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Old 09-19-2009, 06:21 PM
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Default Very Very inexpensive trees

I dont know if this is the right place to ask this but........

I need help from the more crafty and imaginative people here.

I need 5-6 trees about 18"-2ft diameter and about 8ft tall, I just need the trunks, I dont need branches but for the life of me I cant find a cheap way to make these tree trunks. If I can get the form I can handle the detailing but the whole creation of the form has me stumped.

I have looked into cardboard but cannot get any cardboard boxes large enough for this. I thought about chicken wire but a roll long enough for this is around $50 and the wood supports for it would be another $1-$2 each.

I'm stumped.

I dont want 2D trees either, so no Spirit Halloween trees.

Any ideas?

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Old 09-20-2009, 12:39 PM
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no ideas huh?
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Not sure if its what you are looking for but ghostess has a monster mud tree trunk how to on her site. You might be able to adapt it for your needs.

http://www.theghostess.com/
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Old 09-20-2009, 02:44 PM
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If durability or weight aren't a problem, paper mache might be you're best bet. You could also have pvc run up the center to plant them in the ground and to act as a frame.
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Old 09-20-2009, 03:10 PM
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the only problem with the paper mache is the chicken wire required makes it cost prohibitive.
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MsMeeple, I'll check that out and see if it's possible to adapt to my garage haunt plans, thanks
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Hmm.,..they wouldn't be as wide as you're asking for. But you might think about using the round concrete molds from a hardware store. They're only like 4 ft tall, but if you put 2 together it would give you the right height. But, by the time you get all 5-6 trees done you'd be back up there in the price. They're like $6 each. So you'd be paying out close to $80. The only good thing is that you wouldn't have to us a crapload of paper mache in order to build up your trees. lol
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hey Anji4062, I looked at those at Home depot first, the largest I saw was 12". That would actually be okay but like you said I would need 2 per tree and here they sell for $12 and change ea.......so yeah, it would be huge expensive.

I did have another thought today, I could get a few sheets of plywood and cut 8 2ft circles per sheet and then use 1x2 stringers as a frame and the circles as the base and top then wrap them in something and make "great stuff" bark and paint........still working out the economics of this option tho.
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Old 09-20-2009, 11:06 PM
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carpet tubes taped together to get required circumference then paper mache.
cheap.
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Winklesun, thats a good idea, I'll call a few carpet stores around here, thanks!
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