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How Prop Hire Can Enhance your Christmas Event

Sophie

Give your Christmas Events that Extra Sparkle

In this blog post we’re exploring how prop hire can enhance your event and elevate your stage hire and production by making it visually pleasing to the audience. 


When you think of Christmas, you are likely picturing a scene that is red, green and gold, sparkling lights, and maybe even snow. When planning your event you want to be bringing those things to your stage area and the rest of your event to really capture the essence of Christmas.


We’ve written a previous post on How to Customise Your Stage we brought you ideas on how to decorate your stage to really bring it the extra pizazz to your event.


In this post, we’re going to share ideas on how to use prop hire to make your stage area pop and bring the true spirit of Christmas to your event.

A Christmas tree decorated with lights in a town square for a light switch on event

Stage hire


First up, you will need to decide on which stage works best for your event (for help on this please check out our Guide to Outdoor Staging or How to Pick the Right Stage for Your Event). This is your canvas, a blank space for you to decorate and change so that it fits your vision. 


Depending on the stage you settle for, your options for decorating will be different. If you have a large stage, for example, and you don’t need the whole space, you will have more floor to add props and decorations to. If you opt for a smaller one, you might want to consider keeping some space around the stage for props.


With our trailer stages, you can also add things to the trusses (the ceiling) whereas this won’t be an option for our modular stage with canopy (unless it’s balloons and doesn’t weigh anything). If you choose our trailer stage with PA wings, this will give you additional space for banners or props as well.


For more information on loading weights etc please do get in touch and one of our technical team will be happy to chat through options with you. 


Once you’ve got your stage sorted you can flex that creative muscle and start planning your decorations.

Trailer stage with Christmas banners on top and on PA wings, with an audience and lasers in the sky

Prop Hire


Prop hire companies are widely available, particularly with Christmas decorations, you can get anything from candy canes to giant nutcrackers or penguins and polar bears. 


Have a think about your theme within Christmas because there are so many options. You could go with a polar theme or a more traditional theme, the possibilities are endless, but this will help you narrow down what props to gravitate towards. Rather than ending up with a buffet style palette where you have a little bit of everything. 


Browse prop hire company websites for ideas if you’re struggling. Check out Boutique Party Hire for a more modern approach or EPH Creative for a more rustic feel. 


Once you’ve had a look, you’ll be able to set a budget and combined with your available space and desired aesthetic, you can select what you would like to hire and have the most visually pleasing Christmas stage.

Themes & Ideas

We attended a Fire & Ice themed Christmas event, where the organisers had iceberg props on stage with firebreathers performing.


a trailer stage with prop icebergs
Simple Christmas Stage decorations with triangular Christmas trees light up and fairy lights draped at the top.

This really simple stage design by Church Stage Design Ideas, is both simple but very effective. With some coloured lights they were able to change the stage to suit the mood. These modern and simple trees are very effective.


Or you could go all out with fake snow, candy canes, Christmas trees, presents and wreaths, turn your stage into a veritable winter wonderland. 


A red coloured stage decorated or Christmas with trees, presents, candy canes and fake snow

Conclusion


When it comes to Christmas, and your stage hire, the ideas are endless on how you can stand out from the crowd. Don’t be limited by the stage when it can be your blank canvas for creating something truly magical.

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