DIY autumn bouquets
Autumn bouquets, consisting of "gifts of nature", look spectacular and beautiful. You can learn to make them from any natural materials. Both the child and the adult will enjoy this process.
How to make from flowers?
Autumn bouquets of fresh flowers can be used to decorate your home on the last warm days.
With wine corks
Such a composition can be made by a lover of good wine. The flower arrangement is made at your own discretion. After that, it is placed in a transparent vase. The container is filled with used stoppers. Such a bouquet looks interesting and unusual.
If the house does not have the required amount of traffic jams, they can be replaced with small bumps. Such a composition will look no less beautiful.
In a pumpkin vase
An excellent option for an autumn craft is a bouquet in a pumpkin vase. Such a composition can be attributed to an exhibition dedicated to the gifts of autumn, or as a gift to a loved one. A master class for making it is as follows.
- A small pumpkin is used to create this craft. The selected fruit must be even and firm.
- Use a sharp knife to make a small hole in it. It should be the same size as a small vase or glass.
- Having cleared the pumpkin from seeds and pulp, a transparent container is placed inside the fruit.
- Next, a floristic sponge is placed in this glass. You can buy it at a flower shop.
- Selected flowers are carefully inserted into this sponge. It is best to use red and orange roses to create a bright autumn composition.
Such a bouquet turns out to be neat and beautiful.
Crafts from fruits and vegetables
Bouquets of vegetables, fruits and berries are not only beautiful, but also useful. It will be a pleasure to receive such a composition for a birthday or any other autumn holiday.
Fruit bouquet
Fresh autumn apples and grapes can be used to make a beautiful green bouquet. The step-by-step process of creating such a composition consists of the following steps.
- To begin with, all the fruits must be washed and dried. Some of the fruit can be sliced neatly. This is done only if the bouquet is delivered to the recipient in the near future.
- Next, each fruit must be attached to a wooden skewer. She shouldn't pierce him through.
- Individual blanks connected with tape.
- When the bouquet is ready it should be supplemented with fresh green foliage and juicy bunches of grapes... You can decorate the composition with delicious nuts.
- Further, all these details must be additionally fix with twine.
Any wrapping paper can be used to decorate the bouquet. Composing such a composition does not take much time.
Vitamin composition
Such an unusual bouquet can be presented to a sick person. Garlic, hot peppers and herbs are used to compose it. All these gifts of nature are neatly fastened together. After that, the bouquet is placed in a basket or decorated with colored paper packaging.
To create such a composition, you do not need to know the basics of floristry.
Apple bouquet with rowan
Before starting to create a fruit bouquet, the apples must be washed, dried and covered with a layer of shiny paint. It is applied to the surface of the fruit in several layers. After processing, the apples are well dried.
These unusual fruits are attached to wooden skewers. Individual "flowers" are connected with tape. The composition is complemented by bright rowan tassels and scarlet or golden leaves. Anyone can easily make a creative bouquet of this type.
Compositions of natural materials
A large number of beautiful compositions can be created using common natural materials.
Cones
You can use both spruce and pine cones to create spectacular bouquets. Before work, they must be dried. Buds go well with dried flowers or foliage. Crafts made from such natural materials are very simple.
- The first step is to prepare the base for the bouquet. For this, you can use ordinary dry branches. They are fixed to each other with twine.
- After that, you can start creating "buds". The cones are attached to the branch base with a glue gun.
- Dry buds of flowers and autumn foliage are located between dry cones.... This allows you to make the composition more original and effective.
You can add a bouquet of luxury by first covering the buds with silver or golden paint.
From the leaves
Yellow and red leaves are one of the most readily available materials. They themselves look very beautiful. Therefore, they can be collected and placed in vases. But creative individuals can try to make beautiful bouquets of foliage. Bright flowers are made as follows.
- First you need to collect the right amount of foliage. It is important that it is fresh and well bent.
- 5-7 sheets are used to create one flower. The first step is to choose the smallest one. It must be bent in half.
- Next, this blank must be twisted into a tube.
- Holding the middle of the future flower in hand, wrap the leaf with a second leaf. It is also pre-bent in half.
- In the same way, the bud is wrapped with the rest of the sheets.
- Gently dissolving the bud, the lower part of the flower is tied with a thread.
- Prepared buds need to be collected in a voluminous bouquet.
Roses, if desired, can be combined with rowan branches, dried flowers or fresh flowers. This will make the composition even brighter and more beautiful.
Walnut shell
To create original autumn compositions, you can use not only whole nuts, but also their shells. It is necessary to procure material in advance. A master class on creating such a composition looks very simple.
- First of all, you need to create neat flowers from nutshells. To do this, the two halves are fastened with glue. A wooden skewer is fixed between them.
- While the blanks are drying, you can prepare the rest of the details to create a bright composition.
- Cones, dried flowers and spikelets must be sorted by size and cleaned of debris.
- After that, you can start assembling this unusual composition.
- Decorate the finished bouquet with colored paper or burlap. You can tie it with ordinary twine.
Such a bouquet will stand for a very long time and delight everyone around with its attractive appearance.
From chestnuts
The chestnuts collected during the walk can also be used to create an unusual bouquet. It is made according to the same principle as the composition of nuts.
The chestnuts are pre-dried and peeled. After that, each of them is attached to a long wooden skewer with a glue gun. Further, all the "flowers" are connected with tape.
The finished bouquet is wrapped with gift paper and decorated with twine or ribbons.
From rowan
A bright composition can be created from scarlet autumn rowan. The process of making a bouquet does not take much time. All you need is to select beautiful bright bunches and flowers that will be combined with them. It is best to use white asters or dahlias for this purpose.
Flowers are combined with bright berries. After that, the composition is decorated with autumn foliage. The bouquet looks impressive. It will look beautiful in any vase.
From pumpkin seeds
Another original craft is a light bouquet of pumpkin seeds. A student of grades 1–2 will be able to cope with the creation of such a composition.
- First you need to make the base of the flower. For this, ordinary plasticine is used. It needs to be kneaded well in your hands and rolled into a large ball.
- Pumpkin seeds are attached to such a base in a circle. They need to be positioned as close to each other as possible.
- Once you're done with one row, you can start creating the next. The flower should be voluminous and beautiful.
- The center of the flower is filled with small seeds or dry buckwheat. These parts are attached to the bud with glue.
- Flower leaves can be made from green-colored seeds, felt, or foamiran.
- The finished buds are attached to wooden skewers.
The craft can be placed in a pot or a glass decorated with twine.
Applications
You can make beautiful applications from scrap materials with your own hands. Such compositions are suitable for school or kindergarten.
Children's craft from autumn foliage
A child aged 3-4 years can make such an easy craft. To create it, you can use both dry foliage and blanks cut from double-sided colored paper.
A cut-out vase figurine is attached to a cardboard base. In the upper part of the craft there are multi-colored sheets. Only the lower part of the leaf is glued to the paper. Thanks to this, the craft turns out to be voluminous and beautiful.
Bouquet of leaves and dried flowers
Blanks for creating such an applique are made in advance. You can use various spikelets, dried flowers, leaves and even flower petals in your work.
To begin with, the largest parts are attached to the base of the panel. While the blank is drying, flowers and spikelets must be collected in a neat bouquet. It needs to be tied with a ribbon or twine. In this form, the bouquet is attached to the base of the craft. The finished piece will look great in a frame.
Composition from scrap materials
You can use any seeds and grains to create this craft. First, on a cardboard base, you need to draw the outlines of a vase and flowers.
After that, seeds and grains are glued to this blank in dense rows. The finished composition is decorated with dry foliage and cereals. When the work is over, it must be dried. In this case, the grains will be securely fixed on the paper base.
Volumetric applique with berries
A similar composition consists of bright foliage and rowan branches. They are collected in advance and dried well. The base of the craft can be made from a piece of cardboard or part of an unnecessary box.
A blank in the form of a vase is attached to it. It is easy to make from colored cardboard or twine glued in rows. Such crafts are usually decorated with rhinestones or colored beads. Next, foliage and dry branches are attached to the cardboard base.
The finished composition can be decorated with acrylic, gouache or glitter paint. This craft will be a great gift for your mom or teacher.
Using these ideas, anyone can make a beautiful composition on the theme of autumn.
For a detailed master class, see below.