Instructables: exploring - living - christmas - lights - featured http://www.instructables.com Sun, 19 May 2013 22:03:39 PDT BLOX v1.01 Sponge Stamped Christmas Tree Card http://www.instructables.com/id/Sponge-Stamped-Christmas-Tree-Card/
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Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:22:37 PST
Lighted Bethlehem Star tree topper http://www.instructables.com/id/Lighted-Bethlehem-Star-tree-topper/
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Sun, 9 Dec 2012 19:46:26 PST
Cardboard Christmas Lights Wrap http://www.instructables.com/id/Cardboard-Christmas-Lights-Wrap/
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Sat, 7 Jan 2012 13:22:45 PST
Outrageous Christmas Decorations http://www.instructables.com/id/Outrageous-Christmas-Decorations/
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Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:47:09 PST
Worlds easiest and coolest Grinchmas tree http://www.instructables.com/id/Worlds-easiest-and-coolest-Grinchmas-tree/
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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:02:50 PST
Christmas window lighting frames http://www.instructables.com/id/Christmas-window-lighting-frames/
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Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:26:14 PST
Hanging Christmas Lights Made Easy http://www.instructables.com/id/Hanging-Christmas-Lights-Made-Easy/
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Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:01:50 PST
Computer-controlled music-synchronized Flashing Christmas Tree Lights http://www.instructables.com/id/Computer-controlled-music-synchronized-Flashing-Ch/
Computer-controlled music-synchronized Flashing Christmas Tree Lights - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://cdn.instructables.com/FX3/0R1A/P79EP27SK3R/FX30R1AP79EP27SK3R.SQUARE2.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FX3/0R1A/P79EP27SK3R/FX30R1AP79EP27SK3R.SQUARE.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FX3/0R1A/P79EP27SK3R/FX30R1AP79EP27SK3R.SMALL.jpg canida Use solid-state relays to blink the lights on your Christmas tree in time with music. Also good for Halloween haunted houses. Acquire and Set Up a Christmas Tree Get a nice large, healthy tree set up in front of your biggest windows. See How to Pick and Decorate a Christmas Tree for more detai...
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Sat, 10 Dec 2005 20:09:32 PST
How to Pick and Decorate a Christmas Tree http://www.instructables.com/id/Christmas-Tree-Assembly/
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Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:17:59 PST
Christmas Santa and Elf LED Hats http://www.instructables.com/id/Christmas-Santa-and-Elf-LED-Hats/
Christmas Santa and Elf LED Hats - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F5U/FAMZ/F9N2A1JQ/F5UFAMZF9N2A1JQ.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F5U/FAMZ/F9N2A1JQ/F5UFAMZF9N2A1JQ.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F5U/FAMZ/F9N2A1JQ/F5UFAMZF9N2A1JQ.SMALL.jpg Buzz_Kill Add LED lights to Santa and Elf hats for more festive blinken litez! This is very easy to do, only takes about 30 minutes, and costs less than $10 per hat. I am pretty sure it took longer to write this instructable than it did to make the first hat. You can invite friends over and do several at the ...
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Sun, 2 Dec 2007 17:14:34 PST