1

Collect the Parts for a Holiday Tree

• 80 " of chain
• 36" dowel
• 28" dowel
• 20" dowel
• 12" dowel
• 4" dowel
• steel ring
  (This part is not necessary. Hanging it up by the chain alone is sufficient and it also will hang straighter.)
• ceiling hook (size 12)
  (If you use a really heavy chain, use a more sturdy hook.)
• 10 screw eyes (size 14)
  

2

Paint the Dowels

• Because I had it in my paint box, I used:
  Prang - Tempera Paint - Ready-to-Use - Green
  (4 coats)
• Because tempera is not waterproof like acrylic, I coated them using:
  Varathane Polyurethane - Interior - Crystal Clear
  (Easy Water Clean-Up)

3

Screw in the Screw Eyes

• Screw into the end of each dowel a screw eye.

4

Arrange the Tree Parts

• Place the dowels approximately 8" apart so they form a tree triangle.
• Place the chain so it outlines the tree triangle.

5

Attach the Chain

• The links on this chain were too tight to slip onto the screw eye loops easily.

• So each screw eye was unscrewed and than re-screwed through the chain and back into the dowel to hold it that way. There was a bit of fiddling as to which exact link to go through to get the dowels to hang relatively parallel to each other.
• The use of jump rings or a chain with larger links would avoid this problem.

6

Hang the Tree

• This tree was hung over a fireplace using a ceiling hook to help push it away from the wall a bit.

7

Decorate the Tree

• And there you have it - a Holiday Tree!
• And when the season is over, collapse the tree for storage: