Very soon - New Year! So, we are waiting for the New Year holidays, salads, tangerines, sweets, garlands, elegant decorations, a chiming clock, and, of course, a Christmas tree.
Many people choose which Christmas tree to put at home - live or artificial, how and how to decorate it. And now, when there is a small child in the house, the number of questions is only increasing.
No need to worry! We sorted out all the basic questions about the Christmas tree and the kids and their common coexistence in the same house.
Which Christmas tree to choose - live or artificial
We look carefully at all the pros and cons of a living Christmas tree.
Pros:
- Wonderful coniferous aroma.
- More festive look.
- Feeling of magical holidays.
Minuses:
- Needles crumble. Many needles that have to be swept out before spring from all corners of the apartment. Falling needles can injure a child: get into the eye, painfully prick, catch on clothes or scratch delicate baby skin.
- When buying, it is always a "cat in a poke" - it is difficult to determine by the associated Christmas tree whether it will turn out to be large and fluffy.
- It may be that the child is allergic to needles or the essential oils contained in the needles.
- In winter, conifers become a habitat for ticks dangerous to humans and animals.
- It is difficult to establish if the tree is large.
Tip: If you are special in installing and securing the Christmas tree, and if you are still sure that the baby will not demolish the Christmas tree, go ahead. To avoid early shedding of needles, give preference to trees with a thick trunk and green needles.
What can be said about artificial spruce?
Pros:
- It’s much easier to choose and choose according to size - in the store it’s immediately clear where the fluffy beauties are and where the modest plain-looking trees are.
- She certainly does not crumble and does not even prick.
- If it accidentally falls, there will not be much harm from it.
- And most importantly - it serves many, many years.
Minuses:
- If you tremble with your heart and start saving as much as possible, you can buy a not very high-quality Christmas tree.
- Not the most natural look.
- There is no coniferous aroma.
Tip: choose the most lush tree and buy coniferous oil for aroma in the pharmacy.
How to install a Christmas tree and how to fence
Where to put?
On the floor, if you are sure that you are a very attentive parent and are sure that the child will not drop the tree. Or put where the child does not reach - on the table or bedside table, if the tree is small.
If you have chosen a live Christmas tree, then the best option for installation is a special tripod. You can put a container of water under it, then the tree will live longer.
Often, special small devices for installing a Christmas tree are also sold in Christmas markets - you just need to ask the seller.
With artificial Christmas trees, it’s even easier - they are already sold with stands.
We want to remind you of the old-fashioned way - to attach a Christmas tree to the battery. Tightened up - and the soul is calm.
Tip: If the house is a child, put the tree in the playpen or fence it with a children's fence. In general, here you can otgalatsya and fantasize as much as enough of your imagination and means. Some place a Christmas tree on the ceiling 🙂
What to decorate
Well, we have a tree. It is fixed and even fenced. What will we decorate? We need the safest toys.
We install the star without fear - it is high, the baby will not get to it. What about the rest of the toys?
Kicking toys are not an option. We choose toys from plastic, cardboard, fabric and wood, preferably larger, so that the child could not swallow them.
Sweets - an option if there is no allergy to sweets. We hang gingerbread men, lollipops, chocolates in bright candy wrappers on the Christmas tree.
No one has canceled the creative solutions, many families prefer traditional photos or red fabric bows to traditional Christmas decorations. Creative, fresh, safe.
How to deal with garlands and tinsel
While the child is small, it is better not to use garlands - after all, this is electricity and the risks of electric shock are too high. If you still decide to hang the garlands, remember about safety: they should not burn for whole days in a row.
Operation of low-quality garlands can lead to electric shock, short circuit, and even cause a fire. Therefore, electric garlands must be selected in the most careful way.
It is better to hang tinsel higher and choose a product without a wire base.
I still worry how to be?
Buy coniferous branches and put them in a vase - beautiful and safe.
Hang garland lights and dress a small Christmas tree or a bouquet of pine branches.
If there is a small child in the house, the following precautions must be observed when choosing and installing the tree:
- Best of all, if the tree is artificial, with soft “needles”, then the child will not prick and run into a splinter.
- The tree should be small. In fact - the less the better. If this falls on the child as a result of his careless actions, he will not receive severe damage.
- Put the tree on the floor, in the corner, it is better that there is a wall on both sides of it.
- It is not necessary to hang electric garlands on a Christmas tree, it is better on a wall.
- Toys - only plastic, wooden, paper - that do not break.
And remember that even with all these measures, an eye and an eye are necessary for a child!
Have a wonderful holiday!
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Dress up the Christmas tree 2019
The options for protecting the Christmas tree from children are certainly diverse, but somehow they do not look very. By and large, the tree is put FOR children! There are felt spruces that are attached to the wall, the child himself decorates them with felt toys with Velcro, and for the mood and aroma - put living branches in a vase.
From personal experience, we always preferred natural Christmas trees. After all, the New Year happens only once a year. It is beautiful, festive, useful and not so dangerous as it is written in the article. And the artificial tree will last a couple of years, then it will lose its former appearance, and it will gather dust in the attic or in the garage. And the child should simply not be left alone in the room with the Christmas tree. Our child grew up and have never fallen a Christmas tree. He broke toys, but these are trifles.
Regardless of having a small child in the house, I choose an artificial Christmas tree. It’s a pity alive, and simply not practical (the needles crumble). And the wonderful smell, as it is written in the article, can be purchased separately in the form of pine oil)
I guess I was lucky, but my one-year-old daughter was not interested in the tree, well, maybe one evening! I gave her to examine it, touch the toys, tinsel, needles, interest was satisfied and there were no vandal attacks on the Christmas tree)