Designer: Kevin Sherrod

Make an adorable Christmas stocking tree! It can also be used for hanging other items, such as holiday banners, small quilts, artwork etc. 

A coat or two of paint and a tree skirt to hide the base, and it's all finished! Your own choice of paint, added glitter and other decorations will make it uniquely your own.

While you are at it, sew up some new Christmas stockings! I provide a free pattern that creates stockings that are beautifully finished, inside and out. 

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Christmas Stocking Pattern

The main part of our stocking tree stand (center pole) is 68" in height. You can change the size of your stand to suit your needs.

Branches
Round wood dowels cut to the following lengths:
26", 22", 18", 14", 10"

We used a dowel of 1/4" diameter. The thickness of the dowel is your choice, but it must fit through the main post and it must be strong enough to hold your stockings when they are full. If your stockings will be heavy, you may want to use larger dowels for the branches, a larger trunk, and slightly larger base.

Trunk (center pole)
One wood dowel of 1" diameter, cut to about 68" length.

Base
Cut a 2" x 4" board into two sections that each measure about 2 feet. Cut two more squares from the 2" x 4" board that measure 4" x 4".

Other Materials
Drill
saw
glue
nails
hammer
Paint
Paint brush
Glitter and other decorative items of your choice

1.   Measure down about 6" from the top of the trunk and mark the spot with a pencil.

2.   Measure 24" from the bottom of the trunk and mark the spot with a pencil.

3.   Measure the distance from your top mark to your bottom mark and divide by four. At equal distances from one another (which is the number you got by dividing by 4), make three marks between the top and bottom mark.

4.   Your shortest branch will be at the top, and each branch down gets longer. Your longest branch will be on the bottom of the trunk. Drill a hole for each branch, drilling each hole PERPENDICULAR to the one before it. Hole should be a size that creates a tight fit for the dowel. We drilled each hole to 1/4" and then sanded the dowel just enough so it would fit through tightly.

5.   Push your branch through the hole.

1.   Glue or nail the two base squares onto the underside of one of your base cross pieces, even with the ends, to serve as "feet". (refer to photo).

2.   Glue or nail the two base cross pieces together, with the piece with feet on top, and with the two pieces perpendicular to one another.

3.   Drill a hole into the center of one of your base pieces, large enough to accomodate your trunk.

4.   Glue or nail your trunk into the base.

NOTE: You can change the dimensions of your tree, but be sure that the base is large enough to accomodate the tree when fully loaded. If your base is not wide enough, your tree will tip over!

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