How to Make Flower from Banana Stem

How to make flower from banana stem? The stem of banana tree can be nice craft material. This post is to give the short summary about the banana stem processing that start from the raw material become ready to use material for craft project.

How to make flower process:

After preparing the banana stem, the first step is put it in the sun for 1-3 days so the banana stem is really dry. Then soak the banana stems into water that added with a little citroenzuur for 2 hours. Keep turning the banana stem so the color will be mixed (this is the bleaching process). The next process is releasing the inside and outside part of banana stem. Then put the inside and outside layer of banana stem into the container to washing it. Then put again the banana stem under the sun. Before using it, leave the banana stems for a night. In order to prevent the banana stem breaks when be used, so we need to give the thin cotton fabric layer to the banana stem with ironing it after giving the glue.

Then the second process is giving the color to the banana stem. Boil the water and add the dye also benzoate to prevent the fungi. Keep turning the banana stem and leave it in that boiled water for 20 minutes. Then wash the banana stem before put it in the sun about 3 days or really dry. Then aerate it in order to get the soft banana stem. The last process is use again the thin cotton fabric as the stem base in order to get the natural color and keeps its elasticity. The process is similar with above.

Now we get the banana stem as craft material for your stem flower. We can cut this material into various shapes using the pattern. Sometimes we need a special tool to form the banana stem if we want to get the wrinkle or bend shape (for example: rose). This step needs special tool such as solder. But this solder still needs a modification at its tip. We need to replace the solder tip with another tool that help us to form the banana stem. That another tool can be a nail that has been bended become quite flat so we can easily use this tool to press the banana stem that will produce a natural bend for our craft project.

Can you continue to make this stem flower?

The previous article about corn husk craft project may also has the similar way to get the wanted shape of craft project material.