How to make a tree from chestnuts with your own hands

Chestnuts are a natural material, excellentsuitable for creativity and creation of extraordinary crafts. Nowadays, very many people decorate their homes with decorative trees, coming from Europe and bearing the name of topiary. You can make a tree of chestnuts with your own hands! How? Read this article.

Preparing chestnuts for work

The best creations come out of chestnuts, recentlyfallen from the trees. Such fruits are easier to handle, pierced with an awl. A tree from already dried chestnuts will make it more difficult, since they are harder and can puncture when piercing. Store unused fruit in a cool place. If the air is too wet, they can become moldy, and if dry, then become hard as a stone. A tree of chestnuts with your own hands, you can do if you help the fruit in the water for a while.

What is needed to create a decorative chestnut tree?

Before you start building your tree from chestnuts, make sure that all the necessary materials are at your fingertips. For creativity, you will need:

• many newspapers for the basis of topiary;
• reliable adhesive;
• strong thread;
• any shelf for creating a trunk;
• a flower pot playing the role of a stand;
• gypsum for strengthening a tree in a pot;
• twine for decoration;
• chestnuts;
• tea for decoration;
• thermo-gun;
• bronze paint.

When you collect all the necessary materials, start creating your own topiary. How to make a tree from chestnuts step by step, read below!

How to make the basis of decorative wood?

The process of creating a chestnut tree followsbegin with its foundation. The basis of the topiary is a ball that is attached to the trunk. Decorative elements are fastened to the very basis. To create the basis, take a large number of newspapers and densely question them, giving them the shape of a ball. Be sure to glue the irregularities formed while doing this. Ideally for this purpose, a glue called "Joiner" comes up.

Then wrap the base with threads to give itgreater strength and density. If you want to make a tree of chestnuts with your own hands as soon as possible, then as a basis you can use a ready-made ball of foam plastic.

Barrel and attachment of the base

The trunk is an obligatory detail of any tree,The topiary of chestnuts is no exception. What can be made of the trunk? The ideal option is an ordinary straight stick. If you could not find a suitable stick, then use a thick wire. Also, you can tie together several Chinese chopsticks, which is also acceptable. An excellent trunk will have your tree made of chestnuts! This craft can decorate your house at any time of the year. Now proceed to attaching the base to the trunk. To do this, make a balloon from the newspaper groove to 5 cm deep, but do not damage the threads that bind the paper. And now just pour the glue into the groove you created and stick the barrel in there. A tree made of chestnuts, the master class of which is presented here for you, is quite easy to make!

How to make a stand for a tree?

As a stand, you can use anycapacity: flowerpot, mug, pail, casket and so on. In this case, we suggest you use a pot. The stand must be strengthened, otherwise your tree will slope to one side or even fall under the weight of a crown of chestnuts, which is quite heavy. You can strengthen the pot with gravel or gypsum (the second option is still better). A tree made of chestnuts, reinforced with gypsum, you will do longer, but its stability rises many times in comparison with gravel fastening. Take the gypsum powder purchased in advance, read the instructions for its use.

Then mix the solution according to the instructions, directlyin a pot for flowers. Wait until the plaster does not freeze. Now gently stick the hardening gypsum into your trunk and press down a little. Leave the construction to solidify for 30 minutes. You can only decorate the topiary. How to make a tree from chestnuts you already know. But ahead is a very important part of the work!

Chestnut Ornamental Tree Ornament

You have done most of the work; now you have in front of you an almost ready, but undecorated topiary. Now turn on the fantasy and act very carefully!

Begin to design the tree only afterhow plaster hardens completely. Pot-stand you can arrange as your heart desires. To start, take the twine and tightly wrap them pot. In order for it to fit snugly to the stand, glue it every 4 cm. Twine should fit snugly to the pot. Now on the stand you can glue in any order any materials. Various glitters, sequins, elements from salt dough, decorative paper, polymer clay look especially good. You can also use acrylic paints.

When the pot is fancy decorated with you, proceedto the main part of the work - decorating a spherical warp of chestnuts. Still, the goal of our master class is a tree of chestnuts. This craft will delight both children and adults. Chestnuts to the newspaper ball, you will glue with a thermogun. It is best to use flat fruits, it is easier to work with them, and they look neater. Glue all the chestnuts gently onto the backing. Of course, without the appearance of gaps, you will not be able to do this. The lumens must be closed using tea for this purpose (preferably red). Empty patches with glue and pour tea there. Hold your hands and wait. Be sure to close all gaps, otherwise the tree will look carelessly executed. Also decorate the upper part of the gypsum in the pot. Spread it with glue and sprinkle with a thick layer of red tea.

Now take the bronze paint and paint it.loose top edges of the pot. You can decorate the stand by placing a chestnut under the tree. Glue it directly onto the cast. If you want to make topiary more interesting, then use the decor not only chestnuts, but also cones of coniferous trees.

Creative success to you!