Slingshot Method

Sometimes your ladder just isn't tall enough.

All you need is a slingshot, a fishing weight, some fishing line and some old waterski rope! Tie the weight onto the fishing line. Monofilament line works best since it'll slide through the tree limbs easier. I had some old red 8 pound test that I didn't like so I used that. The red made it easier to find in the yard later.

I picked out an opening in the tree branches and shot the fishing weight through it. Then I tied the water ski rope onto the fishing line.

From the other side of the tree, I pulled the fishing line and ski rope over the limb of the tree

Then I tied the display piece onto the ski rope and simply pulled it up into the tree as high as I needed it to be. In this case, it was a star to which I'd attached 23 strings of LEDs which formed a sort of gigantic megatree. Then I tied the ski rope to a branch on the back side of the tree to hold it over the winter.

Taking it down was a piece of cake -- just until the ski rope in the back and lower it down.