Giant Spooky Halloween Tree DIY

You can create your own SPOOKY GIANT HALLOWEEN TREE! I had a lot of fun creating it and seeing everyone's reactions! I'm just not sure how I'm going to take it home! Lol!
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[devgames]

Hi guys, I thought I would give you all an update on how I made this 5 years after this videos posting, and will answer some of those burning questions:
I could not find 8ft tubing anywhere, instead I bought 2 4ft 12" tubes from Lowes for $15 each (total of $30). I stacked the tubes on top of each other and secured them together with mending plates (hardware for this cost me less than $5.)
I used two 1"x2" wood beams that were 8ft long, that ran along the length of the tubing. I then screwed the wood beams to the tubing for the whole length of the wood beam spaced about 6" apart. ( i dont have a price for this since I already had some laying around, but I know they were inexpensive).
I used cheap duct tape from walmart and ran it along the length in the middle of the tubing where I connected the two tubes together (they did not line up perfectly, so the tape was used to taper the gap and make it appear that I didnt use more than one.)
I drew on the designs for the top, and eyes and mouth, I cut it all out with a Dremmel and some cutting rotary pieces (total for this was about $60, since I chose to buy the tool instead of rent, But I did start off with a steak knife, which does work but takes a lot of muscle)
I than used a roll of Kraft paper (butcher paper) from Walmart costing less than $7 and two bottles of elmers glue that combined costed about $6, and with a $1 paint brush I painted on the glue and stuck the craft paper to that.
I bought a small bucket of paint from walmart that costed about $10, and got the darkest gray color I could find (I got the latex kind) and I got a $1 can of black spray paint that has a gloss finish (To reflect the light I will put inside the tree)
I had some fallen tree branches from the backyard that I used for the arms and bought some cheap L's from Lowes to screw the nails to.
The latex paint combined with the spray paint, I feel does a good job with waterproofing the trees, but just in case I always keep track of the weather and bring the trees inside if there is a more than 10% chance of rain. I also read that Boat Varnish does a great job at waterproofing, but wont attempt this due to the high cost of the materials.
I did not build a small stand under the trees but rather attached L's to the wood beams at the bottom and put steaks through them and into the ground.
All in all, this costed me about $55 for each tree, I made two of them. I would say that If you have all the materials and if you are working alone, this project can take you as little as 5 hours from start to finish for one tree.

[pauleggington]

Thank you so much for this. I'm a theatre scenic designer and I just built ten 15' trees using your technique: spray adhesive and butcher paper - fantastic! They look amazing - painted them to look like birch trees - under stage light they look very realistic. Thanks again!

[davidmanevich]

You can also add a fog machine inside too. Great idea.

[karenandjim]

This is a great tutorial. I can see this being done by just about anyone

[davidmanevich]

You can add roots by building up great stuff expanding foam at the bottom

[MontclairsLair]

Not so sure about the practicality, cost and storage wise, of this prop, but I'll watch videos of Tanya Meme doing anything, so thumbs up from me.

[artranchero]

Add some dark washes and light high lites will really make it pop.

[unc]

Enjoying your channel Tanya! our household loves you:)

[JB_Monkey]

Love it! Thank you for sharing this video.

[frenchfriedshow]

Made these and they turned out great but, it rained and one of them collapsed! Any thought on how to waterproof them to prevent this??

[kelissarevilla]

I love the way you guy thing i enjoy this Halloween tree it look spooky even the the other video i saw when you guy did that big as spider that will look great with the Halloween tree with the spider with you guy add some Halloween light it would look great on front of the house on Halloween

[macman]

I am going to start this project on Monday, How many hours did it take from start to finish? Where do you find the 8ft tubes? Home Depot or Lowe's only has the 48 inches and the biggest they carry is 12 inch round. Also any suggestions on how to waterproof so if it rains it doesnt destroy the tree? Last Question, what color grey paint did you use? Thanks for the Help on this

[MrJulybishop]

We did this at our house this year and we have people stopping by to ask where we got it.

[keithsteidle]

Do not pit it in the rain. The tubes break down in water. 2 days of rain it fell apart. I waterproofed the outside but the inside was not. Next time of water proof it in and out before.

[unc]

I am having difficulty finding the 8 ft tubing:/ what is approximately the price

[chriscamara]

I am having a problem finding a 8ft tube there did you get it

[sislertx]

Hope they do this in.2019...they didnt in 2018...

[timepiece]

whats the name of the paper used to cover the concrete tube? thanks!

[lumber-jackha]

Way too heavy, hard to store, definitely not flame retardant, there some many ways to make this better.