Last year, Anna and I were looking through a catalog of Christmas items. She saw some wooden trees, and declared, without hesitation, "I could make that." (She was 6 at the time.)
And so she did. Her older brother made one, too - with Papa's pre-drilled holes, some pegs and glue. The larger pegs go all the way through the "trunk" and the smaller ones are inserted into little openings.
Here is another photo of the finished trees. As you can see, we had to make the bases larger, to prevent toppling. The one in the back is perched upon a step stool:
We used one of the trees for our family party this year, as a "Stocking Tree
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My sister makes and stuffs stockings for all of her great nieces and nephews, and my husband makes trees. Here, one of the little ones is trying to find her stocking:
And here is a final photo, of our Great Aunt with two excited little girls:
