Firstly, you’ll be creating the base for your tree. Measure up to cut 2 x 300mm and 6 x 50mm pieces. Make sure you’re using timber of the same depth for each of these cuts to ensure your base is stable and sturdy.

Set the cutting depth of your circular saw to greater than the depth of the timber. The timber used in our project was 50mm deep.

Fix the timber securely into place using a trigger clamp. Then, using your circular saw, cut the base pieces to size.

You now have all of the pieces you need to make the tree base.

Place one of the 300mm pieces on top of the other to create a cross formation. Attach the pieces using your drill driver and four screws.

Using your drill driver and screws, attach two of the smaller pieces of wood at each end of the 300mm timber you will use as the top of of your base.

Attach one smaller piece of wood to each end of the other piece of 300mm timber. You now have a steady base.

It’s now time to start making your tree. Ranging from 80mm to 1100mm, measure up the branches with your tape measure and mark the cutting lines.  For this tree, we created 35 cuts of timber in total.

Eighteen pieces were cut to a length of 100mm to create the tree trunk. For the branches, we used eight lengths ranging from 80mm -1100mm. You’ll need to cut three pieces of each size (1100mm, 950mm, 750mm, 500mm, 300mm, 200mm, 150mm, 80mm).

Fix the timber into place using your clamp. Using the circular saw, cut your pieces of timber to each of the sizes.

Using a spade bit with a larger diameter than your broom handle, drill holes through the centre of each piece of timber and through the centre of your base.

Using your sander, smooth the edges of the timber to avoid any splinters.

Place the broom handle into the hole in the base and place the tree onto the floor.

It’s time to start building! First, you need to create space for your presents under the tree. Start off with four or five of the 100mm pieces to create your tree trunk.

Use the three widest pieces of timber as your base branches.

Add the progressively smaller pieces of timber and watch your tree start to grow.  Use one or two of the 100mm pieces between each wider piece to create your tree trunk, and space between the branches.

Finish off with the smallest pieces of timber at the top. Arrange the timber pieces individually to create the tree appearance. It’s now ready for you to decorate!