Water Lilies From Milk Bottles

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Water Lilies From Milk Bottles
Water Lilies From Milk Bottles

Video: Water Lilies From Milk Bottles

Video: Water Lilies From Milk Bottles
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Bright, beautiful water lilies and water lilies attract good luck and will look great in any decorative pond.

Water lilies from milk bottles
Water lilies from milk bottles

It is necessary

  • - 2 milk bottles;
  • - scissors (for cutting plastic);
  • - silicone glue-sealant (hot glue);
  • - acrylic paints (pink, purple, yellow, green, pearl white and "metallic gold");

Instructions

Step 1

Cut the can lengthwise and remove the handle, but do not discard anything. Make patterns for the petals in 3 sizes: 5 cm (small petals), 7.5 cm (medium petals), 10 cm (large petals).

Step 2

Cut out the following number of petals from the container: 11 small petals, 8 medium petals and 8 large petals. Paint each petal with acrylic pink (purple) paint, adding highlights on each petal using pearls and gold dyes.

Step 3

Prepare the stamens by cutting a 15 cm long strip from polyethylene (balloon), and paint it by mixing to soften the color of the paint: yellow with pearl white (for a pink flower) and gold (for purple). After the paint is dry, cut one edge of the strip with a fringe and roll it up. fixing the bottom with hot glue.

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Step 4

Glue all the petals to the stamen with a waterproof glue sealant. Turning the stamen upside down, begin to glue the smallest petals to its base first, after bending the end of each petal. Gradually, overlapping the small petals, continue to glue the medium and large ones.

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Step 5

Form a leaf from the base of the milk bottle and cover it with green paint. Seal the flower to the leaf with a sealant.

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