We bring to your attention a detailed master-class how to weave cactus from beads. Such a flower can be a good souvenir for close people or simply an excellent addition to the interior of your room.
How to make cactus from beads?
We need:
- beads of green, light green, yellow and pink flowers;
- thin wire;
- Styrofoam;
- green paint;
- Universal pigment concentrate of green color;
- polymer universal glue "Dragon";
- a small pot for flowers;
- scissors, knife, nippers, brushes.
Description:
- To begin with, it is necessary to make billets of cactus leaves from beads according to the scheme of French weaving.
- On the wire string 5 beads of green color and completely twist one end of the wire. We also twist the second end, but leave it free.
- On the free end of the wire string green beads. Count 8 beads and twist the wire from the opposite side of the previous row. Then we count 9 beads and twist, then 14, etc. Thus, with each row adding a few pieces of beads, we form the sheet.
- In total, the leaflet should have 13 rows of green and 2 rows of light green color. The remainder of the wire is twisted, and on the other hand, gently we fill into the hole of the beads and cut off the excess ones.
- This is how a ready-made cactus leaf from beads should look like. We need 13 such leaves.
- Also for our cactus for the same technique of weaving from beads it is necessary to execute 5 leaves of 11 rows and 5 leaves of 13 rows. Total 23 leaves.
- Now you need to form the basis for the cactus. To do this, take 2 small pieces of foam and glue them together. When the foam is dry and completely glued, with the help of a knife we make a cactus shape.
- We paint the basis in green color.
- We cut the wire in small pieces and bend them in the form of staples.
- On the inside of each leaf we put a drop of glue. Next, we glue the leaf to the base of the cactus, additionally fixing it on the one side with the remaining end of the wire, and on the other - the bracket.
- Thus, we glue the first row of cactus from the 5 smallest leaves. Next, in staggered order, attach the second row of leaves of medium size.
- Fill the whole cactus base with the remaining leaves and place the flower in the pot.
- Now you need to make a flower from a bead for our cactus. To create the stamens, we collect on the wire 17 beads of light green color and 3 yellow. Making a loop of yellow beads, we put the long end of the wire into the hole of the green beads in the opposite direction. In this way it is necessary to make a fan of 18 stamens of different lengths.
- Adhering to the principle by which cactus leaflets were produced, it is necessary to weave 18 petals for a flower: 6 petals in 19 rows starting from 20 typed beads, 4 petals of 11 rows starting from 30 beads and 8 petals of 9 rows also starting from 30 beads.
- Pistils for a flower are created by means of parallel weaving. We need 3 such pestles in 7 rows. Next, we twist the wires of the stamens together and thread them light green beads. We twist all three wires, forming a beautiful stalk of a pistil.
- We fan the veins from the stamens around the finished pestles.
- We start to collect a flower. To this end, we begin to weave the 8 smallest petals first, then 4 medium ones, and fix the largest petals along the edges of the flower to the finished middle. In the process of work, make sure that a beautiful symmetrical flower is formed.
- At the heart of our cactus it is necessary to make a hole for the length of the flower's leg, then drop the glue and fix the flower. And now our blooming cactus from beads is ready!
As you can see, making a cactus from beads with your own hands is not at all difficult. The main desire, a little patience and skillful hands!
Also from beads you can create other beautiful crafts of flowers:
violets , daffodils , chamomiles , roses .
