From the Department of Awesome Grandparents comes these photos of an amazing tree house, perhaps better described as a tree mansion, that Steve and Jeri Wakefield had made for their grandsons, Lincoln and Sullivan Scott, outside their home in Dallas, Texas.

Designed by family friend and architect James Curvan, this spectacular 100 square foot playhouse, fully equipped with electricity and air conditioning, sports two sleeping lofts, two decks, a crow’s nest, climbing wall, rope ladder, suspension bridge, and even a zip line.

The Wakefields’ grandsons were in preschool when Curvan built the tree house. “Some kids have a hard time with ladders, so I created a staircase with four landings,” the architect says. “That way even little ones can feel secure and safe on their way to the top.”

But it gets better. Now that their grandchildren have grown up, the Wakefields invite neighbourhood kids to come play in the tree house mansion. They must be pretty popular on their block. We’re guessing that these are also the sort of awesome folks who give out full size candy bars for Halloween.

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A Hungarian artist who goes by the name Babukatorium spent three months creating this awesomely intricate piece of guerilla knitting aka yarnbombing. The colouful crocheted piece is composed of 247 round spiderwebs in 13 colours. It took the artist three days to affix her beautiful creation to this tree, which is located somewhere in Veszprém, Hungary.

Babukatorium was inspired to create the piece after watching a performance of Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream:

She said: ‘I’m obsessed with spiderwebs and rainbows and so when I saw this tree after the performance I thought it would be perfect for yarnbombing.

‘I used a lot of yarn and attached it with rainbow ribbons. At the end I was exhausted and surprised because I didn’t think I would be able to complete it. I was also surprised because people love it, and come to visit the tree just to see the work.’

To view more work by Babukatorium, check out her Flickr page and Etsy shop. She’s also here on Tumblr.

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This awesome Christmas tree can be found right here in Seattle. A clever and clearly quite playful gentleman named Patrick Kruger cut the top of his Christmas Tree and attached it to his roof, effectively creating the illusion that his tree had broken through the ceiling and roof of his home.

“I built the prop using a quarter sheet of plywood, sheathing and spare roofing tile,” said Kruger. “I then bought a 14-foot tree and cut the top 6 feet off and mounted it to the prop. The first attempt was blown off the roof, so I bolted it down with the help of my buddy, Scott Douglas.”

 Patrick Kruger, the Geyser of Awesome salutes you!

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Kaiju Christmas! This awesome Godzilla Christmas tree was erected inside the Aqua City Odaiba shopping mall in Tokyo, Japan back in 2000. It even blew steam/smoke out of its mouth. Fantastic.

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It’s Awesome Christmas Tree Day on Geyser of Awesome!

This awesome sculpture, segmenting and freezing a tree in the act of falling, is called Reconnected 1 and was created by artist Philippe Handford.

This tree and other sculptures can be found in Lancashire, England on the Pendle Sculpture Trail, a free sculpture trail conceived by Handford “to be a unique sculpture trail that would show site specific work inspired by, not just the natural materials found in the woods, but by the spooky history of the Pendle witches.”

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That this sculpture looks like it was carved from a gnarled old piece of wood is a testament to the skill of the artist who created it. It’s actually made of ceramic.

Entitled Cycles of Decay, this awesomely deceptive sculpture was created by Bloomington, Indiana-based ceramicist Christopher David White. “Even on close inspection the knotted and twisting veins of the tree branch look almost exactly like old wood, take a closer look on his website.”

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Why not trim your tree with a theme this year? We’ve got a few suggestions. You can put a Rubber Chicken in a Santa Suit on top and decorate it with Rubber Chicken Ornaments. If you like your holiday a little darker and apocalyptic, why not go with Cthulhu Ornaments. Don’t want people to recognize your tree? Go with the Groucho Glasses Disguise Ornament. Hipster trees require a Mustache Ornament and a few PBR cans. For a tree that will make you drool, use the Bacon Ornaments. The Lucky Yodelling Christmas Pickle Ornament has a built in motion detector that sets off a yodel whenever people walk past. Just imagine if you covered your tree with them! It would be a regular pickle choir. Lastly, if you want your friends and neighbors to question your sanity, why not a whole tree of Fish Head Ornaments?

If you’re proud of your weird Christmas tree, submit it to Geyser of Awesome!