Apple tree from beads

In recent years, as never before, the art of beading became very popular. From beads weave decorations and flowers, toys and trees. In our master class we will teach you how to make an apple tree from beads. Our choice is not accidental, because it is about the apple tree that there are many myths and legends. The ancient Romans believed that apple trees enjoy the special protection of the gods. Weaving apple trees from beads is a fascinating and very simple exercise, accessible even for beginners. The result will be able to delight even the most picky critic.

In order to weave an apple tree with beads, we need:

• beads of yellow and green flowers of 50 grams;
• wire with a diameter of not more than 4 mm for the leaves;
• Strong wire for the trunk and branches;
• paints;
• PVA glue;
• Painting tape;
• alabaster;
• soap dish;
• decorative apples or beads of suitable color and size;
• elements of decor - pebbles, nuts, ladybug, bird.

Proceed to the execution of:

1. We will prepare all necessary materials. We cut the wire into pieces 1 meter long. Such segments we need 20-25 pieces.
2. We begin to weave apple tree leaves from yellow and green beads according to schemes 1-5. You can also take beads of several similar shades, then the leaves will look more natural. From each piece of wire we get a blank for a branch with four leaves.
3. Following the diagrams in the photo, we form 20-25 twigs and fix on 5 of them decorative apples.
4. We begin to collect twigs in larger branches, trolling them with the help of paint tape to a wire with a larger diameter. By the same principle, we form an apple tree trunk from branches.
5. Now we need to fix our apple tree with beads on the bottom. As a form for the base we take a conventional soap dish, cover it with a plastic bag and fill it with gypsum solution (for 1 part of water 2 parts of gypsum).
6. Let's wait until the gypsum hardens (about 10-15 minutes) and we remove the base from the mold.
7. Zadekoriruem our apple tree: we will cover the trunk with brown paint, and the base - green, we will fix on the trunk a ladybird and a bird with the help of PVA glue, on the base we will lay out pebbles and establish a bench. You can make a bench from two small pieces of wire and paint tape. We open the entire composition with varnish and leave it to dry for a few days. Apple tree from beads is ready.

From the beads you can weave other trees: birch , rowan or willow .