With the advent of autumn, in the midst of a leaf fall, children often get creative tasks at school and kindergarten. Maple leaves are beautiful themselves, and if you add them to other natural materials, wonderful crafts will turn out.
Work features with material
In the fall, the trees give our eyes joy, impressive by the beauty of autumn paints. Especially wonderful carved leaves, torn by the wind from maples. Their color gamut affects the variety: yellow, green, red, burgundy and multicolor. From such a natural material, it is possible to make many intricate crafts, equally interesting to children of different ages.
As bulk parts, it can be used that in abundance gives nature in the autumn season: chestnuts, acorns, seeds of various plants. In the course there is even peel of chestnuts. It is noteworthy that children's crafts are possible to completely collect from natural gifts or create a combined composition:
- Separate individual parts on the drawing (hair, mane, feathers, trees krona);
- Use maple leaves as a basis and supplement details of different origin (plasticine, felt, cardboard, colored paper).
For applications you need to prepare the following materials:
- paper, cardboard;
- scissors;
- PVA glue;
- Colored markers;
- Decor for decoration.
The most popular among autumn crafts made of maple leaves, animals, birds, bouquets and festive decorations are obtained. Having learned from adults a few applications, the child will be able to invent ideas for creativity. It will take a little fantasy or ready-made samples. But that the results of the efforts of the efforts of the view for a long time, the collected leaves should be treated properly.
There are proven options, how to keep beautiful maple leaves.
Drying under the press
All known method has long been a method characterized by simplicity and not requiring any preparatory work or special devices. Compressed leaves are suitable for creating applications:
- Place the maple leaves between the pages of thick book publications;
- On top of the book to put any cargo;
- Pick up the blanks after 1-2 weeks.
Drying Iron.
Express method to quickly dry maple leaves:
- decompose the foliage over the cardboard;
- on top of putting a conventional paper sheet;
- try not too hot iron;
- Remove the paper and leave the blanks from the leaves to dry at least an hour.
Paraffin treatment
This technique allows you to save fresh leaves, give them brightness and glossy shine:
- split a candle on small pieces;
- Melt paraffin on a water bath (in a microwave);
- Lower the leaf in the melted paraffin, it should evenly cover the surface (it is more convenient to produce manipulation, adapting the plug);
- put on top of a towel before drying.
Conservation in adhesive solution
Prevents scattering on pieces of dry leaves:
- dilute glue with water (1 to 4, respectively);
- dip the leaves into the solution;
- Stay on a flat surface to dry.
Soaking in glycerin
Excellent solution for leaf blanks for future volumetric applications:
- Stir glycerin in water (in proportion 1: 2).
- pour the solution into a package of polyethylene with a zip-fastener;
- put there leaves and dissolve;
- tightly fasten the package;
- Leave to lay in a dark place from 10 to 14 days;
- Get leaves and dry in air, laying out on paper.
Skeleton
Unusual way of billet of false foliage to create flat compositions:
- take fresh maple leaves;
- Prepare a solution of 12 h. l. soda and 1 l of water;
- boil;
- Lower maple leaves and peel about 20 minutes;
- rinse them under cold water;
- With the help of an old toothbrush scraping with a leaf softening greens;
- rinse again;
- Sew under the press 48 hours.
How to make an autumn bouquet?
Carved maple leaves are beautiful even by themselves. Therefore, even a simple bouquet of dried leaves will look in a vase effectively and festively. You can put in a vase whole maple branches with leaves. Especially wonderful such Iquiban looks in a transparent vase.
Having attached some efforts, you can easily add the interior with more complex compositions from the leaves.
Maple Roses
- The maple leaf is folded across, the front part is out;
- The next step is twisted into the tube and is fixed with thread;
- across the following sheet;
- they need to wind up the prepared bitchrine, together the cuttings of the leaves;
- Subsequent leaves are wound in the same way, slightly shifting them down and taking the cutting thread;
- The rose must be fixed on the branch, which then turn the decorative paper.
Just a few maple "colors" - and is ready for a pleasant autumn bouquet.
Production of wreath
The wreaths of maple leaves often decorate the house on Halloween. But wreaths on autumn theme are relevant during this season and not on holidays. It is possible to revive the interior with a wreath of leaves, which is made elementary simply and quickly, if you act step by step. Especially such an occupation carries children.
The following materials and tools will be needed:
- maple leaves;
- wire;
- threads in tone;
- PVA glue;
- flexible branches (IV, birch);
- Justice, Rosehip Fruits, Ryabina, Physalis;
- Large beads and ribbons.
How to make a wreath:
- From several branches, grind the ring using a wire;
- threads or glue to attach dry or fresh leaves on the branches;
- In the intervals, you can glue acorns, any fruits;
- Complete wreath with ribbons with beads.
By connecting fantasy, you can decorate wreath beads or other natural materials:
- dwarf pumpkins;
- cones;
- dryweights;
- spikelets;
- bird feathers;
- Splits of needles.
And you can try to weave the wreath of maple leaves in such a way, as they do from dandelions and any wildflower. Such a wreath will not only decorate the interior, but also suitable as a head decoration for a holiday or for the autumn photo shoot.
Diadem
How to weave wreath from leaves.
- Fresh leaves need to rinse and slightly dry on the towel.
- On each leaflet to cut the thickerel of the stem.
- The first leaflech is bent so that the inflection line is parallel to the "tail".
- The second leaflet "flash" the previous one.
- Break the second leaf, as described in clause 3.
- With the next leaf, repeat the action from 1 to 5 p.
Thus, it is worth collecting a billet in the form of a tape and try it, wrapped around the head. If everything is suitable in size, then the first and second sheet of the latter need to pierce. Similarly, 2-3 deciduous tapes are collected and connected together. To make the decoration, it is certainly not collapsed, it is additionally recommended that it is recommended to tie with threads to tone the color of the leaves.
Finished wreath effectively complement chestnuts, artificial, fresh or dried berries, colored ribbons, braid.
Animals and birds
Very often in kindergarten and schools ask to prepare crafts of animals and birds. Such applications are not as complicated in performance even for preschoolers. They are simple, but look very expressively and allow you to spend time with benefit.
a lion
For children, it is very interesting to make different animals, so the lion with a fire-orange mane will necessarily hobble them. Children of school age can independently draw a face of the animal, and the kids need to prepare the workpiece.
Besides her, you will need:
- Several yellow maple leaves;
- black marker;
- small chestnut;
- glue;
- pine twig;
- scissors;
- Orange cardboard 1 sheet.
Glue the face of a predatory beast to the cardboard. Around it paste the leaves, imitating the mane of the animal. Note the nose at the lion and glue a wronchik to this place. From pine needles make a mustache. Leave the finished craft to dry.
Hedgehog
Of the maple leaves it is easy to make an entertaining craft - hedgehog. Barbed fur coat will serve fresh or dried leaves. Hedgehog can be made in different ways.
Applique:
- On color cardboard, draw the hedgehog;
- On the body of the animal with the help of PVA glue to glue the leaves, starting along the contour, moving towards the middle;
- Stick leaves preferably a bit of brass.
Colored paper will be needed to create a sun, flower. With them, the work will turn out to be more beautiful and will have a finished look.
Owl
For its manufacture, you will need:
- several dark leaves;
- any colored paper;
- cardboard;
- branch;
- glue.
On the cardboard draw the silhouette of the owls and cut down the contour. For feathers, you can cut the leaves or use the maple leaf as the basis, and the oak or ventilation leaves will be feathers. They are glued with rows on a cardboard billet. For ears and paw owls, more small leaves will also need (oak, birch). Eyes to make pieces of colored paper, like a keyboard. Then glue them to the Soviet head. Glit a figurine on the tree branch, all this is fixed on a sheet of cardboard or panel.
Peacock
Easy, but very funny handicraft, to make which bye even kids. To do this, you will need only:
- glue;
- leaves;
- Billet for the bird body.
Print on a dense paper sheet pattern in the form of a peacock head and neck. Sheet must be bent in half. Cut part from a bird's head along the contour. On the whole half of the leaf stick the dried leaves.
When the leaf is very closed by the maple leaves, the peacock head should be beatened to the leaves.
What else can you do?
Crown
Autumn crown of dried or fresh maple leaves made by their own hands will delight the child. Creating applications and collages from natural materials helps to develop creative thinking in children. Such an unusual decoration is useful for the autumn matinee as a headdress for the kid. For the manufacture of crafts will not leave a lot of time.
- You will need beautiful maple leaves of the same size.
- Cut the cuffs of thick endings.
- The first leaflet bend inside by a third parallel to the cut.
- The second sheet bend the same way and "flashing" with its cutlets. Previous sheet.
- Repeat the process with the rest of the leaves, until the tape reaches the required length.
- Collapse the ring, fixing the first cutlets, flashes the latter leaf.
- Decorate the crown of rowan berries.
Plate
Maple leaves are suitable for creating a decorative plate. Their form and size are excellent for this unusual craft. For a plate need:
- leaves;
- balloon;
- glue.
How to do?
- Inflate the ball.
- Install it in a bowl for stability.
- Grease the surface of the ball with glue.
- Cut cutters, leaving only leaves.
- Lubricate the maple blanks of PVA and attach them to the ball.
- Each subsequent row is stacked by Vangest.
- Cheer the entire top (1/2 ball).
- At the base of the plate, you need to stick a couple of layers from the leaves so that the future product is stable. Leave up to dry, and after gently pull the air out of the ball and take it out.
Vase
The autumn bouquet looks spectacular in the vase. Maple leaves are suitable for this thanks to their natural beauty. The foliage is characterized by a rich color scheme, which makes it easy to choose the desired shade for any composition. For the base of a vase from maple leaves, it will be necessary:
- smooth glass container (plastic bottle);
- flour, water for alee;
- Thin paper, PVA;
- Leaves, decor.
Swift liquid holter. Apply warm holter on the surface of the tank with a thin layer. Wrap a vase with thin paper, gently pressing it. Paper also lubricate a layer of alee. Cut the vase with dry leaves without tails. Cover their layer of plow glue. Decorate with rosehip berries, rowan or other decor. Leave to seek minimum per day. Gently remove the paper with leaves from the base.
To give strength and gloss, spray with a rack for hair of strong fixation.
The sun
- Maple leaves roll up the tube;
- All tubes pierce in the middle and ride two wires;
- connect their ends, forming a ring;
- Bring a ribbon to the sun and hang up for her.
Sun preschoolers can easily make themselves made of yellow or orange maple leaves. The dried smooth leaf is glued to the cardboard and is optionally painted. You can try the autumn sun smile and ruddy cheeks. Or decorate it with surprised rugs and cilia, glue a bow, rays from colored paper. You can even paint a gouache leaf in a bright golden shade.
Sun can make eyes from blue paper and glue blanks on the natural base. Or choose for this purpose rhinestones, ready-made eyes with rotating pupils. It is very convenient, but looks funny and unusual. It will be possible to find them in any store where sewing fittings are sold.
There you can also purchase satin ribbons for rays and dilute the picture with materials of different textures. From such ribbons it will be beautifully a rainbow, which will be very by the way on the panel near the sun. Homemade versions of such crafts are characterized by creative and help reveal the potential of children's fantasy. Adults can only guide and unobtrusively prompt.
Wood
To work, you will need:
- white cardboard sheet;
- dry leaves;
- Paint black or brown;
- pencil;
- PVA.
Leaves crush. This process will be happy to fulfill each kid. On the cardboard draw the barrel of the future tree. You can help your child. Coloring with paints in natural colors. When the applied paint dries, it's time to proceed to the following actions. Apply the thick layer of PVA to the part of the barrel and twigs. Sprinkle lubricated places with crushed leaves. Wait to dry glue.
Plasticine and foliage tree
This crawler is even easier. Just need to roll different over the volume of flagella and attach "decorations" -listics.
Embodiment of the tree appliqué.
- Draw on paper trunk.
- Glue the crown of real leaves. At the bottom you can draw any forest animals. Let the child decorate the crawl at its discretion.
Helping a little master in this creative process, adults will receive great pleasure.
The baby will be useful to knead the plasticine fingers, working on the motorcy and all important points located on the fingers.
Caterpillar
Master class on the assembly of autumn garlands in the form of caterpillar from maple leaves.
- It will take a big needle and a dense thread. Put the thread in the needle and tie a large knot at the end.
- Place a leaf on the thread, trying to collect them more densely, so that the finished handicraft was lucier.
- Draw or print an insect muzzle, then paint.
- Send it to the body to the same thread, making a puncture in the nose area.
With chestnuts
Spider
- It will take a couple of chestnuts of different sizes (big - torso, small - head).
- Between themselves they need to connect plasticine.
- From thin twigs to make 8 paws.
- Large plasticine eyes stick to "head".
- Cover the spider with a maple leaves.
With bishie
Wonderful natural material for creating crafts are cones. They are perfectly combined with bright leaves and can be the basis for many interesting ideas.Swan
- To make the neck and the head of the bird and attach to the chish.
- With the help of plasticine, attach to the sides of the body-cone "Wings" from the leaves.
- For the tail you will need a little leaf.
Turkey
The body-torso turkey will be a bump on which the plasticine is glued behind the tail from the leaves. Plasticine will be required for the feet. From it, the beak and the eyes of the bird is made, the joke is made on the head.
With Ryabina
Bright berries and carved maple leaves look festively and elevated together. Crafts from berries Ryabina, maple leaves and chestnut is made extremely simple.
- It is laid out of the leaves of the firebird on the drawn contour.
- The head is made from Chestnut. Decorations - from plasticine and berries.
Panel with Ryabina
Beautiful large maple leaf lubricate glue. To put onabine berries, like a mosaic. Write.
The music of wind
Different gifts of nature will suit this craft.
- Two twigs can be copped.
- Strip on a thin but durable rope, alternating, rowan fruits and leaves.
- Such tapes will need 7-8, at the end of each there must be a berry.
- Attach garlands on twigs.
Now you can hang.
Butterfly
Need fir-cone and plasticine. From it formed the head butterfly, and will bump the body. Two large maple leaf attached to the cone as wings. Below are the leaves of a smaller-size wings. On the head are formed plasticine antennae and eyes.
With Oak Leaves
It looks spectacular combination of maple leaves and oak wreaths, bouquets, garlands and topiary.
Watch
The basis of hours are the largest autumn maple leaf. It can be any color. For use arrows thin twigs or clay. For numbers on the scoreboard natural seeds can be used to make them out of clay or paint marker. This option is even more modern and add a hand-made article of realism.
If you dream a little, easy to turn out even old striking clock or a cuckoo. To work sufficiently to have a good example of watches. Then the sense of taste and fancy themselves tell us how to act.
Umbrella
If you collect fresh autumn leaves and attach the old umbrella, you get a wonderful props for photography or thematic matinee in kindergarten or school. On a clear day you can take an umbrella for a walk, taking and glue. Collect crafts with the children in the countryside - the perfect pastime.
For applications umbrella dried leaves of different colors can be pasted on the template umbrella. The cane is formed from wire or lace, velvet-wrapped thread, or a segment of yarn for knitting. application size can be selected individually. The pattern is drawn by hand. A young child can help at this stage of the work, and older children can easily cope on their own.
bug
This is one of the easiest options for fall crafts and development of children's creativity. Beetles can make some. Then a panel will be more colorful and complete.
To work need quite a bit:
- 2, the same compressed leaf different colors;
- one leaf less for the head;
- maple seeds - legs and antennae;
- glue, scissors, cardboard.
Stick to the base of the trunk of a large sheet, then the legs, head, leaf. Now place the antennae-seeds. One of the leaves should be cut lengthwise and glue the wings. Now the beetle must be glued to cardboard.
Performed all these crafts is quite simple. They will be wonderful autumn classroom decor, nursery or home interior.
Because it give a pleasant atmosphere and mood!
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