Topiary made of artificial flowers. Topiary: master class

In gardening, topiary is a curly haircut of plants. The needlewomen took this idea as a basis and began to create interesting topiary from artificial flowers, paper, vegetables, dummies, cones, sweets, beads, coffee beans, pasta, waste material.

The quickest way to create trees is florists who use ready-made material (flowers, branches, berries, leaves, grass, foam blanks). It only takes them a few minutes to collect everything into bright compositions. Consider several ways to make such a tree from

Basics of making topiary

Russian craftsmen teach beginners to create trees, starting from the trunk and crown, and then pay attention to the roots. This is due to the fact that the bottom of the topiary is filled with plaster. Foreign craftsmen and florists use ready-made special polystyrene, cast-iron containers.

That is, in the classical method, the crown is attached to. Instead of it, you can take foam rubber or a newspaper ball (crumple the newspaper, rewind it with threads, forming a ball). It all depends on the method of attachment: foam and foam rubber allows you to pierce it with a blunt end, and a newspaper ball needs to be pierced with needles or glue the material.

Topiary of flowers can have a long (straight, zigzag) or short trunk. Attach it to the ball until the crown is formed. This is necessary in order to start attaching the elements from it. When using glue, read about its properties, as many varieties simply “burn” the foam.

An ordinary branch, a bar, thick cardboard, plastic, wire can act as a trunk. Some craftsmen wrap the pipe with newspaper and then with a cloth dipped in plaster. Such trunks will only have to be painted with acrylic paints and varnished. The budget option is to wind the barrel with brown threads.

The classic way to make topiary

The bottom of the topiary is often represented by a pot, a vase, which is decorated. A trunk with a crown is inserted inside, poured with gypsum and a layer of paper, thread, grass is put on top, twigs, beaded flowers are inserted. This is due to the fact that nothing is glued to the gypsum, and flowers, insects and other elements can be attached to the threads in the form of grass.

Consider the classic method of making a tree from top to bottom. To make a topiary of flowers, you will need:

• artificial roses;
• glue;
• scissors;
• foam ball;
• glass flask in the form of a wine glass.

First, cut off the heads of the flowers, leaving a centimeter tail. Then put on the flask. Some craftswomen use ordinary inverted wine glasses. Then you need to use a durable shatterproof material.

Starting from the attachment point, glue the roses, piercing the ball with your tail. Try not to leave voids. Otherwise, have on hand various butterflies, beads, berries that will be in harmony with the product. Decorate the trunk with a bow, and the tree is ready to decorate a wedding banquet.

Reverse method of making trees

Artificial flower topiary can be made starting from the roots. For this, a flowerpot or pot is taken, decorated with beads, bows, or simply pasted over with beautiful corrugated paper with decorative ribbons. But more often craftsmen find unusual shapes: baskets, jugs, cones, which do not need to be decorated.

Fill the container with a foam base that is sold at a florist store. It looks like a gray brick. It is cut to the size of the pot and inserted inside. Decorate on top with special grass, piercing with a knife or fastening with glue. Next, they move on to making the crown. Take the same foam brick and shave it off with a knife until a ball or other shape is formed.

The appearance of the topiary depends on its shape. Now the base is covered with grass and pinned. They take a ribbon with artificial flowers (they are used for wedding decorations) and wrap the ball like a ball of thread. Now the barrel is inserted into the ball, and the other end, coated with glue, is installed in the pot. Then take matching fake petals (sold by florists or in handicraft hypermarkets) and glue them to the grass, to the trunk.

Unusual topiary: a master class with a photo

Pay attention to the foam base. It is sold in a wide variety of forms. The elongated shape, similar to a lampshade, is especially popular. Such a framework is the easiest to work with.

1. Take a green pot, decorate the sides with rosebuds. Insert a piece of foam inside, cover it with grass.
2. Pierce the lamp shade base with the stem of the tree, paint it green. Leave to dry.
3. Take a satin green ribbon, stick artificial roses on it.
4. Insert the stem with the crown into the pot. Decorate with rosebuds or petals.
5. Glue the ribbon with roses in a spiral onto the painted base.
6. Decorate the trunk with a bow.

Those who do not like minimalism completely decorate topiary made of artificial flowers (photo with two lampshade trees). As you can see, the base can be decorated with flowers so that the tree is bright, or wrapped with green branches, achieving the natural look of the plants. In these cases, ordinary flower pots can be used under the "roots".

Topiary for the site

For those who love wildflowers, the following master class on making topiary for a garden plot is offered. For this you will need:

1. Plastic branch with rare green leaves. This will be the trunk, so choose a thick and sturdy base.
2. Field artificial flowers.
3. Ceramic flowerpot.
4. Foam base, ornamental grass.
5. Satin ribbon.
6. Glue, scissors, plastic fasteners.

How to make topiary from artificial flowers in this case? You decorate the vase in a known way, that is, cut the foam to its size, mask the voids with sisal, cover it with lawn grass on top.

Next, take a branch and apply artificial flowers to its base. Determine the length, cut off the excess. In fact, you need to line the trunk with branches of wildflowers, and then tighten with plastic fasteners. You can drag it with transparent tape. Insert the topiary into the pot. Then cut one branch with flowers into small branches and insert it into the foam near the trunk. Decorate the trunk with a bow. The garden tree is ready.

Tea master class (step by step)

The topiary can have a completely different shape and be created without a foam base, gypsum and other familiar tools. For this master class you will need:

• cup and saucer;
• artificial flowers;
• glue;
• thick wire that can withstand the weight of the cup (you may find nice plastic cups).

Now bend the wire and hold the cup to determine the length of the craft. Glue it on. The stronger the wire, the more inclined the cup can be placed, as if imitating the process of pouring tea from a cup into a saucer. Now take artificial flowers for topiary, cut off the heads without tails, as you will glue them to each other.

You can buy dummies of berries, grass, leaves. Start glueing flowers from the inside of the cup, covering the wire. Then paste over it on all sides and proceed to decorate the saucer. This type of topiary is not as difficult as it seems at first. The main thing here is to buy good glue, strong thick wire and bright cups.

How to achieve unusual shapes?

If you look at the work of the masters, you will see that the trees are made not only round, but also square, triangular, pyramidal, zigzag, double, heart-shaped. For this, the craftsmen use ready-made foundations for the crown or use some tricks:

Summarizing

Topiary can be made in a wide variety of forms. Go to flower and hardware stores, pay attention to different materials. For example, a ready-made woven hollow ball is sold, which is wrapped in grass and pasted over with flowers.

Topiary from artificial flowers are created in the evening. Their cost depends on the size of the tree and the material. Usually, a 30-centimeter topiary takes from 500 rubles: for a pot, artificial flowers, hot melt glue, gypsum. And if you walk around the "men's" stores (building materials, fishing and car goods), then it is quite possible to find analogs for a lower price.