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hi in this video i'm going to show you
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how to make this cute autumn bowl out of
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fake autumn leaves whether you call it
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we all enjoy this season
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so if you want to know how to make your
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own autumn bowl of these inexpensive
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fake leaves then stay watching i'm going
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to show you different ways to get
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whatever effect you're after i'm
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christine of christine's crafts and this
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channel is dedicated to crafting on a
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you can get these leaves from all over
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the place but you can certainly get them
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online now as you can see i got mine
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locally for a pound here in the united
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and that's really the basis of your bowl
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you're also going to need some pva glue
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this is a decker patch one but modge
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podge or any other pva glue will work
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just as well and a brush to put your
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you're also going to need some sort of
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bowl so select your bowl to be the size
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and shape of the autumn bowl that you
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want to end up with because this is
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basically what you're going to build it
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and you're also going to need some cling
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film some plastic sheet that you can
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just wrap over your bowl to hold it all
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in place while you're working
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so there are two different ways of going
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about this now the first way is to take
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and to cover it in some of the cling
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this will make sure that you don't glue
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your leaves to the bowl and make them
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really hard to get off so just take the
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and put a single covering over your bowl
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and just smooth it down so it's how you
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you'll notice i placed my bowl onto a
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ramekin dish just to raise it up so that
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i didn't glue it to the table
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when i get all my glue going
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another method here is to simply take
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your bowl like i did here and apply some
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sort of grease or oil to the bowl
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so that the glue will not stick to it
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now this is not my preferred method
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but it works just as well you tend to
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end up with a bowl that is a little more
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loose the leaves do not sit down so
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but it works it's entirely up to you
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so if we go back to the cling film one
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what i'm going to show you from now on
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is the way you do it whichever method
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you're using whether you've greased your
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bowl or covered it in cling film
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you're still going to take your glue
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to the front of your leaf
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you see making sure there's a good
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worry about getting it onto the cling
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film on the bowl because that is going
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to get covered anyway
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and then turn your leaf over
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and cover the back of it with your glue
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and that's it that's the base of your
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and then you'll not be surprised to
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that the next thing you're going to do
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and repeat the process
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so you'll see that i start to put some
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glue onto the cling film
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so that i can glue the leaf down you can
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apply it to the leaf you can apply it to
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i recommend applying plenty of glue to
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both to be honest and make sure that
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you're doing like i am here overlapping
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the leaves if you don't overlap them
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sufficiently you'll just end up with
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holes in your bowl and depending if what
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you're using it for if it's just a
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little decoration that probably won't
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and if you want your bowl to be quite
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sturdy you're probably going to want
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more than one layer of leaves
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but i'm overlapping them quite a bit
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and i'm making sure i've got the surface
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top of the bowl so i'm turning the
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leaves so that they're all pointing
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upwards when the bowl's the right way up
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once you're happy with how thick it is
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and the effect you've got
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that it's time to hold it all in place
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so we're back to our trusty cling film
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i'm going to need another piece
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to place over the bowl
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the reason i did this is to hold the
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leaves down because you'll find that
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when you're gluing them they tend to
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stick up and return to the shape they
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so just place your cling film over and
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smooth it down now be careful you don't
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want to move your leaves you don't want
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to make holes in your bowl
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so you'll see i just keep patting it
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pressing it and i'm just really looking
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for the bits that are sticking up
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and securing them down
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so make sure you're happy that it's
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smooth down to give the surface and the
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finish that you want when your bowl is
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and then i'm going to talk you through
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to get this so that it will actually dry
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peel your cling film back a little bit
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just to reveal the edges of your bowl
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and then they will start to dry
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if you take all your cling film off or
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you don't cling film it it'll really
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struggle to hold the bowl together
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so what i've found is the best thing to
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is to keep coming back
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and peeling a bit more up and then it
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will dry a lot quicker
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i assume if you just leave it on it'll
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dry eventually but i haven't tried
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i tend to just keep coming back and as
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you can see if a little bit when you
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peel it up the leaf just pops up
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just put your cling film back down for a
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but you can see what's happening is
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there's a smaller and smaller area
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covered with the cling film
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so i'm still holding that cling film on
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if that's dried enough to hold flat
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take off the cling film and just leave
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and i recommend leaving it overnight
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making sure it's properly dry
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once you're happy it is properly dry
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it's time to take it off the bowl
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using a bowl that you've just greased
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you're just gonna have to prise it off
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and i do suggest you make sure it's
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really dry because it feels quite brutal
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if you're using the cling film you'll
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see that i'm able to price it off
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because the cling film is coming off
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just work your way around take your
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and that's it you've got a bowl
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usually unless you've left it a very
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long time that there's still some wet
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glue against that cling film so if there
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is i recommend that you leave it to dry
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and then once you're happy it's all dry
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it's up to you what you do with the
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cling film one technique is to rip it
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off so that it's only on the inside of
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and if you find that's a little bit
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you can simply cut it off so it just
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covers the inside of the bowl
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or my preferred option is to make sure
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everything's completely dry and then
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remove the cling film altogether you
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just peel it off and it feels quite
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brutal and you worry about your bowl but
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in my experience your bowl survives just
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and there you go you've got your bowl
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complete so then you can decorate it you
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fake felt leaves to pop in there like
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these if you want to see the link for
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how i made those that's down below the
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video or you could simply go out and
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collect some nice autumn goodies like
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these acorns and place those in your
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bowl or how about just the bowl on its
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