Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
- Tree
- String, wire or cord
- Coral, rocks or other debris
- Miscellaneous things that look good dangling
- Wind chimes and bells
- Other broken, weird or ugly stuff you were going to throw away or that you found on the street
- Paint to decorate the broken, weird or ugly stuff (optional)
Step1
Pick a tree. Opt for one of the ugliest, scraggliest and most barren ones in your yard, not unlike the Charlie Brown Christmas tree. Find one that could really use a face lift.
Step2
Start with wind chimes and bells. For the kickoff, secure a few jingle bells on string, cheap wind chimes and even a cow bell on the tree’s branches.
Step3
Continue to drape the branches with coral, rocks, broken glass and mirror pieces and other debris you string up on single strands of twine.
Step4
Keep adding things to the tree as you find them. Not all art has to be beautiful, nor does it have to swing in the breeze.
Photo of Ryn's tree of adornment by Ryn Gargulinski
Comments
Rynski said
on 3/29/2008 Dollface! one of my friends used to call me that!
You can hang all those rocks you made on your new tree of adornment, BrokenGirl!
BrokenGirl said
on 3/27/2008 WOW! What a beautiful idea~ Thank you dollface^^