Christmas is almost here; and these are those final few day when you must be preparing hard to decorate your home with wreath, ornaments, Santa and of course the Christmas tree.
There are a range of Christmas trees that you can purchase from the market. And then there are so many types of Xmas trees that you can make at home.
I have not been a long time DIYer, and it doesn’t come naturally to me, but as a plumbing handyman NYC I wanted to build a Christmas tree myself for years. This time, I had spare time on me and had some PVC pipes and joints lying around the house. This is why an idea struck me to build a PVC Christmas tree.
Once I was able to build one successfully, I wanted to share the steps and the fun with you. This is a light weight Christmas tree you can hang on the wall with on nail to display. Great Christmas decorative, which can be put up at work or home, the PVC Christmas tree is a fine space saver for someone living in an apartment or a small house.
Along with the PVC Christmas tree, using my Handyman NY skills that I have leant in my handyman service in NYC I also built a PVC Snowman, which can be hung on the PVC Christmas tree for added glamour and genuineness.
Read on for few steps to know how I arrived at this beautiful and creative Christmas tree.
Things required
Four 4-way PVC connectors
One T PVC connector
PVC pipes
How to build
Once you have assembled all the material, you can get down to building it. You can start by cutting the PVC pipes into piece as per requirement. The pieces with stick up the 4 way connectors on all sides and also to the T connector.
Cutting the PVC pipe to required size
I personally chose to cut the PVC pipes into pieces as follows:
For the branches – Two pieces of 12-inch each, two of 9-inches, two of 6-inches each and a couple of 3-inches each. For the trunk of the tree, I cut the PVC into two 3-inch pieces, one 6-inch, one 5-inch and one 4-inch piece.
Connecting the pieces to create a tree-like structure
Begin by placing the T connector at the bottom. Stick up one of the 3-inch pieces for the trunk and then add a 4 way connector to the other end of the truck. Attach two 12-inch branch pieces to the left and right of the connector, and a 6-inch truck piece to the vacant top inlet of the connector. Now add another 4 way connector a 5-inch trunk piece to its top and two of 9-inch branch pieces to the either side. Repeat this process for the remaining 4 way connectors, trunk pieces and the branches. Remember, the branches should be smallest on the top and similarly the smallest trunk (3-inch) piece on the top. This is done to make the tree design triangular (conical) in shape.
Hanging the ornaments on the tree
To hang ornaments on branches of the tree, you can either take ribbon to wrap around each of the pipes or you can drill tiny holes and hang your ornament using a paper clip to suspend it down from the hole. The ornament (Snowman) that is have built is made from PVC, I took a small piece each of a half-inch PVC, ¾-inch PVC and a 1-inch PVC and held them together (one on the other, biggest size at the bottom) with a zip tie. You can also use glue to stick them.
The best thing about this tree I have made is that you can hang this up on the wall using just one nail. Drill one hole on the 4 way connector of the first or second branch (from the top). The whole should be large enough to allow a nail to pass through it.
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