Beautiful DIY crafts from natural materials at home. Step-by-step master classes with photos

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You can easily create many beautiful crafts from natural materials with your own hands. You just need to find suitable options and stock up on the necessary tools.

Preparing natural materials for crafts

Beautiful crafts made from natural materials are made with your own hands after the raw materials have been prepared in advance.

List of recommendations for its processing:

It is advisable to collect acorns when they are ripe and fresh, when they fall to the ground. Rotten and rotten specimens should be skipped. Oak fruits are collected with cups (plusks), which are also used to create crafts. Acorns are stored in a damp, cool place.
It is better to take unopened cones for work; such samples are easier to work with.

Beautiful DIY crafts from natural materials at home. Step-by-step master classes — One of the stages of preparing cones for crafts is soaking them in water

It is advisable to collect spruce inflorescences on damp soil, because they will dry out more slowly and retain their original shape longer. After collecting the cones, they must be sorted by size, shape and type, and then placed in separate boxes.

It is recommended to collect leaves in autumn, at this time they acquire the brightest shades. For their high-quality preparation, the collected foliage should be laid out between sheets of paper and ironed with a slightly heated iron, then put them on thin cardboard and place a weight on top.

If the material is stored for a long time, it is advisable to change the cardboard pads periodically. The inflorescences are dried in the same way.

Various seeds are collected mainly in autumn in a ripe form.
For products, it is worth choosing elastic branches from such trees as lilac, spruce, dogwood and pine. It is not advisable to pick fresh branches from trees; it is better to collect not very dry specimens on the ground.

Various herbs are used to bind (fasten) the parts of the craft, but it is worth considering that when drying, the material becomes brittle.

Before using, it is recommended to carefully clean the moss and dry it in the sun. The spore plant is easily glued with any glue.
Poplar fluff is collected in sunny, dry weather, then the material is cleaned of seeds.
Any feathers will do for the job (passerine and poultry). Before use, they are washed, dried and combed to give a natural shape.
The collected shells should be washed with a small brush and laid out in the sun to dry. Dry material should be sorted by type and size. Store at any temperature.
Any sand can be used for crafts. It is advisable to first clean it from various impurities and debris, then dry it.
Before use, the eggshell is washed in water and the film is removed, then placed in a solution of water and 2 teaspoons of soda. This will give the material strength.

Acorns

You can make a boat from an available natural material in the form of acorns.

Step-by-step execution of the product:

Oak fruits of different sizes must be washed and dried.
Take a large acorn and pierce it from the side with a needle. Insert a sharp toothpick into the resulting hole, preferably moving it deeper into the part. These steps will help create a mast.
Pick up several oak caps: one whole cap, ½ part of the cap and 1 cup with a stalk.
The half-piece must be attached to the wide side of the acorn, this will be the feed. The cap with the tail is fixed on the narrow part of the fruit, and the remaining cap will serve as a stand, it is attached to the main part on the side.
Place the boat horizontally and attach an oak leaf to the mast. If the upper sharp part is long, it is advisable to shorten it.
Finally, attach a thread to the stern, wrap it around the mast and tie it to the bow of the boat, and hang a flag on top.

Making the sheep:

Prepare 2 acorns, one large for the body, the other with a smaller cap for the head. Use an awl to make 1 hole in each piece for the neck.
Make 4 holes in the bottom of the body for the legs, find suitable sticks and stick them into the holes.
Pick up a short stick from a tree and use it to connect the head and body of the sheep.
Roll a large number of small balls from cotton wool, dip each of them in glue and attach to the body. In this way, glue the entire surface of the body and the cap, giving them fluffiness.
Use a dark marker to draw the animal's eyes and mouth.

Cones

Pine cones can be used to create original and beautiful products.

Step-by-step process of decorating a candlestick:

A large ripe cone must be carefully disassembled into plates so as not to damage them.
Cut a circle out of thick cardboard for the base. Its diameter should be twice as large as the candle glass.
Glue cone plates in a checkerboard pattern along the edge of the prepared circle, this will be the first tier. Then glue the next layer, filling the resulting gaps in the first row. In this way, design the subsequent layers until the desired height is reached.
Wait until the product dries, place a candle glass in the middle.

Master class on making a basket:

Connect 12 cones in a circle using thin wire, which is best matched to the color of the spruce inflorescences. To do this, secure the wire to the first part, and simply wrap the subsequent blanks with cord. The lower parts of the fruits should form the outer side of the circle.
Make the next ring using the same method, only with a smaller diameter, using 10 cones. If you plan to make a deep basket, you need to add another tier.
Fasten the created circles together with hot glue.
For the handle, take 10 spruce fruits and connect them in the same way as the lower circles, then attach it to the frame made of thick wire.
Line the bottom of the basket with thick cardboard and glue 3 cones to it with the outer part.

Leaves, flowers, seeds

Children can make beautiful crafts from natural materials with their own hands together with adults.

For example, make a rose from maple leaves:

You should collect fresh maple leaves. Their edges should be folded to the center. Inside, place a stalk made from an ordinary stick.
Take the next sheet and, bending its sharp edges, wrap it around the middle.
It is recommended to select foliage of different shades, then the product will look rich.
Perform similar twists until you get a beautiful inflorescence.
To disguise the grey stick, you need to wrap it with a green ribbon. This will help cover the dangling stems of the leaves and fix the bud.

To make the fish, you should follow this technology:

Draw the outline of the fish on blue paper and cut out the blank.
Make scales from linden leaves and glue them to the body of the fish.
To decorate the tail, you need to take brown quince leaves.
Use acorn lids to outline the head.

Step-by-step production of a dragonfly from seeds:

Make a round head and an elongated belly out of plasticine.
Attach eyes from apple seeds to the top.
The insect's tail is made from a dry, elongated branch and attached to the lower part of the abdomen.
For the wings, take ash wings and insert them in pairs on the sides of the body.
Form the paws and whiskers from thin wire.

Step-by-step creation of a painting from fresh flowers:

For the base, select any wooden blank, treat it with a brush, and then with sandpaper. Fix a hook at the back so that the product can be hung.
Hammer nails into the center of the tree figure in a circle. The diameter of the circle depends on the size of the plant's rhizome; it should be slightly larger than the root.
Place moss in the middle of the circle and water it well. Place a succulent on top of it, cover all the soil with moss, and water it as well.
To fix the craft, you need to create a grid. To do this, wrap the bottom nail with twine, then wrap the remaining screws above the ground, thus forming a small grid. It will help hold the flower in place.

Grass, moss, poplar fluff

Crafts made from natural materials can decorate a room. For example, a moss topiary can be placed on a windowsill or balcony.

Master class on making crafts:

Place a cube of polyurethane foam or a hard sponge in a clay pot. Cover it with thick crumpled paper.
Insert the trunk of the future product in the form of a branch. One end of it will be placed in the pot, and the other should be stuck into the foam ball.
Cut a sphere out of foam plastic and put moss on it, wrapping the circle with thread to secure the moss. Make sure there are no empty spaces on the ball.
To decorate the pot, wrap it in burlap and tie it on top with a bright ribbon.

Step-by-step process of making a swan from poplar fluff:

Draw a silhouette of a swan on blue cardboard.
Using a thin brush, coat the entire bird figure.
Carefully spread the down material in an even layer on the adhesive surface.
Glue a bead as an eye, and cut out and attach a beak from red paper.

Technology of making a horse from grass:

Cut tough grass into pieces about 40-50 cm long.
Dry the green raw material slightly (30-40 min.) to make it easier to bend.
Take a small bunch of grass and bend it in half, then wrap it with threads, leaving 2-3 cm from the edge. The thread needs to be pulled tight.
Measure 1 cm from the wound fiber and bend it one more time, this will be the animal's neck. Take the soft ears and cut off the stem so that a fluffy section remains. Combine the ears and the neck and fasten them along the entire length.
Just below the formed part of the body, divide the grass into 3 segments. These will be the front legs and the body.
To form the front limbs, bend the grass bundles individually in half, connect them and secure them at the base with thread.
Use a large bunch of grass to encircle the horse at the base of the neck, this will form the body.
Wrap the body with thread. Divide the grass bunch below the body into 3 parts: for the tail and hind legs. Fold them and secure with yarn.
Embroider the eyes with floss and spray the mane with hairspray.

Natural wood

Children can easily make beautiful crafts with their own hands from natural materials.

Master class on making a star:

Straight sticks or twigs made of wood should be laid out in the shape of a five-pointed star.
All corners need to be tied with rope and decorated with a bright satin ribbon.
The craft is suitable for decorating a New Year tree or as a gift for relatives.

Step-by-step photo frame design using bark:

Cut out 2 identical pieces of thick paper for the frame, which should be glued together on 3 sides. Leave an opening at the top for the photo.
Glue the front side of the craft with pieces of bark in the form of a mosaic.
The remaining gaps between the material are filled with moss.
Grate the birch bark or chop it with a large file. Sprinkle the glued joints with the resulting powder.

Method of making a stool from a wooden saw cut:

You will need a metal frame consisting of 3 legs fixed at the top.
A piece of wood should be secured to the top of the frame.
The thickness of the round timber is made as desired.
The surface of the cut is left in its natural state or sanded and varnished.
If there is no metal base, wooden blocks will do for the legs.

Decorative stone and pebbles

Children love to paint stones in the form of various animals and objects. While on vacation, it is worth looking for various decorative stones on the sea coast that have bizarre shapes, unusual colors or unique prints. Such specimens are used to make exclusive jewelry (pendants, bracelets and necklaces). The flat configuration allows you to draw any image.

The most common option is a magnet, its design requires the following steps:

Decorate the stone with any image.
Glue several small or 1 large magnet on the back side.
Attach the products to the refrigerator.

You can create a souvenir from multi-colored sea pebbles as a memory of your vacation. To do this, you need to buy a glass container of any shape, fill it with colored pebbles. Shells and artificial seaweed are added as decoration.

Shells

The simplest crafts for children from shells are presented in the form of ladybugs:

Select round, voluminous shells, clean and dry them.
Paint the parts red.

Wait until the blanks dry.
Color the head with a black marker or paint, draw a stripe in the middle, and draw spots on the sides.

Step-by-step design of a heart made of shells:

Draw a heart on cardboard and cut out the template.
Punch 2 holes in the top with a hole punch or an awl for hanging.
Glue sisal to the front side of the workpiece.
Cut a heart out of burlap so that its size is 1 cm larger than the cardboard piece.

Glue the fabric piece to the back side.
Thread a rope through the hole and tie a double knot on the inside of the garment.
Cover the side with sisal with shells of the desired size.
Attach a starfish to the center with glue.
Glue twine along the outline of the craft.

Sand

Beautiful handicrafts made from natural materials are made with your own hands from such an unusual component as sand.

Step-by-step process of making an applique from colored raw materials:

Prepare a stencil. To do this, draw the outline of the desired image on cardboard (or find a drawing on the Internet and print it out), then mark the shades to be painted with numbers.
Apply PVA glue to the first segment with a brush so that it does not go beyond certain boundaries.
Pour sand of the desired shade onto the resulting adhesive sector, and blow off or shake off excess sand grains. To avoid mixing colors, you must first glue the material in dark shades, and after it dries, proceed to light tones.
It is recommended to varnish the finished painting and place it in a frame.

Eggshell

Eggshells are considered to be an affordable and easy to use material.

Step-by-step design of a craft from this raw material:

Prepare a hard shell from raw eggs (wash and dry), then paint it with watercolors, acrylic paints or food coloring. It is worth considering that such material is not painted evenly.
Chop the dried raw material with tweezers or a rolling pin. To prevent the egg shell from sticking to the roller, place it between sheets of paper. It is advisable to chop the skin to medium sizes. If the material is painted in different colors, it must first be sorted by shades.
Cover the front side of the plastic plate with black paint.
Then make the desired stencil and turn it over with the image facing down.
Rub the visible side of the sheet with chalk, you will get a white carbon copy. Place it on the dark surface of the plate and fix it with tape along the edges.
Transfer the drawing with a pencil. To prevent it from being erased, it is necessary to outline it with a gel pen.
When the entire image is clearly visible, the chalk should be wiped off with a dry cloth.
After this, peel off the tape, remove the template and a light sketch will be visible.
Now you need to squeeze the glue onto a certain area and put the crushed shell on it, tweezers or a scalpel will help with this. It is advisable to put the large elements first.
Gradually fill in all the fragments of the drawing.
After gluing the entire image, the background should be painted with paints.
When the work is dry, cover it with transparent construction varnish.

Feathers

Beautiful handicrafts made from natural materials are made with bird feathers.

Step-by-step design of curl decoration:

Form a medium-sized fan from organza in the form of a ribbon. Secure it with a thread at the bottom.
Bend the pin in half so that one edge is slightly higher than the other.
Place 3 identical feathers with cut ends, 1 white fluffed feather and the previously created fan on a rectangular felt blank. Add a pin and an artificial flower, fix the components with a glue gun.
Wrap a regular comb with satin braid and attach the created decoration.

The process of making poultry:

Cut out a bird figure from thick paper.
Glue the resulting blank with feathers, starting the process from the tail.
Feathers can be painted in different colors if desired.
Form a tuft from small fluffy parts.
The finished product can be glued to cardboard and hung on the wall.

Fruits, vegetables, berries

Many different masterpieces are created from edible gifts of nature.

For the vegetable penguin you will need the following ingredients:

Name	Quantity, pcs.
Eggplants	2
Carrot	2
Sweet red pepper	1
Peppercorns	2
Toothpicks as needed

Master class on making crafts:

Cut off the stem of a large eggplant and use a knife to cut off the skin where the belly is.
The other eggplant needs to be cut parallel lengthwise into 4 segments. The outermost slices will serve as wings.
Cut off the sharp end of a small carrot to make a beak.
Form paws from a large carrot root. To do this, cut the blunt edge of the fruit in half. Cut triangles from the inside of the paws, now they will be directed in different directions.
From sweet red pepper, make an oval figure for the belly and 2 circles for the eyes. Make the pupils from peppercorns. They are pierced with a needle, then toothpicks are threaded into the resulting beads.
Assemble the penguin using toothpicks.

Banana Dachshund Designs:

Form the body from 1 small thick banana. Carefully cut out the paws from the bottom using a knife.
Create a head from another fruit. To do this, peel the fruit in half, cut off some of the pulp with the skin, so that the dog's ears are made from the remaining skin.
Bend the ears to the sides and attach peppercorns as eyes.
Finally, attach the head to the body with a toothpick.

Step-by-step formation of a berry bouquet:

Form the base for the craft from salt dough, wrap the mass in a napkin, leave the top open and place the resulting cone in a glass.
Then take the washed berries (cherries, strawberries, blackberries) and put them on skewers. Stick the created blanks in random order into the dough base to get a beautiful composition.
It is recommended to place the skewers at a small distance from each other so that they stand freely.
Any dough that is visible should be masked with curly parsley or dill.
Prepare a decorative bright napkin and wrap the container with the bouquet in it to hide the dough wrapper. Tie the container with a ribbon on top.

Whatever natural materials come to hand, you can use them to make beautiful crafts with your own hands, which you can present at a competition or put at home as a reminder of the beauty of nature.

Article formatting:Natalie Podolskaya

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DIY crafts from natural materials for children for school and kindergarten:

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