Weekend project, a Christmas tree

[Matt Calder]

All,
The kiddie-winks have been gawking at the various inflatable holiday doo-dads popping up all over our suburban landscape. The 6 year old cleverly bragged that we could make a giant robotic snowman and/or Santa. By the time I got his expectations aligned to reality I was committed to this, a ten foot tall Christmas tree. He's really got me figured out, I need a new playbook.

Matt

[Matt Calder]

All,
Here is a closeup of the sophisticated woodworking techinques employed to build the tree. I did not take a picture of the ball on top. It is plywood circles offset by blocks.

Matt

[Jim Becker]

How did you build that very realistic looking cat sculpture that is holding down the tree in the wind??? :D :D :D

(Nice job)