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Find some suitable feathers. If the budgie is reluctant to invest, try the pet shop or farm or leave some crumbs out for the local pigeons . . . Trim them to a simple palmfrond shape. Paint or dye them an appropriate colour. Use some multicore copper wire as the trunk stem and run a bead of solder along it as a filler. Leave a 1cm unsoldered portion at the top. Solder a nail into the bottom for a support on your layout. Spread out some of the single wire strands at the top as bases for the feathers to plug onto. Leave a spike of a couple of wires out at the top - most palm trees have a spike of new growth there. Rub some caulking compound along the 'trunk' and smooth it into a bark texture. Paint it in appropriate colours. Pu***he feather palm fronds onto the single wire strands with a dab of CA glue and you have a nice little VERY cheap palm tree!
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