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(update)Re: Christmas tree decorations
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lugnet.fun.holiday
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Fri, 14 Jan 2000 17:42:47 GMT
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In lugnet.fun.holiday, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.fun.holiday, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
> > In lugnet.fun.holiday, Braith Garden writes:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > For the past couple of years I've been decorating my christmas tree with
> > > LEGO.
> > > Last year I used all of the Shell promo sets with the Batwing flyer
> > > (2539) as the "Angel" on top. It looked great and I plan to do it again
> > > this year with traditional looking decorations made from LEGO like stars,
> > > balls, etc. Has anyone done a similar thing during the festive season? I'd
> > > like to hear of other folks designs for decorations and such.
> >
> > Neat! using the Shell sets like that is a nifty idea. They're so small and
> > cute. I almost did a similar tree last year with Erector sets.
> > Erector/Mechano had a whole line of mini-sets...trucks, planes, moto's etc.
> > but they were a bit too heavy for hanging on branches.
> >
> > I did decorate a table-top size tree with LEGO. I used santa minifigs, elf
> > minifigs, green whip/vine pieces, and those red+white swirl umbrella/dishes
> > as pepermint candies. Was great fun.
> >
> > I too hope people post some great ideas here. and take photos!
>
> I was thinking about using the little sets from the Advent Calendar - they're
> so irresistably cute, they'd make perfect decorations.
Just a followup... We used about a dozen of the little sets from this year's
advent calender; just used a loop of thread between a couple of the bricks,
and most of them hung fine. We got lots of postive feeback from friends *and*
family. :)
Pictures when/if they turn out...(I didn't think to take any, so I'm relying
on family photo's that happen to include the tree :/ )
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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