Make 3D, Light-up, Twisted animal Horns!

Step 4 Wrapping in soft plant tie.

Take your roll of soft plant tie and start wrapping from the thick end up.  Pin the first plant tie spiral in place with a sewing pin through the built-up tape.  The plant tie is really nice to work with – it’s such a relief, after the frustration of wrapping the baking paper in the previous step.  Wrap evenly, leaving small gaps as you go (the gaps are for the light to show through).  If the gaps are too narrow, or there aren’t enough of them, the lights won’t show through so well.  It’s hard to judge exactly.  
Wrap firmly, but not too firmly.  Keep wrapping until you get near the tip.  Don’t leave a gap between the last two or three rings, where you finish – wrap them as close together as possible.  Use a sewing pin to pin the final ring/spiral in place, making sure the garden support stays wrapped in baking paper at the top – it will make it easier to remove the plant support core from the finished horn.