First of all, there are a LOT of surfaces on a Christmas tree, all of those little crevices and needles means that this will take a lot of spray paint. For my relatively small tree, 6 FT tall and narrow, it took me seven large cans of black spray paint to make the tree look the way I wanted.

Start by spreading your tree branches out as much as possible. You want to really fluff them and separate every little limb as much as you can. If you are spraying the kind of tree where the individual branches come out, this will be even easier for you. My tree is the kind that comes apart into just a few sections, so I worked really hard to separate it as much as I could.

Start my spraying the tops of your branches

When the tree dries, flip it over and spray the bottom. You will probably have to spray the top and the bottom multiple times to get good coverage.