This instructable shows how to find the true meaning of Christmas. It's not about fancy aluminum Christmas trees, real estate, a blue ribbon for the best decorated dog house, or cash in 10s and 20s. It's about hope, and who has more hope than anyone else?
Charlie Brown
Who hopes to someday kick that football, who hopes to someday woo that little red headed girl, and who hopes that all his anxieties are a figment of his imagination despite wasting all those nickels and dimes on "Psychiatric Help".
This instructable is not about a sad little tree. It's about a tree which still has some hope.
Charlie Brown
Who hopes to someday kick that football, who hopes to someday woo that little red headed girl, and who hopes that all his anxieties are a figment of his imagination despite wasting all those nickels and dimes on "Psychiatric Help".
This instructable is not about a sad little tree. It's about a tree which still has some hope.
Step 1: Materials
Materials:
-A cedar/pine branch (real or fake)
-Pruners (or metal clippers if using fake)
-Piece of wood
-Red ball ornament and ornament hook
-Electric drill
-Drill bits
-Dried beans (or pebbles)
-Wood glue (if necessary)
-A cedar/pine branch (real or fake)
-Pruners (or metal clippers if using fake)
-Piece of wood
-Red ball ornament and ornament hook
-Electric drill
-Drill bits
-Dried beans (or pebbles)
-Wood glue (if necessary)
Step 2: Prep the branch
Bend the branch so it can hang down better.
Prune away extra leaves and branches so that it looks sparse.
Prune away extra leaves and branches so that it looks sparse.
Step 3: Drill the hole
Approximate how large of a hole you'll need. The drill bit should be a little larger than the end of the branch.
Drill the hole in the center of the piece of wood.
Drill the hole in the center of the piece of wood.
Step 4: Insert branch
Insert the branch into the hole. Use wood glue to hold it in place if necessary.
Step 5: Weight the ornament
Add beans (or pebbles) to the inside of the ball ornament. You won't need too many.
Step 6: Attach ornament
Wrap the ornament hanging wire around a minor upper branch. You might have to readjust the amount of beans (or pebbles) inside the ornament to get the right effect.
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Last year, I actually bought the Charlie Brown tree that was selling at Home Hardware and paid 20.00 (CND)... hehehe. And wouldn't you know it, when it got dismantled after Xmas, my husband dropped the one and only ball... LOLOLO.
I won't feel bad this year if he drops another because now, with your brilliant instructable, I'll be able to get "him" to make me another tree :))
Thanks for sharing.
I made my own and put up an instructable.
Didn't realize that someone already posted one.
mine's here:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Charlie-Browns-Christmas-Tree/
Do you have a spacific area set aside for photography, or did you shop the perfectly white backgrounds in?
a) no insects eat the cedar tree
b) cedar pollen wreaks havoc on our allergies
c) living in the Texas hill Country, they DO grow like weeds.
and
d) if Ms Redhead need to relieve some of her anger, she's more than welcome to come over and take her aggression out on all of the cedar trees on my property. :)
Thanks for the contribution, AngryRedhead!
And glad you like it!
Perhaps you should retell the story for those of us who aren't lucky enough to know already :D
:( :(
Unhappy of UK
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Nice. Here's mine with a gold ornament and different stand. I don't have a red ornament yet, should look better.
That's one hardcore stand.