DIY “Gifts of Autumn” crafts made from natural materials: ideas, instructions. Autumn compositions of vegetables and fruits. We create masterpieces from the gifts of nature Autumn crafts for school gifts of autumn

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 do not break for a long time.

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

Sometimes this process takes a month. This is especially true for 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 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, paying special attention to the 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.

2. Topiary from herbarium and other autumn materials

Topiary is a decorative tree. In autumn, you can collect beautiful leaves and make such a wonderful and cozy decorative element.

Any leaves, dried flowers, acorns, spikelets will be used here. The main thing is to understand the essence and make the right foundation. And what to fill it with - your imagination will tell you.

What we need for work:

1. 1. Ceramic pot of a dull color
2. 2. A straight tree branch for the trunk
3. 3. 1 ball made of foam rubber, polystyrene foam or special floral foam
4. 4. Dry moss, sesame or a handful of beautiful pebbles, acorns, dry rowan
5. 5. Glue gun
6. 6. Dry plaster
7. 7. Decorative elements: herbarium, dried flowers, rowan, acorns, etc.

Master class step by step:

1 step. Let's start with the basics. Take a foam ball and place it on a branch that will serve as your trunk. Then remove it and drop some glue from the gun into the hole formed. Reattach the ball and let it dry.

Step 2. Secure the trunk in the pot. To do this, drop a drop of glue onto the free edge of the branch and attach it to the base of the pot.

Then, dilute the plaster with water to the consistency of liquid sour cream and fill the container. Don't forget that you will still need to decorate everything on top with moss or acorns, so leave a gap of about 3-4 cm from the top.

Step 3. Now we insert leaves and dried flowers into the ball, sticking them with their stems inside. If you want to add acorns to the composition, then first place them on pieces of wire.

Step 4 Now all you have to do is decorate the top of the pot so that the plaster is not visible.

That's it. 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.

The sharp edges of the maple leaves should be carefully hidden 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.

4. Compositions of decorative pumpkins

Even if you do not grow this vegetable on your own plot, in the autumn you can freely buy them at the market and then dry them yourself. We have already told you how to do this above, so let’s not waste time talking.

Let's get creative!

There will be no master classes in this block, we will simply show you examples of such decor, and how to make them is already quite clear from the photo.

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
7. Harsh thread or twine for forming decorative balls

Master class step by step:

1. 1. We form the base of the tree in the same way as in the case of topiary from leaves.
2. 2. Secure the base in the pot using glue and plaster
3. 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. 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 the back 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 decorative elements provided by this fertile time of year.

6. Autumn garland “Leaves” made from salt dough

This is a very impressive DIY autumn craft. The big advantage of such a garland is that it is not seasonal and will decorate your home for many years.

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

Master class step by step:

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 pumpkin

Autumn is the time for pumpkins to ripen. It costs mere pennies and finding a beautiful shape and coloring is not difficult.

And making an element of autumn decor based on it is as easy as shelling pears! There are no step-by-step technologies or accessories needed here.

The only thing you need: pumpkins, a knife for carving, a tablespoon to pick out the pulp and flowers with which you will fill these colorful vases.

Look at our selection of photos of pumpkin vases. It looks very decent and autumn-like.

As you already understood, you just need to cut off the top and clean out the core of the vegetable. Then fill the container with water.

Or you can make pumpkin houses. To do this, you just need to cut holes in the right places. You can see exactly where they are located in the picture below. Kids love these things!

8. Wreath on the door made of natural materials

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, a bunch of acorn grapes is a wonderful element of any autumn door wreath 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.

11. Autumn crafts from felt

Working with this fabric is a pleasure! The material does not crumble and holds its shape perfectly. This means that any beginner can make an autumn craft from felt with their own hands and it will turn out no worse than the products of experienced craftswomen.

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 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 cute braid for the kitchen.

For work we will need:

1. White nylon tights 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 We make a braid from twine and attach the resulting garlic cloves to it.

Step 6 Now it's time to deal with the pepper. You can sew it, but peppers made from salt dough look much better.

We have already given the recipe for the batch, in the subsection “Garlands of autumn leaves.” These are the peppercorns you should end up with.

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 in no way be able to attach the finished 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.

Before talking about crafts on the theme “Gifts of Autumn,” it’s worth devoting a few words to the design. After all, as a rule, an autumn exhibition of crafts is also a big holiday.

Decor for the autumn harvest festival: garland with apples

Let your first crafts on the theme “Gifts of Autumn” be decor for the holiday. Make a garland with apple prints - share your good mood with others.

For the garland you will need:

• apple,
• paints,
• marker,
• fabric flags,
• rope.

Cut the apple in half and stamp the halves on the flags. When the paint dries, use a marker to draw in the seeds and stalk - the picture will be more realistic. Attach the finished flags to a rope and hang them above the window or above the entrance to the room.

In this way you can decorate a festive tablecloth or a bag for spare shoes. In this case, it is better to use acrylic for crafts.

Drawings... on the leaves

The designs on the leaves are very decorative. Some people get weevils, some animals, some abstract motifs. Thanks to the interesting texture and shape, these crafts on the theme “Gifts of Autumn” look very good.

From the leaves you can make figures for puppet theater. For these you will need eyes and popsicle sticks. With the help of figures you can perform performances.

Rows of birch trees running across the sky

Have you ever drawn a birch trunk with a plastic card? You need to dip the card in paint, draw a vertical line with the edge of the card and “stretch” the paint across the paper from this line. Then draw a second line and a counter “blot”. Complete the drawn trunks with bright brush strokes - leaves and grass.

If, when making this craft on the theme “Gifts of Autumn”, the whole class or group uses paints of the same colors, it will be possible to assemble a large common panel.

Crafts for home decor on the theme “Gifts of Autumn”

Whatever you say, it’s annoying to create things that will sooner or later end up in the trash. To preserve good memories of autumn days, use PVA glue and dry leaves to decorate an old aquarium, candlestick or pumpkin - you will get useful crafts that will decorate any home.

The leaves can also be covered with a layer of PVA on top, then the colors will be bright longer.

And also Any pumpkin can be painted or decorated with decoupage. The rich orange color of the base looks very impressive, even those who are not good at drawing can create their own little masterpiece.

Various animals

And finally, a traditional and win-win version of crafts on the theme “Gifts of Autumn” - animals made from natural materials. In addition to pine cones, acorns and vegetables, we advise you to stock up on toothpicks and plasticine - they will hold together the individual parts of the crafts.

Can be made from a wide variety of materials. Leaves that have fallen from trees of all colors, chestnuts and acorns, pine cones and spruces, seeds, and vegetables from the beds are used.

Bouquet

While walking with your children, you can collect fallen leaves and make a beautiful “flower” bouquet from them. How to do this? We'll tell you now.

Take a yellowed maple leaf, bend it in half and roll it into a tube. Add petals from other leaves. Create a bud by bending the edges and join the leaves into one rose flower. Then you need to collect the flowers into a bouquet. Such a gift will be pleasant for mother and grandmother.

Bunch of grapes - an interesting children's craft

The gifts of autumn can be used to create various products. A beautiful bunch of grapes comes from acorns. This craft needs to be done together with adults. Separate the collected acorns from the caps, dry them and make through holes in them. Then you need to thread the wire into them and secure it at one end. Next, you should cover it with paper, cover it with acrylic paint, and varnish it. Add leaves that can be cut out of paper and form grape bunches from the finished “berries”.

Crafts “Gifts of Autumn” are made by children in kindergarten and students at school with their own hands. In order to make interesting things, you need to have a choice in the material. And autumn generously gives everything that can be used in crafts. You can start collecting material from cones, pebbles, and pine needles. Rowan berries and rose hips, dried flowers, moss and bird feathers will be used.

Fairytale tree

Dry leaves are perfect for three-dimensional figures and real paintings. You can try to create a fairy tree. You will need the following materials: a brown paper bag, plasticine, acorn caps, rowan berries and This craft eliminates the risk of injury to the child, since knives and scissors will not be needed to make the tree. First you need to roll the bag so that it is twisted on both sides in different directions. It is necessary to put plasticine into the lower part of the tree, which will ensure its stability. The top one should be dissolved into ribbons. This will be the crown of the tree. Carefully attach oak leaves to it using glue or plasticine. The caps of acorns are the eyes and nose. Make a smiling mouth from rowan berries.

Crafts "Gifts of Autumn" are not difficult to make with your own hands. They are in demand at any exhibition in all preschool and school institutions. The process itself will also be enjoyable.

You can make crafts “gifts of autumn” from vegetables. Although they cannot be left for a long time to decorate interiors, as they tend to quickly deteriorate. But such crafts always look great and attract a large number of viewers.

Hedgehog

Potatoes are the future hedgehog. Take an oblong vegetable. You will also need plasticine to connect the parts and a toothpick. You need to attach eyes and a nose to one side of the potato, and form needles from toothpicks on top. And put an apple or mushrooms on the needles.

Basket

The following creation contains the real gifts of autumn. good because they are always natural. You can, for example, make a basket. This craft will help develop children's imagination and attentive attitude to the surrounding nature. For work you will need: birch and spruce branches, rowan and snowberry berries, plasticine, scissors, a brush and varnish.

You should start by sculpting the basket. Then you will need to separate the scales from the cones and attach them to the plasticine base of the basket. Intertwine two birch branches and attach them to the main part of the product so that you get a handle, which, together with the scales on the basket, needs to be varnished and allowed to dry. Now you need to take the prepared berries. The rowan is the middle of the flower, and the petals are the snowberry. A birch twig is a flower stem. To complete the look, add spruce and rowan branches.

Application "Corn"

When school starts, children and teachers bring their “Gifts of Autumn” crafts to school. You can try applique in the form of a corn cob. You will need the following materials: white cardboard, green plasticine, real corn kernels. Make the base of the cob and leaves from plasticine. You need to stick corn kernels into this base. Such painstaking work develops fine motor skills well.

Leaf crafts

The most unusual DIY “Gifts of Autumn” crafts are made from drawings on ordinary leaves of different trees. You can draw and color leaves in the form of insects and animals. Lovers of the puppet theater cut out and paint figures from leaves. Using ordinary dry leaves, you can create unusual decorated old aquariums, candlesticks, and lamps. For preservation, dry leaves are covered with PVA glue. With this additional processing, the colors will remain bright and rich for a long time. Children love to make various animals from vegetables with their own hands.

In 3D format

Crafts on the theme "Gifts of Autumn" do not always look ordinary. Sometimes you can’t even imagine that a real masterpiece will be created from ordinary natural material. The voluminous figures turn out to be very beautiful. Most often they make animals - bear cubs, hedgehogs, cats or foxes. But you can make a boat, a house or some kind of fairy-tale character. Show your imagination!

Making three-dimensional figures is more difficult than making appliqués. Therefore, the child will need the help of an adult.

Theme "Gifts of Autumn": crafts from natural material

The pine cones make beautiful bears. Cones, acorns and cardboard - and a couple of musicians are ready. Turkeys, camels, birds, deer and swan - you can figure out how to make a huge variety of birds and animals from natural materials. Everything from natural materials, whatever a child’s imagination suggests and what the skill of an adult assistant can do, will turn out great!

What natural materials will make beautiful crafts?

Wonderful and durable crafts “Gifts of Autumn” from vegetables are obtained if you take squash as a basis. Two wonderful “summer” snowmen from them will decorate any exhibition. A cute dog can be made from a head of cauliflower and pineapple, a melon is a future hedgehog. A boar, penguins and a zebra can be made from eggplant, a poodle can be made from cauliflower, and a whole herd of Romanov breed sheep can be made from it. This is not a complete list of what craftsmen come up with! It’s impossible to list all the ideas for making crafts on the theme “Gifts of Autumn”!

Paper and cardboard also make beautiful crafts.

Don't throw away egg cartons. It can make beautiful fly agaric mushrooms. Not exactly natural material, but also interesting.

Who wants to make a new toy for children from an old used plastic bottle? You will get a cute bull or kitten. You can create an entire village estate with all the household goods - chickens, ducks, cows and pigs. You will need plastic bottles of different sizes and shapes, cardboard paper towel cylinders, thick paper cardboard, glue and paint.

And with the help of cosmetic cotton swabs you can make a fluffy white sheep. Here you need consumables such as white cardboard, scissors, glue, cotton swabs, clothespins, tape, markers. Cut two elements in the shape of an ellipse from a sheet of cardboard. This will be the torso and head. Cut off the tops of cotton swabs and glue them to the body to make a “fur coat”. Glue several stick tops on top of the animal's head, like bangs. All that remains is to draw the eyes. Make a bow for the sheep from the ribbon. Connect both parts. The clothespins will make legs.

Crafts “Gifts of Autumn” are made from natural materials by children of different ages for kindergarten and school. Figurines of various animals, cars, boats, ships and steam locomotives made from vegetables, original bouquets of dry leaves and spectacular compositions of ripe fruits and berries are shown at traditional exhibitions and festivals of children's creativity, used to decorate classrooms and given as gifts to family, friends and acquaintances In this review, we have collected for you interesting and simple master classes with photos, with the help of which you will learn how to create unusual crafts from the simplest and most affordable gifts of autumn.

DIY “Gifts of Autumn” crafts step by step with photos – “Bouquet of Roses”

Autumn is a fertile time, putting at our disposal a huge amount of bright and beautiful natural materials for making interesting crafts and original compositions with our own hands. In this master class, we will tell you step-by-step how to create a chic, spectacular and eye-catching craft “Bouquet of Roses” from the most ordinary maple leaves that cover the avenues and streets of cities at the end of September. Such a composition can be presented as an exhibit at the traditional school festival “Gifts of Autumn” or presented as a pleasant gift to friends or close relatives.

Materials for making a bouquet of flowers from maple leaves

• maple leaves of bright colors
• viburnum branches with berries
• periwinkle leaves
• threads

Step-by-step instructions with photos for the “Bouquet of Roses” craft for the “Gifts of Autumn” festival

Crafts “Gifts of Autumn” for kindergarten from natural materials

In kindergarten, you can make simple but effective crafts from natural materials for the “Gifts of Autumn” exhibition. A caterpillar constructed from fresh vegetables, fruits and bright beads will look very successful and extraordinary. By working on creating a figurine, children will be able to develop fine motor skills and learn attention, accuracy and perseverance. The teacher's help will be required at the very minimum - just to cut carrot rings with a knife and tell the kids how best and faster to string decorative beads onto a string. The children can handle everything else just fine on their own, and then they will happily boast to each other about the results of their work.

Natural materials for making caterpillars in kindergarten

• apples - 5 pieces of the same medium size
• orange cherries – 25-30 berries
• cabbage leaf – 3 pcs
• carrots – 2 pcs.
• small multi-colored beads – 35-40 pcs.
• twine – 20 cm
• large blue beads – 2 pcs.
• satin ribbon – 80 cm
• rectangular disposable foam plate – 1 pc.
• bamboo sticks
• toothpicks
• matches

Step-by-step instructions on how to make a caterpillar in kindergarten from natural materials for the exhibition “Gifts of Autumn”

1. Wash unspoilt, dense green apples with whole skin and without external defects and wipe dry with a paper napkin.
2. Turn the foam plate upside down and cover it with cabbage leaves. This design will serve as a pedestal for the future figurine.
3. Peel the carrots and chop into rings about 0.5-0.7 mm thick. Place the rings on top of the cabbage leaves in pairs, equidistant from each other. These are the legs of the caterpillar.
4. String four apples lengthwise onto two bamboo sticks. This is the body of the future figurine.
5. On the fifth apple, use toothpicks to secure two blue beads in place of the eyes, and line the smiling mouth with match heads.
6. Remove the pits from the cherries. Secure one berry with a match in place of the spout. Place two toothpicks in place of the ears and string three large cherries onto each.
7. Make a bow from a satin ribbon and secure it with a toothpick between the caterpillar's ears.
8. Attach the finished head to the body using a bamboo stick and install the entire structure on a pedestal. Scatter the remaining cherries randomly around.

Crafts “Gifts of Autumn” for school for the exhibition – “Boat”

With the onset of the new school year, schools hold bright and large-scale events where children of different ages demonstrate their abilities. One of the most beloved and popular is the exhibition of crafts “Gifts of Autumn”, for which students create beautiful exhibits from natural materials with their own hands. In this master class we will look at the option of making a “Boat” craft from vegetables.

Materials for creating an exhibit “Boat” for a school exhibition

• zucchini squash – 1 large
• carrots – 4 pcs.
• cabbage leaves – 3-4 pcs
• matches
• bamboo sticks
• thick thread
• chain
• sheet of cardboard
• metal chain

Step-by-step instructions for making a “Boat” craft for the “Gifts of Autumn” exhibition at school

1. Wash the zucchini thoroughly and wipe dry. Then carefully cut off part of the skin on top and scoop out the pulp with a spoon so that the indentation resembles the deck of a ship. Align the edges with a knife and decorate with match heads. Place them at an equal distance from each other. Then tie the edges with thick thread.
2. Stick a long bamboo stick into the center of the deck and place a cabbage leaf on it. This is a ship's sail.
3. Cut an anchor and a flag from the thickest carrot. Cut thinner carrots into rings. Trim the remaining carrots to a length of 4-5 centimeters and use toothpicks to attach them to the upper back of the deck. This is the crew of the future ship.
4. Build a ladder from matches and threads and attach it to the outer side of the deck.
5. Secure the carrot rings with toothpicks like portholes. Attach an anchor to the bow and attach a chain to it.
6. Make a hole in the zucchini on the outside of the nose and insert a small carrot into it.
7. Place cabbage leaves on a thick rectangle of cardboard and place the ship on top. Place a carrot flag on the top of the mast.

Crafts “Gifts of Autumn” from vegetables – figurine “Hare”

Both elementary school students and kindergarten students can make “Gifts of Autumn” crafts from fresh vegetables in the shape of various forest and domestic animals. Natural material is very beautiful and diverse. It allows you to show maximum imagination and makes it possible to realize the most unexpected and daring children's ideas and ideas. In this master class with photos we will tell you in detail how to make a cute and original hare figurine from various seasonal vegetables. This craft is perfect for an autumn exhibition or will serve as a spectacular decoration for a festive table set on the occasion of the birthday of a child or adult.

Materials for crafts from vegetables “Hare” for the autumn exhibition

• cabbage – 2 small heads
• cucumber – 2 pcs.
• cherry tomato – 1 piece
• raspberries – 1 piece
• carrots – 1 pc.
• zucchini – ½ piece
• asters – 3 flowers
• paper
• toothpicks
• bamboo sticks – 2 pcs.

Step-by-step instructions on how to make “Gifts of Autumn” crafts from vegetables for the exhibition

1. Remove crumpled and torn leaves from the cabbage, and fasten the heads of cabbage together with bamboo sticks. This design is the body of the future figurine.
2. Wash the cucumbers, wipe dry with a paper towel and cut lengthwise into equal halves. On two of them, make three vertical grooves along the skin using a knife or thick needle. Using toothpicks, attach the cucumber pieces to the bottom base of the cabbage head. Now the hare has legs.
3. On the top of the second cabbage, which acts as the animal’s head, cut two wide indentations with a sharp object and insert the remaining two halves of the cucumber into them. These are ears. To disguise the place of the cuts, decorate the head with aster flowers, which are attached to the cabbage with toothpicks.
4. From half a zucchini, cut two long strips about 1 centimeter thick. In front, make one vertical cut on them and attach them to the body like legs with toothpicks.
5. On the front of the top cabbage, make a deep cut where the mouth should be and insert a piece of thick white paper into it. Draw eyes on whatman paper using felt-tip pens, carefully cut them out and glue them to the cabbage with Moment glue.
6. Cut the cherry tomato in half. Secure one part with a toothpick in place of the nose, and place the second under the mouth.
7. Stick three toothpicks into the cabbage on each side. This is a mustache.
8. Beautifully tie a satin ribbon around the neck of the figurine, insert a whole carrot with tops into the paws and voila! - the hare is ready.

When the leaves are falling outside the windows, and the forests and parks are full of berries, acorns, chestnuts, it’s simply a sin not to use all this and create crafts “Gifts of Autumn”. The creation we create can decorate our home, serve as a gift to family and friends, or take part in the school autumn festival.

Crafts “Gifts of Autumn”

“Gifts of Autumn” crafts photo will not leave you indifferent; you will definitely want to do something with your own hands. The simplest source material is autumn leaves. You can make very unusual bouquets from them, bright and festive. We will need maple leaves and any others, but preferably in dark, rich shades. First, let's make the flowers. To do this, bend the sheet in half horizontally, always with the top side facing out, and roll it into a tight roll. The core is ready.

Next, take the next piece of paper and also bend it in half, but the fold line should not be clear and rigid. We place our core in the middle so that its upper edge is located just below the fold. After this, we wrap one edge first, then the other. We've got the first petal. We do the same for all the other petals, slightly shifting each subsequent leaf in a circle. The number of petals depends on how lush we want our flower to be. Usually five to seven leaves are enough to create a rose. We secure the finished rose with threads at the bottom, put it aside and proceed to create the next one.

After we have made a sufficient number of flowers, we proceed to the next stage - we wrap each finished flower with a bright leaf and again secure everything with thread. We collect the finished roses into a bouquet and continue decorating. Let's complement the composition with viburnum branches. If there are still free spaces, you can add bright green periwinkle leaves to them. It turns out to be a very beautiful contrast with the bright red viburnum. Finally, we frame our bouquet with large maple leaves. Don't forget to secure everything with thread. All that remains is to choose a beautiful vase or just a colorful glass and place our bouquet. You can learn how to make bouquets from other materials, for this, look at ours.

And how beautiful crafts on the theme “Gifts of Autumn” come from grape leaves! This is a rather complex material, because grape leaves are not as flexible and elastic as maple leaves, but it is difficult to find such a wealth of shades. Let's stock up on materials and patience, because the end result is worth it. We will need green and mixed variegated grape leaves, viburnum branches with leaves. In addition, scissors, glue, rubber bands for money (they are in the stationery departments), threads, yellow flower net. Let's select a suitable vase and you can start. Roll the grape leaf bent in half horizontally into a tight roll. Be careful not to ruin your work, as grape leaves are more fragile than maple leaves.

The middle of our rose will be variegated, and the first petal will be green. Carefully wrap the center with a folded piece of paper. Next, alternate green and variegated petals. We fix both the core and each petal with threads so that they do not unwind. We finish with a green petal. Please note that we only keep the petiole on one or two central leaves; we cut off the rest before rolling. We wrap the finished rose with a green grape leaf, so that the flower is framed by cloves.

We choose the number of flowers for the bouquet as desired. When our roses are ready, we cut the mesh into pieces of such a size that the edge of the mesh is slightly higher than the flower. We dress all the roses in a net and again secure it with threads. It is fashionable to roll small buds separately from green leaves. After this, we divide the viburnum into small branches, so that they have both berries and leaves. We connect the buds with roses using rubber bands. Now you can start placing the composition in the vase. We place flowers with buds, individual grape leaves and viburnum branches evenly. As you know, grapes are a very tasty berry, we have an original recipe for salad with grapes.

DIY crafts “Gifts of Autumn”

After a walk in the forest, there is usually enough variety of materials to make DIY crafts “Gifts of Autumn”. These can be nuts, acorns, bright berries, unusually colored herbs and leaves. Let's try to make a wreath. For it we need the following: cardboard for the base; walnuts; acorns; chestnuts; pine cones; oak leaves; pine needles; small twigs with leaves; glue and scissors.

We cut out a base circle of any size from cardboard, but not too small so that it is convenient to place everything on it. Lubricate the base circle with Moment glue and alternately place oak leaves and pine cones on it; chestnuts; nuts and acorns.

We try to place it evenly. The base of the wreath is ready, now we fill the gaps with everything we have at hand: pine needles, acorn caps, twigs, etc. Instead of glue, you can use a heat gun if you have one. Take your time so that the work looks neat and pleasing to the eye. Before attaching the material with glue, attach it to the base and make sure that everything is placed well. We will need patience, but the result will please the eye. To completely dry the wreath, you need to leave it on the table for a day. If everything is stuck firmly, you can hang it on the wall as a decoration. Otherwise, it is better to decorate the table with our creation - it will turn out to be an excellent candlestick. In addition, you can make it as a beautiful decoration.

Nowadays you won’t surprise anyone with various flower bouquets of roses, lilies, chrysanthemums and even exotic orchids. If you are going to a birthday party, but still want to surprise, try making such an unusual bouquet. You can collect materials for it on a walk in the forest or in a city park, or perhaps at your own dacha. In addition to leaves and twigs of rowan or viburnum, you will need jute threads and a glue gun.

We use jute threads to make the basis for the bouquet. To do this, wrap the inflated ball with thread and lubricate it with wallpaper glue. When everything is dry, release the air from the balloon and remove it. First, let's make flowers from bright aspen leaves. We roll the leaves from the cent and secure them with hot glue as we work. We will need approximately 15 lush roses. Place the finished roses evenly on the base and secure with glue. Fill the remaining gaps evenly with rowan berries. The warp threads should not be visible. We put the finished composition on a decorated bottle.