DIY Dragonfly - Decoration Idea - Upcycling of waste plastic
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- This tutorial shows my dragonfly decoration project. I wanted to find a way to create some dragonflies by upcycling plastic boxes and sculpting with hotglue.
Additional materials I used are:
Glass colour, acrylic gold and bronze colour, thin brass wire for the body base, legs, hook and some nylon string for the flying dragonflies
My first intention was to use plastic for the middle body parts too, but the plastic melted too fast under the hotglue. So I changed my mind and used brass wire instead. It is much safer and more beautiful too. I would love to know if you like how the dragonflies turned out. Just tell me in the comments. I wish you all a beautiful and creative crafting time.
Printout pattern: yt3.ggpht.com/vInf5fJvA-Syn5y...
Music in the video:
TweakerRay - Nightglider, Cold Fusion (from the album Reflection) tweakerray.bandcamp.com - Навчання та стиль
Very steady hands make beautiful dragonflies!❤
😊That is so kind! Thank you!💖
Well done. Thank You for sharing. Dragonflies have been a symbol of importance to Me and My Sister now passed, since we were children i in the 1960's. I will definitely be making these. 👍😊🙏
❤ Thank you so much! I am very sorry that you have lost your sister. And I am glad that my tutorial brought you happy childhood memories you shared. I always loved these flying beauties since my childhood too and my heart still makes a little happy jump when I see one today ❤.
@HMC1960 I love your story and am glad you have that memory with your sister ❤️
These are so beautiful!!! What an amazing and wonderful gift these would make. Thank you! 😊❤
💕😊Thanks so much! You are very welcome!✨
I buy so much spinach, and never thought to use the plastic. THANK YOU! 😮😊❤
🥰 You are very welcome! That is wonderful! 😊💖
Yay finally a left handed artist I can relate to!! These are magnificent!!! You have a lot more patience than me l! I may try this too. Thanks for showing us this.❤❤❤
🥰Thank you so much and welcome dear fellow left handed artist 😍! Please yes, give them a try. Especially the painting part is very relaxing while listening to some nice music.💖
СУПЕР ВИДЕО! ОГРОМНОЕ СПАСИБО ЗА МК!!!!
💞Большое спасибо!😊✨
Wao! Hipnótico! Precioso trabajo!! ❤❤❤
❤Muchas Gracias!😊💕
What a great idea. Beautiful. Thanks for posting.
I am very happy you like them ❤😊
Lovely craft. I have many dragonflies in my backyard and will be making these.
💖Thanks so much! That´s wonderful! I wish you lots of joy with the project.💕✨
Greetings from Brazil.
Wonderful idea! Very clear explanation. ❤ Dragonflies.
💕Thank you very much and lots of greetings to beautiful Brazil from Germany.💖
Beautiful 😍 I would like to make these. Dragonflies are the state insects in Washington. I have one that comes to my back patio and flies in place and will just stare at me 😅
I believe it's my late husband coming around to say hello 👋
Thank you ❤
💞Thank you! How wonderful! I wish you lots of joy with the project and many lovely visits from your dragonfly! 🥰✨
The common green darner dragonfly, specifically! I love their coloring.
One of the very, very few DIY videos I've watch until the very end! You have the jeweler's eye and technique. Wow!!
So Precious! So Beautiful
Oh wow, thank you so very much ❤. I am so happy you like them. I wanted to make a DIY project with these flying gems for quite some time 😊
Fantastic. Thanks for sharing this. What a wonderful idea to use our plastic Talented people like yourself making our world Beautiful.
🥰Thank you for your kind words! It makes me so happy that you like it so much!😊
Beautiful dragonflies!! (I love dragonflies) One of the best projects I have seen lately!!!! 😍😍
💖Wow, I am stunned that you like the project that much! 🥰 Thank you! ✨
Very beautiful. You are very patient and talented. Thanks for sharing.
😊Thank you, that is so kind. I am happy you like them.❤
I enjoyed the whole thing including the music.
🥰 Thank you so much! I am a huge fan of TweakerRay´s music. It adds an energetic touch and I am so happy he lets me use his music for my videos!💞💖
Love this! I’m going to try this with some homemade gallery glass (clear Elmer’s plus watercolor or food coloring or acrylic) and see how it goes ❤
🥰Thank you! That sounds wonderful! I wish you lots of joy with your project!💖✨
Oooof gorgeous 😍 I will do a few of these and put it all over my yard not only beautiful but dragonflies deter other bugs and mosquitoes 🎉
🥰Such a wonderful idea! I am totally thrilled that you like them so much! I am sure it will look amazing! 💖✨
Beautiful work !!!!
Thank you so much! ❤
Beautiful work 👍🏻😍😍😍
🥰Thank you!😊💖
WOW! Those are awesome.
❤ Thank you so much! ❤
These are stunning & you have such a steady hand (especially for the tiny details on the wings)
Beautiful. Just beautiful 😍
🥰Thank you very much! I am so happy you like them! I often try to rest my hand at the side or the wrist somewhere. That really helps me a lot.😊
Thanks for your tutorial ❤❤❤
💖You are very welcome 💕💝
Excellent craftsmanship
🥰Thank you so much! 😊
Fantastic work. Thank you for sharing
❤Thank you so much! You're welcome! ❤
Wow. Thank you so much for sharing this great idea.
💖You´re welcome and thank you, I am happy you like it 🥰
WOW! Incredibly beautiful and intricate, this craftwork is AMAZING, thankyou and well done xx xx
💞😊That is so kind of you! I am happy you like it! 💖
I would probably be shaking to much but I HAVE GOT TO TRY THIS!
My hands are sometimes a bit shaky too (maybe I should drink less coffee 😅). I am sure you will succeed 🎉✨
@@rendaowe I’m just going to enlarge them if I can’t be as steady. But first, going in for the littles everywhere!
Also..this is awesome for adding wings to Anything ❤
🥰Absolutely! There will be more tutorials on my channel from time to time about small winged beauties.☺
@@craftingsparks 💓💓💓 I make a lot of mixed media/assemblage boxes. One of the things I find myself adding to many are small fairies and little forest critters with wings 💓 cant wait to see more from u!
@@izzyjones7108 💞That sounds wonderful! I always loved small nature creatures, as long as I can think. I hope there will be something you like in my future projects, too.💖
I ❤ this! I'm gonna make some
💞Thank you and have lots of fun with the project!✨
Has anybody tried cutting the plastic with one of those soldering irons that has a cutting edge on it? Asking for the severely carpal tunneled types whose arms start aching at the mere sight of chopping through plastic with conventional scissors.
Pyrographyy pen/woodburnning tool would be simple enough for a test run, but dont expose yourself to the fumes. Be swift dont breath, and walk away from the area soon. Otherwise...hhazmat? Lol
🤷🐡🎏🏕💨💕
@@jessewru6425ventilation for sure
Fabulous!
💞Thank you so much!😊
Such a great project.👏
Thank you so much! ☺
Very pretty.
💕Thank you!😊
מקסים ❤❤❤
💖Thank you! ☺🥰
Some people are just so crafty. I'm inspired ! 😁♥💜😍
😊Thanks, that is so kind of you! May the crafting sparks be with you 🥰💖💞
These are beautiful! I wish I was patient enough to make some (and that my physical disability didn’t affect my hands)!
💖Thank you! I am so happy you love these flying gems and the video. 😊💕
Wow..it's beautiful🎉
❤Thank you very very much ❤
Wonderful idea. Takes steady hand and patience.
🥰 Thank you so very much! ☺🌹
GEnIaLe Idee und prima Umsetzung...Danke für das Video !!!
💖Ganz lieben Dank und sehr gerne 😊
Awesome! ❤
💖Thank you!☺❤
How beautiful!
🥰 Thank you! 🥰
Woooow 🤩😍
🥰 Thank you 😊
Wow. I absolutly love them. Excelent work.
💖 Thank you so very, very much ☺
És uma grande artista parabéns pelo seu trabalho
🥰Muito obrigado, estou muito feliz!😊🎉
These are Fantastic!! Super great!! Super pretty!! I'm totally inspired! So happy your video popped up for me,. Yeah pretty sure it's just for me haaaa
Thank you:) I'm subscribing right now
💞Thank you so much and a very happy welcome to my channel!🥰✨
Amazing! Thank you for sharing your craft!
💖Thank you so much! You´re very welcome! 💖
I would have died for this video in 1998 when i was 9, making human sized butterfly/fairy wings with wire, nylons,and spray paint.
💖 Thank you! I am happy you like the tutorial so much! 😊💕
So amazing ❤
🥰 Thank you so very much! 💞
Amazing!
😊Thank you very much!💕
Beautiful
🥰 Thank you! ☺💞
WoW!!! fantástico trabajo, gracias por compartir 👏👏👏
🥰Muchas gracias🎉😊
Thank you!😊😊😊
🥰 You are very welcome 🌻💖
Beautiful!! ❤♥️♥️
💞Thank you 😊💕
Muy bonito
💞Muchas Gracias! 💞
I'm going to try watercolor markers/alcohol markers and Different inks for coloring. Hoping opacity is like the glass paint you used. These are so ❤ awesome
💖I am sure it will look beautiful. The colors of my gold and bronze dragonfly have no opacity too but I left it partially unpainted so it has kind of a translucent effect too.☺
@@craftingsparks awe. Thank you . Yours are so beautiful 😍
Oh, they are gorgeous! What is glass colours? Is that a brand? The colors are stunning! Your patience is amazing!
🥰 Thank you so much! Glass colours are just the type of colour, there are several brands on the market. These colours are especially made to paint transparent materials (glass, acrylic and so on). I use water based ones here. But most times I prefer the solvent based ones. The colours are more brilliant and less runny.💖
❤ I just love them what paint do you use
❤Thank you. The black acrylic for the wing structures is from Swingcolor, the metallic paint is from Modern Masters (Gold and Bronze) and the glasscolours are from Marabu (Petrol, Cherry, Orange, Amethyst, Sunshine Yellow and Light Green). Solvent based glasscolours are less runny but the waterbased ones worked here quite well. 😊
I just use those containers as planters
💖Yes they work pretty well for plants, I sometimes use them the same way 😄
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What type of paint do you use on your dragonflies? So pretty, thank you for sharing your talent. Much appreciated.
💖Thank you so much! The paint I used here are glass colours from Marabu. They work fine for these small surfaces and you can wash out the brush with water. For larger projects I prefer solvent based glass colours 😊💞
These are really, really lovely! I am terrible with tiny paintbrushes, so I think I'll try using fine point Sharpies for coloring the wings, since I have lots of colors of those. And did you know you can run crayons through a mini glue gun? Might be a good way to make the body/head a solid base color, and then you'd just have to paint on accents.
💖 Thanks so much! Using sharpies too sounds like a good idea. And thanks for the tip with the crayons, I´ll keep that in mind 😊💕
These are so good! Thank you for sharing. Do you have a link for the dragonfly printouts?
🥰Thank you so much! Here is the link to the printout 😊 yt3.ggpht.com/vInf5fJvA-Syn5yP66sT-lOpcoyl3UGVXPqfMAKVOxasq52agCAbwoA7XRDV8xuiYfD4QdOSAw1jMQ=s1600-rw-nd-v1
@@craftingsparks ❤
What paint are you using on the wings?
Great job!
❤ Thank you so much! I used waterbased glasscolor this time for the coloured parts, for one of the dragonflies I used a bit of non transparent golden and bronce acrylic colour. And for the backside transparent varnish (only neccessary if the plastic became dull by the nailpolish remover). To be honest I normally prefer solventbased glasscolour, but I still have some of the waterbased ones, so I still use those from time to time. 😊
I wanted to post a picture of the colours here but it does not seem to work. I just write it then ... the black acrylic for the wing structures is from swingcolor, the metallic paint is from Modern Masters (Gold and Bronze) and the glasscolours are from Marabu (Petrol, Cherry, Orange, Amethyst, Sunshine Yellow and Light Green) 😊
Love them. So beautiful.
Did you draw them yourself?
If not, where can i find such a template?
I would love to make some.
Well, ......... one to start with.
😊Thanks, I am happy you like them! I always draw or build my patterns and models myself. I post the patterns in the community section of my channel, here is the link to my dragonfly pattern: yt3.ggpht.com/vInf5fJvA-Syn5yP66sT-lOpcoyl3UGVXPqfMAKVOxasq52agCAbwoA7XRDV8xuiYfD4QdOSAw1jMQ=s1600-rw-nd-v1 . I wish you lots of joy with the project.💕💓
@@craftingsparks oh!
I see it!
Thanks so much for the link, i don't know if i would have found it by myself 🙃.
I'm one of the happy people.
@@craftingsparks 😻
@@helma-rs4kr ☺👍😻
How much do you sell those for?
☺ Hi, I just made these for the project. I do not sell my crafts, sorry. But they are really easy to make. Just give it a try.💖
If you don't actually want the plastic to go matte, sharpie ink can be removed with rubbing alcohol without affecting the plastic.
🥰Thank you! I will have to try that. 💖
i hate the music. just talk . it makes it so boring i cant get through the video for more then a 1 min
Hi, I know many tutorials are with lots of talking and that´s totally fine. But I prefer using subtitles and music for my videos. It is good that there are variable types of videos so everyone has a choice.