We will follow the explanations of Emmanuel Grosbois who likes to make pretty things with materials easy to find, often of recovery. And today Emmanuel advises us on the good old palette. Of course, we will have to de-bone it to extract the planks that we are going to place against each other on the ground.
Then you have to draw an isosceles triangle, you know the one with the 3 sides of the same length …
After this (small) geometry revision you have the contours of your Christmas tree. You have to cut, be careful the boards are still not fixed together, so you have to cut your isosceles triangle.
It’s time to put a cleat vertically, a board that will become the trunk of the tree.
And to give a little relief to your achievement:
- on one side of the “trunk” we fix (with spikes or screws as you wish) one out of two slats.
- Same thing on the other side of the “trunk”, staggered.
– Emmanuel Grosbois
So that it stands on the ground, with the offcuts of the cut boards, you make a cross that you nail to its base, to keep it vertical.
Here you have your wooden Christmas tree guaranteed without thorns to sweep. It can turn into a calendar from the front if you screw on small hooks and can obviously receive Christmas decorations.
At the end of the season, you remove the cross base and store the tree until next Christmas.
Thanks WHO ? Thank you Emmanuel Grosbois from the A Fleur d’Eau garden in Cherveux.