Topiary from newspapers. A vase made of newspaper tubes and a topiary made of natural material "colors of autumn". Marine style

Any creative housewife is familiar with the decor element - topiary. They decorate the room in the house, give as a present. You can easily make it with your own hands from purchased or improvised materials.

Variety is great:

• wedding;
• candy;
• fruit;
• floral;
• cash.

Materials are unlimited, it all depends on your imagination. It is allowed to use artificial and natural parts.

Important! The tree of happiness can be a reflection of your soul and preferences. You can use any idea to make it, which will make it an exclusive decoration.

The main component of the craft is a spherical base. A mandatory requirement for a beautiful crown is clear boundaries of the ball. There are plenty of improvised and purchased materials, from which to make the basis for crafts. We will tell you what to use to make a beautiful design.

Instructions on how to make a topiary ball

What can be done and where to get the materials for making the basis for the future tree of happiness with your own hands?

The following items are suitable for your craft:

• old newspapers. Use an impressive amount. Crumple up several newspapers until you get a tight ball of the desired diameter. To fix the shape, take a cloth, foil, cling film and wrap the sphere around them, fasten it with threads or twine from above. If you do not keep newspapers at home, then the question arises: what to replace? The basis can be made from paper or notebook drafts;

• assembly foam. This is a solid foundation. Take plastic bag and squeeze out the required amount of foam into it. Leave until completely dry. Then, get rid of the package, take a clerical knife and give a piece a spherical shape;

Advice! Not only a spherical figure is cut out of mounting foam, but also other shapes in the form of a heart, shoes, oval. Everything depends on the idea.

• foam ball. Suitable as an alternative to mounting foam. If at home there is a piece of foam left after buying the equipment, cut out the necessary shape from it;

• papier mache. You will need balloon, paper and PVA. Use balloons of any shape, the main thing is to inflate to right size. Pour PVA glue into any container. Tear off a few pieces of paper and, dipping them in glue, stick them on the ball. To make the base strong, the thickness of the paper layer should be approximately 1 cm. Leave the structure to dry. After that, pierce the ball and pull it out of the base;

• sisal ball. Choose any base, after that, pre-purchased sisal of the desired color, apply to the ball and wrap with threads of the same color. It is important to achieve a uniform distribution of the sisal layer over the entire surface of the sphere;

Advice! The base of sisal balls may not be decorated, but used as a separate composition for interior decoration.

• moss. It is sold in any store for decor. Use the selected material for the base and use PVA glue to glue natural moss over the entire surface;
• hanging rattan. This is a purchased material that must be wrapped with sisal or raffia for decoration.

Among other bases, you can use a children's rubber ball, foam rubber. There are many different things in the stores. round shape. Pick what you like and create. For more information on how to make the basis for crafts, see captivating master class:

What else can be a round base:

Necessary materials for the manufacture of topiary

If you are a creative hostess and prefer to decorate your house with handmade fakes, you will need to think about what you need to make.

Among the main components you will need:

• stand. Its diameter should not exceed the size of the crown. It is allowed to use an ordinary flower pot, a plastic cup, pots, cup. Decorate the stand at your discretion in the theme of the craft;

• crown base. There are many options: preparing the base from newspapers, polystyrene foam, polyurethane foam, paper, sisal. A ball or any other shape is formed from them;

• trunk. A stick from a tree will do, plastic straws, wire. The barrel is inserted with one end into the base, the other into the stand. For decoration, use paints, threads, ribbons;

• plaster, alabaster Buy them at any hardware store. Make the solution according to the instructions on the package. Put pieces of polyurethane foam or polystyrene in the pot first and fill with a solution. Install the stem with the base and hold until it hardens. So it will hold steady;

• goods for the decor of the pot and the base. Here is the free flight of your imagination: beads, stones, shells, pasta, money, sweets, fruits, natural or artificial flowers, berries, coffee beans.

And the main element that you cannot do without is glue, thanks to which you will fix the selected decorations on the crown. More details about necessary materials, you will be told in the video:

Topiary magnet: an interesting decoration for your home

Comfort in the home is created by pleasant little things made by hand. Decorate your refrigerator or give a present - a topiary in the form of a magnet. Such an element will not be left without attention, and will delight its owners all year round.

Magnet, master class

The main element of the magnet is the blank. It is allowed to use thick cardboard or a sheet of thin chipboard. First, on plain paper, prepare a template for the future topiary. Draw the contours of the crown, trunk and pot, and cut out the blank from the selected material according to the pattern. Don't forget to buy a magnet right size for attaching a mini-topiary to the refrigerator.

What to make a magnet

detailed and interesting master class on how to make a craft, see the video:

Variety topiary magnet

The trees look interesting newspaper tubes. They can be made as souvenirs or used as a pendant for jewelry. In our version, we will make souvenir money and autumn trees.

Step-by-step photo master class on how to make trees from newspaper tubes with your own hands

For the master class you will need the following material:

• newspaper;
• spoke;
• PVA glue;
• gouache;
• coins;
• leaves (sewing accessories);
• monofilament.

First, tear a sheet of newspaper into four parts. Roll each strip into a tube using a knitting needle (30 degree slope). Paint the tubes with gouache Brown color. Take a handful of tubes, paste over with newspaper (its size corresponds to the beginning of the branches). The more sticks, the thicker the trunk, the more branches and the more stable the tree.

From below, wrap the barrel with a tube, periodically lubricating with glue. When the tip is 4-5 centimeters long, insert a new stick into the hole, wrap the barrel again. Next, divide the tubes in half, glue each part with a tube. Divide branches randomly. Even if there is one tube left, wrap it around, increasing the thickness of the branch. When ten to fifteen centimeters remain, stop winding (go to another branch or glue the tip), crush the tube to make it flat, twist it into a ring.

You return to the bottom, begin to build up the roots: you wind the tubes in a circle, forming a stable base. Paint the finished tree with brown gouache. Then varnish. Sew coins or leaves on the branches. If after decoration the tree has lost its stability, attach a rubber or metal ring to its base.

Do-it-yourself topiary is gaining more and more popularity among decorators, interior designers and simple needlewomen.

Initially, a topiary was a garden with ornamental trimmed plants and sculptures created from artistically trimmed trees. Topiary art has a long history. So, even in ancient Egypt and Persia, the ability to give geometric shapes to bushes and trees was appreciated. And the most famous example of a topiary garden is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in Babylon - one of the seven wonders of the world.

And now topiary (or European tree) is the name for small original trees, for the manufacture of which natural and artificial materials. The topiary is decorative in nature, and it depends only on the author's imagination what it will be made of. And the size of the topiary can be from 10-15 centimeters to half a meter.

Small paper flower topiary

Large artificial flower topiary (Author — Anna Assonova)

Topiary can become wonderful gift for a wedding or housewarming.

What is topiary made of?

So, if you decide to make a topiary with your own hands, then you should know that the tree consists of several elements:

• the basis
• trunk
• crown
• pot or stand

Moreover, for each of these elements there are different forms and materials.

Topiary base

The base can be of different shapes. Most often, a ball is used in the manufacture of topiary.

Topiary in the form of a ball

But there are topiaries in the form of a heart, as well as in the form of various figures. Experienced needlewomen create blanks in the form of numbers (if the tree is intended as a gift for a birthday or memorable date), as well as in the form of letters.

Topiary - heart

As a basis for a ball or heart, you can use a foam blank, polyurethane foam or a papier-mâché ball. Curly bases are thick wire, foam or cardboard.

Topiary base - foam ball

Topiary trunk

The barrel can be a thick wire wrapped in twine, floral tape or plastered with plastic.

You can also use an ordinary wooden branch (for reliability, it is better to clean it from the bark and cover it with stain and varnish).

A short, straight trunk is obtained from several sushi sticks or wooden skewers connected together.

Topiary crown

Topiary crown is a huge scope for imagination. You can use absolutely everything: paper ( paper napkins, cut out flowers, crepe paper, quilling paper or folded origami - kusudama), cold porcelain flowers, or polymer clay, satin and nylon ribbons, felt or cotton, buttons and beads, coffee, shells, dried leaves and other natural materials, and much, much more.

Topiary in the Kanzashi technique from the remnants of fabric (author - Tatyana Babikova)

Topiary from corrugated paper and natural materials

Corrugated paper and organza topiary (author - Tatyana Kovaleva)

Topiary from natural materials (leaves, apples, acorns)

Topiary of flowers (origami - kusudama)

Topiary stand

Depending on the idea and the size of the tree, the stand can be an ordinary flower pot, an iron bucket (painted or decorated using decoupage technique), a beautiful flat stone or shell. You can decorate the stand with fabric or lace. Or maybe it will be a nice cup? You decide.

Shell topiary stand

Topiary stand decorated with fabric and cinnamon sticks

Topiary stands (from left to right): flower pot, crocheted jar, fabric-covered bowl

Stand for topiary from a ceramic mug

Preparation of the necessary materials

Before you start working on a topiary, carefully consider the idea and all the materials used. The idea will depend on the purpose of the tree and the hobbies of its future owner. Gather materials. Attach the elements of the crown to the workpiece. Decide what decorative items you will take.

Beads of different sizes and decorative dragonflies were used as decor for the topiary.

Beads, braid, sisal and a decorative watering can were used as decor for the topiary.

Making a trunk

The next step is to prepare the trunk. As already mentioned, depending on the material, it must be wrapped with twine or varnished.

We attach the base of the tree to one end of the trunk. The ball can be simply inserted, and it is better to fix some curly base with glue.

The other end of the barrel is inserted into the prepared vessel. Usually it is attached with foam, which is then poured with alabaster or cement.

The trunk of the topiary is glued to the foam

At first, it will be difficult to guess the consistency: if the solution is too liquid, then it will dry for a very long time. And if you make it thick, then it will not fill all the empty space between the pot and the foam.

Experienced needlewomen are advised to achieve the consistency of store-bought sour cream: not very liquid, but slipping off a spoon and easily changing shape.

Pour the solution into the prepared form, smooth the top and leave to dry completely.

We decorate the crown

While the base dries, you can make crown elements: leaves, flowers.

Let me remind you once again that they must be fixed after the base has completely dried.

Depending on the base material, the flowers can be attached with hot glue or stuck in with small skewers or wire.

Autumn time is so magnificent in colors, the last green leaves are hiding in yellow and red... Who would not want to keep this beauty at least for a while. This beauty will be preserved by the topiary from natural material. beauty autumn leaves, saved in our craft, will delight in the winter.

Materials and tools

How to make a do-it-yourself topiary "Colors of Autumn" from natural material? Step by step instructions for adults and children.

You need to start by preparing the leaves. We chose the method with an iron, ironed a smaller part of the leaves through paper on both sides and covered with hairspray. The rest of the leaves were folded into a log under the press so that they would not curl.

Now let's move on to the vase. We need prepared, stained paper tubes, 30 pieces. We glue 6 tubes evenly on a cardboard circle with a diameter of 10 cm, then add another one to start work. Glue "Titan" or hot glue.

Spiral weaving is very simple, we bend the first tube counterclockwise, lay it on the next level of the cardboard circle, then we also lay the tube on which we folded it onto the next one. So we go in a circle, laying the tubes on top of each other.

When the tubes run out, we fix the end of the work with a clothespin so that it does not bloom, we build up in the usual way by inserting the thin end into the wide end, dripping glue.

The height of the vase is optional, at about 17cm. When we weave more than 10 cm in height, we begin to narrow towards the neck, for this we lay the tubes 0.5 cm deep into the vase.

We weave 2 rows for expansion, also pushing each tube outward by 0.5 cm.

We have enough height, we can finish. IN last row we put it under the next tube, glue it and cut it off.

This is how the vase turned out.

To make the vase durable, we prime it with PVA glue with water in half, let it dry and cover it with a non-glossy acrylic varnish I don't want glitter.

Now let's start decorating the topiary. From a newspaper or magazine we make a ball, winding and gluing. We finish with white paper.

We paste over the ball with beautiful leaves.

Let's start with chestnuts. We wrap them in maple leaves, for this we glue in the middle and bending parts of the leaves outward, we glue them one by one from the outside. It looks like a nut.

Zatkm we glue our "nuts" on the leaves treated with iron and varnish.

We glue in a circle, as we like.

Natalia Kiryushina

Topiary, it is also called the "European Tree" or "Tree of Happiness" - a common interior decoration in European floristry, which has recently become widespread in our country.

Topiary- this is a small composition in the form of an artificial ornamental tree with a predominantly round crown, located in a flower pot. Serves as a bright detail in decorating the interior and symbolizes prosperity and well-being in the house.

When creating it, you can use the most various materials(flowers, coffee beans, sisal fiber, shells, beads, ribbons, cones, coins, etc.) and color combinations. Their sizes can also be very different.

I would like to pay special attention to the fact that topiaries are often called trees of happiness. The fact is that even in ancient times, something strong in an emotional sense was represented in the form of a ball. Since then, it is believed that the shape of the ball brings happiness to its owner. And if you give a topiary to a person dear to you, then we can assume that you gave him a piece of happiness.

Dear Colleagues! I present to you my work

Topiary from satin ribbons

Topiary from coffee beans and satin

Marine style

From sisal, berries and fruits

From paper napkins

An equally fascinating form of creativity for me is weaving from newspaper tubes.

History of occurrence

Vine weaving is the manufacture of wickerwork from vines. The history of weaving goes back to antiquity. People wove from reeds, reeds, bamboo and willow vines. In Rus', weaving baskets, baskets, children's cradles, and bast shoes from a vine was especially common. Our ancestors used this kind of art not for pleasure, but out of urgent need.

The experience of our ancestors was also useful when weaving from newspaper tubes. With the help of such weaving, you can create a large number of beautiful and functional items for the home with your own hands. Wicker products have a special aura. They are characterized by beauty, warmth and naturalness. Now this is an interesting, ancient craft that everyone can master.

These are the crafts I got

floor vases

baskets

Stand for flowers and composition "Mill"

wall panel

Dare, create and you will definitely succeed, because the educator is a creative person!

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