You can use cocktail straws, nails, and even aluminum cans to make flowers from scrap materials. From such a container, you will make candlesticks in the form of flowers.
Many people love flowers. But these adorable creatures of nature wither over time. To make them delight you for a long time, make them from durable materials. Then you can admire the flowers at any time of the year. Some plants make great gifts, others? decoration of your home or garden.
Flowers from scrap materials - we create an allium from nails
Usually in the country the zealous owner has a supply of nails and screws. But these metallic materials may not always come in handy. To prevent them from rusting and becoming unusable over time, make flowers from scrap materials.
Even if they have already become rusty and are not suitable for construction work, then turn such charming creatures of nature into flowers.
To reproduce this idea, take:
- nails or screws;
- a solid polystyrene ball or foam ball;
- metal reinforcement rod;
- paints;
- brush.
Helping yourself with a screwdriver or hammer, stick nails or screws over the entire surface of the ball. You will get a rounded flower.
Stick the rod into the ground, put a blank on it. Paint the top of the plant.
It is most convenient to paint by taking paint from a spray can. But you can use a regular and a brush.
You can make flowers in a wide variety of colors. Then you will have a variegated garden. Surprise your neighbors. Let the metal of the same color rise above the usual flowers.
There may be other plants nearby that never fade, which will delight you with their appearance. The next master class with step by step photos will help with this.
DIY mesh flowers - photo and master class
If you made a wire mesh fence, this material may have remained. Use it in an unusual way. Take:
- metal mesh;
- wire;
- scissors for working with metal;
- reinforcement rod;
- paint.
Cut the wire to the correct size. Assemble the mesh at the bottom and top using pieces of wire, making a round shape. Fix the wire, cut off the excess. Leave a small metal tail at the bottom, use it to attach the flower to the rod. Paint the top of the plant with your desired color. Lilac looks great. It will look like a blooming chive.
Make several of these copies, they will delight you at any time of the year.
To make flowers with your own hands from scrap materials, you will need a plastic net. You can buy it at a hardware store. These usually have a large selection, so you can get an UV resistant one from the vendor to keep it looking its original throughout the season. And if the flowers are on the site in winter, then take a frost-resistant one. If you have any old mosquito netting left over, take it.
To create such beauty, take:
- plastic mesh;
- wire;
- large scissors for working with metal;
- thin flexible wire;
- for the core, a cover from a plastic bucket or polyurethane foam.
Bend the wire so that it becomes a petal. Place it on the plastic mesh and cut out with a little extra. Lay the wire blank down, place the mesh petal on it and fold the edges of this material over it.
Now connect the petal to the base using a soft wire, for this you need to stitch it over the edge. Make some of these petals. In the middle, connect them together with a wire, leaving a small hole in the center.
Glue it with a core, which can be made from a yellow lid from a plastic bucket. Can be painted in this color and white. And if you do not have such material, then the remaining polyurethane foam will come in handy.
If you are using a plastic cover, then glue it on. Taking a green mesh or painting it that color, as well as wire, you will make the leaves according to the principle of petals.
Attach metal rods that will turn into stems. You can paint them green or cut a long strip in a spiral from a green plastic bottle, heat it and wrap a metal rod. Under the influence of temperature, the plastic will stick here.
If you wish, glue colored duct tape around the edge or paint here.
You can arrange such tall flowers in the center of the flower bed.
Mesh plants are not particularly dirty, so they remain in their original form for a long time.
Unusual flowers from jars - master class
These are also very durable.
You can recycle aluminum soda and beer cans by turning them into flowers.
Take:
- aluminum cans;
- scissors;
- wire;
- beads.
If you make several colors at once, then you need to cut off the tops of all cans with scissors.
It is also necessary to cut off at the bottom, leaving about 6 cm near the base. And this part must be cut into small strips in a circle.
Bend the petals upward, giving them this curved shape.
Cut a circle out of the remainder.
And fold it like in the photo.
To further make flowers from scrap materials of this kind, cut off another circle from the can and cut it with scissors from the edge to the center, making six segments.
Now each sector needs to be bent with your hands to turn it into a triangle.
Now work with scissors, sharpen the petals. Then you will form a flower from this blank.
Make several similar different blanks, and also cut out the leaves.
Now from these blanks you will make voluminous flowers. Before that, all large parts need to be arranged in this way, punching holes in their centers with a nail.
String a large bead onto a piece of wire and make a loop at the top.
On the back of the wire, you will need to string metal blanks, and at the end attach a bead.
Attach a leaf to the wire, then twist the second one.
You can decorate potted plants, a summer cottage with similar flowers, or make such charming hair bands out of them.
Also beautiful roses are made from aluminum cans. Here's what you need to take:
- aluminum cans;
- steel washer;
- aluminum wire;
- epoxy adhesive;
- sandpaper;
- reliable scissors;
- pliers;
- awl or nail.
You can use cans of different colors. If you want solid colors, then you will need to turn the seamy parts into the front ones. Cut such blanks from this material.
Handle aluminum cans very carefully and wear thick work gloves.
Use sandpaper to smooth the edges of the workpieces. Slice some flowers to make petals. In the middle of each workpiece, make an awl or knife along the hole, then string the petals onto the copper wire.
Now bend the petals with the pliers to make them look more realistic.
Attach a metal washer on the back side, additionally fixing it with epoxy.
Hide this detail with the petals bent down.
These are the roses made from aluminum cans.
You can use cans of a wide variety of colors to produce vibrant flowers. To make a lily, cut off the top of the jar and cut out the petals from the rest. At the bottom, they are attached to the base. Punch the center piece in the middle and insert a metal rod here. Decorate it with another aluminum jar, from which you will make stamens for flowers and fix them in the center.
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The red and white jar also makes wonderful flowers. Make stamens out of white, paint the ends with a black marker.
Flowers from scrap materials of this type will turn out to be very bright and colorful if you take cans of juicy shades.
You can make a brooch out of these, but you need to sand all the sharp edges.
You can glue a similar blank on a hair clip and decorate your hair with such a plant.
To quickly make a flower with your own hands from an aluminum can, watch the following master class.
Cut the top and bottom, cut in half, and attach a cardboard or paper flower template here.
Now outline this template with a marker and cut out the workpiece from the metal. Then, using a felt-tip pen or marker, lightly curl the edges of the petals.
Make another small piece. Align them and make even holes in the center with a pin or awl.
Then you can thread the wire here, fasten the beads in the center to make a beautiful flower.
Put a little glue on the back of the flower and attach a circle cut from an aluminum can here.
You will get a wonderful flower that will become a real decoration.
You can decorate a candlestick with such a plant. This is how it will turn out.
To do this, take an aluminum can, cut up and down from it and cut in half. Cut out a petal blank from cardboard. Apply it to the back of the aluminum sheet and outline.
Take a cork sheet, cut a circle out of it, which will become the base of the candlestick.
And from aluminum cans, you will need to cut 32 petals. Spread them out on a flat surface and paint with gold spray paint.
Bend the edges of the petals around a pencil or felt-tip pen.
Glue a circle of aluminum onto a circle of cork material, now the petals are glued along the edges of this blank, arrange the first tier this way.
Then attach the second one, the petals of which are more curved.
Make the following tiers. And the latter consists of a small number of petals.
Here is such a wonderful flower from scrap materials. It remains to put a candle inside and decorate your house with this thing.
You can make a candlestick in the shape of another flower. To do this, take:
- aluminum can;
- scissors;
- a piece of paper;
- marker;
- screwdriver;
- gloves;
- stationery knife;
- scissors.
First you need to wash and dry the jar, then cut off the top from it. From above it is necessary to cut with scissors into thin strips, not reaching a little to the bottom.
You should have 64 stripes. Divide them into 8 sectors of 8 pieces. Now draw a lace pattern on the paper. You will make a jar pattern based on it.
To make the turns, you need another can. Use a forked screwdriver to twist the metal strips to create lace patterns. Attach them with scraps from a second can.
When the candlestick is ready, you can put a candle inside and admire this floral charm.
Do-it-yourself flowers from scrap materials will be elegant and delicate if you make them from the same materials. Also turn these blanks into candlesticks.
One aluminum can can be cut into 4 petals. From the other, make stamens and glue them. Place a candle in the center, and another flower-shaped candlestick is ready.
After such needlework, you may have a lot of keys from metal cans. Turn them into a beautiful flower.
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How to make a flower from scrap materials from cans?
Take:
- keys from aluminum cans;
- threads;
- hook;
- scissors.
First, knit a small circle of threads. Then use the hook to attach the first ring here.
Attach the second in the same way.
Using this technique, complete the first row of petals. Then tie a small post and attach the aluminum blanks to the second row.
Then tie the third row.
Here is such a flower from waste material. If you wish, you can make a wallet using this technique, make two halves of a flower. For each you will sew a piece of lightning.
Sometimes after a children's party there are many straws left. You can make flowers from them. Take:
- straws;
- scissors;
- plasticine;
- plastic bottle;
- corrugated paper;
- colored ribbon.
Cut the yellow straws into one and a half centimeters long.
From the bottom, chop each into 7 sections, but not completely. Then put such a blank with a cut down and press on it from above with your fingers to make it look like a spider.
Make more of such blanks from yellow straws, and smaller from green ones. Take a straight green tube, apply short green blanks to it.
Put a plasticine ball on top of a straight straw and stick the yellow parts into it in a circle. These are such beautiful dandelions from waste material.
You will put dandelion flowers on straight tubes, and fix openwork next to each one. To do this, you need to insert it into the second incision.
To make a vase, take a plastic bottle and wrap it on the outside with corrugated paper, and then tie it with gold ribbon. Put a bouquet here.
If you want to get another bouquet, then take beautiful candy wrappers. For each flower you need 10 pieces. Fold them in a pile and tie them together in the middle with the wire you will use to make the stem.
Take a tube from the foil, cut half of it and tie it with a ribbon if you want you to get such a bouquet for Victory Day.
And another can be made for Mother's Day, because this holiday also takes place this month.
This is how to make flowers from scrap materials. Admire the fun process of creating them from the outside. See how to make decorative flowers from plastic egg trays.
And the second video tutorial will teach you how to make beautiful flowers from garbage bags.
