I finally got the giant (11′ tall) candy cane up and running last night. It is made of PVC pipe, pink insulation board, black pallet wrap, and a lot of hot glue. I built the framework of 1/2″ PVC, then decided it wasn’t stiff enough, so I removed one section of PVC and added a piece 1-1/2″ diameter in it’s place. This definitely improved the overall stability of the structure. I then wrapped the entire thing in black stretch wrap, and then the lights- 3600 total. That is fewer than the old candy cane tree had, but they are laid out much more nicely. I think it turned out pretty well.
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- Bent 1/2″ PVC
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- Bent 1-1/2″ PVC
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- Constructed Frame
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- Another Construction View
I don’t have any pictures with it wrapped, but I stood it up against the house and took some video:
I think it looks much better than the old version, where I had to wrap around the tree trunk that stuck up out of the top. All in all, a success! Now on to the next project. Time is getting short.
