Workshop

How to make an Orchid

Phalaenopsis

Materials
-different punches
-painted paper
-mouse pad
-greenpaper covered wire
-scissor
-florist tape a very thin one for the flowers gauge 30 thicker ones for the stalk gauge 26 -ball stylus
-tweezer
-floral foam
-needle
-container
-dried coffee
-air-drying clay
-moss

What do you need

The punches

Paint the paper in the color of your choice.Punch the petals out. Cut little pieces (about 2 cm) of the thin florist wire. Dip it in a mixture of Mix some paint and glue. Make a little drop on each wire and et it dry upside down in the floral foam.Dip a few of them again in the mixture to make buds.
Punch petals from the painted paper.

punched petals

Glue the teardrops together. Follow the steps shown in the next pictures

Paint little stripes on the petals. You may have to look at pictures from 1:1 Orchids to see the variety in pattern and color.

Cup the 'French lily' using the ball stylus and your mouse pad. Cup the glued 'flower'slightly.Punch a hole in the centre of the glued 'flower'

Take the dried stems from the floral foam and push the end through the hole. Apply a little dot of Tacky under the centre and glue the cupped 'French lily' beneath it. See how to place it at the pictures. Place a little dot of tacky at the back.

When the flower is finished, cut the wire short.Bend the wire at a 90 degree angle. Dip it in the Tacky glue and glue it to the thicker floral wire.The easiest way is by dipping the end first in the Tacky glue and then in the zip-a-cap. Make two or three flowers at a stem. Glue buds to the wire.They come at the top of the stem.

Paint paper for the leaves in a green colour. Cut 5 leaves.See pattern Apply a little piece of thin florist wire at the back of each leaf.Make the leavesa little rounded.Apply glue at the inside of the container. Put a little clay in it and cover it with 'soil'the dried coffee.Dip the end of the leaves into the glue and place them into the clay.dip the end of the flowerstemsalso into the glue and place them between the leaves.

Make a little stick by covering thick florist wire with brown florist tape.Put the stick in between the leaves and bind the stamen with a threath to it. To make air-roots ,use moss.Dip it in the glue and push it into the clay.

Give the plant a nice place in the dollhouse. I hope you enjoyed the workshop

Materials
-different punches -painted paper -mouse pad -greenpaper covered wire -scissor -florist tape a very thin one for the flowers gauge 30 thicker ones for the stalk gauge 26 -ball stylus -tweezer -floral foam -needle -container -dried coffee -air-drying clay -moss		What do you need
		The punches
Paint the paper in the color of your choice.Punch the petals out. Cut little pieces (about 2 cm) of the thin florist wire. Dip it in a mixture of Mix some paint and glue. Make a little drop on each wire and et it dry upside down in the floral foam.Dip a few of them again in the mixture to make buds. Punch petals from the painted paper.
punched petals
Glue the teardrops together. Follow the steps shown in the next pictures


Paint little stripes on the petals. You may have to look at pictures from 1:1 Orchids to see the variety in pattern and color.
	Cup the 'French lily' using the ball stylus and your mouse pad. Cup the glued 'flower'slightly.Punch a hole in the centre of the glued 'flower'
	Take the dried stems from the floral foam and push the end through the hole. Apply a little dot of Tacky under the centre and glue the cupped 'French lily' beneath it. See how to place it at the pictures. Place a little dot of tacky at the back.
	When the flower is finished, cut the wire short.Bend the wire at a 90 degree angle. Dip it in the Tacky glue and glue it to the thicker floral wire.The easiest way is by dipping the end first in the Tacky glue and then in the zip-a-cap. Make two or three flowers at a stem. Glue buds to the wire.They come at the top of the stem.

Paint paper for the leaves in a green colour. Cut 5 leaves.See pattern Apply a little piece of thin florist wire at the back of each leaf.Make the leavesa little rounded.Apply glue at the inside of the container. Put a little clay in it and cover it with 'soil'the dried coffee.Dip the end of the leaves into the glue and place them into the clay.dip the end of the flowerstemsalso into the glue and place them between the leaves.

Make a little stick by covering thick florist wire with brown florist tape.Put the stick in between the leaves and bind the stamen with a threath to it. To make air-roots ,use moss.Dip it in the glue and push it into the clay.