Topiary - decorative tree - can be made from anything. To decorate his krone needlewomen use a variety of materials: paper strips, napkins , burlap, shells, organza, satin ribbons and even grain coffee. Do you know that you can make a real money tree using ordinary coins? This is a bit of a troublesome occupation, but the beauty of the finished product is worth it. Let's find out how to make a topiary from coins!
Master Class "Topiary of Coins"
- First of all, you need to prepare the source material - a large number of coins. It can be like real kopecks of any denomination (and preferably one size), as well as decorative coins that can be bought in stores for creativity. The latter will cost you less; in addition, they already have holes, and in the process of preparing conventional coins you will have to drill them yourself. Since coins are often shabby, it is better to paint them with gold paint from the can. Thanks to this they will get a beautiful shine and will be of one shade.
- Using a wire of average thickness, we twist here such twigs - on each of them there should be three cash "leaves". You can attach more coins to each branch, but then take the wire a little thicker so that it does not bend. Three small twigs are united into one big one. Try to coins were deployed on one side - so it will be easier to form the crown.
- When all branches of the tree are ready, we take a thicker wire - the usual aluminum will do. We make a dollar sign from three parts, which will become the frame of a tree. Using a thin wire, we fix the intersecting parts of the dollar.
- And we reel all the branches from the coins to the money tree-topiary.
- It's time to strengthen the money topiary from the coins with the help of a stand. We use as a deep plastic plate, and to weight the structure, we put an ordinary stone on top.
- We process the tree trunk with a mixture of gypsum / water / pva - it must have a consistency of very thick sour cream. We cover the solution and the inside of the plate, fixing with it a stone and the trunk of a tree. We paint the trunk with acrylic paint of bronze color (if not, you can use the usual brown gouache).
- Sprinkle with a varnish from a can of a tree trunk and a stone - see how it darkened and became more shiny?
- As a herb, we use a large sea salt, mixed with green gouache and glue pva. We glue this "weed" at the base of the tree.
- A stone can be decorated with a gold toad with a coin in his mouth - a souvenir that also symbolizes wealth.
The topiary made of coins, made by own hands, will become a good and symbolic gift to any holiday.
