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Master class. Flower arrangement made from natural material “Sunny Bouquet”

teacher additional education Novichkova Tamara Aleksandrovna MBOU DOD Lesnovsky Dom children's creativity.
Description: master class is designed for younger children school age, teachers, parents.
Purpose: making a flower arrangement from natural material is intended for interior decoration; it may take place of honor at an arts and crafts exhibition and would be a good gift idea.
Target: teaching children how to correctly compose a composition from natural materials with a selection of colors.
Tasks:
- teach techniques for working with natural materials;
- introduce the variety of seeds that can be used in work, show the beauty of the flowers created;
- develop imagination, sensitivity and fantasy, the desire to achieve the goal;
- bring up aesthetic taste, the ability to see beauty in the ordinary, accuracy in work.

In winter, when it is cloudy and cold outside, it is nice to remember summer and the flowers that give us a unique aroma and beauty. And I want to do something that will pleasantly surprise and delight my friends and family. The boxes on the shelf contain seeds of plants, vegetables, and summer-dried flowers. They conceal warmth, light and the smell of summer. The idea of ​​creating a composition from seeds comes to mind. Creating paintings and crafts from natural materials is a special type of creativity called floristry. In works of floristry, dry leaves, flowers, herbs, seeds and fruits of plants, and tree bark are used. Various forms of natural materials often suggest interesting subjects. By fantasizing, imagining, and combining natural materials, you can create amazing things with your own hands.

Today I offer a master class on making flowers from seeds.
Look at the seeds of pumpkin, melon, and watermelon. What do they remind you of? Of course flower petals. Try to collect these petals into beautiful flowers. This is what happened.

To compose a composition from seeds, you will need the following materials and tools:
- frame, blue fabric;
- thick white paper;
- pumpkin seeds, buckwheat;
- dried corn leaves, straws;
- birch bark;
- scissors, gouache paints, brush;
- Titan glue;

Step-by-step execution bouquet made of natural material.
Prepare the frame. Remove the glass and stretch the fabric over the cardboard or glue a sheet of colored paper.

Mark circles with a diameter of 2-3cm, 4cm, 6-7cm on hard paper and cut them out. I took advantage different sizes jars.

Apply Titan glue along the edge of the circle and glue pumpkin seeds. We got flowers.

Mix yellow paint with a small amount of PVA glue and carefully paint the petals. Let dry and apply clear nail polish.
Then grease the middle of the flower well with glue and sprinkle with buckwheat.

While the paint on the petals is drying, let's start making the leaves. We will make them from corn leaves. (The corn leaves were ironed and press-dried in the fall).

For twigs, take straws.

Make a vase. Give free rein to your imagination. A vase, for example, can be made: from paper sprinkled with small seeds; from dried leaves; from straw. We will make it from birch bark. Take thick cardboard, fold it in half, draw a vase and cut it out.

Cut the birch bark into thin strips. Lubricate one edge of the vase with Titan glue and glue the strips of birch bark horizontally.

Start weaving. Sequentially weave all the strips vertically into the workpiece, securing them at the ends with glue.

Cut long strips along the contour of the vase. Glue the border. The vase is ready.

We form a bouquet. Glue the vase, then arrange the twigs - straws.
Start filling the bouquet with leaves. First the background, and then the foreground, giving the composition the desired shape and silhouette. Lightly smooth the leaves through the paper with your palm. Leave 2-3 sheets raised. This will create volume.

Glue the flowers. Place large ones below, smaller ones above, and buds at the top of the bouquet.

Golden sunflower,
Petals are rays.
He is the son of the sun
And spring clouds.
In the morning he wakes up,
The sun is shining.
Closed at night
Yellow eyelashes.
Tatiana Lavrova.
But my student Ulyana made these forget-me-nots from watermelon seeds.

Sometimes, in order to decorate the house or keep your child creative, all you need to do is look in the kitchen cabinet where the groceries are stored. After all, from cereals, beans, spices, grains and seeds you can make decor in eco or rustic style, as well as educational children's crafts. The main thing is to show your imagination and set aside some free time. In this material you will find 10 ideas and step by step instructions on making crafts from cereals with your own hands for children and adults, as well as a master class on coloring them food coloring.

Idea 1. Topiary for table setting or interior decoration

Beans bright colors- This is an excellent material for decorating a crown or topiary pot. For example, from green peas you can create such a decorative tree for spring home decoration or table setting for Easter.

Materials:

• 1 package of green peas (split and polished);
• Styrofoam base ball (sold in craft stores);
• 1 package of dry moss (any other material for decorating the “soil” of topiary is also suitable);
• 1 medium sized clay pot;
• PVA glue and hot glue in a gun;
• Brush;
• 1 wooden stick, skewer or simple pencil (this will be the trunk of the topiary);
• Green acrylic paint (for painting the ball to match the peas);
• Paints in the desired colors to decorate the pot (optional);
• Polystyrene foam, floral foam or any hardening mixture like cement or alabaster.

Master class:

Step 1: If you are not happy with the look of your pot and/or trunk, paint it and leave it to dry.

Step 2: While the pot is drying, paint one half of the foam ball to match the beans and let it dry. When this happens, paint the other half of the ball and leave it to dry the same way.

Step 3. When the ball is completely dry, cut a hole in it for the trunk 2-3 cm deep using an awl or knife.

Step 4. Start decorating it with peas. To do this, place it on a plate, use a brush to apply PVA glue to a small area and generously sprinkle peas on it.

Let this area dry a little and proceed to sprinkle the next part of the ball. Continue this process until the entire ball is covered in green peas, then leave it to dry overnight.

Step 5. Once the resulting crown is dry, work on the gaps. To do this, you need to treat the voids with glue and sprinkle them with cereal again.

Step 6. Now insert the barrel into the ball, after pouring a drop of hot glue into the previously made hole. To hold the barrel stronger, you can lay pieces of paper around it and fill the hole with glue to the very top. Keep in mind that without the paper, the glue will melt the foam and make the hole too deep. Finally, once the trunk is secured, decorate the area around it with peas (if necessary).

Step 7. Start creating a fixing “soil” in the pot. In this tutorial, floral foam was used to secure the tree. If you also use foam or polystyrene foam, then you only need to adjust its dimensions to the pot so that the tree stands level and strong. Otherwise, you can dilute any fixing compound according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Step 8. When the base of the topiary is ready, all you have to do is decorate it with moss, sisal, the same peas or any other grain.

Idea 2. Panel or picture made from cereals

Cereals, beans, grains and seeds are the most different colors, which means that they can “paint” a picture or put together a mosaic panel. Depending on your idea and artistic skills, the drawing can be more detailed or very sketchy.

The following selection of photos shows examples of children's crafts made from cereals and pasta in the form of appliqués.

In the next video you can see the process of making applications from cereals together with your baby.

And here is a selection of examples of panels and paintings from cereals that you can make with your own hands to decorate the interior (scroll the photo to the right).

Materials:

• Various colored beans, cereals, seeds, pasta;
• PVA glue and glue brush;
• Thick and strong cardboard (for children's appliqués), a piece of plywood or canvas on a stretcher (for “adult” paintings);
• Sketch of the drawing;
• Paints and brushes.

Master class:

1. Paint the background of the painting the color you want.
2. Select cereals that match the color of the selected pattern and sort them into plates.
3. Draw by hand or transfer the sketch onto cardboard, for example, through carbon paper or using a ready-made/homemade stencil.

1. Apply a thin layer of glue to a small area of ​​the picture and immediately sprinkle it with cereal of the color that matches the picture in this area. When the area dries a little, remove the excess grain and continue to “paint” the picture in parts so that the glue does not have time to dry.

• Remember that PVA glue dries completely in about 2 hours.

Idea 3. Frame decor

With the help of cereals you can transform a simple frame for a photo, picture or mirror. You can make a pattern of colored beans or simply give the surface a relief by strewing it with cereal.

If desired, the frame itself and the cereal can be painted with spray paint.

Using the same principle, you can decorate not only the frame with cereal, but also the interior letter as in the photo below. To make this letter we used: beans, purple paint in a can and a blank in the shape of the letter B, cut out of plywood with a jigsaw.

And here’s an idea for a cereal craft for children – a magnet frame for the refrigerator with an ornament of colored beans.

To make such a cute photo frame, you just need to cut out a frame blank from cardboard, decorate it with colored beans like a mosaic, and then glue a couple of magnets to the back.

Idea 4. Decor of vases and bottles

Cereals can be used as a decorative filler for glass vases and bottles for candles, artificial flowers, branches, dried flowers, makeup brushes and even knives. The following selection of photos shows examples of candlesticks in autumn colors.

This slider presents photo examples of decorative filling of vases for flowers and plants with cereals.

Cereals and beans can be used to fill not only vases, but also bottles.

And here are the examples practical application vases filled with cereals.

Cup for cosmetic brushes filled with dyed rice

Here are some tips to help you create a beautiful composition:

• In order not to spend a kilogram of cereal on one candlestick, you need to place a glass in the center of the container to support the candle.
• You can use one type of cereal or several types of cereals and beans in contrasting colors to create a striped vase filling.
• To pour into a bottle layer by layer colored cereal, use a funnel or just paper rolled into a cone.

• Colored beans can be replaced by rice colored with food coloring as in the photo below (see master class at the end of the article).

Idea 5. Easter egg decor

Small cereals, grains, spices, star pasta, seeds and dried herbs can be used for decoration easter eggs. You can simply apply PVA glue to the egg and roll it into grains, or create some mosaic-like patterns by first drawing a marking or sketch on the shell. To depict more precise shapes and figures, use stencils.

Idea 6. Bird food in the form of figures

Feeders in the form of cute figures are a more original alternative to birdhouses.

Making such crafts from cereals and seeds is so easy that kids can do it almost without the help of adults.

Materials:

• 3/4 cup bird food;
• 1 packet of gelatin;
• 1/4 cup water;
• Cookie cutters (large and medium size);
• Twine or tape;
• Straw;
• Baking paper;
• Large bowl;
• Pot;
• Spoon.

Master class:

Step 1: Bring water to a boil in a saucepan and add gelatin. Keep the resulting mixture over medium heat for about 5 minutes (until the gelatin is completely dissolved), stirring it constantly with a spoon.

Step 2: Remove the mixture from the heat and let it cool for about 1 minute. In a large bowl, mix gelatin and birdseed (3/4 cup or more) with a spoon or your hands. This work can be entrusted to children.

Step 3: Place a piece of baking paper on the table and place the cookie cutters on it. Fill the molds halfway with the birdseed/gelatin mixture and press down.

Step 4. Make loops of suitable length from twine and slightly deepen their knots inside each mold with the mixture.

Step 5. Fill the molds to the very top.

Step 6: Place all the figures in the freezer for 20 minutes and then leave them to dry overnight or a full day.

Step 7. Remove the figures from the molds, hang them on the trees and wait for the first guests!

Idea 7. Napkin rings

Decorate with a mosaic of cereals and seeds toilet paper to create adorable napkin rings that are perfect for fall or holiday table settings.

Materials:

• Variety of cereals, seeds, beans and spices;
• Toilet paper tube;
• PVA glue;
• Stationery knife;
• Acrylic paints;
• Brush.

Instructions:

Step 1. Cut the toilet paper tube into three sections of equal width (about 4 cm).

Step 2: Paint each section (inside and outside) a neutral or contrasting color. You will have ring blanks.

Step 3: Prepare and sort various seeds, grains, beans and spices.

Step 4: Apply a thick layer of glue to a small area of ​​the ring and sprinkle or dot the grains and seeds onto it. Wait until the glue in this area dries and only then proceed to the next area. Continue these steps until the entire surface of the ring is formed, and then leave it to dry.

Step 5. If you are afraid that the seeds will peel off and fall off, additionally treat them with a thick layer of glue, covering even the spaces between the seeds.

Idea 8. Decorative balls

You can make decorative balls from cereals and foam blanks that will look impressive on a dish or in a glass vase. This composition will decorate any dining table, console or coffee table.

Materials:

• Black spray paint;
• Small diameter foam balls (or floral foam balls);
• PVA glue;
• Grains such as split peas, red beans, white beans, black beans and lentils.

Instructions:

1. Paint the foam ball black or cereal color and let it dry.
2. Apply glue to a small part of the ball using a brush, and then sprinkle the beans or glue them in dots. Allow the treated area to dry before moving on to the next area. Continue these steps until the entire ball is covered with beans.
3. Make several of these balls and place them on a beautiful dish. If desired, complement the composition with candles, dried branches, pine cones or any other decor.

By the way, if you take foam plastic eggs instead of balls and paint the cereal in pastel colors, then you will get original Easter decorations as in the photo below.

Idea 9. Decorative wreath

From cereals and a base ring you can make a beautiful wreath for seasonal or holiday decoration Houses.

Materials:

• Split green peas;
• Two straw wreaths with a diameter of 20 cm (can be replaced with a foam blank);
• PVA glue or a glue gun with a large supply of glue sticks;
• Brush;
• Baking tray;
• Foil;
• Leg-split.

Master class:

1. If you are using a foam base, first paint it to match the grain with acrylic paint and let it dry completely.
2. Cover the baking sheet with foil and fill it with peas.
3. Apply hot glue or PVA glue to a small area of ​​the inside of the wreath, then sprinkle the cereal onto it, brush off the excess and wait for the glue to dry.
4. Decorate the next area in the same way. Continue until the entire inside of the wreath is covered with peas as shown in the photo below.

1. Apply glue to a small area of ​​the outside of the wreath, then immediately roll it into the pan with the peas, rotating it a little. Wait for the glue to dry a little and proceed to the next section until the entire outside of the wreath is covered with peas. Then work on the voids, filling them in spots with glue and cereal.

1. In the same way, decorate the back side of the wreath, and then its sides.
2. When the entire wreath is covered with peas and the glue is dry, additionally brush the grain with a brush with PVA glue, filling the gaps between the peas with glue, among other things.
3. Wait until the wreath is completely dry, then tie it with ribbon or twine and finally hang it over the front door, window or dining table.

If you wish, you can decorate the wreath with dried flowers, twigs, artificial flowers and berries, or an applique made from grains in a contrasting color, for example, as shown in the photo below.

Idea 10. Coffee or serving table

Materials:

• Large photo frame;
• A bar stool, the seat of which is slightly smaller in width than the frame;
• Drill and drill bit;
• 4 small screws;
• Primer;
• Dye;
• Paint brush and glue brush;
• PVA glue;
• Epoxy resin (in this case less than 1 liter was required);
• Cereals;
• Floor protection film.

Master class:

Step 1. Separate the frame from the original back panel.

Step 2. Cut a frame-sized panel from a thin piece of chipboard or plywood and glue it to the frame itself using liquid nails or wood glue. At this stage, it is advisable to seal the joints, for example, using wood putty. This is necessary in order to further epoxy resin did not leak through the holes between the frame and the panel.

Step 3. Place the frame on the stool and secure it with 4 screws using a drill (in the middle of the frame). You will end up with a structure that resembles a table.

Step 4. Lay a film on the floor to protect the floor. Cover the table with primer, wait for it to dry completely and paint it with paint in 2-3 layers. Keep in mind that each coat of paint must be allowed to dry before applying the next coat.

Step 5. Draw several sections in the niche of the frame if you want to decorate the table in the same way as in this master class, or draw a sketch of the picture/marking according to your idea.

Step 6. Using a brush, apply a thick layer of PVA glue to the panel in the niche in a certain section and place the cereal there evenly. Make sure that the layer of cereal does not protrude above the level of the frame. Continue decorating the panel with grain in accordance with the markings.

Step 7. If you want to prevent the grains from moving when pouring the resin, additionally cover the entire composition in the frame with a thick layer of PVA glue and leave it to dry for about 24 hours.

Step 8. Now it's time to fill the grain in the frame with resin. Make sure the table is on a level surface. Carefully following the manufacturer's instructions, mix the resin components, and then slowly pour the entire composition in one layer. Remove any bubbles that form by blowing on them through a straw. Leave the table to dry overnight.

Step 9. When the first layer of resin has dried, carefully pour the second layer over the grain, making sure that it does not go beyond the frame protrusions. Let the resin dry for another 24 hours and enjoy your new table.

Master class: how to color cereals and seeds with food coloring

Any light-colored grain like rice, white beans, or, say, pumpkin seeds can be given color using food coloring.

Materials:

1. Ziplock or plain bags plastic bags that can withstand slight shaking;
2. Alcohol or vinegar;
3. Liquid food coloring;
4. Cereals;
5. Measuring cup;
6. Baking tray or paper plates for drying colored cereals.

Instructions:

To paint one portion of cereal in one color, you need to do the following:

1. Fill the bag with a handful or two of cereal.
2. Pour 1-2 tbsp into it. l alcohol or 3-4 tbsp. l vinegar.
3. Add a couple of splashes of food coloring.
4. Close the bag, remember and shake the bag several times so that the paint covers all the grains.
5. Place the colored cereal on plates lined with napkins and let it dry.

DIY crafts from grains, cereals and various seeds - great way keep children busy, because working with such natural material is a great way to train fine motor skills hands, which helps improve the overall and speech development. Also, such activities help to cultivate patience, diligence and perseverance in children.

Features of creativity using natural materials

Not only schoolchildren can make crafts from cereals with their own hands, because such joint creativity is suitable even for small children. True, you will need to be with the kids constantly so that they do not harm themselves in any way.

So, the following materials may be useful to you:

• all kinds of cereals and grains - buckwheat, rice, millet, semolina;
• legumes - peas, lentils and multi-colored beans;
• any seeds and seeds - watermelon, pumpkin, melon and sunflower, etc.

You can even take it. Also in the process you will need: thick paper or cardboard, glue, scissors, fabric, plasticine, templates of various patterns, decorations (at your request).

The most best crafts from cereals, seeds and sunflower seeds with your own hands - these are applications and paintings. You can come up with stories with your child yourself, or use some ready-made templates and transfer them to paper. The complexity of the work should depend on the age of the children; keep in mind that the child should be interested in making the craft on his own, even with your help, but not be completely aloof.

We create applications and paintings with our own hands

The topic of work can be anything. But crafts made from grains and other products turn out to be very beautiful and original. natural materials on the theme of spring. Spring landscapes (crafts made from watermelon seeds and cereals), lush flowers (flowers from pumpkin seeds– asters, sunflowers, snowdrops) are great ideas for children’s creativity.

The more different cereals, seeds and seeds you use, the better, because they all not only vary in size and shape, but also in color and texture. That is, you will have a huge space for imagination and creativity. And if your grain craft requires some special colors, then you can always paint your materials using watercolors or gouache.

Try starting with a simple appliqué. For example, as a craft, you can make a basket with flowers from pumpkin seeds.

1. Draw the outlines of the basket on a piece of thick paper or cardboard and spread them with glue.
2. Next, place pumpkin seeds along these contours to make a three-dimensional basket.
3. Inside, draw flowers in exactly the same way - these can be sunflowers, asters, poppies, daisies, snowdrops or any others. Use seeds of various sizes to create them - pumpkin, watermelon, sunflower seeds.
4. The centers of the flowers can be made from beads or filled with fine grains.
5. Paint your bouquet and paint the basket in brown. You can decorate the applique with sparkles or stickers, or add some plasticine details.

It’s easy to make a vase with flowers on the spring theme - just like a basket. To keep children's crafts made from seeds for a long time and not fall off, you can spray them with hairspray or coat them with clear nail polish.

A favorite activity for children will be creating applications and paintings depicting various animals, birds or fish. Together with your child, come up with a plot and bring the fairy tale to life using crafts made from pumpkin or watermelon seeds, as well as other various materials.

Fish, hedgehogs, bees, snails, ducks, cats and other animals are incredibly cute. See how easy it is to make a picture of a hedgehog as a craft from seeds.

1. Print out a drawing of a hedgehog or draw one yourself.
2. Apply a good layer of glue to his back and start gradually attaching seeds to him (these could be watermelon seeds or sunflower seeds).
3. You need to glue the seeds so that they all point with their sharp tips in one direction.
4. You can simply paint the rest of the hedgehog’s body, and attach mushrooms or fruits made from plasticine to its spines.

But what an interesting picture you can create with a peacock using watermelon seeds, as well as semolina and corn grits.

1. Draw a peacock on thick paper or print it out ready-made template(even regular coloring books will do).
2. Apply glue to the round ends of the feathers and cover them with corn grits. Do the same with the bird's legs.
3. When it dries a little, shake off the remaining residue from the sheet.
4. Decorate the feathers with watermelon seeds, gluing each one tightly.
5. After some time, cover the entire remaining peacock image with glue, except for the head, and fill it with semolina, while clearing the contours with a toothpick.
6. You can paint the head and decorate the picture as you wish. As you can see, crafts from watermelon seeds are very simple to make.

Other ideas for crafts made from natural materials

A painting can be not only an image of something, but also simply a panel made of cereals, seeds and other natural materials.

It is better to make such a panel on fabric (as a rule, burlap or other natural fabric is used), but you can also use paper. Divide your space into different sectors - these could be geometric shapes or abstraction, and then fill them with various grains and seeds (choose material of different colors, textures and shapes, combine them and try to combine them correctly).

To separate the sectors, use jute twine - then your natural panel will turn out more organic. Usually such paintings are not painted, but they can be fixed with varnish.

With older children, you can try to create three-dimensional figures or toys, like crafts from seeds and cereals. Then the material will need to be attached to the frame of your product, for example, you can make a house for some fairy tale hero, form for a candlestick or decorate a photo frame.

Do-it-yourself crafts from seeds is an idea for wonderful joint creativity with children, which will bring benefits and good mood for your whole family.

Our kids have so much energy and curiosity! This can and should be used: let the child make something on his own, create his own naive children's masterpieces. Of course, with your help and active participation, small touching gifts may appear for parents or grandparents - for a holiday or for absolutely no reason, just to say: “I love you.”

Magical transformation of ordinary objects

When a picture emerges from several types of cereals and seeds, it is akin to a miracle. After all, it is traditionally believed that we cook porridge from buckwheat and rice, and throw away melon and watermelon seeds without a second thought if we are not going to plant them. But it won’t be difficult to look at it differently - and try to use non-traditional materials to create crafts.

Then cereals, legumes, seeds will magically turn into paints, and imagination can suggest very unexpected decisions, and your baby will receive the first lessons in craftsmanship... But before you start mastering crafts from cereals, give your children a short drawing lesson on... semolina. Pour it into the tray and show how your finger can create a picture: a sun, a Christmas tree, a mushroom... The baby will be delighted!

What may be useful

Just imagine: creativity doesn’t require any special devices or materials. You most likely already have everything you need in your home:

When creating crafts from cereals for children with your own hands, you can use natural colors kitchen cabinet inhabitants:

• brown - buckwheat, tea leaves;
• shades of white - rice, semolina, pumpkin seeds, zucchini;
• yellow - peas, millet;
• shortbread - wheat groats;
• black, gray - seeds.

You can create a whole picture from beans of various colors!

DIY rainbow

But if you want brighter colors, for example, red or blue, the solution is simple: change the color of white raw materials with food coloring. Even if a young creator suddenly dares to taste a grain or a seed for inspiration, you will have nothing to fear.

However, if you need to color semolina, you need to use a different technology. To dissolve gouache, you need to mix equal volumes of water and alcohol. In a glass or plastic plate, add the resulting liquid to the paint to achieve the desired shade.

Advice. The most convenient option is to paint a larger amount of cereal: not for one application, but with a reserve. Then you will always have a multi-colored palette ready in jars.

Craft base

You can draw a sketch of the future picture yourself or select an image on the Internet and print it. This is a good solution for adults who are not artists at all.

To begin with, you should try your hand at creating small applications from pumpkin seeds, sunflowers, beans and peas. In this case, plasticine applied to the base inside the contours of the figure can act as glue. For legumes, the retaining layer is needed thicker than for light seeds.

Of course, nothing will work on thin paper; it simply won’t withstand the load. To still use a printed stencil, it is better to stick it on cardboard and then wait until the glue dries.

Fantasy and creativity

What materials do passionate people create their works from: scraps of fabric, pieces of paper, small stone chips... The list can be continued for a long time. And to name all the varieties of crafts is almost unrealistic, there are so many of them!

Hedgehog made from seeds

You can simply make a portrait of a cute animal with a prickly back, or, to complicate the task, draw a path along which the animal goes to its house.

The “Hedgehog” craft from seeds is not very difficult to make together with your child. Of course, you have already prepared a stencil on cardboard in advance, kneaded the plasticine until soft and poured seeds, buckwheat and rice into the bowls.

After completing each fragment filled with cereal, the excess should be shaken off onto a dish or tray. If you do everything step by step, carefully, the result will definitely please both you and the baby.

Is your hedgehog ready to stock up for the winter? Then make several plasticine mushrooms and apples and attach them to the needle seeds.

The works “Chicken” and “Mushroom Family” are performed similarly..

Craft “Flowers in a Vase”

And now it’s time for men (in this case, age is not the main thing, it’s about the state of mind) to get down to business. To make women smile and feel happier, there is one recipe: give them flowers more often. Having received your bouquet, your mother and grandmother will be touched, and your sister or friend will reward you with a radiant smile.

Making crafts from seeds and cereals with your own hands is not at all as difficult as it might seem at first glance. And if plasticine was needed for the hedgehog, then this time you will need PVA glue.

During the work process, all elements of the drawing must be done one by one and do not apply glue to several fragments at once: it may dry out, while you are working on one flower.

To ensure that each flower turns out neat, shake off excess grains - this way you will see where they did not stick and correct the situation in time.

To make the application look like a painting, you can create a background for a bouquet in a vase. This is not difficult: just apply glue to the free areas of the paper and sprinkle with semolina or dried tea bags. If at the same time the color of the background changes and becomes lighter from the perimeter to the center, the picture will “come to life.”

Panel “Cats on the night roof”

If you wish, the drawing can be done schematically and made with silhouettes of purrs on both sides of the pipe against the background of the moon and starry sky. Or you can try to create more detailed images - only you can decide how difficult the work will be.

To make it, you can use colored semolina and rice. Using something more massive is not entirely justified, since the panel is made on canvas. It is known that the fabric is overloaded can sag, become deformed and completely ruin the whole job.

If for some reason it is difficult to draw story picture yourself, you can print several templates from the Internet, and then transfer the contours to the prepared base.

The panel is characterized by two features: canvas and frame. Whether your work will be enclosed in a finished wooden structure, or whether it will be made from seeds, pasta, or strips of cereal, is up to you to decide. After all, you are the author and have every right to your own idea of ​​beauty.

If you decide to make a picture from colored beans, it is better to take cardboard and plasticine (hot glue). Just keep in mind: in this case, the process of creating a man-made masterpiece will be more like making a mosaic. Or perhaps it will remind your child of putting together puzzles... Either way, it will exciting activity. This picture can also have a frame made of beans in a contrasting color.

It is quite possible that you will want to create new works with other characters: “Geese and Swans”, “Lisa Patrikeevna and Kolobok”... You never know the plots!

Crafts from different cereals, plant seeds are always original and can be used not only as exhibition objects, but also as full-fledged bright accents in kitchen decor or on the desktop. Well, if you are “dragged” into creative process, then, probably, a variety of ideas can soon arise and come to life: from topiary and napkin clips to decorated tabletops. Why not?

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Natural materials– the most fertile resource for children's creativity. And if you combine fabric, paints, and other available materials in one work, you can get a truly artistic masterpiece! And many works done independently with your own hands and presented on the Internet are direct proof of this.

Following the advice of this MK, I suggest that parents and their children do a simple and very beautiful picture- application “Owl”. This picture will harmoniously fit into any interior of a children's room and will significantly enliven it.

We don't need much to get the job done:

1. Wooden frame size 18*24 cm.
2. A piece of denim approximately 26*32 cm.
3. Sheet of thick cardboard 18*24 cm.
4. Pumpkin seeds.
5. A pair of plastic eyes for toys.
6. Branches of trees or shrubs.
7. Gouache paints (acrylic can also be used).
8. Glue “Moment” transparent.
9. A little black plasticine.
10. Toothpicks 3 pcs.
11. Thin brush for painting.

How to make a painting with your own hands

1. First, let's prepare the field of activity for our application. Let's take the most common one wooden frame size 18*24. We prepare a sheet of thick cardboard measuring 18*24 cm, which is best cut from cardboard box. We put a piece of fabric on it, measuring approximately 26*32. In our case we took denim dark color, since the owl is a nocturnal bird and is awake in the dark. I’m sure that in every home there are old jeans that lie idle, and you don’t dare throw them away, but in our case, we will combine business with pleasure - we will find a worthy use for your favorite old jeans. We bend the ends of the “extra” fabric behind a cardboard sheet...

... and glue them on. We insert the resulting base into the frame and begin making the applique.

2. We cut the pre-prepared branches of trees or shrubs at our discretion and place them on our base in a frame, after which we glue them using transparent “Moment” glue. This glue is very good because it reliably glues parts to the fabric, and minor flaws in the work are practically invisible.

On the left we lay out an owl figurine from pumpkin seeds, and also glue them. Place the seeds with the pointed end up. We make ears for our owl on top.

We glue plastic eyes in the middle of the head (they can be purchased at any craft store). Just below eye level we glue an additional seed for the beak.

We glue individual seeds to the branches - these will be leaves.


From the bottom of the owl we form a tail from 3 seeds.


You can immediately make our owl claws from black plasticine.

3. Well, our composition is almost ready, and in order to make it more lively, all that remains is to decorate it. Let's start with the owl: we paint each seed on the owl's body in white, and in order to highlight the head, near the beak and eyes, we decided not to cover the seeds with white paint, but to leave them as they are. Paint the owl's beak orange.

We cover the leaves on the branches with different colors, and after the paint has dried, we use a toothpick or a thin brush to paint dark veins on them.

Along with gouache paints, you can also use acrylic paints, their advantage is that they do not wash off even after drying and give a glossy shine. If you used gouache paints, the color of the seeds will be matte, which, in my opinion, does not look so elegant. But no problem! If desired, after the paint on the seeds has dried, all elements of the composition, including tree branches, can be carefully coated with colorless nail polish. Now the whole composition has acquired a varnish shine.