The floor vases have long been used for decorating living rooms, hallways and bedrooms. They easily fit into almost every interior and are a spectacular decor of the room. The vase can have a strict laconic design or on the contrary be decorated with rich stucco and gilding, have different shapes and heights. At the moment in the assortment of stores there are a lot of vases from famous decorators and ordinary brands, so choosing the right model will not be difficult. But if you want something original with an unusual author's decor, then it's better to make an outdoor vase with your own hands. So you can realize your own ideas and do not waste precious time searching for the desired product in stores.
Making an outdoor vase by your own hands
The basis for crafts can serve plastic and glass bottles, newspapers, metal pipes and old unnecessary vases. Here, it will be clearly demonstrated how to use dense cardboard. So, for making a vase you will need the following tools and materials:
- tube from cardboard, dense sheets;
- piece of fiberboard;
- a felt-tip pen or a pencil;
- scissors and glue PVA;
- newspapers;
- sandpaper;
- putty.
The floor vase with its own hands will be performed in several stages:
- Cut the cardboard tube to the required length and glue it to the base of the fiberboard.
- Make the workpiece. The shape of your future vase will depend on the shape of the blanks. Please note that the more details there are, it's easier to work on the product in the future. The optimal number of blanks is 25-30 pieces.
- Cut out the blanks on the perimeter of the pipe. For fastening you will need a special hot-melt gun with silicone rods ("hot glue").
- With the help of newspapers and PVA glue, glue the obtained base. Leave the product on the battery for a few days so that the glue can dry out.
- Primer. Dilute the filler with the PVA glue and coat the product with the resulting mass. Leave a fake for a day so that the papier-mache could grab it. When the surface becomes firm, treat it with sandpaper. Procedure proceed until the workpiece is smooth and smooth.
- Decor. The most interesting stage of the work. Patterns are molded from keraplast, salted dough or plastic and glued to the surface of the vase. To make small ornaments it is necessary to use cut and folded paper napkins. From wet wipes you can twist petals, spirals and wavy lines. After the drying of all decorative elements, open the surface with PVA glue diluted with water.
- Painting. Apply an acrylic lacquer to the entire surface of the vase. Some elements can shade by gilding (it can be sprayed from cans).
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As a result, you will get a luxurious floor vase, which will be difficult to distinguish from the purchase. To make its design even more interesting you can use craquelure, bitumen or special drawings for decoupage. If you want to get an unusual relief surface, then walk through the selected area with glue and fill this place with small groats (millet, peas), decorative beads or beads.
Please note that in such a vase you can not pour liquid and store fresh flowers. It is better to use artificial plants or tree branches.
Beautiful outdoor vases by your own hands: manufacturing methods
Do not think that the vase can be made only from thick paper. Here you can use boxes, bottles, newspaper tubes, plastic cans. Decorate the product with thread, wire, shells and even a shell of pistachios. It looks very smart and creative!