Coffee topiary “Heart”

A coffee tree or coffee topiary is an excellent interior decoration and present to all coffee lovers. This tree will not only please your eyes, but also fill your home with an invigorating aroma.

For making coffee topiary


To make a coffee topiary you will need:
- coffee beans;
- cardboard, in my craft - corrugated;
- cotton pads for removing makeup;
- paper napkins;
- threads;
- acrylic paint brown or black, brush;
- sushi stick;
- leg-split;
- cup and saucer;
- plaster or putty;
- cinnamon stick, star anise, satin ribbons, beads for decoration;
- heat gun and glue.

preparing the heart


The initial stage of work is preparing the heart itself. Of course, in a specialized store you can purchase a foam blank or find a plastic heart somewhere, but I suggest you make it yourself from ordinary cardboard. So, draw a heart, cut out two blanks. Having coated one of the blanks well with glue, fasten the stick and assemble the heart.

volume formation


To form the volume, we glue the heart with cotton pads, wrapping them on the end part of the workpiece. For ease of painting, I pasted on white paper napkins.

tie the heart with threads


In order for the entire structure to hold well and not fall apart, we tie the heart with threads.

painting the heart black


The next stage is painting the heart with black or brown acrylic paint.

painting with acrylic paint


Thus, we create a uniform background that will not be noticeable, even if some piece of the surface of the heart is not covered by coffee beans. Painting is especially important if you decide to make a heart with one layer of coffee.

uniform background

sticking coffee beans

sticking coffee beans


After the paint has dried, you can proceed to the most important stage - gluing the coffee beans. I start from the end, gluing the grains with the cut side down, filling the entire blank.

sticking coffee beans

sticking coffee beans


Glue the second layer of coffee with the cut side up, trying to place the beans between the rows of the first layer. If you accidentally spilled a lot of glue and it is visible, you can paint over the glue with brown acrylic paint.

Decorating the topiary trunk


We decorate the topiary trunk by coating it with glue and tying it with twine.

secure in a cup


Now the topiary needs to be secured in the cup. To do this, spread the plaster (putty) thick enough, insert the trunk, trying to keep it level, and wait for a while for the trunk to stand on its own.

decorate it with coffee beans


After the plaster has dried, decorate it with coffee beans secured with glue. You can also go over the plaster with brown paint and cover it with a layer of loose leaf tea or ground coffee.

Coffee topiary


Glue a cinnamon stick, star anise and ribbon onto the heart. At the base of the heart we tie a bow of brown satin ribbon, up to 1 cm wide, and decorate the knot with a bead.

Coffee topiary


We decorate the base with a rosette twisted from a red satin ribbon, 25 mm wide. Using glue, place several coffee beans on a saucer. Also, at the end, you can cover the coffee beans with acrylic varnish, which does not interrupt the smell of coffee.

Coffee topiary


Your topiary is now complete! A little imagination, patience - and you have an excellent extraordinary gift for a loved one!
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