Christmas light sculptures are exactly what the name sounds like. You take a bunch of Christmas lights and wrap them around an object to create a form.
There are all sorts of ways to use Christmas lights outdoors. You can drape them on bushes or on house eves and then gnarl or extend the lights to create a unique effect. However some people don’t stop there. They buy wire armatures to create their very own Christmas light sculpture or create a frame for the sculpture out of bendable wire. The most common Christmas light sculpture is probably a star that is made out of lights that have been wired together.
However you can create a Christmas light sculpture around just about any theme. Reindeers, sleighs and Santa Clauses are also a common Christmas outdoor decoration.
Anything that can be wired into a shape can be turned into a light sculpture. This includes Christmas tree, bell and peace dove shapes. If you know how to bend a wire and how to wrap lights around it then you are fully prepared to create your own light sculptures. If you don’t have a lot of money for chicken wire or other types you can create smaller sculptures out of hanger wire. Any wire that will bend will do. You can even make an armature out of cardboard if you warp it tightly with enough lights so that the cardboard does not show.
You can also make interesting shapes out of the natural forms in your back yards. You don’t always need a wire armature to make your very own Christmas light
sculpture. All that is really required for this type of Christmas outdoor decoration is a bush or a shrub. Don’t be afraid to use your fence, trees or rocks or anything that hat you find in your backyard as the foundation for your sculptures. Lighted spiral tree sculptures and lights decorating birdbaths and arbors can turn your garden into a glittering Christmas outdoor display.
Obviously the more strands of lights that you have, the more expensive your electricity bill is going to be after the season of making merry is over. Second of all try to buy Christmas light for the yard that has a pre -manufactured design to it. You can buy all kinds of multi-tiered and draped lights that only use one socket instead of several. This can help cut energy costs.