Bead And Flowers In Wooden Plant Box

used materials that where laying around house - recycling is good for our planet

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I used wood that was lying around the house to make the wooden planter box.

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Depending On Weather This Can Be Made Around 12 Hours, But As I Left It Over Night When I Varnished It I Made It 24hours This Can Be Reasonably Cheap If You Can Find Things To Recycle And Use. Most Of The Products I Already Had So For Me To Make It Cost Me $5.00 For The Magnet(s) This Can Be Reasonably Cheap If You Can Find Things To Recycle And Use. Most Of The Products I Already Had So For Me To Make It Cost Me $5.00 For The Foam Ball, Clay Frangipani Shapes, Hot Glue Gun, Ribbon, Paint, Varnish, Jewellery Wire (Thin) Thicker Wire For Plant Box, Crystal Beads, Crimp Beads, Jigsaw, Tape Measure, Wood To Make Box, Metal Photo Corners,Florist Brick And Tape, Nail Tacks, Fake Gra Butterflies Magnet(s)

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I used wood that was lying around the house to make the wooden planter box.

Instructions

1. I used jigsaw to cut wood to 15cm x 15cm. Cut a piece of ply for base making sure this covers bottom out line,paint this also,this will be tacked on when the box is dry from 2 coats of paint. Also 4 20cm lengths (these will be used as the legs and borders) Drilled holes in top and bottom bout 2cm from top and bottom so I could thread wire into the wood to make the box. Before I wired the box I painted each piece, 2 coats. Waited for first coat to dry then put second on. While this was drying

2. I started making the flower arrangement, for the stem I used thin wood rod cut to 15cm long, wrapped ribbon around it,I also added ribbon to decorate under the foam ball,stuck with hot glue, then made a hole in foam ball to put rod in using hot glue gun to hold in place.

3. Then I start the flower arrangement, I used clay frangapani shapes, glued them onto the foam ball.In between spaces I made thin wire, crystal decorations using (Jewellry wire), crimp beads and crystal beads,I used a darning needle to make hole in foam ball, a dab of hot glue and pushed the wire in.

4. Back to the planter box, I threaded wire a stronger wire but easy to thread through holes,thread in and out of the holes.This will make you 4 sides. When together you can tack base on and then put the legs on using nail tacks to secure them. When that was done I coated the box with clear varnish. Leave to dry, probably a couple of hours or over night.

5. Now that the box is dry, cut a foam brick to fit inside box. I found some fake grass laying around the house so used that to cover foam brick, cutting a hole for flower stem to go in,dropped a dab of hot glue in hole place stem inside.

6. The legs I used metal photo corners to finish it off. I opened one of the metal corners to fit over the legs and tacked them into place. I played around with the beads a bit to make them sit the way I liked them. To add a bit of colour I brought 2 Magnet Butterflies and using some wire, wrapped with florist tape and placed them in around flower display, bent wire a little and glued into place, then added magnet butterflies on to stems.