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Going to call this a tree peeker as I have a large tree in the front yard and for next year I'm interested in making a full-size prop to peek from behind it, then light with a colored spotlight....

So I'm thinking a stake in the ground of sorts or a piece of PVC pipe stuck into a stake with an elbow pointing off to the left at a 45 degree angle? Glued....then add arms & head with a moveable elbow to adjust as needed?

Would this work and stay? I don't want to have to nail into the tree....

Oh and to be more specific, I'd like to use a Werewolf or otherwise Monster mask for this....big hands as if to menace...

There aren't any pictures to see what your talking about????

I think they are discussing something like this




This is a very simple version of what I think they're talking about that I made this year. Its just some cut off floppie parts I had. They are simply screwed and wired in place.

Heres the back, I used the tree to hide the fact there is no body.

Originally Posted by jenscats5

Going to call this a tree peeker as I have a large tree in the front yard and for next year I'm interested in making a full-size prop to peek from behind it, then light with a colored spotlight....

So I'm thinking a stake in the ground of sorts or a piece of PVC pipe stuck into a stake with an elbow pointing off to the left at a 45 degree angle? Glued....then add arms & head with a moveable elbow to adjust as needed?

Would this work and stay? I don't want to have to nail into the tree....

your not going to hurt your tree if you throw a few screws into it.
theres only a thin layer of living tree that moves the sugars to the leaves, the rest is basicly a poop shoot.

short of completely removing a strip of bark all the way around the tree, a few screws won't stop the the flow of sugars.

the tree will plug the screw holes a couple days after removing the screws.

Originally Posted by Sinister Sid

There aren't any pictures to see what your talking about????

I couldn't really find any....but I'm referring to making a PVC frame for a "person" but really only the top half of the person. I was thinking a straight stake into the ground with a 45 degree elbow of sorts to have it bent enough so that the prop when dressed & with a mask would appear to be peeking out from behind the tree.

I just wasn't sure if the whole thing would hold & not fall over or if the 45 degree would be enough of an angle.

MOS - that's sort of what I was talking about, but I was thinking of making it free-standing...

Originally Posted by icyuod2

your not going to hurt your tree if you throw a few screws into it.
theres only a thin layer of living tree that moves the sugars to the leaves, the rest is basicly a poop shoot.

short of completely removing a strip of bark all the way around the tree, a few screws won't stop the the flow of sugars.

the tree will plug the screw holes a couple days after removing the screws.

Good to know! I thought it would end up hurting the tree & since it's a big tree right over my bedroom, I didn't want to take any chances!

we drill holes in our tree, hammer taps into it every year (to collect sap for maple syrup)

no damage done to the tree.

i also do bonsai trees. theres a technique called ginning/jinning. you remove alot of the bark and soak the exposed wood with lemon juice.

this is the result.
http://tinypic.com/r/2rh8kgn/7
as long as theres some bark to move the sugars, you'd be surprized how much damage they can withstand.