![]() You may paint the trees or not – I like both the painted and the bare white look so it’s up to you and your table colors. Allow to harden and dry overnight and remove the outer paper cone. You may fill them depending on the size of tree you’d like to create. Mix the plaster according to the directions and add to the paper cones. Place the cones into jars or flower vases to keep them upright. Wrap masking or duct tape around the outside of the cone to reinforce the paper. So you have choices about lining the paper cone or not. The paper doesn’t stick to the plaster tree but instead makes lines on the outer surface of the tree – which I also loved. This creates rippling in the plaster as it drys. Some of the poster paper fibers stuck to the plaster and left a fiber-textured cone once I removed the paper from the dry plaster the next day -which I loved.Ģ. For my large cone, I did not line the cone with wax paper. You have choices here on the texture of the cone.ġ. I made my cones extra large because I didn’t want a big clean-up. You’ll also need a piece of poster paper and some masking or duct tape.įashion a large cone with half of the sheet of poster paper. The cost is about $6.50 for a 4 lb container. You could make 4-5 smaller trees with 4 pounds of Plaster, but I made one large and two small. You’ll need about 4 pounds of Plaster of Paris for 3 trees. I love the look and I’m really excited to display them on Christmas Day! So with my dad as my construction coach, we made unique Christmas trees decor from Plaster of Paris. I love an elegant Christmas dinner centerpiece, but I don’t love the hefty price tag. Or check out my Faux Textured Chair Rail tutorial- another way to use plaster to create a great textured chair rail.īe sure to check out the latest deals and tips.I love Christmas but I’m getting to the point in the season that if it isn’t easy, I’m not interested. Using my handy-dandy plaster, and sand as a mold, I created some sunny plaques. If you enjoyed this tutorial, you might like my Plaster Casting with Sand tutorial. ![]() ![]() But three is a good number.Īnd his prized Elephant Ears are now preserved for eternity! I totally would have done more, but I broke one when I couldn’t wait for it to dry, and the husband had a fit because I was cutting leaves off of his prized Elephant Ear plant. Encyclopaedia of Chemical Physics & Physical Chemistry (3 Vol)Michael Gonzalez, A Letter To The. Then I just arranged them in a nice little group on my wall. Streets Ahead: Life After City LightsKeith Waterhouse. Since I wasn’t smart enough to put in hangers, I knotted some hemp cord and strung it through the hole created by the leaf stem and used that to hang them. Now, flip your mold over and peel off the leaf. These leaves are fragile and if the plaster hasn’t set completely, it will break into a bunch of leafy pieces. ![]() Don’t get all antsy like I did and try to unmold it before it is totally hard. Now allow the leaf to dry for at least an hour. I’m not that smart, so I did not do this and had to come up with a plan as to how to hang them after the fact. Something like a pop can tab works great. Now at this point, if you are smart, you will add a hanger of some sort into the plaster before it dries. Try to spread it just to the edges of the leaf, creating a layer of plaster over the leaf that is about ¼ inch thick. Plaster does not stick to the leaf and in some cases will try to roll off, but be persistent. Add enough water to make the plaster a consistency similar to yogurt. Mix the Plaster of Paris with water in a plastic cup. You will have to use one leaf for every plaster casting as the leaves lose a ton of texture if you try to re-use them. Roll up more pieces of newspaper and put under the edges of the leaves in several places to create nice waves in the leaf. (You don’t want your leaf to be flattened by the weight of the plaster). Crunch up some newspaper to put under the upside-down leaf to support the center. ![]() You can use trash bags for this or in my case, I used large plastic bags. ![]()
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