Roses are one of the most popular flowers. Their wonderful buds are very delicate and smell great. But, unfortunately, they fade quickly. In order to delight yourself with the beauty of these plants for as long as possible, you can make artificial bouquets that will look no worse than living ones. For manufacturing, it is easy to use the materials available in the house, or buy the necessary raw materials in a handicraft store.
Content
- Paper
- Textile
- Paraffin
- Satin ribbon
- Foamiran
- Izolon
- Threads
Paper
Necessary materials:
- double-sided colored paper;
- pencil;
- a sheet of white paper;
- scissors;
- glue gun;
- wire.
Preparation method:
- Draw a sketch of a rose on white paper.
- From the sketch, draw a pattern of a spiral flower with a wavy outline.
- Cut out the template, starting at the edge and moving slowly towards the center. The result should be a spring.
- Place the template on colored paper and circle.
- Cut a spring out of colored paper.
- Apply a little glue to the end of the wire, wind a spiral around it, form buds.
Textile
Everything you need can be found in the craftswoman's box:
- fabric 40x1.5 cm;
- threads in color;
- felt;
- pins;
- scissors.
You need to do the following:
- Tie a knot, which in the future will serve as the core of the rose. The knot must be formed as tight as possible.
- Fold the ends of the fabric together and spiral around the knot. You can twist the strips a little together to make a more lush flower.
- Fix the composition with pins.
- Cut a circle out of felt about the same size as the stylized snail.
- Glue or sew on felt.
Paraffin
It is necessary to prepare:
- candle stubs of any shades;
- thread for the wick;
- parchment;
- a pan and a container for melting paraffin;
- knife.
Sequencing:
- Grind the cinders with a knife.
- Heat water in a saucepan to create a water bath.
- Put the paraffin in a melting dish.
- Build a steam bath by placing a container of paraffin in a pot of water.
- As the wax melts, a wick can be created. Weave a simple pigtail with a length of at least 10 cm from a natural thread. Soak it in liquid paraffin and leave to dry.
- Spread parchment paper, pour paraffin on it so that 4 small puddles form.
- Remove warm paraffin blanks from parchment paper.
- Wrap the paraffin on the wick. With your fingers, shaping the bud.
- Carry out the action until the width and appearance are appropriate.
- Heat a knife over a fire and iron out all the flaws.
- Leave the craft to cool completely.
Satin ribbon
Pick up:
- satin ribbons 18 pieces of 7 cm in length;
- lighter;
- glue;
- scissors;
- centimeter tape;
- threads;
- a needle.
Preparation method:
- Burn the edges of the ribbons with a lighter.
- Take the ribbon, fold it in half at an angle of 120 degrees.
- Twist into a tube, to fix the bud, sew through it with a thread. Wrap the bud with thread and secure. You do not need to cut the thread, it will be needed to fix the next petals.
- Take the next piece of tape and fold it like the previous one. Collect the resulting petal on a thread that comes from the bud.
- The next petal must be overlapped to the first.
- The subsequent petal is also sewn to the previous one.
- Wrap the bud with three petals.
- Cut the end of the bud and burn it with a lighter.
- Make 3 more petals and sew them together.
- Repeat the same thing only with 6 and 7 petals.
- Cover the bud with glue from below and insert into a circle of three petals.
- Collect all the petals in the same way.
Foamiran
Materials:
- foamiran;
- foil;
- beige oil pastels;
- paper;
- sponge;
- scissors;
- ruler;
- toothpick;
- designer wire;
- glue gun;
- iron.
Preparation method:
- Take a sheet of white paper, put foamiran on it, cover with another sheet on top.
- Smooth with an iron to make the material thinner and more pliable.
- Measure out the required number of parts with a ruler and toothpick. You will need 18 pieces measuring 5x3.5 cm and 15 pieces measuring 3x3 cm.
- Cut out squares and rectangles.
- Give each blank a teardrop shape with scissors.
- Paint and shade the edges of the petals with a sponge.
- Fold a piece of wire in half, twist the resulting loop and wrap it with foil.
- Glue painted petals onto the resulting blank. The ends of the petals need to be tucked up to make them look more realistic.
- Make leaves from green foamiran.
- Wrap the designer wire with a thin layer of foamiran to form a stem.
Izolon
Buy or Find Homes:
- isolone;
- cardboard;
- glue gun;
- cellophane;
- Scotch;
- hairdryer;
- stapler or thread;
- corrugated paper;
- flower rack;
- wire.
Execute strictly point by point:
- Measure out the required number of parts. You will need 4 parts measuring 15x30 cm, one piece 27x27 cm, 25x25 cm and 23x23 cm.
- Cut out squares and rectangles.
- Give each blank a teardrop shape with scissors.
- Make a tube out of cardboard, which will be the middle of the flower.
- Form an adhesive tape ball on the sleeve.
- Heat each petal in turn with a hair dryer. The material will become elastic from heating and you can easily form the required shape from it.
- On the cardboard base, glue the petals, which need to be slightly bent in order to get a more beautiful shape.
- Cut a sepal from the green isolon, soften it with warm air. Make slits in the middle and put on the workpiece.
- Cut the leaves, glue the wire wrapped in corrugated paper to them. Close the wire from the reverse side with a strip of isolon.
- Wrap the flower stand with isolon, screw the leaves to it and put a rose on top.
Threads
Stock up on:
- threads of red and green;
- cardboard;
- brush;
- glue;
- skewers.
Preparation method:
- Draw two pieces 19x19 cm on cardboard;
- Wrap the parts with threads.
- Apply glue to the threads, wait until completely dry.
- Make 2 side cuts on the squares and remove the cardboard.
- Cut the remaining sides. As a result, you should get square canvases.
- Round the corners of the red parts, twist the spirals and glue the roses.
- Cut out the leaves from the green parts.
- Glue the skewers and wrap them with green threads. Fix the ends of the threads with glue.
- Glue the stems from the skewers to the roses.
