Money tree from beads: description and features of manufacturing

Money tree is considered a symbol of wealth and prosperity. Hand-made, absorbing the energy of the creator, it becomes a real amulet. This is a wonderful talisman that can be presented to your near and dear ones.

In accordance with the tenets of Feng Shui, a money tree located in a strictly defined area of ​​the apartment can really attract wealth and improve the financial situation of its owner. In such a product must certainly be present 10 branches and 10 coins. Why is the bead money tree so popular? Materials for its manufacture are available. Beads can be bought at any needlework store. The color scheme can be so varied that it turns out to create a very beautiful little thing with minimal cost. Plus, your souvenir will always be unique and exclusive.

Before you start work, you need to decide on the future appearance of the mascot, its size, color. There are a lot of options: a large tree or a mini version, plain or using beads of several colors. Beading does not require fuss. It has a calming effect on us.

To get started, collect everything you need for weaving: material and inventory. You can make a list (so as not to forget anything) and go with him to a specialized store. It will take the following.

• Wire. It will be the basis of branches and leaves. Pay attention to its quality and diameter. Too thick can be used in the manufacture of the central barrel.Thin is needed for the twigs so that you can string the beads on it and give smooth bends and shapes.
• Beads. It all depends on the taste and preferences: do you want the tree to be made in one color, with smooth gradient transitions or with contrasting splashes? No less interesting is the option in gold, which looks luxurious. The size of the material depends on the manufacturer: if it is China, then 12th size is needed, if the Czech Republic is 10th. You can combine in one souvenir not only beads, but also small bugles.
• Coins. They must have holes so that they can be fixed on the branches, so it’s special Chinese coins that are already equipped with holes. The use of ordinary coins that we use in everyday life (denominations of 10 or 50 kopecks) is not prohibited, but drilling holes in them is quite problematic. If you decide on this option, then it will be most convenient to attach this obligatory component of the souvenir with a glue gun.
• Plaster and PVA glue. Mixed in equal proportions, they become a powerful and solid foundation for the future tree.
• Floral Ribbon, to hold bundles of branches together. It can be replaced with the usual wide band-aid.
• The pit. Pay attention to its height. Money tree will look spectacular in a container with low edges. Deep pots are not suitable for this.
• Brush, acrylic paint.
• Lacquer to give the barrel shine.

Step-by-step instructions will help you to make a very beautiful decorative element with your own hands. The master class is simple, you can do the job without any problems. If this is your first time beading, try making a small tree first. So you will understand all the features and subtleties of the process.

We cut the wire of gold color into segments 30 cm long. You can use copper. We retreat from the edge of 2-4 cm, string the beads so that it covers 2 cm of the wire. Next, we twist the resulting section into a loop, turning it 3-4 turns. Having retreated 1.5 cm, we form a new loop. To weave faster, immediately collect enough beads for one branch on the wire.

After you get 5 leaves, fasten the coin. To do this, string 7-10 beads, thread the wire into the hole of the coin and again the same number of beads so that it is in the middle. Make a loop. Now again you need to do 5 loops, as in the initial stage of work. As a result, one branch represents 11 elements, in the middle - a sheet with a coin. To get a full-fledged branch, fold the blank in half (a sheet with a coin in the middle), twist the loops together. The position of the leaves is opposite each other. The result is an element resembling eights located on the same wire.

According to the same principle, two more blanks must be made, but without coins, and tied into one bundle using a floral tape adhesive tape. Do not try to make the surface perfectly smooth, it is better if folds form in separate places. So you create an imitation of the crown of a tree, which is then covered with brown or gold acrylic paint. If you want the base of the branch-bundles to be more powerful, use an additional wire of a larger diameter, to which you attach the blanks.

Total should get 24 branches with coins, 48 ​​- without it. Beams consisting of three shoots, reconnect into more powerful elements, to get 8 large parts. The leaves made by this method look easy and airy.

Collect 8 beads and make a loop, fixing it with one revolution. Now you need to create a second row. Their number depends on how much you want to make a dense sheet. We do this in 2 or 3 rows, each of which we fasten in one turn. The last row ends with twisting the wire into a twig.Pay attention to the size of such leaflets. A souvenir will look harmonious if the sizes of coins and leaves are almost the same. In this version, the coins are simply attached to the wire with a glue gun.

Green branches will look more spectacular if you use green and yellowish beads. The more branches you make, the thicker and richer your money tree will be.

After you have made the branches, we proceed to assemble the tree and create the trunk. The scheme is simple. We cut off a piece of thick wire 30 cm long, we fasten to it ready-made elements at various heights with adhesive plaster. Avoid symmetry, create folds to make the finished product look more realistic. Bend the lower end of the wire to form a large loop.

We prepare a mixture of gypsum and PVA glue. We take the components in equal proportions: one tablespoon each. Please note that such a composition thickens very quickly, so we do not breed it immediately in large volumes. We fix the tree in a bowl, the voids can be partially filled with toilet paper. Fill with a mixture. With its help, you can additionally give the crown a texture, derive a kind of root in the lower part. In this form, leave our souvenir to dry.

A mixture of glue and gypsum can be replaced with alabaster. After it dries, take a regular gauze or bandage, dip in a thinner mortar and make a textured base. Gauze will stick easily, and the folds will look natural and textured.

We start dyeing when the entire workpiece is completely dry. The color of the barrel can be either brown or gold. If you opted for brown gouache, then it will need to be varnished. It will fix the paint and give the “bark” a spectacular gloss. The final stage - additional decor and decoration of the base. Place the coins in the roots, securing them in a chaotic manner with a glue gun.

The base is optionally a bowl. You can do without it. As an option - the use of a cardboard tube on which wrap film or foil. Cut it into rings of different diameters: from 1 to 4 cm. Make 4 such cardboard rings. Of them you need to build steps. To make the joints more aesthetically pleasing, remove part of the ring so that a little more than half remains from it. Such arcs are conveniently fastened together, forming a ladder. The largest ring is left unchanged.

We fasten the blanks at their base with a band-aid or a hot glue gun. We form the steps so that they go under a slight bend. We take a small cardboard box, install wood and steps in it. Gently fill with alabaster. After the mixture has dried, remove the box. It turns out a kind of platform with steps, which can be decorated at your discretion: paint, scatter coins or beads, lay artificial moss, shells, beads, etc. We straighten the branches so that the coins hang slightly, rather than being in a strictly vertical position.

See the master class in the following video: