Tomato Cage Christmas Decorations
Okay, so do y’all remember the fall topiaries I made a month or so ago with tomato cages? Well, now that the seasons are changing, it’s time to put away the fal…
Tomato Cage Christmas Decorations
Turn a tomato cage into a beautiful fluffy deco mesh Christmas tree! This tutorial is from Ben Franklin and Crafts Shop
Over the weekend we tackled a fun and easy little Christmas decor operation — making lit up Christmas tree decorations from tomato cages and a string of LED lights! I'd seen the idea of re-using tomato cages in the winter months for holiday decor on Pinterest and kept the thought in my back pocket until now. We liked the idea of re-using something we already had around the house that would be fine out in the elements. Project Supplies JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. Reactivate it to view this content. This project was really just a matter of strategically wrapping a string of Christmas lights around an upside-down tomato cage to get the look and feel of a Christmas tree, but you know us — you're getting the full breakdown below! We went with dome shaped LED lights — we liked the idea that LED's would be fine outside and use barely any energy. And frankly, they are everywhere you look these for Christmas lights! The "cool white" struck our fancy, but you could go crazy with colorful lights if you like. I stacked two of the same size tomato cages on top of one another to create a stronger support base for the lights — then I just twisted them a little so the vertical lines didn't match up, giving more of a circular structure for wrapping the lights around. If you have different sized tomato cages, this is the point in time where you could get really creative with the stacking — making varied heights for your trees. After stacking the cages, Tim secured a couple rubber bands at the tips of the cages (where you would normally stake them into the ground) to create that perfect tree point. From here on out it was all about wrapping the string lights. To conceal both the rubber band and end outlet of the string lights, I threaded them up through the tip of the cage with the outlet facing down — then tightly began wrapping the cord around the top of the cage until everything was nicely hidden: Then I just kept wrapping the lights down the support, extending the cord a little bit with each turn to create a varied effect. You could wrap them at full thickness all the way around or even make interesting criss-crossed patterns if you have 2 strings of lights to work with on the same cage. Once wrapped down to the base, I just secured the outlet to the wire with the twist tie the string lights came in — and voila: We can't forget the test lighting: Not bad for a 15 minute project, eh? As for getting them outside, we just propped them atop the little wooden side tables we'd picked up at a weekend sale over the summer and Tim shimmied up under the front stairs to rig all the electrical cords — love that guy. They make these string lights with battery packs now too, so you could save plugging in all together! They're a fun and subtle update for the outside of the house. Neither Tim nor I have been big "decorate the entire outside of your house with lights" people, so this was a fun in-between decoration for us. If you look closely at the photo above, you'll notice Basil looking out from the front door window. If you look even closer, you'll notice Tim poking his head out the bottom left house window. Evidently he was playing a joke on me while I grabbed these shots and we both had a good laugh when we loaded them later! One last fancy photo: This year we just kept it really simple with this project, but since doing it I've been seeing lots of different takes you can really dress these guys up with for the holidays — things like tree trimmings, sticks, ornaments, ribbons and more. I love the versions I've seen topped on urn planters to make topiaries and have even seen them placed indoors on either side of the fireplace. I think they'd look great in multiples too — so, all of this gives us good inspiration to take this idea to the next level for holidays to come! What holiday decorating projects have you been taking on this season?
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Tomato Cage Christmas Decorations
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So here goes…. My hubby, which I must say is the best hubby in the world, helped me with building a tomato cage Christmas tree. Could I have done this myself or with my daughter? Absolutely! …
Despite a hectic Thanksgiving holiday weekend that involved my husband having knee surgery and the care-taking that followed, I somehow managed to find time to decorate for Christmas. I put up the tree and brought out all the usual indoor decor (although some of it remained in the storage tubs because I'm running out of places to put things upstairs... yet another reason why I can't wait until the basement is finished). But I digress... For the past four years of living in our house, we've never been much for decorating the outside for Christmas. No lights on the roof, no lighted Santa or reindeer in the yard. Just a wreath on the door (because that's easy and I'm lazy). But a few months ago, I was totally inspired by this pin for a tomato cage Christmas tree... the seed had been planted (pun intended). [ original source ] Just turn a tomato cage upside down instead of staking it into the ground, and you have an instant Christmas tree structure. Genius! I was even more excited about the idea because this summer we had actually bought three tomato cages for my vegetable "garden" (I use this word very loosely). Although my first tomato experience was a travesty, I was glad to know the cages wouldn't be a waste of money come winter. I would redeem myself with tomato cage Christmas trees! What made this project even better is that I already had garland and strand lights, which weren't being used for anything else. I decided to wrap just two of the cages in garland (because I ran out after the second one, but we'll just pretend that was my plan from the beginning). The remaining tomato cage would be decorated only in lights. If you need some extra Christmas lights or garland to make some tomato cage trees of your own, there's always Amazon. Sometimes it beats dealing with crowds at the store! I took all three trees back outside, placing two in our rock landscaping and one on the porch. It took a little while to wrap the lights around them, and I had just enough by the time I finished with the final tree on the porch. At that point, I was so excited to light them up, but it was still daylight so I'd have to wait a few more hours to get the full effect. Luckily I had plenty of things to do in the house to pass the time. Once the sun had set and it was sufficiently dark, I plugged in the lights and stepped back to take a look... I love how they turned out - simple but such a pretty effect! I might have to buy another strand of lights to add to the tree in the middle, since I didn't have as much as I would have liked for that one. But for now the most important thing is that we don't look like scrooges anymore from the outside. Oh, and did I mention the total cost for this DIY Christmas decor was only $12 for the tomato cages? That's my kind of project! Who needs tomatoes, anyway? Okay, your turn... What holiday DIY decor projects are you planning this year? NOTE: Little House on the Corner is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.
