How to Make Decorative Gold Plant Spike For The Front Patio

Fig.1 Spikes and vase

By Gary Boutin

Supplies and Tools:
Decorative gold plant spikes
Marble pot
Razor knife
Styrofoam™

Mrs. Black wanted to decorate her front door patio. She had purchase the marble pot, the decorative plant life and pieces of Styrofoam™ from an earlier shipment.  Being busy she called me to place this arrangement together.  

This post shows the six steps to place an decorative dried plant arrangement together.

Step 1: Gather together all your items. Above right fig.1 shows the marble pot, and the dried gold plant spikes.   
Step 2: Fig.2 shows the a razor knife that will be used to cut up the Styrofoam™. 

Fig.2 Standard razor knife

Step 3: It takes a small pieces of Styrofoam™ into the stone pot.
Step 4: Fig.3 shows the cut up the branches and place a few into a bunch.

Fig.3 Stone vase with 
Styrofoam (TM)

Step 5: Fig.4 shows that by Pushing the branches into the Styrofoam®. The Styrofoam® will hold the gold spikes straight and into the pot. Fig.5 shows the gold spikes ends placed into the
Styrofoam®

Fig.4 End of gold spikes

Fig.5 Ends in foam

Step 6: Fig.6 shows the decorative spikes into the stone pot placed into the patio area.

Fig.6 Finished

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