Cactus Project pt.1

So, if you didn't see my post from last week, I'm posting two posts this week! This is the first one which as I said in the post from last week, this part of the project doesn't require any cutting machine! So, in this post, I will be making the "frame" and the stand that the cactus will be staying in! Oh yeah! I forgot to tell you that the next post will be making a little 3-d cactus! So, now that you know what the "frame" and stand will be used for! Now, without further ado, let's get started!

•  Materials Needed:
• A-ton of Popcicle Sticks
• Glue (I'd reccommend wood glue however, liquid school glue will do perfectly fine)
• Scissors (Or something that can cut popcicle sticks)
• A Scrap Sheet of Paper (Just a reccommendation)

1. Place three popcicles out which will form a hexagon shape soon. Speaking of hexagons, I made a hexagon guidline so I knew where I was going to be placing my popcicle sticks.
   
2. Place little glue dots on the end of each popcicle stick.
   
3. Start stacking the popcicle sticks on-top of eachother! Only the ends should touch! And remember, this is going to be stand up and not laying down! So, don't stack it too high!
   
4. Once you are all done and satisfied with how high it is stacked, set aside and let dry!
5. Now is the next peice of the project, the stand! You're going to start off with five popcicle sticks!
   
6. Cut each of the popcicles in half and you can take out one of the pieces that you cut in half!
   
7. Line three pieces up. Which, you should have three groups, all lines up! Put glue in-between each line and let fully dry!
   
8. Next, put a line of glue on the end of each group where the ends curve and let partially dry!         
   

9. Once the glue is partially dry, attach the groups together by placing the edge that was cut to the glue! Let it fully dry!

   

Now it's done! Makesure you come back on Friday and check for a new post for the second part of this project!