To finish your scale miniature corn stalk, trim the leaves from the base to the tip to tidy up the leaf shapes. If you work from the tip to the base your raffia may shred, not a problem for dry corn stalks, but it may ruin the shape of summer green corn stalks.
Leaves on a corn stalk usually have a fold on the leaf rather than sticking out straight. Use tweezers to bend the leaves between 1/2 and 3/4 of an inch from the tip (see photo).
Plant your miniature corn stalks by gluing the wire base into dry floral arrangement foam or other base foam of your railroad or dolls house scene.
