DIY Geometric Decor Shapes
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Holly Grace
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Would you believe me if I told you that I made these geometric decor shapes from drinking straws? You don’t have to believe me because I am going to show you!! :)
This is a fun and relativity easy project, so you can make your own, too!
This is a fun and relativity easy project, so you can make your own, too!
This was such a fun little project and now I am left with some stunning decor. I saw these succulent holders on Pinterest the other day and I wanted to make something similar.
The only problem I was facing was the copper piping. It can be a little on the pricey side, so I racked my brain to think of an alternative, and that is when I remembered that I had an over whelming amount of drinking straws. You see, this summer, I made a whole bunch of these pencil holders for teacher’s gifts.
They are actually drinking straw holders, but I replaced the straws with pencils. Super cute, right?
To do this project, I used my drinking straws and some crafting wire.
I whipped out my paint brush and started painting as many straws as I could.
I had to do two coats of the paint on the straws. Once the paint was dried, I cut off the ends of the straw that weren’t painted. I didn’t paint all the way down to the end just so I could have something to hang onto while I was painting.
Then, I bent the wire up. I felt that I didn’t have enough wire on the left side so I twisted on another piece of wire.
It would be a lot easier if I had wire that was on a spool, but I make what I have work.
I kept adding more wire and more straw and then started connecting them.
There really is no rhyme or reason to how I did this. I just started connecting them.
You have to be really careful when you are doing this cause the glue is hot and can melt the plastic and the wire. What I did, was I added a dab of the hot glue and immediately blew on it to cool it down. This seemed to work quite well.
I set them up on my bookcase. I thought that they looked pretty good here, but I wanted to play around with them a little bit more.
What do you think? Which way do you like better? Let me know!
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Published November 3rd, 2016 8:21 PM
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Can you imagine how cool your idea could be using black flat paint, and gold or silver glitter hot glue on the corners? You have started a new art.
Can you imagine how cool your idea could be using black flat paint, and gold or silver glitter hot glue on the corners? You have started a new art.