One Evening Modeling Project - TREES

continueing with this theme I am posting a how to on quick, easy and cheap trees that are good looking and can be mass produced.

Materials needed are: filler material from the floral department ( about $5.00), fl;orist wire, at least 2 or 3 differant shades or green spraypaint, brown spraypaint,white glue, sissors,and wire cutters.

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the first step is to break apart the bundle and take 1 or 2 “branches” out. cut these in to a lenth about the size of the tree to be made.

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Group the trimmings together putting the tallest at the center and working outwards from both sides with the smaller sizes. Tightly tie a small (about 5") peice of floral wire around the trunk, starting at the top and working down to the base. Make sure to keep this as tight as possible.

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take the brown spraypaint and paint the trunk area. On the pale tree I paint the ENTIRE tree as a base.

Our local dollar stores also carry alot of the floral pieces … a buck a bag !

Nice project. We have a great store near here called “Flower Factory” that caries a really wide variety of weeds in assorted colors. Their prices are great; a forest could easily be made for under $20. Sure beats buying the premade trees!

Thanks for posting.