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Christmas at the Zoo
Depending on where you live, a white Christmas may seem as likely as the Abominable Snowman showing up for dinner. But a white-themed Christmas tree is within reach of anyone with a playroom full of loitering toys. We narrowed our tree motif to just animals. Those plastic polar bears and white tigers hiding at the bottom of the toy box deserve a more dignified sense of purpose, don't you think? You can find similar animal-print tree skirts for $30 to $55 at christmascentral.com.Animal House
That eye-popping tree topper is a plastic horse barn we bought at Target (Stablemates Red Stable Set, $25). To perch it there, we drilled a hole in the bottom and stuck the top branch through. Then we stuffed twinkle lights through the back door to give it that special glow. We also bought toy animals at Target (mostly by Schleich, $6 and up), although we found enough to decorate two trees just sitting idly in staffers' homes. To hang these critters, we drilled starter holes and twisted in small screw eyes ($7 for 5, doityourself.com). Many of the animals were white (after we dusted them off). Some we made white with a quick hit of spray paint (Krylon Fusion, $7, misterart.com). A few we left alone. Why mess with the stripey elegance of a zebra?
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