We went to the Philbrook Museum to see the Festival of Trees. I thought I took more pictures of the trees. There were many pretty trees, and many interesting ones, too. There were trees that incorporated peacock feathers. There were two "trees" made from plastic bottles. There were knitted, felted trees. There was pretty stained glass. Here are the few pictures I took.
A pretty tulle tree.
I think this one was called "Sugar Plum Delight," or something similar. There are cupcake ornaments on it.
This tree was in the hall in another part of the museum. I don't think it was part of the Festival of Trees display, but I thought it was pretty.
This one was very interesting. It's hard to see in the picture, but it's covered in jeweled spiders. See the picture below for a close-up of one. It's theme is the Christmas Spider. Click the link below to read the folk legend.
Here are the fantastic gingerbread houses. I thought the use of Barbie dolls was a bit odd, though.
This one is a Mayan pyramid.
This was impressive. I love how the icing drips down the walls. See the picture below for a close-up.
Hansel and Gretel--apropos theme for a gingerbread house.
I liked the detail here of the camper in a tent. It's a toothpick with a face, lying in a Laffy Taffy sleeping bag.
The Wizard of Oz. This house was made by the Red Cross, so you see they included a Red Cross truck. Notice the witch's legs sticking out from under the house.
A Twizzler archway, with a Hershey bar-covered building.
Then, it was out back to the magnificent garden. Here a picture in the gazebo.
Lydia on the balcony, with the garden behind.
The trees were underlit, some in green, some in white. It was lovely. The kids thought they looked spooky, though, like they belonged with Halloween, rather than Christmas. :)
Good times.
