Here's a project I created last year for our new house, a flat Christmas tree to hang on the wall. Here's the supplies and tools I used:
Parts:
- Three-foot long pieces of doweling (x3)
- Small bolts (x5)
- Wingnuts (x5)
- Small piece of chain
- Small cuphooks (many)
- Christmas lights (not pictured above)
- Kitkat
Chain is usually sold in 1' sections. Get the size you need and when you get to the front and they try to hassle you, just tell them what the price was for the full 1' section.
Tools:
- Drill, drillbit
- Saw
- Vice or clamp
- Eye protection
Here's what was left over when all was said and done - one bolt and wingnut, a bunch of cuphooks and a small section of doweling. If I were doing this project this year, I'd go to Lowes instead as me and this company have had a falling out over the political comments of their CEO. I sold my stock and stopped shopping there.
Basically, lay out the tree shape. Add about eight inches to the base. Cut off the excess. Then cut the piece in half.
Drill holes into all of the pieces at the ends. For the bottom pieces, overlap by 3-4 inches and drill a second set of holes. You're going to overlap the bottom piece of the frame for two reasons: you can remove one bolt and fold up the tree if you want, plus you need to make up for the thickness of the doweling as I'll explain in the next step.
Begin fitting together. The left pole goes on top of the right pole and bottom pole. The chain goes between the two poles at the top. Insert the bolt and secure with a wingnut. Because your bottom pole is in two pieces stacked together, it goes above the right pole on the right side.
The basic tree.
Hanging on the house.
Finally, add lights.
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