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DIY Christmas Pyramid

    The first time I ever saw a Christmas Pyramid I was at a friend's house and I instantly fell in love! I had wanted one ever since, but they were SO EXPENSIVE. Well one day I accompanied my husband to our local Goodwill and I found a horribly dirty, broken, unloved Christmas Pyramid. Upon closer inspection I saw there were two dusty bags attached that appeared to have ALL the broken off pieces! I paid $3.99! This would be quite the undertaking, look how dirty this thing was. 

So broken!

SO MUCH DUST

    I cleaned the Pyramid with an all-in-on kitchen cleaner and gently removed anything that hadn't already broken off so I could start fresh. From there I decided I could very easily make this match my Christmas décor by painting the chipped green bases a solid white. 


    I quickly sanded all the bases of each character to remove any residual green. 


    After the paint dried I used super glue to reattach all of the little characters, fences, and anything else. From here I was able to tell what was actually missing, and it was only a few little fence pieces. I made sure any missing fence pieces were only on the very top level, then used a few little greenery pieces and white berries to cover that space. I attached these pieces with hot glue.

Little greenery pieces from the Dollar Store. 

    Now the finished Christmas Pyramid:

When the wind catches the fan blades everything spins around!

    Here are a couple detail pictures at each level:





    I am so beyond thrilled with how this turned out, I LOVE it! I can't wait for this to be a fixture in all of our Christmases to come. What's your greatest cheap find? Have you ever had to put in this much work to make something shine up like a new penny? I'd love to hear about it in the comments below. Thanks for stopping by, and I hope to see you again soon for more DIY, décor, cleaning, and more!

-Lizzy

 

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