How to make a beautiful tree topiari from napkins, step-by-step photos and a detailed description of the work on creating topiary with different colors

December 29, 2017 handmadebase

Every needlewoman wants to fill her homecoziness and warmth. Many bright details crocheted, molded from polymer clay or woven from beads fill the home with an indescribable mood and home atmosphere. Among such handicrafts, trees of happiness stand out in particular. According to the teachings of Feng Shui, they are talismans that attract good luck, well-being and only positive emotions to the house. They symbolize wealth and prosperity. Even if you do not believe in the magic and power of this beautiful craft, this should not prevent it from becoming a decoration of your home. The tree of happiness can become a bright highlight and create a stylish accent in the interior. It is quite easy and interesting to make, you can involve children in this activity. Creating details for trees of happiness will contribute to the development of fine motor skills of children, fantasy, imagination and non-standard creative thinking. Trees of happiness, also called topiaries, are created by needlewomen from a variety of materials: napkins, paper, satin ribbons. For decoration, they use beads, rhinestones, lace, artificial or real moss, in general, everything that the imagination suggests. A little history The art of topiary is quite ancient. Its beginnings were the famous hanging gardens of Babylon and beautifully trimmed bushes and trees in the gardens of Ancient Rome. Then from Italy, this direction of landscape design moved to Europe. The Renaissance era was the beginning of its heyday. The most delightful pearls are presented in Versailles and Peterhof. The modern embodiment of geometrically correct forms is displayed in miniature topiaries from a variety of improvised materials, and in this article we suggest you make trees of happiness from napkins with your own hands.

Tree of happiness from napkins

For those who are just starting to try themselves inAs a topiary creator, you should know a few basic points. The first is the container where you will “plant” the tree of happiness. Of course, ordinary flower pots can serve as this. They come in a wide variety of shapes, colors and sizes, so there will always be an option that matches your idea. If there is no suitable pot, you can use improvised containers, such as an old and unnecessary sugar bowl or milk jug. Various cups left over from a broken set will also do. Even plastic cups can be used. The difference between all these containers and pots is that they need to be additionally decorated – painted or, for example, wrapped in a napkin. The next important point will be the material that secures the topiary in the pot. The most popular are polystyrene foam, floral foam, alabaster and polyurethane foam. It is important to remember that alabaster heats up and expands when hardening and can damage the container. Polyurethane foam also increases in volume when hardening, so these two materials should be used carefully. In creating topiaries, the base to which flowers made of napkins or other material are attached plays an important role. You can use ready-made foam balls or penoplex as a base. They are sold in some handicraft stores. Another option for creating a base can be a newspaper rolled into a ball or a piece of polyurethane foam, which is cut with a knife to the desired shape. Regarding the trunks for the trees of happiness, we can safely say that there are no restrictions. These can be real twigs, plastic tubes or wire, in general, anything that your imagination suggests. Likewise, your imagination will help you choose the decorative elements. A variety of materials are used: ribbons, lace, beads, beads, threads, sisal, napkins, floral tapes. In this article we offer several options for a tree of happiness made from napkins with step-by-step detailed photos and descriptions. Option 1 Topiary with roses made from napkinsYou will need:

Napkins of different colors;
Yarn;
Scissors;
PVA glue;
Glue gun and hot glue;
Toilet paper or a kitchen towel;
Wood twigs (for example, poplar);
Capacity (flower pot is suitable);
Alabaster;
Sisal green;
Branch with artificial small flowers;
Elements of decor (ribbons, shoelaces, beads, a bird, a ladybug, a butterfly, a large round napkin).

First, let's make roses.You will need to cut off the folded edges from 50-60 napkins. This will make 200-240 squares. Now fold each piece in half and twist the fold in the middle. To make this easy and simple, you need to slightly moisten your fingers. Twist the upper right and left corners as well, as in the photo.In this way, you need to make 6-7 petals and one with even corners for the center of the rose.This rectangular petal is necessaryroll into a roll. Fold the outer corner diagonally. Clamp it with your fingers and begin to wrap the remaining petals around the core. Fold the outer edge of each petal similarly to the core. Open the last couple of pieces more so that the rose seems open. Tighten the tail of the rose with a thread and carefully trim. When you have the required number of roses, begin to create buds. For one bud you will need to take ¼ napkins. We do not make a fold, but simply roll them up, like the petals from one edge.For the leaves we will use green napkins. Cut and twist as shown in the photo. For one topiary you will need about 23-26 leaves.We cut some of the green napkins intoquarters. These will be the future sepals. Cut one edge into a “fence” and twist it around the buds. Secure with glue. Apply a little glue to the end of such a blank and insert it into the leaf, as shown in the photo. Connect and twist. Connect the buds with and without leaves in a checkerboard pattern, using another leaf as a connecting link. It should turn out approximately as in the photo. To create sepals for open rosesYou will need napkins of two shades of green, darker and lighter. Fold the napkins into a stack of several pieces, fold them twice and cut out the sepals, as in the photo. Be sure to make a hole in the center. You will need a pair of such blanks for each flower. Curl the edges a little, like the petals.The spherical base of the topiary can be preparedin several ways. The first is to shape a ball from a lump of newspaper or other soft paper and wrap it with threads. The second is to use the papier-mâché technique. Use toilet paper or kitchen paper towels as raw materials. The trunk in this master class is made from several thin branches, which are wrapped around a thick one. We fix the spherical base on the trunk with hot glue. Mix alabaster with water, the consistency should be like thick sour cream. Insert the topiary into a pot, fill it with alabaster and fix it until the mixture hardens.We connect a pair of sepals with a flower andglue to the base, starting from the bottom and moving upwards. Alternate roses of different shades. To hide the gaps between the flowers, glue single buds into the gaps.To give the composition a finished effectYou can insert several small artificial flowers between the flowers. To decorate the pot, use a large round napkin. Wrap the pot in it, fold the edges inward and glue. Tie it with a decorative cord, make a beautiful bow. It can be fixed with glue.Alabaster in a pot can be masked with pieces of napkins and sisal. If desired, you can add various beads and stones.We decorate thin branches with buds and leaves. You can attach a small bird or butterfly to the crown, and the magic talisman that brings happiness is ready. Option 2For the next tree of happiness you will need:three-layer napkins. Thanks to this, the flowers will be more lush, if you only have regular table napkins, then just take more of them. You will need:

Napkins;
Newspaper;
Stapler;
Scissors;
Figured scissors;
Hot glue;
Yarn;
Capacity for topiary (suitable flower pot);
Elements of decor (ribbons, beads, lace, all that comes to mind).

Making the baseThe newspaper needs to be crumpled, giving itspherical shape. For additional fixation, wrap the blank with strong threads. Glue the threads so that they do not unwind. In order to hide the gaps between the flowers in the future, glue the base with a napkin of the same color as the flower blanks. Using a glue gun and hot glue, fix the trunk. This step can be done after all the flowers are attached, but then there is a risk of crushing them during the process of attaching the trunk. Making flowersIf you have three-layer napkins, separate themlayers and fold them into a pile again. Cut the napkin along the fold lines, and then these quarters into 4 more parts. This is a blank for one flower. We fasten this blank in the center with a stapler. For greater reliability, you can fasten it with two staples crosswise. Now we cut a circle out of the blank. If you have curly scissors, then use them. Then the edges of the flower will be wavy, and will make it visually more lush. When the circle is cut out, you need to lift up and slightly crumple the layers of the napkin with your fingers, as shown in the photo. We make a lot of flowers.Our base and stem are ready and we can begin.glue the flowers. Attach them tightly so that there are no gaps. If you want to dilute the monochrome of the napkin tree, you can glue pieces of green napkin in several places as leaves. Various beads or any other decorative elements are welcome. The barrel can be wrapped with tape.Don't forget to fix its ends with glue. Now we need to "plant" our topiary in the selected container (it can be an old and unnecessary jar or a regular flower pot). If desired, you can paint it or decorate it using decoupage technique with napkins, in general, show your imagination. Now mix the plaster with water, insert our topiary into the pot and fill it with the mixture. The plaster hardens quickly, but for some time the craft will need support so that it does not tilt. Do not fill it to the top, because the plaster expands when hardening and can ruin the pot.To mask the plaster layer in the pot, you can paint it, glue half beads, a couple of flowers, ribbons. Option 3 Tree of happiness from napkins using the end-cutting methodYou will need:

Green and red napkins (any two contrasting and bright colors will do);
Newspaper;
Strong thread;
The rod for the trunk (this topiary is miniature, so they took a stick for sushi);
Capacity;
Sushi stick (one more);
Mounting foam;
Glue gun with hot glue;
Elements of decor (for the capacity of a strip of wallpaper, beads, ribbons, sisal green).

We make the base. We form the newspaper ball in the same way.previous master class. We crumple and give the desired shape, then wrap it with threads to secure it. We make a small hole in the workpiece, apply glue and attach the future trunk there. When everything dries, the future topiary must be “planted” in a pot. To do this, fill any container of a suitable format with polyurethane foam. Remember that when it hardens, it greatly increases in volume. When the foam has completely hardened, you need to carefully cut off the top layer to align it with the contour of the container. The internal structure of the foam is porous, so it will be quite easy to make a hole for the trunk with scissors. We glue the topiary into the container.While the glue is drying, let's get to creatingblanks from napkins. It is better to take a large napkin. The green one must be drawn into squares with a side of 3 cm. Now you need to cut into pieces along the marked lines.The napkin in this master class is one-color,so we fold 2 squares so that both sides are colored. Now we take the second stick and the resulting double square, place the sharp end of the stick in its center and crumple the napkin around the stick with our fingers. The number of such blanks will depend on the size of the spherical base, but in any case, you will need a lot of them.We will make roses from red napkins. The napkin must be cut into 4 pieces.For each rose you will need 2. Roll each piece into a tube using a sushi stick. Now you need to crumple it like an accordion.We make one of these crumpled tubescore, simply rolling it into a tight ring. Wrap the second tube around the first. Tie a small tail with a thread. For a small tree, 4 - 5 flowers will be enough. First, attach the roses to the base with hot glue. Glue evenly over the entire surface of the ball. And then begin to fill the rest of the space with green blanks.The final stage, as always, will be the design anddecoration of the craft. We wrap our container with a piece of wallpaper. To mask the mounting foam, we put green sisal. We glue 3-4 beads to each rose.If desired, decorate with ribbons, attach an artificial ladybug, whose color will harmoniously fit into the given color scheme of the topiary.

Comments

comments

Tree of happiness from napkins

Comments

Related posts: