5 WAYS TO DECORATE WITH A TODDLER

I love every part of the holidays: the cooking, the shopping, the smells, the decorating & decorating & decorating…ok, so I’m a little obsessed with decorating. I’m not gonna lie, I have too many boxes to count. This will be our second official year as home owners during the holiday season. But with Zig being over a year now I’m feeling like this year is really our first year…as last year I was still in the newborn haze????????

So this year we pulled out the boxes a little early and got started with our decorating. Of course my brain seemed to have forgotten what it’s like to have a new toddler/walking baby in our house at the holidays! Man do they like to grab at everything! Here’s a few tips I’ve got for you & your little grabbers ????

  1. push everything back: when we decorate areas we know he can reach we always push everything just a little further back.
  2. height is a good thing: for those items that we don’t want our little dudes to get their hands on we make sure to place those ones up heigh.
  3. felt is good: we love the idea of our boys being a part of holiday decorating so we made a felt tree that they can take on and off all day and night!
  4. hands on isn’t always a bad idea: Since the tree is always a hot item to grab at we always place kid friendly ornaments on the bottom half.
  5. lights are always fun: if it were up to me we’d have lights everywhere ????Michael keeps up bright & classy. Our tree this year does have 1,200 lights on it????

Happy holiday decorating from us to you!

much love-

danielle

xoxo

Comments

  1. Dani Holding Avatar
    Dani Holding

    Everything looks beautiful! I am loving these little tips for decorating with small ones running around! So many clever ideas! Thanks for sharing these

    xo- Dani
    http://www.draftsandcrafts.net

    1. Danielle Gutelli Avatar
      Danielle Gutelli

      Thanks girl! I love how the house transforms at the holidays. With littles we’ve got to change our decorating just a little!

      xoxo

      danielle

  2. Amanda Ortega of All That's Darling Avatar
    Amanda Ortega of All That’s Darling

    Your home looks amazing!!

    We have two under 4 so we’ve had to adapt pretty quickly haha and I used to think baby-proofing was unnecessary. Sure ate my words on that one????

    I really love the felt tree idea. So great! It all looks so merry & bright❤️ Well done mama and thanks for the extra tips????

    1. Danielle Gutelli Avatar
      Danielle Gutelli

      Awe thanks Amanda! I am completely relate to 2 under 4 we are right there with you. I’m so glad these ideas help you. Did you make the felt tree?!?

      xoxo

      d

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