18 Christmas Tiered Tray Ideas Featuring Season’s Best!
I love putting together a tiered tray no matter what the season but during Christmas it’s always special.
There are so many decorative Christmas elements that you can easily create a pretty eye-catching tiered tray for your kitchen and dining space.
In this post I’ve rounded up 18 beautiful easy to assemble Christmas tiered tray ideas for you.
I love how versatile these tiered tray décor ideas are, you can easily create a weekly theme for each week of the holiday season.
Like the first week you could have a winter theme tiered tray, the second week could be an elf on the shelves theme and so on. This way you can keep your holiday décor fresh for the entire season.
Now are you finally excited to explore this list of festive tiered trays, okay let’s go!
Festive Christmas Tiered Tray Ideas
Cute Christmas Santa Tiered Tray
This tray has pops of red, and green with Christmas accents like the Santa mug and nutcracker. There is a balance between larger statement pieces and smaller fillers, like the reindeer and the festive blocks. The greenery softens the over bright red look.
How to Recreate It
- Start with a themed anchor piece, like a Santa mug or nutcracker.
- Mix in the greens like mini potted plants or faux evergreens to bring another texture and to balance the bright red ornaments.
- Include holiday sign with phrases like “Merry,” or “Fa La La.”
- Put in some fillers like wooden beads or white snowflakes to complete the overall look.
Pinkmas Tiered Tray Ideas
Would you love to deck up your tiered tray different than the usual Christmas colors? Then this pink Christmas tiered tray idea is for you. It is soothing, aesthetically pleasing and looks so unique.
Tips To Recreate This Tiered Tray
- Use shades of pink and white for this is a “Pink Christmas” and hot cocoa theme.,
- Place decorative mugs bowls, and hot cocoa signs or cookie phrases.
- Stack smaller signs on top of larger ones and use pink and white bottle brush trees as fillers.
- Find cute anchor items like large pink Santa mug or the decorative rolling pin here.
Harry Potter Tiered Tray
If you have been following this blog, you’d know I am a huge Potterhead, in fact I have an entire post on Harry Potter Christmas décor, do check out.
Coming back to this tray, I’d say this is simple and eye-catching with minimum elements and placing some key Harry Potter figurines, symbols or signs you can create a pretty neat décor.
Recreating the Harry Potter tray
- Pick your Potter character figurine, it’s Hagrid here, but you could also use Harry, Dobby, Hedwig or anyone else.
- Add faux snow or cotton batting at the base to create a winter backdrop.
- Add mini bottlebrush trees and mix in pieces like mugs, canisters, or bowls.
- Layer small ornaments, pine sprigs, or straws as fillers to complete the decor.
Cardinal & Evergreen Tiered Tray
The whole tray looks simply breath-taking. The pop of red from the birds against all the greenery looks stunning! Plus, the birdhouse makes such a cute focal point.
How To Recreate This
- Choose a centerpiece, like a small white birdhouse or lantern for the top tier.
- Layer greenery throughout use faux pine branches, holly, and sprigs to fill in each level.
- Add pop of red for contrast with cardinal ornaments or red berries.
- Stick to a limited palette of red, green, and white for a cohesive woodland look.
Festive Candy Cane Tiered Tray
Oh, my gosh, this is just the cutest and most cohesive candy cane tiered tray I’ve seen! Candy canes are such a popular Christmas ornament and theme for festive decor, and this tray works so well because it sticks to a simple red, white, and green color palette.
Tips to Recreate This Tiered Tray
- Use a white distressed tiered tray for a rustic feel.
- Add red and white accents like candy cane ornaments and wooden signs.
- Include real candy cane and peppermint bottles along with some of faux greenery and neutral wooden element and classic red and white ribbon tied into a bow.
Christmas Farmhouse Tiered Tray
A cozy and charming tiered tray with a rustic, farmhouse vibe. You can tell a lot of thought went into placing each piece to create a display that feels both full and perfectly balanced.
Recreate This
- Use a buffalo check tablecloth or runner underneath to make the colors pop.
- Gather the main pieces like here it’s the wooden reindeer head, a snowman, a miniature Christmas and a small decorative ladder.
- Tuck in smaller décor like tiny Christmas signs and ribbons to fill in any empty spaces and use a beaded festive garland to complete the look.
Gingerbread tiered tray
Gingerbread and sweets-themed tiered tray are just delightful I love the combination of all the different gingerbread characters, candy ornaments, and sugary details.
How to Recreate This Tiered Tray
- Gather your key pieces like gingerbread house figures, little gingerbread people, and some glittery candy ornaments like lollipops and striped donuts.
- Add a light layer of faux snow on the bottom tier then, tuck in a few small bottle brush trees.
- Use a mix of bead and candy cane garlands to fill any empty spaces between your pieces.
- Fill the extra gaps with smaller candy ornaments and sweet details
Winter tiered tray décor
Breaking away from the usual Christmas palette, this tray goes with a cool, soothing blue and white theme. The oversized snowflakes, the cute snowman all tie into a frosty winter look.
Tips to Recreate It
- Add a central piece like this snowman figurine and incorporate wood snowflakes ornaments.
- Use blue and white ornaments like beaded garlands, winter signs, mugs and a gold bauble here to create visual interest.
- Balance out the blues by adding pine sprigs and small bottlebrush Christmas trees.
Forest Green Tiered Tray
This tray is absolutely gorgeous! It is also a great example of how a simple, color palette can make a tiered tray look incredibly chic and cohesive.
Recreate This Forest Green Tiered Tray
- Gather a few main pieces, like a green and a white mug, a wooden festive sign and a collection of small, decorative trees in varying sizes.
- Add pinecones and faux evergreen sprigs and tie the entire look with a beaded green and white garland.
- Find a cute centerpiece like this adorable mug with a beanie to create a focal point.
Traditional Christmas Red & Pinecone Tiered Tray
A stunning traditional Christmas tiered tray where the red ornaments and apples add bold pops of color, while pinecones and faux greenery add a woodsy lush vibe.
How to Recreate It
- Start with greenery by lining each tier with faux pine sprigs for a natural base.
- Incorporate red accents with large decorative baubles, berries, apples, and candy canes.
- Mix large and small pinecones to balance the reds.
Festive Hot Cocoa Tiered Tray
A red-and-white candy cane theme where shades of red dominants everything right from the mugs to the sprinkle jars, marshmallows, and peppermint candies. It also doubles as a mini cocoa station.
Tips to Recreate This
- Start with festive red-and-white mugs and add candy cane accents with jars of peppermint candies, candy cane sticks, or swirled lollipops.
- Include hot cocoa essentials like marshmallows, sprinkles, and cocoa powder in small jars.
- Place themed container like bowls, canisters, or Rae Dunn mugs.
Genome Festive Tiered Tray
An absolutely adorable, tiered tray! The gnome theme is so popular for Christmas, and this display really shows why. The mix of soft fabrics and natural elements works wonderfully.
How to Recreate the Genome Tiered Tray
- Get a few decorative gnomes along with natural elements like pinecones and faux berries.
- Use a few decorative mugs and cups as well as miniature houses and Christmas baubles to add height and color.
- Add some buffalo check pattern to create the farmhouse style.
Neutral Christmas Village Tiered Tray
This tiered tray is a beautiful example of a cozy, neutral Christmas look! The gray and white color palette feels so serene and elegant, creating a perfect winter wonderland scene.
Tips To Recreate This
- Place main pieces like small ceramic or wooden houses in different sizes and a large festive mug.
- Create a snowy base with fluffy faux snow and add frosted bottle brush trees.
- Incorporate natural elements like pinecones and wood bead garland to add some warmth.
Buffalo Plaid Christmas Tiered Tray
This tray nails the buffalo plaid farmhouse look with its bold red-and-black check pattern carried through the trees, the gift box, and even the cloth at the bottom.
Recreate This Buffalo Plaid Christmas Tiered Tray
- Pick buffalo plaid accents like mini trees, fabric cutouts, or wrapped gifts.
- Add a festive Christmas sign and incorporate the greenery with berries and pinecone sprigs.
- Use any vintage-inspired décor piece like this skate ornament here.
Red Rose Christmas Tiered Tray
This one is such a showstopper, some lovely florals, like this deep red rose can brighten even the most deary winter.
How to Recreate It
- Start with a festive container or planter, like the truck planter here.
- Layer in red florals, greenery, and berries.
- Add a farmhouse-style holiday sign.
- Accent with candy ornaments and a holiday mug.
Christmas Star Tiered Tray
Okay, but can we just talk about how beautiful and sophisticated this Christmas tiered tray is?! I love how it uses a simple color palette of natural wood, white, and black without being over the top.
Recreate This
- Place a few ceramic houses on each tier.
- Add wooden stars and red jingle bells.
- Mix in pine greenery along with festive mugs and small accents.
Whimsical Christmas Village Tiered Tray
Oh, this is absolutely magical! It looks like a tiny, cozy Christmas village right in the middle of a snowy forest. I just love full of little details this is.
Tips to Recreate It
- Add bottle brush trees in different sizes and colors.
- Place miniature houses on each tier for a cozy village look.
- Tuck in deer figurines and woodland animals.
- Scatter faux snow or cotton balls for a frosty look.
Charming Snowman Tiered Tray
I’m absolutely obsessed with the snowman theme, it’s so cozy and feels like it belongs in a Christmas movie.
Recreate this
- Place 2-3 anchor ornaments, in this case, a snowman figure on the top tired and bold decorative sign on the second tier.
- Fill in the rest of the spaces with evergreen sprigs, pinecones, and festive ornaments.
Finally, Some Tips & Ideas to recreate a Christmas Tiered Tray
Here are some basic tips and ideas on putting together a Christmas Tiered Tray.
- Decide on your color palette. Some classic Christmas combinations include – A) Traditional Red, green, and white, B) Rustic/Farmhouse with neutral tones, C) Winter theme with Silver, white, and blue, D) Elegant theme with Gold, white, and metallic shades.
- Gather décor items like small figurines of Santa, snowman or reindeer, natural elements like pinecones, small evergreen sprigs.
- Use decorative items like baubles, garland, cute cannister, jars and mugs.
- Arrange larger focal pieces first them fill in the spaces with smaller items, play with height and texture.
Most importantly, just have fun! There are no rules really so let imagination be your guide to create your festive tiered tray. And I hope you create a might epic one.
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