These are the instructions for building a huge Menorah out of canned goods. First, load up a van with a few pieces of plywood.
Follow that with a heavy, thicker board for the base.
Then, start loading up 500 or so #10 institutional size cans. You will need several cars full.
Be careful not to slip on the snow an ice - it is the coldest day of the year!
Start stacking all the cans and other equipment around the construction site.
This is the second level. The first was very similar - just a touch bigger.
The plywood is between the first and second layer. Stack up the color-coded cans 3 high, ina rectangle around the plywood.....
.... and form an "X" for support in the middle.
Be certain that everything is straight!!
Since there weren't enough mushrooms to go around, they were used in the middle, out of sight.
Decorations are essential - Happy Chanukah signs abounded.
Notice the start of the third level.Again, a rectangle, smaller than the one beneath, with a support structure inside. the "wrong colored" cans were not visible during the ceremony. But thanks for noticing!
With the shher weight of all the can, it is necessary to be precise with the can placement.
The fourth layer was only 3 cans wide, so it was easier, except for reaching up high.
The column at the top was supported with that plastic wrap they use in warehouses. The top piece of wood has holes drilled for the torches.
The final height of the menorah had to be an exact fit so the wood holding the torches could be supported.
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