The original shape of grains, the possibility of long-term storage, incredible aroma, invigorating taste - this is not a complete list of the advantages that coffee has. It's no secret that coffee beans can be used not only for brewing a delicious drink. The needlewomen have long created coffee fragrant masterpieces. The advantages of this material for a variety of crafts are obvious. Grains of coffee are available, have an unusual texture, rich color and aroma, they can be glued to any surface, painted in any colors, make holes in them.
You can make small grains of your own coffee beans and even a topiary in the form of a heart. Opportunities for needlewomen are unlimited! In our master class, we will tell you how to make a coffee heart-topiary from your own grains to please your loved ones or decorate the interior of the house.
We will need:
- paper;
- cardboard;
- wire;
- scissors;
- wire;
- glue;
- cotton wheels;
- paint;
- coffee beans;
- can (pot);
- foam rubber (floristic sponge);
- lace, fabric, beads for decoration.
- Take a sheet of paper and bend it in half. Draw half the heart on the fold. Cut it out and attach it to a sheet of cardboard, circle around the contour and cut out the heart.
- Cut three or four 15-centimeter lengths of wire and each wrap with paper. Then glue them to a cardboard heart.
- To make the coffee tree-heart, made by yourself, was voluminous, glue a few wadded disks to the part, folding them into three or four pieces in advance. Spread them evenly over the heart. Then glue the entire surface of the heart with cotton-wool discs, making it bulky.
- Tie the craft with twine, giving it a heart shape. Ensure that the twine falls gently and evenly over the entire surface. After that, paint the hand-made article in a dark brown color. It is more convenient to make a sponge dampened with paint.
- After waiting for complete drying of the paint, you can proceed to decorating the craft. Gently grease each coffee bean with glue and glue to the substrate. Try not to leave gaps between the grains.
- 6. When the coffee heart is completely covered with grains, you can decorate the trunk of a tree. To do this, tightly wrap it with a jute rope.
- It's time to take care of the pot. For this purpose, you can use any can or a conventional flower pot. First paint it in white, and then glue them with ice cream sticks.
- You can use a regular mug. To do this, it is first glued on cotton wheels, then wrapped with a rope, painted and decorated with coffee beans.
- To the coffee tree-heart firmly stood in the pot, you need to cut out a foam or a floral sponge bar of the appropriate size and in the center to make a hole for the trunk. Strengthen the structure with glue. If the tree outweighs the pot, then several heavy stones can be placed on the bottom. When the glue dries, adorn the pot with lace braid, beads, cloth, artificial flowers.
- At this point, you can finish the coffee tree in the form of a heart by hand, but you can decorate with decorative elements not only the pot, but the heart itself. The flower arrangement in combination with a lace bow decorated with a bead will be very appropriate.
This craft will delight you for a long time, because coffee beans do not deteriorate and do not deform. In addition, your house will be filled with a delicate and pleasant aroma of coffee.
