MATERIALS:
-2 Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi Cans
-1 Aluminum Danish Tray, Cut Into Strips
- Pliers
-Florist's Wire
-Scissors
- Epoxy Glue
- A pen Or Pencil
-Wire Cutters
Here We Go!:
* I know it's not really tin, but it's a short word to replace aluminum! Follow pictures and cut the material into 6 shapes as shown. Three of the shapes are the lower pedals, and three are the upper, or inner pedals. I have done so many of these in paper, and the techniques are essentially the same: albeit, working with the tin is somewhat more difficult
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For the life of me, I couldn't get hot melt glue (glue gun) to work at all with the glue I have on hand. So I had to take a different approach. What I came up with was using florist's wire, and more or less "sewing" the pieces together. I made holes in the ends of the pedals, (2), then placed a small section of wire that looked much like a staple into the holes. Using small needle nose pliers, I twisted the wires together to make a tight knot, and thereby holding the pedals together. See images for clarification.
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| My GrandaPa Holding My Rose!!! |
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Draw a leaf shape as shown, and simply cut out with the scissors. I have serrated the leaf for effect, but is not necessary. Also, using a pen or stylus, draw leaf veins into the surface to make them appear more life like.
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| My Grandpa Again! He's Being Nosy For This Project:) |
*I cut a dried branch off of one of my trees to use for the rose stem. Using the strips of aluminum from the danish tray, I wrapped the branch with the "tape" so that it covered the wood and made it match the rose in the project.
*Since the hot glue wouldn't hold, I decided to use epoxy glue to secure stem to rose base, and leaves to rose. As the tubes said, it is 5 minute epoxy, and does take that long to set up so that you can move. This is the biggest drawback I found to the whole process, but it takes what it takes.
I Decided To Spraypaint My Rose, But You Can Leave It The WaY It Is If You Would Like.
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