Home made trees

[train_frk-0079]

On my fixed budget, it's hard to get trees that are cheap, and look good.  If you eat grapes, you know that the vines can get in the way.  They usually are no good for anything, and go into the trash can.  By using anything around the house, I learned that the vines can make good trees.  Here are the steps to making decent trees for next to nothing.

1. Let the vines dry out.  They might curl over, but if you have them hanging off the side of a cliff, it's OK.            2. Once they are completely dry, bring them outside to spray-paint them.  Camo or a dark brown works great.  Make sure to work in a well ventilated area if you are inside.                                                                                             3. You can glue a number of things on the vines to make them look like real trees.  Sawdust or ground foam usually looks best (sawdust for fall or early spring, ground foam for summer).  Experiment with it.                           3.5. If you use sawdust, spray-paint that separately (either green or brown).                                                                 4. Take a drill bit that is a little bit smaller than the vine bottom (where you want to stick in), and drill a hole about 1/4 inch deep.                                                                                                                                                                                             5. Put some regular Elmer’s white glue into the hole, and stick the tree into it.  It might take a little while to dry, but if you drilled right, it will stay in under its own power.

 

P.S. If this works for you, tell me about it.  This isn't supposed to be an extremely serious project, so have fun with it, see what works on your model.

 

Peace 

 

[unca roggie]

Sounds interesting...got any PHOTOs of how what you've done with this method, comes out looking?  I'm assuming I can easily get my hands on grape stuff, living in Kelowna, B.C. half the year, and California the other (both places having vineyards out the kazoo).