Autumn is the time interesting ideas and inspiration that allows you to create a lot of original things from salt dough with your own hands. We have collected many the most interesting options, as well as recipes for preparing mass for creativity. This will allow you to organize exciting leisure time together with your child!

What you need for dough sculpting

To start creating, you will need to prepare a sufficient amount of the material itself. To do this you need:

2 cups of flour.
1 glass of plain water.
1 glass of salt.

For better plasticity, you can add a few tablespoons sunflower oil. This master class will demonstrate the cooking sequence, where you will also learn about the features of storage and use.

In addition, you can add various dyes to prepare a multi-colored mass. Want to do autumn crafts from dough different colors? You can find the recipe here:

Salt dough: advantages

If you are planning to make autumn crafts, you won’t find better material:

1. It is safe for humans, unlike plasticine and plastic.
2. For creation, improvised materials are used, the cost of which is quite low.
3. Easy to make! To create large quantity It only takes 10 minutes to sculpt the material.
4. Does not stain your hands or work surface, and is easy to clean and wash.

Original ideas: crafts from salt dough on an autumn theme

The existing fall-themed dough crafts are incredibly diverse! You and your children can create individual figures or create a real decorative panel to decorate your home. For example, as in the version in the video, a basket with mushrooms will decorate every room! These autumn crafts made from salt dough, the step-by-step creation of which can be seen in the recording, are incredibly easy to make!

In addition, autumn dough crafts can be made in the form of figures of various animals. Plants also look great: maple and oak leaves as in the photo can be used to create an autumn garland, tabletop composition, or painting.

Also, traditional autumn crafts made from salt dough include hedgehogs! This small animal is very popular in children's creativity. So don’t forget about it when working with your child!

In general, when choosing an idea for joint creativity, focus primarily on the child’s wishes. Offer a choice of several of your ideas, or let the child come up with his own version to implement! There are other things you can do to please your kids even more!

Autumn is a great time for needlework, because it gives us so many wonderful materials: leaves, vegetables, fruits, flowers, acorns, pine cones and twigs. And how cozy a house becomes if you decorate it with yellow and purple tones. In this material you will find 6 ideas for DIY autumn crafts for adults and children with step-by-step master classes and a selection of photos for inspiration.

Idea 1. Autumn topiary

Topiary is decorative tree which can be used to decorate dinner table, mantel or front door space. To make it, you can use natural or artificial materials, for example: leaves, berries on twigs, acorns, cones, chestnuts, flowers, dried citrus slices, as well as felt, sisal, linen and whatever your imagination tells you. In the next slider you can see several examples of such autumn crafts.

Materials:

1. Clay pot;
2. Wooden stick or branch;
3. Two polystyrene or floral foam balls;
4. Materials for decorating the crown;
5. Dry moss (you can replace it with sisal);
6. Glue gun and several glue sticks;
7. Scissors;
8. Side cutters or pruning shears;
9. Acrylic paints for painting the trunk, ball and pot (optional).

Instructions:

Step 1. Cut a hole in the base ball with a sharp tool for the barrel, about a third of its diameter deep. Place a drop of hot glue into the hole and insert the barrel into it.

Step 2. Insert the second ball into the pot. If the ball does not sit tightly enough in the pot, place newspaper around it. Cut a hole in the ball for the trunk, 2-3 cm deep. Insert the trunk with the crown into the hole and adjust its length. Next, drop glue into the hole of the ball, place the barrel in it and begin to fill the hole with glue, placing small pieces of paper around the barrel. This is necessary so that the hot glue does not deepen the hole too much.

Step 3: Paint the pot the color you want if you don't like the original look. In this project, the pot was painted with spray paint in a dark bronze shade from Rustoleum (sold in construction stores, for example, in Leroy Merlin).

Remember that the design of the pot should be simple and unpretentious so as not to distract attention from the crown. If necessary, paint the barrel and/or balls at this stage. It is advisable to paint the balls so that the gaps between the decorative details are invisible.

Step 4. While the paint on our blank is drying, sort the decorative parts by type and size. If you use artificial leaves, flowers and berries with a wire base, then when cutting them, leave “stems” about 2 cm long. This is necessary in order not only to glue the parts, but also to stick them into the ball - then they will hold more securely . If the “stems” do not have wire, then it is better to cut the parts “at the root”.

Step 5. Now it's time for the fun part - creating the crown. First, evenly distribute and glue the largest parts onto the ball, then the middle ones. Finally, fill in the gaps with small embellishments.

Step 6. Well, that's all, all that remains is to decorate the ball in the pot with dry moss or sisal, after treating it with glue.

Idea 2. Pumpkins made from toilet paper rolls

Here's another vegetable-themed fall craft idea you can make with your kids - pumpkins made from toilet paper rolls. The possibilities for decorating these crafts are endless. For example, children can use colored paper, gouache or glitter, and adults - gold leaf, fabric or lace.

Materials:

• Toilet paper or paper towel rolls;
• Scissors;
• Leg-split;
• For decoration: brushes, gouache or acrylic paints, PVA glue and glitter or book pages, etc.;
• Cinnamon sticks or sprigs (to create the core of the vegetable);
• Burlap, felt or cardboard (for creating leaves).

Step 1: Flatten the toilet paper roll and cut into rings.

Step 2: Decorate the rings with the material you like, such as kraft paper, scrapbooking paper, fabric, ribbon or just paint them acrylic paint. You can also decorate pumpkins exactly as in this master class - with glitter and stripes of book pages.

Method 1. Using a brush, coat the outer sides of all rings with PVA glue, and then sprinkle plenty of glitter on them. Wait until the pieces dry, and then cover the glitter with a second layer of PVA glue to protect it from falling off.

Method 2. Cut thin strips of paper from book pages and glue them to the rings using PVA glue or a glue stick.

Step 3. To shape your pumpkin, pass a strand of twine through the rings, then tighten the two ends and tie a knot as shown in the photo.

Step 4. Now glue cinnamon sticks or cut branches into the center of the pumpkin.

Step 5. Hurray, your pumpkins are almost ready, all you have to do is add leaves cut from burlap, felt, cardboard or any other material you have on hand.

Using the same principle, you can make a pumpkin from rings of any material.

Idea 3. Panel of leaves

Next, we present to you an idea for crafts made from autumn leaves. Since this master class does not use hot glue or sharp objects, you can safely involve children in the work, and especially in collecting material.

An idea for an autumn craft made from natural materials that you can make with your children and use for seasonal home decoration

Materials:

Instructions:

Step 1. Cut out the wood with a jigsaw and sand the ends with sandpaper.

Step 2. Paint the board with stain and leave to dry.

Step 3. Using a marker, draw a maple leaf on the board by hand, using a template or stencil.

Step 4. Start gluing the pre-dried leaves (see how to dry them at the end of the article) like a fan, trying to place them so that their edges coincide with the outline of the picture. At the same time, you should not glue the leaves completely; let their tops be a little loose so that the panel gains some volume. Place a press of suitable size on each glued leaf for a minute.

Keep in mind that the leaves will not stick immediately, but after the glue dries they will stick well.

Step 5. To make the outlines of the design clearer, trim the leaves in some places. However, try to resort to such correction as little as possible so as not to lose the beauty of natural lines.

Step 6. Now attach the twig to your panel in place of the stem, break off the excess and glue it.

The following selection of photos presents examples of no less original autumn panels.

And finally, we suggest watching a video tutorial on how to make an autumn craft with your own hands in the form of a panel of leaves with a frame of acorns.

Idea 4. Wind chimes made from natural materials and more

The following project is an example of an interesting, but very easy-to-make craft from natural materials and ready-made parts, which a child can make almost independently.

Materials:

• Two or one sticks;
• Natural and manufactured materials for decorating threads: Pine cones, flat pebbles, acorns, wooden beads, small metal candle stands (used in this project) and anything else that comes to hand and matches the fall theme;
• Leg-split;
• Hot glue gun and glue sticks.

Step 1. Paint some elements of the future wind chime, if necessary. In this master class, the author painted the pebbles in bright yellow and red colors.

Step 2. While the decorations are drying, tie two sticks crosswise and tie the center of the cross with twine as shown in the photo below. You can also just use one long stick or, say, a hoop.

Step 3. Cut 9 ropes of twine to the desired length with a small margin for knots, so that in the future you will have two rows on each branch and one in the middle.

Step 4: To create one row of wind chimes, take a piece of twine and begin stringing beads or other pieces onto it, passing the strings through the holes twice at a time or tying them well into knots. The stones should be additionally fixed with hot glue. In order not to make a mistake with the order, the parts should first be arranged in the desired order. By the way, it is better to place especially sonorous elements opposite each other so that their chime in the wind can be better heard.

Step 5. Tie knots at the end of each rope.

Step 6. Once each thread is completed, tie them to the branches using double knots with a drop of glue added.

Below are other examples of this unusual decoration made from cones, acorns and leaves.

Idea 5. Candlesticks in the shape of autumn leaves made from salt dough

Leaves can be used not only as a decorative or finishing material, but also at the same time as a template and stamp for creating crafts from any modeling mass. Take note of the idea of ​​autumn crafts with children in the form of these cute salt dough leaves. By the way, they are not only beautiful in themselves, but can also perform a practical function, for example, you can store various decorations or light candles.

Materials:

• Ingredients for kneading salt dough: ½ glasses of salt, ½ cup water, 1 cup flour;
• Container for kneading dough;
• Glass bowl;
• Rolling pin;
• Large leaves;
• Vegetable oil;
• Acrylic paints in yellow, red, orange and brown.

Instructions:

Step 1. The first thing to do is go for a walk with the whole family and find at least two beautiful large leaves.

Step 2. Then knead the salt dough. To do this, simply mix all the ingredients and roll out the dough to about 6mm thick (no less), so that it is not too thick, but not too brittle.

Step 3: Place your leaves on the dough and run a rolling pin over it with light pressure.

Step 4: The next step is to cut out the shape around the leaf. Use a sharp knife and, of course, take this part of the work yourself.

Step 5. Remove the leaves. Invert the glass bowl and coat it with a thin layer of vegetable oil.

Step 6: Carefully lift the sheets and place them on the bowls.

Step 7. Place the bowls with the dough in the oven preheated to 250 degrees and leave them to bake for 2-3 hours.

Step 8: Remove your pieces from the oven and let them cool in the bowls for about 15 minutes. Then carefully lift the leaves and leave to cool completely.

Blanks

Step 9. Once the bowls have cooled, start painting. To do this, pour paints of each color into cups and let the children mix them themselves and paint the inside of the leaves first, and then the outside. Crafts made from salt dough are quite fragile, so you need to paint them carefully, without pressing. Wait for the paint to dry and, if desired, cover the bowls with a layer of PVA glue. It will give the craft a matte finish and make it a little stronger.

Painting the bowl

Leaf shapes may vary.

By the way, if you don’t want to bother with salt dough, you can replace it with soft plasticine. The photo below shows an example of such a craft.

Idea 6. Felt garland

Although felt is not a natural material, crafts made from it turn out to be the most autumnal. Today we invite you to make a simple garland from felt leaves.

Materials:

• Several sheets of felt in fall colors;
• Leg-split;
• Scissors;
• Glue;
• Thick threads with a needle;
• Pencil.

Instructions:

Step 1: Download and print the leaf templates (see downloadable template below), then cut them out and outline them.

Step 2. Cut out the blanks.

Step 3. Sew the veins by hand using large stitches.

Step 4. Now, maintaining equal intervals, hang the leaves on the twine. To do this, wrap the tail of each leaf around the twine and secure with glue. If you wish, you can sew on the details. Woo-ala, the autumn felt garland is ready!

According to the principles of this simple master class you can create a variety of garlands with decorations in the form of acorns, pine cones, pumpkins, etc. The following selection of photos shows some examples of autumn felt garlands.

How to dry leaves and flowers

Method 1. This method is suitable if you want appliques or other non-voluminous crafts. Place leaves or flowers between the pages of the book at a distance of about 3 mm from each other and move them to other pages every day (also maintaining an interval of 3 mm). Within a week, the paper will absorb all the moisture from the plants, and you will be able to use them for creativity.

Method 2. If your craft does not involve the use of flat leaves, then you can dry them by simply collecting them in a bunch and hanging them upside down in a dry but ventilated area. At the same time, keep in mind that the leaves will lose their color completely in the sun, but will retain their color in the shade.

Method 3. This method is suitable for drying and preserving the color of leaves and cornflowers. Blot fresh, just picked leaves/cornflowers with a napkin if they are wet. Place each sheet between two layers of wax paper, and place a paper towel on top of the resulting “sandwich.” Preheat your iron and make sure the steam setting is off. Using pressure, iron the paper towel for 2-5 minutes. Turn the sandwich over and pat it again through the paper towel, then carefully remove the wax paper.

• To prevent dried leaves and flowers from breaking, they must be dipped in a solution of water and PVA glue, diluted in a ratio of 4:1, and then left to dry.

What to do if you need to make an autumn craft for an exhibition, but there is almost no autumn, natural material left? Then our imagination and salt dough will help us out.

I bring to your attention an original craft.

Materials:

1. in order to knead the dough you need:

Wheat flour - 100 g.
* Rye flour- 100 g.
* Salts - 400 g.
* Water - 250 mg.
* Dry wallpaper glue - 2 tablespoons.

2. leaf shape

4. base in the form of a circle for a wreath

5. hot glue

6. food coloring: green, red, yellow

7.oven

9. wallpaper glue

Progress:

1. First of all, you need to make the dough. To do this, we will mix the above ingredients together.

Advice: Add water to the dough little by little and only cold. The salt should be fine and homogeneous. Excess salt can make the dough brittle and brittle. Before adding dry wallpaper glue to the dough, dilute with warm water to the consistency of sour cream.

Preparing the dough
Mix sifted flour, wallpaper glue and fine salt, pour in water.
To ensure that the dough does not tear or crumble during the modeling process, it must be kneaded and kneaded well.

2. Used for coloring food colorings which are added to the kneaded dough.
Yellow dough - 2 drops of yellow dye per 100 g of dough
Green dough- 2 drops of green dye per 100 g of dough
Lilac dough - 2 drops of red dye and 1 drop of blue per 100 g of dough
If the dough needs to be colored in several colors, then it is divided into parts and each part is colored separately.

3. Cut out the leaves from the dough on a baking sheet: in this case, the back side of the product will remain flat. The baking tray should be moistened with water before use.

4. When the molds are ready, put them in the oven. The 5 mm thick product is dried at a temperature of 75C for 1 hour. Then 30 minutes - at a temperature of 100C, then another 30 minutes - at 125C and 1 hour - at 150C

Advice: Before drying, turn on the oven at the lowest heat setting. The baking sheet is placed on the top shelf and kept there until the product begins to brown. After this, the baking sheet is moved to the middle shelf.

If, during drying, bubbles begin to appear on the product or it begins to swell, it is necessary to immediately reduce the heating temperature, otherwise cracks will appear on the back side of the product. The product is considered dried if a ringing sound is heard when you tap it with your finger. If the sound is dull, then the product inside is still damp and the drying process can be continued.

5. If the product is ready, remove it from the oven and let it cool. Then glue it to the cardboard circle.

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

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

If you make a craft from unprepared raw materials, it will be a short-lived product.

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

So let's start by drying out our autumn finds.

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

1 way:

Place them between the book sheets and place them back on the shelf, pressing them tightly with other books to the side. In about a week to a week and a half, the leaves will be suitable for crafts.

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

Method 2:

This method is good if you don’t have the strength to withstand a week and a half and want to get to work quickly. Place the sheet between two white sheets of paper and iron with an iron set to the lowest setting.

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

We dry chestnuts, acorns and decorative pumpkins.

1 way:

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

Sometimes this process takes a month. Especially it concerns decorative pumpkins, which make wonderful DIY autumn crafts.

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

Method 2:

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

The main thing is not to rush and do not put on high heat, as the fruits will simply cook and become completely unusable.

Drying dried flowers

There is only one way and it takes a long time. Flowers need to be strung on a thread threaded through the stems and hung in a dry place, with the flower stems facing down.

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

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

1. Panel of autumn leaves

We offer you a great idea for a DIY leaf panel. It’s not at all difficult to make, but the result is quite impressive.

It would be nice if you placed other autumn decorative elements next to the finished leaf painting. For example, pumpkins, spikelets and other things that suit the style. Then you will have a whole autumn ensemble.

What we need for work:

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

If you don’t have such pumpkins, you can fill the basket with chestnuts and acorns. But on next year It wouldn’t hurt to grow them, as they look very colorful and festive. Of course, if you have a plot of land.

Look at the variety of varieties and how harmoniously they combine with each other:

Master class step by step:

1 step. Sand the board, focusing Special attention

edges. They should be smooth.

Step 2.

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

Step 3.

Freehand draw a large maple leaf.

Step 4

Start gluing on the maple leaves. Start from the edges, gradually approaching the middle. The edges of the leaves should match the edges of the sketch as best as possible. The next row of leaves should overlap the previous one. Do not glue the ends, they must be “overhanging” to create a volume effect.

Step 5 Glue the selected twig in place of the stem. Now hang the autumn panel you created with your own hands above a cabinet and place other decorative elements around it.

What we need for work:

1. 2. Topiary from herbarium and other autumn materials
2. Topiary is a decorative tree. In autumn, you can collect beautiful leaves and make such a wonderful and cozy decorative element.
3. Any leaves, dried flowers, acorns, spikelets will be used here. The main thing is to understand the essence and do it
4. the right basis
5. . And what to fill it with - your imagination will tell you.
6. 1. Ceramic pot of a dull color
7. 2. A straight tree branch for the trunk

3. 1 ball made of foam rubber, polystyrene foam or special floral foam

4. Dry moss, sesame or a handful of beautiful pebbles, acorns, dry rowan

5. Glue gun

6. Dry plaster

7. Decorative elements: herbarium, dried flowers, rowan, acorns, etc.

Master class step by step:

That's all. Using this simple scheme, you can make a wide variety of autumn crafts with your own hands, not only from leaves, but also from dry peas, nuts and so on. They will all look just great!

3. Roses from maple leaves

Looking at this elegant bouquet of roses, you wouldn’t even think that it was made from ordinary maple leaves!

But, nevertheless, it is so. You just need to learn how to fold them correctly and you will get a great basis for many ideas.

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

Well, let's get down to business.

What we need for work:

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

Master class step by step:

1 step.

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

As a result, we should have something like this:

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

maple leaves

you need to carefully hide it inside, like this:

Step 3. We continue to build up the mass around the base, adding more and more leaves. If you want to end up with a bud, then twist it more tightly, but if you ate a more magnificent rose, then loosen the twist a little.

Step 4

When you see that a real rose has “bloomed” in your hands, you need to secure it with threads as tightly as possible.

Step 5

We trim the edges with scissors and place the rose on a lining of leaves, preferably already dry. We cover the composition with varnish and admire it!

These leaf roses last quite a long time, definitely enough for the entire autumn season. You can make as many of these flowers as you like. The more there are, the more chic this autumn composition, reminiscent of a fabric motif, looks.

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

Option 1. Basket with a scattering of pumpkins. It couldn’t be simpler, and the view is spectacular!

Option 2. Candlesticks made from mini pumpkins. To do this, you need to cut a hole with a knife of such a size that you can place a foil-based candle in it.

Or this option:

Incredibly simple, right?

Option 3.

Pumpkin door wreath. Take any circle as a basis, for example, an embroidery hoop, and attach mini-pumpkins to it.

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

It will look something like this:

5. Chestnut topiary

To create this spectacular autumn craft with your own hands, we will need the same materials for the base as for creating a decorative tree from the herbarium. And for decoration you just need other elements.

For work we will need:
1. Ceramic pot
2. Styrofoam ball
3. Dry plaster
4. Glue gun
5. Tree branch for the trunk
6. Cones, chestnuts, acorns

3. 1 ball made of foam rubber, polystyrene foam or special floral foam

1. 7. Harsh thread or twine for forming decorative balls
2. 1. We form the base of the tree in the same way as in the case of topiary from leaves.
3. 2. Secure the base in the pot using glue and plaster
4. 3. Apply drops of hot glue to chestnuts, acorns and other elements and attach them in a chaotic manner to the foam crown ball.

4. Wreath on the door made of chestnuts

Such a wreath of chestnuts on the front door will cheer up not only you, but also passers-by. It's very easy to make. Follow all the steps given to make a pumpkin wreath. Find some kind of dense base, then pierce the chestnuts and other elements through reverse side

, insert the wire, form a hook and use it to screw them to the circle. Complete the chestnut composition with leaves, acorns, berries and other autumn flowers. decorative elements

, which this fertile time of the year gave.

6. Autumn garland “Leaves” made from salt dough

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

What we need for work:

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

3. 1 ball made of foam rubber, polystyrene foam or special floral foam

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

Step 2. Knead a stiff dough from flour, salt and water. If the dough turns out to be unplastic, you can add liquid drop by drop. Knead the resulting material thoroughly and roll it out on a board. The layer should be approximately 5 -7 millimeters.

Step 3.

Place the templates on the rolled out dough and cut them along the contours with a knife.

As a result, we should have approximately this many blanks.

Step 4

We make holes with pins and carefully secure the heads. We will hang our leaves on them. Use a knife to squeeze out the veins.

Step 5

Dry the dough in the oven at 50-60C until completely dry.

Step 6

We paint the dough pieces with gouache, trying to create natural tones and transitions. Step 7 We string the garland onto a twine, making a knot over each leaf so that they do not move.

So our DIY autumn craft is ready. You can hang it anywhere, it will be in place in any corner of the house, especially if you have some other decorative elements in the autumn style. 7. Vases and houses made from ordinary pumpkins Autumn is the time for pumpkins to ripen. It costs mere pennies and can be found

beautiful shape

and coloring is not difficult.

And making an element of autumn decor based on it is as easy as shelling pears! There's no need for any

step-by-step technologies

and accessories.

We have already given above an example of wreaths made of pumpkins and chestnuts. You already know how to make them. Here we simply present a selection of the most effective, in our opinion, ideas.

9. Acorn frame for a photo or mirror

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

The only thing we can advise is that you should not glue acorns with a glue gun or PVA. It's much better if you use plasticine.

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

This is what it will look like.

On the photo frame there are whole acorns, and on the mirror there are only caps. This way you can create a variety of autumn crafts with your own hands and decorate any surface: boxes, bread bins, etc.

10. A bunch of grapes made from acorns

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

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

But instead of a foam ball, you need to take a large plastic one. Making grapes from acorns is very simple, we will now tell you exactly how.

What we need for work:

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

Master class step by step:

1 step.

We poke holes in the base of the acorn with an awl.

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

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

Step 4

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

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

Now you can make any decoration based on this autumn craft. Panel, wreath, etc.

We offer you a selection of the best and simplest decors in autumn style, and you can choose any of them! They are so simple that there is no need to describe their step-by-step technology in detail.

As you can see, based on felt leaves, you can make both a wreath and a garland, like the one we already made from salt dough. Here are a couple more options for DIY fall wreaths.

All you need is to draw the templates, cut out the felt and design it according to our photos.

12. Garlic and red pepper braid

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

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

To create this spectacular autumn craft with your own hands, we will need the same materials for the base as for creating a decorative tree from the herbarium. And for decoration you just need other elements.

1. Nylon tights white or a plastic bag (for the garlic base)
2. Cotton wool or padding polyester (for filling)
3. White coarse thread (for dressing and forming lobules)
4. Glue gun
5. Buckwheat or twine (to imitate garlic roots)
6. Fabric for sewing peppers or salted dough for sculpting them

Master class step by step:

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

But even from the packages it looks good. But the main thing is that this material is always at hand. So, cut out a square, approximately 7 by 7 cm in diameter.

Step 2. We roll a ball out of cotton wool or padding polyester, put it inside a piece of nylon and form a head of garlic. It looks like the one shown in the photo.

Step 3.

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

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

Step 4

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

Step 5

Step 7

We make holes in the tails of the peppercorns (we will then thread twine through them and use it to secure them to the braid with garlic). You can do this with an awl or any available item. The main thing is to make them large enough so that you can thread the thread freely later. Otherwise, after drying, you will not be able to attach it in any way. ready product

to the composition.

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

Step 8

We dry them in the oven, paint them with acrylic paint, and once dry, coat them with varnish. When the pepper shines, it looks more natural.

Dry at a low temperature, do not rush, otherwise your work may burst and you will have to sculpt everything again. You can't paint a cracked pepper the way you would like.

9. Attach the pepper to the garlic and hang this autumn composition in the kitchen. You can make several such bundles. You can make carrots from salt dough, and a bunch of onions from brown tights.

The principle of making bulbs is the same as garlic, only even simpler. There is no need to form slices.

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

Our big review has come to an end. You have seen many examples and any kind of autumn crafts with your own hands. We really hope that our master classes will be useful to you and that you will definitely take something into account.

LESSON SUMMARY A MUG OF MODELING FROM SALT DOUGH

ON THIS TOPIC:

"AUTUMN SOUVENIR"

Child Tatyana Alekseevna,teacher of a class for children with mild mental retardationGBS(K)OU for students and pupils with disabilities general education boarding school

VIII view of the village of Ilsky, Krasnodar Territory

Target:continue teaching students how to work with the test; develop manual skills, tactile sensations, visual perception; correct motor-motor memory, voluntary attention, imagination; help instill accuracy and perseverance.

Equipment:sound recording of “The Seasons” by P.I. Tchaikovsky, tape recorder, multimedia projector

Materials and tools:

salt dough, modeling boards, stacks, rolling pins, leaf templates, plastic straws, hand wipes, water glasses, brushes, paints, glue, cards with safety rules.

PROGRESS OF THE CLASS.Organizing time.

Educator:Good afternoon, good hour!

I'm so glad to see you.

They looked at each other

And everyone sat down quietly.

II.Updating attention.

Educator:Hello, dear guys and distinguished guests!

We are very pleased to welcome you within the walls of our school. Today you are attending a salt dough modeling class, and we will be happy to show and teach you what we can do. First, let's get acquainted and introduce ourselves to each other /introduction of guests and children/

Educator:And now, I would like to ask: “Do you know what testoplasty is?”

Testoplasty is modeling from salt dough.

In recent years, salt dough has become a very popular modeling material. Although dough crafts are an ancient tradition, they also have a place in modern world, because now everything that is environmentally friendly and made with one’s own hands is especially valued.

Salty dough It has ancient history. Since ancient times, people have baked not only bread from dough, but also decorative items. Initially, products made from it had a cult significance: figurines of deities, images of animals, and amulets were made from it.

The Slavs believed that animal figures made from dough would bring wealth and abundance to the house; they were sculpted in the hope of increasing the number of livestock. Dolls were made from dough for children, which also served as amulets.

In Germany and Scandinavia, it has long been customary to make Easter and Christmas souvenirs from salt dough. Various medallions, wreaths, rings and horseshoes were hung in window openings or attached to doors. It was believed that these decorations brought good luck and prosperity to the owners of the house.

Dough figures are made in Poland and the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece and Spain; even in distant Ecuador, craftsmen make crafts from brightly colored dough. As we can see, the geography of use of salt dough is wide and varied. Nowadays, dough crafts are purely decorative, but that doesn’t make them any less popular.

Educator:Today the guys and I will teach you how to work with salt dough and we really hope that you enjoy this activity.

It is no coincidence that at the beginning of our meeting a wonderful song about autumn sounded. Because autumn is one of the most beautiful times of the year. Whatever shades you see in nature. Going to the forest, autumn takes on the brightest colors for its work. Birch and maple trees are covered with lemon yellowness, aspen leaves resemble ripe apples, and puts on mighty oaks in copper bronze.

Autumn festival in the forest,

And light and cheerful.

These are the decorations

Autumn is here.

Every leaf is golden

Little sun,

I'll put it in a basket,

I'll put it on the bottom.

I take care of the leaves

Autumn continues.

I've been at home for a long time

The holiday doesn't end.

Educator:Dear guests! Today we invite you to make autumn souvenirs in order to preserve the beauty and charm of this unique time of year for as long as possible. /Product sample display/

Educator:

- What tools will we use to work with the dough? /children answer using past experience/

STACK –tool for modeling from soft materials /clay, plasticine, dough/.

ROLLING ROLL –tool for rolling out dough.

We will begin our work by making a leaf. To do this you need to use a template.

- What is a template?

Sample- This is a blank made of cardboard, of the required shape.

Who will tell us how to use the template in our work?

I suggest you choose the template that you like best, with the help of it you will give the shape to your product, /master class participants choose leaf templates as desired/

Repetition of the rules for working with the test and TB

/work with cards/

– Guys, we are learning to work in pairs, so now I will name who will work with whom.

Determination of pairs for work.

Before starting work, we must perform a hand massage.

Performing a finger massage. /Annex 1/

Now, look carefully, everyone, I will show you how to sculpt a leaf.

PRACTICAL PART

Show a presentation about the sequence of work.

Slide No. 1. Roll a piece of dough into a ball.

Slide number 2.Roll the ball into a flat cake 5 mm thick.

Slide No. 3. Place sheet-shaped templates on the rolled out dough.

Slide number 4.Trim the product along the contour of the template in a stack.

Slide number 5.Draw veins in a stack.

Slide No. 6. Place the finished product to dry.

Educator:Now you are ready to do the work yourself.

PERFORMING THE WORK OF MANUFACTURING A SHEET.

/The teacher helps MK participants in the process of making a souvenir/

Educator: Guys, let's rest a little and do some physical exercise.

FISMINUTKA /application No. 2/

Continued work.

Showing the presentation “Modeling a Ladybug”.

Slide No. 1. Roll a small piece of dough into a ball.

Slide number 2.Using your thumb and index finger, form the ladybug's head.

Slide number 3. Use a stack to outline the wings and head of the ladybug.

Slide No. 4. Using a juice straw, squeeze out dots on the ladybug's wings.

Slide number 5.Place the finished product to dry.

Educator:At this stage, our lesson could come to an end, since according to the rules for working with salt dough, the product must first be dried and then painted. But we couldn’t deprive you of the opportunity to show your artistic abilities and therefore prepared the dried products in advance.

Upon completion of work: cleaning the workplace.

Lesson results:

What did we do in our circle class today?

Dear guests and guys, did you like our lesson?

What did you like most?

Educator:Our meeting has come to an end, I will be very glad if working with salt dough gave you pleasure and you want to do it further. Wish you luck!

Now the moment of farewell has come,

My speech will be short.

I say to you, “Goodbye!”

Back with us, see you again!

Appendix No. 1

Hand massage.

Using circular movements with your right hand, massage the back of your left hand. Do the same on your right hand.

Using compacting movements from the base of the finger to the nail phalanx, massage each finger.

Holding the wrist joint of your left hand, rub it with your right hand /2-3 twisting movements - “nettle”/.

Perform circular movements in the wrist and elbow joints of both hands.

Relax your hands with shaking movements.

Rub your palms together, let them feel the warmth of your hands.

Appendix No. 2

FISMINUTKA /relaxation for hands/

Hands need care

After all, they have a lot of work

It's hard to write all day long

And sculpt and draw.

/HAND JERKS IN FRONT OF THE CHEST/

Let's stand up right now

We will sit down eight times.

Five times slow and three

We have to sit down quickly.

/SIT-UPS, HANDS IN FRONT OF CHEST/

We reached up, then

Let's spread our arms wider

/PULLING, HANDS UP AND TO THE SIDE/

That's all. End of charging.

The boys are back at their desks.

/WALKING IN PLACE/