To Make Scale Miniature Corn (Maize) Stalks You Will Need:
- PVA (White) Glue
- Sharp Scissors
- Tweezers
- Wire For 1:12 scale use 18 or 20 gauge wire
- Raffia or colored tissue paper or crinkled paper ribbon. For dried stalks use natural raffia or paper, for summer stalks use green raffia or paper. Note: older raffia may shred a lot. Newer, less dried out raffia will be easier to work with.
- Acrylic Paint in colors to match the leaves (dried or green) For summer corn stalks you will also need pale yellow for the pollen tassels.
- Thread use sewing or crochet thread for 1:12 scale corn tassels, use finer thread for smaller scales.
- Hemp twine unravelled, to use for dried corn silk for corn cobs. For summer corn cobs you can use fine yellow nylon fly tying thread.
- Cotton Batting- small bits from quilt batting, or the ends of cotton buds. Soft facial tissue or dryer lint will work as well.
- Fine Sand or another fine granular material to use for corn tassels.
