A beautiful decorative tree made from scrap materials is called topiary or “tree of happiness”, and it is believed that it brings good luck and prosperity to the house. We have collected as many as 8 ideas on how to make topiary from coffee beans with your own hands. It is not only beautiful and original, but also fragrant!
DIY coffee bean topiary – photos and ideas
Don’t be afraid to create and don’t limit your imagination, because the more creative the topiary is, the better. Watch and get inspired!
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Manufacturing technique
First you need to start preparing the crown of the future tree. Paint it with paint or wrap it in fabric. This is necessary so that the white ball does not show through between the coffee beans. While the crown dries, you can decorate the base if you want to paint it.
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Sort the coffee beans that you will use to decorate the crown. Unsightly broken grains will not work, so feel free to remove them.
Sort into 4 parts: use even grains without defects to cover the top and bottom parts. Round grains can be used to decorate the base. And small ones are suitable for small gaps.
Before you start decorating the crown, prepare a hole for the trunk. It must be at least 2.5 cm deep.
Finishing the crown is the most exciting process in making wood. Finishing can be done in several ways:
Coffee beans are glued to the base like a honeycomb. You can place them on any side, vertically or horizontally, mixing small and large grains. It all depends only on your imagination. But do not forget that the most beautiful and even ones need to be glued on top of the workpiece.
Another method will allow you to cover the ball with a minimum of time. For this method it is better to use transparent construction adhesive. Apply glue directly to the ball and spread it out a little, take a handful of grains and sprinkle it on the area covered with glue. Now you can carefully distribute the grains over the surface.
Since the hardening time of construction glue is longer than that of hot glue, this will allow you to adjust the position of the grains on the crown of the future topiary. But in this case they will be arranged randomly, which will not spoil your craft at all.
You can also glue the grains in two layers, with this technique there will be no gaps between the grains, and the tree will turn out to be very voluminous.
When using any technique, be sure to leave room around the hole for the barrel.
It's time to beautifully decorate the trunk of our topiary. Determining the height of the future trunk is quite easy: to the height of the pot, add half the diameter of the ball and the distance from the pot to the base of the ball.
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You can paint the trunk with paint or wrap it with ribbon, twine or twine. To prevent the tape or twine from slipping, wrap duct tape around the trunk and then secure the edges with tape or glue.
It's time to collect our future tree. Insert the barrel into the ball and secure it with glue. Decorate the space around the trunk.
Our tree is almost ready. You can plant it in a pot. Dilute the plaster and fill the container, not reaching the edge, place the tree and hold for a couple of minutes until the mixture hardens. To ensure the plaster is completely dry, leave it to dry for 10 hours.
After drying, you can begin decorating the base. Decorate it with grains, moss, pebbles or beads. Show your imagination and individuality. And your tree will sparkle with bright colors.
Simple topiary with one crown
Anyone can make such a beautiful topiary!
Now we will look at creating the simplest ball-shaped topiary, which looks no less impressive than other options.
Different technologies and materials are used for its manufacture. For example, the crown of a tree can be made from newspapers, polyurethane foam, foam rubber, and the trunk can be made from sticks or pencils. You can also “plant” topiary in any container: bowls, flower pots, cups, and jars are suitable.
Materials for production
- Coffee beans (give preference to expensive ones, they have the best shape and concentrated aroma);
- Styrofoam ball (diameter 8 cm);
- A pot or any other container;
- A plastic tube approximately 25 cm long or any wooden stick;
- Temperature glue gun;
- Satin or nylon ribbon;
- Alabaster;
- Scissors;
- Vessel for growing alabaster;
- Double-sided tape.
Step-by-step instruction
When all the required materials are prepared, you can start making a coffee tree:
- We make a hole in the ball into which you will later insert the barrel. Then we cover the workpiece with coffee beans, ribbed side down. Try to place them as close to each other as possible.
- After you have completely covered the crown, glue the next layer, only so that the coffee beans are located with the ribbed side up. You don’t have to do this, but then you will see gaps. To glue the ball in one row, paint the base dark brown in advance. But it’s better not to skimp and make several layers. This ball will look much better.
- We take a blank for the barrel and tape. We wrap it around the tube at a slight angle. Leave a little unwrapped material at the bottom and top (about 3 centimeters each). Remove the protective film from the tape and wrap the tape onto the adhesive part.
- We fill the flower pot with water (3 centimeters below the edges). Pour it into the prepared container, add alabaster little by little, stirring constantly. The solution should resemble a thick paste. The resulting mixture should be poured into the pot. We immediately insert a tree of grains into it. After the alabaster has completely dried, it is advisable to glue the top with several layers of coffee beans. The first layer is ribbed side down, the second is the opposite.
- We apply glue to the edge of the trunk and put the finished crown on it. Then we tie a ribbon and form an ugly bow. The crown can also be decorated with any decorative elements.
Gallery: how to make a coffee tree
You need to cover the ball with coffee beans
Barrel blank
Before installing the trunk, the pot must be filled with a mixture of water and alabaster
Glue the crown to the trunk
The tree is ready
The second version of topiary made from coffee beans is ready. Agree that it turned out to be no less interesting than the previous one.
Variety of options
fruit tree
Just add a slice of lemon or decorative mini-fruits, and you will see how your ordinary coffee tree sparkles with new fruity and summer notes. This craft is perfect for setting a summer picnic table.
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Or the topiary may turn into some new fruit. Look how unusual it is.
Butterflies and birds
If you want to give the tree a spring-autumn mood, then we suggest decorating your coffee topiary with butterflies and birds cut out of pastel-colored paper.
Topiary with flowers
But here comes the idea of a beautiful topiary with flowers blooming on it. This is a great idea to give such a tree to your mother or grandmother as a gift for Women's Day on March 8th.
Coffee tree with photo
This topiary can be given to any person with whom you have many good memories or photographs.
Topiary "Gentleman"
Well, the last, most unique idea for a coffee tree is the “Gentleman” topiary. Just look how beautiful he looks. The detailed process of making all topiaries can be viewed in our video collection.
Craft with a cup
And if you don’t want to make a coffee tree, then we suggest making a craft with a floating cup over a saucer.
