How to make a frame for a bouquet from a box and wire?
In stores that sell floristic products, you can find a frame for flowers. The frame for the bouquet is needed in order to make it easier and faster to assemble the bouquet. By the way, bouquets are not only from fresh flowers, but also from artificial ones. Many craftswomen make bouquets of chocolates, socks, children's clothes, and for children there are interesting bouquets of small plush toys.
In order not to buy a frame for a bouquet every time, you can do it yourself. We will tell and show how to make a frame for a bouquet with your own hands.
Materials and tools
- floral wire (4 pcs);
- pencil (pen or marker);
- round base;
- beautiful satin ribbon;
- glue gun;
- box;
- decor;
Note: in order to draw a circle, you can use a compass, a plate or a flower pot.
Instead of a ribbon, you can use fabric: plain or colored, as well as knitting threads.
Progress
We take a cardboard box, cut off 1 part, apply a round base and circle it with a pen. Cut out the product.
Draw another circle inside our product.
Cut it out with a knife.
We take the wire, bend the tip so that it resembles the beginning of an umbrella or a hook. We insert into the box.
We bring the wire to the end.
Add 3 more wires. Bend them in the middle. We twist one wire on top of the others.
Apply glue to the edge of the tape and glue it to the frame. We begin to wrap over the entire area of \u200b\u200bthe frame. We fix the edge with glue on the inside of the frame product.
To make the frame beautiful, we glue the decor.
Thus, a beautiful frame for any bouquet is obtained.
We change the color of the satin ribbon, glue the butterfly, insert the flowers and get a beautiful bouquet.
When making bouquets, needlewomen often face many problems. From time to time, it is not possible to find the necessary accessories and fixtures on the shelves of stores. Plus, they are often overpriced. The basis of the bouquet is, of course, the frame. Therefore, first of all, craftswomen think about this element. A frame for a bouquet, made with your own hands, solves this problem. In addition, it can be made from all sorts of improvised materials. And which ones, you will learn from this article.
Making a cardboard frame
Ordinary cardboard will not work, it will not hold its shape well. It is better to take the material thicker. For example, corrugated cardboard. We draw a circle of a suitable diameter with a compass or circle something round. Inside you need to draw a smaller circle. In size, you need to focus on the future bouquet. As a template, you can use improvised materials - a large plate and a small cup. Using scissors or a clerical knife, cut out circles along the outer and inner lines. The frame blank will look like a flat donut. By the way, such a frame is quite suitable for making it not at all difficult.
Let's start decorating the circle. For this purpose, a satin ribbon or floral felt is suitable, but it will need to be cut into strips first. The width and length should be such that it is possible to wrap the "donut" with an overlap. For reliability, as you decorate, it is better to fix the strips with double-sided tape, a hot gun or glue (PVA, "Moment" or "Titan"). Wrap in strips until the entire cardboard is covered.
The next step is to make a handle for the frame. Closer to the inner circle on opposite sides, pierce holes with an awl. It will be enough for two, you can do more, but without fanaticism. The main thing is that their number should be even. We thread a sufficiently long wire (preferably green) into the holes, twist the ends together. A do-it-yourself frame for a bouquet can be considered successful if it fits easily into the hand and is supported by weight. We mask the wire handle with corrugated paper, tie beautiful bows from satin or floral ribbon.
We close the shortcomings with lace, brooches, organza and other decorations. We insert a piece of foam rubber into the hole or leave it as it is. It all depends on the type of flower arrangement. The basis for the bouquet is ready.
We make a cardboard frame with a side
We make exactly the same round blank as suggested above. We haven't started decorating yet. We make the side of the frame from the same thick cardboard. Cut out the strip. It should be quite wide (10-15 centimeters) with a diameter equal to the diameter of the "donut". Glue the side to the bottom of the frame with pieces of cardboard.
We wrap the workpiece with floral felt, fix it with glue or a hot gun. The handle for the frame can be made from the same wire. If the flowers are alive, then the holder is not needed. That, in principle, is all you need to know about how to make a frame. For a bouquet decorated with your own hands, you can use organza, mesh, satin ribbons, bows, flowers and other elements as decoration.
We make a stable, but weightless frame for a bouquet
For the manufacture of such a blank, you can use polystyrene foam, polystyrene foam or polyurethane foam. We take the selected material and cut a circle on it with a knife. The size should be such that the whole composition can be assembled on the frame. We give the bottom of the workpiece a conical shape, and make the top flat or slightly convex. Such a frame is very well suited for what has been done. If we talk about cardboard, then it will simply sag under the weight of heavy decor.
Making a pen will be the next step. There are no limits for fantasy here. What is suitable as a material? A piece of pipe, thick cardboard rolled into a tube, a screwdriver, a pencil wrapped in foam rubber.
We make a hole in the workpiece, coat it with glue and insert an improvised handle. Now you can start draping and decorating the frame. Again, you can use any materials at hand: fabrics, felt, tulle, lace, and so on.
Do-it-yourself wire frame for a bouquet
We take the cut wire and fold it into a bundle. An even number (from 20 to 30 pieces) will look very good. We wrap the bundle to the middle with another wire or floral tape. This will be the handle for the bouquet.
From the rest of the wire we form a frame. We unfold the rays in pairs. The wire should be perpendicular to the handle of the bouquet. Now we will wrap the frame with wire, twine or jute. This is the most painstaking part of the craft, and here you need to be patient. If the frame is made for fresh flowers, then the weaving should not be too tight, otherwise the stems simply will not crawl through.
You don’t need to braid the wire to the end, otherwise the “web” will fly off. We leave small tips (a couple of centimeters). We braid them separately with the same material and hide them in weaving.
The frame for the bouquet is made by hand. Now you can proceed to the most interesting part - decorating.
Frame-bell from a plastic bottle
A bell-shaped bouquet will look very original. To make its frame, you will need an ordinary one and a half liter bottle. Although its volume depends on the desired size of the bouquet.
We divide the bottle into three parts. Only one is useful, from the top, the bottom is not needed. Cut off with scissors or a utility knife. We trim the edges.
The holder can be made in two ways. Glue a wooden stick, a piece of pipe or something else that looks like a bouquet handle to the neck. Or you can make a loop of wire wrapped in corrugated paper.
Now decorate the bottle with any material you like. To mask the sharp edges, it is very important to leave a few centimeters of allowance. We bend them inward, fix them with glue. Glue a sponge, polystyrene or foam rubber inside the bottle, and then decorate.
How to make a frame for a bouquet with your own hands from threads
We take threads like iris and soak them with PVA glue in some container (15 minutes). In the meantime, choose a rounded object. It can be a balloon, a ball, a plate, a vase. We stretch cling film or cellophane over the form. Now we lay out the threads impregnated with glue on it in random order. We do this until we get a hemisphere, and the frame seems complete. Let dry for a couple of days.
Carefully remove the dried threads from the mold. We make a handle and decorate in a known way.
We make a frame-pot for a bouquet
As a basis, you can take a planter, a flower pot or any suitable jar. To increase weight and give durability, we fill the form with something heavy and loose: coffee beans or cereals. Or a frame for a bouquet, made with your own hands, can be filled with plaster. We cut out from foam rubber, dense foam or a piece that is suitable in diameter to the shape. Fix with glue, let dry. Now you can decorate to your liking. Such a frame is well suited for making a bouquet or topiary.
As you can see, it is very easy to make frames for bouquets with your own hands. The photos in this article show how different the bases for floral arrangements can turn out.
You always want to surprise with original and unusual gifts. How nice to see happy eyes if the surprise was a success. One of the options for such a presentation would be a composition on a frame. The frame for a bouquet or composition is the basis that gives them shape and creates clarity of lines. Various objects are used to create it, such as a basket or a vase. In addition to the finished base, all kinds of materials can be used, from which the frames are created.
To make a frame, it is not at all necessary to be a florist, anyone can make it with their own hands from a minimum of materials. It will be a compromise to the usual bouquet of flowers. The material used is paper, cardboard, wire, branches, etc. The frame of branches can be either woven or assembled in an arbitrary way. You can create a wide variety of shapes from wire, including a star, heart, flower or ball. In addition, it is not necessary to fill the frame only with fresh flowers. You can create bouquets of sweets, toys, fruits, berries and even socks. Below you can see master classes on self-manufacturing frames for various bouquets.
Master class: we assemble a frame for a bouquet of fresh flowers
The frame makes the bouquet unusual and looks much more interesting than usual. Below we will show how to make such a frame for flowers.
For work you will need:
- Scissors
- Secateurs
- Wire
- Thermal gun
- Double sided tape
- Glue for fresh flowers
- Cardboard
- decorative greenery
- beads
- Rope
We start crafting.
Cut out two identical circles from cardboard. We glue the wire to one of them using a thermal gun. This will be the mount for the frame. Next, we glue the second circle on top of the wire, thereby closing it. The base of the frame is ready. If desired, you can wrap the wire with teip tape.
We begin to decorate the base. To do this, you need several types of decorative greenery. We fasten the leaves with an overlap on double-sided tape on both sides of the frame to close the cardboard. The frame is ready. It remains only to decorate it.
From the rope we make jewelry of different sizes and decorate with beads. We glue them on the glue for fresh flowers to the frame.
Next, we insert a beautiful bouquet, which can be either ready-made or self-assembled. In order for the stem of the bouquet to look neat, you can make a handle from a satin ribbon and secure it with pins.
Trying to make a solid frame for a bouquet of toys
Today, bouquets of soft toys are becoming increasingly popular. A bouquet can of course be purchased ready-made, but it will cost a lot of money. A hand-made present will bring pleasure not only to you, but also to the person to whom you present it. To make it, any toys of your choice will come in handy. The frame on which all this beauty will hold will help you make our master class. It's not difficult at all. So let's get started.
To work you need:
- Cardboard or paper
- Scissors
- Thermal gun
- corrugated paper
- Toys
- Jewelry (ribbons, beads, flowers)
We start creating.
We make the base by drawing a circle on a sheet of cardboard. In order to make it even, we use any round object of the right size, for example, a round dish. The diameter is about 14 cm. And be sure to outline the center. From another sheet of cardboard we make a handle 30 cm long and 15-18 cm high. Cut the circle to the center and cut out a small corner (like a piece of cake). This is necessary in order to make a cone. The more corner you cut, the deeper the cone will turn out. We glue the cone and make a tube for the handle. Parts are ready.
We make cuts on the handle and bend it. We cut a round hole in the cone and also make notches. We glue the cone and the handle.
Now you need to cover the frame with corrugated paper. To begin with, we take measurements of the paper, taking into account the fact that the corrugation will need to be slightly stretched along the edges. Then glue to the frame from the inside. We make cuts inside and glue. It is necessary to close all the errors so that the cardboard is not visible. Cut out a circle from paper and glue it in the center. We collect paper from below and straighten the folds. Next, glue a piece of corrugation in a circle and fix the handle.
Let's start decorating. This can be done with 2-3 layers of lace or a strip of boa. It remains only to attach the toys to the frame. To do this, we take two strips of tape (preferably the same color as the paper) and attach to the base (with needles or glue).
Now tie the toy. We do the same with all the toys that you want to decorate the bouquet with. With this method of fastening, the toys are removable. We decorate the composition with bows, beads and flowers.
A bouquet of toys on the frame is ready.
Video tutorials on the topic of the article
Below you can see several master classes on the topic with examples of making do-it-yourself frames for various bouquets.
Giving bouquets is always very nice, as well as receiving them, but you can make a gift bouquet original by placing it in a frame. Such designs can be made not only from wire, but also from branches, from toys and even from sweets for lovers of sweets, and for a loved one can be made in the form of a heart.
Caracas for a bouquet of branches
We will need:
Willow branches.
Paint as desired.
Wire.
Tape.
Description
To begin with, we make a leg out of wire and then it will also be a continuation of the frame, so we take the wire, counting immediately on the bouquet. We cut off 6 pieces of wire, put them together and wrap them up to the middle with teip tape. Now we bend the ends of the wire at a right angle, we get a detail that looks like an umbrella.
We bend the willow branch into a ring and fix it with wire. We impose long pieces of wire on this ring and they also need to braid each next branch at the same distance. Next, weave the branches to the wire, giving the shape of a nest without a bottom. As a result, we got a round frame in the form of a nest without a bottom, and we insert a bouquet of flowers into it. If desired, you can paint the frame in any color you like.
Frame-Heart
We need wire and pliers.
We take the wire and cut off a piece according to the size of the future bouquet. From this segment we make a heart shape and twist the ends of the wire from the bottom at the base. Now we make the second heart, but the size is smaller than the first. The size of the second heart depends on the flowers of the future bouquet. If these are large flowers, then we make the distance between the first heart and the second larger, in fact, the bud should not fall between the two hearts.
Now, with the help of small pieces of wire, we fasten the two hearts together. That is, the first heart, inside the second and the edges are fastened with wire in the form of a grid, so that one flower enters a separate cell. We stick flowers in a circle and fix them at the bottom by the stems.
You can also make a heart filled with all the colors. To do this, we twist the wire in the form of a heart and make cells inside it - a wire mesh, and a flower is inserted into each cell, then the stems are wound from below.
Frame for a bouquet of toys
Necessary materials:
Thick cardboard.
Glue gun.
Corrugated paper.
Toys.
Lace.
Ribbon.
Decor elements: ribbons, beads, rhinestones, beads, etc.
First you need to make a base. To do this, take a thick cardboard and draw an even circle on it. To draw a circle even, you can use a compass or any round object (plate, flower pot, etc.) about 15 centimeters. Next, make a markup in the center of the circle.
Now we make a handle from cardboard 30 centimeters long and about 17 centimeters high. We cut the circle to the central part and cut off the middle corner (like a piece of cake). This is done to form a tapered piece, but keep in mind that the more corners you cut, the deeper the piece ends up.
Now with the help of glue we glue this part in the form of a funnel. Then we begin to make a tube for the pen. To do this, take the cardboard and wrap it in the form of a thin cylinder, and glue the edges together. All blanks are ready.
We take a tube-handle and make small cuts from one edge. In the cone-shaped part from below, where the tip is, we make a middle hole and small cuts. Now we take the handle and insert it into the cone, grease the cuts with glue and glue it to the cone from the inside. Next, glue the cuts of the cone with glue and glue it to it on the outer part of the handle.
We cover the frame with corrugated paper. The paper is taken on the basis that it needs to be stretched a little on the sides. We glue the corrugated paper from the outer and inner parts of the frame. Glue should be so that the cardboard is completely masked.
Now we take a ribbon and fix it along the edges in a circle of the frame. Toys will be attached to these ribbons, with such an attachment, the toys will remain intact and can be removed. The ribbon is fixed either with a glue gun or sewn on.
Next, we decorate everything with lace, thereby masking the attachment points of the ribbon. We fix the lace with a glue gun in a circle, you can wrap it in 2-3 tiers, so the frame will be more magnificent and elegant. At the last stage, we tie the toys to the ribbon and you can start decorating the frame with rhinestones or beads or ribbon flowers.
Frames are made very simply and do not take much time, but the bouquet is transformed and becomes unique and memorable.
Video on the topic of the article
Flowers are always a holiday and a guarantee of good mood. For any woman of all generations and various professions, this sign of attention has always been dear and pleasant. And to be honest, nowadays not only women appreciate this beauty. That is why florists work tirelessly to create new, original and insanely beautiful masterpieces of bouquet design. And if earlier it was enough to decorate flowers with a ribbon or wrap them in beautiful packaging, now a huge number of interesting frames for a bouquet are created from various natural materials that only emphasize the individuality and uniqueness of each flower.
You say that for this you need to be an experienced master and complete special courses? Not always, we will answer you. It is enough to have a desire, and you can make a stunning bouquet at home with your own hands. And this article will make it easier for you. Let's decide what we can make a frame for a bouquet at home, what materials and tools we need for this.
Frame materials
- branches;
Yes, yes, you were not mistaken, these are the same ordinary branches that can be found in any park or at the entrance of your house. Having decorated even ordinary chrysanthemums with this material, you will get a stunning bouquet that will not leave anyone indifferent.
By connecting a little imagination, you can create a unique frame of branches.
- Wire;
This is probably the first thing that could come to mind for each of us. Indeed, you can create amazing frames of various shapes from wire: a ball, a star, a heart, and much more.
You can fill such frames not only with fresh flowers. Recently, bouquets of sweets, toys, and even fruits and berries have become very popular, it all depends on your preference.
We offer to consider in more detail several master classes on creating charming bouquets.
toy gift
A bouquet of toys will really please the child.
For manufacturing we need:
- plush toys (in our case, hares);
- organza;
- tulle;
- cardboard;
- Styrofoam;
- satin tape;
- plastic tube and wire;
- scotch;
- scissors.
We proceed to the construction of the frame itself.
We cut a rectangle out of cardboard and form it in the form of a cone.
Cut off a corner at the bottom, insert a plastic tube there.
We fill the contents with foam or you can use polyurethane foam.
We wrap our frame with corrugated paper.
We also wrap it with organza, attach tulle to the glue and you can add decorative lace.
In order to fix our hares, you need to fix them on the wire as follows.
That's it, we insert the toy into the frame, and our amazing plush bouquet is ready.
Second option
To create an original frame for a bouquet of sweets or those fresh flowers, you can use the following master class.
We will need:
- cardboard;
- organza or corrugated paper;
- glue gun.
From the cardboard we cut out a circle with a hole where the bouquet will be inserted.
We wrap this design with a decorative element - organza or corrugated paper, gluing well with glue.
With the help of wire we make the legs of our bouquet, although if your bouquet is made of fresh flowers, then you can do without it.
Now we decorate with everything that is at hand, with leaves, berries, beads, or just pieces of organza folded several times.
We decorate the bottom of our bouquet with the same corrugated paper to hide our wire frame or flower stems.
Video on the topic of the article
