CARDBOARD PALM CONTRIVED “Fantasy” FORM
Materials needed:
 14 - 16 dry cardboard palm leaves
 1 Small Pinecone
 16 Gauge Stem Wire or Wired Floral
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 Floral Tape (Green or Brown)
 Glue Pot or Hot Glue Gun & Hot Glue
 Scissors
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Ruler
Needle Nose Pliers
Hair Dryer or Heat Gun
Accessories: Colored Wire, Paint
“Sense of Humor” and Imagination!
Directions:
1. Clean all palm leaves of dirt and debris (14 for 2 rows)
2. Cut 8 leaves to a length of 3” (you might want to trim the cut end to a point)
3. Cut 6 - 8 leaves to a length of 2 1/2”.
4. Glue all petals the same way up. (There is a smooth and rough side)
5. Glue the 3” petals evenly spaced into the bottom row of scales.
6. Glue the next row of petals evenly spaced above the bottom row.
7. Attach stem and wrap with floral tape.
8. If spray painting, don’t wrap stem with floral tape until after painting.
9. Clean up “glue spiders” with hair dryer or heat gun.
Cardboard Palm is really a cycad native to southeastern Veracruz state in eastern Mexico.
not a palm tree, its growth habit is superficially similar to a palm.
Scientific name: Zamia furfuracea
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Fun facts about Pine Cones:
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The pine tree species is the only type of trees that reproduce from the seeds that are enclosed inside of
pine cones.
Pine cones are actually the flowers of pine trees.
There are both male and female pine cones and they both grow on the same tree
The male pinecones grow on the lower part of the tree, while the female ones grow on the upper part.
Pine cones that you find on the ground are female pine cones that have completed their reproductive
process.
*ONLY PAINT OR TREAT DRIED PLANT MATERIAL !!!
TNG Winter 2012 - On page 333 HB - as of Jan 2013
p.333. CONTRIVED FORM
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A form constructed of plant material that must appear
as an obvious “fantasy flower and/or foliage”.
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Jill Anderson
jillandersn@aol.com
Oct. 16, 2013