Salvaged Wood Tree and Copper Wire Stars

This idea came from Pinterest.  I have lots of salvaged wood torn from Charleston's historical homes.

Perfect 'craft' to do with my son...the builder, but don't tell him it is a craft!

To make the stars, I used a piece of wood and hammered five nails in the shape of a star.  I sketched it out on the wood to note the points.  This was fun to do with my five year old.  We tried several different wires, including a coat hanger!  The coat hanger was too difficult to work with, but seemed like a great idea for recycling!

I used some 20 gauge copper wire and that worked great.  It will age nicely outside!

Wrap the ends around to hold the wires together or cut smaller pieces to bind the sections together.  You could layer and layer for thicker stars.  We did three layers.

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