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hey guys this person so in today's video I'm gonna show you how to make this
Christmas tree just using a pallet it was a lot of fun and I really didn't use
a lot of things to make it so I'm gonna show you what I did use and how I made
it for this project you will need a pallet a circular saw a drill with a
screw bit and a drill bit you also need a hammer some exterior wood screws and
interior wood screws you also need some newspaper dark green
paint and a paintbrush Christmas lights some tacks and a red bow to start this
project you will need to draw two lines in the shape of a triangle you can
either just use a ruler or a chalk box like we're doing but you just want to
start at the top and center of your palate and then bring the line to the
bottom corners now use your circular saw and cut along the lines that you just
drew don't worry about the wood on the back because we will cut those later you
also might notice that the boards are a little bit wobbly but we are gonna screw
those down so they're more secure the next step is to flip the palette over
and cut the boards on the back the main part of your Christmas tree is complete
and you'll want to pull that apart so all you're left with is the two end
pieces which we will be using later now start using your exterior wood screws to
drill in two screws into each board this will make it a lot more stable so that
the boards won't move around any more now we're gonna take one of those corner
pieces that was left over after you cut your Christmas tree and you pretty much
want to strip it down to the post so get rid of all the boards on the front and
the back of that center post you're gonna want to measure out 4 9 inch
pieces of wood and then cut those with your circular saw this is gonna be used
for the base of the tree using your hammer kind of wedge the wood into the
base and then hammer it in really close you really only want it sticking out
about 4 to 5 inches once the holes are pre-drilled you can screw in two wood
screws per side next take the last two 9 inch pieces of wood and place them on
the bottom of your stand this will make the whole tree a lot more sturdy you'll
use two wood screws to attach each now comes the fun part where you get to
paint and decorate the tree you'll want to lie down some newspaper and then
using some dark green exterior paint paint on a pretty thick coat to the
front of your tree I also recommend that you buy a new paint brush from Home
Depot or something and a really cheap one because this wood is extremely rough
and it will destroy your paint brush once you're done painting the front you
may notice that you can see some of the slats in the back so you can either just
leave it like that if you'd like that look or you can go in and paint the
center post and the pieces of wood on the back just make sure that you also
get the sides and the tops of each of the slats of wood the next thing to do
is to string your lights so what I'm doing is starting at the top and I'm
kind of Criss crossing going back and forth along so I'm not wrapping it
around I'm just going down one piece of wood across and then down kind of making
a zigzag as I go all the way down as long as you pull it snug and you get it
caught on the corner they won't move or fall off before you're finished with the
lights you'll want to grab some tacks and tack down the connection at the top
of the christmas-light as well as the bottom so that everything stays intact
and doesn't fall off and that's pretty much it you can leave your tree bare
like this if you want or what I did is I took a red bow and just tied it to the
light string at the top of my tree just to give it a little pop of color alright
guys so that's it for today's video I hope you liked it and if you did make
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