Have you ever seen a Chrysanthemums flower?
They are so pretty with varying gradient colors on their petals. You
will find them in different color combinations. The inner circle
contains the darkest color and it fades though the outer petals. If you
are planning to have something at your home with the design of this
beautiful flower, you can try making this amazing and decorative
Chrysanthemum mirror only with plastic spoons.
You can use this mirror for decoration on your hallway or for outdoor
events. You can choose any of your favorite color and then choose the
right tones to give it a gradient effect. You might not get a perfect
shape on the first attempt so you can try in on small shapes to begin
with. When you can ensure that you can do the small shape perfectly,
then you can go for a large one with more materials.
To make a large project, you will need six packages of plastic
spoons, a scissor to cut the spoons. You can look for cheapest spoons as
you are going to need many of them. You have to cut the spoons to keep
the handles apart so that you can use it for the forms of this flower.
You will need two MDF wreath forms among which one has to be 18-inch and
another one should be 12-inch form.
You have to place these wreath forms and attach them by using hot
glue. You can use some of the spoon handles to balance the shape and
stick them with the glue to keep it in a proper shape. Next, you have to
flip it over with the spoon handles on the bottom. The gap between the
wreath forms have to be filled so you will need a thick paper and hot
glue to attach it to the gap.
Now when the base is ready, you can start to attach the spoons with
the hot glue. Start from the edge by selecting a point and then keep
placing the spoons one after one to give it a perfect round shape. You
will need to keep enough space in the middle of each spoon so that the
next layer of spoons can be placed without having overlap.
Keep attaching the spoons in layers after layers. You have to be very
careful when you are doing the final row of spoons where you might end
up with extra space or not enough space to place the last spoon. If you
follow the placing of the spoons as you have started from the beginning,
you will have a perfect ending with the inner ring.
After placing the spoons, if you see there any edge of wreath form is
showing; you can use a scissor to cut the edges very carefully. When
you are done with attaching the spoons, you will need to apply several
thin coats of primer on it. Next you will have to apply couple of coats
of paint. If you are intending to paint the petals individually with a
paint brush, then you can skip this part.
But having a coating of spray paint will make ensure you that it
already has a layer of color on it. Now you have to make the changes to
the color of the petals by applying a dark shade on the inner ring. You
can use Folk Art acrylic paint in Teal for the inner ring. You don’t
have to mix it with anything and can apply directly to the spoons.
You will also need to color the backside of the spoons on the first
row because these spoons will be reflected in the mirror. To make a
lighter shade, you can mix a little bit of white paint with the teal and
apply this color on the subsequent ring and it will make a gradually
lighter color on the adjacent ring. You can increase the amount of white
paint with the teal for each subsequent ring.
Use a hot glue gun to attach a round mirror to the back of this form
when you will see that all the paint has become dry. You will need
something attached to the back of this form so that it can hang on from
somewhere. A loop of jute twine can be added to complete this task. Now
as you have already made this chrysanthemum mirror, all you are going to
need is a perfect place to place it on!
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