Monday, November 10, 2014

Recycled Milk jug crafts: Zinnia flowers made with plastic milk cans

This is a very easy craft, we can make these flowers easily... For the tutorial video, CLICK here.

Things needed:

Empty milk cans

Scissors, Acrylic paints

Glue gun/Instant glue

Mustard seeds/Large-sized tea powder

News paper, Floral tape

Procedure:

Cut the milk can in three different round shapes. The Diameters of these rounds are mentioned in the picture below.
Draw flower petals on the rounds-cut pieces.
Cut through the petals and take out the extras.
For each flower we need three layers with larger to smaller petals. Fix the petals one over another.
For the center florets, apply glue like small coin, and sprinkle mustard seeds or tea extract on it densely.
For stem, cut the news paper in a rough square, roll it from one side towards its opposite side, and glue the end.


Cut both ends, now we get a stiff paper stick.

Apply glue, and fix the stick with the lower center of the flower. Cut leaves and fix with stem.
Paint the flower with suitable color. 
For stamen give a little yellow color on over the seeds.
Make 5-8 flowers and insert them in a glass jar painted, and decorated with stones.
Now we can get a beautiful zinnia flowers with different colors.
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