Skip to main content

Christmas Countdown 19: Christmas Tree #7 - Canned!


 Childrens' craft: http://awesomediys.com/creative-tin-can-christmas-crafts/

Advent Blog : Day 7 - Canned! 
I can feel that many of you are wondering if it's worth reading further after seeing the photo above  ... yes, today's Christmas trees are made from tin cans.  Another great recycling idea... 
https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/702491241845263286/
 Obviously  there's an art to stacking these Christmas trees...
  1. http://sodacanchristmastree.blogspot.com/

  1. http://lyke2drink.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-will-santa-leave-under-your-beer.html


https://christmas.365greetings.com/christmas-holidays/top-40-unusual-christmas-trees.html
The larger the tree, the greater the skill required. as in the case 
of a Christmas tree made of tin cans at the Church of Santo Laurensius at Tangerang, Banten province, Indonesia, Dec. 18, 2015. A total of 10,000 cans donated by church members form a Christmas tree  8 metres high.  From The Global Times 


If you don't have the skill, you may have to  take the easy way out and resort to a tree of cans like this... 
  1. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3338916/Social-media-uses-present-alternative-Australian-Christmas-trees.html
Most of the 'canned" trees appear to be in public places , but some obviously create  more personalised trees, like this one given to a teacher as a Christmas gift. 
https://joyfuldaisy.com/beer-pop-can-christmas-tree-gift/

Others have shown a bit more flair to complement their Christmas home decorating. 

https://espaciohogar.com/en/eco-friendly-christmas-trees/
  Ssh - I quietly admit I am not a great fan of tin can trees . I think they display a very clever concept and even some artistic flair, but during the research for this blog post, I was more taken with the Christmas decoration created from the ring pull tabs on drink cans. 
For me,  I'll pass  on the canned trees - the cans will be going into the recycling bin this Christmas. Perhaps I'll keep the pull tabs... 
And what might be afoot tomorrow - I promise you another interesting idea to create an unusual Christmas tree. 


Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Thanks for reading my blog and please share your thoughts about my blog post by leaving a comment.Your comment won't appear immediately as comments are verified before publication in an effort to reduce the amount of spam appearing. Anonymous comments will not be published.

Popular posts from this blog

Giveaway - Gifts for You on My Birthday

Giveaway Gifts T his week is blog giveaway time! Last week I celebrated my birthday.  I’ve had far too many to count the candles, but I had a wonderful party on the weekend with my family - with an indulgent birthday cake, favourite foods cooked by my husband and great company. ( In case you were wondering about the writing on the cake , Por Por = Chinese grandmother)     I also got great gifts from  my family and friends. There seemed to be a bit of a theme this year – with many of my gifts and cards depicting matryshoka ( babushka) dolls and tea drinking.   As it is also winter here in Australia ,   it was easy for me to  decide what I could offer as gifts  in this birthday giveaway. All the gifts are handmade by me. Gift 1 - two little fabric matryshoka dolls  Gift 2- a little bag made from colourful teapot and teacup fabric . The design is called a jester bag, but it is suitable for carrying s...
24 comments
Read more

Fish and Sticks : Art Dolls

This week I've been working on fish and sticks ....  The sticks are the message stick art dolls which were very popular, attracting some attention and a few orders at the Wise Women exhibition. Each of the message stick dolls are from the Wise Women series, each with her own personality and  message of wisdom, handwritten on a handmade timber tag. I gather the sticks during my walks around my neighbourhood and the tags are made from special bits of timber, some collected by me or  my husband or from off cuts gifted to us  from another doll making friend whose husband makes bagpipes. These dolls start off very simply with a wrap around a stick, in the general shape of a body. 'Naked" message stick dolls - strips of wadding wrapped around found sticks.   Then I usually wrap other layers of fabric, wool, and/or fibres, over which I do some simple embroidery. I sculpt  or mould small face masks for these dolls. I really like using "sari ribbon" as w...
3 comments
Read more

Pink Ribbon Giveaway

Today, 26 October, is Pink Ribbon Day. We started the morning at the community centre with my Rotary club, the Rotary Club of Wallsend-Maryland, and cooked pink pancakes and bacon and eggs (their natural colour) at a fundraising breakfast for Breast Cancer Research. I also bought a couple of items of pink merchandise to support the cause. The pink ribbon and pen are part of this week’s blog giveaway. It’s a pink parcel – a pink fabric bag, made from a Laurel Burch print, a beautiful flower made by my mum, one of our Rotary club’s angels of hope and the pen and ribbon. There may be some other little pink surprises which I may add during the week. All you have to do to win this prize is leave a comment, either about Pink Ribbon Day or one of the photos in this blog post. I will put all the names in a container and draw one next Monday, 2 November, 9am Australian Eastern Summer Time. The photos are of things I’ve finished this week. The beaded doll was started ages ago, before I we...
9 comments
Read more