Crafts "Firebird" from leaves

Dried leaves are one of the most interesting natural materials. You can create a variety of crafts from them, ranging from simple applications to complex panels. How to make the application "Firebird" from dry leaves will be discussed in our article.

The variety of shapes and colors of autumn foliage stimulates the creation of many interesting crafts, compositions, applications. But in order to implement such an idea, it is necessary to take care of the collection of ornamental material in time.

They begin to collect it in the spring, when multi-colored leaves and bright flowers appear. Summer also gives a lot of objects, having collected and correctly preserved, in the future it can be used for creativity. However, the best time to harvest and dry the leaves is in autumn. She paints trees and bushes with incredible colors.

Before harvesting natural material, you should familiarize yourself with certain rules and follow them:

• ornamental material is collected only during dry weather;
• leaves of various shades, sizes and varieties are harvested;
• when assembling, pay attention to their appearance: they must be clean, even and not damaged.

Fallen leaves collected in autumn are usually golden in color. Providing stocks of natural material of green, burgundy and other shades will allow harvesting them before the beginning of leaf fall. To prevent such leaves from changing color during drying, the following requirements must be adhered to.

• The most popular is the traditional drying method, which consists of spreading the leaves between the pages of thick books. In this case, the collected material will dry for a rather long time. At the same time, the process itself is extremely simple, while it does not take time and effort.
• The accelerated method is used when the leaves are urgently needed. Its essence lies in the drying of raw materials using an iron. The collected or plucked leaves are laid between paper sheets and ironed until completely dry. They become absolutely even and do not change color.

The disadvantage of the described options is that the leaves become brittle after drying. To maintain their elasticity, natural material must be soaked in glycerin for a couple of days, and then ironed with an iron.

The use of natural materials will allow you to create beautiful paintings, appliques and panels. The fabulous "Firebird" made from dry autumn leaves will look unusually colorful.

To create it, you will need the following materials and tools:

• landscape sheet or cardboard;
• PVA glue;
• brushes for paints and glue;
• simple pencil;
• dried thin twigs and spikelets.

In addition, you will need dried, colorful leaves of various shapes. A herbarium of birch, cherry, white acacia will be especially suitable. Blanks from rowan, currant, irgi, ash, willow and maple will look good.

The firebird herself is a fabulous fictional character, so you should look for her image in children's books or draw yourself... To do this, you can use the description of the peacock or a snapshot of it.

To create a simple image of the firebird, follow these steps step by step.

• With a simple pencil on a piece of paper mark the contour of the future bird.
• Using blanks from autumn leaves, start forming the application... They begin by creating the tail of the firebird, selecting elongated parts for it.
• Blanks coated with PVA glue and glued fan along the marked contour.
• Supplement the tail with smaller leaves... They are glued on top of the first row, placing them in the middle of each leaf. It is better to choose a contrasting color for the details to make the tail look more colorful.
• From very small details form the third tier.
• Start to create the body of a fairy bird... For this, a narrow long sheet is used. It is attached vertically to a ready-made bright tail. From the bottom to the body, the legs of a bird from two petioles are attached.
• The head is fixed over the body, using for this an elongated leaf with a sharp "nose" in the form of a beak.

You can make a more complex applique by depicting a firebird in flight.

Blue colored cardboard is used as a basis for crafts. The contours of the bird are marked on it with a simple pencil. To create all the details, harvested dried leaves are also used.

It is necessary to make a head for the bird, then attach the body, wings and tail to it.

The work consists of several stages.

• From the blanks, a pointed rounded leaf is chosen for the bird's head. It is fixed with PVA glue to the base. Above the head, a maple lionfish is used as a decoration in the form of a shine.
• Move on to the formation of the torso. It is made from a long piece.
• Wings are attached perpendicular to the body. To make the feathers of the wings spread out, currant leaves are glued to their ends.
• Long petals are used for the tail. It is decorated with dried flowers glued in the middle of the "feathers".

Maple lionfish create a glow around the flying bird.

The volumetric figure of the firebird will look even more original. To create it you will need:

• A4 sheet of cardboard;
• bendable cardboard;
• scissors;
• needle and thread;
• drapery fabric;
• a variety of dry leaves;
• golden paint and "silver";
• a set of multi-colored acrylic paints;
• PVA glue;
• stapler.

In order to carry out this application, the following instruction is offered.

• You need to take cardboard cover it with a cloth and secure with a stapler.
• Using dry blanks, they begin to shape the tail. It is made from large maple leaves. They are glued in a fan in several rows. It is advisable to choose the color so that each row is lighter than the previous one.
• The use of flexible cardboard will allow making the appliqué volumetric. A bird figurine is cut out of this material. At the same time, its lower part is folded under the tail, the chest remains convex, and the head is glued to the tail or sewn with threads.

You can make an even more complex volumetric applique.

To create it, you need to take:

• old newspapers;
• threads;
• Scotch;
• thick cardboard;
• dry leaves and dry fruits.

Step-by-step instruction.

• Start by creating the internal skeleton of the bird... It is made from old newspapers, which are crumpled, giving them the appearance of a seated firebird. To prevent the newspapers from unfolding, they are wrapped with threads and fastened with tape.
• Next, the resulting figure is pasted over with dry leaves that imitate feathers... When the whole bird is "fledged", the tail is glued behind the body. It is made from a chestnut leaf. Tail feathers can be decorated with small bright leaves.
• Then proceed to the design of the head... For this, eyes made of dry black fruits are attached on the sides, a beak is placed in front, and a crest is placed in the back.
• Now left attach wings from dry wormwood.

The finished product is placed on cardboard covered with dry leaves or cloth.

To learn how to make the Firebird craft out of leaves with your own hands, see the next video.