Needlework
06/19/2018 Anastasia Prozheva
A panel made of natural material is an original hand-made panel consisting of shells, leaves, branches, grains, flowers, various leathers, stones and much more that nature has given us. The art of decorating any corner of your home with “gifts of nature” can become an interior solution for any occasion. Each craft you create carries the meaning of the conceived idea, uniqueness and gives comfort, warmth and harmony in general.
History of creation
A varied interior with notes of uniqueness and mystery is, undoubtedly, inherent in man since ancient times. Decorative panels are one of the most ancient methods of decorating a living space that have survived to this day. For the first time, thematic pictures made of stone or painted on clay appeared on the walls of buildings many centuries ago.
Who first invented wall panels still remains unknown, but the idea of decorative panels has never gone out of fashion. Only the themes, methods of conveying art, color relationships and materials from which the masterpieces were made changed.
The execution of such paintings can be classified according to the theme of the image, seasonality, color scheme, different types of materials and even age restrictions. After all, we all know that there are no limits to creativity, and we start small.
Every child and his parents at least once in his life had to do crafts for kindergarten. But not everyone is involved in this topic, and not everyone can immediately do or come up with something on the go. I want something unusual, surprising and at the same time useful for the development of the child. That is why we offer you a small master class on how to make a beautiful and simple panel on the theme of autumn with your children. This is a fairly common theme, but with its help you can always find a way out of the situation and do something in this style, especially in the autumn.
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Let's try to make a quick and simple openwork panel from natural materials
A magnificent panel on the theme “Autumn” can be built together with your child even in winter, if you stock up on a variety of natural materials. To work you will need:
- any dry twigs of approximately the same length;
- threads, preferably wool, bright and thicker;
- strong ropes or threads for tying twigs;
- any light natural material: leaves, moss, bark, dried flowers, spikelets.
- First you need to make a frame. To do this, take twigs and
tie them together with ropes or threads to make a square. Although the shape is not important here, you can tie the branches in the shape of a triangle or rectangle.
- Then we attach a bright woolen thread to one end of the resulting frame and begin to wrap the branches, pulling the thread. We wrap the frame to the end and fix the end.
- When the thread mesh is ready, let your child take the initiative in arranging the natural material and creating a unique composition. Your autumn masterpiece is ready!
"Autumn Leaf"
The master class, presented in the form of the “decoupage” technique, will seem complicated at first glance, but in fact it is very simple to perform and the end result will delight you and your children. Our task is to provide the child with creative activity, develop a sense of taste and style, and also cultivate accuracy and perseverance when doing work.
We will need:
- small wooden board;
- acrylic colored paints;
- decoupage glue;
- ordinary napkins;
- brush;
- scissors, pencil;
- scotch.
Let's look at the execution scheme.
First, we select a wooden blank for the panel. This can be any small board or chipboard (chipboard), well cleaned and polished, for example, with sandpaper.
Print or draw the silhouette of a maple leaf and cut it out with scissors.
Place the sheet on the board and carefully spread the glue evenly over the entire sheet. Let's dry it.
We outline the approximate silhouette of a leaf on a napkin with a pencil, and then, drawing along the line with a damp cotton swab, we easily tear out the desired motif.
Glue a napkin on top with decoupage glue and let it dry.
Apply colors with a semi-dry brush to the ribs. You can cover the entire background, at your discretion.
You can supplement the work with inscriptions with paint, natural dried leaves (if any), attach decorative sand, tree branches (there are some outside in any weather) and so on.
Autumn theme for adults
We also invite adults to make their own panel called “Autumn Mood.” A successful combination of this composition and natural material, allowing you to convey the mood and colors of autumn. This type of activity develops spatial thinking, imagination and taste. The product will serve as a wonderful gift, as well as an ideal interior design solution for your home!
We will need:
- glue;
- glue gun;
- tree branches, dried leaves;
- inflorescences of tansy, yarrow and persimmon (if available);
- leg-split;
- beads;
- multi-colored paints;
- scissors;
- cutter.
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We prepare wooden branches. We make 4 identical branches of the same size and length.
We fasten them together with twine.
We paint the dried plants with paints according to your wishes.
You can also further decorate them with beads.
Let's make a web. We cut the threads to a small length and distribute them across the width of the finished frame. We fix it at the ends.
We decorate the frame with dried leaves and previously harvested plants.
It should look something like this:
Now the craft is ready. You can decorate any corner of your home with it, give it to your loved ones or your child in kindergarten!
Photos of approximate options for panels made of natural materials on the theme “Autumn”:
Autumn crafts for school: the best ideas with photos
Autumn is the most colorful time, which provides enormous scope for children's creativity; you can make autumn crafts for school , or you can create bright wall panels, bouquets of leaves to decorate your home interior. Thanks to this type of creativity, you can show your imagination, ingenuity, and cheer up yourself and your children. And you don’t need to spend money on such homemade products, because all the materials are lying under your feet, in the literal sense of the word.
Autumn crafts for school made from natural materials are the most popular type of homemade crafts, because to create them you must first take a walk in the park and through the forest to collect the required amount of materials. Looking at leaves of various shapes and colors, ideas are already emerging in your head about what beautiful applications you can make from them. And in order for the child to show more interest in this skill, the mother must set the right example for him: when you collect leaves with the child, do not forget that you can make beautiful bouquets of grapes, autumn wreaths with your own hands, a step-by-step master class will tell you how make them from a variety of forest gifts, and simply put a bright ikebana in a vase.
How to make autumn crafts for school
Crimson-red or bright yellow shades are sure to lift your spirits and add a touch of solemnity, warmth, and comfort to your home atmosphere. The best place to learn how to make autumn crafts for school is at the dacha, because there the materials are always at hand, and mom is not so careful about cleanliness, and if it’s a nice day, then you can do applique right on the lawn, sitting comfortably on a bench or on a mat.
And if it’s cloudy outside, and you can forget about walking outside, then you can sit on the floor near the TV, looking at the bright leaves and imagining what they will make for school After an active summer holiday, autumn provides a lot of time for leisurely reading books and self-development; we advise you to try new types of needlework right now.
Autumn crafts for school from leaves are applications, although you are used to associating them with an elementary creative process, in fact, thanks to leaves and glue, you can create a bright, colorful composition, picture or panel, which is not a shame to show at a school exhibition and hang in the living room. When making appliques, you can use either the natural shape of the sheet or deform it and change it with scissors.
When the trees are full of colors, it’s time to go to the park or forest to collect leaves and dry them, but you don’t have to wait for them to dry, but immediately start making applications. There is also a unique method of preserving the freshness of the leaves; for this you need to use wax. Buy several wax candles and melt them in a saucepan in a water bath. Then, one by one, dip the leaves into the hot wax, hold for a while to allow any remaining wax to come off, and then hang them up to dry. You can hang them by the tails on a clothespin. When the wax hardens, you will receive material for creating autumn compositions that will delight your eye without fading or losing their color. You can add them to your autumn bouquet with your own hands; the best ideas for creating such decorative elements can be found on our website.
If you are planning a photo shoot with the whole class at school, then such original autumn crafts for school will help make it unforgettable. You can make your own autumn wreaths or masks. Girls can wear wreaths made of maple leaves on their heads, and boys can wear hand-made masks from the same material.
Unusual autumn crafts for school
But unusual autumn crafts for school are made from a variety of materials, the main thing is to choose a suitable theme, for example, we have already made an autumn tree with our own hands, a step-by-step master class with photos explained to you which beads are best to use, and it is the remains of such beads that can be used for applications. Girls really like working with beads, so mommy can tell her daughter about this type of creativity.
Making mosaics from beads is easy, but at the same time, this activity promotes the development of perseverance, accuracy and fine motor skills. When choosing motifs for appliqué, you should not choose ones with a lot of small details; they will be difficult to complete. For the “Autumn” motif we chose a folk pattern – Khokhloma. If you cannot redraw it, then you can print out the drawing and transfer it to paper; you need to take a thick sheet of cardboard so that the applique holds securely.
We will need beads of red, yellow, orange, gold (or others, depending on the pattern you choose). We will also use Dragon glue, a pencil is needed for the outline of the drawing, and a black gel pen.
When we have the Khokhloma motif ready, we can proceed to the main stage of the appliqué. For the stems and leaves we will use terracotta, olive and matte orange beads. For a bunch of viburnum, a combination of matte and shiny red, red, orange, scarlet. The main contours should be outlined with black paste, then all pencil lines should be wiped off.
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