| One backyard decoration that is increasingly | | | | faces, or even reindeer. These even work well in |
| popular is a tree face. These are sometimes | | | | your front yard to greet your holiday guests. |
| known as a forest face, but the concept is a | | | | For something less seasonal but in keeping with an |
| simple one. These decorations are added to one | | | | outdoor or forest look, you can find a variety of |
| or more of your trees, and they consist of a | | | | wild animal faces. Examples include a wild duck or |
| barebones face, with a set of eyes, a nose, and a | | | | even a moose with antlers. |
| mouth. These are large enough to be seen from | | | | Then there are the sports team affiliations. You |
| across the yard, and come in a huge variety of | | | | can find tree faces decked out in hats and other |
| styles and characters. | | | | insignia that show off your allegiance to sports |
| These tree faces are usually quite easy to put up. | | | | teams of all sorts. Professional baseball teams like |
| A few nails spaced to put the eyes and | | | | the Chicago Cubs are popular, and football teams |
| eyebrows apart from the nose and mouth, and | | | | include the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas |
| some come with a template to make the spacing | | | | Cowboys. |
| easy to do. | | | | And college teams are not forgotten either. Most |
| One favorite use for tree faces is for seasonal or | | | | of the major colleges from conferences like the |
| holiday decorations. A natural fit is the Halloween | | | | SEC and the Big Ten are easy to find, and are |
| faces, that have a spooky look that is reminiscent | | | | great for showing off your allegiance during the |
| of some movie trees of past years, like the | | | | college football season. Any fan would appreciate |
| walking trees in the Lord of the Rings movies. | | | | one of these for their yard. |
| Other holiday decorations include some Santa | | | | |