Knex Christmas Wreath

This is a small wreath that will look good with your other Christmas decorations :-). It's mostly made of green connectors and white rods, plus red "berries" and a red ribbon at the bottom. I also included some fake lights. This only took a day to build. Fun fact: this Instructables uses 149 pictures.

This is an entry to a Knex contest. EDIT: it won 1st place in the contest!

This was also a first prize winner in the Homemade Holidays Contest, thanks to everyone who voted!

Enjoy!

Parts List

Before you begin building, gather all of these parts. There's only 10 kinds of pieces.
Rods: 227

green-153
white-74

Connectors: 140

dark gray-1
light gray-4
red-22
green-109
white-4

Other: 15

Y clip-5
metallic blue clip-1
head cap-9

Total: 382

If you have all of those pieces, then let's get building!

The Five Sections

You aren't building anything in this step. I'm just telling you what the five sections of the wreath are. They are the top, right, bottom, bottom left, and top left. The little decorations aren't included in these sections.

The Top, Parts A-C

Okay, let's start off by building the top. You'll build parts A, B, and C. You'll combine them in the next step to complete the top. Everything will fit together like a puzzle.

Be sure to pay close attention to the pictures and image notes. Build everything exactly like it is in the pictures.

Combining Parts A-C of the Top.

Combine the parts you built in the last step.

The Right, Parts A-D

In this step, you're building the right section of the wreath. It's divided up into four parts. Don't combine them yet, that's for the next step!

Combining Parts A-D of the Right

Combine parts A, B, C, and D to complete the Right.

Combining the Top and Right

In this step you'll combine all of what you have built so far. These sections attach to each other in two places.

The Bottom, Parts A-C

Build parts A, B, and C. Don't worry about combining them.

Combining Parts A-C of the Bottom

Now you'll combine parts A-C to complete the Bottom.

Adding the Bottom to the Model

In this step, attach the Bottom to what you have built so far. The bottom connects to the rest of the model in one place. It should look like a backwards C when you're finished.

The Bottom Left, Parts A-B

You'll build parts A and B in this step.

Combining Parts A-B of the Bottom Left

Now you'll attach part A and B together to complete the Bottom Left.

Adding the Bottom Left to the Model

Connect the bottom left section you just built to the model. It's attached to the bottom in two places.

The Top Left, Parts A-C

Build parts A-C, but don't attach them to each other yet

Combining Parts A-C of the Top Left

Attach parts A, B, and C to each other to complete the Top Left.

Connecting the Top Left to the Model.

Connect the top left section to what you've built so far. The Top Left connects to the Bottom Left in one place. It connects to the Top in two places. If you don't want to add the decorations, which I highly recommend building, than you're done! If you do want decorations, move on.

Fake Lights

In this step you will add the "lights". They don't have to be in the same places as in the pictures. You don't even have to put them in there at all. :-P Just slide them onto the tips of the white rods.

Ribbon

Now you can build the ribbon, which goes on the bottom of the wreath. Just build and connect it to the dark gray connector and let it hang.

You're Done, Yay!

Hooray! You just finished building my Christmas Wreath! As always, feel free to ask questions, leave comments, and rate!

If you built it, send me a picture, and I'll add it to this step!

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