How To Make Your Christmas Tree Taller
Cut 2 additional 12 wide strips of plywood the length of your square minus twice the thickness of your.
How to make your christmas tree taller. These days my kids are no longer babies and so now that they are almost adults making all of those handmade ornaments and getting tall trees becomes tasking because lifting it of the roof of the car then after the new year taking it to the curb or chopping it down and placing it into. Doesn t matter what type of wood you use just anything big enough and tall enough. Cut 2 12 wide strips of plywood the full length of your square. You can purchase them at any department stores.
Anything that is wide enough to hold your tree up will work. Diy christmas tree hack make your tree taller. No one will know the difference. This would both make the tree look taller and allow easier access to placing presents under the tree.
Use a large crate to make you tree seem taller. I attached the garland to the tree by just twisting two stems together one stem from the branch to one stem from the garland. These will be the sides of your 12 tall box. Instructions cut a square of plywood 6 inches wider than your plastic tree holder.
I got the weathered gray in the size deluxe but you will need to measure your tree base to see what size you need. I ve even seen people use tree collars around their tree and propping the tree up with some books or boxes inside of the collar. I attached the garland to the bottom branches of my tree. He came back to me with 4 pieces of 6 x 1 2 pvc pipe.
We stacked multiple pieces on top of each other. Wrap cheap evergreen wreaths around the bare areas to fill the open space in your tree. Saved by courtney o dell 389. I admit i was skeptical.
The difference is that the christmas tree base goes inside the tree collar instead of on top of a box stand. Taking two 6 foot christmas garlands. I started at one end of the garland and attached it to the back lowest branch draping it the length i wanted and attaching it to the next branch. One benefit of a box stand is that they add height to your tree.
But he placed the pieces of pvc pipe under each tree leg and my tree was suddenly 6 taller. Next he cut some scrap wood we had in the garage to where it would fit inside the box it was about 22 square and 6 tall which meant my tree was about to get 6 taller. A tree collar does not add height to your tree but it does cover the base and gives it a sleek look.