Note: the bottle is a bit difficult to cut, so you need to use sharp scissors.
Step-by-step process for making a “snowflake candlestick”:
Step 1. In an empty hairspray bottle, use scissors to cut off the top part (the spray bottle - a small hole with a plastic stick must be removed from the bottle) - this part will no longer be needed, it can be thrown away.
Step 2. Then we cut off another part of the bottle with scissors, a little less than half of it and leave it aside for now. This will be useful later for cutting strips that will hold together the parts of the future candlestick.
Step 3. Use scissors to cut the bottle into strips, not cutting to the end about 2-3 cm so that there is an even number of strips.
Step 4. We slightly bend two strips located next to each other with pliers.
Step 5.Then from the remaining cut half of the bottle we cut strips approximately 3.5 - 4 cm long (for example, we got a bottle of 16 strips, which means we need to cut 8 small strips from the remaining part of the bottle - for the 1st row, then 8 more pieces . for the second row, etc. - depends on the height of the bottle). In our case, we will get 2 rows of 8 small strips, since we cut the bottle into 16 long strips.
Step 6. We clamp two strips on the bottle with a small strip using pliers, as if twisting.
Step 7. And so we do this technique with all the stripes in order, first on the first row.
Step 8. Now let's move on to the second row. We connect one long strip to another long strip of “neighboring beams”.
Step 9. We secure them with a small strip also using pliers.
Step 10. And in the same way we go through the second row, side view, top view.
Step 11. Bend the remaining ends of the strips on top in different directions to create curls like a snowflake. This is necessary not only for beauty. In addition, this technique serves to fix the last row.
Step 12. Gently straighten the candlestick with your hands, giving it the desired shape, and place a scented candle in its middle.
The candlestick is ready! I think it's wonderful present for the New Year or Christmas! And besides, no one will have such a candlestick! All that remains is to make a gift box and present it to a friend.
Note: using this technique, you can try to make other items, for example, a glass - a stand for pencils and pens, a vase for sweets - the volume of the item being made depends on the size of the bottle used.The larger it is, the more spacious it is, and the wicker pattern becomes even more expressive.
