Making potato crafts

Most children love to make a variety of bright and beautiful crafts with their own hands. A variety of materials can be used in their creation. Today we will talk about how to make decorative products from potatoes.

To begin with, we will look at how easy it is to make various crafts from such material in the form of animals step by step.

In this case, two potatoes are taken. In this case, one should be round (head), and the second oval, slightly long (body). It is necessary to prepare several toothpicks - with their help the vegetables are connected to each other.

And you should also prepare one boiled carrot. Its pointed end will be a tail; it is also attached with 1 or 2 toothpicks. The remaining part is divided into 5 parts (four identical and one smaller).

Four identical parts will be the paws of the cat, they can be immediately attached to the toothpicks. Two identical elements of a triangular shape are cut out of a small piece, these will be the ears of the animal, they are also immediately fixed on the workpiece.

To make a face, you can take plasticine. First, a white material is taken, two small balls are rolled out of it, then they are flattened a little. After that, take black or blue plasticine, roll two smaller balls from it and also flatten it. The resulting blue parts are fixed to white ones. The result is the eyes of an animal. The nose is molded from red material.

To make such a craft with your own hands, you must immediately prepare the following:

• several large oval-shaped potatoes;
• plasticine (pink, black and white);
• scissors.

1. You can immediately take pink plasticine... You need to tear off three small pieces from it.One is rolled into a ball and flattened. This will be the pig's patch. It is immediately attached to one end of the vegetable. Use scissors to form two holes.
2. From the other two pieces, create a triangular ears... If desired, their edges can be slightly bent inward. They are fixed from above at the same end.
3. Next, a white material is taken, two rounds are formed from it, flatten them... The same is done with black plasticine, but the blanks should already be a little smaller. First, white elements are attached to the pig's face, and then black ones on top.
4. At the end, another small piece is torn off from the pink plasticine. A flagellum is rolled from it and twisted into a spiral. The resulting element is attached to the second end of the potato.

To make hedgehogs, prepare several potatoes and toothpicks. The vegetables must be in their skins. In this case, one end is cleaned and, with the help of cleaning, a muzzle is formed in the form of an even cone.

• After that, they begin to create a muzzle. For this, white and black plasticine is taken. At the same time, three balls are torn from the dark material, two are identical and one is larger. A nose is formed from a large ball.
• At the same time, a white material is taken. Two balls are also rolled out of it, they are flattened. Then the finished elements are fixed on the face. Small black parts are attached to the top. If desired, you can attach ready-made eyes.
• At the end they take toothpicks. They will become the needles of a hedgehog. They begin to be gradually inserted into the potato, covering the entire body.

To make this craft, you need to prepare three small potatoes. Two of them should be oval, one more round.

• All vegetables are connected with each other using 1-2 toothpicks... If they are not there, you can take matches.
• By combining vegetables, you get the preparation of the body and head.... Next, a brown thread is taken. Better to take a floss. A bushy tail and mane of a horse is formed from the material. The resulting blanks are glued to the base.
• To make a muzzle, black plasticine is taken, two balls roll from small pieces, they will become the eyes of an animal... Ears of a triangular shape are cut out of white cardboard or paper. They are also immediately glued to the head. Next, the legs are made. For this, four matches are taken, rolled balls of brown plasticine are attached to their ends. In this form, the resulting parts are fixed in the body.

• A large oval potato is taken as a body. It is attached to a smaller round vegetable (head). At the same time, the legs of the animal are formed. To make the hind legs, take one potato and cut it in half lengthwise.
• To make the front legs, cut two small slices (1/4 of the whole vegetable). With the help of a knife, cuts are made on them in such a way that a fold is formed in the middle. All parts made are fastened to each other.
• Ears should also be cut from the same vegetable in their uniform. The eyes of the bear should simply be drawn with a dark marker. The nose is most often molded from black plasticine. To make the craft more interesting, take another small vegetable. It is cut into two pieces across. Then you need to take one half and remove all the pulp from it.
• On the received blank, you can write "honey" with a marker. It is better to pour corn inside. This easy master class will be suitable for grades 2, 3 of the school.

To create it, you will need the following materials:

• half of the cabbage;
• potato;
• toothpicks;
• decor in the form of flower buds.

The potato is cut into two equal pieces. All toothpicks break in half. A piece of a toothpick is inserted into each potato half.

The second part of the toothpick is inserted into the cabbage. Previously, the halves of the potatoes are placed in such a way that the head and legs of the turtle are formed.At the final stage, the finished craft is decorated with flower buds.

To make a single spider, a medium-sized round potato is cut into two halves (head and torso). They are connected to each other, for this you can use glue. After that, toothpicks are taken (6 pieces). Each of them needs to be slightly broken towards the end. In this case, the toothpick should not completely break. These blanks will be the spider's legs.

All legs are inserted into the body, three pieces on each side. Next, proceed to the design of the muzzle. You can stick ready-made eyes. And also they are often made of plasticine and fixed on the main part.

When making a caterpillar, you need to take a few vegetables. They should be roughly the same size and shape.

• The parts are interconnected in such a way that a long body of the caterpillar is obtained, another potato is attached at the end from above - this will be the head... You can fix the potatoes with glue, plasticine or toothpicks. Often the same crafts are made from apples and onions.
• Feet can be crafted from carrots. It is permissible to simply cut it into circles and attach them to the bottom. A caterpillar hat is made from the top of a red pepper. It is carefully cut off along with the green tail, and then the edges are cut into triangles with scissors or a knife to make a beautiful pattern. The finished hat is put on the head.
• The muzzle can simply be drawn with a marker.... Sometimes it is molded from plasticine.

To make a duck, you need to prepare:

• two raw potatoes (small and large);
• citrus peel (you can use carrots);
• cloves (2 pieces).

Potatoes are connected with glue or plasticine. Next, duck legs are cut from the crust or carrot. First, rectangular blanks are made, and then cuts are formed at one of the ends. The nose is also cut from these ingredients. A carnation is used as a peephole. It should be additionally fixed with glue.

• An elongated potato is taken as a basis, it will become the body of a mouse. Next, you need to take carrots. Two circles are cut off from it. They will become the ears of the animal. To insert them neatly, two shallow cuts are formed at the base. The ears are fixed in them.
• To make the muzzle of the mouse, plasticine is taken. Three small balls are sculpted from it. One of them will be the nose. It is attached to one end of the body in the middle. The other two balls are flattened a little, and then fixed on the muzzle.

• The basis of this craft will be a large oval tuber. On both sides of it, a sharp knife is carefully cut in such a way as to form the wings. Next, the carrots are taken. A small circle is cut out of it, and an incision is made in it. This detail will become the bird's nose.
• Owl legs are also cut from carrots... For this, pieces of a triangular shape are formed, the wide end of each workpiece is cut so that separate fingers are obtained. The resulting elements are attached to the potato.
• Bird eyes can be made from a variety of materials. Often just plasticine is taken for this. Sometimes they are made from paper and other vegetables. It is permissible to simply draw them with a marker, or glue on ready-made eyes.
• At the final stage, the ears are formed. For this, small identical cuts are made with a knife or scissors on the upper part on both sides. A couple of green leaves can be placed under the wings of the bird.

To make a poodle figurine with your own hands, prepare the following materials:

• potatoes;
• inflorescences of cauliflower;
• toothpicks;
• peppercorns.

Four toothpicks are inserted into the lower part of the tuber. Cauliflower must be planted on them. As a result, the paws will be ready. The dog's face is made of two inflorescences, while they are pricked onto a toothpick so that one stalk protrudes slightly. One pea of ​​pepper is placed on its edge. Eyes are also made from this pepper. The poodle's tail will be a small cabbage inflorescence. It is neatly fixed on a toothpick or match on the back of the tuber.

Now we will look at how to make potato smeshariki correctly. Manufacturing takes place in several stages.

• You need to take four medium-sized potatoes. They rinse well and then wipe dry with paper towels. Place the vegetables in a warm place to allow them to dry completely.
• Next, plasticine is prepared... It is recommended to first send the material to the battery so that it can become as pliable as possible, so it will be much easier to work with it.
• The body of each smesharik will be a potato... Each such vegetable is coated with a thin layer of yellow, beige, pink and peach-colored plasticine.
• White eyes are drawn with a proofreader, or nail polish.
• Individual elements (pupils, eyebrows, eyelashes, glasses) are drawn separately using a brown or black pencil.
• Handles, spout and legs can be made of multi-colored plasticine... For this, small pieces of material are taken, from which they form triangular blanks or just thin strips. Then they are neatly fixed to the body.
• Next, make individual parts in the form of horns, needles, hats... For this, plasticine of various colors is also used.

Now let's figure out how to make a decorative product in the form of a cheburashka with our own hands. To do this, follow these steps.

• A tuber of large sizes is selected, it should have an oblong shape, so that when cutting across with a thickness of 1-2 cm, rings of different sizes are formed... One tuber should make 6-7 rings.
• The largest potato ring will become the body of the Cheburashka. It is necessary to attach a smaller circle to it with a toothpick - this will be the head.
• After that, two elements of the same size are selected - they will become ears. They are also attached with toothpicks.
• In order for the hero to have a complete image, you need to make eyes from a carnation. The mouth for him is made from carrots. One circle is cut off from it, and then it is cut in half, one part is attached to the face of the Cheburashka.
• If desired, make a hat, to make the character look more interesting.

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