On the eve of the New Year, the entire population of our vast country is embraced by holiday fever: bright decorations are hung in every house, snowflakes are cut out of paper and gifts are wrapped. Today we also want to contribute to the exciting preparation and teach you how to create crafts from improvised material. The coffee bean tree can be a wonderful gift that will decorate the house of your friends or relatives. Such a souvenir will look great on your desktop and will transform a strict office environment. To make this little miracle, you will need a good mood, junk material and fragrant coffee beans.
Crafts. Master Class
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There are many design options for the Christmas tree made from coffee beans, but we will start with the simplest.
Stages of making crafts
First you need to make the foundation for the holiday tree. Fold the cone of the correct size out of thick paper and securely with adhesive. If you want the design to be more stable, then cut out the foam base for it.
Cover the base with dark paint so that the gaps between the coffee beans are not striking. You can also use jute twine to braid the cone. Do not forget to fix the thread with glue, otherwise it will begin to slide down, and your work will look messy.
When everything is ready, you can start working with grains. First you need to arrange the top, and then gradually go down.
The coffee bean tree is almost ready. In order to decorate it, you can use any means at hand. For example, to form bows from ribbons, tie them with threads and pin them to the base. Nearby you can place large and small beads.
Fir-trees made of coffee beans. Second option
This product will look more elegant, but you will have to spend a little more effort and time on its manufacture. But the result will undoubtedly please you. You will need the following materials:
Work sequence
Braid the base with twine so that no gaps are visible. Secure the rope with glue.
Fold the thin wire in half, tie a thread at the fold and wrap it with a “tail”. We insert the ends into the top of the future Christmas tree and fix it with glue.
We insert a thick wire into the base of the cone and also wrap it with twine.
Glue the grains with a gun. In this case, start with the sharp lower edge. After that, close the entire lower part and go up. The top should be left open.
We randomly wrap the glass jar in burlap and fix it with hot glue.
To make the tree stable, fill the pot with diluted alabaster or any material similar to it. Cover the surface with decorative moss or coffee beans.
We decorate the finished tree with threads, bronze pendants and dried lemon slices.
The coffee bean tree is ready and can delight you until the next New Year.
The third version of the craft
Make a cone out of thick cardboard, leaving a small gap at the top. So that the tree made of coffee beans reliably rests on its pedestal, we fill the base with crumpled paper.
Cut a small piece of wire, bend it and attach it with a glue gun to the top.
To make the crown more voluminous, toilet paper will help us - wrap it with wire and fix it with glue.
The barrel can be made of a wooden stick or a thick felt-tip pen of a dark color.
The bottom of the cone will need to be closed with a cardboard circle, make a hole in it, insert the barrel and securely fasten everything with hot glue.
Make a pot in which the tree will stand using a plastic jar filled with diluted alabaster. When the solution has hardened, cut and remove the mold.
Cut a small piece of burlap and wrap it around the base.
Now you can start decorating the cone with coffee beans. Lay out the first bottom row evenly, with a small allowance, and close the rest of the space in a chaotic manner.
On a tilted top, you can hang a silver snowflake or an asterisk, and then decorate the cone and the trunk.
If you liked working with such wonderful material as coffee beans, then we advise you not to stop there. Now you can easily make funny animals yourself, a stylish watch made from coffee beans or an original panel. Decorate your home with cute little things, and it will immediately become cozier and warmer.