🌱 How to make a coffee tree with his own hands: instructions for the production of original gift

I enjoy the invigorating aroma of natural coffee beans? Then you'll love the idea to decorate your kitchen or bathroom a nice little tree from coffee and fragrant spices. In addition, a topiary can be a great gift for any occasion: New Year, March 8, or Valentine's Day. You can give it as a present to a colleague, and just to cheer up a friend. So, the topic of this review from HouseChief.ru - how to make a coffee tree with his own hands.

Step by step workshop on how to make a coffee tree

First of all, Topiary has its own design rules. And the most important of them - the spherical shape of the crown. It is thanks to her, and there was such a title. Skillfully cut living trees still practiced by the Romans, and this form was considered a sign of viability and successful garden owner. Amazing metamorphosis time combined the idea of ​​a spherical crown and a tiny home bonsai trees from the eastern culture and They led us to the appearance which has already become quite traditional decoration of the interior - a miniature of artificial topiary materials.

Masters of handmade things make such Topiary of a variety of materials, and the result is every time just excellent. And if you use in the design tree fragrant ingredients such as coffee and spices, then Topiary becomes both a sachet-flavor.

What will it take to work

you will need for the coffee trees, actually, coffee beans. It is the main ingredient. In addition it is necessary to buy a foam ball to the basics - such sale in stores for needlework. Do not forget to check if the house has color brown, Preferably acrylic. To stem suitable tube or a real branch.

Barrel length should be such that enough bury it in the cup and ball. As a basis for the trees, a regular circle, flower pot or any other piece of plate with sides not less than 6-7 cm. If there is nothing suitable, it does not matter - you can even use a plastic bottle, you'll just have to tinker a bit with its decoration. Fill the base of plaster, it should be quite a bit.

From the toolbox handy scissors, glue gun and a brush for applying the paint.

Important! Before you begin, carefully reassemble grains of coffee. They must be integral and preferably the same size, flat. Well-selected raw materials - the success of the entire operation.

Step by step instructions on how to do crafts with their hands in the form of a coffee tree

Now, step by step wizard class for the production of coffee tree with his own hands:

Illustration	Description of the action
	Prepare materials, which we discussed above. For decoration you can use an ordinary pot sacking.
	Wrap wand rope from a natural material or a satin ribbon. To coil is not dissolved, secure it with the two ends of the hot glue.
	Wrap the pot with burlap and also secure it with glue gun. Cut off the excess.
	For a little bit careless kind of fan the edge of the burlap. It can be done in a different way: pull the rope edge, to get the sack. If there is no burlap wrap the pot the same rope.
	The foam preform painted in black or brown. It is necessary to make sure, or white base will shine through the coffee beans, and it will spoil all impression. Make a hole in the balloon for fixing the barrel.
	Fill the hole with hot glue and until he froze, insert the end of the barrel. Wait until the ball is firmly locks.
	With glue gun glue coffee beans to the ball. Better to do it on one grain of densely placing one after the other. Some advised to simply apply glue and roll the ball in the material, but the seeds are distributed unevenly, remain large unsightly gaps. So it is better to spend a little more time, but to do everything efficiently.
	Spread the plaster with water until creamy state and fill them to the pot. If the container has a hole at the bottom, cover them with cardboard or other seal.
	While the plaster is not paused, set the inner barrel in the middle of the pot strictly and hold in that position until it locks. After leave the tree for a few hours until the plaster finally caught. If this is not done, in the process of decorating you can inadvertently move the trunk and break its hold.
	Top of the same pot, pour the coffee grain, tree decorate ribbons and beads or other material.
	Here it is an elegant coffee tree should get a result.

That can be used for decorating the coffee Topiary

The most important question: Is it possible to paint a coffee? There is a temptation to cover it with varnish with glitter or sprinkle with gold paint. Yes, it will be very luxurious, but keep in mind: natural aroma disappear completely. Here it is for you to decide which is more important.

On a photo coffee tree Topiary own hands using paint and varnish:

The second question is what to use for decorations? There simply is no limit to imagination. Use everything that you personally like to decorate the coffee tree: ornaments from beads, beads (Especially well looked pearly white) crystals of different shapes, lace, flowers or from foamirana silks. If you decide to use the coffee tree as a sachet, is useful in cinnamon sticks, dried slices of lemon and orange. On these pictures the coffee trees with this design:

Fotoprimery coffee trees made at home

We have given an example of a simple and traditional coffee tree made with his own hands at home. But there are plenty of other, more original versions. You can make a topiary with several trunks, or design it is not only coffee beans, or do not form spherical, and, for example, in the shape of a heart.

Tree from coffee beans in the shape of a heart - a great gift for Valentine's Day

If your significant other loves coffee aroma, Topiary is a perfect gift, and tell about your feelings shape of a heart. The whole manufacturing process is the same as in the conventional embodiment, the blank only need to choose corresponding crown. See how to make a coffee tree with his own hands, in this video:

And now a small gallery of photos coffee trees Topiary, which can serve as inspiration for you:

Decorative coffee trees with a floral design

Flowers of silk ribbons, Thomas or other material also look great on coffee Topiary. They are fastened using the same glue gun. Look how charming result may occur:

How to make their own hands a coffee tree with fruits or coins

Decoration Topiary dried fruit looks very organic. To do this, cut the orange or lemon into thin plates, and dry it. Never mind if in the process of drying citrus slightly warped. Often used dried apples or berries such as rowan. As a further process the fruit is not necessary, and they are attached as usual - hot glue.

Topiary can become a "money" tree - a souvenir that can be presented as a talisman. There are a lot of ideas, the most interesting of these is the use of lightning, which, as it opens a shell of coffee, exposing the coins. Here's how it looks:

How to make a multi-barreled, New and original tree from coffee beans

The bolder you will depart from the canons, the more interesting the result. Nobody says that Topiary should have only one trunk or may not appear, for example, Christmas Christmas Tree. Feel free to use different forms and experiment:

Tip! If you are going to give as a gift to a coffee tree and decorate it as follows: it will look charming set of Topiary and the jar of coffee or coffee cups. Set it all on a rigid stand and tighten transparent polyethylene. You can put a gift in a basket of oranges or chocolates.

Coffee tree in the form of floating cups: fotoprimery

Soaring cup - this is one of the most difficult choices Topiary, for the manufacture of which requires some experience.

Coffee beans in this case are glued to the base of the wire and fabric or papier-mache. The complexity of the causes and the process of adhesion to the saucer bases. Hot adhesive can not withstand the load, so I have to pick up a special composition for ceramics.

Small workshop for the production of a cup:

And finally, some common lights for the production of coffee Topiary:

• for coffee, choose a variety of one pack, that there is no sharp difference in shades;
• the most fragrant and beautiful for such artefacts is considered grade Arabica;
• composition to look luxurious, coffee paste in two layers, so that the bottom is translucent under the top. The lower is better glued smooth side outwards grains;
• impressive performance gives the grains sticking to the edge. It is painstaking work, but the effect is stunning.

There is a lot of holidays, which may be the reason for such an original gift. If you do Topiary in advance, then place it in a sealed plastic bag to scent not out of steam before the day of delivery.

And you did a coffee tree of happiness with his own hands? If so, share your experience in the comments, this is very interesting!