Oh Untraditional Christmas Tree

Tis the season to bring stuff out of storage. 

This Christmas we have a very stuffed living room. 

We have a Pac n' Play and a baby swing and a baby play mat and a lil' kitchen set and lots o' toys all taking up lots o' space.

I had to put my beloved papasan in storage a long time ago. 

In case you didnt know we live in an apartment and are looking for and praying for a new home.  I am a stay-at-home mom so that makes home buying a little more difficult. 

All this to say, there is no room for a Christmas tree this year. 

At first I was bummed about this. 

Christmas without a Christmas seems very sad. 

I thought about how this might be the first Christmas Em remembers and there wont be a tree. 

After a brief mourning period and some prayer I decided its not so bad. 

I am going to have a Christmas tree. But it will not be the traditional type of tree at all. 

After searching the interwebs I found lots of different ways we can have a tree and still be able to walk around.

The Christmas tree decal. 

We have a ton of wall space because I keep telling myself this is our last year here in this apartment (its been 8 years) and I cant commit to a wall color or wall hangings.

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pier one

Or we can go with some tree wall art. 

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But you cant really put any presents under the wall art. 

We could go with an actual tree that is just a little different. 

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This one just makes me sad

The Half Tree
Sold at Target

The Skinny Tree
Sold at Target

And lastly the recreatable tree. 

I can have a tree that Em can decorate over and over
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I can draw a Christmas tree on our sliding glass door window. 

We can have a chalkboard tree.
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After thinking about it, I decided we will do the following:

~The tree decal

I already bought and will have it up soon. 

~The Felt Tree

I'm gonna buy the felt this week and have IT up soon

~The Window Tree

This will prob be done this week and redone many times until Christmas

~And lastly

the spinning tree. 

I saw it Target and had to get it. Its pretty small and will go on our coffee table and Em can play with it lots. It was on Sale!

So instead of being sad that we are not going to put up regular fresh tree this year and dress it up with our ornaments, I'm going to be happy that we have 4 trees and hope that it is a fun memory for Em too. 

Stay tuned for pics!