Autumn is the best time to collect a large number of different material, from which you can later craft various crafts. From what you can create interesting gizmos? You think. It turns out that your material for crafts will be:

• leaves,
• seeds,
• chestnuts,
• bumps.

How to make a bouquet of autumn leaves

Yellow leaves are the most sought-after material for autumn crafts. Made from leaves autumn applications and various crafts. In addition, they are repainted and truly beautiful masterpieces are created from them. Now we propose to do autumn bouquet from fallen leaves.

Progress:

So, you need maple leaves. For such work, not dry leaves are needed, but already yellowed, but flexible. So, from a maple leaf it is worth making a rose. First, it is worth bending the maple leaf in half for the middle. In this case, the front side of the sheet should be outside. The sheet is folded in half and rolled into a tight tube.

The middle, which turned out to be supplemented with petals. They will help create a bud. For this work, it is worth attaching an autumn leaf folded in half somewhere 1.5 cm above the middle. After that, with this sheet wrapped around the middle and tied with threads. The edges protruding from above must be bent. For each rose we make 7 petals.

Autumn crafts from acorns

On long and rainy evenings, all residents make crafts on the theme of autumn. It is worth saying that such an activity helps to develop thinking. In addition, you can get solid positive emotions from such an activity.

In autumn, in the forest or in the park, you can collect a huge number of acorns. And from this natural material you can make unique crafts that will transform the design of your home.

From acorns you can make not only crafts. It turns out that you can put them in glassware and use this craft to decorate your home.

And for the next craft, you will need a dry twig and acorns. At the same time, acorns must be painted with acrylic paints and hung on this dry branch. A branch with acorns should be placed in an attractive vase. That's all, now you just have to admire this unusual element of decor.

On a note! To make the craft original, first remove the hats from the acorns before staining. After the paint has dried, glue them back.

You can make acorns out of wool to decorate your home. But it is better to stick natural hats to them.

Also, acorn caps are suitable for decorating a picture frame or a mirror. You can also decorate the frame from under the photo with acorns. It looks very stylish and cute at the same time.

Acorns are perfect for holiday decor. For example, you can make a brush of grapes from them. And to make such a craft, you need to take well-dried oak fruits. There is a through hole in the acorns with an awl. Then we put the acorns on the wire. Acorn cuttings turn around corrugated paper, but acorns are painted with acrylic paints. Clusters of grapes are collected according to the principle of weaving a wreath. And the leaves for the brush are usually made of paper. They will decorate the bunches of grapes.

What crafts can be made from cones

In this publication you can see all the autumn crafts from natural materials. It is worth saying that in addition to acorns, cones are used for autumn crafts. Now you can see how to make a funny cone spider.

For crafts it is worth preparing:

• 4 branches that will be paws,
• big bump,
• plasticine for eyes
• thread and superglue.

Progress:

1. First we make a spider paw. To do this, thread the brush through the thread, and then bend the threads.
2. Attach the eyes to the part of the cone that is not fluffy.
3. Now it remains to fasten the thread and hang our spider.

Using the same technology, you can make funny monsters out of cones.

Craft from sticks and leaves

You can arrange an autumn starfall in your home at any time of the year. And to make such a craft, you must prepare:

• sticks or cuttings from leaves,
• wire and thread
• small berries and leaves to be used for decoration.

Good afternoon, we continue to talk about autumn crafts. And today I have prepared a new portion of ideas for crafts on the theme of autumn. There will be the most beautiful works, feasible for children in kindergarten, as well as more serious art objects worthy of the hand of a master. A variety of crafts autumn theme you will find in our other articles - And I will also give you at the end of the article a list of links to other children's crafts for this fall.

Well, let's start, let's see how beautiful and simple crafts I have prepared for you today.

Origami

On the theme of autumn

In the technique of quilling.

Autumn is beautiful golden leaves. From narrow strips of paper you can transfer openwork beauty autumn leaves. Here in the photo below we see simple openwork twists using the quilling technique. For such airy leaves, you don’t need a lot of paper at all. And such work is quite simple to do for school-age children.

Children younger age can fold simple leaves - where each element of the sheet is ONE single large quilling twist.

And more complex crafts-leaves on the theme of autumn are made in several stages. First, on a piece of paper, we draw the outlines of a maple leaf. Then we fill this silhouette with twist modules - starting from the center and gradually moving towards the edges of the silhouette. After the entire inside of the sheet is assembled, it remains only one continuous strip of paper to glue along the entire contour edge of the craft.

And you can start doing crafts with veins(as in the left photo below). First, stretch the veins from the strips of paper - following the drawn contours of the veins on the paper - stick a pin into the end of the drawn vein, stretch a strip of paper, wrap it around the pin and glue the second half of the strip to the first half. After all the veins are collected and fixed on pins, we begin to lay paper twist modules.

There are different quilling techniques for creating patterned twist modules. By alternating different patterns and shades of color, you can make real masterpieces-crafts on the theme of autumn (like these oak leaves with acorns in the picture below).

Quilling modules can be stacked in autumn picture-panel(as in the photo below). How to make such shaggy flowers, I told in detail and showed in photographs in a special article.

Birds, rowan twigs, squirrels, hedgehogs may appear on quilling craft paintings on the theme of autumn. Everything that has to do with the autumn forest.

If you are just starting your first steps in the quilling technique, then on the theme of autumn it is better and easier to do rowan craft.

This craft has simple berries - round twists. And simple leaves - twists in the shape of an eye (that is, the same circle-twist was first loosened, untwisted, and then squeezed with fingers from both sides, giving the shape of an eye).

Children of primary school age already have sufficiently dexterous and strong fingers to twist and flatten quilling modules themselves. Therefore, for them, simple crafts on the theme of autumn using the quilling technique will also be able to do.

For example, it’s easy to make such a hedgehog and a round, relaxed apple tourniquet.

Many more ideas and ways to make an autumn hedgehog craft and in the quilling technique and from natural material and from paper you will find in our article.

And when the child gets the hang of it, you can give him craft tasks with an already LARGE number of quilling modules (as in the photo with autumn crafts below).

For the manufacture of such children's crafts, it is better to use stencils. A lot of quilling stencils on the theme of autumn can be found on the Internet. I plan to write a separate article on autumn quilling and in it I will publish ready-made stencils in full size. In the meantime, here's an idea for you to start autumn tree from paper rolls.

Crafts on the theme of autumn

Corrugated paper.

Thin crepe paper (wrinkled or corrugated) is suitable for very beautiful autumn-themed crafts for children. You can make a tree craft from a toilet paper roll. Or craft autumn flower on an ice cream stick.

The most important thing is to learn how to make multilayer lush pom-pom flowers. In the article "" I give detailed explanations of how to make such lush flowers quickly and easily with children's hands in kindergarten.

And here they post such a schematic photo-instruction. And I give step by step description your actions.

Step 1- we put colored sheets of paper on top of each other (crepe or colored paper table napkins)

Step 2- we fold this stack of colored paper layers in the form of an ordinary accordion (as in the manufacture of a paper fan)

Step 3- from the two ends of the folded fan we make a rounding with scissors (this is so that the edges of the flowers are oval)

Step 4- we drag the middle of the fan with a wire or rope, tie it into a knot.

Step 5- we push the blades of our fan from both ends and in both directions - and push the colored paper layers apart, unstick them from each other. We get a magnificent rainbow cloud.

And now we either partially put this cloud into the tree trunk (toilet paper roll) or attach it to the stem of the flower (ice cream stick or a long skewer). And in the end we get a craft tree. Or an autumn flower craft.

Craft for autumn.

Newspaper wreath.

An ordinary newspaper can be a beautiful autumn gift or a craft for a school competition on the theme of autumn.

newspaper sheets we paint with gouache in different colors of autumn. Next, we fold each sheet in half several times and circle the silhouette of the blank for the future petal on it. The silhouette may be in the shape of a triangle (or a heart). Cut out such colored silhouettes. And now we twist each of them so that the tip of the triangle (or heart) looks up.

From the newspaper we turn thin tubules-bundles. From them we twist the body-base for the wreath. We fix with wire or rope.

Crafts on the theme of autumn

From ordinary cones.

Pine cones are a very versatile craft material. From them you can make animals and birds and many other crafts on the theme of autumn for children. I have a separate article Crafts from cones and there is a whole menagerie on this topic. And in this article I want to show the other side of the bump. Her beautiful inner world.

Namely world bumps in the cut.

If the cone is cut in half with a knife. Then we see a flat center with scales similar to wooden flower petals. You can use tongs to pull out the extra scales-petals. Or vice versa, glue with glue to add petals-flakes to this cut of the bumps.

And then decorate everything with gouache. Draw the colored edges of the petals, draw the middle, and even draw the fluffy stamens with thin brush strokes (as in the photo below). Are obtained beautiful flowers from cones.

Crafts for coloring cones are very popular with children. You can make whole wall panels from cones-flower beds on the theme of autumn.

But below we see blanks for a cool craft - AUTUMN FLOWER. You see orange flowers so similar to marigolds. Here, in the middle of the saw cut from a large cone, a small cone with lush open scales is inserted. Everything is beautiful in yellow. The edges of the scales are painted red. And it turns out the poured flower of marigolds. You can collect a realistic bouquet. Open the Internet, look - what shape and coloring they have, and repeat the same shades with gouache, stamens, stripes, specks - and you will get an autumn flower bed that looks like a real one.

This is very chic crafts, which is quite simple to do. With such a flower bed, you will win any school autumn-themed craft competition. Rest assured. Moreover, I will now reveal to you three little secrets how to achieve perfection in this craft ...

Little secret. How beautiful to open the scales of the cone. Soak the cones in hot water. They closed off the water. Remove from water and place on a baking sheet in the oven. We fry them at a low temperature and they open beautifully - spread evenly in all directions.

And another little trick. To make your flower bed fragrant, you can use aromatic oils (sold at a pharmacy). We put the opened cones, even before painting them with gouache, in a cellophane tight bag - we drop a few drops of aromatic oil there - you can mix, drop a drop of different things (this will not spoil). And close the bag tightly, shake so that the droplets are distributed throughout the bag. And let the bump lie there for a day, soak properly.

And another little nuance. How to make your flower bed sparkle. After you have applied the main color and drawings, strokes, specks, etc. with gouache. Spray on top with hairspray. This will fix the paint, it will not stain your hands and the color itself will become two tones juicier and brighter.

The middle of each cone flower can be decorated with a round hat from an acorn - also painting it with colored gouache (as in the photo below). From such chic flower cones, you can make whole wreaths-crafts on the theme of autumn.

You can not arrange the decorated cones in the form of flowers, but simply stick them on a cardboard donut ring cut from a large pizza box.

Crafts on the theme of autumn

From natural material

Mosaic technique.

Bulk applications from cereals are loved by all children. And this is good. Because it's useful. Autumn mosaic applications of cereals and seeds are very calming to the psyche and develop fine motor skills of the hands.

Curly pasta can be added to cereals. We attach the material to plasticine or glue from a hot gun.

Young children can be given simple mosaic crafts on the theme of autumn. For example, here is such a craft in the form of an autumn tree all kids love it junior group kindergarten.

We paint in advance watermelon pits(or pumpkin seeds) in different colors of gouache. And children lay out whole panels of these colored bones on pva glue.

And even faster to make a mosaic material on the theme of autumn from colored maple leaves. We simply cut them into cubes and pour them into bowls. Children themselves choose the elements and stick them on the crown of the painted tree.

Here's another simple ideas crafts on the theme of autumn for children at school and kindergarten. The autumn leaf is divided into sectors and each sector can be filled with material of different texture. If there are no seeds and cereals, each sector can be filled with chopped mosaic and maple leaf, but different color- a sector of yellow, a sector of green, burgundy, orange, red, etc.

And hand-made hedgehogs made of natural material, beloved by all children. Hedgehog spines can be laid out from watermelon pits, their winged maple seeds. And an apple on the side of a hedgehog can be made from a walnut shell.

Crafts on the theme of autumn can be nonchalant colors - but the different texture of the bulk mosaic material will make it chic. The combination of rice, buckwheat and barley groats will give us a beautiful boletus mushroom.

Light oatmeal and maple seeds will help you make a wonderful squirrel with your own hands.

And here is my favorite combination of a mosaic of dry leaves and acorn caps.

You can make such a beautiful craft on the theme of autumn with your own hands - the silhouette of a squirrel from acorn hats. We print the silhouette on the printer. We cover it with black gouache. And on the glue from the hot gun we attach hats from acorns. Beautiful craft as a gift to friends and relatives.

MOSAIC TECHNIQUES

for crafts for the fall.

Mosaic from lumps . Lumps can be paper (crumpled balls of their crepe or corrugated paper).

Or lumps can be from colored plasticine (as in the photo of the craft below).

Mosaic for adult art crafts on the theme of autumn may consist of more expensive material - buttons and beads. Autumn is rich in button craft ideas. It can be trees, pumpkins, and a red fox like autumn - the queen of the autumn forest.

But the child also loves to work with buttons. You can stick buttons on a glue gun or plasticine. You can lay out a long sticky path from the glue gun with your own hand, and the child quickly fills it with bright buttons and sequins (as in the photo of the autumn crafts below)

Autumn paper mosaic. This is a children's craft. When a sheet of colored paper is cut into squares. Each color is poured into a separate bowl and the child begins to lay out the picture. It looks beautiful when everything is laid out on a black background, that is, black cardboard is suitable.

How less baby the simpler the mosaic task should be for him. The contours of the future drawing should be drawn in advance on the background and serve as guidelines for the child's borders of the layout of the elements.

You can cut mosaic material different sizes . In order to fill in each sector of the picture with a different texture - small or large, cubic or triangular.

Can be cut out of thick cardboard uneven pieces of the future mosaic. First, cut the cardboard into uneven strips with winding edges. And then cut these long strips into short segments, also strongly obliquely and unevenly moving the scissors.

Collect crafts from such crooked cardboard elements. And then seal the cracks. Apply PVA glue to the gaps between the cardboard and fill these places with fine sifted river sand or sifted barley groats. Dry and top coat with hairspray to make everything shine. Get the effect of a real ceramic mosaic. Excellent quite simple and chic crafts on the theme of autumn. Suitable for children and parents - everyone can find their own portion of work in cutting and laying out.

Crafts from autumn leaves

in print technology.

Not in the first article on the topic of autumn, we are talking about the technique of imprinting maple leaves. Because the right print is very beautiful. Children really like such art activities where you can make stamps and prints. Against the background of such a paper sheet stamped with leaves, you can make autumn applications with a squirrel or a hedgehog.

Children's crafts from leaves

On the theme of autumn.

Children love to make elegant crafts from autumn leaves. On our website there is a large article on a variety of techniques for such children's creativity Crafts from leaves

In this article, I will show you some more ideas for kids. These cute flowers with eyes are suitable for school and kindergarten age.

We cut out a circle from cardboard - we glue white eyes on it and draw a smile and eyelashes with a marker. We turn the cardboard disk over and on the reverse side we attach the leaves to the glue or plasticine so that they look like half a sheet over the edge of the cardboard round. WITH reverse side flower on plasticine or adhesive tape, we fasten the tube-leg and put the flower in a vase from the toilet paper sleeve.

Here is a beautiful application of round aspen leaves. Or cut with scissors in the shape of a circle of maple leaves. We stick them on a sheet of paper, add sticks at the top, and glue the silhouette of the bowl in which they lie down. A simple craft for young children on the theme of autumn.

You can take a sheet of paper to stick autumn leaves on it in a chaotic manner. And from above this leafy canvas is covered with a sheet of cardboard with a silhouette-hole cut out in it in the form of a maple leaf.

You can also make a carpet from hardwood. Cut out an even circle. And laminate the round on a laminating machine, we get a useful craft stand for table setting.

More interesting techniques on working with autumn foliage you will find in the article.

Crafts for autumn

from leaves and colors.

Leaves can be dyed. And they will have new craft opportunities. The painted sheet takes on a new creative life. Here's how it goes.

We took a long willow leaf and covered it with a pattern. We look at it and understand that it resembles a long feather of a wondrous bird.

Then we draw a new feather-leaf and another one, each time changing the pattern. Then we lay out the feather leaves on the table and now we see the silhouette of the future craft. Beautiful firebird.

It is not easy for children to draw neat patterns with a thin brush. And it is not necessary. Let the children's painted leaves be bright spotty, not necessarily with an even symmetrical pattern. Anyway, this work will be great.

At an older age, you can draw whole mini-pictures on large leaves. I will not talk in detail about the technique of such painting on autumn leaves, I already talked about this in the article

DIY lamps

Autumn themed.

This craft requires work with a sharp paper knife or blade, so children should not take it on their own. Let an adult cut out the inner parts of the sheet. The clear tutorial below will show you all the steps. They are simple and understandable.

We cut out a long strip from cardboard - we fold it into 4 parts-sashes, plus on one side there should be a small overlap-stock for gluing. In one of the halves of the sides we cut a hole in the form of a sheet with a knife. Glue parchment on the inside. We glue the wings to make a hollow cube. And inside we put a glass jar with a candle tablet at the bottom.

By the same principle, one can candle holders made of thick wrapping paper and rolled into a tube. On it we cut out the silhouette of a maple leaf, on the reverse side we glue transparent parchment paper, painted with watercolors in a delicate color. We turn this two-layer sheet into a roll, fasten it with a stapler. Inside we place a candle or a garland of LEDs.

And here are some more jars of candlesticks, The simplest crafts on the theme of autumn. The jars are smeared with gouache blots, or glued with pieces of colored napkins, and on this blotted background we paste the silhouette of a tree trunk with branches. And you're done.

You can paint the jars like this with a hole in the form of an autumn leaf. Cut out a sheet of paper. We glue it on ordinary soap on the side of the can. We cover the jar with acrylic paint. Wet the paper sticker with water - the soap soaks and the sheet peels off. It turns out a candlestick. Pour grain inside and put a candle.

And you can White Christmas LED garland decorate with autumn leaves - tie foxes to each diode with adhesive tape and get a glowing autumn garland. Beautiful crafts on the theme of autumn, to decorate your autumn holiday.

Crafts-embroidery

on the theme of autumn.

If you loved to embroider as a child, then this fall you can make an embroidered craft on an autumn theme. It can be a beautiful yellow-green-red leaf, made in different techniques embroidery stitch (as in the photo below).

It can be a picture-landscape on the theme of autumn, made in the technique of smooth surface.

You can swing at a large canvas with many elements. Or you can make a simple autumn tree.

You can decorate with embroidery useful thing- such as a pillow. A great gift for DIY crafts on the theme of autumn. Scheme for such embroidery you can draw yourself watercolor paints on paper in small cells- such paper is sold in the drafting department.

Crafts from beads

on the theme of autumn.

And autumn leaves look beautiful if they are made of bright beads. There are a lot of beading techniques, so there are many ways to make an autumn leaf from beads. Here I offer the simplest - accessible to children, the one that is taught in children's creativity circles. We make the outer frame of the sheet with a central vein from thick wire. And already with a thin wire we braid this frame, stringing on it, in the course of weaving, rows of beads.

“We need crafts for kindergarten!” parents recall with horror on Friday evening. Although, it's still good if on Friday: insight happens on Sunday. And if you find yourself in the same situation as us, then we will tell you how and from what to make crafts quickly and beautifully. Seasonal theme: "Autumn".

From the first day in kindergarten almost to the end elementary school parents are puzzled by craft contests. Autumn, spring, winter, how I spent the summer, for the holidays and anniversaries- the cycle of creativity really captures parents.

According to Yandex.Wordstat, 295,000 users have addressed the popular search engine with the request “do-it-yourself crafts” over the past month. Indeed, the beginning school year- Busy time.

Educators and teachers often remind about competitions a couple of months in advance. That's just what we most often remember in a couple of days.

Another problem is "crazy" hands. Not everyone has the skill to create truly beautiful wreath or topiary - such a round "tree" on a thin stem. But you don’t really want to carry, for example, a piece of paper glued to colored cardboard.

If you are also one of the same as us, then follow our recommendations and everything will work out.

Of what?

First you need to a short time decide on the material. Since they are often asked to create from natural "raw materials", it is desirable that the question of a trip out of town at night for a couple of bumps does not arise.

In order to find what you need, we act extremely simply:

• We leave work early. And we don’t get on the bus or car on the move: we take a leisurely walk. Keep close to the clusters of trees.
• We carefully look under our feet: what if a cherished twig or leaf is right in front of you?
• We carefully collect everything we find: acorns, cones, leaves, branches. Beautiful blades of grass can also work. And let it be more than necessary: ​​there is never too much natural material. That's just the leaves will have to immediately put in something like a book or notebook. In a bag, they may “not reach” the house and curl up ugly. And if you come across a rosehip bush with fruits, then rather tear them until the “competitors” get there.
• We do not pay attention to the views of passers-by. After all, there is nothing special in the fact that a business woman in high heels walks through the mud, leaves and grass, in which she stubbornly looks out for something.
• Along the way, we remember whether there is superglue or PVA at home, colored and plain paper, cardboard, boxes, threads, toothpicks, plasticine, paints, wire, brushes. All this will surely come in handy.
• If it is very tight with natural material, we think about the refrigerator: is there a particularly photogenic carrot or potato lying around in it? Is there not a very tasty zucchini or pumpkin in it?

What?

Anything can become an autumn craft: a photo frame decorated with dried flowers, a composition with plasticine hedgehogs, and cobwebs with spiders and leaves.

But in our "emergency" case, we do not panic and proceed from what we have:

• acorns or cones - look, yes, these are ready-made owlets or spiders! It is only necessary to attach plasticine beaks and wings. Cones are still very "go" images of bears. The fruits of our local Manchurian nut can also become a good body for a bird - the “bone” under the green shell is very similar to a walnut. By the way, it is also divided into two parts and a hedgehog or a mouse is obtained. You also don’t have to look for it for a long time - it grows in almost every yard. It is better to glue these materials together with superglue. By the way, from a large number acorns especially skillful parents do at all three-dimensional models cars, planes and ships. We hope this is about you. But, unfortunately, not about us.
• leaves and grass are, first of all, the background and the "floor" if we do voluminous crafts. For example, in a small gift box you can “line” the entire bottom with leaves, glue the sides with colored paper and “settle” our animals in all this splendor.

• vegetables - any animal can be made from them. Potato piglet, zucchini dolphin, eggplant penguin, carrot fox. Take a close look at your products and you will definitely see something more in them. It is popular to carve something on the peel of a pumpkin, zucchini or watermelon, but here, without the ability to draw well, it is unlikely that something will work out. Another minus of vegetables is that they will soon wither and lose their “appearance”. Although on the other hand, we need a craft, not a statue for centuries.
• rose hips - if you string them on a thread, you get funny caterpillars and worms. We “seed” them into our box, let them gnaw on a plasticine apple - and that’s it! The composition is ready.
• branches are a great basis for a web: you just need to add a little thread. Thicker branches can be used to make a tree. Only the leaves will need to be attached especially carefully so that the leaf fall does not suddenly begin.
• plasticine is a universal and almost indispensable tool. If he suddenly was not at home, then you can make salt dough. Mix by eye, but in equal proportions flour and salt. Add some water to them. Some recommend adding a little vegetable oil so that the mass does not stick to your hands. The result should be a very dense mass. The only downside is that it dries for quite a long time, and then it will have to be painted.

How?

• The main thing to remember when making crafts is not to overdo it, because you still need to bring it to kindergarten or school. Three-meter castles and huts will definitely not suit us.

• Engage your child in creativity. First, it's helpful. Secondly, laugh together. And thirdly, you are not the only one to take the rap.
• Fasten the structural elements well so that all the beauty does not fall apart when carried. Children will definitely be upset if something goes wrong.
• Do not worry about this and do not strive to "surpass" everyone and everything. Consider "these stupid crafts" as a good opportunity to have fun with your child, get away from everyday life and work. After all, not even the most artistic creation, but made together with you and with a soul, the child will be proud of.

Autumn gives us a lot of materials for creativity. These are leaves of various colors, and chestnuts, and dried flowers, and acorns, and a decorative miniature pumpkin.

But, before you start making souvenirs from them, you need to properly prepare them, namely, dry them and, if necessary, varnish or paint them.

If you make crafts from unprepared raw materials, then this will be a short-lived product.

As soon as the material dries on its own, the souvenir will lose its shape and will have to be thrown away. And besides this, half-baked leaves can simply rot or become moldy.

Therefore, let's start by drying our autumn finds.

Let's prepare the leaves for the herbarium as follows:

1 way:

Put them between the book sheets and put them back on the shelf, pressing the other books firmly on the side. After about a week and a half, the leaves will become suitable for crafts.

This method is the best, since the natural color of the leaves does not change and then they for a long time do not break.

2 way:

This method is good if you do not have the strength to endure a week and a half and want to quickly get to work. Place the sheet between two white sheets of paper and iron on the lowest setting.

In this case, the yellow and red leaves retain their color, but the green ones can darken and become an ugly, brown hue.

We dry chestnuts, acorns and decorative pumpkin.

1 way:

Dry outdoors in the shade. It will be necessary to wait quite a long time before these materials acquire the dryness we need.

Sometimes this process takes a month. This is especially true of decorative pumpkins, from which wonderful autumn DIY crafts come out.

You will see for yourself when the moment of readiness of the gifts of autumn comes. Acorns and chestnuts will become lighter, and the pumpkin will become like a rattle, as the cavity inside will dry out and shrink, and dry seeds will beat against the walls.

2 way:

We use the oven for this. It must be set to a temperature of up to 60C, and dried until tender, stirring occasionally.

The main thing is not to rush and do not set a high heat, as the fruits will simply boil and become completely unusable.

Drying dried flowers

There is only one way and it is long-playing. Flowers should be strung on a thread threaded through the stems and hung in a dry place, peduncles down.

Drying in a book or an iron will not work, so the shape will be lost and they will become flat. After the dried flowers are completely dry, they must be covered with a layer of hairspray. He will give them desired density and will not allow to crumble at the slightest touch.

Well, now, let's move on to specific master classes and examples.

1. Panel of autumn leaves

We offer you a great DIY leaf panel idea. It is not difficult to make it, but the result is quite impressive.

It would be nice if you placed other autumn decor elements next to the finished leaf painting. For example, pumpkins, spikelets and other gizmos suitable in style. Then you will have a whole autumn ensemble.

What we need to work:

1. 1. Dried maple leaves of yellow-red color.
2. 2. Tree branch for the trunk
3. 3. A piece of square plywood
4. 4. Stain or dark varnish
5. 5. Simple pencil
6. 6. PVA glue
7. 7. A bunch of dry spikelets
8. 8. Wicker basket for pumpkins
9. 9. A few Jack Be Little or Baby Boo pumpkins

If you do not have such pumpkins, then the basket can be filled with chestnuts and acorns. But on next year it would not hurt to grow them, as they look very colorful and festive. Of course, if you have a piece of land.

See what a variety of varieties and how harmoniously they combine with each other:

Master class step by step:

1 step. Sand the board, paying special attention to the edges. They must be smooth.

2 step. Cover it with stain or varnish, preferably with a brownish tint. Apply the coating in several layers, trying to make the board not of a uniform color, but slightly “spotted”.

3 step. Freehand draw a large maple leaf.

4 step. Start gluing on the maple leaves. Start from the edges, gradually approaching the middle. The edges of the leaves should match the edges of the sketch as best as possible. The next row of leaves should overlap the previous one. Do not glue the ends, they should be “overhang” so that the effect of volume comes out.

5 step. Glue the selected branch in place of the stem.

Now hang up autumn panel, created with your own hands, above a cabinet and spread other decor elements around.

2. Topiary from a herbarium and other autumn materials

Topiary is an ornamental tree. In autumn, you can collect beautiful leaves and make such a wonderful and cozy element of decor.

Any leaves, dried flowers, acorns, spikelets will be used here. The main thing is to understand the essence and make the right foundation. And what to fill it with - fantasy will tell.

What we need to work:

1. 1. Ceramic pot of soft color
2. 2. Smooth tree branch for the trunk
3. 3. 1 ball of foam rubber, polystyrene or special floral foam
4. 4. Dry moss, sesame or a handful of beautiful pebbles, acorns, dry mountain ash
5. 5. Glue gun
6. 6. Gypsum dry
7. 7. Decorative elements: herbarium, dried flowers, mountain ash, acorns, etc.

Master class step by step:

1 step. Let's start with the base. Take a styrofoam ball and put it on a branch that will serve as a trunk for you. Then remove it and drop glue from the gun into the hole formed. Reattach the ball and let dry.

2 step. Secure the stem in the pot. To do this, put a drop of glue on the free edge of the branch, attach it to the base of the pot.

Then, dilute the gypsum with water to the consistency of liquid sour cream and fill the container. Keep in mind that you will still need to decorate everything on top with moss or acorns, so leave a gap of about 3-4 cm from the top.

3 step. Now we insert leaves, dried flowers into the ball, sticking their stems inside. If you want to add acorns to the composition, then first put them on pieces of wire.

4 step. Now you just have to decorate the top of the pot so that the gypsum is not visible.

That's all. According to this simple scheme, you can make a variety of autumn crafts with your own hands, not only from leaves, but also from dry peas, nuts and other things. All of them will look just fine!

3. Roses from maple leaves

Looking at this elegant bouquet of roses, it would never occur to you that it is made from ordinary maple leaves!

But, nevertheless, it is so. It is enough just to learn how to fold them correctly and you will get a chic basis for many ideas.

Such roses can be included in various autumn topiaries, wreaths, compositions and panels. They look great in combination with any natural materials.

Well, let's get down to business.

What we need to work:

1. 1. Maple leaves not dried
2. 2. Thread or soft wire
3. 3. Matte hairspray

Master class step by step:

1 step. We form the middle of the bud. To do this, fold the sheet as shown in the pictures below. Try to twist it as tightly and evenly as possible. First in half, and then sausage.

As a result, we should get something like this:

2 step. Now take the second sheet, fold it in half again and wrap the base around it.

sharp edges maple leaves you need to carefully hide inside, like this:

3 step. We continue to build up mass around the base, fitting more and more new leaves. If you want to end up with a bud, then twist it tighter, and if you ate a more lush rose, then loosen the twist a little.

4 step. When you see that a real rose has “bloomed” in your hands, you need to fix it with threads, as tight as possible.

5 step. We cut the edges with scissors and put the rose on a lining of leaves, preferably already dry. We cover the composition with varnish and admire!

Such roses from leaves stand for a long time, for the whole autumn season it will definitely be enough. You can make as many of these colors as you like. The more of them, the more chic this autumn composition looks, resembling a fabric motif in appearance.

4. Compositions from decorative pumpkins

Even if you do not grow this vegetable on your site, in the autumn you can freely buy them on the market and then dry them yourself. How to do this, we have already told above, so let's not waste time talking.

Let's get creative!

There will be no master classes in this block, we will just show you examples of such decor, and how to make them is quite clear from the photo.

Of course there are more complex techniques, for example, carving or painting on dry lagenaria, but this topic is extensive and worthy of a separate article. Here we will consider only the simplest compositions that even a schoolboy can do.

1 option. Basket with a scattering of pumpkins. It couldn't be easier, but the view is spectacular!

Option 2. Candlesticks from mini pumpkins. To do this, you need to cut a hole large enough with a knife so that you can put a foil-based candle in it.

Or this option:

Incredibly simple, right?

3 option. Wreath on the door of pumpkins. Take any circle as a basis, for example, an embroidery hoop, and attach mini-pumpkins to it.

Pierce the tails with wire and screw it to the base, circle. As additional decorative elements, use berries, acorns, twigs and autumn leaves.

It will look something like this:

5. Chestnut Topiary

To create this spectacular do-it-yourself autumn craft, we need the same materials for the base as for creating a decorative herbarium tree. And for decoration, you just need other elements.

For work we need:

1. Ceramic pot
2. Styrofoam ball
3. Gypsum dry
4. Glue gun
5. Tree branch for the trunk
6. Cones, chestnuts, acorns
7. Harsh thread or twine to form decorative balls

Master class step by step:

1. 1. We form the base of the tree in the same way as in the case of the leaf topiary.
2. 2. We fix the base in a pot with glue and plaster
3. 3. We apply drops of hot glue to chestnuts, acorns and other elements and randomly attach them to the foam ball-crown.
4. 4. A wreath on the chestnut door

Such a wreath of chestnuts front door, will cheer up not only you, but also passers-by. It is very easy to make it. Follow all the steps given for making a pumpkin wreath.

Find some kind of dense base, then pierce the chestnuts and other elements through the reverse side, insert the wire, form a hook and use it to screw them to the circle.

Complement the chestnut composition with leaves, acorns, berries and other autumn decorative elements that this fertile time of the year gave.

6. Autumn garland "Leaves" from salt dough

This is a very spectacular autumn craft with your own hands. The big advantage of such a garland is that it is not seasonal and will decorate your home for many years.

After all, it is made not from natural materials, but from salt dough, which does not deteriorate for years. The only thing is that such products are fragile and must be handled with care so as not to break. But, even if this happened, they can always be glued together, but the joint will not be noticeable.

What we need to work:

1. 2 cups flour
2. 1 glass of salt
3. 0.5 cups of water
4. Gouache
5. Sewing pins with hook eye
6. Twine
7. Oven
8. White landscape paper, pencil

Master class step by step:

1 step. We draw patterns of leaves of various types on the landscape sheet, but approximately the same size. We cut them out.

2 step. Knead a stiff dough of flour, salt and water. If the dough turns out to be non-plastic, then liquid can be added drop by drop. Mix well the resulting material and roll it out on the board. The layer should be approximately 5-7 millimeters.

3 step. We lay out the templates on the rolled out dough and cut them along the contour with a knife.

As a result, we should get about as many blanks.

4 step. We make holes with pins and carefully fix the heads. On them we will hang our leaves. We squeeze out the veins with a knife.

5 step. We dry the dough in the oven at a temperature of 50-60C until completely dry.

6 step. We color the blanks from the dough with gouache, trying to make natural tones and transitions.

7 step. We string the garland on the twine, making a knot over each leaf so that they do not move.

So our autumn do-it-yourself craft is ready. You can hang it anywhere, it will be in place in any corner of the house, especially if you have some other autumn-style decor elements.

7. Vases and houses from an ordinary pumpkin

Autumn is the season for pumpkins. It costs mere pennies and find nice shape and coloring is not difficult.

And to make an element of autumn decor on its basis is as easy as shelling pears! There is no need for any step-by-step technologies and accessories.

All you need is pumpkins, a carving knife, a tablespoon to pick out the pulp and flowers to fill these colorful vases.

Look at our selection of photos of pumpkin vases. Looks very dignified and autumnal.

As you already understood, you only need to cut off the top and clean the core of the vegetable. Then fill the container with water.

And you can make houses out of pumpkins. To do this, you just need to cut holes in the right places. Where exactly they are located, you can see in the picture below. Kids love these things!

8. Wreath on the door made of natural materials

We have already given above an example of wreaths of pumpkins and chestnuts. How to make them - you already know. Here we just give a selection of the most spectacular, in our opinion, ideas.

9. Frame of acorns for a photo or a mirror

Decorating any base in this way is very simple. We think no explanation is needed here.

The only thing we can advise is that you should not glue acorns on a glue gun or PVA. Much better if you use plasticine.

Because, most likely, you will soon get tired of such decor and have to throw it away. And so, you can always dismantle the acorns and get a regular photo frame back into use.

This is how it will look like.

There are whole acorns on the photo frame, and only hats on the mirror. Thus, you can create a variety of autumn crafts with your own hands and decorate any surface: caskets, bread boxes, and more.

10. A bunch of acorns

This autumn craft will look the best way, if you paint the "berries" in natural colors, and instead of grape leaves add a herbarium of their maple, of various colors.

Also, a bunch of acorns is a wonderful element of any autumn wreath on the door or a large topiary. After all, it can be made not only desktop, but also in human growth!

Only instead of a foam ball, you need to take some large, plastic one. Grapes from acorns are made very simply, we will now tell you exactly how.

What we need to work:

1. Acorns without hats
2. Shilo
3. Wire
3. Glue gun
4. Acrylic paint
5. Autumn leaves for decoration

Master class step by step:

1 step. We pierce holes in the base of the acorn with an awl.

2 step. We break or cut the wire into pieces 7-10 cm long.

3 step. Dip the ends of the wire in a drop of glue from the gun and insert into the punctured holes.

4 step. We paint acorns in any color you want. The main thing is that it is combined with leaves that will complement the composition.

5 step. We collect acorns in a bunch, forming a wire rod on top. Then we attach leaves to it.

Now you can make any decoration based on this fall craft. Panel, wreath and more.

11. Autumn crafts from felt

Working with this fabric is a pleasure! The material does not crumble, perfectly holds its shape. And this means that any beginner can make an autumn craft from felt with his own hands and it will turn out no worse than the products of experienced craftswomen.

We offer you a selection of the best and simple decors in autumn style, and you already choose any of them! They are so simple that they do not need to describe in detail their step-by-step technology.

As you can see, on the basis of felt leaves, you can make both a wreath and a garland, like the one we already made from salt dough. Here are a couple more options autumn wreaths with your own hands.

All you need to do is draw patterns, cut out the felt and decorate it according to our photos.

12. Pigtail of garlic and red pepper

How cozy it is when bundles of garlic, onions, red peppers hang in the kitchen! But if you hang them fresh, they will very soon lose their appearance or simply run out, because they will go to food.

Let's do something like this, but for the ages! Now we will look at how garlic and pepper are made, from which we will form a pretty braid for the kitchen.

For work we need:

1. Nylon tights white color or plastic bag (for garlic base)
2. Cotton wool or synthetic winterizer (for filling)
3. White harsh thread (for dressing and forming lobules)
4. Glue gun
5. Buckwheat or twine (to simulate garlic roots)
6. Fabric for sewing peppers or salty dough for his molding

Master class step by step:

1 step. We form the body of garlic. To do this, we need to cut into squares or nylon tights or simple plastic bags. Garlic made of nylon looks, of course, more realistic.

But the package looks good too. But most importantly, this material is always at hand. So, cut out a square, about 7 by 7 cm in diameter.

2 step. We roll a ball out of cotton wool or synthetic winterizer, put it inside a flap of nylon and form a head of garlic. It looks like it is shown in the photo.

3 step. Then we begin to tie the head with a harsh thread, forming garlic cloves. First, divide in half, then into quarters, then into 8 parts.

Look at the photo, the process is clearly shown there.

4 step. In the place where the roots of real garlic are located, we drip a drop of glue and sprinkle this place with crushed buckwheat. If you want, you can replace it with twine, which needs to be unraveled and finely chopped.

5 step. We make a pigtail out of twine and attach the resulting garlic cloves to it.

6 step. Now it's time to do the pepper. You can sew it, but a pepper made from salt dough looks much better.

We have already given the recipe for kneading, in the subheading “Garlands of autumn leaves”. This is how the peppercorns should turn out in the end.

7 step. We make holes in the tails of the peppercorns (we will then thread the twine into them and with its help we will fix them on the pigtail with garlic). You can do this with an awl or any item at hand.

The main thing is to make them large enough so that you can thread the thread freely later. Otherwise, after drying, you will not be able to attach in any way ready product to composition.

And one more thing: if you make a hole, make sure that the edges of the legs remain more or less large. Otherwise, after you pull the thread, the thin walls may crack and the pepper will fall to the floor.

8 step. Dry in the oven, paint with acrylic paint, after drying, cover them with varnish. When the pepper shines, it looks more natural.

Dry at a low temperature, do not rush, because otherwise, your work may burst and you will have to sculpt everything again. Cracked peppers can no longer be painted the way you would like.

9. We fasten the pepper to the garlic and hang this autumn composition in the kitchen. You can make several of these links. You can make carrots from salt dough, and from brown tights you can make an onion bunch.

The principle of making bulbs is the same as garlic, only even simpler. Slices do not need to be formed.

Also, a bunch of mushrooms on the wall will look great, which you can also mold from dough and paint realistically.

Here comes the end of our great review. You saw many examples and any kind of autumn crafts with your own hands. We really hope that our master classes will be useful to you and you will definitely take something into service.

Collage "Autumn"

Prepare:

multi-colored threads
- flowers and leaves for decoration
- thin dried twigs

How to do:

1. Make a circle of dried twigs. Secure the structure with wire or thread.
2. Take a colored thread and wind the circle in such a way that you get a "cobweb". Secure the end of the thread with a strong knot.
3. Decorate the round frame with leaves. They need to be inserted between the threads of the web. For decoration, you can use any natural material.

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DIY natural crafts on the theme of Autumn

"Crown of Leaves"

Necessary materials:

Scissors
- thick paper or cardboard
- colorful leaves and natural materials for decoration
- adhesive tape

Stages of work:

1. Measure the circumference of the child's head. Add a few centimeters to this length. These data will be needed to cut a strip 5 centimeters wide. If one cardboard sheet is not enough, you can cut 2-3 strips and glue them together.
2. Cut out one strip again, but now zigzag. Only one side should be cut with a zigzag.
3. Cut off a piece of adhesive tape the same length as the strips of cardboard. Lay the ribbons, adhesive side up, on a flat surface.
4. Glue 1 cardboard strip to the top half of the tape, and the notched part to the bottom. There will be an empty part of the adhesive tape in the center. This is where you need to stick natural materials for decoration.
5. PVA glue can also be used instead of adhesive tape.

Make some like that too.

"Finger Puppets"

Necessary materials:

Thin brush or thin branches
- cardboard cylinders
- leaflets
- colored paper
- PVA glue
- glue stick
- scissors
- small stones or buttons

How to do:

1. Start gluing the sheet evenly to one end of the cylinder. First you can glue colored paper and then leaves.
2. Glue small branches on the sides - these will be the hands.
3. Glue pebbles or buttons along the cylinder.
4. Make eyes out of plasticine, fix on a cardboard cylinder.

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Craft garden autumn do it yourself

"Spider from the bump"

Prepare:

Thread
- thin branch - 4 pcs.
- cone
- plasticine or plastic eyes
- glue "Moment"

Stages of work:

1. Make paws from twigs.
2. Attach eyes to the bottom of the cone.
3. Tie a thread and hang the spider.

DIY crafts autumn kindergarten

"Asterisks from branches"

Necessary materials:

Raffia or paper tape
- gouache or acrylic paint
- branches of the same diameter and length
- Super glue

Stages of work:

1. In the forest, collect branches, cut them to get the material of the same length. You will need 5 pieces in total.
2. Form a star from the branches. If desired, the branches can be painted with gouache or acrylic paint.
3. Using raffia, connect the branches to form an asterisk.
4. Wrap the craft with bright ribbons or raffia.

Craft theme autumn do-it-yourself photo:

"Napkin Decorations"

Collect acorns in a forest or park, clean them of dust and dirt, rinse with water. Pierce each fruit through with a needle or awl. Pull a wire, fishing line or thread through the acorns. As a result, you should get a ring. Glue the acorn caps to the surface with superglue and varnish.

"Tree with acorns".

Separate the hats from the fruits, paint them with paint of any color so that the craft fits organically into the interior. Attach twine loops to the hats. If there are branches left on the hats, tie a rope to them. If there are no branches left, use glue. For the best effect, place the vase on a tray strewn with autumn leaves and acorns.

autumn candle

The easiest way to decorate a candle is to place it in a glass dish. Beautiful handmade candlesticks will make the atmosphere in the house festive and cozy. First of all, pick up a beautiful glass vase. If the candle is too low, pick up any object that you can put a candle on. Perfect for a bowl. Just turn it upside down and install the candle. Decorate the bowl additionally to make it invisible. For decoration, you can use willow branches. They bend well, so you can wrap a bowl around them. Fill the gaps between the walls of the bowl and vase with hay, moss, etc. Place a candle in the center and decorate it. To do this, use red and yellow leaves. Just glue them on the outer wall of the vase. Weave the twine into a pigtail, tie the leaves. The rope not only fixes the leaves, but is also an additional decor.

Room decor with branches

Branches are great environmental material. To create compositions from them, you do not need to have special materials and tools available. In simple branches and snags, you can see unusual shapes and use them to create original crafts.

Be sure to clean and dry the collected branches. Branches can be used in their pure form or coated with paints or varnish. Large sweeping branches will look great on the walls. They will become not only a decorative element. They can be used as lamps or hangers.

Do-it-yourself autumn crafts of a kindergarten

Application "Pieces of autumn".

During the walk, collect chestnuts, acorns, beautiful leaves with your child. Even from the simplest leaves you can make funny little animals, as well as beautiful patterns and ornaments. Joint creativity will develop in the baby fine motor skills, imagination, mindfulness and perseverance. Creating an app is a simple process. Prepare dry leaves, clean them of dust and dirt, smooth them with an iron, laying them between two pages of a book or paper sheets. Prepare the paper, glue the prepared leaves with PVA glue. You can use scissors and cut out beautiful details. Children often carve animal figures. In order to cut a realistic silhouette, just use the template.

Original candlestick

Candles make the interior cozy, interesting and magical. Prepare a large candle and decorate it with small ears of corn. Give your child the opportunity to color the cobs in all the colors of the rainbow. Insert an elastic band around the candle, insert heads of corn into it, tie beautiful ribbon. Coat each head with additional glue so that it is better fixed on the candle.

decorative basket

Necessary materials:

Leaves of beautiful color
- cones
- chestnuts
- acorns
- fruits vegetables
- wicker basket
- all kinds of cereals

How to do:

Line the inside of the basket with paper. If you have a floral sponge, place it on top. It is very convenient to insert autumn flowers into it. Place cereal and autumn leaves along the edges of the basket. Put the fruit in the center, insert the stems into the sponge. For better fixation, string the fruit on wooden skewers, insert them into the floral sponge.

Autumn felt leaves

Prepare 2 pieces of fabric in different colors. On one segment, mark the veins, cut them along the contour. Pin 2 leaves together with pins, sew along each vein. For this purpose, use sewing machine or a needle and thread. Make veins in the center of the leaflet using machine or hand stitches. From these leaves you can make a beautiful garland and hang it in the house.