Christmas Village Stand

DIY Christmas Village Stand

Materials

 

Wood

  • wood rounds, each one slightly larger than the next
  • wooden dowel (length depends on how tall you want your stand and a medium to large diameter)

 

Hardware

  • Hanger bolts
  • Insert nuts
  • Washers
  • 1 flat-head bolt
  • Optional: wing nut (for the top)

Optional Decor

  • Greenery or garland
  • Small decorative tree (for the top)

Tools

  • Drill
  • Drill bits
  • Saw (if cutting your own rounds or dowel)
  • Tape measure

Step-By-Step Instructions

Step 1 — Cut or Buy Your Wood Rounds


Choose wood rounds, each one larger than the last. You can cut your own or buy pre-cut pine rounds. You can also paint or stain them any color you want.  If you get tired of that color you could always sand and repaint or restain another color .

Step 2 — Find the Center

Hack #1 — Find the Center of a Round Fast

If you don’t have a center-finding tool, place any straight board across the round and draw a line. Rotate the round a little, repeat at least three or 4 times and where the lines cross is the center.

Step 3 — Drill Center Holes

Drill a hole straight through the center of each wood round

Step 4 — Cut Your Dowel

Cut your dowel to the height you want between levels. About 12" per section is perfect.

Step 5 — Add Hardware to the Dowel

Drill a small hole in one end of the dowel and install the screw side of your hanger bolt.

On the other end of the dowel drill a hole a little smaller than your inset nut.  To drill your insert nut in you can buy a bit called a EZ lock driver to drill these in with a drill.  You can also find helpful videos on You Tube that give helpful hints about this.  Use a little wax on the outside of the nut to help it go in smoother.

Step 6 — Attach the Bottom Round

Put a flat-head bolt through the bottom of your largest round. You may want to put some feet like cutting board feet or skid pads on the bottom board. This lets the stand sit flat on a table or floor.
Screw the dowel side with the insert nut onto the bolt in that round.

Step 7 — Stack the Levels


Slide the second round down onto the bolt sticking up from the dowel.
Then screw on the next dowel. Repeat until you reach the top.

 

 

Step 8 — Top it Off


For the top, you can tighten a washer + wing nut, OR screw in a decorative Christmas tree like I did.

Finished Project 

 



Your Christmas Village stand is ready to decorate! Add houses, snow, trees, lights — anything you love.

 

 

Variations

Here are other ways to use this stand:

  • Cupcake tower
  • Hot cocoa bar display
  • Candle stand
  • Ornament display
  • Birthday dessert tower

I hope you have lots of fun with this.  Remember it does not have to be perfect.  And you can decorate it different for many years to come.