I thought of picking it up with Dharma and having Cretaceous Christmas, but it was exhausting and costly starting over with decorations every year. So we are settling for a T-Rex Christmas topiary. He stands about 52" high and is 78" long.
I started with chicken wire and made the individual body parts:
Abdomen and thighs
Then I started assembly:
Once he was all put together securely, I started to attach branches of an old Christmas tree, and wrapped it in garland to fill in spots:
It took 2 days, and I ended up with so many cuts and scratches from the chicken wire that I looked like I fought a large cat, but this was the finished product:
Dharma with the T-Rex
With the help of some floral wire and poles to stabilize him, the T-Rex was put out front:
Some candy canes were added:
And then we waited for night fall:
I didn't quite like how the candy canes were in front, but as I was moving them, I broke one:
I have some tweaking of the lights to do, but all in all I think he is cute.
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