Painted Wire Flowers and Clover

attosa
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Painted Wire Flowers and Clover This is a super fun and pretty craft using wires, wood glue, and nail polish. Bend the wires in whatever flower shapes you admire, dip in glue, then paint. They reflect such beautiful colours in the sun. I hope you give this a try!

Total Time: 90 minutes

Yield: 1 bouquet

Supplies:

18 to 20 gauge wire
thick marker or dowel
wire cutting pliers
disposable cup
wood glue
Styrofoam
nail polish

Steps:

Cut off a piece of wire about 16 inches long. A few inches in from one end, wrap a loop tightly around your marker then twist the end so it stays in place.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - cut a piece of wire and wrap one end around the marker

Using the longer end, make a new loop around the marker right next to the first one. Twist to secure the end.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - using the longer end make a new loop and twist to secure

Keep going around until you have five petals.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - continue until you have 5 petals

Use your pliers to twist the first end of the wire onto the longer end of the wire, right under the flower. This is your stem.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - twist the short end of the wire onto the longer end to create the stem

Use your thumb and forefinger to squeeze the petals so they're a bit more elongated.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - squeeze the petals to elongate them a bit

Now bend the petals downward over the curve of your marker.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - bend them downward over the curve of the marker

To make lucky clovers, repeat the process above and stop at 4 petals.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - to make lucky clover only make 4 petals

Now pinch the petals the other way so they are wide and fat.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - pinch the petals to make them wide and fat

If you'd like leaves on your flowers, make your petals, then make a couple extra, bigger ones to squeeze into leaves.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - to add leaves to flowers make a couple of extra, bigger petals to add on

Pour some wood glue into a disposable cup or bowl.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - pour wood glue into a disposable cup or bowl

Dip the flower heads into the wood glue.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - dip the flower heads into the wood glue

Allow the excess glue to drip back into the cup.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - allow excess glue to drip back into the cup or bowl

Use the wire stem to poke into the piece of Styrofoam.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - poke the wire stem into a piece of Stryofoam

Continue to dip all the flowers, poke into the Styrofoam, allow to dry for at least 30 minutes.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - continue dipping and sticking into the Styrofoam to dry for at least 30 minutes

Paint the petals with different colours of nail polish.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - paint the petals with nail polish

Allow to dry for at least 15 minutes.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - allow to dry for at least 15 minutes

Add glitter and accents if desired. I like to paint a different colour on the underside edges of the flowers to give it a gradient look.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - add glitter if desired, you can also paint a different color under the petal edge for a gradient look

If you'd like to present it in a jar or vase, place a small block of Styrofoam inside.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - glue a block of Styrofoam inside a jar or vase if you like and add flowers

Poke the stems in the Styrofoam and arrange your bouquet.

Painted Wire Flowers and Clover - arrange bouquet

Enjoy your bouquet. They will last a lifetime!

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achipichi

March 4, 20181 found this helpful

It is so pretty!

attosa
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March 4, 20180 found this helpful

Thank you! I hope you give it a try. :)

meah

May 6, 20190 found this helpful

our senior class did these and had lots of fun . We had lots of different color nail polish.

attosa
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March 4, 20180 found this helpful

As a side note, if you make the wire flowers/shapes small enough, you can skip the wood glue and hold some thick nail polish over the holes and it will make a drape of paint right over the bent metal, then let it dry for at least 45 minutes. :)

Maxcane

March 7, 20180 found this helpful

Tried using this one for a similar project. Great technique! Simple but elegant.
Bravo!

attosa
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March 8, 20180 found this helpful

Oh, I'm so happy you tried it! Thank you!

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March 14, 20180 found this helpful

I'm thinking earrings, Toosa. Heart shaped. Thanks a bunch for suggesting this medium, and the step-by-step instructions!

attosa
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March 14, 20180 found this helpful

You are so welcome! Please do try it! I'd love to try your heart shaped earring idea! If you do it, I want to seeeee!

Anonymous

April 8, 20180 found this helpful

Did something wrong . Glue not sticking to wire.

mismochy

May 2, 20180 found this helpful

I cant get the wood glue to stay across the petal to dry

jesseswoman2917

April 10, 20200 found this helpful

Me either. It just stays on the wire but doesnt go across :(

cherylhinesblr7

August 17, 20180 found this helpful

While I love these flowers, I ran into a few issues with the glue. it kept popping on me. So I dipped the flowers into the glue and used tissue paper on the back of peddles and leaves. I then filled in over that with the glue front and back, let dry and painted. All in all a fun project. Thank you for the inspiration.

Anonymous

March 31, 20190 found this helpful

Will these hold up outside?

Anonymous

March 9, 20220 found this helpful

Fantastic

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