Bouquets from natural materials

Creating beautiful bouquets from natural materials is a process that can captivate both children and adults. Such original compositions will be an excellent home decoration or a gift for a loved one.

The simplest version of an autumn craft is a beautiful bouquet of leaves. Even a small child can make such roses with his own hands. The main thing is to clearly follow the instructions and use not too dry leaves in your work.

• First, fold the larger sheet in half.
• Then it is carefully twisted, forming a small rose.
• The resulting bud is wrapped in a second sheet. It also needs to be folded in half.
• This sheet is also curled around the base. The bud should not be too tight.
• The same is done with a few more leaves. The more layers are used, the more lush the bud will turn out.
• Its lower part is fixed with thin wire, glue or tape. The edges of the leaves are gently straightened.

A great craft option for school or kindergarten is a bouquet of fruits or vegetables.

Such a delicious bouquet of natural materials can be presented to your loved one or friend. This bright composition is made very simply.

• To begin with, select, wash and dry all the ingredients that will be used in the work.To make the bouquet look beautiful and stylish, it is better to select products in the same color scheme.
• Kiwi is cut into halves and fixed on skewers like green flowers. Lemons and apples are also attached to a wooden base.
• Several skewers are connected together and wrapped with tape. Next, the rest of the details are carefully tied to them.
• To make the bouquet look more beautiful, it should be decorated with twigs with green leaves. The free space is filled with bunches of grapes.
• When the composition is ready, it must be wrapped in several layers of craft paper and tied with a ribbon.

This autumn composition is perfect for supporters of a healthy lifestyle. To create it, you can use any vegetables that you can find at home. The bouquet turns out to be not only beautiful, but also cheap. The master class on creating a composition looks very simple.

First, you need to attach potatoes, beets, peppers, broccoli and other ingredients to the skewers. Further, all these parts are collected in separate bundles, securing the wooden "stems" with tape. The finished bouquet will turn out to be voluminous and massive. You can decorate it with rosemary or any other fresh herbs. Next, the bouquet is carefully wrapped in several layers of craft paper and tied with twine.

A bright pumpkin of any shape and size can be used as a vase for storing flowers. To create an original autumn bouquet, you need to pick up a neat vegetable that has no damage or traces of rot. The process of creating a composition consists of several stages.

• To begin with, the pumpkin is washed well under water and wiped dry with paper towels.
• Using a glass or jar, cut out the middle from it. Next, the pumpkin is carefully cleaned of pulp and seeds, and then washed and dried again. The remaining seeds also need to be well dried. Later they can be used to create various crafts.
• An empty jar is placed inside the pumpkin. It should contain a small floral sponge. You can buy it at any flower shop.
• After that, all the flowers are carefully placed in a pumpkin vase. It is better to think over the composition in advance. In this case, it will be much easier to combine flowers of different shapes and shades.
• You can supplement the finished composition with dried flowers.

A bright bouquet will cheer you up both in autumn and on cold winter days. To create a composition with carrots, it is best to use vegetables, flowers and berries of yellow and orange colors.

Such a bouquet is made very simply. Oranges, persimmons and carrots must be secured on wooden skewers. They need to be fastened together with tape. Rosehip sprigs, dried flowers and rosemary complement the composition. When the bouquet is ready, all that remains is to wrap it with craft paper and tie it with a ribbon or twine. This composition looks bright and impressive.

This edible bouquet contains a lot of vitamins. Therefore, a bright composition can be safely presented to both adults and children. To create it, branches of viburnum and mountain ash, as well as greens, are used. Short bunches are tied to wooden skewers with ropes or tape. All these parts are interconnected.

To make the bouquet brighter and more beautiful, it should be supplemented with fern leaves or any other greenery. The composition is bright and very colorful. The finished bouquet can be wrapped in burlap or craft paper and tied with twine or two colored ribbons.

Bouquets are beautiful not only from fresh fruits, vegetables and berries, but also from other natural materials.

• From the cones. You can use pine and spruce cones to create such a beautiful composition.The first step is to collect a simple bouquet of light flowers and branches. You can supplement the craft with natural cotton. You need to decorate the base of the bouquet with spruce or pine cones. They should be well dried. Cones are glued to the base of the bouquet with a glue gun. When the base of the composition is ready, the stems of the flowers need to be wrapped with twine. Such a bouquet looks interesting and unusual. The tops of the cones, if desired, can be painted with gold or silver paint, as well as decorated with sparkles. You can supplement a bunch of cones with spruce branches, acorns or chestnuts.

• With walnuts. The composition consisting of walnuts also looks original. Such a bouquet turns out to be not only beautiful, but also useful. To create it, dried walnuts with glue must be attached to long wooden skewers. Do the same with peanuts and cones. These blanks are connected to each other with adhesive tape. You also need to carefully attach dried flowers or spikelets prepared in advance to them. The finished composition is packed in two layers of wrapping paper and rewound with twine or colored tape. Such a bouquet will be a great gift for a loved one or friend.

• From dried flowers. Autumn bouquets made of dried flowers and spikelets are also beautiful. All materials for creating such a composition must be prepared in advance. The bouquet is done quickly and easily. To begin with, cotton buds, dried flowers and cereals need to be collected in a beautiful composition. You can tie a bouquet with a light ribbon or twine.

• From fir branches. To create this New Year's bouquet, you need to use well-dried spruce branches and cones. The lower edges of the branches are cleaned of needles and tied tightly with twine. If there are no buds on them, they can be attached to the base of the bouquet with a glue gun. A wide bright bow is used to decorate the bouquet. If desired, this New Year's composition can also be decorated with silver or gold paint. A winter bouquet of fir branches will look beautiful on a New Year's table or one of the shelves. You can also decorate such a composition with bright New Year's toys.

When creating compositions from scrap materials, you should listen to the recommendations of professionals. In this case, they will be neat and beautiful the first time.

• Fruit for decorating bouquets can be used whole or cut in half or cut into slices. If the bouquet will not be handed over immediately, you should not cut the ingredients to create the craft.
• To protect the chopped fruit from dust, wrap it in baking mica. It is recommended to store the edible bouquet in the refrigerator before handing it over to the recipient.
• When choosing products, it is worth remembering that soft fruits and berries on wooden skewers hold much worse than hard fruits.
• Do not use metal skewers or wire to attach the fruit. If you do this, the metal will oxidize after a couple of hours. Fruits and berries are allowed to be fastened only on wooden skewers.
• If fresh flowers are used to decorate the bouquet, they should be placed in capsules with water or a floral sponge. In this case, they will definitely not wither in the next day.
• Fresh flowers can be replaced with corrugated paper buds. They turn out to be beautiful and durable.
• Autumn bouquets can be stored in boxes or baskets. A container for storing flowers must be chosen sturdy. At its bottom, a floral sponge or a regular piece of styrofoam is usually laid. Thanks to this, the composition is more stable.

Following these tips, even a preschooler can cope with the creation of simple bouquets.

For information on how to make a bright autumn bouquet, see the next video.