Good afternoon, today we will talk about autumn crafts. And we will make these crafts from natural materials with our own hands. Autumn is rich in a variety of materials. And so we will do with A variety of crafts on the theme of Autumn- from leaves, branches, acorns, chestnuts, straw, moss, dried flowers and other natural materials. I will show you interesting ways to create autumn crafts with your own hands using ordinary natural materials. in an unusual design way. In this article you will find fresh ideas, that will inspire you to get creative this fall. So, we go on a quiet hunt for ideas for the best crafts for the fall 2017 season.
Autumn natural material is rich in ideas for a variety of crafts for children. Let's see what ideas you can implement this fall.
Leaf compositions
and natural material.
Who said that autumn crafts from natural materials should be done while sitting indoors? Golden autumn beckons with warm sunshine and the smell of rotten leaves - and we don’t want to sit within four walls. We go outside with the children to catch a little more warmth and warm our eyes with the yellow fire of autumn leaves.
Crafts on the theme AUTUMN from natural materials can be made right on the street. In my yard, next to the entrance. All you need to do is find a quiet, windless place. Instruct the children to collect a stack of bright leaves and a bucket of dry pebbles.
And now an interesting game begins - laying out crafts from autumn natural material. For novice craftsmen, this can be a simple tree. Heavy pebbles press down the yellow leaves and prevent them from flying away from the wind. The craft can be saved as a keepsake in the form of a photograph.
If there is a whole pile of pebbles near the place where you walk, then you can make a craft from natural material on a larger scale (as in the photo below).
If you are observant, you may notice that different trees have different colored foliage. If we collect yellow leaves from an ash or birch tree in a separate bag, red leaves from an aspen or Canadian maple in another bag, and a little more brown, blackened leaves, then we can make this Winnie the Bear on our porch.
Any silhouette picture can be laid out from a colored mosaic of nature itself. The main thing is to find a place without strong wind. And have time to photograph this beauty before it flutters from the wind and flies away like a bird.
The natural materials of autumn themselves will give you ideas for collages - gray branches (like the gray plumage of a wing and tail), yellow leaves (like yellow down on a chest). And here you are, the tit bird.
You don't have to be an artist, you don't have to have a lot of leaves. Even the smallest piles of leaves can be used to create beautiful autumn crafts. The simplest DIY craft, arranging foliage according to the colors of the spectrum, looks like real magic.
You become little wizards. Secret gnomes-assistants of Queen Autumn. You misbehave secretly, leaving good signs, funny symbols of the autumn season.
And some crafts can be made using a tree trunk as a base. Make the tree smile. The nose is a bump, two eyes are cut from a wood log, and a smile is made from physalis fruits strung on a thread.
Do you know what mandalas are? In the east, mandalas are sacred patterns closed in a circle. A harmonious pattern repeating in a circle is like a map of the universe. Mandalas are painted or laid out from mosaics, colored sand, and flower petals. Mandalas are a spiritual practice that allows you to touch the divine principle within yourself. You need to make mandalas in a special state of mind - pure, serene, enlightened.
We can also make beautiful harmonious mandala patterns with our own hands in the form of crafts from natural material – bright, beautiful autumn material.
Your autumn mandala craft can be very small (as in the photo below).
Or a very large one, consisting of many circles in a cyclic pattern.
Mosaic applications
on the theme AUTUMN.
All children love mosaics. Why don't we make it from autumn natural material.
Since the leaves are too large for mosaics (and suitable for laying out large paintings in the yard), for small indoor works we can cut an ordinary succulent maple leaf into small squares. Place them in bowls - yellow, green, red separately. And let the children themselves lay out a bright mosaic craft from such a pleasant-to-touch natural material.
You can use cereals or seeds as an ornamental material. A very good natural material for autumn children's crafts is yellow corn kernels or large pumpkin seeds painted with gouache.
And a mosaic of whole leaves can become a tree crown - a simple and quick craft made from natural material, which is suitable for kindergarten children. You can stick the leaves on paper, or on a transparent office file - and then such a craft can be mounted on a window, the leaves will shine in the sun. A beautiful children's craft for younger children.
Crafts on the theme AUTUMN.
Natural material STONE.
Here's another wonderful idea for crafts made from natural materials in an autumn theme. Ordinary flat river stones can become a canvas for autumn paintings. You can paint stones with a brush, but it is better to apply the design using dots technique - round wooden sticks or special dots sticks (metal devices with a round ball at the end) are suitable for this. They are sold in the manicure department as they are intended for painting on nails. The ball tips on the dots sticks have different sizes, which allows you to draw even dots of any size.
You can also draw owls on stones - this is the simplest drawing - the main thing here is expressive eyes, a pointed beak, and oval wings with even rows of feathers. First we draw with paints, then we outline each painted element with a contour (white, as in the left photo or black, as in the right photo below). And a thin contour outline of the elements will make the craft-drawings clearer and more expressive.
Such owl crafts made from natural material will look good on driftwood with scraps of moss, inside a wooden frame, glued to a cut of a log.
And it’s even cooler to put such an owl inside a hole cut in a thick round cut of a tree trunk.
Autumn crafts
with tree branches.
Ordinary tree branches can also become the source of an interesting DIY autumn collage. This natural material is lying around completely unused. You can give children the task of collecting beautiful, non-dirty twigs in a bag while on a walk, disassembling them at home, clearing them of debris and breaking them into small pieces.
Next, on a sheet of paper, draw the outlines of a basket with handles. And either we give the child plasticine, or we arm ourselves with a glue gun and begin to assemble our basket from sticks. Then all that remains is to put the fruit in it (cut it out of cardboard, draw it and then cut it out, or use the cut-out applique technique).
And if you collected beautiful leaves along with sticks, then you can make a children’s craft tree from natural materials.
Long sticks found in the park can not be broken, but put aside to make them a new craft-panel made from natural materials(as in the photo below). The principle is simple. The sticks are laid in the shape of the sides of a square - we tie the junction of the sticks with twine (wire, thread). And then we decorate such a frame using natural materials and colored paper.
You can place a canvas inside a frame of branches - we tint a sheet of cardboard with paints, make holes on its sides with a hole punch - and tie the sheet with threads to the branch frame, pulling the thread through the holes and around the branch (as was done in the left photo below). And then on this canvas we make an application from natural material on the theme of autumn.
Or you can simply decorate the frame along its perimeter - at the bottom of the square we attach a bush, mushrooms, pieces of moss, bark, and a cardboard hedgehog to the plasticine. On the top of our panel made of natural material we hang a garland of autumn leaves cut out of colored paper, a sun, clouds, and a kite.
From the branches you can lay out large applique in the form of an owl , a children's craft, which is entirely made from natural materials that autumn is rich in. Branches, dry and fresh pine needles, withered fir legs. You can lay out the applique on a sheet of plywood and secure everything with glue - or make a temporary mosaic on a walk right on the ground or stump.
Looks very nice DIY HEDGEHOG made from natural material . This fall craft is my favorite in this post. Let me even tell you in detail how to simply and easily make such a hedgehog with your own hands. It's really very easy. Now you will see this.
First, we find beautiful thick twigs from a bush or birch branches - we cut them with scissors or a knife into segments with long oblique cuts (as in the photo of the hedgehog below).
For this autumn craft you will need plasticine - a large piece. Where can I get it? I never throw away used plasticine from children's crafts, I put it in one common pile - then I soak this multi-colored pile in hot water - it becomes soft like fresh dough, and easily and simply I knead this whole lump into a homogeneous mass with my hands - I get a large piece of fresh brown plasticine of excellent quality. You can make a variety of crafts from it for a long time
We form the body of a hedgehog from plasticine- drop-shaped. And row by row we stick pieces of branches into the thick part of the hedgehog - the oblique cuts should all point in one direction.
2 ways to design a hedgehog's face.
1 way. I wrap the hedgehog’s plasticine nose with a piece of burlap or a piece of gauze (bandage) soaked in a solution of iodine and water.
Method 2. The hedgehog's face can be coated with PVA glue, covered with pieces of paper napkins, coated with glue again, another layer of napkins, glue on top and allowed to dry - you will get a layer of papier-mâché. We cover it with paint - draw eyes and a nose on it
Craft-web from branches and leaves.
You can also make beautiful decorative pendants on the AUTUMN theme from natural materials. We will need straight, even branches - like willow. Let's look at the photo, and below I give a detailed step-by-step description of this children's craft.
A detailed master class on this craft made from natural materials.
Take a lump of plasticine and divide it into 2 small pellets. On the first cake we place the branches in a circle (that is, radially from this plasticine center) - so that the tips of the branches meet in the middle of the plasticine cake. Lightly press each branch so that it sinks into the plasticine. Cover the top with a second piece of plasticine, also pressing it onto the branches. It turns out to be a splay with rays of branches.
Now we need coarse threads - the ones that are used in the store to tie up packages with purchases. Such canvas-paper thick gray threads. With them we begin to weave a web between the branches - starting from the plasticine center and gradually moving towards the outer edge, until our web rests against the edge of the maple leaf.
Craft autumn kaleidoscope.
Also you can do colored kaleido made from natural material – from branches and leaves (as in the photo below).
For this craft we will need hot glue (or the ability to weave threads between crossed branches). Now I will give a detailed master class on how to create this craft with your own hands.
Step 1 Cut 4 rods of equal size. Two of them we cross cross over cross - fasten with glue or thread. Two others we cross in the same way. We now have two crosses made of branches.
Step 2 We place these 2 crosses on top of each other diagonally - so that they form snowflake figure. We fasten the middle of this clutch with glue (or fix it with threads).
Step 3 We make a round ring from a flexible willow rod (fresh or soaked in water). We attach this ring to our “snowflake” made of twigs - so that the edges of the ring are at the same distance from the center - along each rod(we measure with a tape measure). If the distances are the same, then the ring will be even and not crooked.
Step 4 As a result, we got a circle from the branches, divided into triangular sectors. And all that remains is to find large maple leaves of different colors - pure yellow, pure red, pure green, pure orange. From them you need to cut out triangles that are suitable in size to the hole sector on the future kaleidoscope. Cut out the triangle like this: so that the central vein on the maple leaf passes through the middle of such a triangle– divided it in half like a bisector from geometry. And we attach all these multi-colored triangles made of maple leaves with a glue gun to the sectors of our structure made of natural material.
Autumn applications
Made from natural material.
And of course, all children love to make appliques from autumn natural materials. Small and large paintings of leaves and dried flowers. The most favorite children's crafts on the theme of autumn.
The symbol of autumn made from natural material is, of course, a hedgehog. What can it be made from, from leaves, from flowers, from twigs, from maple or ash seeds.
The simplest hedgehog is made like this. Cut out the silhouette of a hedgehog from cardboard. We give children plasticine and maple seeds. We begin to attach rows of seeds to cardboard with plasticine - you need to start from the back of the hedgehog. Children are eager to start with the muzzle - explain to them that this is not correct, that then it is not convenient to do the back rows of needles, when the front needles stick out back and get in the way.
Using the same principle, a hedgehog is made from flat natural material - leaves and dried flowers. Also starting from the butt, we attach it to plasticine or glue. This is the most common children's craft on the theme of Autumn.
Children also love making fall turkeys. This is also a simple bird craft that doesn’t require much natural material. The body and head of the bird can be cut out of cardboard. Or the head and body can be cut out with scissors from the same maple leaf (as in the photo of the craft below).
YOU can make crafts without using colored paper, but by cutting out all the parts necessary for the picture from natural material, if you do not find a leaf of a suitable shape.
Here's a great idea. Large craft LION. It can be made from real natural leaves. Or you can design it as a collective paper craft. In the kindergarten group, we distribute sheets of paper with a maple leaf drawn on it. The children's task is to cut out this sheet along the contour. At the end of the lesson, all children attach their leaves to the lion's mane. A good idea for a craft on the theme “autumn” is for the middle group of kindergarten, when children are in their first year of learning to cut out contours with scissors - they will cut out a maple leaf for about 10 minutes, and puff with zeal like locomotives.
If you work in a large group of children (as a kindergarten teacher or a teacher, or a circle leader), then you can make one large collective craft. For example, this bird is made from natural material. We cut out parts of the bird from cardboard - the left wing separately, the right wing separately, the body separately and the tail separately. Divide the team into 4 creative groups. Each group of children receives their own piece and begins to place leaves on glue or plasticine. After completing the work of each team - we combine the details into one common bird craft made from a natural material as bright as autumn itself.
Autumn crafts-paintings
Made from natural material.
And of course, autumn material makes beautiful, bright collage crafts in the form of natural landscapes. In the photo below we see how a picture-panel was made from different materials - paper, leaves, herbs.
You can dry many flower petals. And make a big collage with the children with a blue sky and a blue river. Stretch a bridge across the river, cut out of a blackened autumn leaf (in order for the leaf to turn black, it must be ironed with a hot iron through a newspaper).
And if you don’t have enough dry natural material, then you can paint a picture in gouache or watercolor and lay out only individual elements of the landscape from leaves and herbs (as in this craft below).
Autumn crafts
from natural material.
Autumn nature is rich in a wide variety of ornamental materials - hawthorn berries, rose hips, pine cones, fluffy moss. After a walk in the forest, you can make an elegant autumn composition with a candle. And have a romantic candlelit dinner with an autumn theme.
Thick cut logs, round birch logs and walnut shells - this poor natural material can become a source of inspiration for such a craft in the form of a mushroom clearing.
From the found cones you can make a variety of characters with your own hands. And place them in the form of a single autumn composition, made with your own hands from natural materials (wood, leaves, moss, wood chips, etc.).
Fresh oak branches plucked by a hurricane can be dried in the shade of a shed, under the roof. Oak leaves do not lose their rich green color when dried. And then they will be able to take part in interesting crafts made with their own hands from autumn natural materials.
A wreath - a symbol of autumn - made from natural material in all shades of bright foliage will delight your whole family. It is so interesting to collect leaves - to select only the most beautiful ones. You need to weave a wreath from willow twigs with your own hands and weave autumn leaves into it with threads, plant pine cones on wire or glue. On our website we have a special educational article on weaving wreaths from twigs and branches -
The bright fruit boxes of physalis, twigs with hawthorn fruits, and immemorial flowers look beautiful in autumn wreaths.
But even if you don't have bright natural material to make an autumn wreath, don't worry. You can do bright wreath of gray pine cones. You just need to take more gouache. Paint each pine cone in shades of fall foliage. Spray with hairspray (to make the color richer and not stain your hands). And then collect all this colorful splendor of autumn into a rich wreath with your own hands.
The cones in the wreath can be placed with their butts forward (as in the photo above), or with their noses forward (as in the craft below).
You can make decorative autumn wreaths from one natural material. Only from rose hips - string the red fruits onto copper wire and bend it into a heart shape.
Or your fall wreath can be made from a log of wood found in a woodpile.
In the same woodshed you can find natural material suitable for making a composition with owls.
Your autumn compositions can look like cheerful people made from birch cuts, decorated with various natural materials that autumn is rich in.
And tufts of mown grass can turn into a hedgehog if you (or good neighbors) have physalis blooming profusely. Its boxes can be sewn with thread to a straw bale. Wrap the sharp edge of the bale with twine and glue on the nose and eyes.
You can also make it from natural autumn material beautiful candlestick . We will need the bottom part of any white bottle of household liquid (washing balm, etc.).
We unroll transparent wide tape on the table. On its sticky surface we place beautiful small leaves, seeds and other flat natural material, wrong side up. We place it so that there are empty spaces of adhesive tape between the elements (so that there is adhesive space).
These are the new ideas for this fall - made from natural materials. You've found inspiration here. You fell in love with some crafts. And that means this fall will not pass by your skillful hands. All that remains is to collect natural material, of which there is plenty everywhere, and, fortunately, it is free. Like in that poem...
Autumn is coming in our park,
Autumn gives gifts to everyone.
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The autumn landscape is extremely mesmerizing. Colorful leaves, the last flowers and herbs still delight with their presence and diversity. The harvest of the gardens brings satisfaction to their owners. Mushrooms and autumn berries call for a quiet hunt. But soon we will have to part with all this splendor. However, there is a way out!
A topiary made from natural material with your own hands will help preserve a piece of golden autumn not only in your memory, but will also decorate any interior and bring a touch of comfort to your home stay.
And if a kindergarten or school needs an original craft on an autumn theme, this topiary will be the solution. Interesting information and step-by-step instructions are in our article.
topia - in Latin means a decoratively trimmed garden plot. The art of tree trimming was practiced by the Roman Empire during its heyday.
The Gardens of Babylon in Asia celebrated this skill. Japan calls this design of trees bonsai. It also has ancient Chinese roots.
In Chinese science, Feng Shui, trees of happiness can help achieve health, longevity and wealth. So, this is not only a beautiful, but also a useful thing, and many people prefer to have topiary in their home instead of fresh flowers. Why?
The answer is simple T:
- Lack of time or desire to care for indoor plants.
- Flowers in vases are boring with their monotony and pattern.
The flower of happiness does not require special care, is beautiful and low-budget
But sometimes you will have to take care of it: blow off the dust, protect it from moisture and falling.
Of course, it won’t be difficult to purchase this miracle tree, or you can make it yourself
Crown, straight or crooked trunk, stand or decorated pot, more imagination, patience - and the tree will decorate the interior and will bring joy to others.
Ideally, the crown has the shape of a ball, but other geometric shapes, a flower or a heart, are not uncommon.
The base of the crown can be made of polystyrene foam, an unnecessary ball of foil thread, paper, a plastic ball or an old Christmas tree ball.
It's easy to make it yourself using papier-mâché technique.
For this you will need:
- balloon;
- toilet paper;
- PVA glue.
Action plan:
- Up to certain x sizes inflate the balloon.
- Cover with pieces of toilet paper in a 1 cm layer.
- After the glue has dried, the ball can be deflated and pulled out.
Polyurethane foam is suitable for this, which can easily take the shape of a heart.
For this:
- The foam is squeezed into a durable bag.
- Dry it.
- Cut out the shape with a stationery knife.
Trunk can be constructed using wire, regular pencil or a wooden stick, tie several kebab sticks together, an old dry bent branch or a thick plastic tube will do. The pencil should be wrapped with twine or twine and the rope should be secured with varnish.
Basis a pot, mug, container or jar can be used to install the tree.
The trunk of the tree is attached to the base using gypsum, cement , polystyrene foam, polyurethane foam or floral sponge.
Gallery: autumn topiary (25 photos)
Master class on making miracle wood
The base of the crown with your own hands should be done like this:
Trunk
- roll sheets of paper or newspaper into a ball;
- wrap the ball in foil and tie it with a thin rope around the circumference;
- prime the surface and leave to dry;
- wrap with twine, satin ribbon, or paint;
- make a hole in the base , insert the barrel and fasten the parts with glue, remember that the barrel must securely hold the base.
Base
- To make the tree stable, you need to fill it with plaster, inserting the trunk into it.
- After the fill has dried, you should start decorating its surface and pebbles, grains, moss, shells, fabric or lace.
Decoration of the crown of the Magic Autumn Tree
It is easy to make an autumn topiary from natural material with your own hands using these recommendations. Special rights l in crown design no, but the material and adherence to a uniform style are necessary.
The gifts of golden autumn - yellow, purple, red and green leaves, dried flowers, pine cones, acorns, grass, rowan bunches, driftwood, stones, are perfect for making a tree of happiness. You can combine natural and artificial elements. Thanks to this, topiary made from natural materials will turn out to be unusual and original.
Autumn leaves quickly dry out and lose color. Premature drying out can be prevented.
There are several ways to do this:
- The traditional way is to dry the leaves in a book. But the color will not be preserved.
- Dry with an iron through a sheet of paper.
- Dip into melted paraffin or wax: melt the paraffin and put the leaves in it, dip and pull out, then dry. The leaf color will remain vibrant.
- Marinate in glycerin:
- Mix one measure of glycerin and 2 measures of water. The leaves should remain in the solution for ten to thirty days. In this case, they will acquire shine and will not lose color.
- Dry in the microwave. For this drying, fresh leaves are taken and placed between paper towels for thirty seconds.
- The easiest way is to spray the leaves with hairspray.
- Beautiful leaves collected in the forest or in the park with your own hands easily decorate a miracle - a tree.
Leaves can be easily turned into a bouquet of roses
A beautiful bouquet made using autumn leaves can only be achieved thanks to leaves treated with glycerin:
To make roses from leaves with your own hands you need:
- Fold the leaf right side in half.
- Then, make a core out of it. To do this, it is rolled up.
- Around this first roll, petals are built row by row. But the front side must be inside.
- Half the leaf should be folded. The fold line is one centimeter above the core.
- Once again we bend the sheet outward, but the fold line does not need to be smoothed.
- Thus, all sides turn around.
When the flower is ready, the base of the flower is secured with threads. The number of roses depends on the volume of the base.
In addition to roses made from leaves, the craft can be decorated with rowan berries, wormwood or other natural materials. When the product is ready, spray it thoroughly with hairspray.
The buds are attached to the base of the crown using.
Compositions based on acorns will support the autumn theme well.
You need to start manufacturing from the top of the tree:
- The acorns should be glued to the workpiece with the upper part.
- The stem should be shortened to the required length.
- Then secure the structure and begin further decorating the product.
Interesting and stylish beads made of acorns for topiary made from natural materials will also support the theme and will be appropriate for decorating the trunk:
- Caps should be removed from acorns;
- pierce them through with an awl;
- string on a strong thread;
- The acorn caps need to be connected in pairs to make something like beads.
When the product dries, you should paint it in different colors.
The trunk of the tree of happiness entwined with them looks very original.
Composition: Apple tree
It uses fresh fall apples or pears. An apple tree is a wonderful decoration and a good addition to the interior.
We will need:
- round or cone-shaped foam;
- small-shaped fresh apples or pears in the amount of 15 - 20 pieces;
- twigs with leaves;
- wooden skewers;
- pot;
- sharp scissors;
- hot glue gun.
How to attach fruit to the crown
- The foam form must be placed in a pot and reinforced with glue.
- Insert a skewer into the foam; about four to five centimeters should remain on the surface.
- Fill the mold with apples evenly - 1 apple on each side.
- After which, we decorate the entire area with apples and herbs.
- Using scissors, you need to trim a little boxwood and decorate the space with your own hands until the shape is completely closed.
Advice: store the miracle tree in a cool place.
Topiary made from natural material “Indian Summer”
“Indian Summer” is the name of an unusual autumn topiary that is easy to make with your own hands.
The crown is decorated with autumn plants: dried immortelle flowers, haretail and lagurus plants. Bast and feathers are also used.
The tree trunk is made using helichrysum.
The pot is a decorative dried pumpkin.
Besides:
- foam ball;
- lace;
- PVA and gel glue.
- plaster, pins or regular paper clips, scissors;
- threads, cardboard, two sheets of paper.
Stages of making the autumn topiary “Indian Summer” with your own hands:
- First you need to secure the barrel. To do this, you should slightly sharpen the barrel and stick three centimeters inside the foam ball to form a hole into which you then pour glue and glue the ball to the barrel.
- Now you need to start making the pot.
- The top of a dried decorative pumpkin needs to be sawed off, cleared of seeds and decorated using PVA glue with cotton lace.
- After that, you should start making decorative elements that will decorate the crown.
Flowers must be secured in bast and sisal nests, which are made as follows:
- We wrap the bast on cardboard and tie it with thread, then the cardboard should be removed and the fibers separated, giving the shape of a nest.
- We tear off the sisal into pieces and glue it onto pre-cut circles, shaping it into a nest shape.
White feathers should be dyed using tea.
When the decorative material is ready, you can start decorating the crown
- Attach the feathers.
- Nests.
- We attach a flower.
Thus, you need to fill this entire ball. We seal the uncovered areas with lagurus.
Our miracle - we begin to plant the tree in a pumpkin pot.
For this:
- you need to turn the gypsum into a creamy mass with water;
Autumn is a wonderful season, full of all kinds of bright colors. This time is rich in various natural materials suitable for the embodiment of creative ideas. With a little ingenuity and imagination, you can create original and unique autumn crafts. A homemade topiary will decorate any interior and will be an excellent gift for a loved one.
What is topiary
A decorative whimsical tree, created by hand, is called topiary, or the tree of happiness. The first topiaries were gardens made of originally trimmed shrubs, which prompted designers to further make trees with their own hands. In this product, an important detail is the crown, which is decorated with a variety of materials: flowers, shells, coffee beans, colored paper elements, pebbles and much more. Autumn topiary can be made from dry acorns, seeds, dried flowers and materials that have a characteristic autumn color. The shape of an ornamental tree is often round, but it can have the outline of a cone or imitate a real plant. The sizes also have no limits: they are created from miniature products to large trees. Aromatic topiaries made from dried herbs and spices are very popular.
Basic elements for creating topiary
Before autumn, you need to draw a sketch of the future product and collect the necessary materials. The core of a decorative topiary, like any tree, is the trunk. The decoration and basis of the product is a spherical crown - the most commonly used shape of the product. The tree definitely needs support in the form of a decorative stand, as well as any autumn materials donated by nature, for example, fallen leaves or with which you will decorate the crown of the topiary. The tree stand is also decorated with selected elements.
In order to assemble autumn topiary, you will need any quick-drying glue. You can use sand or stones to stabilize the trunk. A flower pot, basket, bowl or vase can serve as a stand.
How to make a crown
The classic crown that autumn topiary has is presented in the shape of a ball. You can buy a foam base at craft stores, or you can make it yourself. To do this, you need to take a piece of foam plastic, determine the size of the future product and cut out the cube with a paper cutting knife. Then form a ball from the cube, wrap it in paper and wrap it with thread for better bonding. This is necessary to increase and smooth the surface, since figures cut from foam plastic will not be ideal. In the made ball you need to form a hole for the barrel and fasten the elements with glue.
In the absence of polystyrene foam, the crown can be rolled out of paper, alternately wrapping the layers with thread or tape, achieving the desired size. You can coat the paper with paste for strength. To create the base, a plastic toy ball can be used, in which a hole is also cut to accommodate the barrel.
What to make a trunk from
As a rod for creating a decorative tree, you can use thick wire, which is twisted into a bundle for stability. Then the plait is decorated with ribbons, braid or twine, which is varnished or painted. Due to its flexibility, wire is used to create interesting curved and forked trunks with several crowns.
To make topiary from autumn materials, it is better to take an interesting tree branch or a durable stick. It is not necessary to look for a straight trunk - a curved shape will be more original. It is advisable to find a longer rod, given that on one side part of it will be immersed in the pot, and on the other there will be a ball. You will need to remove the bark from the branch, sharpening the end, and cover it with stain. If desired, create two or three large turns of decorated wire around the stick from below and up to the crown - you will get a very original trunk.
We create and decorate the stand
The autumn one created must have its own pot. It can be any container, cup, vase, mayonnaise bucket, basket, glass, glass jar, plastic bottle. The main thing is to properly decorate the stand for the future tree. It is also important to pay attention to the fact that the diameter of the container is not wider than the crown of the topiary.
The decor of the stand can be straw, corrugated paper, twine, satin ribbons, beautiful fabric, or lawn. The selected material must be covered or pasted over the container. Pebbles are placed at the bottom and covered with sand, in which the trunk is carefully placed. Another option is to secure the rod in a container with alabaster or plaster diluted with water. The solution should be brought to medium thickness and quickly pour it over the trunk in the pot, holding it in an upright position. If the pot itself is heavy and does not require strict balance, you can use polyurethane foam as a filler. The top of the container at the base of the rod can be decorated with moss, autumn leaves and pebbles.
Decorative materials for the crown
The most interesting element in creating a topiary is its crown. This is the detail that requires the greatest care and wild imagination. Autumn topiary should contain yellow and red colors, yellowish-green and yellow-brown shades. The decoration for the crown can be any material of appropriate tones. It can be either artificial or natural. Flowers and leaves can be made from colored paper or fabric, supplemented with dried flowers, moss, and acorns. Taking chestnuts as a basis as a symbol of autumn, you can create an amazing product. Slightly flattened fruits are well suited for this; they are glued to the ball, and the gaps are filled with aromatic tea. Decorations in the form of butterflies, insects, birds and fungi look interesting. The elements are attached to the crown with hot glue, pins or wire.
Leaf decor
It’s not difficult to create an original topiary. To do this, beautiful, even and preferably multi-colored maple leaves are collected on the street. You need to work with the leaves before they dry out. The edge of each leaf is bent across the central vein until a smooth edge is obtained. Then you need to twist the sheets into a tube, placing them alternately on top of each other. From several leaves you need to form a rose bud of the required size. Tie the resulting flower at the petiole with thread. Make a few more roses.
Prepared buds, individual leaves and dried flowers should be attached to the crown of the topiary. To do this, use a toothpick to pierce a hole in the ball, drop glue into it and insert the bud. Continue placing flowers over the entire area of the crown, leaving small gaps for decorating with other material. After the glue has dried, fill the empty space with the remaining small leaves, you can add a little moss for variety.
floating bowl
Another unusual type of topiary is a floating cup from which flowers flow like a waterfall. It is easily created from scrap materials, and looks very exclusive and original. For this you need a tea pair - a bowl and saucer. In autumn, it is better to take dishes in red shades. In this case, the barrel will be a thick wire, or you can replace it with an aluminum fork or spoon by breaking off the scoop. The trunk should not be too long, otherwise the structure will collapse. The ends of the cable or handle should be bent in opposite directions. One end is glued to the lower inner edge of the bowl, the other end to the saucer. To give stability, you need to bend the cup a little forward. Next, the selected decorations are glued inside the bowl, then along the frame and up to the recess in the saucer. These can be not only classic flowers, but also coffee beans, amber crumbs, coins, dried autumn flowers. The composition can be supplemented with artificial butterflies and insects.
Charged with positivity and the desire to create an original decorative decoration for your room, feel free to start working on your topiary. It's not difficult, you can do it!
Autumn topiary usually made small. This is an attractive and very original tree. In the manufacturing process, you can use natural or artificial materials and tools. For example, in the autumn season it is very important to do topiary of autumn leaves. For decoration, a creative person with a rich imagination will be able to choose various relevant details: cones, chestnuts, leaves of different colors, configurations.
“Golden Autumn” can be created by anyone, even a beginner will enjoy the first master class. This decorative exclusive accessory can be called a tree of happiness. According to Feng Shui, its presence in the house will certainly bring happiness, positive emotions and well-being to the family.
We use acorns and cones
Looks very beautiful topiary made from natural material. In the autumn season, it is best to use cones, acorns,... You will definitely be able to find a sufficient amount of material if you wander through an autumn forest or park. As a result, such a craft will not only look great, but will also spread the natural smell of the forest.
Step-by-step instruction on manufacturing will come to the aid of every beginner and tell you in detail about the actions. Initially, you need to prepare all the materials, first of all, an even branch of any tree, pine cones, acorns.
In addition to these details, you will need the following:
- beads;
- leg-split;
- glue gun;
- acrylic paint (bronze shade);
- stand.
How to make topiary? First you need to make the crown of the tree. To do this, use newsprint or polystyrene foam. They make a tree trunk from them. The procedure is absolutely simple: you need to wrap the branch with twine, then connect the resulting ball to the trunk using twine. The resulting workpiece is carefully installed on the prepared stand so that the structure holds tightly. A glass or other convenient container can act as a stand.
Next, the completed object needs to be beautifully decorated. To do this, you should use the most beautiful cones, whole acorns with lids. If the craftsman uses dry acorns, there is a possibility of the material cracking during the manufacturing process. Because of this autumn topiaryfrom natural materials it will look ugly.
Glue is used to fix all structural elements. When it dries, you need to paint the cones and acorns with paint. To ensure that there are no gaps on the ball, you need to use corrugated paper to decorate the craft. With its help, the product must be trimmed and pasted over. At the end, the master must bring his masterpiece to perfection, decorating it with sparkles and beads.
From natural materials Chestnuts look beautiful on such a tree. All actions are performed in the same way.
Corrugated paper
- a wonderful decoration for a room. It can be placed on the holiday table. One of the varieties of the tree of happiness is topiary, which is made from artificial flowers. Corrugated paper is suitable for creating beautiful details.
An autumn bouquet is easy to make. To do this you will need to prepare:
- corrugated paper in yellow and orange shades;
- yellow acrylic paint;
- lighter;
- plastic glass;
- small cap.
The master class begins with creating a diagram. To do this, draw the outline of a flower onto the foam, then cut it out. In the spaces between the petals, you need to make recesses to make the product in relief. When decorating the bases of the flowers, they are covered with paper. The core is made orange. A bamboo stick is suitable as a stem.
To make trimming a flower convenient, you need to provide it with a stable position. A foam circle is inserted into the glass. It is pierced in the center with a stick.
Paper topiary involves the use of strips of material. They can be no more than 2-3 cm in width. Next, they are cut into squares, which are then glued in the right places. This process should be called trimming. Each side of the element should be 2 cm.
And in this case, the foam is made so that the orange corrugated paper is located in the middle. The rest is decorated in yellow. The flower is trimmed on each side. The autumn composition is complemented by beautiful design and decoration of the container.
Autumn leaves
In the autumn season leaf topiary looks magical. You can do it quickly. The masterclass will help with this. Initially, the base is made in the form of a ball from ordinary newspapers. Each page creates a layer following each other. After this, the resulting ball is wrapped with threads.
Then you need to tear the napkins into a large number of pieces. Coat the base with a small amount of glue, then cover it with pieces of napkins. So you need to do 2-3 layers. All actions are carried out without haste so that the shape of the ball is neat. After this action, the base is left to dry for some time.
To get autumn topiary with your own hands, you need to take care of creating a trunk. A specially prepared stick is used for it, it is smeared with glue, decorated with twine, after which it must dry well.
At the next stage, you can begin assembling the entire structure. It is necessary to make a cross-shaped cut at the base. Glue is applied on top of the barrel. The component is placed in the base, then it needs to be pressed firmly. The edges are processed using a heat gun.
Autumn topiary with your own They create it with their hands in a short time, and the end result is a very beautiful craft. To do this, the tree needs to be creatively decorated. To perform the manipulation you will need to use a nail. With its help, a small hole is made in the ball, into which a drop of glue is placed, then a sheet of wood is inserted. So, the action is performed with each leaf in turn. In addition to leaves, you can also make realistic berries when decorating a tree with your own hands. They are attached in the same way using glue. You can fantasize a lot about the autumn theme, embodying the most incredible ideas.
You need to make an original stand for the topiary. A wide variety of containers are used for this. The best choice is a pot. A sufficient amount of gypsum is poured into the vessel. From the moment it begins to harden, a tree is placed in it. The photo shows that it is fixed in the center.
In the photo you can often see trees for autumn exhibitions, which then serve as an excellent decorative element of any room. Autumn compositions can be exclusive. Because nature sometimes throws up incredible elements that make the product unique. With their help, the interior becomes complete, it is possible to emphasize the autumn mood and add some zest.
Topiary made from napkins can be found most often. It is made from flower pots, newspaper sheets, napkins, and CPS. Artificial or dry natural leaves and beads are used as decoration elements. A willow branch is used as a base. It should be strong and thick enough.
Napkins are needed to make flowers. If you crumple them in different ways, you can get flowers of different shapes and sizes. It is permissible to use colored paper of different shades (lemon, orange, red).
DIY topiary for beginners can be obtained from artificial flowers. They just need to be glued to the base. The crown is created from newspapers. Even coffee can be used to create a composition; you will need several beans. This product will give off a pleasant invigorating smell.
Leaves of oak, birch, and willow are suitable as decoration. The product will be not only attractive, but fragrant. Sometimes the tree is given not a round shape, but a heart shape, which allows it to embody love and romantic feelings. Everyone can vary their tree of happiness at their own discretion, then it will truly become a symbol of good luck.
A master class on DIY autumn topiary made from natural materials is an excellent option for those who still have pine cones or chestnuts after a walk. In order not to throw away the gifts of nature, you can make a wonderful craft using natural materials. A tree made from the gifts of autumn will have wonderful beauty and serve as an excellent decoration for your home or office. Below are photos that can be used to inspire the creation of topiary, or you can take new fresh ideas to make the composition original.
autumn foliage
Master class “Topiary from autumn leaves” is best made from preserved leaves, because this way the leaves will be more beautiful and will last longer. There are several ways to preserve the beauty of materials.
- Drying in oven or microwave oven. Leaves should be placed on a tray and covered with a towel. Wait until they dry completely.
- A sheet of wax paper. Place the leaves on paper and iron them.
- The most permanent method is to dip the leaves in a solution of glycerin. After this solution, the leaves will retain their beauty for many years.
In addition to topiary leaves, You will need materials such as:
- Foam sheets;
- Gypsum mortar;
- Hot glue;
- A pack of napkins and old newspapers;
- Leg-split;
- Thick wooden stick;
- Container for flowers;
- Candy containers;
- Decor for wood. Flowers and dry chestnuts;
- Sisal.
Crumple old newspapers and form into a ball. In order for the ball to have a shape, it is important to wrap it with twine. Apply glue to the finished ball and cover it with white napkins.
Using scissors, make a hole in the ball and insert a wooden stick. Wrap the tree with twine for beauty.
Make a vase for the product from candy containers, ice cream sticks and cardboard.
Dilute a thick gypsum solution, insert the craft into a pot, fill the empty spaces with sheets of polystyrene foam and decorate with sisal.
Glue flowers and chestnuts on top for decoration.
After mastering the technology for making leaf topiary, such beauty can be made from cones.
You can also use apples. A tree with live apples will look very impressive. This craft doesn't require much investment.
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