Crafts from autumn leaves: natural beauty in the apartment and in the country
Early autumn is a very elegant season. Against the background of the astonishing color of the autumn sky and the still bright sun, the leaves turn yellow, red, green. I would like to keep this splendor longer. You can make a herbarium, but it’s better to do homework with your children and make original crafts that will become an unusual decor for an apartment and a country property.
For crafts, live autumn leaves left on the trees are suitable, which must be dried at home, laid in layers in a basket, under a press or ironed through paper. The choice of method depends on the desired result: for some products, a material with an uneven surface is suitable, for others it is ideally smooth. To increase the life of the future product, the stems are dipped for several days in warm glycerin, which is absorbed into the leaves and makes them more plastic.
The creation of decorative panels, the basis of which is cardboard, plywood or canvas, is a favorite way of realizing creative ideas by home craftsmen. The quality of the image is influenced by the skill of the artist and his free time. The taste and imagination of the author will be emphasized by a winning combination of leaves and berries.
Complicated creations, for example, autumn landscapes, are created according to a predetermined figure.
People with artistic abilities will be able to make realistic “paintings” out of leaves.
For safety, the finished work is covered with acrylic varnish.
With enough effort, it is easy to learn the technique of making original colors. A rose is collected from soft leaves from the core, onto which “petals” are gradually added, attaching them with threads. The product is dried with a hairdryer and painted to your taste. Such a gift will delight even lovers of live bouquets.
Beautiful, but fragile plates and vases, performing in the interior only the function of a spectacular decor, are quite simple to make a patient and assiduous person. An inflated balloon, smeared with petroleum jelly, is carefully pasted over with layers of leaves. When the glue dries, the ball is punctured, and then its remnants are carefully removed.
The filler for the vase should be almost weightless.
To create a topiary “tree” you will need the following details: a suitable planter, a rod for the “trunk”, a foam or foam ball to form a “crown”, and leaves soaked in glycerin. Decorative elements can be selected at your discretion.
Making a colorful “bouquet” of autumn leaves will not require special preparation. It is enough to install the liked branches in any spectacular vessel. And for the decor to please the eye for a long time, the vase is filled with a mixture of water with glycerin, which must be added as it evaporates.
Gifts of the autumn season - thuja branches, cones, orange pumpkin, motley berries - will perfectly fit into the look of an elegant ikebana.
You can beautifully decorate the window with leaves, make a festive garland or a colorful mobile.
The warm colors of autumn foliage underscore the soft light of living lanterns with candles in glass containers of any shape.
The feast, decorated with candlesticks on a picturesque base, will acquire a romantic character.
In a few minutes, you can build an unusual lamp by fixing the leaves on the surface of the vase with twine.
A country fence decorated with homemade wreaths will shine with new colors.Fashionable decor is woven from a flexible vine and decorated with natural material, ribbons, toys.
Homemade competitions are an important moment in the educational process in a child care institution. Making appliqués develops the imagination of children and helps to improve fine motor skills of the hands.
Volumetric crafts from autumn leaves, plasticine, natural raw materials familiarize kids with the flora and fauna, and also forms a spatial imagination.
Unusual photo frames can be made even by preschoolers under the guidance of parents.
Golden Autumn provides us with free material for family creativity. Do not miss the wonderful opportunity to refine the interior and the country house, as well as establish contact with representatives of the younger generation.
