Do-it-yourself bouquets of different leaves

Bouquets of dried leaves allow you to fill the house with nature and keep the autumn mood for a longer time. Most of them are easy to create with your own hands.

It is not enough just to collect beautiful leaves of birch, maple, oak and other trees, in most cases they also need to be processed correctly. The easiest way is to leave the records to dry between the pages of the book, crushed by a heavy object. Despite the fact that this method does not require much effort to execute, the result is not always satisfactory: the leaves turn out to be fragile and short-lived.

They are also often ironed. The starting material is laid out between two sheets of paper and ironed around the entire perimeter. This method allows you to quickly prepare records for further creativity, but does not ensure their durability and stability.

A good result is given by treatment with paraffin. First, the candle is grinded on a grater with the smallest holes, and then heated in a microwave oven to the consistency of thick sour cream. The substance is distributed with a brush over the entire surface of the leaves, and then they are dried either in a suspended state or on newsprint. It should be noted that this method is suitable not only for leaves, but also for mountain ash, cones, acorns, twigs and other gifts of nature.

Preservation of unusual material is carried out with the help of glycerin. The solution is prepared from 1 part water and 1 part substance. After soaking, the leaves are dried in a suspended state for several days.

Finally, the most fragile plates can be dipped in a solution of one part of PVA glue and 4 parts of water, and then dried in a dry and well-ventilated place.

In fact, the storage temperature can be any, but it is important that the leaves are not exposed to direct sunlight. If the plates become too dry, then they can be sprayed with a spray bottle and wait until the dried areas are moistened.

It is also worth mentioning that it will be possible to preserve the appearance of the finished bouquet unchanged using ordinary hairspray. It is customary to supplement dried leaves with spikelets, cones, twigs and seasonal products such as pumpkin and squash. Burlap, twine, satin and lace are suitable as decor for natural materials.

A simple master class will help your child create an autumn craft for kindergarten. For example, such an elegant bouquet would require the use of high gloss acrylic lacquer, maple leaves, clean twigs, scissors, a paintbrush, and fine wire. It is better to place the finished composition in a simple glass vase. First of all, all the leaves are varnished on both sides and left to dry. Further, with the help of wire, their cuttings are attached to the branches. By the way, it will be a big plus if the metal thread is close in color to natural materials. Upon completion, all branches are placed in a vase.

A composition containing not only dried rowan leaves, but also several types of cones will look very original: pine, spruce and cedar. In addition, the work uses thin and thick tree branches, moss, thin wire, foam balls with a diameter of 15 millimeters, brown acrylic paint, polystyrene foam, foam rubber and a basket. The main tools are a glue gun, cutter and scissors. First of all, the bottom of the basket is filled with a circle of thick foam, which is covered with foam rubber. Strong branches are pointed at the ends, and flowers from the halves of foam balls and cones are collected on them for glue.

After the branches are stuck into the foam rubber, the "ground" in the basket will need to be decorated with moss and cones. Rowan leaves are glued to thin branches, and they are also attached to the base.

Following the step-by-step instructions, the child, together with his parents, will be able to make a bouquet of wild grape leaves for the school. For work, you will need to collect a sufficient amount of natural material in different shades of red, as well as stock up on red thread, wrapping cloth and sequins. The process begins with the fact that a small bud is folded out of a leaf. Then other plates are screwed onto it with a fold. Having received a large bud, it will need to be secured from below with a thread.

If necessary, you can use the thread at the intermediate stages. After collecting the bouquet, you will need to wrap it in green leaves of the same grapes and wrapping cloth. The finished composition is decorated with hairspray and sparkles.

The bouquet of autumn maple leaves is also very beautiful. In addition to the main natural material, threads, scissors and wooden skewers are also involved. First of all, a beautiful maple leaf is folded horizontally in half. Further, the workpiece is twisted with a tube, forming a dense bud, which is immediately fixed at the root with a thread. The second maple leaf is also folded in half and used to wrap around the base. This part will also have to be secured with a thread.

The addition of plates continues until the rose reaches the required volume. To obtain an open flower, the leaves are bent to the sides in different ways. The finished rose is fixed on a wooden stick.At least two more flowers are created in the same way. The bouquet is decorated with large maple leaves, like wrapping paper. For three roses, you will need about 5 plates, which are also tied with a thread.

This craft in the form of a bouquet of leaves, sweets and colored paper will be an excellent gift for loved ones. The list of materials used includes fallen leaves, small apples or bumps, wooden skewers, candy, corrugated paper, tape, styrofoam, scissors with a ruler, thread and net. The finished structure will be placed in the basket. First of all, a piece of Styrofoam of a suitable size is placed in the basket and covered with a net. The edge of the base is formed with autumn leaves.

The sweets are tied to wooden skewers with threads and wrapped in corrugated paper “petals” to make flowers. Wooden skewers are wrapped with tape and then inserted into a foam sponge. The gaps in the basket are filled with apples, cones and other natural materials. A lush bow is tied to the handle of the composition.

To get the "Flowers in a basket" composition, you can first make several roses from maple leaves, and then arrange them in a basket from the same material. To create a base, you will need to free a sufficient number of plates from cuttings. Next, the balloon is inflated to the required size, and PVA glue is poured into a plastic bowl. The ball is covered with any greasy cream and placed on a sturdy support, for example, in a saucepan. Each maple leaf is dipped in glue or smeared with it with a brush.

The plates are alternately glued to the ball in such a way that there are no gaps. To get a solid construction, it is better to form several layers. The finished craft is carefully coated with glue and left to dry for a couple of days.

Making bouquets with your own hands is also obtained from other natural materials.

In bouquets and autumn compositions, rowan branches are most often combined with dried leaves. For example, it can be a combination of bright red aspen leaves, as well as brushes of red and black chokeberry. Besides them, a ball of jute threads and an adhesive thermal gun are used in the work. At the preparation stage, dry leaves are collected and the base is directly created. It is done as follows: the balloon is wrapped in jute threads and soaked in a solution of wallpaper glue. After the twine dries, the ball is pierced and removed.

Aspen leaves are used to form roses. The first sheet is rolled up and fixed with hot melt glue. Then a second, third and further wraps around it, until a bud is obtained. The number of roses present in the composition is determined independently - in principle, their number can reach 15 pieces. The finished flowers are attached to a ball of threads: their "stems" of several cuttings are threaded through the threads, after which they are processed with hot glue. The gaps between them are filled with rowan clusters.

The finished composition can be placed on a decorated bottle.

Very beautiful compositions are obtained from the leaves, in which the ears of corn are hidden. The collection of this natural material is carried out from mid-summer until mid-August.

At each, the hard end is cut off, and the soft part is folded in half. The entire creative process is carried out with scissors and soft wire.

The workpieces folded in half are shortened until they are comfortable to grip. Then they are cut, and a rose petal is cut out of each fragment: narrow at the bottom and slightly rounded at the top. With his thumbs, he gently bends outward, after which the tips are slightly curled up on the pencil. The assembly of the bud is carried out as when working with corrugated paper. After the formation of the middle-tube, the petals are alternately attached to it.

In principle, a moderately lush flower can take from 8 to 11 petals. The base of each bud is twisted with soft wire. All that is superfluous is cut off, but part is still left for the sepal. The finished flowers are put on skewers or pieces of thick wire, decorated with green paper. The sepal is also decorated with paper.

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