Challenge: How to get pine branch to stand up and look like a Tree?

[badmouse]

I didn't put up a Christmas tree this year because we were supposed to go away, but plans changed.

We're financially-challenged this year, so I thought I'd just get some pine from the yard and decorate with a few lights, etc. It's just something to put the gifts under.

I have the branch, it's nicely shaped, about 3-4 feet tall, not too heavy, but I can't get it to stand up. I put it in a vase, but it's too big for that - it falls over unless propped up against the wall.

I KNOW that if I had a stand, it would work fine, but surely the ATOT community can help me get my christmas tree to look like a christmas tree using common ordinary household objects.

Suggestions?

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[d33pt]

uhh maybe if you put it in something bigger than a coffeecup. try filling up the vase with sand

 

[speed01]

Go with a bucket full of sand or dirt, whatever you can dig up...

Speed

 

[TheNinja]

I would take some 2x4's and put them in a crossing pattern. Then removed part of the 2x4's where the "tree" will sit in it and nail the tree into the 2x4 stand.