I turn lots of scrap into tree ornaments. Here is a snowman (blurred)
on the chuck.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/831951...posted-public/

I use a custom made extended woodworm, made by my nephew-in-law.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/831951...posted-public/

I plug the hole with a short piece of dowel and sand smooth.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/831951...posted-public/

A tiny screw eye and piece of ribbon completes it. If it is to hang
by the base I use a hole plug and put a screw eye in it.
--
GW Ross

We are born naked, wet and hungry.
Then things get worse.