I love your little forest. FYI - I have always had cats, and Christmas trees, and before they started making the wonderful plastic decorations, I just borrowed a blanket from the neighbor's dog to put under the tree skirt to keep my cats away from the tree. It worked but the plastic ornaments, (with no glitter!) has made it easy to stop worrying. I use short strings of beads instead of tinsel for sparkle so no worries there either. Maybe you could try this?