Decorating your home for the New year-an exciting experience. You can, of course, use ready-made garlands, toys and Souvenirs from the store, but what is done with their own hands, can not be compared with the products. Fantasy needlewoman boundless, and all these cute little things are filled with soul and warmth of hands.
New year’s topiary-a wonderful souvenir, in the manufacture of which you can use almost any natural materials, small Christmas decorations and handmade things like pompoms and glomerulus. Topiary is done in two stages: first, the basis is performed, and then the process of decorating.
For the manufacture of the basics will require molds. It can be ordinary disposable plastic cups of any color (later we will remove them and throw out). You can take and beautiful small pots of clay, mugs and other solid containers that will remain in your product forever. In addition to cookware will need a plaster (cement), water, beautiful, branches, trunk, tree pruner, paper (old newspaper), twine.
All that is required for the manufacture of the base
Often the question arises of what make the base of the crown. This is perfect ball formed from crumpled sheets of newspaper. In order to better hold the shape, it is necessary to wrap the twine or other thread. Such a framework is good because all the decor details at her easy to stick on, additionally, it is worth nothing.
Paper balloon is a great base for a crown
However, the stores sell special foam balls for similar purposes, also suitable plastic Christmas ball.
In a separate container (for example, containers of sour cream) dilute plaster, and then pour it into prepared cups. In the center of the insert branch, which will be the stem. I must say that this quality can be used old, lichen covered twigs, shoots smooth, shiny, aromatic twigs of juniper and even long cinnamon sticks. In our case, the textured branch of poplar is used.
In the center of the Cup place the barrel
The Cup with the mixture and the barrel will need to gently knock the bottom of the table to remove air bubbles. Plaster mixes freeze faster, than cement, and in 3-4 hours it is possible to continue work. After the plaster mixture is frozen, remove the plastic Cup with a secateur.
Plastic Cup remove using a pruner
Now prepared by ball-attach the crown to the trunk. This shears make a hole (not through!) and put any glue there. Then put the ball on the barrel. The Foundation is ready, start decorating.
Basis ready
To do this, you can use natural materials: cones, seeds, acorns, short pruning sticks, nuts. Suitable small Christmas toys. In our case, the topiary is designed in white, so in advance were prepared small tangles of white three-dimensional threads, white mohair yarn, a little Swan down and pearl beads. For gluing of decor it is very convenient to use the glue gun.
For decor, you can come up with many options
So, this was the crown “of the tree.”
Crown of topiary
Now this German-based, having covered her white mohair thread and attach the Swan’s down. When winding of the yarn required from time to time to drip a little glue.
Base decor
It remains to add the finishing touches: to paint the stock and the tips of cones with white acrylic paint and a little sprinkle with sequins. Topiary is ready!
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