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We Made A Floating Christmas Tree From Reflective Foam Insulation, And Here’s The Result
Every year my husband and I create our own Christmas tree from random materials. This year our tree floats! We used reflective foam insulation to create 3d snowflakes in different sizes. Because the fabric was so light, we were able to hang the entire thing from the ceiling with a fishing line and a few nail hooks. Luckily in the dark, the fishing line is barely visible. Here’s how it turned out:
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This is the material we made it from. 50 feet of reflective foam insulation
Measuring and cutting the snowflake sections
An assembled snowflake
All the snowflakes ready to be hung
Each snowflakes is hung from a series of nail with fishing line from the ceiling
It doesn’t touch the floor
Adding strip lights with a sticky back so they stay in place
Strip lights before peeling off the tape
Going with a “cool” theme, we did a series of blues
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Here is a video of the building process:
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Emily Seilhamer (Post author) 4 years ago
Oh no, if we did it would be a swing! XD
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Kanga9ine 4 years ago
So what kind of cookies does one leave equal to this show stopper. Santa must love the creative side of the tree. Christmas is from the heart. Tradition must get a tweak every so often. Evolution. Or amendments added to The Christmas Tradition. Flexibility of the mind. Plus it always is good as a conversation starter for those open to seeing another side.
D R 4 years ago
Incredibly creative and beautiful, congrats! Sadly the video doesn’t want to play…it just continually buffered for me.
D R 4 years ago
Update: got the video to work, thanks so much for taking the time to photograph and video the process for us untalented one’s. Love it.
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Nothanks L. Walk 4 years ago
My compliments on pulling this off.... if I tried this, I'm 90% sure it would look like a pikey's back garden, minus the washingmachine and car wreck.
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
This is a great tree. I am struggling with my tree... it's falling apart, but I hate to put it in the landfill and get a new one. Maybe I can do something like this. As long as I can hang all my treasured ornaments, I'll be happy.
Emily Seilhamer (Post author) 4 years ago
Oh no, if we did it would be a swing! XD
Load More Replies... Kanga9ine 4 years ago
So what kind of cookies does one leave equal to this show stopper. Santa must love the creative side of the tree. Christmas is from the heart. Tradition must get a tweak every so often. Evolution. Or amendments added to The Christmas Tradition. Flexibility of the mind. Plus it always is good as a conversation starter for those open to seeing another side.
D R 4 years ago
Incredibly creative and beautiful, congrats! Sadly the video doesn’t want to play…it just continually buffered for me.
D R 4 years ago
Update: got the video to work, thanks so much for taking the time to photograph and video the process for us untalented one’s. Love it.
Load More Replies... Nothanks L. Walk 4 years ago
My compliments on pulling this off.... if I tried this, I'm 90% sure it would look like a pikey's back garden, minus the washingmachine and car wreck.
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
This is a great tree. I am struggling with my tree... it's falling apart, but I hate to put it in the landfill and get a new one. Maybe I can do something like this. As long as I can hang all my treasured ornaments, I'll be happy.
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