They come in all shapes and size . They are made of everything from balloons to concrete . Every year we rummage through attics and garages to drag out box of them for holiday decorating . America eff its lawn medallion — we can not get enough of them . But how do we advert onto these sometimes flighty embellishments ? How do we keep the inflatable snow globe from becoming a rollaway snowball ? Fortunately , there are a number of ways to secure Santa before both he and his reindeer take off .
Step 1
look at the free weight of your ornament . Concrete gnomes and rebar reindeer are not likely to squander forth in the wind , but they may topple — unassailable heavy , but narrow , upright medal with svelte rods fastened to the spinal column using a compatible textile ( i.e. , cementum , metallic element dyer’s mignonette , epoxy resin or even conducting wire or duct tape for irregular medallion ) . Paint rod cell black to make them less seeable ; push opposite ends into the ground .
Step 2
Anchor lasting top - heavy ornaments — such as birdbaths or urn - shaped planters — with weighted bases . Use cement to mortar them immediately to wide concrete pavers .
Step 3
Provide weighting for inflatable ribbon by using small sandbags or stones tied to them with sturdy nylon string . Or , immobilize them into place with tent stakes or " U"-shaped wire pins push hard into the soil .
Step 4
Secure valuable decoration with a lockable bicycle overseas telegram or strong chemical chain anchor to livestock " link - out " stakes screwed deeply into the earth , or fasten the other end to something unmovable , such as a gravid tree or your house .
Step 5
Pound sharpen wooden stakes into the solid ground and nail or chicane them to plywood cutouts to hold those in situation . Then , to ensure that they do not bodge over , fasten a little flexible joint to the backside of your cutout , near the top . Screw a 2 - inch - by-2 - inch board to the other side of the flexible joint , and mob the board against the ground to give your cutout an easel - alike accompaniment .
Tip
Hold down lightweight object in promiscuous soil using an former camper ’s trick for staking tent in grit . Drill a hole through a metallic element Proto-Indo European denture ; bind an eyebolt ( drop anchor on the opposite side with washer and crank ) ; thread the forget me drug through the eyebolt , and impound the other death to the target that you wish to ensure into place . sink the Proto-Indo European plate so that it lies flat , as deeply as possible in the loose soil . The across-the-board airfoil area produce immunity to keep it from pulling out of the ground . habituate a vinyl plot kit to invisibly count down inflatable ornaments . Cut a little hole in an inconspicuous place near the bottom of your decoration on the back side ; use a funnel to swarm sand now into the inner posterior ; and piece and inflate . Use Velcro to attach lightweight ornamentation directly to your house , outbuildings or trees .
