Introduction: 'Glass' Flowers
This is a simple way to make decorative glass flowers. :)
Step 1: Suplies
You'll need, a two liter bottle, preferably colored. a lighter, and scissors.
Step 2: Cutting
Cut the top off of the bottle, and save it.
Step 3: Cutting
Cut a square out of the bottle. You will need lots of squares.
Step 4: Shaping
You can either draw your shape, or just cut it out. A four leaf shape works best.
Step 5: Prep
Set the cut out shape on the lid of the old bottle.
Step 6: Melting
Then take your lighter, and melt the edges of the shape unit it curls up. This goes quite fast.
Step 7: Center Pieces
I had a ton of these tin beads. But you can use any kind of very small object. Beads or stones work well.
Step 8: Glueing
Put in a bit of hot glue, and set in the beads. Many of the flowers middles were hard to reach. so i just shoved glue inside, and scooped up beads into it, then shook out the ones that didn't stay.
Step 9: Leaves
You can also cut and melt some leaf shapes.
Step 10: A Branch
Then you must find a suitable branch, to glue the flowers onto. They are very light so you can choose a thin branch.
Step 11: Glueing Again
Then carefully glue he flowers and leaves in place. You will want two leaves near the end of the branch to be glued unevenly so that when inside a jar, the branch will be held upright.
Step 12: Decor
Find a suitable jar, and put it in! I got this one at 5Bellow
Step 13: All Finished
And that is all!
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