How to Make Some DIY Holiday Welded Decorations

The holiday season is quickly approaching, and after a year of social distancing and home-improvement projects, you may have a lot of extra metal parts and pieces at your disposal. Instead of saving those old rebars, horseshoes, nuts, and bolts for a rainy day, learn how you can use them for holiday-themed decorations.

Horseshoe Figures A popular holiday decoration you may want to consider is a horseshoe Christmas tree. Many horseshoe Christmas trees involve welding the horseshoes into a flat triangle shape with a couple horseshoes as the base. And if you have the curved part of each horseshoe as the top end, you can weld a tiny nut to the center and hang an ornament. You can also liven up your front yard with a herd of horseshoe reindeer. For this project, you'll need to weld the ends of two horseshoes together to make the body. Then you'll need to weld two horseshoes to the bottom of the body for the legs and a horseshoe to the top for the head. To finish the reindeer, weld one last horseshoe to the head for the antlers. Don't forget to add a red nose if you want a Rudolph reindeer. One last horseshoe figure you can make is a horseshoe snowman. To make your snowman, weld three horseshoes together in a row. And remember to save a forth horseshoe to act as the base of the snowman. Then paint your snowman white, and tie a cute holiday ribbon around the neck. To go the extra mile, use brown or black pipe cleaners for arms, and you can make or buy a tiny, black top hat for the snowman's head.

Rebar Christmas Trees and Snowflakes To make a rebar Christmas tree, use one long piece of rebar as the main trunk. You may also want to weld two or three pieces together for a thicker, stronger trunk. Then you'll need to weld small pieces of rebar to the truck so they stick out like branches. As you work your way up the tree, use pieces that get progressively shorter to create the familiar shape of a Christmas tree. To make a snowflake out of rebar, weld two pieces of rebar of a similar length into an X shape. Then weld a third piece to the middle of the X so the snowflake has six ends. These ends should be around the same length and about the same distance apart from each other. Finally, weld two tiny pieces of rebar about two-thirds up the way on each end. To get the angle right, try to create an arrow shape that points to the middle of the snowflake. To finish the snowflake, paint it white or silver, and weld a large nut to the top of the snowflake that you can tie a ribbon or string to.

Freestanding Cutlery Angels To create a freestanding angel, start with a spoon. You'll need to heat the spoon enough so you can bend the bowl part backward 90 degrees; this will create the base. Then curve the handle of the spoon toward the rounded (convex) part of the spoon until it makes a candy cane shape. To create the body of the angel, use a fork with four tines. Curve the bottom of the fork's handle backward into a half circle; this curve should also resemble a candy cane shape. Then weld the fork and spoon together so the two curves create an oval, with the bottom of the fork's curve resting on the spoon's bowl. For the next step, bend the two outside tines of the fork in front of the fork to create arms in a praying motion. Then curve one tine into a circle to create the head, and curve the other tine over the head to create the halo. Finally, weld the blades of two butter knifes to the back of the fork to create the angel's wings. If you need help creating any of these holiday-themed decorations, or if you have a more involved project that requires the assistance of a professional welder, contact Sam's Welding, Inc , today.