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o The Rose
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
1. Gather: scissors; a 12 in. long wire stick (I got mine from a wire
hanger); a penny; a quarter. You may need WD-40 to get the sticky off of your scissors.
2. Cut around 20 skinny (1/10th inch) strips of duct tape. Stick them
somewhere. You'll need them later, best to just cut them now.
1. GOAL: make a duct tape thing that looks like a Hershey's Kiss (that's what I'll refer to it as from now on).
Cut a 2 inch square piece of duct tape. Place a penny in the center of the tape. Take another 2 inch square piece of tape and scrunch it up. Put the ball of tape on top of the penny. Now fold up the corners of the tape. You should wind up with a triangular-ish duct tape object (closing resembling a Hershey's Kiss). Make the tip of the Kiss pointy, and make the object as rounded and symmetrical as possible.
2. GOAL: cut your leaves and petals out
Take a 20 inch strip of duct tape. Fold it in half (sticky side in). Try to get it as smooth and relatively bubble-less.
LEAVES:
Draw about 5 leaves (you may decide you want more or less) on the duct tape and cut them out. You may want to vary the size of the leaves. When you have cut out the leaves, you want to pinch the base of a leaf so that those two dots (labeled on
the
diagram) meet. With a small skinny strip of duct tape, tape the leaf like that, so that those dots meet and the leaf curves.
Diagram 1
PETALS:
You'll want the petals to be about 1/8th inch longer than the height of the Hershey's Kiss you made earlier. Draw 5 petals (you may want more) on the duct tape and cut them out. You should subtly vary the top edge of the petals (make little imperfections or very slight curves). When you have cut out the petals, you should join the little dots (marked on
the
diagram) like you did with the leaves. It gives the petals a natural looking pocket and makes them easier to attach to the Kiss.
Diagram 2
3. GOAL: to attach the petals to the Kiss
The first three petals should be taped pretty snuggly to the Kiss.
1st Petal: Tape the base of the petal to the bottom of the Kiss with a
skinny strip of tape. Anchor both sides of the petal to the Kiss
loosely with skinny pieces of tape.
2nd Petal: Tape the base of the petal to the bottom of the Kiss. You'll want one edge of this petal to slightly overlap the 1st petal. Anchor the overlapping side loosely and nearer to the base. Anchor the other edge a little more securely.
3rd Petal: Tape the base of the petal to the bottom of the Kiss. Both
sides of this petal should slightly overlap the other two petals. Anchor both sides of the petal loosely and nearer to the base.
If your rose thus far is too loose and flimsy, you'll need to tape the
petals down a little better. It should look like an opening rosebud.
4th and 5th Petals: Tape the base of each petal to the bottom of the Kiss. Place these petals on opposite sides. Their edges should
almost touch. Join the edges with a skinny strip of tape at the very base of the petals.
4. GOAL: attach the sepal
You'll need an approximately square piece of duct tape. Place a quarter in the center. See
Picture
1. Cut the piece of duct tape in the places marked on the
diagram. See Picture
2.Once you've cut the duct tape, start in one of the sections and fold the corners in. Do this with each section, but leave the quarter free. In the end, you should have something sort of resembling a star. See
Picture
3. Shape the points of your star so that they look like leaves. See
Picture 4 and
Picture
5. Take the quarter off, and in its place, put your rosebud. See
Picture
6.
(view this diagram if you don't know what the sepal is)
5. GOAL: to attach the stem
Cut a long 1/2 in strip of duct tape. Wrap the tape around your wire stick. You can attach the stem to the rosebud by kind of scrunching up the base of the rosebud and simply taping the stem to the flower. Secure it well.
6. GOAL: add leaves
Tape your leaves to the stem in whatever fashion you like. Use a lot or use a little. Just tape the leaves onto the wire with the skinny strips of tape you cut earlier. Wrap the base of the leaves to the stem.
Ta-dah! I hope you have followed all these steps and now have an elegant flower. :) You probably will wind up with a vomitous mass of duct tape...but hey, that's life.
Email me with any questions.
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