Making a Christmas Tree

The header image is a small Christmas tree I made.
A triangular wooden frame stands on a base made of a 3-centimeter cube of wood.
The base is about 30 centimeters long.
Three bamboo skewers are stretched across the triangular wooden frame.
Sparkling beads are threaded onto the bamboo skewers.
The beads are sparkly, and each one has a Christmas pattern on it.
The top row has red beads, the second row has blue, and the third row has silver.

I made a small Christmas tree at Onborato Station Kitahori.
My mother made one with me.
There was one other pair of participants.
It was a young woman with a disability and her helper.
The instructor was the master of Onborato Station Kitahori.

First, several V-shaped wooden frames were lined up in front of us.
Each one had a different angle of opening.
We chose the wooden frames we liked.
I chose a frame with a wide opening.

I arranged the beads I liked between the V-shape.
There were small beads and large beads.
The colors were red, blue, gold, and silver.
They had different textures: smooth, rough, vertical lines, and hexagonal.
The beads had Christmas-themed patterns like snowmen on them.
An image of the color scheme popped into my head, and I decided on it right away.
I used only small beads and arranged them in three rows.
The top row has red diamond-patterned beads.
The middle row has two blue beads; one is smooth and the other is rough.
The bottom row has three silver beads; the middle one is rough, and the two on the sides are smooth.

From here on, the master did most of the work for me.
The beads were meant to be hung on a Christmas tree, so they had strings attached.
I cut off all those strings with scissors.
I thought I could have done that part myself.
We drilled holes into the V-shaped wooden frame.
The angle was difficult.
We used a screw to make the holes, but the frame was thin, so it was hard to control the pressure.
If you push too hard, it goes all the way through, and if the hole is too shallow, the bamboo skewer won't fit.
I threaded the beads onto the bamboo skewers and cut the skewers to the appropriate length.
I tried inserting the bamboo skewers into the holes.
I applied glue to the holes and then inserted the bamboo skewers.
I left it for a while to dry.
I applied glue to both ends of the V-shape.
I attached the rod that would become the base of the triangle.
The V-shape opened wider than expected, making the base longer.
Once the base was attached, I left it to dry for a while.
The wooden frame became a triangle.
I used sandpaper to smooth the edges of the cube-shaped wooden block.
I placed the cube-shaped block so it was in the center of the base and applied glue to the surface.
I stood the triangular wooden frame up so the vertex was at the top and placed it on the cube-shaped block.
I left it to dry.
It's finished!
I was happy that everyone complimented my color scheme.
It is still being displayed at Onborato Station Kitahori.

After that, everyone made wonderful trees.
Apparently, the glitter from the beads came off, leaving our hands and the paper we were working on covered in sparkles!
Also, there were a lot of wood shavings.
Thanks to the master for helping so much!