Hello!
So the golden autumn has come. For some it brings joy with its warm weather, but for others it brings gloomy days with rain. But as they say, nature has no bad weather and every season is good in its own way.
So for me, September/October are considered fertile months, because during this period a very beautiful phenomenon occurs - leaf fall.
You can admire them endlessly, and it’s also nice to rustle the leaves under your feet or put them together into a beautiful bouquet. You can also get creative and make creative crafts from such natural material.
As a matter of fact, this is what I propose to you to do today. Let me remind you that we have already made products on the theme “Autumn” from vegetables and fruits, pumpkins, acorns and other materials, but in this article we will analyze souvenirs made specifically from leaves.
Therefore, if you are ready, then I suggest that you do not put everything in a black box, but immediately begin the selection and process!
DIY autumn crafts from leaves for school
Of course, most often we have to imagine in this area in order to help our children take part in school and kindergarten exhibitions. So let’s begin a review of works for children who study in primary and secondary schools.
The easiest thing would probably be to collect a bouquet or make a cool wreath. Moreover, you can always supplement the composition with different berries and fruits.
You can create a very simple bouquet, or you can get a little confused and roll up not dry leaves to make roses.
Or you can assemble an unusual ekibana.
Or make a topiary.
Or make these funny and cute flowers.
You can also do handicrafts in the area of applique. If you know how to draw well, then complement the composition with a drawing.
Using glue and other materials, build a basket, vase or queen “Autumn”.
And I was very impressed by the bird - an owl, just gorgeous!
I think I gave you some great ideas, don’t you agree?
New crafts made from leaves for kindergarten children
Now let’s look at job options for slightly younger children. Although all the ideas from this article can be applied to any age.
Again, the most suitable thing for kids is applique. You can glue different panels - butterflies, insects, fish, turtles, etc.
You can use this layout as a basis. Find the appropriate shape of leaves and make a cute cat.
What a gorgeous tree! It's simple and looks great.
But owls are a completely separate issue!
For example, my daughter and I made a craft from an ordinary bag. We filled it with leaves, gave it a shape, glued on the eyes and voila, everything is ready!
As additional materials, take colored paper, plasticine, cereals, seeds, etc.
The child will be delighted with this work. I know, in practice, children really love to sculpt).
You can also build a base for kids, for example a web like this. And then the child sticks on the leaves himself.
Or take the spotlight on children's hands. Also a very interesting idea.
I liked this picture here. Draw a background, and then with your child, stick on leaves to represent trees and bushes.
If you have more time, then work harder. You can make different masks, crowns and even angel wings!
In general, the scope for creativity is enormous. Choose - I don’t want it!
Cute hedgehogs
Applications made from autumn leaves in the shape of hedgehogs turn out to be very beautiful. This animal symbolizes autumn, especially if depicted with an apple on its back.
To make an applique, you can make a template of a muzzle with a nose and eyes in advance, and then glue it along with the leaves.
You will get this beauty:
Or you can draw a hedgehog on a sheet of paper with pencils or felt-tip pens, and make needles for it using dried autumn leaves.
Mosaic technology is very often used to create beautiful and unique applications. For such a craft, it is better to prepare leaves of the brightest and richest shades. Fish scales or a rooster tail made in a similar style will look very interesting. The more saturated colors are chosen, the more vibrant the craft will be. A butterfly made using this technology will look beautiful.
In practice, there is another very interesting technique for making applications. To implement it, well-dried leaves are ground into fine crumbs. The technique for creating an application is as follows:
- Dry the colorful leaves well;
- We come up with and draw a sketch of the future application;
- Cover the sketch with a thin layer of PVA glue;
- Sprinkle the design with pre-prepared crumbs of autumn leaves.
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Another interesting technique for processing autumn leaves is creating a pattern directly on natural material. Thus, you can make a group of beautiful bunnies, fish or kittens. The technology is not very complicated: various patterns are applied to the sheet using paint (it is better to use gouache for these purposes). These can be various ornaments and some unusual stripes. In general, everything your imagination is capable of. After drying, you can add cute faces on the leaves to create fantasy creatures. Together with your child, you can come up with an exciting adventure about them.
Using this technology, you can create characters from your child's favorite cartoons. Using autumn leaves, you can create beautiful paintings that can be simple or complex using mosaics and geometric patterns. Kids can do simple types of appliques on their own, but to create complex paintings they will certainly need your help.
How to make autumn crafts from pine cones and leaves
Next, I will show you works using another favorite material - pine cones. If you're in the forest, be sure to stock up on them.
It’s very easy to make different animals using cardboard, plasticine and our natural materials. And most importantly it’s simple and fast.
Don't forget about the bouquet. He will always be popular.
But in the very first place are compositions with various forest animals and heroes. See for yourself how beautiful it turns out.
If you want something more complicated, then use more twigs and build real forest huts.
There is nothing complicated about the products, and everyone always has additional materials in their home.
Simple crafts from leaves and acorns
There are a lot of acorns and chestnuts in our city. So I couldn't lose sight of them. Let's see what souvenirs can be made with our autumn leaves.
Again, the easiest thing is different animals. And you can always connect the parts together using plasticine or glue.
Or make a decoration like this. I love.
And again, full-fledged compositions. Where would we be without them?
