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Arts and crafts: Painted Wire Flowers and Clover

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March 2, 2018

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover This is a super fun and pretty craft using wires, wood glue, and nail polish. Bend the wires in whatever flower shapes you lot admire, dip in mucilage, and then paint. They reflect such beautiful colours in the sun. I promise yous requite this a attempt!

Full Time: 90 minutes

Yield: 1 bouquet

Supplies:

18 to xx estimate wire
thick marker or dowel
wire cutting pliers
dispensable cup
forest mucilage
Styrofoam
nail polish

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - supplies

Steps:

Cut off a slice of wire virtually 16 inches long. A few inches in from one cease, wrap a loop tightly around your marker then twist the stop so it stays in place.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - cut a piece of wire and wrap one end around the marker

Using the longer cease, make a new loop around the marking right next to the get-go one. Twist to secure the end.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - using the longer end make a new loop and twist to secure

Proceed going around until you lot have five petals.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - continue until you have 5 petals

Use your pliers to twist the first end of the wire onto the longer end of the wire, right under the flower. This is your stem.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - twist the short end of the wire onto the longer end to create the stem

Use your thumb and forefinger to squeeze the petals and then they're a bit more than elongated.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - squeeze the petals to elongate them a bit

At present curve the petals downwards over the curve of your marker.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - bend them downward over the curve of the marker

To brand lucky clovers, repeat the process above and stop at 4 petals.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - to make lucky clover only make 4 petals

Now compression the petals the other way so they are broad and fatty.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - pinch the petals to make them wide and fat

If you'd like leaves on your flowers, brand your petals, and then brand a couple extra, bigger ones to clasp into leaves.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - to add leaves to flowers make a couple of extra, bigger petals to add on

Pour some wood glue into a disposable cup or bowl.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - pour wood glue into a disposable cup or bowl

Dip the bloom heads into the wood mucilage.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - dip the flower heads into the wood glue

Permit the excess glue to drip dorsum into the cup.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - allow excess glue to drip back into the cup or bowl

Use the wire stem to poke into the piece of Styrofoam.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - poke the wire stem into a piece of Stryofoam

Go along to dip all the flowers, poke into the Styrofoam, let to dry for at least 30 minutes.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - continue dipping and sticking into the Styrofoam to dry for at least 30 minutes

Pigment the petals with different colours of smash smoothen.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - paint the petals with nail polish

Let to dry out for at least 15 minutes.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - allow to dry for at least 15 minutes

Add glitter and accents if desired. I like to paint a different colour on the underside edges of the flowers to give it a slope look.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - add glitter if desired, you can also paint a different color under the petal edge for a gradient look

If you'd similar to present it in a jar or vase, place a pocket-sized cake of Styrofoam inside.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - glue a block of Styrofoam inside a jar or vase if you like and add flowers

Poke the stems in the Styrofoam and arrange your bouquet.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - arrange bouquet

Enjoy your bouquet. They will terminal a lifetime!

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