The Mice have a new hanging plant! Every Mouse House needs some greenery! I'll show how I make miniature plants.
These are the things I use........
hole punch - it's heart shaped.
nail clippers - that are only used to cut wire!
containers for plants - I made the baskets, the little wooden bowls are from Hobby Lobby. You could use what you have, tooth paste lids, thimbles, jar caps.....
tea leaves - to use as dirt
tooth picks - for stirring glue and tea leaves together
Tacky glue - for gluing....
nail polish - I used the blue to paint the wooden bowls, if you want an enamel container. The clear polish is to paint the leaves.
brown paint - used to paint the wire (stems) of the plant if you choose.
green paper - for leaves. (got this in the scrap book department at Hobby Lobby)
floral wire - for plant stems
stylus - for shaping leaves
craft foam - to use as a surface on which to shape leaves
Oh, and also some tweezers to pick up the leaves with while gluing. I forgot them in the photo.
There's a little bonsai tree in the picture behind the hole punch
Here we go...
Cut some wire to make the plant stems. Twist the wire together and shape to fit into your chosen container.
Mix up some tea leaves with tacky glue to make "dirt" and secure your wire stems into the container with it.
Let that dry while you punch out a bunch of leaves with the heart shaped hole punch. Then shape the leaves by using the stylus to press a the leaves into the craft foam to cup them a bit.
Now, coat the wire stems of your plant with some tacky glue. This will help the leaves to stick more easily later.
Use the tweezers to pick up the leaves by the pointed tip, then dip the top of each heart shaped leaf into some tacky glue and apply them one at a time to the stems. If the glue sits for a few minutes to firm up it sticks more easily.
I hold the plant by the wire stems while I glue the leaves on. That makes it easy to rotate the plant to see it from all angles. Then, when I have a nicely shaped plant, I clip the wires off with the nail clippers and add a leaf to each wire tip. The last thing I do is dab some clear nail polish on each leaf, it makes them shine and helps adhere the leaves to the stem.
I made a macrame hanger for this plant but they are cute just sitting on a mini table as well.
Thanks for visiting!
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