How to Build a Wooden Triangle Christmas Tree
Add some magic to your Christmas outdoor lighting with this DIY wooden triangle Christmas tree. You will need some pieces of wood, chicken wire, lights, paint stain and a garland to create a stunning decoration like this.
This is a shortened version of this tutorial. Please visit my blog for the full tutorial (See the link at the end of this post).
See the how-to VIDEO HERE
MATERIALS
- Sides: Two, one metre (39 inches) lengths of wood. Mine is 4.5cm wide and 2cm thick.
- Bottom of the triangle: One length of wood 31 inches / 79cm
- Stand: A rectangular piece of wood. Mine is 11 x 6 inches (28 x 15 cm)
- Chicken wire
- Wood stain
- String lights
- Star garland - See tip below
- Silver craft wire
STAR GARLAND TIP - I made the star garland from air dry clay and there will be a tutorial coming for that on the blog. In the meantime, you can learn how to make air dry clay ornaments here.
TOOLS
- Mitre saw or
- Hand saw
- Electric sander
- Screws
- Drill
- Drill bit
- Staple gun
- Pliers
- Quick-drying wood glue
INSTRUCTIONS
- Cut three lengths of wood to size. Top: Use a circular saw to cut a forty-five-degree angle at the end of one of the pieces of wood (right side) and a twenty-two and a half degree angle at the end of the left side. Use the mitre saw to make 22.5-degree cuts at the bottom ends of both side pieces. Bottom: Cut a piece for the bottom of the triangle measuring 31 inches / 79cm.
- Sand rough edges of the wood.
- Attach the right side to the left side. Pre-drill a small entry hole for the screw.
4 Build the base. Cut the third piece of wood at 31 inches / 79cm.
Screw left and right sides to the base with screws.
5 Glue the wooden triangle to the middle of the stand (a piece of wood 11 x 6 inches (28 x 15 cm).
6 Stain the wood.
7 Cut a piece of chicken wire and staple it to the back of the triangle.
DECORATING
- String the lights over the tree.
- Attach a star garland.
Come on over to the blog to see how I decorated my wooden triangle Christmas tree and for more decorating ideas.
Thank you for visiting today, see you soon!
Jayne
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Suggested materials:
- Wood (See blog post for details)
- Chicken wire (See blog post for details)
- Wood stain (See blog post for details)
- String lights (See blog post for details)
- Star garland (See blog post for details)
- Craft wire (See blog post for details)
- Saw (See blog post for details)
- Sander (See blog post for details)
- Drill (See blog post for details)
- Staple gun (See blog post for details)
- Pliers (See blog post for details)
- Wood glue (See blog post for details)
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Chalking Up Success on Dec 06, 2021
Thank you, Elaine. The screws were just under an inch long.
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Ann53783991 on Dec 06, 2021
Love it.
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Beautiful tree...what size screws did you use---in inches.