DIY TOPIARY FROM PLASTIC BOTTLES

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Topiary is a favorite of many needlewomen decoration of the hearth. A decorative tree is made out of coffee beans, napkins, fabrics and other materials. I will show an example of creating a topiary from plastic bottles and pine cones.

For crafts prepare:
- glue for plastic
- the actual bottle (mandatory green and brown)
- small cones (up to 10 pieces)
- a candle (gas burner).

First we need to make a circle - the trunk, to which green branches will stick. From a transparent white bottle we cut out several rings of the same width and, using glue, make a circle out of them.

Now we cut stars, rhombuses and flowers of different configurations and sizes from green plastic. Cut the edges of the workpieces into narrow strips (1 mm), and then gently melt over the fire. The stripes will have a crystal effect. All that remains for us is to bend the individual leaves at the base upwards, that is, to collect the blossoming flower into a bud.

If necessary, the pine cones break off the tails, otherwise it will be problematic to attach them to smooth plastic. By the way, to facilitate the gluing of parts, you can use pieces of foam. First, glue the porous material to the base of the cone, and then the cone to the topiary trunk.
Here is our wealth - the result of painstaking half-hour employment. Colors are very in harmony with one another.

Let's start work from the top of the tree. The biggest cone will decorate her. Further in a circle we start a row of emerald greenery, and next below we begin to dilute the leaves with brown cones.

After pasting half the circle, we suspend the work. Set the craft aside, let it dry. In this case, we take up the design of the lower part of the trunk.

We took a green neck and a rectangle (10x5 cm) cut off from the middle of the bottle. They rolled a rectangle into a tube and stuck it in the neck. The tube from below was cut into centimeter strips. The inside of the barrel was treated with glue. In order not to hold the plastic with our fingers (for the bonding period), we simply tied it with a strong thread.

It was the turn to stick the trunk to the crown of the tree. After that, you can finish the design of leaves and cones.

Lightly cover the threads on the neck. So the topiary looks much better.

We plant (glue) an emerald tree in a bowl cut from the bottom of a brown bottle. Decorate the bowl in advance with fused curls.

From above we will sprinkle colored pebbles on the roots. The decor is made of plastic residues formed when cutting parts for the topiary, in particular leaves. Small squares and triangles are flame treated. All elements are well glued.