Trees & More Trees

I need a ga-zillion trees for my landscape, and it would take me years to make even 1/10th of what I need. I found a supplier on ebay(tm) that has nice trees at about 20 cents each that come in a pack of 10.

Coming all the way from China they get a little scrunched up from the trip.

A little tug here, a little tug there.

Now, that's much better! It's looking like a tree, but a bright green tree (too bright for me!).

To get rid of that bright green, I'll need to add some darker colored ground foam, so it goes for a dunk in the 50/50 solution of white glue & water.

While submerged, I'll give it a twirl to make sure the glue penetrates the tree completely. Once dunked, I'll lift it out of the glue (keeping it in the container) and twirl it between my thumb & forefinger to remove excess glue.

Here's the tree with the light coating of white glue

Next the tree get tossed into a container full of a special (top secret) blend of ground foam

Once in the container it is rolled around and covered with the foam until all surfaces are coated

After coating the tree is tapped against the edge of the foam container to remove any excess foam

Because the dunking in white glue also coats the tree trunk, some of the grass flocking sticks to the truck. I use my fingers to wipe away the foam on the trunk while the glue is still wet.

Here is the finished tree with a darker and more realistic foliage

Here's a holder with 30 trees - only a ga-zillion minus 30 more to go!