Do-it-yourself topiary for a birthday. Do-it-yourself topiary from napkins

Ludmila Akinina

Master Class " tree of happiness".

Topiary, it is also called "European tree" And " tree of happiness", - a common interior decoration in European floristry. A very good way out for those who do not "love" indoor plants. This is a very original composition that always attracts attention. Brightness and originality are achieved not only due to the shape (the shape of the circle itself is I am very interested in myself, but also due to the use of many combinations of colors in the composition and the use of materials of different textures, a curved stem.

I would like to note that topiary are not a miniature copy of any specific trees. This is a purely decorative thing, in no way pretending to compete with nature. Therefore, it depends only on the imagination of the creator what shape the crown of his own will have. saplings.

Dear friends and colleagues, I would like to bring to your attention " tree of happiness"made by my 12 year old daughter Tanyusha.

For us to manufacture it took: corrugated paper - roses;

newspaper, PVA glue, balloon - base tree;

flower pot, scissors, thread and stick - stem tree;

ruler, simple pencil, hot glue gun.

From corrugated paper we cut strips 5-6 cm wide. and 20-25 cm long. we wrap the edge of the paper along the entire length of the strip forward and backward.

We twist the rosette from strips with a wrapped edge and fasten it with threads so that our rosette does not unwind. Roses will need a lot still depends on the size of the base to which the roses are attached.

Inflate a balloon with a diameter of 5-10 cm. not more.

Then we glue the ball with a newspaper moistened with water and smeared with PVA glue - we make papier-mâché. The layer of newspapers is not more than 0.5 mm. Then we dry our ball in the sun.

When the balloon is dry, we pierce the balloon. We dress the finished ball on the trunk of the future saplings. Trunk put the trees in the pot, dilute the gypsum mortar and pour a small amount of the solution into the pot and wait until the gypsum hardens.

At will, you can arrange a clearing on which it grows sapling. We used a decorative ball that we bought at the Fix Price store.

We proceed to the final stage. Glue the roses to the base.

We glue the roses in a circle starting from the trunk.

After all the roses were glued, but there were small gaps between the flowers in them, we stuck the decorative paper that was left from the bouquets. And the pot itself can be beautifully wrapped and decorated with ribbon.

Like these ones saplings made by my Tanya their grandmothers for birthdays.

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Do-it-yourself coffee tree of happiness. The work was carried out by the educator of the MBDOU "Academy of Childhood" D / S No. 172 of the city of Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Region.

The wire will be the trunk of our tree, the ball is the crown of our tree, we will make flowers from napkins and glue our tree with them. We take 1-well.

Topiary (topiary) is a garden with artistically trimmed plants, green sculptures. In Japan, topiary refers to art.

For manufacturing you will need: Newspaper Adhesive tape Glue Pine cones Acorns Branch Spray paint of gold color Plastic pot.

Do you want to decorate your house in an original way? Try to make a topiary with your own hands - a decorative miracle tree in the form of a fancy ball on a high.

Crafts for Mother's Day in kindergarten. preparatory group

Do-it-yourself topiary for mom. Master class with step by step photos

Colored or corrugated paper,
- colored napkins
- stapler,
- scissors,
- plaster or alabaster.

Progress:

1. We take old newspapers or unnecessary papers and crumple them, creating a step shape. Then we wrap it with a thread so that our work retains its shape.

Lucia Taychinova

Master class with step-by-step photos: Roseberry Mix Topiary for Mother's Day or for International Women's Day

Target: make a gift for "Mother's Day" or for "International Women's Day" using papier-mâché technique.

Tasks:

introduce the technology of making a flower from old newspapers, napkins;

development of creative abilities, striving for beauty;

the formation of aesthetic artistic taste, respectful attitude to their loved ones, relatives.

Purpose of the product:

such a flower can be presented to your loved ones, friends, loved ones;

create a holiday atmosphere at home, in kindergarten.

Mother's Day has no specific date, but falls on the last Sunday in November. It began to be celebrated in the 17th century in Great Britain. Then this holiday was called "Mother's Sunday". In Russia, this holiday began to be celebrated only 14 years ago - in 1998, President Boris N. Yeltsin issued a decree "On Mother's Day" and appointed the celebration on the last Sunday of November. In our country, the holiday is still relatively young, so the tradition of celebrating has not yet developed. Few people celebrate it in the family circle. Most often in kindergartens, schools, concerts are held in honor of mothers, and in the city - festivities. But how nice it is for mothers to receive a small gift and words of gratitude from their children.

Mom, dear, congratulations

From the bottom of my heart, Happy Mother's Day to you!

I want to wish you, dear,

happiness, peaceful life and kindness.

International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8th. The tradition of celebrating this holiday came to us from the west. The traditional gift on this day is flowers. They can be in bouquets, and in flowerpots. It may be a luxurious designer bouquet, and a touching mimosa sprig, but flowers for March 8 are practically an obligatory gift.

A day of joy and beauty.

All over the earth he gives to women,

Your smiles and flowers!

Progress.

I suggest you make a roseberry mix topiary for these wonderful holidays.

1. To make a topiary, you will need: old newspapers, threads, PVA glue, red paper napkins, a 100 ml plastic cup, building gypsum, a brush, scissors, corrugated paper, super glue, a stick for balloons, brown and pink satin ribbons colors.

Making the base of the topiary.

2. Take some water and building plaster. Dilute the building plaster with water so that the consistency is thick. Fill a pot (plastic cup) with this mixture.

3. Take a plastic tube, cut in half.

4. Insert the stem (plastic tube) into the mixture in the middle of the planter.

5. Take a brown satin ribbon and super glue, glue the stem of the topiary. Let the mixture dry.

Making the base of the "Flower".

6. Take old newspapers and thread. Crumple old newspapers, giving the shape of a circle, wrap tightly with threads. It turned out a "newspaper ball".

7. Take PVA glue, a brush, a napkin.

8. Using a brush, apply glue to the napkin. Paste the entire “newspaper ball” with red napkins in 2-3 layers (depending on the density of the paper napkin, shaping even more precisely.

9. Lay to dry.

Preparation of decorative elements.

10. Take a napkin and scissors. Trim all uncut edges.

11. Cut the napkin in half, fold the half in half, cut. Crumple small squares into small balls.

12. Prepare a lot of these blanks.

Assembly.

13. Take the frozen base of the topiary. Cut off the excess edge of the pot.

14. Take crepe paper and satin ribbon.

15. Wrap the pots with corrugated paper and tie the pots with a bow.

16. Poke a hole at the bottom of the flower base with scissors.

17. Apply super glue to the hole, insert the base of the flower into the tube. The base of the topiary is ready.

Decoration "Flower".

18. Take a brush, PVA glue, circles from napkins.

19. Start pasting the base of the flower with circles of napkins using PVA glue, starting from the top. Glue completely.

20. It turned out such a soft, fluffy “Flower Tree”.

21. The gift can be wrapped in a transparent gift bag and wrapped in a beautiful ant. The gift is ready!

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Dear colleagues, first of all I want to congratulate everyone on the upcoming holiday: International Women's Day! I wish you all the best in your professional life.

Short-term, information and creative project "International Women's Day" Project participants: educators of the group, music director, pupils of the preparatory group of 25 people, parents of pupils.

Master class in the preparatory group "Flower MIX" Tasks: 1. Development of creative imagination; 2. Enrich children's knowledge of properties.

MKOU "Dubrovinskaya OOSh"

Topiary "Coffee Tree"

Classroom teacher:

M.N.Anchugova.

Target: making topiary from coffee beans.

Tasks:

- introduce you to historytopiary development;
- develop aesthetic taste;

Teach manufacturing techniques;

To instill skills of work and accuracy.
Purpose: coffee topiary is a wonderful decoration of the interior of the apartment, an original handmade gift for loved ones.

Coffee beans are by far the most popular material for creating topiary. They look quite chic, bring happiness to the house, have a unique aroma of coffee, which creates an atmosphere of warmth and comfort.

Topiary is a man-made ornamental tree. Now it is made from various natural materials and improvised means. This art originated in ancient Rome. The first topiaries were skillfully pruned trees in the gardens of the Roman patricians. Gardeners gave bizarre shapes to the crowns of plants, thereby creating a semblance of statues and other decorative items.

Topiary went through many changes in its development: the modest and painstaking work of nuns in medieval monasteries, decorative Renaissance trees created on a grand scale, gardens and labyrinths of Holland and England of the 17th century, etc.

Today, the topiary is an incredibly popular souvenir. The tree of coffee beans, in addition to visual pleasure, brings olfactory pleasure. After all, even after processing, the grains continue to smell, filling the room with a wonderful aroma and creating a cozy atmosphere.

I, as a class teacher, decided to invite my students - fifth graders to make a topiary - "Coffee Tree" with their own hands and give it to their mothers.

The main material in the manufacture of coffee trees is, of course, coffee beans.

We purchased Arabica coffee beans (several bags); base - plastic ball (We took plastic balls from the "dry pool");

trunk - bamboo sticks for flowers;

a pot or a plastic cup (“non-spill” is also good);

solution for fixation (used alabaster);

water;

glue gun and glue sticks;

ribbon, decor for decoration;

scissors;

Making a coffee tree:

We connect the base of the crown (ball) and the trunk (bamboo stick), (we make a hole in the ball to insert a tree trunk);

We wrap the trunk with tape (string);

We glue the coffee topiary with our own hands with coffee beans;

The base lies on the glue in two layers. By the way, about glue. Don't be too philosophic, ordinary PVA glue will do the job.

Divide the grains into two parts. Those that are worse and smaller will go to the bottom layer. And from the most beautiful you need to make an elegant top layer. Use a glue gun to firmly glue the grains to each other so that there are no gaps.

When the crown is ready, you can make a trunk. We wrap the stick for the trunk with tape (string);

We prepare the soil: pour a small amount of water into the container, add alabaster. Pour into a pot, insert a tree in the center and let the mass harden. When the surface is dry, cover it with coffee or other materials.

After the entire topiary is covered with grains, you need to dry it;

Here's what we got!

All mothers were pleased with the gift of their children!

Topiary ("tree of happiness", "European tree") is a small decorative tree that decorates interiors and exteriors, and is also often used for. Topiaries are good because they look very beautiful, and you can make them with your own hands in just 1 evening from improvised materials.

• This means that you can make several decorations at once, for example, one pair for New Year's serving, another for Easter, and a couple more for the mantelpiece.

In this material you will find 1 basic instruction on how to make a DIY topiary for beginners, as well as 3 step-by-step master classes in addition to it and 45 photo ideas for inspiration.

Basic instruction for beginners

Topiaries of even the most complex design are made according to approximately the same principle. Having mastered the basic manufacturing technology, you can create a variety of topiary, changing only the materials for decoration.

So, to make a mini-tree with your own hands, you will need to create it:

• Crown;
• Trunk;
• The base of the tree.

Step 1. Design planning

Topiary can be different not only in design, but also in terms of service life. Before starting work, think about why you need a “tree of happiness” and where will it live? The purpose and future place of the topiary will determine its style, color scheme, and even the materials for its creation.

If you want to make topiary for, then materials that are not too durable can be used - paper, napkins, sweets, fresh flowers, fruits. If you want to make a topiary as a gift or for interior decoration, then it is better to use a more reliable decor - cones, artificial flowers, coffee beans, ribbons, organza, etc.

In the next selection of photos, you can get design ideas for themed and festive topiaries.

Sweet candy topiary for a children's party

Halloween decoration with potted candy

Halloween decorations from pumpkin seeds, ribbons and candy in tea cans

Easter trees made from eggs, artificial flowers, satin ribbons and moss

Christmas topiary made of artificial leaves and holly berries, cones and ribbons with a branch trunk

Candy tree for the holiday table

Topiary for festive table setting made of artificial flowers, natural branches, dry moss and satin ribbons

And here is a selection of photo examples of the design of exclusively interior topiary (scroll through!).

Step 2. Prepare materials

To make a topiary with your own hands, you will need:

• Styrofoam ball with a diameter of 8-12 cm(available at many stationery and art stores) or floral foam ball (available at gardening and flower shops).

If desired, the ball can be made independently from polystyrene foam, the same floral foam, polyurethane foam, papier-mâché, etc. However, the base of the crown can be not only in the shape of a ball, but also in the form of a heart, a star, a number, a letter, an animal figurine and etc.

• Crown decor - depending on your idea, use flowers, satin ribbons, organza, coffee beans, banknotes, etc.
• Trunk - it can be made from a dry and clean branch, a simple pencil or any other stick. In addition, a tall candlestick can replace the trunk and pot.
• Barrel decor- the trunk can be at least covered with a matte varnish or painted. And as a maximum - wrap one or two tapes.
• Planter - It is most convenient to pour the mixture into a clay pot, but any pretty cups, mugs, vintage buckets, etc. will also work.
• Fixing mixture- it is best to make a do-it-yourself topiary with a mixture of alabaster, as it quickly hardens, almost does not crack and is cheap. You can also use cement-sand mortar, gypsum or putty. However, not only binder mixtures can fix a tree in a pot, but also the same foam, floral foam or stones.
• Everything for mixing- container, water, stick, etc.
• Decor for masking the fixing mixture- to create an imitation of soil cover, it is best to use natural materials: dry moss, small pebbles, expanded clay, sisal fiber. Artificial moss and stones are also suitable. In the pots of "edible" topiary, you can put sweets and dragees.
• Glue gun and some glue sticks- if necessary, it can be replaced with glue like "Moment", but it's best not to do this, since the glue in the gun is more convenient, and most importantly, it allows you to remove random "cobwebs".
• Scissors or cutter.
• Tailor's studs with a very small head(optional, used in addition to or instead of glue, for example, for fastening beads).
• Side cutters or nippers for cutting the trunk or any decorative elements.

At the preparatory stage, divide the decorative details for the crown into groups - for example, large, medium and small. So it will be more convenient for you to alternate the decor and distribute it evenly over the ball.

Step 3Create the Crown

First, you need to mark the ball - mark the place for attaching the trunk and mark the border around it, beyond which you do not need to go for some time, sticking the decor. Thanks to this technique, in the future you can easily fix the barrel in the ball without ruining the decor.

As soon as the glue warms up, proceed to the design of the ball in the following order: “trying on” the part without glue - applying glue to the right place - fixing the part. Remember that you need to act quickly so that the glue does not have time to soak into the foam. That is why the decor is better to apply and try on first.

Here are a few more nuances:

• You need to stick the decor on the ball, starting with large elements and ending with small ones. For example, if you are making artificial flower topiary, first glue the largest buds on the ball, then the medium ones, and only then the small flowers and additional beads.
• Some decor can be attached to the ball with tailor's studs. But it is best to combine carnations with glue.
• If some details have wire bases (for example, the same artificial flowers), then about 2 cm should be left from their “tails”. Then you can not only glue the decor, but also stick it into the ball.
• To make the white base ball less noticeable in the gaps between the glued parts, it can be painted to match the decor.

Now we need to work with the trunk. As already mentioned, making it with your own hands is not at all difficult from a branch, pencil or any stick.

If you use a branch, then you can not paint it, but only cover it with a matte varnish so that the natural beauty of the tree is visible. If you use a wooden stick, then it can only be slightly tinted, artificially aged, etc. If you want to completely mask the surface of the trunk, then you can wrap satin ribbons, fabric, paper, rope around it, or completely paint it.

What length should it be? Since the barrel deepens both into the pot and into the ball, its length can be calculated using the following formula:

• Stem length = 1/3 ball diameter + pot height + desired stem length between crown and pot.

To fix the barrel, you need to make a hole in the ball with a depth of about 2-3 cm at the marking site with an awl and a knife (depending on its size). When the hole is ready, fill its bottom with hot glue and put the crown on the trunk until it stops. Then continue to hold the barrel and gradually fill the hole with glue around the barrel.

• Keep in mind that the hot glue will melt the styrofoam and deepen the hole even more. To prevent the trunk from going deeper into the crown by more than 1/3 of its diameter, small pieces of paper can be laid between the layers of glue.

As soon as the barrel is fixed in the ball, mask the attachment point with decor.

Step 5. Prepare the binder mixture and fix the tree in the pot

It's time to "plant" the resulting tree in a pot. For this you need:

• Stepping back from the edge of the pot about 2.5 cm, put a mark - the mixture will be poured to this level. If there is a hole in the bottom of the pot, you need to cover it with tape or hot glue.

• Dilute the mixture according to the manufacturer's instructions and fill the pot with it.
• Align and fix the topiary in the pot, holding its stem until the mixture hardens.
• Leave the mixture overnight or overnight until completely dry.

Hint: As already noted, it is best to use alabaster as a binder mixture. To fill 1 medium pot, it is necessary to dilute approximately 1 kg of alabaster with 600 ml of water. The mixture is kneaded for about 1-2 minutes until the consistency of thick sour cream, and then quickly poured into a pot and the topiary is fixed in it for 2-3 minutes.

Hooray! The topiary is almost ready, it remains only to create an imitation of soil in a pot and mask the fixing mixture. If you are using sisal fiber (see photo), shells, artificial grass or moss, then they need to be fixed with a small amount of glue.

Master class 1. Corrugated paper topiary

Topiary with paper flowers is especially suitable for decorating a festive table or festive interior decoration. So, for example, this rose topiary was made for Valentine's Day.

Materials:

• Base ball with a diameter of 12 cm;
• Corrugated (crepe paper) of medium density (corrugated paper in the form of a tape is used in the master class, but you can use regular rolls);
• Floral foam bars and/or any fixative mixture (see basic instructions);
• Planter or flowerpot for the base of the topiary;
• The trunk is about 30 cm long;
• Dry moss for pot decor;
• Ribbon for decorating the trunk;
• Glue gun.

Step 1. Cut the corrugated paper into strips 60 cm long and about 4.5-5 cm wide. If the paper is too thick and hard, knead the strips a little to make them more plastic.

Step 2. Now you need to roll the resulting ribbons into rosebuds. This is done very simply, just a couple of workouts and the principle becomes clear. Take one of the resulting paper ribbons and fold it 1/3 as shown in the photo below.

Then fold one end of the ribbon diagonally at a 45-degree angle and start rolling it into a roll. After three turns, you will get the core of the bud. Now wrap the free end to the outside, and continue to turn the core of the rose - voila, you have the first petal.

Step 4. Once the crown is completely covered with roses, attach the stem to it (see Basic Instructions). In this master class, the barrel was pre-painted with white spray paint.

Step 6 Lay dry moss on the "soil" and glue it in some places with hot glue. And finally, tie a bow on the trunk.

The following selection of photos presents other topiary design ideas that you can do with your own hands according to this master class, not only from corrugated paper, but also from satin ribbons, tissue paper, etc.

By the way, not only roses can be made from paper, but also lush peonies or hydrangeas. Methods for making such flowers are easy to find on the Internet.