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Love this  tutorial. These flowers  use crepe paper. It looks much better than using plain tissue paper I found a website to buy crepe paper. It's not expensive. There may be a better way to make the flowers. Let me know what you think about this video.

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How to Make Giant Paper Flowers for a Wedding Backdrop - DIY Craft Tutorial

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Full tutorial with written instructions at https://www.smilemercantile.com/blogs/tutorials/giant-paper-flower-for-a-diy-wedding-backdrop-craft-tutorial. In this how to video, I am making a giant crepe paper flower for a wedding wall backdrop. It's 18 inches across, and has a flat back that can be wired or attached to a wall or support.

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We could maybe get some costume ideas from this. I like the queens.

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Alice in Wonderland JR - Pine Forest Elementary

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Pine Forest Elementary in Maumelle, Arkansas presents Alice In Wonderland Jr. The 2013 5th graders are directed by Amie Csege, music teacher at the school. Two performances allowed more students to hold lead parts. This is the Saturday night performance, February 24th, 2013.

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Another wall idea I like this pattern better than the other, it looks more realistic.      >>------------->

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I like the idea of painting the wall to make it look more realistic but this 4x50ft paper could always be an option.

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fadeless designs bulletin board art paper

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Fadeless Designs Bulletin Board Art Paper, 4-Feet by 50-Feet, Rock Wall (56485)

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Pacon Fadeless Bulletin Board Paper helps you add some style and creativity to your classroom. This paper roll is 4-feet high by 50-feet long, giving you plenty of paper to cover your bulletin board time and time again. The Rock Wall design on this paper features a pattern of grey stones.

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GREAT idea!  yes...LARGE!  and maybe one or two small ones - Withrow.

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GREAT idea!  yes...LARGE!  and maybe one or two small ones - Withrow.

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I do think we need a large mushroom in the scene. One larger than the one in the picture but I do think he idea of using wire and newspaper to make one would be quite easy and we could  paint it as we'd like.

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We could buy our ivy for quite cheap but we could also try and make it along with some vines.

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jpsor 24pcs (157 feet) artificial greenery fake ivy leaves garland hanging for wedding party garden wall decoration

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JPSOR 24pcs (157 Feet) Artificial Greenery Fake Ivy Leaves Garland Hanging for Wedding Party Garden Wall Decoration

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24 artificial ivy garland, with approx. 80 leaves per piece Use these artificial ivy garlands to decorate the balcony, shelves or windowsill to bring a warm feeling to your home. Also good for decorating courtyard, shopping centers. Note: There may be a slight error duo to manual measurement., It...

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I think we have an arch in the drama building that we could decorate with ivy. I think it was used for prom or the pageant If we didn't want to use that one we could try and make our own rather than buying one.

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I like this tree idea for the garden we could totally make our own tree and add leaves to it. We could put it somewhere out of the way but it could still make a bold statement. Maybe have a lantern, teacups, or even cards hanging off of it.

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I'll try to write a brief tutorial on making trees from wire and brown packing paper and glue. Newspaper would work just as well, I think. I've made 6 so far and each time I get better at it. They are really pretty quick to make. This is a photo-heavy post so I'm going to keep the photos smaller than I usually do.

I tear the paper in strips to wrap around the wire. If the branch is pretty small I don't use glue, but on the longer, fatter branches I do glue them because the paper unwinds more. When I paint the trees, the paint functions as glue to hold the twisted ends together permanently.

I usually make the wire longer than the paper because it is easier to twist the ends of the paper on the wire. Also if you use a shorter piece of wire, the wire tries to slip out of the paper and you can't bend the limbs as easily.

Just twist tightly and it usually stays very well. If you have to use a little glue on the ends, that's fine. As you can see below it is the fatter strips that tend to unwind.

Now wind 2 branches together. I try to offset them a little so the branches aren't all the same size.

Then wrap a strip of paper with glue on it around the 2 branches so they become one branch.

Keep doing that until you have a tree. I try to vary the length of the branches. Since each one has wire in it, you can bend them however you like. The base of the tree and the roots need more filling out.

Here you can see how I've wrapped the trunk and even wired 2 branches together.

I used a short piece of paper-wrapped wire to make a 3-pronged branch.

Here is the tree with the base of the trunk filled out and more paper wrapped around the roots. If your tree doesn't stand up very well you can bend the roots to get it to stand the way you want it to.

I trim the wire with wire cutters when I am satisfied with the shape of the branches. The trees are not fancy or perfect, but they work well with my Halloween houses. Below is a photo of the tree standing up. It tilts a little, but I will play with it when I glue it to the base of one of the the houses.

I like this tree and as I said earlier, each time I make one, I get better at it. Let me know if you make one or if you have any questions.

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I'll try to write a brief tutorial on making trees from wire and brown packing paper and glue. Newspaper would work just as well, I think. I've made 6 so far and each time I get better at it. They are really pretty quick to make.

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We could make our own bird bath so it wouldn't be a heavy prop and we could maybe put some fake birds and butterflies in it as decoration.

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This project is an easy one, though it still started off as a DIY fail. So the first part of this post will be the perfect sparkling tutorial on how to make your own birdbath...then I'll let you know what NOT to do.

I made my birdbath out of a terracotta pot, saucer, and an old brass lamp...but you can really use anything. Go crazy. The motto here is "if you can glue it, you can do it." I literally JUST came it with that.

First I cut the cord on the lamp base and pulled all the extras off.

Then I gave everything a coat of spray paint...this is "lagoon" by Rust-Oleum.

Next, find the center of your saucer and drill through using a small paddle bit. You might want to do some math for this...I just guesstimated and admittedly mine sits a little crooked.

Then comes the glue. I ended up using epoxy by Gorilla Glue and it worked great. If you look closely you see a little knob on the top of the lamp base...that is why I drilled a hole in the saucer.

While it was drying it gave it another quick coat of spray paint to fill in the seams, and followed that with a coat of spray polyurethane.

And that's it...a simple, colorful, DIY birdbath! IF you do it correctly, that is.

Here are a couple of things you probably should NOT do...

1) Don't try the poured paint pot technique, decide you hate it, and try to paint over it before it's 100% dry.

2) Do not use crappy glue, because even after 24 hours of drying your birdbath WILL fall apart.

Now, you would think construction adhesive would pretty much be the best thing ever. After all, it says right on the tube that it bonds wood, metal, brick, concrete....according to the package you should be able to glue a house to an airplane. And it bonds in 10 minutes! Woohoo!

NO.

Construction adhesive sucks. I have tried to use it multiple times and I don't know why I keep trying. I would have better luck using white paint to glue my projects together. I can't be the only one.

So that's my tutorial and anti-tutorial. Total cost for this project (if you choose to use the same materials and do it right the first time) is about $15. Not too shabby.

On a sidenote, Adam and I spent way too long debating on whether birdbath is one word or two. I say one, he says two, google says both. What do you think?

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This project is an easy one, though it still started off as a DIY fail. So the first part of this post will be the perfect sparkling tutorial on how to make your own birdbath...then I'll let you know what NOT to do.

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I feel like it can be used anywhere

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I  feel like it can be used anywhere

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Something small such as this could be easy to make. I like the idea of having something small beside the bench.

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Another flower idea there's many ways to go about making them.

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Instagram post by Darya * Aug 22, 2015 at 6:45am UTC

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Discover thousands of images about Here are the templates that are used to make a beautiful LARGE ROSE...

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I LOVE these - we need LOTs of them for the garden...Withrow

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I LOVE these - we need LOTs of them for the garden...Withrow

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DIY flowers of different sizes would be a good touch to the garden scene.

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Maybe we could find some we could borrow?

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Maybe we could find some we could borrow?

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I feel like a bench would be useful in many scenes.

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Maybe the idea of having small trinkets to add to the vibe of the garden.