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5th December 2008, 08:47 AM #1
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Home-made Christmas Trees, decorations
After refusing to pay more than $150 for a relatively ugly plastic Christmas tree this year, I decided there was no law against building my own one! I have a fairly modern lounge room and didn't really think a green plastic tree would suit anyway. After about 10 minutes of pondering a design and another 10mins in Excel, I worked out the design for this modern tree which I built in a day with the kids. 1" steel pipe down the middle, 70x70x800 base, the rest is 70x19. Materials came to $111. I then put some of those rechargable flickering LED tea light candle thingamies in the frosted glass as my Christmas lights.
So now I have a REAL Pine tree! (ha ha ha)
It got me thinking - has anyone else made their own Christmas tree, or decorations out of wood? Post photos if you have - spread the Christmas cheer!Last edited by ronafios; 5th December 2008 at 09:15 AM. Reason: Better image files
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5th December 2008, 11:10 AM #2
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Anything that gets the kids helping and means them having a bit of fun too get's my vote.
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5th December 2008, 11:56 AM #3
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That's great.
Have you found a kid at the top yet?
I reckon you could sell those.
And what about a motor on the bottom to make it go round. Tacky I know, but prolly sell even better.
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24th January 2010, 05:04 AM #4
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Please tell me how you made this. I would like to build one myself.
Originally Posted by ronafios
After refusing to pay more than $150 for a relatively ugly plastic Christmas tree this year, I decided there was no law against building my own one! I have a fairly modern lounge room and didn't really think a green plastic tree would suit anyway. After about 10 minutes of pondering a design and another 10mins in Excel, I worked out the design for this modern tree which I built in a day with the kids. 1" steel pipe down the middle, 70x70x800 base, the rest is 70x19. Materials came to $111. I then put some of those rechargable flickering LED tea light candle thingamies in the frosted glass as my Christmas lights.
So now I have a REAL Pine tree! (ha ha ha)
It got me thinking - has anyone else made their own Christmas tree, or decorations out of wood? Post photos if you have - spread the Christmas cheer!
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24th January 2010, 06:49 PM #5
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Looks good. (Where's the angel?)
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