The Hibiscus flower or the Shoe flower makes a beautiful theme for Ganesha decoration, for it being the flower that's associated with Ganesha. It's beautiful bright red colour against the white and the green background gives a perfect festive look to the whole decor
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The cutout stencil for the flower
Make a hibiscus flower design stencil using an OHP sheet Cut canvas strips from the roll of canvas measuring 4” x 33” . You may choose the height of the the strips for the backdrop as per your requirement Arrange and trace the flowers and the leaves using design stencils on the canvas strips Each canvas strip has either a flower or a leaf traced on it as shown in the picture Outline the designs using Fevicryl 3D Outliner Glitter - Silver Let it dry Fill the flowers with Fevicryl - Glass Colours - Water Based - Tomato Red and the leaves with Crystal Green Let it dry Cut a strip of cartridge paper measuring 2”x 28” you may need a longer strip as per the size of your backdrop, we have used 7 canvas strips for the backdrop Stick a decorative lace on the cartridge paper and then stick the canvas strips on the cartridge paper using Fevicryl No Stitch Fabric Glue Stick sequins around the leaves and the flower using Fevicryl No Stitch Fabric Glue Let it dry
For the streamer cut the red and white paper measuring 6"x 5" inches as per shown in the picture Use the flower stencil to print the flowers Paint the flowers with Fevicryl Acrylic Colour - Crimson and 3D Outliner Glitter - Silver as shown in the picture Stick the red and white pieces alternately on the decorative lace with Fevicryl No Stitch Fabric Glue
The second flower design stencil
The leaf stencil Use these stencils for the printing the designs on any surface
To make a flower, draw 5 hibiscus flower petals on the white card paper Trace the petals on the canvas you may directly draw the petals on the canvas Paint the flowers usign two coats of Fevicryl Sparkling Pearl Colours - Poppy Red Let it dry Draw the veins on the petals using Liquid Embroidery Pearl - Cherry Red and let it dry Stick the pollens on the wooden stick using Fevicryl No Stitch Fabric Glue and the green tape wound around it Paint the green tape in Sparkling Pearl Colour - Poppy Red Arrange the petals on the wooden stick and tie them using a stocking wire and wrap the green tape around it to form a stem. Outline the petals using Liquid Embroidery Glitter - Gold Leave it to dry Arrange all the flowers on the wooden stick for the bouquet or the rangoli around the prashad thali or the flower basket as shown in the picture
Take a plastic bowl measuring about 10 inches in diameter and 6 inches in height You may choose the size of the bowl as per you desire Cut a few strips and two circles from the jute piece Apply a thick layer of Fevicryl No Stitch Fabric Glue inside the bowl and let it semi - dry Stick one jute circle at the base of the basket and a layer of jute strips around the bowl Leave it to dry Apply a second layer of Fevicryl No Stitch Fabric Glue inside the bowl and let it semi - dry. Stick the second jute circle at the base of the basket and another layer of jute strips around the bowl Leave it to dry completely. It may take a day for drying Remove the jute fabric bowl from the plastic bowl used as a mould Colour the jute bowl from all the sides using Acrylic Colour - White as a base coat you may give two coats of white for an even finished look Stick the cane lace or a thick lace bordering the bowl and for the handles using No Stitch Fabric Glue
Mix Fevicryl Shilpkar Resin Base and Hardener to form white even dough Roll this dough with a rolling pin to form a thin slab of about 4 mm thin place the leaf on the slab and roll it again to get a leaf print Remove the leaf Cut the leaf shape and mould the edges for a more natural look. Let it dry Draw 5 petals for flower on another slab. Cut and shape the petals and let it semi - dry Stick the petals together as shown in the picture with Fevicryl No Stitch Fabric Glue Roll a small bud shape as shown in the picture with three holes for the incense stick to stand Paint the leaf shape using Fevicryl Sparkling Pearl Colours – Emerald Green and shade it with Light Green Paint the flower and the bud with Fevicryl Sparkling Pearl Colours – Poppy Red and then shade it with Golden Yellow Let it dry Make a bunch of pollens for the flower and wind it with a green flower masking tape Stick the pollens in centre of the flower and flower on the leaf using Fevicryl No Stitch Fabric Glue Leave it to dry
Clean the pebbles and paint it with Fevicryl Acrylic Colour - White and Crimson, let it dry. Apply a second coat for an even finish Use Liquid Embroidery - White to draw floral design on the red painted pebbles and Crimson 04 to draw the design on the white painted pebbles, Let it dry
To make the stencils of the hibicsus flower and the leaf Draw a hibiscus flower in two different designs (about 5 inches in diameter) and the leaf (4 inches long) on an A4 sized drawing paper Now place the OHP sheet on the drawing paper and fix it using Prime Eezytear Tape Trace the design on the OHP sheet using a CD marker pen Peel off the Prime Eezytear Tape and remove the OHP sheet Cut out the design using a sharp paper cutter along the outlines
This is another flower design used for decoration
The leaf design for the stencil