how to make a paper tree
You don't need seeds or soil to grow paper trees for kids. Read this article to learn how your own paper tree Most of the crafts presented are so easy to make that you will soon have a whole forest full of fantastic paper trees.
Here are more than twenty examples with step-by-step photos, diagrams and collages. These are different options for three-dimensional and two-dimensional crafts, origami trees and models made using the quilling technique. And of course, the children’s favorite craft, a paper Christmas tree . You can make them tall or tiny, fun and modern, or elegant and traditional... or somewhere in between... the possibilities are endless.
Interesting information about Lake Baikal
The legendary Lake Baikal is located in the center of Asia, at the junction of the Irkutsk region and the Republic of Buryatia. The crescent-shaped lake stretches from north to southwest and its depth reaches 1637 meters.
The greatest width in the central part is 81 km. The water surface area of Lake Baikal is 31,500 km2. The length of the lake's coastline is about 2000 kilometers.
Baikal contains 23,000 cubic kilometers of pure fresh water, which is 20% of the world's fresh water reserves in an unfrozen state.
“Baikal – Dalai” is the Buryat name for the lake, which means “Baikal – the sea”. There is no other lake on Earth that deep.
Lake Baikal is located in the south of Eastern Siberia. 300 rivers and streams carry their waters into Baikal, and the only river flowing out of it is the Angara. But it is very high in water, since as much water is removed from the lake as it enters.
Materials and methods
All simulation methods can be divided into 2 groups:
Simulation of water thickness (volume)
This technique is used when it is necessary to convey the “actions” inside the water, to show transparency. For such purposes, polyurethane and epoxy resins are usually used.
Epoxy resin is a yellow-brown or transparent substance that hardens with a hardener.
Polyurethane resin is a modern replacement for epoxy resin. Unlike epoxy, it has better fluidity and transparency. For this reason, it is better suited for simulating objects submerged in water. Shrinkage is present, but not significant. The time until complete drying can be up to 48 hours.
If you need to create a water surface of great thickness and do not need water transparency, the “old fashioned method” - gypsum - will do.
Gypsum is an inexpensive, odorless material with significant hardness. The mixture should not be very liquid, but at the same time not thick. After drying (1-2 hours) the surface can be painted. For these purposes, both the most inexpensive paints - gouache, and more expensive water-soluble acrylic paints - are quite suitable.
Imitation of water surface
Sometimes it happens that in a diorama, only surface effects are enough, for example: puddles, ponds, and other small bodies of water. Although there are exceptions - the surface of the sea. Here are the main methods.
Silicone sealant (transparent) is the most common sealant that is packaged in tubes. Ideal for simulating rough water. Dries from air moisture. After application, it is advisable to immerse the work under a hood. Liquid nails (transparent) are also a familiar glue to us. It is a white, odorless, non-toxic substance. It has a transparent base that can be tinted with acrylic paints. The transparency of the layer appears only after complete drying. A thick layer takes a very long time to dry, so it is recommended to pour glue no more than 5-6 mm thick. and make wavelengths up to 1 cm.
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Panel nest with birds
You will need:
- disposable paper plate;
- flaps of dense fabric. Felt will do;
- branches, pieces of tree bark, long needles of coniferous trees;
- cotton wool;
- glue.
Take a large diameter dish. Stick a bird figurine on it. Pre-cut it from thick fabric. Now cover the bottom of the bird with branches, bark, and needles, forming a nest. The final stage will be the formation of eggs from lumps of cotton wool. This is one of the options for making animals from natural material with your own hands.
Desert themed games
In the game, any new material is remembered best, so try to include in your journey as many diverse games as possible, including outdoor ones. Ideas:
- Let's play nomads
Like nomads, we dress up in long clothes (imitating Arab clothing - burnous), wrap our heads in a scarf (this will be kufiyah), and set off on a journey through the desert. A camel can be made from two chairs placed one behind the other (the backs will be the humps of the camel). If the number of chairs allows, you can organize a whole caravan
We play out all the difficulties that a traveler faces in the desert: we walk along the hot sand in search of an oasis, suffer from the heat, run away from a snake or monitor lizard, overcome a sandstorm, wrapped up well in clothes and hiding behind camels, etc. Tired of the journey, we go to bed at night near our faithful camels.
Clothespin cacti
Camels, of course, can go without water and food for a long time, but it would still be a good idea to feed them before our journey. The favorite dish of camels is camel thorn; something similar can be made using clothespins. Or just make cacti.
- Finger game “Rain, have fun!”
Rain, rain, have fun! (alternately, with each finger of the right hand, we knock on the palm of the left)
Drip, drip, don't be sorry! (we alternately tap the palm of the right hand with each finger of the left hand)
Just don't kill us! (we fold our hands over our heads)
Don't knock on the window in vain! (knock fist on fist)
The splashes in the field are thicker: (we use our fingers to depict “splashes”)
Journey into the desert. Themed games, riddles, crafts for children
If on our last trip we got acquainted with the life of the Far North, now, on the contrary, I suggest you go to one of the hottest corners of the world - the Sahara Desert. If you want hot sun, but vacation is not soon, then we are on the same path
The main form of education for preschoolers, as we know, is play, so we won’t dwell too much on learning dry facts, but, as usual, we’ll set up an adventure with a lot of games, riddles and crafts.
In the article you will find many thematic games that are designed for younger and older preschoolers - children from 3 to 7 years old. It is best to distribute the proposed ideas over several lessons. My daughter and I, as a rule, stretch our trip over a couple of weeks, each time replaying the activity in a new way. For example, on the first day we dress up as nomads and, having made a camel from chairs, act out a difficult life in the heat, on the next day we immerse ourselves in the environment we are studying, looking at the desert in a book, on the third day we play with a sensory box, etc.
Master class: bouquet of flowers in a vase
Another option for making decorative items from waste components.
This creativity will be interesting to 5th grade students and anyone who likes to make homemade interior items.
Target
To clearly demonstrate that most people throw away plastic bottles in vain. This is a very good material for creativity. With the help of your imagination and simple improvised components, you can give a second life to many household wastes.
You will need:
- egg trays;
- sticks for stems or wire;
- gouache;
- kefir bottle;
- satin ribbon;
- bag or foil packaging (needed to create an ornament on the vase)
Step-by-step making of crafts on the topic of ecology with your own hands
- Separate the pieces of egg packaging. You need 15-21 hemispheres.
- Fold in half, rounding off sharp corners.
- For one flower you will need 3 such blanks.
- We form leaves on two cups, straightening them with our fingers.
- At the third cup, cut off the lower hemisphere and roll up the resulting ribbon with petals.
- Color the resulting details. Dry well.
- Add a drop of glue to the base of the cups and connect the elements one by one. Place a bead in the core.
- Color the stem green. Dry.
- Place the buds on the stem.
A craft on the theme of taking care of nature is almost ready. There are a few steps left.
- Remove any labels from the bottle.
- Cut off the top of the container.
- Cut out the pattern from the packaging.
- Glue a strip of the pattern to the top and bottom of the vase, and tie the middle with a satin ribbon.
- Place the roses in the vase.
Folk art crafts do not require economic costs and will develop creativity and imagination. Such works are designed to inspire people to reuse unnecessary things. Recycled, they can last much longer. Caring for natural resources plays an important role in ecosystem restoration. Many household wastes have a very long decomposition period, which negatively affects the ecology of the planet.
Below are pictures of crafts made from natural materials.
Attractions
There are a large number of interesting places on Lake Baikal. The most popular include Barguzinsky Bay with pebble and sandy beaches, the Holy Nose Peninsula, the sacred Dukhovoe Lake, the Svetlaya Polyana park complex, and a nature reserve on the shores of Chivyrkuisky Bay. The most famous beach holiday on the lake is Yarki Island, where in summer you can swim, fish and walk around the surrounding area.
In Posolsky Sor, the main tourist areas are the Baikal surf and the Kultushnaya area.
The Tunkinskaya Valley, the ancient monastery in Posolskoye, the Uluntiyskaya and Malocheremshanskaya caves, the Slyudyansky lakes, Cape Burkhan on Olkhon, the Bystrinsky waterfalls and the Ivolginsky datsan also deserve the attention of tourists.
How to make a DIY lake for crafts
Probably one of the many pleasant activities is watching water.
It doesn’t matter what it is - a stream, a pond, a sea or an ocean. The works of many artists try to convey all the power, beauty and romance at the same time, to capture a certain moment in time. It is this moment that remains in our memory and makes us remember it many, many times.
For this reason, a diorama allows you to create a composition that will delight you for a long time. In addition to composition and artistry, realism plays a vital role in a diorama. In this article we will tell you how you can simulate water for your dioramas in bench modeling.
Sensory box "Desert"
I used to make sensory boxes quietly at night, when my daughter wasn’t looking, because I wanted to show her everything ready-made. Now Tasya has become interested in taking an active part in the creation of such boxes. So we made our desert layout together. Yes, actually it’s not difficult to do it at all.
For the main filler of the box, you can use regular sand. But if you don’t have a sandy coast nearby, and you don’t want to ruin children’s sandboxes, then you can take decorative yellow sand for aquariums, corn flour or dyed rice. We used cornmeal.
Well, what is a desert without an oasis?
An oasis can be made from hydrogel (aqua soil), blue glass decorative pebbles, blue fabric or yarn (as here) or - the most inconvenient, but most naturalistic option - from ordinary water. The pond in the oasis is surrounded by vegetation. If available, you can put up small houses.
The sensory box is a real space for story games. In our miniature desert, people, sweltering from the heat, desperately tried to get to the oasis, some rode camels, others got there by SUV.
Then our travelers got into a sandstorm, took refuge from the raging elements (we sprinkled cornmeal on them through a sieve)
they dug up jeep wheels that were buried during a sandstorm, etc.
Wild animals of the forest. Forest layouts – “Karelian Forest” layout
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Layout “Wild animals in the winter forest”
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Crafts for the garden (dacha and vegetable garden). All new products for 2022 from improvised means with descriptions
Hello subscribers! Most recently we celebrated Victory Day and gave gifts to veterans. And today it’s already summer outside. Walking down the street in the morning near one building, I was met by a green beauty, such a wonderful one - a crocodile. And today I decided to take up a topic such as garden crafts that you can use to decorate your yard, plot and, of course, your dacha.
So that it is cute and beautiful, for everyone to enjoy. So that everyone can watch and marvel. I will try to collect a lot of original and creative ideas in this collection so that there is plenty to choose from.
In fact, it is not so difficult to make such masterpieces, the main thing is to find a suitable material; improvised means are usually used, as well as waste material.
Every year, craftsmen show us more and more new products on social networks, whatever is not there. What great guys they are. Bravo to the authors of the works!
Our neighbors recently built a wonderful piece of work near our entrance that residents from other houses still come and admire. Do you know how to surprise? I look forward to new ideas from you, my readers and colleagues. I'm always happy to receive comments and advice.
Well, let's not waste time, let's get down to what we're planning.
New crafts for the garden using improvised materials with descriptions
The first thing that comes to mind is to take all sorts of unnecessary things and build something extraordinary. Among the garbage and rubbish you can find and find ordinary bottles that always remain. And they litter our streets.
Moreover, of course, it is better to devote a separate article to this topic, but in this one I will show only a few examples.
You can easily and simply use them to lay out or fence off some area of land. Take the bottles and dig them into the ground with your nose. And the bottom can be painted with acrylic paints. To make it more fun, use only different colors.
From old sneakers you can make such a funny bird, or anyone, depending on your imagination. You will also need metal sticks.
The most unexpected option for me was laying out a path around the house. Imagine the owner made it not from cement, but from corks.
The stone works also look great.
And another creator of thoughts even managed to design ordinary beds. Well, it’s convenient and moisture doesn’t run away in all directions.
Baikal water
Baikal water is unique and amazing, like Baikal itself. It is unusually transparent, clean and saturated with oxygen. In not so ancient times, it was considered healing, and diseases were treated with its help. Such high transparency is explained by the fact that Baikal water, thanks to the activity of living organisms living in it, is very weakly mineralized and close to distilled.
The volume of water in Baikal is about 23 thousand cubic kilometers, which is 20% of the world's and 90% of Russian fresh water reserves. Every year, the Baikal ecosystem reproduces about 60 cubic kilometers of clear, oxygenated water.
