Autumn is a very generous time of year. She gives us a huge amount of delicious and healthy vegetables and fruits, golden foliage, luxurious late flowers, acorns and chestnuts. And all these gifts can be used to make children's crafts. In this article we will tell you how to make a caterpillar from apples with your own hands.
Beautiful apple caterpillar
Craft “Apple Caterpillar” step by step
You need to choose beautiful apples for crafts
To make a caterpillar from apples, you need to prepare:
- carrot;
- apples;
- grape;
- rowan;
- toothpicks;
- dried flowers, ribbons of different colors, thick threads and other materials for decoration at your discretion.
It’s good if the apples for the craft are picked from the tree and not collected on the ground
Another craft option
Carrots need to be washed and dried, cut into circles about 4-5 mm thick. Insert a toothpick into the place of the tail in the apple, string one carrot ring and attach the second apple. Repeat until the body of the desired length is obtained.
These carrot circles need to be prepared for the caterpillar
You need to make a head out of the largest apple. It must be attached perpendicular to the body.
Red apple caterpillar
When the insect's body is formed, it needs to be supplemented with legs. They can also be made from carrot circles and attached with toothpicks.
Chokeberry berries will replace the eyes
As eyes, you can use chokeberries, grapes, or blanks purchased at a craft store. A beautiful nose comes from green grapes.
Rowan beads will be a good decoration for the caterpillar
If you plan for the caterpillar to be a girl, you can put a bright hat made of dried flowers on her head or attach a bow made of satin ribbons. Do-it-yourself rowan beads will also come in handy.
Funny caterpillar
The boy caterpillar should also be decorated. A small dark-colored hat and a blue bow made from ribbon or intertwined knitting threads will come in handy here.
You can decorate the insect with satin ribbons
To make the craft last longer, it needs to be fixed on a cardboard backing covered with a beautiful fabric.
An easier way to make it for kids
Another way to make a caterpillar from apples
There is another way to make an apple caterpillar. It involves the use of fruit cut into small pieces.
Apple slice caterpillar
First you need to prepare a sheet of white cardboard, and then lay out the body of the insect on it. The legs and horns can be made from colored paper, the head from cardboard or an apple circle. The eyes should be cut out of apple peel and colored in with a marker or molded from plasticine.
Caterpillar with horns made of beads
The disadvantage of this craft is its mobility (the apple pieces are not attached to the cardboard base in any way), so you need to carry it to the exhibition very carefully.
With the onset of autumn, many parents are faced with a difficult task: to help their child express himself at a harvest festival or a crafts competition from. We suggest you take garden apples as the basis for your creativity, turning them into an elegant cabbage caterpillar.
Believe me: the autumn craft “Caterpillar” has every chance of becoming a prize-winner in the largest competition of children's crafts! And this despite the fact that its production does not take much time and effort.
For work you will need apples (any color), several sheets white cabbage, peeled carrots, beads and toothpicks, some white cardboard and blue rhinestones (or sequins).
The apple caterpillar itself is formed using toothpicks.
We use them to hold apples together.
To make the body, you need to attach at least 5-6 apples.
Attach another one to the top of the red apple - this will be the head.
Cut the carrots into circles, each of which is cut in half.
There should be twice as many halves as there are apples in the caterpillar's body.
Attach halves of carrot slices to apples. You get legs.
Cut out two small circles from white cardboard.
Glue blue rhinestones or sequins to them. These will be the eyes. Here you can improvise - for example, take ready-made factory eyes for toys or unusual buttons.
We attach the eyes to the head. Our apple caterpillar is almost ready! The craft is becoming more and more recognizable.
We make horns from beads and a pair of toothpicks and decorate the head with them.
Cut out a mouth from colored paper and glue it on. You can take self-adhesive paper, it’s easier to work with.
Now carefully place the caterpillar on the cabbage leaves.
Ready! We've got an adorable caterpillar!
Even more children's crafts in our ““ section.
Now you do too crafts on the theme “Gifts of Autumn” for school or kindergarten? After all, soon competitions and exhibitions of crafts made from natural materials (branches, cones, leaves, straws, shells, pebbles, vegetables and fruits) will begin in schools and kindergartens. Many parents immediately have a question about what they could do with their own hands that would be so beautiful and original. Look at the photos sent by our readers in 2019, get ideas and come up with something of your own. Send photos of your autumn crafts made from nature materials, vegetables and fruits (), and we will be happy to publish all the new items. A big request to all participants of the competition: do not send copies of works already available here. Hedgehogs made from seeds, deer made from cones, caterpillars made from apples and other crafts that are repeated from year to year are no longer accepted! Send your new and original crafts, show your imagination!
New crafts “Gifts of Autumn - 2019”
Are there any little entertainers in your family? Then you are familiar with their constant desire to invent, make, create something. For such dreamers great pleasure deliver various activities with plasticine. And if you try to combine plastic materials with natural ones, you can get extraordinary crafts.
“Small bird” made of almonds and plasticine
Try to make a small bird of unprecedented beauty from almonds and plasticine - and you will be surprised how simple things turn into miracles in your hands! Master class by Anastasia Batina.
For creativity, prepare:
- almond;
wet wipes; - plasticine;
- simulation stacks;
- plastic board.
We create a magical little bird from plasticine and almonds
Select large, unopened almonds. Wipe with a damp cloth to remove dust and degrease the surface.
Roll two black balls of the same size. Press down with your finger and press it to the bird's head. Add small white spots at the corners of the eyes.
Make a triangular beak from red plasticine and use a stack to divide the tip into two parts. Stick the beak to the nut.
Make a small yellow plate in the shape of a semicircle and place it on top of the beak. Make nostrils with a sharp stick or toothpick.
Take bright green plasticine and mold two wings in the shape of a “leaf”. Roll four thin yellow flagella and stick two on each wing.
At the base of the wings, stick flat round yellow decorative elements. Make small indentations with a round stack and add red spots inside. Using a sharp stick, squeeze out holes on the feathers, as in the picture.
Connect the wings to the body of the bird.
Roll red, yellow and green flagella of different lengths.
Stick on the tail feathers, alternating the colors of the plasticine blanks.
Make a small tuft of any shape from red plasticine. Connect the part to the base of the figure.
Make short legs in brown or red. Stick the limbs to the nut.
A wonderful little bird made from natural materials and plasticine is ready!
What a tiny bright bird we have. It’s as if she came to us from the pages of fairy-tale books, or maybe even from someone’s magical dreams! Such a small bird will complement the festive composition and turn into a decoration for a flower in a pot, a Christmas tree or a wreath.
"Dragonfly and Ant". Kulikov Kirill Andreevich.
The work is made from natural materials (cones, leaves, acorns, branches, bark). Also used: a candy box, acrylic paints and hot glue.
"Autumn Umbrella". Zyulyaeva Ulyana.
The umbrella is made of cardboard, decorated with flowers from maple leaves, pine cones, rowan berries, dead wood, and spruce branches.
"Autumn Enchantress." Garkushin Nikita.
They took the doll and covered it with dry autumn leaves; other natural materials were also used: cones, acorns, nuts, etc.
"House in the Forest" Polyakov Elizar.
The work required moss from the forest, pebbles, spruce branches, pumpkin, thuja branches, rose hips, physalis shell, sticks for the wedge, twine, a cone from a climbing plant in the garden for the Hedgehog. Glue gun.
"In the autumn forest." Dyatlov Dmitry.
Glue tree bark and twigs onto a colored background. We draw the silhouette of an owl and put seeds inside it. We make owl wings from leaves. The eyes are made of dry blades of grass, the pupil is a plum pit. Now we glue the dried leaves of autumn rowan. They will beautifully complement the appliqué.
Pig, eagle owl, fish and mermaid made of pine cones and plasticine - step by step
"A difficult bouquet." Solodovnik Anya Valerievna.
The bouquet was made by the head of the circle of the Poltava city center of out-of-school education, Solodovnik. From paper straws a flowerpot is made. Flowers made from cones painted with acrylic paint. Autumn leaves and berries. This is what happened.
"Autumn Bouquet". Elena Batrakova.
A bouquet of maple leaves, roses (made from), hawthorn, quince, physalis, hydrangea, spruce branches.
"Wreath". Groshev Andrey.
Mother - Grosheva Anastasia Vladimirovna.
The work is made from tree branches, rowan berries, and bush hearths.
"Turkey". Grachev Vyacheslav.
The work is made from pumpkins and leaves.
"Autumn Mr. Kolobok." Kozlova Maria 3.5 years old.
The work is made from a pumpkin, the nose is from a carrot, the hair is from grass picked from a flower bed. The hat is made from newspaper tubes. The eyes are blueberries.
"Autumn Beauty" Iskhakova Angelina.
The work is made of flowers.
"We travel as a family." Nelyubina Darina.
Eggplant, onions, carrots, matches, plasticine.
"Magical forest". Berseneva Ulyana.
When performing the work, moss, lingonberry sprouts, and plasticine were used.
"Ladybug in daisies." Garkushin Nikita.
Painted acrylic paints pebble stone from the Black Sea coast. At the end of the work, the product was coated with varnish. The result is such a funny ladybug.
"Wreath of pine cones." Kallaeva Elena.
Cones, gouache, glue, cardboard.
An original craft made from a material unusual for our latitudes - “A house made of coconut and its inhabitant.” Kallaeva Anna.
Coconut shell, plasticine, grass, pine cones, acorn cap.
"Grandfather forester." Kirsanova Taisiya.
The work is made of wood, ears of corn, burlap, beaded material, dry leaves, and wrapping paper.
"Baba Yaga". Sorkina Lydia.
The work is made of natural material: the body is made of a fir cone, the arms and legs are made of birch branches, the paws and handles are wrapped in jute twine. Also used were alder cone, viburnum berries, and beads for the eyes.
"Owl". Trushina Lydia.
The owl's body is made of paper and covered with corn hairs (snouts). The paws and eyebrows are made of maple wings, the nose is made of an acorn. The eyes are glued onto calendula flowers. Everything is glued with PVA glue.
"Small Motherland" Tsareva Angelina, 7th grade.
This work was made from natural materials for a school competition.
"Family of owls." Cheldrikova Ekaterina.
The work was made using wooden hemp, cones, rowan berries and viburnum.
"Magic Castle" Razumkova Sofia.
The castle is made of tree bark, decorated with pieces of moss and dry leaves. Various natural materials were used in the craft: cones, twigs, dead wood, chestnuts. Prince and princess figurines are sewn from pieces of fabric.
"Mishka's estate." Sayfutdinova Renata Azamatovna.
Made from natural materials: cones, spruce and birch branches, leaves, rowan berries, wooden blocks for hives. Bees are made of clay. Bear, Masha and others are taken from Kinder Surprise.
"Magic House". Ignatiev Vladislav.
Pumpkin, paints, potatoes, onions, plasticine.
"Cinderella on the way to the ball." Ikonnikova Essenia.
From vegetables with added pumpkin seeds, colors.
"Firebird". Riyazutdinova Larisa Semenovna.
The work is made from ash seeds.
"A whale swimming on the waves." Dmitriev Timofey.
Vegetables used in the work: cabbage, zucchini.
"Happy Rat" Klochkova Sasha.
The work is made of zucchini, the nose, ears, paws and tail are made of carrots, the eyes and teeth are cut out of white cardboard. Antennae made from fishing line were inserted into the nose.
“Pumpkin tree”, “Pumpkin flowers”. Samoilov Valery.
The work is made from pumpkin seeds, the seeds are painted with gouache.
"Aunt Owl." Zhalskikh Anastasia.
The work is made of autumn leaves, acorns, and cones. Decorated with fabric and satin ribbons.
"Owl". Koven Svetlana.
The work is made from leaves, cones and waste material.
"Forest Master" Kovtorov Ivan.
Cones, dried leaves, plasticine, acorns.
"Hedgehog in the autumn forest." Moskvin Roman.
Cones, leaves, plasticine.
"Autumn Hedgehog" Group "Romashka".
The work is made of autumn leaves.
“Hedgehog in the fog (Ekaterinburg).” Zvereva Christina.
For work you needed:
- plasticine,
- a ball from a dry pool,
- coffee beans,
- grass, autumn leaves,
- paints,
- glue.
Hedgehog, bear, hare and crocodile made of shells and plasticine - .
"Pointe". Kalycheva Victoria.
The work is made of cucumber. Decorated with satin ribbon and sequins.
"The sparrows are singing." Flegontova Kira.
The work is made from dry leaves.
"Swans". Kushnirenko Victoria Nikolaevna, 10 years old.
Cones, autumn flowers, bird feathers, fir branches and plasticine were used to complete the craft. The body of swans is made of cones painted white, and the wings and tail are made of feathers. Swans swim on a plasticine “lake”. The craft made from natural materials turned out to be bright and colorful. 
"In an autumn meadow." Chernoyarova Valentina Aleksandrovna, 10 years old.
When performing the craft, pine cones, chestnuts, acorns, lentils (eyes), autumn leaves, and plasticine were used. These natural materials were used to create funny forest creatures that we met in the clearing. 
"Bunny". Chernoyarova Natalya Aleksandrovna, 10 years old.
The craft is made from natural materials - it all grows in our dacha. The main character, the bunny, is made of cabbage (the body), the ears and paws are made of zucchini, and the whole composition is complemented by viburnum berries, autumn leaves, an inflorescence and an ear of corn. Such a colorful and bright craft will decorate the “Autumn Festival!” 
"Gold fish". Prysich Anna, 6 years old.
The fish template is printed. The head is decorated with a felt-tip pen, the tail and body are made of autumn leaves. Algae from a Christmas tree.
Make a wish. 
"Autumn outfit." Yakupova Elina.
This applique is made of leaves and rowan. 
"Lady Autumn" Sorokin Artyom.
Applique of dry autumn leaves.
"Autumn time". Renzhina Victoria.
"Autumn Bouquet". Averkin Alexander.
The work is made from dried leaves and flowers.
"Breath of Autumn" Pinaeva Anna.
The work is made from dried leaves and flowers.
"Magic autumn landscape." Nadezhda Viktorovna Topolnikova.
The work measures 25x17 cm. The base is a candy box. The background is made of plasticine in red, orange and brown colors. tree - made from branches and acorn caps. The mushrooms are also made from acorn caps and sculpted from plasticine by my son.
"Autumn Courtyard" Nerusheva Anastasia Mashoshina Anya.
The work is modeled from cardboard, paper, glue. Decorated with natural materials - maple leaves, seeds, twigs. Apples, buckwheat and beans were used.
"Autumn Fantasy" Vdovina Daria.
Made from natural material. 
"Hedgehog made from natural material." Polyakov Gleb 5 years old and Georgy 3.5 years old.
A hedgehog was drawn on a piece of paper. They made a base with plasticine and the children stuck sunflower seeds into it. Then the paws were made from cotton swabs and PVA glue, and the belly was made from dyed millet. The legs were made using PVA glue and buckwheat. Dry leaves were crushed and sprinkled on glue, thus creating a clearing. An apple, leaves, and an acorn from Fix Price were glued onto the finished hedgehog. 
"Autumn forest". Voronin Stepan.
Dried leaves, felt. 
"Sovunya." Teamwork middle group"Daisy".
We picked up cardboard,
The outline was cut into it,
Outline of Owl - owls,
Wise bird of the whole Earth.
Quick glue - gun
We glued the outfit;
Variegated leaves all around
They sparkled like fire.
A bow was attached to the neck,
We took plasticine in our hands,
They made her glasses
Let them be for Wisdom.
Next are the cheeks
Sharp beak.
And Sovunya is just great!
A treat for all of us!
"Autumn picture." Dobrynin Danil.
Rowan, leaves.
"Lion cub." Sibgatullin Daniyar.
Drawing of a lion cub, leaves, glue.
"Autumn in the forest." Gleb Timokhin.
The base is penoplex. Covered with leaves and a tree branch. All the animals are made from chestnuts and acorns. Owls made of cones.
"Kolobok" Nikolenko Maxim, 5 years old.
MDOBU d/s 48 “Kapitoshka” r.p. Chunsky
The work is made of natural materials: pumpkin and pine branches. 
"Merry vegetable garden" Vitalya Emoldinov, 5 years old.
MDOBU d/s No. 48 “Kapitoshka” r.p. Chunsky
The work is made of natural material: moss and vegetables: beets, potatoes, onions, peppers, tomatoes.
“Even if you go halfway around the world, you won’t find a healthier cake.” Kulik Vitaly.
The five-tier cake is made from fresh vegetables, berries and greens. The base of the tiers is made of pumpkin, zucchini, squash, eggplant, and bell pepper. The decoration is carrots in the form of a spiral and the base for a water lily, tomatoes, parsley, beans, onions in the shape of a water lily, raspberries, Bulgarian Bell pepper and hot capsicum. The fastening is made with wooden sticks and skewers. The cake can take center stage on the exhibition table, and children will look at it with interest and think about when they can eat it :)
"Apple Caterpillar" Kozlova Maria, 3.5 years old.
For the work you needed: apples, toothpicks for joining, hawthorn fruits, chokeberry fruits, carrot tops, plasticine.
Kandaeva Natalya Viktorovna, Moscow.
This craft is made with love for autumn. They will remind us of the passing autumn for a long time.
“A small bird in the forest in autumn.” Artyom Malyshev, 10 years old, Serpukhov - 15, Kurilovskaya Gymnasium Municipal Educational Institution.
To make this autumn craft I needed: Christmas tree branches, autumn leaves, bark, moss, fir cone, acorns, chestnuts, bird feathers and plasticine.
It’s nice to take a walk in such an autumn forest, breathe in the forest air and admire the nature that the golden Autumn gave us!
Crafts “Gifts of Autumn”, photos by category
There are crafts of varying degrees of difficulty that are suitable for younger, older or preparatory group kindergarten and for school. Last time we sorted the works by materials: “ “, “ “, “ “. This time, for your convenience, we have divided all the submitted photographs of crafts made from various natural materials into thematic sections.
Choose a topic and look at the pictures:
Houses
"Cheerful old ladies." Razumkova Sonya with her mother Nadezhda.
The entire craft is made entirely of natural materials: moss, bark and tree branches; grandmother figures: walnuts and cones; background: leaves of various trees - all autumn gifts.
"House in the village". Shitova Sonya.
Wood, birch bark, matches, forest moss, pine cones, hay, painted maple leaves, river pebbles for decoration.
The craft aroused admiration among kindergarten teachers and parents.
"Forest clearing." Balayan Masha.
The work uses twigs and cones - gifts of golden autumn.
"Grandma Yaga's Hut" Krasnov Yura, Krasnova N.O.
The walls of the hut and the steps are made of corn stalks. The basis of the roof is cardboard, on which bean pods, spruce branches and an eggplant pipe are attached. A maple branch acts as a “chicken leg”. The well and buckets are made of beans and sunflower seeds. Baba Yaga's head is made of potatoes, her body is made of an ear of corn, her arms and broom are made of twigs. The stupa is made from zucchini. The composition is fixed on a birch cut, decorated with autumn leaves. The gifts of nature made it possible to create such a craft with your own hands!
"On forest paths." Perestoronin Yuri.
The donkey Iashka delivers the gifts of autumn throughout the forest. Potatoes, garlic, rowan, pumpkin, moss, pine cones, peppers, apples - generous gifts of autumn!
"Forest House" Chumakova Alena.
The base of the house is made of cardboard. We used bark, moss, cones, wood cuts, mirror chips, juniper twigs - the bountiful gifts of autumn. This is such a beautiful craft.
"House of Caterpillars" Zelepukhin Daniil.
The house is made of pumpkin, the caterpillars are made of chestnuts, and the hedgehog is made of seeds.
"Gifts of Autumn" Baeva Anastasia.
Wood, leaves, cones, acorn, chestnut, flowers, cardboard, plasticine, glue, colored paper, viburnum berries, spruce, peas, buckwheat, bird feathers, foil.
"Gifts of Autumn" Moskvin Roman.
The craft is made from pine cones, dry leaves, pebbles and dry twigs.
"The Gnome's House" Kirill Radostev.
A zucchini house decorated with plasticine.
"Dreamland". Steshina Polina.
To make the craft, the following materials were used: moss, nuts, flowers, fabric, branches, base. .
"Spider's House" Esipova Polina.
The house is made of a pumpkin, the spider is made of a bulb, the landscape is made of moss, beans, and dry leaves.
"Birdhouse". Stepanova Anastasia.
Our craft consists of red and white beans, castor bean seeds, a broom and rope.
"Baba Yaga's Hut" Lavrentieva Polina.
“Baba Yaga’s Hut” is made of aspen branches, pine cones, hemp, plasticine, and threads.
"Forest House" Makhanov Semyon.
Acorns, leaves, wild grapes, blackberries, chestnuts.
"House in the village". Varyanitsyna Ksenia.
The house is made from: beans, peas, straw, buckwheat and wheat groats. The roof is made of pine cones, the fence is made of willow. The base is strewn with semolina. The wheelbarrow is made of chestnut and felt pumpkin. The well is made of beans, branches and a cardboard bucket with foil.
"Teremok". Bekbulatova Anya.
The work is made from the “gifts of autumn” - vegetables, autumn leaves, pine cones, berries.
"Collecting gifts of autumn in the village." Ulyanets Kira.
The clearing is covered with real moss from the forest, with Christmas tree cones and dried flowers around the perimeter. In the center is a house covered with pistachios. The house has a real door made of mini planks. The roof of the house is covered with dried flowers. Grandfather and grandmother have heads made of potatoes, their bodies are pine cones. In the center is a real pumpkin from my garden. The well is covered with real round boards. In the pen there are animals made from acorns and nuts.
"House in the Forest" Manakov Ilya Sergeevich.
Materials: spruce and pine cones, rowan berries, linden blossom, peach and cherry beans, pine needles, stones, dried rowan leaves, birch and aspen leaves, shell, matches, cardboard. The child collected all the materials in the forest, helped glue the parts, sculpted a snail, laid out leaves and other materials. Made under the guidance of my mother.
"Uncle's House AU" Kozlov Vladislav Viktorovich.
The craft “Uncle AU House” is made from materials that include: linen fabric, maple branches, wool thread, pine nuts, bamboo sticks, paper, lilac branches.
“Who, who lives in the house?” Gryaznov Artyom.
Material: foam, trimmed with twigs. The roof is made of reeds. The staircase is made of twigs. For stability, the hut is attached to a tree branch and placed in a flower pot.
Owls
"Forest Guardian" Nikolaev Daniil.
The eagle owl is made of willow and rowan leaves. They are glued to cardboard on both sides. The eyes, nose and paws are made of plasticine.
The bowl is made of acorn caps glued together with hot glue. The bowl is filled with viburnum berries.
"Owl." Eliseev Narotam.
Pine cone, pumpkin seeds, melon seeds.
"Owls." Chumakova Alena.
The owl is made from pumpkin seeds, pine cones, twigs, feathers, juniper. Also bark and moss.
“Owls are beauties.” Kovalev Alexander.
Used: branches, dried leaves, rowan, wood cut, cardboard.
Ryabukhina Alina.
Owl-Owl, spruce and cones from a branch.
"Autumn owl". Kryazheva Ekaterina Nikolaevna.
Autumn eagle owl, made from tree seeds, so-called “airplanes”. The frame is a plastic bottle covered with padding polyester, into which the “airplane feathers” were stuck.
"Three little owlets." Strutskaya Valentina.
Birch stumps, cones, moss.
"Owl". Turbylev Nikita, 5 years old.
The owl is made of pine cones.
"The Owl Kingdom". Ryazanova Ekaterina.
The owls are made of pine cones; eyes, beak, legs are made of plasticine. A hedgehog is walking under a tree.
Hedgehogs
“Craft made from natural material “Hedgehog”. Gordeev Denis.
The frame of the Hedgehog is carved from hardened foam, pine cones on top, and the nose is made of cork.
"Northern Hedgehog" Skripnikov Igor Alekseevich.
My Northern Hedgehog is made from pine cones and hot glued to foam.
"Forest hedgehog" Kandakov Leonid.
The work is made of cones, acorns, leaves, plasticine, plastic bottle, herbs.
"Hedgehog". Tokar Alisa.
The hedgehog is made of paper, seeds, and viburnum.
"Hedgehog". Timofeev Alexander Nikolaevich.
Radish, cones, gifts of autumn.
"Hedgehog Fufik." Malofeeva Alena.
The craft is made from plastic bottle and pine cones. In addition, decorative apples, rowan berries, and tree leaves were used.
"Charming hedgehog." Zhogin Nikita, 4th grade, school No. 155. Novosibirsk city.
The hedgehog is made of a sponge (wet), aster flowers, the head is made of a pumpkin, the eyes are made of peppercorns. You can use any blades of grass and leaves. Tomato on “needles”.
"Hedgehog". Sumenkova Valeria.
Cones. Barberry. Thorns. Heather. Spikelets. Cowberry. Leaves. Rowan. Plasticine.
"Family of Hedgehogs" Malyshev Arseniy 3 years old and Malysheva’s mother Elena.
This is the Hedgehog Family! There are 7 of them, that is, the 7th!
Hedgehogs are made of different materials: the bodies of hedgehogs are plasticine and modeling dough, and almost all of them have different needles - one of the leaves,
the second from pine needles, the third from birch sticks, the fourth from pine cones, and three from watermelon seeds. Leaves, moss, sticks, tree bark, rowan berries, hawthorn and mushrooms - everything is real, natural!
"Hedgehog". Ochneva Victoria.
The work is made from salt dough using natural materials: cones, rowan berries, leaves and moss.
"The Yezhov Family". Shirnina Evgenia Nikolaevna.
Cones, papier-mâché.
"Forest hedgehog" Permyakova Anastasia Antonovna.
The work is made of cones, rowan, and tree leaves.
"Tsvetik the Hedgehog." Nikolyuk Lisa.
September flowers, leaves, viburnum.
"Autumn Pantry" Minin Alexander Sergeevich.
The work was done for a kindergarten on the theme: “Autumn Pantry.” They made it from thorns from a bush, as well as plasticine, leaves, PVA glue, a glue gun, a 0.5 liter plastic bottle, a pine cone for decoration, and colored paper.
"Protect the environment.". Novikov Daniil and Novikov Vadim.
The work is made of cones, seeds, spruce branches, autumn leaves and plasticine/
"Hedgehogs in the forest." Elizaveta Petrenko.
Cones, plasticine, spruce needles, potatoes, leaves.
"Autumn Fantasy" Baev Kirill and mother.
Hedgehogs are made from potatoes, black rowan, toothpicks and plasticine. The clearing is decorated with leaves, moss and rice, as well as apples and wild rose hips.
"Funny hedgehogs." Filippova Sophia.
Pear, grapes, vegetation.
"Hedgehogs." Reshetnikov Nikita.
Potatoes, cones, pine needles.
Characters
"A good fairy tale." Lyulikov Georgy.
Baba Yaga and Leshy are made of sticks, the stupa is made of a jar, covered with branches.
"Minion is a pumpkin." Grebennikov Borya.
Pumpkin, plasticine.
"Moose." Ordova Alisa.
Pumpkin, twigs.
"Grandma the Hedgehog." Orlov Stepa, 3 years old.
The work is made from two cones, hair from threads, a stupa - a jar of yogurt covered with threads. The broom and hands are made of twigs. Eyes made of plasticine, beads made of rowan.
"IA's birthday." Guskova Elizaveta.
Donkey: potatoes, eggplant, plasticine; owl: eggplant, buttons, beans; lake: mirror, birch leaves, roses.
"Turtle Tortilla" Collective work of the "Daisies" group.
The craft is made from pumpkin and potatoes. Some details (eyes, mouth, shell elements) are made of plasticine. The hat is made of an openwork napkin, the glasses are made of soft wire. What a beauty it turned out to be!
"Crocodile Gena and Cheburashka." Polyakov Elizar.
Crocodile Gena is made of zucchini, carrots. Eyes are made of chicken protein and black pepper.
Cheburashka is made of white eggplants, eyes are made of cloves, a hat is made of an acorn cap, stands on a squash.
"Smeshariki in the forest." Surovtsev Anton.
The work is made of plasticine, pear, apple, nuts, cedar, garlic, onion, potato, mushroom, leaves, rowan.
"Sovunya." Romadova Victoria.
The sovunya is made of pumpkin and decorated with felt details; for the beauty and completeness of the work, moss, cones and rowan berries were used.
"Fabulous Autumn at the edge of the forest." Khaliullin Kamil Adelevich.
Plastic, wood, toys, plasticine, gouache, lemonade bottle, glue, tree branches, viburnum, chokeberry, squash, sunflower, rosehip, wildflowers.
"Here I am". Isaeva Ekaterina Olegovna.
Zucchini.
"Minion". Trofimova Polina 5 years old. Cherepanova Anastasia 13 years old.
For our craft, we chose the ripest yellow zucchini. They painted it with gouache, made hair from toothpicks, and eyes from corks. Everything is simple and very beautiful!!!
"Minions". Rybin Artem.
Material: Boiled corn and plasticine.
"Gold fish". Lebedev Matvey.
The product is made of leaves, and nut shells are attached to the salted dough. And the crown is made of a cone.
"Lesovichok" Kuchumov Artyom.
The craft is made from natural materials: pine log (torso), branches (arms and legs), moss (hair and beard), chaga - birch mushroom (feet), spruce branches (headdress), stand - birch cut + moss and twigs ; eyes are lemonade lids.
"Autumn Fairy" Vasilisa.
Fairy or queen of autumn.
The doll is dressed in a dress made of autumn leaves. Also used in the work are ash earrings, rowan and raffia - all natural materials.
Vasilisa spent 7 years gluing everything herself, her mother only helped with the head.
"Crown of the Autumn Queen." Kozlova Victoria Viktorovna.
The “Crown of the Autumn Queen” craft is made from natural materials, which include: maple branches, poplar branches, lilac branches, maple seeds, wool thread, pine nuts.
“Mom and Dad Kartoshkin on an autumn walk.” Trofimov Vova and Polina.
Our crafts are made from very interesting, unusual potatoes. We dressed them up for an autumn walk and came up with umbrellas in case it rained.
"On a visit to Cheburashka." Ivanova Daria.
Made from vegetables (zucchini, cucumbers, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots), plastic, moss, flowers, plasticine.
"Heavenly Creature" Kosyanenko Matvey.
The work is made of pumpkin.
"Fairytale friend of Autumn." Arkhipova Victoria Yurievna.
This work was completed by a 7-year-old girl, Vika, together with her parents. The work is very colorful, bright, and most importantly - autumn... Our friend (let's call him Mr. Pumpkin) came to visit us from a fairytale forest. Made from gourd (this is its base), the arms and legs are made from fabric. On our friend’s head is a straw hat decorated with rowan berries. Our Mister is sitting on a birch stump (the flower pot was turned into a stump), in the middle of a green lawn, strewn with rowan berries and apples. Wonderful work that used the “gifts of autumn”!
Vegetable animals
"Wonder Bird" Timofeeva Ulyana, 9 years old.
The work is made of pumpkin and squash. The bird is decorated with calendula flowers.
"Autumn Glade". Popova Yulia Evgenievna.
Made from pumpkin, spider from potatoes, caterpillar from apples and carrots.
"Kittens." Perestoronina Arina.
Pumpkin, turnip, rowan, pepper, apples.
“Hedgehogs are preparing for winter.” Atanov Ivan.
The work is made of sweet peppers, twigs of cloves, leaves, chestnuts, flowers, rose hips and decorative ornaments.
"Smiley Bunny." Moskalev Platon, Municipal Budgetary Educational Institution “Secondary School No. 21 named after. N.I. Rylenkova", the city of Smolensk.
the work is made from vegetables (cabbage, zucchini, carrots), fruits (apples), flowers (asters).
Ena Nikolay. "Bunny"
Made from cabbage.
"Mother hen." Volkova Lyudmila.
The work is made of pumpkin, zucchini, and maple leaves. 
"Glamourous snail" Grigorenko Daria.
The snail's house is made of pumpkin, the head and neck are made of zucchini, the horns are made of rowan berries. The work is decorated with rhinestones and other decorative elements.
“Who, who lives in the little house?” Berezanov Daniil.
The tower is made of pumpkin, decorated with oak-shaped rowan, red pepper and leaves. The animals are made from onions, potatoes and apples + plasticine. Under the tower there are leaves, spruce branches and flowers.
“What a company...” Tsintserova Alena Gennadievna.
Zucchini, straw, chicken fluff, bird cherry.
"Cheerful Penguin" Lityago Elena.
Pumpkin, potatoes, bell pepper.
“Pigs from Tayushka!” Apacheva Taisiya.
We used cardboard, leaves, branches, rowan berries, potatoes, hops, plasticine and a lot of good mood!)
"Mischievous insects" Falkin Ivan.
Pumpkin house. A caterpillar made of acorns and a spider made of chestnuts. Cobweb - threads.
"Caterpillar". Volodichev Ilya.
Made from apples and chokeberry berries.
"Little Pig." Andriychuk Daria.
From vegetables and fruits.
Transport
"Race car" Klochkov Alexander, 6 years old.
The car was made from zucchini and tomatoes. The parts of the car are made of paper. The person in the car is made of plasticine.
"Sail". Belyaeva Ulyana with her mother.
The work is made of reeds, dry maple leaves, corrugated cardboard, sticks and glue.
"Boat of Knowledge" Soloviev Alexey.
The “Boat of Knowledge” craft is made from zucchini, carrots, cabbage, thread, sticks, and plasticine.
"Into the sky". Marchenko Kirill.
Airplane made from natural material.
"Zucchini Engine" Lonsky Artyom.
The work is made from zucchini with the addition of small details.
"For the harvest." Sirotkin Artem Vyacheslavovich, 4 years old.
The work is made of vegetables: the car is made of potatoes, carrots, the girl sitting in the car is made of vegetables and waste material.
"Machine". Galkin Mikhail.
The car is made of eggplant, the work is decorated with rowan berries, and next to the car is a caterpillar made of tomatoes.
"Roma in a stroller." Strizhova Polina.
The work is made from delicious gifts of autumn)))
"Ship of Autumn" Vanya Chernykh.
The craft is made of pumpkin and paper. Figures of heroes from Kinder Surprise.
"Car". Maksimov Dmitry.
The work is made from zucchini, the man is made from carrots, onions and tomatoes.
"Forest Harvest" Linkov Yuri.
The craft is made of wood, pine cones and acorns.
Compositions and still lifes from natural materials
"Autumn Harvest" Lika.
The basket is made from natural materials with the addition of decorative elements. The basket is made of pine cones. Filling: apples, rowan, chokeberry, moss litter, added pine cones and chestnuts.
"Rainbow Childhood" Osipova O.I. Konovalova O.S.
Flowers.
"Cute Chicken" Lekgova Sophia.
Pumpkin seeds, decorative decorations.
"Swans made of cones." Garkushin Nikita.
The work is made from pine cones, cardboard, chenille wire and feathers.
"Magic Wand of the Forest" Petrov Dmitry.
Topiary is made of pine cones and autumn flowers.
"Autumn is coming." Solovyova Ksyusha.
Natural materials.
"Autumn Bouquet". Solovyova Svetlana.
Zucchini, peppers, grapes, leaves, toothpicks.
"On hot-air balloon into the autumn." Timofeev Andrey Nikolaevich.
Made from natural materials: pumpkin, acorns, apples, rowan, leaves.
"Gifts of Autumn" Ogurtsova Irina. 
"Hello, school!" Trushina Lydia.
Cones, acorns, acorn caps, nuts, peas, physalis, leaves, thuja branches, spikelets, orange peel roses, various berries and seeds.
"Autumn Umbrella". Ivashechkina Yana and mother Lena.
Umbrella: cardboard, flat wire, twine;
Bouquet: leaves of small shrubs, fir cones, barabaris fruits, snowberry fruits, thuja twigs;
Roses: maple leaves;
Hot glue, threads.
"Bird and Flowers" Tugarinova Yana.
Flowers from pine cones, birds from leaves.
"Wind Catcher" Egorova Ksenia.
We were inspired to create The Wind Catcher bright colors autumn and multi-colored autumn leaves, which easily succumb to every breath of wind, tremble on tree branches, break off and, spinning in the air flow, smoothly or in a whirlwind fall to the ground. We used thin oak branches as a base, twisted them into a ring and secured them with threads, then tied them a little with oak leaves, chestnuts, acorns, berries, bladderworts, rose hips and sugared pears, and at the very top, in front of the fastening loop, we threaded thread through a small green apple. The pendants consist of birch and maple leaves, they are secured with transparent fishing line to create the effect of weightlessness.
"Autumn Mushrooms" Gameevs Yulia and Alexandra.
Wooden saw cuts different diameters, pine cones, dried leaves and blades of grass.
Additionally: paints, plastic eyes.
"Autumn tree." Safonova Svetlana Alexandrovna.
To create this beautiful tree we needed:
1. Planter (can be a pot)
2.Gypsum
3.Newspapers
4.Making tape
5.Strong rope
6.Strong stick
7. Natural buds
8. Spruce needles
9. Rowan branches
10.Wolf white berries
11.Fallen leaves
Cooking steps:
We crumple the newspaper and give it the shape of a ball. Then, so that the ball holds its shape, we wrap it with masking tape (for a more durable job, I wrapped it with rope). Now we need to attach a branch to our ball. To do this, cut a small hole in the ball, 2-3 cm deep, coat the twig with glue and insert it. When the glue dries, we begin to glue the ball. We will glue the cones first (they must be well dried, because if the cones are damp, they will not stick). Then we will glue the leaves. Next you can glue rowan twigs, spruce branches, wolf berries and any other decorations that suit our autumn theme. Then we prepare the solution in unnecessary containers and pour it into a flowerpot with a tree. In order for the solution to dry, you need to wait about two hours. After we have made sure that the solution has hardened, we proceed to decorating the flowerpots. We cover the surface of the solution with spruce branches, cones and anything else. So our bright tree is ready!
"Forest Beauty" Serova Natalia.
The work is made from a Barbie doll; her dress and train are decorated with maple leaves and decorated with flowers.
"Proud deer." Gavva Ekaterina.
The work is made of cones, acorns and shells walnuts. All parts are fastened using plasticine. The legs are made of toothpicks. Antlers are thin branches.
"Berry Falls" Levin Stepan Vasilievich.
The work is made from natural materials. It contains:
1.raspberries
2.barberry berries
3. chokeberry berries
4.rose hips
5. Rowan berries
6.cherry berries
7.Oakleaf rowan berries
8.thuja cone
9. currant leaves
10. Rowan leaves
11.barberry leaves
12. chokeberry leaves
13.birch leaves
14.walnut leaves
15.oak leaves
16.cherry leaves
17.rose hips
18. branch of mountain ash
19.maiden grape leaves
20.sumac leaves
21.linden leaves
22.leaf of rowan oakleaf
23.grape vine
At the top is a decorative dragonfly. Golden, like autumn itself.
"A bountiful harvest". Kulik Vitaly. (7 years).
The horse is made of straw and grass, the eyes are made of chokeberry, and the crown contains a flower made of rowan berries. The cart and harness are made of birch branches, and the crops in the cart are real miniature vegetables and berries that were grown by the author of the craft.
Rusina Victoria. "Forest Bowl"
MA preschool educational institution » Kozlovsky CRR - kindergarten “Bee”, Chuvash Republic, Kozlovka.
Head: Tsirulina Ekaterina Vitalievna.
"Ostrich". Kallaeva Anna.
Cones, plasticine, stick, ash seeds.
Ostrich girl with a flower at her feet.
"The goblin collects mushrooms." Kallaeva Lyubov.
The goblin is gathering supplies for the winter and comes across a very beautiful fly agaric.
Pine cone, shell, acorn caps, ash seeds, plasticine.
"Duck with ducklings for a walk." Chmylikov Matvey Alexandrovich.
Duck material: Salt dough and feathers.
Pond material: Painted sawdust.
For decoration around the pond: rowan, immortelle, flowers and reeds made of polystyrene foam and colored paper.
“Bugs and spiders in an autumn meadow!” Maria.
Pumpkin, tomatoes, onions, grapes, viburnum, autumn leaves. We cut out a window in the pumpkin and another hole for the web. I made an umbrella from the cut off top of a pumpkin.
"Star of the East" Golubeva Alena.
Apple, rose, birch branch, spruce branch, berries.
"Autumn forest". Malova Sofya Maksimovna.
The work is made from natural materials, the toys are from Kindersurprise.
"Forest gifts". Evdoshenko Denis.
"Harvest from Alina." Zaryankova Alina Stanislavovna 5 years old.
The work is made of natural materials: leaves, cones, vegetables, seeds.
"Tricks of Autumn" Akolzina Victoria.
This topiary is made from cones, rose hips, rowan and birch leaves. Also decorated with a decorative bird.
"Autumn mood". Ivanov Artyom.
The mushroom stem is daikon, the cap is tomato, the dots are mayonnaise.
"Autumn Decor". Makeev Nikita Sergeevich 2 years 2 months, mother Elena.
Russula, pigweed, moss, rowan, chestnut leaves, birch, American maple, larch, pine needles, viburnum, acorns, beets, cones.
"Autumn Fishing" Odaev Vladislav.
Cardboard; cones; plasticine; branches; moss; maple helicopters; pine twig; mushroom.
"Autumn Meadow" Ignashina Sonya.
Natural material, plasticine.
"Autumn tree." Alexei.
The craft is made from maple leaves, black and red rowan fruits. There are barberry berries, acorns, and birch leaves.
"Moose in the forest." Polyakov Elizar.
Moss, fir cones, pine nets, spruce, cotton buds, plasticine, pebbles, pine bark.
"Cobweb." Lebedev Arseny.
The craft is made from willow branches (cobwebs), chestnuts, and acorns (spiders).
"Birds of the Lakes" Anna Chaprak.
Cones, feathers, plasticine.
"Autumn Girl" Lavrentieva Polina Igorevna.
Work from rowan, leaves, cones, branches and other natural materials, plasticine figurine.
"Delicious basket." Ibraeva Natalia.
A watermelon basket is filled with what's ripe in the garden.
"In the clearing." Makarova Arina.
Made from natural material.
"From the past to the present." MBOU Altai Secondary School No. 1 named after P.K. Korshunov.
Cereals, flowers, fabric, globe, jug.
"Autumn swing". Gaikalova Olga.
The materials used in the work included chestnuts, wild grapes, a plum branch, leaves of various trees, and autumn flowers. The work creates the atmosphere of autumn with all its colors and childhood memories.
"Autumn gifts of nature." Queen Zlata, 9 years old.
Viburnum, pine twig, plasticine, hawthorn, chokeberry, rose hip, maple, spruce and pine cones.
"At the bottom of the sea." Troyanova Sveta, 5 years old.
Shells, moss, shares and rowan leaves, sand.
"All the colors of autumn." Sumenkova Valeria.
Cones. Barberry. Thorns. Heather. Spikelets. Cowberry. Leaves. Rowan. Plasticine. Wood cut.
"Forest spider." Manakov Ilya Sergeevich.
The work was done under the guidance of my mother. Materials: spruce branches, birch and aspen leaves, grape branches, tree sticks, rowan berries, linden blossom, wool thread, plasticine. The child happily collected all the materials in the forest, glued leaves and twigs, and sculpted the details of the spider.
"Autumn Bouquet". Sultanov Maxim.
The bouquet is made of maple and oak leaves.
"Roses in a vase." Knysh Natalya Viktorovna.
The work is made from potatoes. “Roses” are colored with beet juice.
"Gifts of Autumn" Natalya Frolova.
The craft is made from fir cones, rowan berries, dry leaves, artificial flowers and apples.
"Autumn mood". Pelevin Oleg.
Autumn leaves.
"Autumn Fantasy" Zotov Daniil.
This unusual tree is made of dried flowers, berries, pine cones, with scraps of fabric added for beauty.
"Floating Barrel" Sudarikov Ilya.
Materials: viburnum berries, chokeberries, rose hips, chestnuts, cones, chrysanthemum buds, autumn leaves, barrel, a jar of chips covered with clothespins.
"Autumn in the mushroom forest." Asylov Ayaz Ramilevich, 4 years old.
The craft is made from natural materials (leaves of maple, birch, rowan and aspen trees, branches of fir trees, birch and lilac, fir cones and pine needles, plasticine are used). The hedgehog is made of fir cones, pine needles and plasticine. The spider is made of acorn and plasticine. The fire is made of birch branches with flames made of plasticine.
"Magic Tree" Boriskin Dmitry Igorevich.
The work presents a model of an autumn forest. But this is an unusual forest - this forest is magical, fabulous. A magical tree has grown here, on which both fruits and pine cones grow. The foliage on this tree is also unusual. In addition to ordinary leaves, amazing braids of grass are intertwined on it. Well, what about without animals? Fairy-tale hedgehogs and birds rush to feast on the fruits of this tree
Materials: leaves, grass, pine cones, wild apple tree branches, seeds, plasticine, plastic ball. All parts of the work were held together using glue and plasticine.
"Gifts of Autumn." Trofimova Natalya Andreevna with her son Vladimir and daughter Polina.
The work is made of cones, acorns, moss, grapevine, and added decorative elements.
"At the edge of the forest." Ilyin Artem.
The house is made of white cardboard and covered with branches. The roof is a thuja branch. The house has a swan, a puppy, a Christmas tree, and mushrooms made from acorns and cones.
"Spider on the hunt." Kartseva Natalya.
Pumpkin, rowan berries, Spider toy, straw.
"Autumn courtyard." Nesterov Matvey.
The work is made of moss, dried leaves, tree twigs, birch bark, and plasticine.
"Autumn Bouquet". Sokolova Ustinya.
Leaves - oak, maple; cones, flowers, acorns.
"Hedgehogs for mushrooms." Nikita Paderov.
The work is made of materials: potatoes, needles, branches, cones, leaves.
"Miracle Tree" Sycheva Victoria Anatolyevna.
Made from pistachio shells and tree branches. Decorated with decorative leaves and wrapping paper.
Applications made from natural materials
"Autumn beauty." Angelica.
A painting made from natural materials: leaves, flowers, grass.
"Autumn mood". Vereshchaga Georgy, Vereshchaga A.S.
Landscape sheet, watercolor, dry leaves and flowers.
"Autumn has come". Lonkin Egor.
Application of dry leaves (imitating trees) on a watercolor background.
"A bird in a cage and a bird in the wild." Garkushin Nikita.
The work is made of autumn leaves, yarn and cardboard.
"Beautiful flowers." Eminova Karina.
The work is made from sunflower and pumpkin seeds.
"Stork". Radostev Kirill.
This work is made from beans, buckwheat, seeds.
"Butterfly". Mladentseva Sofia 8 years old.
The butterfly is made from beans, seeds, the antennae are cloves, the head is peppercorns, semolina. Frame - cardboard, pebbles, background - chalk.
"Grey Heron". Varov Vladimir.
The work is made of feathers with the addition of dry plants.
Dvoretskaya Julia.
The clock is made from autumn materials (cones, moss, some kind of grass, fly agaric, rowan and lingonberry), cardboard, colored paper and a hot gun.
"Autumn". Torba Roma.
Leaves.
"Autumn Favorite" Anoprikova Anastasia.
A panel made of yellow poplar leaves and thistle seeds (fluff), and corn grits were also used.
"Gifts of Autumn" Sakhipova Adila.
Made from leaves, pumpkin seeds, dates, watermelon and apricots.
"Autumn Bouquet". Zhaldak Maria, 7 years old.
The applique is made from bean seeds, coffee, acacia, buckwheat and ears of corn.
"House in the Forest" Rakhmaev Karim.
Twigs, tree bark, leaves, stones, fibers from coconut shells (roof).
"Porcini". Sakhipov Nurislam.
Application made from cereals and plasticine.
"Autumn hedgehog." Kislyuk Daria.
The work is done in the form of an application. The hedgehog itself is made of paper, glued on cardboard, the hedgehog's spines are made of sunflower seeds, and the mushrooms are made of paper. The picture is decorated with autumn leaves. The herb is made from dried dill.
"Autumn basket of flowers." Loshkin Andrey.
The base is chipboard measuring 60 cm by 100 cm. Transparent adhesive for ceiling tiles is applied in stages, first lay out a basket of dried apricot and plum seeds. Then flowers are laid out from pine cones, leaves from walnuts, watermelon seeds, bell pepper, peanuts. Shells of different colors and sizes were used for the flowers and butterflies. The background is made of semolina and glued with PVA glue. For brightness, flowers and leaves were painted.
"Autumn photo frame." Mikheeva Tatyana Vasilievna.
The work was made using the applique technique from natural materials.
"Little Bunny." Belyaeva Irina Ivanovna.
The work is made from leaves and tree branches.
"Magic colors of autumn." Anoprikova Anastasia.
Dried leaves, flowers, sparkles, and small twigs were used in the production.
"Vegetable Train" Klyuev Mikhail.
The train is made of cucumbers, the carriages are filled with berries, seeds, and carrots. The forest is made of twigs.
"Autumn Bouquet". Sakalauskas Andrius.
The basis of the panel is an A4 photo frame. The background of the picture and the vase are colored with colored pencils. The bouquet is made of dried autumn leaves. Acorns are glued to leaves. Their hats are made of black plasticine.
For inspiration, you can look at our photos and master classes. Into the sky". Marchenko Kirill.
“Doll Lucy.”
Kovtun Sveta. "Firebird".
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So many interesting ideas, Thank you!
Hedgehogs, of course, are a rather hackneyed topic, but owls are more interesting.
I also liked the houses and Gena the crocodile :)
Hello! Larisa, I sent the work, but I don’t see it on the page??? Such crafts, by the way, can be done not only in the fall. Our ancestors all year round made only from natural materials :)
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Children are easily captivated by something new and interesting. If your child is already bored with drawing or modeling, you can invite him to make crafts from bright autumn leaves. This process is extremely fascinating - amazing things are born from simple dried leaves with the help of glue, thread and other improvised devices. By taking up appliqué or making vases and bouquets, the child will not only be able to develop his creative skills and imagination, but also get to know each other better. environment. Collecting a herbarium for crafts together is an excellent opportunity to teach your child to distinguish between different tree species. So, what can you make from leaves?
Preparing leaves for crafts
To make any craft from leaves, you only need well-dried material; fresh leaves are not suitable. Preparing the leaves takes a long time, so you will have to be patient. In addition, the material needs to be dried correctly, here are the basic rules:
- If the evenness of the leaves is not important for the craft, they can be placed in a spacious container (for example, a large wicker basket) and left on fresh air. This will allow the leaves to dry quickly and allow air circulation to prevent mold from developing.
- To get perfectly smooth leaves, you need to place them between book pages or album sheets under a press. Carefully place the material between the sheets of books or albums. It will take at least 14 days for the material to completely dry and be ready for use.
- If you don't want to wait a long time, you can use a special herbarium press. To do this, fold a stack of leaves, alternating each layer with newsprint or scrap sheets. In a few days, the material for the crafts will be ready.
How to Skeleton Leaves
Leaf skeletons, due to their lightness and transparency, look very impressive as decoration. To achieve this effect, you need to resort to a special technique - skeletonization.
What you will need:
- any fresh leaves;
- soda;
- egg dye;
- small container - ladle or pan;
- Toothbrush;
- paper napkins.
How to make skeletonized leaves:
- Mix soda and water in proportions of 1 to 4 and place the leaves in the prepared solution so that they are completely hidden by water.
- Bring the mixture to a boil and leave to simmer for 30 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the stove and remove the leaves, carefully placing them on the table with the glossy side up.
- Remove excess moisture using napkins.
- Clean the pulp from the leaf with a brush (this must be done very carefully, the leaves are quite fragile).
- Rinse the skeleton under water and then paint it the desired color.
- Leave the painted skeletonized leaves to dry.
The resulting material is ready for use.
Bouquet of flowers from leaves
A bouquet is the simplest thing that can be made from leaves, and it is worth starting with it if the child has not previously done such crafts. To make a craft in the form of a home bouquet, it is not necessary to use real flowers, dry them, etc. The buds can be made from multi-colored leaves collected on a walk. Involve children in every step of the process, creating a real creative workshop.
What you will need to make the craft:
- maple leaves (fresh) with stems;
- spool of strong thread.
To make a bud from maple leaves, you will need to perform several steps:
- First take one sheet and fold it with the glossy side out.
- Roll the leaf into a tube.
- Fold the next sheet in half and wrap it around the tube.
- Continue wrapping the leaves around the bud until the flower is quite full.
- Wrap a thread around the base of the bud to prevent the flower from falling apart.
Using this method, you can make any number of flowers, which are then simply collected into a bouquet.
Topiaries can be made from a variety of materials. You can often find crafts made from coffee, banknotes, sweets, hearts, etc. This version of topiary involves the use of maple leaves.
So, what is needed for topiary:
- pot;
- wooden stick for the trunk;
- a foam or foam ball as a base;
- gypsum;
- dye;
- hot glue;
- elements for decoration.
The procedure for creating an autumn topiary looks like this:
- The stick must be inserted into the pot and secured tightly with gypsum mortar. As a result, the structure will be strong and stable.
- Paint the pot and stick a color you like, such as gold to match the leaves.
- We attach a foam ball to the top of the stick - this is the future crown of the tree.
- Stick the required number of leaves into the ball. For decoration, you can use berry bunches, ribbons, beads, as well as artificial twigs and flowers. To make the leaf stems more durable, they must first be soaked in a hot solution of glycerin (1 to 2) and left in this form for 10 days in a dark, cool place .
- Next, we decorate the trunk and soil of the tree using dry moss, bark, and beads.
How to make a decorative autumn wreath
You can weave a beautiful wreath from bright autumn leaves to decorate windows, doors, walls, etc. A wreath attached to front door, will delight not only you, but also your guests.
What you will need for the craft:
- flexible branches of any tree;
- dried leaves of different colors (contrasting combinations, for example, yellow and red, look best);
- bunches of red berries (rowan, viburnum, etc.);
- physalis;
- glue;
- spool of strong threads;
- decorative metallized threads;
- small bird figurines for bouquets.
How to weave a wreath:
- The branches will serve as a frame - make a round or oval wreath out of them.
- For strength, secure the structure with thread in several places.
- Wrap the frame tightly with gold thread, leaving small branches free.
- Glue the leaves to the branches.
- Attach the berry clusters using thread.
- Glue or wrap physalis with threads.
- Finally, attach the birds to the wreath.
A finished craft made from leaves in the form of a wreath can be hung anywhere in the house; it will delight you with its beauty for a long time and remind you of the most colorful time of the year.
Beautiful autumn leaves can be used not only for simple children’s crafts, but also for complete interior decoration. One such product is a fruit bowl.
To make such a vase you need:
- glue and brush;
- inflatable ball;
- petrolatum;
- scissors;
- maple leaves.
Step-by-step instructions:
- Inflate the balloon to the size you need.
- Lubricate the surface of the ball with Vaseline, this is necessary so that the leaves do not stick to it during the process and are easily separated from it.
- Fix the ball in a stationary state, this will make it more convenient for you to make your vase.
- Glue maple leaves to the ball, having first generously coated them with glue.
- To make the vase strong enough, you will need several layers of maple leaves.
- As soon as the last layer is completed, thoroughly coat the product with glue again and leave for 3 days.
- Burst or deflate the balloon and remove any remaining residue from the product.
The original interior decoration is ready.
Photo frame in autumn style
Children love decorating the walls of their room with their drawings and favorite photographs. A craft made from leaves in the form of a frame is perfect to complement the design of the room. Help your child decorate a frame with autumn leaves, where he will then place his favorite photo.
For the craft you need:
- thick cardboard;
- glue;
- leaves you like;
- pencil;
- scissors.
How to make a frame:
- Cut a square or rectangular frame from cardboard the right size. The center of the frame where the photo will be placed needs to be cut slightly smaller than the size of the photo.
- To wrap leaves around a frame, first soak them in hot water, so they will become softer and will not tear or break in the process.
- Glue the leaves onto the frame.
- Wait for the product to dry.
When the frame is ready, insert the photo into it, securing it with glue or tape.
Applications from autumn leaves
Appliques are one of the simplest types of crafts made from dried leaves. Using leaves of different shapes and sizes, you can create real pictures, which will then become a decoration for your home. You can make a whole series of panels united by a common theme. These can be animals, landscapes, etc. Next, several small master classes will be presented on making applications in the form of an owl, the Firebird, a fish and a lion.
Owl
To make an applique with an image of an owl, you will need:
- small leaves of brown tones (for this you can use oak, willow, birch);
- colored paper;
- a small twig of thuja;
- sheet of cardboard;
- a bunch of rowan berries;
- any tree branch;
- glue.
Before starting work, the leaves and berries must be dried. Once all the materials are ready, it’s time to move on to the most important thing:
- Cut out the outline of an owl from cardboard.
- Birch or oak leaves will represent the ears and paws of an owl, glue them into in the right places.
- For feathers, use long, narrow willow leaves.
- Cut out eyes and beak from colored paper and glue them on.
- Glue your owl onto a tree branch, which will become a stand for the craft.
For additional decoration, you can use moss or thuja branches. You can also use rowan trees as owl paws. The product is ready.
Firebird
For the Firebird applique you will need:
- paper;
- leaves of linden, birch and rosehip;
- pumpkin seeds;
- thuja twigs.
And here's what the process itself looks like:
- A linden leaf is glued to the place where the bird's body will be.
- Birch leaf - head.
- Rosehip leaves are glued individually onto the tail.
- Whole sprigs of rose hips will serve as an additional decoration for the tail.
- Glue birch leaves to the body, these will be the wings.
- Eyes are made from pumpkin seeds, as well as decorations for the body and tail of the Firebird.
- The final stage is a tuft from a thuja twig or any other suitable plant.
The firebird is ready.
a lion
Children love different animals, so they will be especially interested in making one of their familiar animals.
What you will need for the lion cub:
- rounded yellow linden leaves;
- black felt-tip pen;
- ash seeds;
- horse chestnut(nuts);
- glue;
- small pine branch;
- scissors;
- a sheet of yellow paper;
- sheet of orange cardboard.
Having collected all the necessary materials, it’s time to start making crafts:
- Draw a lion's head on yellow paper or print the image on a printer and cut it out along the outline.
- For the mane, use linden leaves, gluing them around the head.
- Draw a nose for the lion and glue a chestnut in its place.
- Pine needles will be used for the mustache.
- The ash seed will represent a tongue.
As soon as the craft dries, it will be completely ready.
Fish
What child doesn't know about the goldfish that grants wishes? Making crafts with your own hands will be very entertaining for your child.
To make a fish craft you will need:
- dry leaves of quince and linden, brown and yellow in color, respectively;
- glue;
- marker;
- ash seeds;
- acorns;
- paper scissors;
- sheet of blue paper.
How to do:
- Draw the outline of the fish on blue paper and cut it out.
- Make scales from linden leaves and glue them to the body of the fish.
- Use brown quince leaves to decorate the tail.
- Using acorn caps, draw the outline of the fish’s head.
That's it, the real goldfish is ready.
Every autumn, colorful leaves delight the eye as they fall to the ground. This beauty quickly fades in the rain, turning the leaves into a solid brown mass. However, there is a way to preserve the beauty and brightness of autumn leaves - dry them or skeletonize them and use them to make various things from children's crafts to interior decorations. This activity will appeal to both children and adults.
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It is very easy to make a caterpillar from natural material; we will need chestnuts of different sizes, plasticine of different colors and two toothpicks. Mainly a craft for children, but it will be fun for adults to do with them too. As you can see, you don’t need too much material. It only takes 15-20 minutes, not counting the collection of chestnuts for the caterpillar.
I'll tell you in step by step wizard class on how to make a caterpillar with your own hands from chestnuts with detailed description and photo instructions. I will say right away that the caterpillar will be curved, with a bend in the body.
I prepared the material right away. Plasticine is the most common, in different colors.
We arranged the chestnuts according to size, the tail where the small chestnut was, the head on the large one.
Take brown plasticine and divide it into small balls. We will use them to connect the chestnuts together.
Side view.
We start from the tail and connect the chestnuts together using plasticine. Don't forget that it should be slightly curved.
They collected the entire body, not counting the head. This is what it looks like.
We have one chestnut left, two toothpicks and one lump of plasticine to glue the head. But first we have to put on a smiling face. Using toothpicks we create horns. Insert toothpicks and break them off in half. Next, we decorate the antennae with plasticine, and also make eyes, nose and mouth. This will be a fun and educational activity for children.
Then we attach the head to the body.
We stick small plasticine dots of different colors on each chestnut of the body. This way we decorate the craft.
We made such a beautiful caterpillar from chestnuts with our own hands.
