A gift to my mother with my own hands: craftworks-flowers made of cotton wool

Cotton cosmetic discs are a rookie in a batch of popular non-traditional materials for handicrafts. He began to firmly gain a position among such leaders for "hand-made", like plastic bottles and jars, disposable tableware and used tires.

The most vivid examples of diy from cotton discs are flowers, figurines of animals, insects and birds, trees, dolls, angels and beautiful voluminous applications. You can appreciate the beauty of such a man-made creation using our master class for making flowers from cotton wool.

Master-class "Flower from cotton wool", photo

Necessary materials:

• cotton wheels (5 pcs);
• gouache;
• brush and PVA glue;
• starch (1 tbsp.);
• cotton wool or paper napkin;
• green tap-tape;
• wire.

Step-by-step instructions on how to make a flower from cotton wool:

1. Since for work we need a paste, let's start with it. For the preparation of paste in a container, we grow starch in a small volume of cold water. Separately boil the water and gradually add to the starch solution a glass of boiling water, constantly stirring the contents of the container.
2. Wet the disks in the resulting paste, dry them (preferably on a battery) and color the desired color. With the help of scissors we put the prepared petals into shape and glue them together with glue, forming a flower. The middle of the flower is made of a piece of cotton wool or napkins, colored white gouache.
3. From the wire we make a stalk, wrapping it with a tape tape. We also make a couple of leaves from it. Attach the stem to the ready inflorescence - a handmade flower made of cotton wool is ready! You can put a flower in the pot, and you can make a few more pieces and put them together in a beautiful bouquet.

Master-class with photo "Rose from cotton wool"

Necessary materials:

• cotton wheels;
• colored napkins or cloth shreds
• decorative flower pot;
• thread;
• earth or colored stones.

Step-by-step instruction on how to make a rose from a cotton disc:

1. Let's start with the middle of bud, which will be the basis for the whole flower. To do this, we take one wadded disk, lightly grasp its edges with fingers and twist the roll. Around him wrap the second disk, then the third - and so we should get a rose of 7-9 petals.
2. We fix the bottom of the "structure" with a thread, we put a stem on a wire made of wire and wrapped in a string of green, and put it in a pot filled with earth or pebbles. On top of the ground for greater efficiency lay out colored scraps or napkins.

If desired, you can make several such roses in just the same color as you want. To do this, you must first paint the blanks of the petals in the chosen paint and dry.