Tomato Tube Leaves

unikatissima Tomato Tube Leaves
Don’t those golden leaves look great?
A dear friend made them from (admittedly mustard ;-)) tubes and allowed me to show here how to make them.
Many thanks again!

 

That’s what you do:

 

unikatissima Tomato Tube Leaves
You need a (clean and empty! ;-)) tube with golden internal coating, scissors and a wooden stick, e.g. a kebab skewer.

 

unikatissima Tomato Tube Leaves
I folded up the tube which was cut open on three sides and cut out two equal leaves.

 

unikatissima Tomato Tube Leaves
First I flattened the leaves slightly and then I put the kebab skewer in and pressed them lightly until the midrib of the leaf begun to show.

 

unikatissima Tomato Tube Leaves
Then I scratched the leaf ribs with the back of my kebab skewer from the backside of every leaf.

 

unikatissima Tomato Tube Leaves
Afterwards I reduced one leaf by cutting away an edge of about 3 mm.

 

unikatissima Tomato Tube Leaves
I put both leaves on top of one another and scratched the outline of the smaller leaf slightly with the tip of my kebab skewer into the larger leaf.
Then I cut the edge of the larger leaf from the rim to the scratched line of the smaller leaf about every 5 mm.

 

unikatissima Tomato Tube Leaves
I put both leaves on top of one another with the golden sites outwards and folded back the sections.

 

unikatissima Tomato Tube Leaves
At the end I stuck the kebab skewer between the leaves.

You can stuck it in also before folding back the sections, just as you like it.

 

unikatissima Tomato Tube Leaves
My friend additionally glued on the kebab skewer but we both don’t know if this is necessary ;-))

 

Have much fun decorating your flower boxes and garden flower beds :)