beauty in toddler years, so find ways to enjoy your Christmas tree with your little ones.

I hope these simple tips and tricks will help you keep your decorated family christmas tree intact before Santa visits.

Have a wonderful festive season

Emma xx