XmasExp Farmhouse Ornaments: Four Packs, Not One

Hi darlings.

Same story as the lights, different component. This pack is twelve ornaments. A 6ft tree needs somewhere between sixty and a hundred and twenty.

So you’re buying four packs. Forty-eight ornaments, ninety-nine dollars and change, and it will be the single most expensive line in your whole tree.

Let’s talk about why that’s still the right call.

Why four and not six

The standard is ten to twenty ornaments per foot. On a 6ft tree that’s sixty to a hundred and twenty, which sounds like a lot until you’ve hung forty and watched them disappear into the branches.

Four packs gets you forty-eight, which sits at the low end. That’s deliberate. On this tree, plaid ribbon and pinecone picks are doing real work filling space, and they cost a fraction of what ornaments do. Ribbon woven in vertical cascades takes up more visual room than a dozen baubles and costs ten dollars.

If you’re not using ribbon and picks, go to six packs. If you are, four is enough and the money’s better spent elsewhere.

Key features

🎨 Two styles, twelve pieces — Mixed matte and glittered finishes in each pack, so a single order doesn’t look uniform
📏 70mm / 2.76 inches — Mid-size, which reads properly from across a room without dominating
🛡️ Shatterproof — Survives a dog’s tail, a toddler, and the box falling off the shelf in July
✋ Handmade, each one unique — Small variations between balls, which is what keeps a tree from looking like a display
♻️ Durable and reusable — Built to come back out year after year
✨ Double-processed glitter — Treated to reduce shedding, though some fall is unavoidable in shipping

The colors

Nine colorways available and two sizes. For a farmhouse tree you want the cream, tan and barn red mix — one buyer described it as adding a nice touch of red to their tree, which is exactly the right amount of red for this look.

Not a red tree. A cream and wood tree with red in it.

If you’re building toward a different palette, the Idea List has the other eight.

Where it’s honest and where it isn’t

The praise is consistent and specific. Pretty, exactly as pictured, good quality, good value. People like the size and say it suits any tree.

Two mixed notes.

The glitter. Most buyers are happy with the amount. One notes it doesn’t stay put on the surface. The listing itself admits some shedding is unavoidable in transit, which I’d rather they say than not. Practical version: unbox them over a bin, not over your rug.

The tops. Some buyers report the cap where the hook attaches breaking apart. It’s the weak point on almost every shatterproof ornament — the ball survives the fall, the plastic top doesn’t. Hang them by the cap, not by pulling on the string, and don’t yank them off in January.

The mistake to avoid

Hanging every ornament at the same depth, right at the branch tips.

Half of yours should go deep — pushed back toward the trunk where the lights are. That’s what creates the layered glow instead of a flat wall of baubles. It feels wrong while you’re doing it, because you’re hiding ornaments you paid for. Step back six feet and you’ll see why it works.

The bottom line

The best-rated thing in this build and the one that costs the most, because you need four packs. Get the cream, tan and red mix, hang half of them deep, and unbox them somewhere you don’t mind a little glitter.

If your budget won’t stretch to four packs, buy three and add more ribbon. A tree with too few ornaments and generous ribbon looks intentional. A tree with too few ornaments and nothing else looks unfinished.

Check the current price on Amazon →

See the full ornaments Idea List →

See the whole farmhouse tree build →

Stay trendy, stay warm.

— Wendy 💛