To while away time when I am bugged, I resort to some sort of art. This was my experience with bread flowers long ago when I was into decorating clay pots. So here is how you can make them.
You'll need
White bread - 2-3 slices
Fevicol or any white glue - approx 1 tsp glue per slice
Oil paint - a few drops of desired colors (red, green, yellow etc)
Thin sticks to use as stems - cover these sticks with green/brown paper or paint
How to:
Remove the brown crusts from all the bread slices. We will not be using the crust. Break the bread slices into small pieces. Mix the bread pieces and white glue together in a bowl to make a dough. If the dough it tight add very little water to make it pliant.
Divide the dough into parts and add a few drops of different color of oil paint to each part and knead. If you need a darker color, add more paint and knead again.
Make small balls of the dough and flatten to shape like petals. If you have cutters you can also roll out the dough and cut from petal stencils. Take a small dough ball as the flower center and attach the petals to it with dabs of glue. Attach the ready stems to the base of the flower center and leave to dry in shade for a day or two.
Once dry, dip in clear varnish to give a long life to your creation.
You'll need
White bread - 2-3 slices
Fevicol or any white glue - approx 1 tsp glue per slice
Oil paint - a few drops of desired colors (red, green, yellow etc)
Thin sticks to use as stems - cover these sticks with green/brown paper or paint
How to:
Remove the brown crusts from all the bread slices. We will not be using the crust. Break the bread slices into small pieces. Mix the bread pieces and white glue together in a bowl to make a dough. If the dough it tight add very little water to make it pliant.
Divide the dough into parts and add a few drops of different color of oil paint to each part and knead. If you need a darker color, add more paint and knead again.
Make small balls of the dough and flatten to shape like petals. If you have cutters you can also roll out the dough and cut from petal stencils. Take a small dough ball as the flower center and attach the petals to it with dabs of glue. Attach the ready stems to the base of the flower center and leave to dry in shade for a day or two.
Once dry, dip in clear varnish to give a long life to your creation.
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