In nature, such a coffee tree is a bush of very beautiful round shape with dark green leaves. Blossoms with white flowers, which are replaced by the fruits of coffee. Manufactured independently miniature coffee trees began to become fashionable with us. They say that their kind is soothing to the human psyche, and I can not argue with that, yes indeed, it is. The tree stands in the office of the house, where I am absolutely calm).Such "homemade" are a good decoration of the room as a whole, and the desktop.
The technology of manufacturing complexity does not represent, and it does not require any great material costs, so you are quite capable of making the coffee tree yourself. It is necessary, first, to determine the height of the future tree. It should be taken into account that its center of gravity will be shifted upwards. Proceeding from this, the "harvesting" for the stand( pot) is selected. You can use a tin can, a plastic cup( only tight), yes anything.
How to make the coffee tree
The barrel is made from a simple stick, it does not matter which one to choose. Someone uses a piece of a tree branch, someone - ebonite rod, and someone - a wooden stick. It will be useful and an ordinary pencil if the tree is small. To your liking, this stick - the "trunk" of a tree - is wrapped around by someone. You can use a woolen thick thread, twine. The stick is wrapped tightly with the selected material, and the end of the winding is fixed. The end should be left free, as the tree will be fastened in the pot. Everything, the tree trunk is ready.
Next, the "crown" of the tree is made. There are also many options. It is necessary to prepare the skeleton of the crown before making an external design. The frame is needed in the form of a ball. Suitable ball for tennis, plastic from a set of children's toys. You can roll it out of paper( old newspapers).
This is done like this:
- A small newspaper balloon is rolling down.
- Then it is wrapped in a thick thread and coated with glue( so as not to unwind).It is thus possible to wind several layers on the ball.
- The last layer must be wrapped in dark paper so that white spots do not appear on the tree crown. It must also be wrapped and "wrapped".When the balloon has dried, it will be possible to assemble the entire structure.
- It is necessary to do a hole in the ball( paper, plastic, etc.), where the prepared barrel will be inserted later.
Now it remains to assemble the trunk and skeleton of the crown. Thus, the tree is made. It remains to issue the crown itself. To do this, you need whole coffee beans. It is necessary to pay attention to the fact that on the one hand each grain has a furrow, and along the length it is slightly arched. Therefore, it is better to glue the first layer of grains in such a way that furrows are applied to the surface of the ball.
This work is quite laborious. We need to glue the grain very tightly, close to each other, one at a time. Between them there should not be any large gaps. Do not use glue, which, after drying, turns white, as an office. Otherwise, the finished crown will be covered with white "cracks".After the first layer of grains is glued, you can begin to glue the second. Only now the grooves should look outwards, that is, we need to glue the seeds with "backs".
Now it remains to decorate the pot, and here everyone thinks out for himself - a space for your imagination. The main thing is for the pot to look beautiful. To fix the tree in it, you can use various materials. For these purposes, alabaster, gypsum is poured into the pot. You can even lay plasticine - this is an option for the lazy ones. In the end, the tree should stand firmly in the pot. You can sprinkle a little ground on top, for more naturalness.
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