The original basket of sweets will be an excellent gift that you can take with you on a visit.

January 12, 2018 handmadebase

In this master class I want to introduce you toa basket that can compete for first place in originality with ready-made products. It is made from materials available at home. But it invariably attracts everyone with its individuality. Firstly, it is creative, secondly, it goes well with a bouquet of sweets - after all, tea and sweets are considered an ideal pair. It was invented in a difficult moment: a worthy mini-gift was urgently needed, but as luck would have it, there was no ready-made basket at home. I had to improvise on the go. We will need for work:

Tess Tea (you can substitute another, but the paper bags of this one are the perfect green color and stick well)
Floral paper green
Cardboard, scissors, toothpicks, threads, scotch tape
Glue "titanium", hot melt adhesive
Polystyrene plates for base
Sweets for flowers

I cut them out of polystyrene tiles (ceiling tiles)several circles. This will be the base. I glued them together with titanium glue. I cut a strip out of wallpaper backing (there is such a material, I don’t know what it’s called). Its length is equal to the circumference of the basket, and its height determines the height of the product itself. But it should be related to the height of the tea bag. This is important so that the basket seems to be made entirely of Tess.I cut a strip out of green corrugated paper for decoration.Glue the entire strip to hide the unpresentable appearance of the gray backing. The bottom can be cut out separately.Now it's time for tea bags.Each of them is glued with hot glue. Four drops on the four corners of the bag - and to the edge of the basket. The next one goes overlapping along the edge of the bag. The main thing is to choose such a length of the edge that there is enough space for the bags. If there is suddenly an empty space, it can always be decorated with something. To prevent the bag from coming unstuck during work, I fix the ends of the pack with pins. I cut the handle out of thick corrugated cardboard from a parcel box, wrapped it with tape and a strip of green paper.I glued each end of the handle to the side of the basketinside. The original idea was to fill the basket with poppies. Then it turned out that it would be given to a sunflower lover, and I had to change the idea along the way. But I like poppies more myself, I make them in any color scheme - red, yellow, white. So I will introduce you to their production. Take red, black corrugated paper (the first is floristic, with more rigid folds, the second is for children's labor, soft). You will also need tape, a round candy (I have a "charlette"), threads. Cut a square out of black paper. Wrap the candy in it, with the candy wrapper tails neatly tucked in. In general, the candy takes the form of a small ball. Insert a toothpick-stem into the resulting hole and fix the structure with a thread.Cut a strip for the stamens. Make cuts along the entire length, but not all the way through. Wrap around the candy, which will be the center of the flower.Cut out 4 petals as shown in the photo.Slightly round the edge of the skewer to make the petals look realistic.Wrap it around the flower. Fix it with a thread or tape, whichever is more convenient. We straighten it out a little where necessary and press the flower down a little. We tape the stem with green floral tape.We make several flowers.We place the poppy seeds in the basket and admire them.You can fill the finished basket with any flowerswith sweets, artificial greenery, leaves. For decoration use a butterfly, ladybug, bows from ribbons. I will show several baskets from tea "Tess" that I made. Each of them is charming. I hope I explained everything clearly. May the work bring you pleasure and the result please you!

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