Once the scale corn pollen tassels at the top of the wire stalk have dried, start to add the leaves, beginning at the top of the stalk.
To make the leaves, cut three, one inch (or scale equivalent to one foot) sections of raffia or paper, approximately 1/4 inch wide, and shaped to a flat base and a long, narrow pointed tip. (view photos of real corn stalks if you need to check the shape).
Run a bead of glue along the wire at the top of the corn stalk, and glue the bottom 3/8 of an inch of the leaf around the stem, making sure you cannot see the top of the wire, and leaving the tassel threads free.
Place another leaf along the stem opposite the first, and glue it to the wire, covering the base of the leaf on the other side.
Continue to place leaves down the stem of the corn stalk, alternating increasingly longer leaves (up to 2 inches or two scale feet in length.) If you are making stalks without corn cobs, keep adding longer leaves until you reach the bottom 1/4 inch of wire. Set the stalk aside to dry.If you want to add corn cobs to a stem, glue four or five leaves in place on the stalks that will have cobs, and proceed to the next step.
