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: The examples and methods presented here are NOT THE ONLY or PRESCRIBED ways to make display elements. They're only samples of ways that some of our members have made them using various materials and tools. You're certainly free to copy these displays and/or methods or use them to create your own, new display pieces. You're encouraged to share YOUR OWN designs here as well, even though your item may be similar to those presented here. You'll need an author account in this Wiki to do that; information on becoming an author is at the bottom of our main Wiki page.
 
: The examples and methods presented here are NOT THE ONLY or PRESCRIBED ways to make display elements. They're only samples of ways that some of our members have made them using various materials and tools. You're certainly free to copy these displays and/or methods or use them to create your own, new display pieces. You're encouraged to share YOUR OWN designs here as well, even though your item may be similar to those presented here. You'll need an author account in this Wiki to do that; information on becoming an author is at the bottom of our main Wiki page.
  
:* '''Megatrees - large, artificial tree displays'''
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:* '''Megatrees''' - large, artificial tree displays
 
:::'''[[Mega trees]]'''
 
:::'''[[Mega trees]]'''
 
:::'''[[Stars/Toppers]]'''
 
:::'''[[Stars/Toppers]]'''
  
:* '''Mini-trees - short, artificial tree/bush displays'''
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:* '''Mini-trees''' - short, artificial tree/bush displays
  
 
:::'''[[Tomato Cage Design]]'''
 
:::'''[[Tomato Cage Design]]'''
 
:::'''[[Stackable PVC Design]]'''
 
:::'''[[Stackable PVC Design]]'''
  
:* '''Misc. Coroplast - corrugate plastic displays'''
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:* '''Misc. Coroplast''' - corrugate plastic displays
 
:::'''[[Santa's Workshop]]'''
 
:::'''[[Santa's Workshop]]'''
 
:::'''[[Jumbo Tree Ornaments]]'''
 
:::'''[[Jumbo Tree Ornaments]]'''
 
:::'''[[Fa-la-la display]]'''
 
:::'''[[Fa-la-la display]]'''
  
:* '''Misc. PVC'''
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:* '''Misc. PVC''' - displays made using PVC pipe
 
:::'''[[Firesticks]]'''
 
:::'''[[Firesticks]]'''
 
:::'''[[Santa Sleigh]]'''
 
:::'''[[Santa Sleigh]]'''
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:::'''[[Shooting Stars]]'''
 
:::'''[[Shooting Stars]]'''
  
:* '''Signage - information displays'''
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:* '''Signage''' - information displays
 
:::'''[[Building a Tune-To Sign]]'''
 
:::'''[[Building a Tune-To Sign]]'''
 
:::'''[[Building an Octoscroller Matrix Display]]'''
 
:::'''[[Building an Octoscroller Matrix Display]]'''
  
:* '''Live Tree/Shrub displays'''
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:* '''Live Trees''' - working with trees/shrubs
 
:::'''[[Trees/Tree Wraps]]'''
 
:::'''[[Trees/Tree Wraps]]'''
  
:* '''Wearable - lighting yourself or your clothes'''
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:* '''Wearable''' - lighting yourself or your clothes
 
:::'''[[Santa Cap]]'''
 
:::'''[[Santa Cap]]'''
  
:* '''Window Frames - putting lights around your house windows'''
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:* '''Window Frames''' - putting lights around your house windows
 
:::'''[[PVC Window Frames]]'''
 
:::'''[[PVC Window Frames]]'''
 
:::'''[[Pixel Window Frames]]'''
 
:::'''[[Pixel Window Frames]]'''
  
:* '''DIY Wire Frames'''
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:* '''DIY Wire Frames''' - wire frame displays
  
 
:::'''[[Singing Choir]]'''
 
:::'''[[Singing Choir]]'''

Revision as of 08:27, 12 May 2020

The examples and methods presented here are NOT THE ONLY or PRESCRIBED ways to make display elements. They're only samples of ways that some of our members have made them using various materials and tools. You're certainly free to copy these displays and/or methods or use them to create your own, new display pieces. You're encouraged to share YOUR OWN designs here as well, even though your item may be similar to those presented here. You'll need an author account in this Wiki to do that; information on becoming an author is at the bottom of our main Wiki page.
  • Megatrees - large, artificial tree displays
Mega trees
Stars/Toppers
  • Mini-trees - short, artificial tree/bush displays
Tomato Cage Design
Stackable PVC Design
  • Misc. Coroplast - corrugate plastic displays
Santa's Workshop
Jumbo Tree Ornaments
Fa-la-la display
  • Misc. PVC - displays made using PVC pipe
Firesticks
Santa Sleigh
FloodSticks
Making/Wiring_Mono-Pixels (Candy Canes)
StarFlake Spinner
Singing Pixel Snowman
  • Wood/Fibreboard/Cardboard/3D Printing
Reflective PixelFlakes
Shooting Stars
  • Signage - information displays
Building a Tune-To Sign
Building an Octoscroller Matrix Display
  • Live Trees - working with trees/shrubs
Trees/Tree Wraps
  • Wearable - lighting yourself or your clothes
Santa Cap
  • Window Frames - putting lights around your house windows
PVC Window Frames
Pixel Window Frames
  • DIY Wire Frames - wire frame displays
Singing Choir
Animated Noel Sign

Misc. Techniques