22.10.2021
Children's educators and psychologists know that crafts stimulate mental processes, so children in kindergarten and school students are often asked to bring something made with their own hands to the group or class. Parents should always have a lot of ideas for such crafts in stock, and children will definitely enjoy putting them into practice. An autumn wreath made from natural material is a traditional craft that can be made as part of a craft competition in kindergarten and school.
Autumn wreath: how to make step by step
These two wreaths are made similarly to each other, but look completely different precisely because of the collected material.
In order to make such a wreath, you only need a wire base and strong thread.
You can make a more colorful version of the wreath using various natural materials. By hanging such a decorative element on your door, you will get a lot of positivity and add warmth and comfort to the interior.
The second way to use such a wreath is on the table. Place the wreath and place a large candle in the center, making a kind of candle holder out of an autumn wreath.
Who is it suitable for?
The deep symbolism of the wreath has been relegated to the background in the modern world. It has become a fashion trend that increasingly adorns the heads of models on the catwalks of famous design houses. Wedding wreaths have been transformed into tiaras and headbands. Fresh flowers were replaced by items made of silk, porcelain, and polymer clay.
A floral wreath looks very impressive, but one made from real plants will not last long. Not every girl wants to spend the evening weaving jewelry that will lose its attractive appearance in a couple of hours. Arrangements made from artificial flowers will last a long time and look no less beautiful.
To create a harmonious look with a wreath, you must follow the rules:
- At folk festivals, any product looks relevant.
- For children, you can choose bright shades.
- Young girls prefer head wreaths made of fresh flowers in delicate pastel colors.
- Older women are better off opting for deep natural shades.
- If the dress code allows, then a luxurious decoration of roses will make a girl stand out at a social event.
Traditions tend to be revived. A wreath for the bride made from fresh flowers is in fashion.
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Autumn wreath: master class
Necessary materials:
- Polymer clay
- Acrylic lacquer
- Black acrylic outline
- Modeling gel
- Brush
- Toothpick
- Wire
- Sisal
- Natural materials: leaves, branches, acorns
1. We make rowan berries from polymer clay
To do this, you need to make balls of the same size.
2. Make a cross on each ball using a toothpick.
3. Place each berry on toothpicks and place in the oven until the material hardens. Apply black paint from the outline into the recesses
4. Replace the toothpicks with wire using instant glue.
5. Twist a few berries together
6. Each berry must be varnished
7. Varnish the oak leaves. If they are very dry, then soak them a little before working so that they do not crumble right away.
8. Glue acorns with caps
We also coat them with varnish, just like rowan berries.
9. For the base of our autumn wreath made from natural material, we will need willow twigs or birch branches.
If you are making weaving from fresh branches, it is advisable to break them a little, only carefully so as not to break the bark. This is necessary so that the branches do not break during weaving. If you have dry branches to work with, soak them the day before in hot water (about an hour). And then break it a little too.
10. Wrap each branch around the next one, don’t forget to secure the edges. You can do this with thread or wire. Start with the thickest branches, and then add smaller ones.
11. Place bunches of rowan berries on your workpiece in several places.
12. Glue or gel on the wreath oak leaves and acorns
13. You can use sisal to fill in the empty spaces on the wreath.
This wreath is made in the style of minimalism, but if you like more lush work, you can add other leaves, cones, chestnuts.
Foamiran
Soft foamiran is called the second suede. Pliable, foamed material takes on a variety of shapes when heated, retaining them after cooling.
The work process is not complicated:
- Oval, teardrop-shaped blanks are cut out of a sheet of foam, which in the future will become petals.
- For greater realism, the petals are tinted with dry pastel. Shading is done with a sponge. The veins are applied with toothpicks, an orange stick, or a special mold.
- The petal is formed by applying it to a slightly heated iron or simply pulling it out in warm hands.
- The final assembly of the flower is carried out using a heat gun.
Very beautiful wreath made of natural materials
For it we will need:
- 2 twig wreaths
- 3 miniature pumpkins
- Bunches of berries
- Colored balls
- Crepe paper with leaves
- Several bunches of dry berries and leaves
- Cones
- Acorns
- Two branches
- 3 feathers
- Leaves and berries
- Wire
- Hot glue
Connect two wreaths together or weave a large wreath from twigs and branches.
Cover the wreath with bunches of small berries
To make the wreath beautiful, you can add artificial berries to it.
Attach small pumpkins and leaves in several places. Pumpkins can be pre-painted with glitter varnish
Complete the decor with pine cones and acorns
Natural materials are the most affordable and you can find almost everything on a walk in the park. But the result can sometimes exceed all expectations.
Decor for hoops
Floral headbands instantly transform a woman's look. A simple bun, ponytail, a couple of careless strands, loose curls turn into a salon masterpiece.
Many needlewomen are thinking about how to make flowers for a headband from inexpensive, improvised materials. There are so many answers to this question that it’s not easy to choose just one. Suitable fabric, satin, lace, velvet ribbon, foamiran, plastic polymer.
Wreaths made from natural materials: base options
What could be more ideal for an autumn photo shoot than a wreath of leaves. If you plan to take some photos in the park, then you need to learn how to weave a wreath of autumn leaves with your own hands. A little patience, a lot of leaves and you are the queen of autumn.
You can make a wreath from maple leaves, but leaves from other trees will also work.
The base of the wreath can be different. Choose the best option for yourself.
Option 1: twigs, branches
Willow, birch, and pine branches are suitable for this. They must be young and strong.
The branches must first be stripped of bark to make them smooth. Pay attention to the size of the workpiece to choose the best option.
You can tighten the ring from the rod using twine, and then screw the rods onto it and secure it with a rope.
Option 2: made of paper
We cut strips from magazines or newspapers, roll them into tubes and glue them together. You can use tape to connect.
For strength, you can wrap the workpiece with tights.
Option 3: wire
This option will help make the wreath more elegant. Fold the wire several times, intertwining it with each other.
Wrap the workpiece with rope or twine. You can also use ribbon. This way the wire will not tangle the hair on your head.
paper decoration
Well, what if, for example, the weather does not allow you to collect live leaves or you live far from the park? What now, give up the idea of creating an autumn wreath? Don't despair, colored paper will come to your aid. Here you can also involve children, this will certainly develop not only their imagination, but also fine motor skills. After all, we will make leaves using the origami technique.
Prepare:
- colored paper;
- scissors and stationery knife;
- glue;
- cardboard, preferably thick;
- stapler
We cut out squares with sides of 10 centimeters from paper. We will need 10 pieces for each sheet. The number of leaves will depend on the size of the base.
Take six squares and fold them diagonally. Next, we fold both corners to the fold line. We have formed corners at the bottom, we also bend them towards the center. For the other three squares, we will perform only the first stage of adding the right and left corners. But the tenth one will serve as a cutting for the leaves.
When we have prepared all the parts, we begin to glue them together in threes, as shown below.
Then we connect all threes together. We overlap them.
Glue the tenth square onto the back side, trim it along the edge of the sheet, but not the end. We fold this protruding part into a stalk.
Now we cut out the base from cardboard and begin to place our leaves. We overlap one on top of the other with the cuttings inward.
Our autumn wreath is ready. These are the various wreaths that can decorate your home in the fall.
Autumn wreath of maple leaves
Maple leaves are the most popular option for crafts and wreaths.
Cut off part of the cutting from each leaf
Fold the bottom edge of the first leaf so that a line parallel to the stem emerges.
Pierce the first leaf with a branch of the second leaf.
Also fold the second leaf. We perform the same operation with the third sheet. And we continue until the end.
Finally, pierce the first and second leaves with the cutting of the last leaf.
Learning to make a headband
An old, shabby hoop is not a reason to throw it in the trash. You can give your jewelry a second life using a little imagination and simple means.
- We take the old hoop, remove the old fabric and decorative elements from it.
- To hide the ends of the headband, glue small pieces of lace onto them. We secure the remaining part of the lace ribbon with a clip and wrap it around the headband along its entire length. It is necessary to leave allowances of 1 cm at both ends for gluing to the inside of the hoop.
- The central detail in the headband will be a guipure ribbon, from which you need to weave a braid. To do this, fold the ribbon in half, tying a small bow in the center.
- Pressing the knot with your finger, pull the right ribbon so that one side of the bow unravels. From the same end we will form a loop and pass it through the remaining side of the bow. Repeating this sequence with the left side of the ribbon, we get a pigtail with a length corresponding to the headband.
- Glue the braid over the lace onto the hoop, decorate with single beads, pearl thread or flowers. That's it, the hair crown is ready!
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Head wreath made of leaves and rowan
A wreath decorated with red rowan berries will look brighter and more luxurious.
To make a rowan wreath, you need to collect the berries in advance and dry them.
Berries can be attached to a wreath of leaves in any way: glued or strung on a thread and secured with it.
Such a wreath will definitely not go unnoticed.
A little history
It's no secret that any girl always wants to be beautiful, elegant and feminine, and at the same time not stand out from the general picture, following fashion and new trends.
As decoration, flower headbands have been around for a long time, dating back to the times of Ancient Greece. Greek women came up with the idea of decorating their hair with such headbands, adding flowers, ribbons, colored stones and headbands to them.
If we talk about the present time, then Lana Del Rey, a popular American performer, became the trendsetter of the “flower” fashion. Such headbands looked great on the singer and the reaction of her fans, and then everyone else, was not long in coming. Now girls all over the world are happy to decorate their hair with floral headbands.
Improve your skills and always stay on trend
If you have already made flower headbands several times, you can improve your knowledge and skills. Today this type of needlework is very popular and the best ideas and instructions for making are readily published in popular magazines and Internet sites.
Almost any master class on making a headband with flowers can now be found on the Internet. Good luck and new ideas. Be individual and beautiful at any age and under any circumstances.
Original felt or suede headbands
If there is no felt, it can be easily replaced with felt, thick fabric, leather or suede. Such decorations are very beautiful and easy to make.
The decoration can be attached to an elastic band or to a headband, a budget option and stylish.
Prepare for work:
- felt in 3 shades: pink, burgundy and olive;
- beads;
- thick: needle and dark pink wool thread;
- headband or hair tie.
Details:
- According to the template or at will, cut out 2 flowers of different shapes in burgundy color (they will overlap each other).
- Long green leaves to sew flowers on. Greenery should peek out from both sides for beauty.
- Two green circles for flowers (2 times smaller than the flowers themselves).
- Then we place each cut out flower on pink felt and cut it 2-3 mm larger. They should set off the flower beautifully.
We form the product:
Place leaves on 1 green circle, then a large pink flower, and a large burgundy flower on top of it. Small on top: pink, then burgundy flower. We combine the middles of the flowers, the leaves will peek out a few centimeters from both sides.
We thread a dark pink wool thread into the “gypsy” needle. We stitch through the product from the middle, creating beautiful stamens.
The finished product needs to be attached to an elastic band or headband, the 2nd green circle will be inside the elastic band (rim). We sew the circles tightly on both sides with simple thick threads; the headband or elastic band will be inside the circles.
You can take any options. For those who like bright colors, combinations of yellow (orange or red) with black (brown) are suitable. Bright blue (lilac or green) with dark gray (black) looks beautiful.
On top of the flower you can sew a pre-prepared small butterfly or “ladybug” (on 1/3 of the flower).
Such original crafts are quite feasible even for inexperienced beginners. In the photo you can see headbands with flowers for hairstyles with interesting ideas.
