Paper Bushes for a Diorama Background

Video Transcript

"Now, what do we do with the sides of our box? Well, we're going to continue this scene across. It's important that you deal with all sides of the inside of the box, before you even do the placement of your objects. So, again, I'm going to take the side of the box as a template, and just mark around the side of the box with my pen. I'm going to cut that out. You can use your scissors, or you can use your blade with your ruler. And, think about, well do I just want the sides blue, sky, do I want to put a little grass there? Do I want to put a little more of the dirt there? Make sure that that's going to fit perfect. So, I'm going to take some glue, and glue that in. OK, I would like to extend this dirt line, so I'm going to cut another wavy line, and I'm going to place that there, and know that that's where that needs to be cut off. I'm going to glue that down. And, then you'll continue this on the other side, as well. So, do the same thing. You don't have to have each side look exactly like each other, but it does help with the continuity, to have them somewhat similar. So, on this one, I'll do the brown on the bottom, and I'll also do another green plant on this side, but not on the other side. I'll use my scissors to show you how easily you can cut out, with this. Make sure you follow the lines. Let's place it in, to make sure that it fits. It does. Let?s glue. Again, you can use double-sticky tape if you like, you can use your hot glue gun. I just chose to use the glue stick. I got that in there. I'm going to use another piece of brown, so, there's some continuity. I'm going to line that up. It gets cut off right there. And, glue that down. Now, I want to add a tree or some sort of little bush, on this side. Now I'm going to take some green paper and make a little tree, for the other side, it's OK to be asymmetrical. I'm just going to cut out a tree shape, it doesn't have to be exact. Here's my little tree. I'm going to glue that down onto this side of the box. And, there we have it. Both sides are covered and the background."