These chrysanthemums and roses cut from the Chinese and red cabbage using very simple tools.They will make a festive table is really unique!
1. Take the average head of China (Beijing) cabbage.
2. Cut the upper loose part.
3. Traditionally, carving vegetables (carving) is performed by means of special knives of various shapes.For example, such karbovochnym chrysanthemum cut with a knife in the form of a groove.But it is possible to adapt a simple toolbox - the cover of the tin cans of olives, which should be folded in half, to get an oval groove.The edges of the groove is not too sharp, but still we must not forget about caution.First you have to adapt himself to keep it as comfortably as possible without touching the edges.
4. Groove take so long grooves and cuts along the solid part of head.First, the groove must not go very deep.Closer to the ground it is necessary to guide him deeper inside.
5. Stop is necessary before reaching about 2 cm before the end of the sheet.Remove the groove and cut the next tab.First, one sheet is placed 3-5 lobes.
6. Lift the petals are ready and accurately cut small scissors the remaining part of the sheet, if they are not separated in the process of cutting the petals.
7. Remove the remainder of the sheet.
8. Proceed with the same operations.Hold onto the ready, choose the outermost (from left) leaf, cut the petals of a groove.The petals will become increasingly shorter.
9. Cut the petals as long as possible.The most seredinku can crop and straighten.Here's a flower is obtained through 15-20 minutes of work (every next - faster and easier).Now we have to put a flower in half an hour very cold water, and better in water with ice.Flower petals and more will be revealed large curved.Such chrysanthemum can be done in advance, they are perfectly stored in a container with water for more than two days.
10. Roses can be made from red cabbage.Looking for the top sheet and the largest uppermost, more subtle, a little podvyavshy edge.Cut and carefully remove the entire sheet.
11. Cut the edge of the sheet.
12. Cut out petals with scissors.On a large sheet of them get more.If the leaves are small, you can take them two.
13. Cut off the tip of a thick cucumber and remove all the pulp.
14. Cut scissors teeth on the edges.
15. Fold the cabbage petals into a tube, insert the cucumber cup and fold the petals.
16. But the roses laying in the water is not necessary.Cabbage leaf swells and spins.You can try to braid roses from strips of the green cabbage from a rolled tape, finely cut with carrots or tomatoes.To put roses on the stem, take a good portion of vegetables as the base (radish, cabbage).Plug in a wooden stick (skewers), desired length, put on her onion pen, and then - very rosettes.
17. The leaves are very easy to cut leek and apple peel using small scissors.Equipment cutting is the same as paper.With her children cope with pleasure!
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