Tabletop Sisal Rope Trees

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Tabletop Sisal Rope Trees

Martha and caterer David Bondarchuck make an affordable holiday tabletop decoration with rope.

Sisal Rope Trees

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Tools and Materials

Sisal rope
Scissors
20-gauge wire
Wire cutters
Contact cement
Pencil
Clamp
Triangle template
Birch (or other tree) branch cross-section, or other scrap wood for base
Wood glue
Drill

Sisal Rope Trees How-To

Cut two 5- to 6-inch pieces of rope; completely unravel each piece.
Cut a length of wire, fold in half, and create a loop at fold by wrapping wire around pencil or pen and twisting once.
Spread out unraveled rope pieces evenly on a flat surface and sandwich within folded wire. Use a bead of contact cement along wire to secure rope pieces in place.
Print template and cut out. Lay template on wired rope, aligning center line with wire and the top of the triangle with the bottom of the wire loop, and trace with a permanent marker. Trim tree to shape.
Clamp the free ends of the wire to a stable surface. Place a pencil in the wire loop at the top of the tree and twist, finessing the tree shape as you go. Do not overtwist as the wire may break.
Trim wire tree "trunk" to desired length.
Drill a hole in the wood base and secure tree in hole with wood glue.

Resources

All tools and materials available at The Home Depot.

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