DIY Metal Garden Flowers, Daisies
Today, I have for you, more upcycled metal garden flower. In the past I’ve shared with you tulips (sort of) and upcycled allium (kind of), and today I’m bringing you black eyed susans (susanesque). Or they could be daisies or even the very colorful gerber daisy.
They are your fake flowers, you can pretend they are anything you want.
As with my tulips, I’m starting with these metal cup pieces that had fallen off a set of string lights.
If you don’t happen to have a set of lights that tossed all their metal covers don’t give up. I have an alternative for you coming up.
I’m using a grinder with a metal cutting blade to cut petals into this metal piece. I’ve clamped the metal to my workbench so I don’t have to actually hold the metal.
Do a few cuts then rotate until you’ve encircled the metal with petal cuts. Repeat with a second metal flower.
Once you’ve made all your cuts, fold back the metal petals into a flower shape.
Since golf balls are going to be my flower centers, drill holes in the golf balls the width of your stem. In my case, it’s the width of a piece of rebar, about an inch deep.
Use E6000 glue or Clear gorilla glue to attach your flower together. Clamp if necessary.
If you need to cut your rebar, a grinder with the metal cutting blade works for this as well as the petals.
My daisies are going to have the essence of black eyed susans, yellow petals with black inside, but feel free to make your daisies any color of the rainbow. The choices are overwhelming.
The yellow I chose is Golden Sunset.
If you put a primer coat on your flowers before the final coat, the rust is less likely to show thru and the yellow will cover the white better.
The flowers have 2 coats of the yellow paint and the flower centers 2 coats of a semi gloss black.
Glue the golf balls to the rebar stems with the E6000 glue, then slide the petals up the rebar and glue them as well.
All ready for planting.
When gluing, if you leave a small hole between the golf ball and petals, the rain can drain right out.
As promised, a metal cup alternative. Since not everyone has those flower shaped metal pieces that I used in my flower but may still want to try this project, I’m giving you a less costly and more widely available alternative, an aluminum can.
Aluminum cans are super easy to cut with kitchen shears, just stab a hole and start cutting.
I’ve cut the bottoms off of 2 cans, one close to the end and the other, about an inch up the side.
Gently fold back the petals. With the longer can base, use your kitchen shears or craft scissors to round out the ends of the petals.
Drill holes, spray paint then glue together just as you did with the first flower. I do think the golf ball on this flower would look better if it was sliced in half.
I’m not finishing this one just because I have no more rebar or other metal stake, but you get the idea.
My “black eyed susans” have joined my past purple “allium” flowers in the garden.
The red tulips from a month ago are on the opposite side of the garden.
Note: Every fall I dig up these flowers so they don’t have to endure the harsh temperatures or winter weather, then I just “replant” them in the spring. If they need a quick spritz of spray paint for touch up, I do it then. These rusty nail and ball , allium flowers were created in 2023, so they’ve held up rather well.
It’s spring, time to go and plant your garden. Happy upcycling!
Until next time, stay inspired.
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Wowser Joan I just love these and I went back and looked at the tulips and the purple ones, love those also!
I have everything on hand to make these.