How to make a money tree of bills?

On the eve of holidays, one can increasingly hear the question: what to give to a person who has everything? One of the options for an extraordinary and appropriate in this case, the gift can be a money tree of bills, made with your own hands.

Money tree is also called so - topiary from banknotes. Topiary, as a type of landscape art, has gained wide popularity in the field of landscape design, and now topiary is called not only decorative sculptures from living shrubs in homestead plots, but also elegant crafts for home and interior.

A money tree is valuable not only because it attracts material well-being and success in financial matters, but also because it produces a person's warmth and positive emotions when it is made. In the process of working on a souvenir, it is recommended to stay in high spirits and a favorable mood, and then the hand-made article will certainly bring its owner only the most positive events that will contribute to its financial well-being and capital increase. It is very important to believe in the magical and mystical power of the money tree, and then it will surely help to enrich its happy owner.

Most often, money tree is made from souvenir banknotes. First of all, you need to purchase in the souvenir shop banknotes in the amount of about 30-40 pieces: the more bills there are, the thicker and richer the crown of the money tree itself will look. You can also print their image on a color printer, and then cut out of paper.

There are cases when topiarii are made from real bills, but then the manufacturing process will be somewhat different, so that bills are not damaged in the process of creative work and do not lose their material value. That is, bills should be fixed in such a way that they can be easily reached without damaging.

You can also decorate the topiary of souvenir notes with several real ones, but place them in the most prominent place in the center of the whole composition.

Or, on the contrary, hide the real bills, and then, after some time, make a surprise to the owner of the money tree, indicating a hiding place with genuine money. Pleasant surprise and good mood will be guaranteed, and this is essentially the main goal of the donor.

For the manufacture of money tree, in addition to souvenir bills, you need a capacity-base. This can be any pot made of plastic, clay, glass, an old vase, or any other container that can be unusual if you like. For example, paint with acrylic paint, wrap with decorative film or paper to match the color used in the manufacture of handicrafts bills - red to the color of five thousandth ruble bills or green to the color of the dollar.In this matter, there is a wide scope for fantasy, in which it is best to focus on your taste and color preferences. After all, this will depend on the overall image of the entire crafts.

The bills themselves are mounted on any basis. It can serve as any round object, for example, a rubber ball-jumper or an old tennis ball, in general, everything that is spherical at hand. If a jumper ball will be used, it is best to wrap it with adhesive tape so that the coupling with the bills during sticking is better.

If there is no such ball in your everyday life, you can make it in the technique of papier-mâché.

• To do this, we first need to cook a paste. The paste recipe is very simple, and the ingredients are available to everyone:
• Three tablespoons of flour or starch pour half a glass of cold water and mix.
• Then pour 2 cups of water into another container and put it on gas.
• After the water boils, pour the mixture with starch or flour, reduce the heat and stir continuously.
• When the substance thickens, it can be removed from heat.

Then we need an old newspaper. It is necessary to break it into pieces of a width and approximately 2 centimeters long. After that, it is necessary to take a spherical base and apply the pieces of newspapers dipped in water to each of its halves, then cover the layer of newspapers with paste. It is necessary to repeat the same procedure 3-4 times, and let the halves of the ball dry. When both halves harden, they can be removed from the mold and glued together with adhesive tape or glue.

For the trunk of the money tree, you can use any stick made of wood. And not only the one that can be purchased at the store of creativity and handicraft, but also any smooth stick of the desired size found in the nearest park or in the forest will do.

It may not be perfectly smooth, but have a wave-like or some other fancy shape, which will give the craftwork an even more original and non-standard look and become its highlight. If desired, the stem can also be painted with acrylic paint, wrap with foil or self-adhesive film.

In order for the stem to hold firmly at the base, you need to use plaster or alabaster. It is important to dilute the mixture in the correct proportion, depending on the material. Alabaster is dissolved in a ratio of 1: 6, where one part of alabaster and six parts of water.

It is best to dissolve gypsum from a 2: 1 ratio - two parts of gypsum and one part of water. Alabaster freezes much faster than gypsum, literally in 10 minutes, and it takes about 24 hours to fully solidify the gypsum.

Before you begin the process of creating a topiariya from banknotes with your own hands, it is advisable to familiarize yourself with step-by-step instructions. For the most clarity, this article presents step-by-step production of topiary - a master class from paper banknotes. Such a simple option will be optimal even for beginners.

To make a money tree from bills you will need:

• pot or any other container;
• souvenir banknotes;
• wooden stick or thick flat bar;
• A papier-mâché ball or any other spherical shaped object (for example, a jumping ball);
• glue gun;
• gypsum or alabaster;
• decorative elements (artificial flowers, animal figurines, beads, beads, etc.)

Walkthrough.

1. First of all, it is necessary to form flower buds and inflorescences from bills. Each banknote is cut in half, and then twisted into a cone-shaped shape and in two or three places we fix the resulting petal with glue.It is necessary to fasten four such petals in one point on a spherical basis of topiary with a glue gun. Then we fasten the bills folded in the same way along the sides of the resulting flower. You can also simply roll the bills into a small harmonica and tie with a golden or silver decorative thread.
2. When the krone of the money tree is ready, we fix a pre-decorated stalk at the bottom of the base. The decor can be a shiny dense thread or string, tied with a solid one along the entire length of a wooden stick. You can also paint the stick with beautiful paint or gently wrap it with foil paper.
3. We decorate the potty for topiary with a cloth, acrylic paints, threads or coffee beans. In choosing the decor is best to rely on your taste preferences, because you can use a variety of materials such as buttons, lace, thread, beads, beads, rhinestones and much more.
4. Then pour a mixture of gypsum or alabaster into the decorated pot and immerse in it the stem of the money tree.
5. After the mixture hardens, cover the base of the topiary with a thin layer of PVA glue, and then sprinkle the entire surface of the base with decorative colored sand. Also, instead of decorative sand, you can use sisal of various colors. This decor will look very impressive, as the fibrous texture of this material will give the craftwork relief and additional realism.
6. If desired, you can decorate the base of the topiary with figures of birds, ladybirds, which must also be secured with a glue gun.

See the following video for the master class of topiariya from bills:

By itself, the topiary of money instead of leaves is an original and unusual gift. Such work with ease will fit into the interior of almost any room and will look very original and unusual, riveting the views of guests and households. In addition, such a gift will appeal to people who believe in the influence of mystical forces on everyday life, namely, on the favorable development of events in the financial sphere, which is very important for almost every modern person.

If the gift is to be presented to nonresident or foreign citizens, then it is important to remember that during transportation the souvenir can be damaged, since the construction itself is rather fragile, and bills can be rumpled. For such cases, the manufacture of a money tree in a frame is most appropriate. In this form, the craft will be easily transported in a suitcase with things or in a travel bag, avoiding damage to the details of the composition.

Framed crafts are much more compact, and the size can be chosen such that it will be convenient to carry even in carry-on baggage, in a bag over the shoulder or in a backpack. When choosing a frame, you can emphasize its color, for example, bronze, silver or golden shades, which will favorably emphasize the monetary theme of the product.

It is important to take into account the moment that the craft itself will not be so voluminous, but will retain its purpose and positive positive message. Instead of bills, you can use coins that will be secured to the canvas with a glue gun.

You can decorate the money tree with a wide variety of decorative elements. For example, a turtle or elephant figurine can be placed at the base of a topiary, a symbol of material well-being, abundance, prosperity and fertility, and perhaps a scattering of gold or silver coins symbolizing wealth and wealth.

You can also fold a butterfly, a heart or some other figure from an already genuine banknote and decorate the whole composition with such a bright addition. Banknotes can be very diverse: rubles, dollars, euros, which is closer to the soul.The composition will look spectacular, no matter what kind of currency you want to decorate your money tree.

Despite the fact of which bills will be made of wood, the most important rule in making a gift with your own hands is sincere positive emotions coming from the heart. Positive energy will certainly be transferred to the happy owner of this beautiful souvenir, which will still please the eye and warm the soul for a long time, recalling its creator and its caring and reverent attitude.