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cake topper or center piece, or gift from recycling materials, very easy!!!
You know i think i had made four tiny paste flour mache figures and i had promised to give you the tutes of the stands.
i had made differend stands and some of them were very easy and some a little more work.
this is the most easiest one to make.
less work and very quickly to do;-D
It's all made of scraps i had around my house, and from recycling materials.
so it will cost almost nothing and is fun to do.
hope you like this one too and feel free to ask my anything.;-D

i had problems with the uploading of my needs. You must use this:
lid of a jar.
iron wire.
fake flowers
thin flower iron wire.
pompons
coloured paper
fake cold beads string
scissors
glitter or glitter glue
fake rhinestones
litte bouquet
tiny figure
scraps of cartonboxes
knitting needle
candle with matches.
pen
glue, withe and clear one
brush

Posted by Jet H. from Haarlem, North Holland, The Netherlands • Published 23rd October 2010 • See Jet H.'s 107 projects »

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Step 1
search for a matching coloured plastic lid of a jar by your figure.
the colour isn't necessary but i've you have more colours then you don't have to paint him in a matching colour;-D
Step 2
make with the knitting needle that you must heatening in the flame of the burning candle four holes in the lid.
two on one side and the other in the oposite side. like the picture showing you.
Step 3
ay the lid on the carton and draw a line around. Cut it out and glue this later on the backside of the jar.
Step 4
Hold the strong iron wire through one of the holes on both sides of the lid.
look at the picture, bend them in a angle so they don't can't out any more.
It will become your truimphal arch.;-D
Step 5
with the tin flower iron wire you tie on the arch , start on the other hole from beneat the lid.
The arch become more titgher and fixed on the lid.
Step 6
glue one of the circles with a covering up of coloured paper that is matching the colour of t he lid.on the down site of the lid,
and make the other a little bit smaller and glue some coloured paper on it and glue that on the frontside of the jar.
Step 7
With the glitter glue add a line on the outside of the carton.
Step 8
I've you have branches of fake flowers adjust them with the flower wire on the arch.
no 8
Step 9
add some pompoms add between the flowers on the arch.
Step 10
glue with some hot glue sticks and your hot glue gun the little figure under the arch and give him a posy to hold or one flower or something else.
I had made of some wool scraps those flowers
I've you like aske me and i make a tute its soooo easy to make ;-D
and glue that too in one of his arms.
Step 11
almost fiished.!!!! Yeaaaah;-D
glue i've you like some string of fake golden beads on the top of the jar and add some fake rhinestones at the side of it, and your ready.
Hope you like this one and give it a try by your self.
just have a lot of fun and you will have a nice present for somebody else or a lovely centerpiece, or you can set this on top of a cake.
be creative;-D