Diy Woods Slat Christmas Tree

Last calendar week I shared a sneak peak of the Merry as well as Bright Blogger Mash-up (A.K.A. a bunch of SUPER talented do-it-yourself bloggers teamed up, threw a party, as well as decided to invite me inward on the action). I promised tutorials, as well as hither is my first. (Psst... Printable cut-list below!)

I dearest this shot of our cocoa bar! (designed past times The Crafted Sparrow as well as Dandelion Square). If you lot tin give the sack tear your eyes away from the yumminess inward the centre of the shot, you lot may notice the woods tree on the correct as well as the infant tree to the left.

One of my projects for the political party was to exercise DIY woods slat Christmas trees. Here's what I came upward with.

So, allow me start past times proverb that I truly built 4 of these inward iii dissimilar sizes. The dimensions are dissimilar for each height, but the procedure is the same.

The outset measuring is to construct your base. The bases are truly uncomplicated to build. For the 6' tree, I cutting a 2 x 4 into two, 40" long pieces. Then, I notched them together, using the same technique I used to construct the base of operations of this table.

For the small, 23" trees, I notched together 14" 1 x 2. To secure the pieces together, purpose a salubrious total of woods mucilage as well as a few complete nails, making certain to avoid the real center.

The side past times side measuring is to drill a hole for the stem. A wider stalk gives you lot to a greater extent than stability, but agency harder drilling as well as potential breakage. For the larger tree, I went with. 1 1/2" pino cupboard rod, cutting to 6'.

I also bought a 1 1/2" spade drill bit, but chop-chop discovered drilling that large of a hole amongst a spade but sucks. Fortunately, I had a lite bulb moment, dug through my tool box, as well as discovered that the forstner fleck that came amongst my *mortised hinge kit, also happened to hold out 1 1/2". After that, drilling hole became much easier.

Drill a hole inward the centre of the base, as well as insert the stem. Time to cutting the slats as well as blocks. To brand your life way to a greater extent than easy, gear upward a pocket-sized jig on your miter saw. Simply, cutting your outset block, lower the blade (while saw is unplugged!) as well as job upward the cutting block. Using a fighting slice of wood, exercise a "fence" side past times side to the block, as well as clamp into place. This way you lot tin give the sack brand multiple cuts without having to mensurate each time. Life saver!

On the larger tree, the slats were 1 x iii furring strips (much cheaper than normal lumber) as well as for the spacer blocks, I used 2 x 4 studs, cutting into iii 1/2" lengths.

On the smaller trees, I went amongst pino lattice. You tin give the sack notice it inward the cut down section.

I used the same lattice for my spacer blocks too.

*Big tip! Unless you lot desire to pass the residue of your life drilling holes, get stacking blocks, taping them tightly together, as well as drilling them inward bunches.

Make certain to cutting some extra spacers. You WILL lose a few inward the drilling process. Ask me how I know.

After the spacers are cut, its fourth dimension to cutting the slats. I've made printable cutting lists for both the 6' tree as well as the 23" trees. You tin give the sack notice them HERE.

The assembly procedure is pretty simple. Simply alternate slats as well as spacers, starting amongst the longest slat as well as working your way up.

When you lot run out of blocks as well as slats, you'll notice extra stalk on the top. You desire that. You are going to slide everything upward as well as convey a infinite betwixt the tree as well as base, simply similar a existent tree. On the large tree, I made a topper from an extra spacer block, amongst the hole drilled alone one-half way through. With the pocket-sized trees, I institute a perfect solution inward the arts and crafts department of Wal-Mart.

They sell these picayune woods finials inward a duad dissimilar sizes. I was able to notice a handbag of 4 that check the 3/8" woods dowel I used for my stem, for roughly $2.

Attach the finial, or DIY topper, amongst a squirt of woods mucilage as well as allow dry out for several hours.

Make certain the finial is fully dried, trace the stalk from the base, as well as thus slide each layer of spacer blocks as well as slats up, tightly.

Using a pencil, grade simply nether the final slat.

Push everything up, as well as drill a pocket-sized hole through the stem.

For the small, force a pocket-sized boom though the hole, asset the slats as well as blocks inward place. For the large tree, I added an additional spacer block, as well as drove 2 screws, perpendicular to each other, through the block as well as into the stem.

Replace the stalk into the base, as well as you're ready to decorate!

If your hole is a picayune also large, the tree may lean. You tin give the sack ready that past times driving a duad of screws through the base of operations as well as into the stem.

I'm a pretty uncomplicated sort of gal, but I dearest how the bare woods industrial plant similar a blank canvass. Someone crafty could become to town decorating a pair of these.

What exercise you lot think? How would you lot way your DIY woods Christmas tree?