Coloured Pistachio Peel Flowers

                 Coloured Pistachio Peel Flowers

Requirements:

1. Coloured Pistachio peel (piste ke chalky)       Maroon, Pink, Red, Green

2. Stem wire

3. Card paper                             Red, Pink

4. Poster colour                         Green, Yellow

5. Lacquer spray

6. Simple wire                           0 number

7. U.H.U glue

8. Floral tape

9. Long big stamens             Red, pink, Golden

10. Green stocking wire

11. Paint Brush

12. Golden dust colour

13. Rainbow Glitters               Golden rainbow, Red rainbow, Mix coloured rainbow  

14. Simple glitter                   Red, pink, Dark green, light green, Maroon

15. Cutter Plisse

16. Scissors

17. Hard fabric ( tikon, Buckram)

18. Golden dust colour

19. Transparent glass paint

Method:

1. First of all make the flowers of pistachio peel.

1. Take card paper in round shape and put some glue on it.
2. Now take Red peel of pistachio and paste one by one in round shape at the edges of the round shaped card. Like that make 1 round.
3. Make another round of pistachio peel in the inner side of the 1^st round of the seeds.
4. If there is some place left, make 3^rd round of peel.
5. Paste and insert golden and red stamens in the centre of the pistachio flower and let it dry.
6. Now Spray it with clear lacquer spray and Sprinkle the rainbow golden glitter, Red Rainbow glitter, on the place empty along with the stamens.
7. Spray the lacquer on the peel also for shine.
8. By that method make 1 big flower of 3 layers of pistachio peel, 3 small flowers of 1 layer, 2 very small flowers and 1 flower bud for each flower stem.

    9.  Tie each flower on the small stem wire with 0 number and then wrap the stem with floral tape.

    10.  Then take the green pistachio peel and paste 1 by 1 under the flower on the card paper along with the stem wire for the purpose of adding a calyx. Let it dry.

    11.  Then take the lacquer and spray it on the green peel, sprinkle some green and golden glitter on it and also spray it on the extra card paper and sprinkle red and golden glitter on it to hide the card paper.

2.  Now make the pistachio peel bud.

1. Take stem wire and put some glue around it.
2. Take a small length of jute thread and twisted it around the stem wire.
3. The length of jute thread should be 6” inches or what length you want.
4. Again put some glue all around the stem wire at jute thread.
5. Now take peel of red pistachio and paste one by one in round shape at the edges of the stem. Like that make 1 round.
6. Make another round of pistachio peel at the outer side of the 1^st round of the pistachio.
7. Then make 3^rd round of peel at the outer side of 2^nd round.
8. You can make as many rounds of peel as you want to keep it long.
9. But make sure that the pistachio peel stuck the stem only when there is jute thread pasted on the stem wire.
10. The last round should be of green colour for a perfect flower bud. Let it dry.
11. Now take the Lacquer and spray it on the bud, sprinkle glitter and rainbow glitter on it ,use green glitter on the green pistachio peel.
12. Now 1 Flower bud is ready.

3.  Now make leaves of hard fabric or buckram ( its use in the collar of shirts and can easily pasted on every type cloth by iron)

    1.  Take the buckram and cut leaves of it by scissors.

    2.  Colour it by brush with green and yellow poster colour and let it dry.

    3.  Now take the golden dust colour and mixed it with transparent glass paint.

    4.  Then make the leave lines with it by brush.

    5.  Take the lacquer and spray it on the leaves and sprinkle green and golden rainbow glitter on the wet spray.

    6.  Take the green twisted stocking wire and cut it extra of the length of leave.

    7.  Paste it under the leave with glue.

    8.  Make 6 leaves like that for one stem.

    9.  Now make pistachio flower stem.

   10.  Take the long Stem wire and paste first the flower bud with floral tape. (This flower stem is very heavy so when you paste any flower, bud or leave, use some glue also and then wrap the floral tape. You can also use 0 number wires to tie the flowers and leaves under the floral tape).

   11.  Then paste the leave on the stem, then paste the big flower and then all 6 leaves and small and big flower at the stem 1 by 1.

   12.  By that make 2 more Red pistachio peel flowers stems, 3 Maroon pistachio peel flowers stems and 3 Pink pistachio peel flowers stems.

Arrange these stems in a beautiful vase.

Tips:

1. Coloured pistachio peel is easily available at art and craft shops. But if you can’t get it, take dye colours and mix it with water, then take original pistachio peel and dib them in colour water for 1 hour. Then drain the colour water from peel and let them dry, then use them. By that you can dye any colour you want.
2. Make sure you must lacquer all flowers, leaves and flower buds to keep there colour safe and for a marvelous shine.