Christmas time is the best time of the year and my family and I look forward with much anticipation to the home decorating
After you have cut and sanded the edges of the pipes, start putting the pieces in the tree-shaped space on the board, we want to agree on a design BEFORE we glue them to the surface and the kids got involved with this part of the project, they are more creatively inclined that I was. We finally bickered over which design was best and it was time to glue them on to the surface of the board using epoxy, remind the kids to be extra careful when handling the pipes that have the glue on it too, we don’t want any problems. Let the pipes dry it will take about 24 hours; finally, you and your family can start to put into the PVC pipes ornaments, battery powered tea lights or anything really that you want to display for the season. Now it’s time to hang it up on the wall or just lean it against the wall, whichever works. This was a creative option for you guys if you want to move away from the traditional Christmas trees and the like. Please remember to like the video and share with your friends and family!
I am sanding the surface of a 2×3 board for our PVC tree project. | holiday home decor.
You can get any size flat board, I needed a 2×3 because of the space I had for my Christmas tree (holiday home decor).
Using some painter’s tape, I am marking off a tree design for the PVC pipes. | home decor diy.
You can get painter’s tape from any home decor store and if you don’t have painter’s tape you can always draw the shape you want (home decor diy).
Cutting PVC is a messy job and I had a lot of pipes to cut! | simple home decoration.
This is a simple home decorating diy, but it is so very messy, remember to protect your eyes and your nose!
This is the result of cutting up only one pipe, I tried to warn you guys about this mess. | home decoration tips
Here’s a home decoration tip for this kind of project, make sure the kids are away from this area and try to keep the mess in one spot so clean up won’t be too traumatizing.
Sanding the edges of some of the PVC pipes that were jagged from the cutting. | art home decor.
I almost cut myself on the edge of a couple cut pipes, so I had to sand them down to a nice flat smooth finish (art home decor).
Bring the kiddies out to help find the tree design that will be used!
The kids really love to get involved with these diy projects and this PVC pipe tree brought everyone out of their rooms to help with placements.
Epoxy application to the bottom of the cut pipes for sticking to the board.
After you apply the epoxy to the pipe and then to the board let it dry for about 24 hours before you do anything else with it.
The kids are at it again helping stick the PVC pipes to the board.
Remember to keep the kids away from the epoxy and keep a watchful eye that it doesn’t come into contact with their skin and clothes.
We used some battery powered tea lights and Christmas tree ornaments in the pipes.
You can put whatever you like into the PVC pipes that mean something to you and your family, we choose different color tea lights and different colored ball ornaments as the pipe stuffing.
Our finished product, the tree that will rival all Christmas trees in my house!
Looks pretty good for PVC pipes huh? I didn’t run any lights on it, what you see are the tea lights and the glitter from the Christmas ornaments.
