We've found the easiest way to tie a perfect bow with ribbon for Christmas decorating – after trying countless methods

Bows are THE biggest seasonal decorating trend for Christmas 2024. From decorating the tree to adding finishing touches to gift wrapping this year is all about the bow.

Following the Bow Christmas decoration trend couldn't be easier or more affordable, and while tying a bow seems simple enough we have been perfecting how to tie a perfect bow with ribbon to make our efforts all the more visually stunning. 

Rather than the standard shoelace bow we have discovered a super easy way to fashion bows that are sure to make any Christmas tree look more expensive – and you don't need wire-edged ribbon to get the job done, standard ribbons are ideal.

Here's how to tie a perfect bow with ribbon

The same length of ribbon looks completely transformed when implementing this year's Christmas tree decorating ideas thanks to our simple bow-styling technique.

While compiling inspiration thoughtful tablescaping, creative Christmas hosting tips and decorative Christmas centrepiece ideas we discovered how to tie a picture-perfect bow by hand.

Given the popularity of bows this year we decided it was time to film an easy-to-follow video tutorial to show that it really is so simple and easy to do.

After spending years decorating trees with lacklustre bows due to the struggle before now to make our bows look this fabulous without the help of wired ribbon. It's safe to say this method has been a game-changer for us bow fans.

Trust us when we say this really is the easiest and most effective way of creating beautiful bows using regular ribbons. You simply loop the length of the ribbon around two fingers twice, as the video shows, before tying a neat knot around the middle to hold it in place. It really is that easy. 

• Step 1: First, cut the ribbon to size so that your bows have excess length for their tails.
• Step 2: Second, wrap the ribbon around your middle and index finger in a criss-cross method, like so, and loop under to secure at the back by threading one of the tails through the crossed ribbon.
• Step 3: Finally, simply attach your bow to your tree and repeat the process as many times as you like to fill in the gaps between baubles and lights - it’s really that simple.

The whole team has been busy perfecting their bow-tying techniques to transform the look of their chosen Christmas tree theme for 2024. It really couldn't be easier to do and makes such a significant difference to how well-styled the tree decor looks.

Needless to say, all the bows already adoring my Christmas tree have been tweaked so they look like the bows in our demo video – perfect.

While we've used bows on our Christmas trees there's no saying you can't use this simple method to add the perfect finishing touch to gifts for a loved one or even secured to your chosen Christmas Day outfit. Bows are a big trend, wherever you use them this season.