Making beetroot crafts

Autumn is a very generous time of the year when there is a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, from which you can make a lot of goodies and original crafts. Children love that familiar and edible fruits can be turned into funny hedgehogs or mice. It's amazing how much can be made from the familiar beets, which are usually added to borscht.

You can create interesting crafts for kindergarten or school from beetroot heads. It is enough to ask the children what this amazing and bright root vegetable is like, and many ideas will immediately appear. Of course, most often children want to make a baby elephant from large beets, because it with a long tail is so similar to a head with a trunk. Also, beets easily turn into a mouse, cubs, piglets, owl, goby and many other animals.

Everything is limited solely to fantasy. You can also complement the beets with other vegetables for fun and colorful compositions.

There are many ready-made ideas that can be supplemented with author's ideas.

One red beet can make a small and adorable mouse. To do this, you need to take a root crop, toothpicks, plasticine and colored cardboard.

Next, you should adhere to certain steps.

• The root crop is positioned so that its tail becomes mouse. The second side of the beet will become a muzzle on which you need to stick a piece of brown plasticine.
• From toothpicks inserted in place of the muzzle, you need to make a mustache.
• Ears must be cut out of cardboard, and the eyes and nose are made from a piece of black plasticine.

Many people like funny little hedgehogs. They can often be found in cartoons or books for children. Kids will be very pleased with the figurine of a beetroot animal for the exhibition, made according to the instructions.

• Prepare several small root vegetables, toothpicks, matches.
• Beets must be well washed from dirt and dried.
• Further, putting the root crop on the table, you should determine which side is more like a hedgehog's face. Oblong vegetables are best.
• All beets, except for the muzzle, must be filled with needles in the form of toothpicks. To do this, it is enough to stick them a little into the root crop.
• The eyes can be recreated from matches by sticking them in so that only the heads remain on the surface.

To make the hedgehog look more interesting, you can decorate it with leaves, miniature fruits or berries.

The shaggy mammoth looks like an elephant and is very popular with children. By supplementing the beets with artificial fur, foam, toothpicks and cotton wool, you can make an original craft.

• The body and legs must be cut out of foam. They can be made both whole and separately, and then just glue everything together.
• The head will be a small beet. It is especially good if her tail is thick, slightly curved and directed upwards. This will eliminate the need for additional commit.
• The head must be attached to the body using toothpicks.
• Eyes can be made from plasticine, cut out of colored paper, or even just drawn.
• The torso should be covered with a piece of faux fur and secured using a needle. Also, the shreds can be glued or sewn.
• Ears are made from beetroot, previously peeled. It is enough to cut off two root vegetable rings and attach them to the head. Cutouts must be made on the part adjacent to it. To improve adhesion, glue should be used.

The baby mammoth figurine can be placed on a pallet or a pretty tray.

Smeshariki are very funny, and children often want to make them themselves from scrap materials. Beets will make an excellent Sovunya. To make the craft quickly and with a minimum of effort, it is enough to follow all the steps listed.

• The round root vegetable should be washed thoroughly. It is he who will act as the torso.
• While the beets are drying, you need to mold the wings, legs and ears from purple plasticine.
• The next stage is sculpting a multi-colored plasticine cap. And here the initiative can be safely put into the hands of the child, so that Sovunya will turn out more colorful.
• The eyes are made of white and black plasticine bars, the mouth is pink.
• When all the details are ready, they should be attached to the body. For a better connection, you can use toothpicks.

The interesting elephant is one of the most popular animals for beetroot crafts for the fall. For exhibitions, quite often they choose a variant of the figure, which is also made from potatoes, carrots and two leaves of cabbage. Making an elephant is quite simple, following the step-by-step instructions.

• The medium beets, potatoes and carrots must be washed well and then wiped dry.
• Carrots should be cut into four pieces. They will act as legs.
• Toothpicks are used to assemble the elephant.
• Insert 2 sticks into the beets and attach the cabbage leaves-ears to them.
• The same should be done with the potatoes, which will be the body of the animal.
• The next step is to attach the carrot legs to the torso.
• It is convenient to create eyes from plasticine.

It is best to place the finished craft on a tray, where cabbage leaves or other greens will be spread. If desired, the child can supplement the elephant with any vegetables or fruits. This will create an original composition on the theme of autumn.

Even a preschooler can make a beetroot rat in a short time. To do this, you need to prepare a couple of root crops: one is larger, elongated, and the other is small and round. Progress:

• preparation of beets consists in washing and drying them;
• a cone-shaped head, ears and paws are cut from the smaller one;
• the elongated beets are positioned so that the tail is at the back;
• with the help of toothpicks, all parts must be connected to the body.

Green nibbles are more often made from cucumber or zucchini, but sometimes you can also find options from beets. Of course, in order to make the composition more interesting, it is better to additionally use other vegetables.

• An elongated root crop is suitable for the body, which will need to be peeled.
• Preschoolers are better off making a head and tail from another root vegetable. Schoolchildren can make a whole crocodile from one beet.
• Tomatoes can be used for mouth and eyes. To make the crocodile look more expressive, it is worth using pieces of olives and eggs. You will also need these ingredients for your nose and teeth.
• It is best to decorate the back of the craft with slices of cucumbers.

Vegetable goby, especially beetroot, turns out to be very cute. For manufacturing, you need a fairly large root crop. Of course, such a craft will require perseverance, but it will be an excellent option for a school exhibition.

• The root crop must be washed, dried and peeled.
• The initial circle should be cut so that it is convex.
• The next ring should be large and medium thick. This will be the animal's torso and must be placed on the tray.
• The next ring should be smaller and it will become the head of the animal. It is placed at the top of the body.
• On top of the head, place two slices of olive, which will become eyes.
• The muzzle will become a circle with a convex shape.
• 2 thin bow rings should be put on the muzzle to make the nose of a bull.
• Next, you need to cut the beet ring into two halves to make the ears. They are placed on both sides of the head. In this case, there should be room for the horns.
• The horns are made from a beet ring, in which a depression is created approximately in the center. The cut is made so that the flesh in the form of a bull's horn remains at the edges. They are placed above the ears. Moreover, a circle with horns is put, and not applied.

When decorating a bull, you should dream up using various materials at hand. For example, parsley can be used to make a forelock for an animal.

Beetroot piglets are very cute.

This will make the beets look more like funny animals. You also need to prepare black, pink and white plasticine and a plastic stack.

• First, the root crop must be washed and dried well.
• The beets are positioned so that the tail of the product is at the back. In the event that it is too long or branched, it must be cleaned of unnecessary branches and shortened.
• Piglet must be made from a piece of plasticine in the form of a flat cake with an average thickness.
• Ears are also made of plasticine in the form of triangles. It is advisable to make them not too large.
• To create a peephole, plasticine bars of white and black colors are used.
• When all the parts are ready, you should attach them one by one to the beets.

A few small pigs look especially funny. The composition can be decorated using other materials.

Cylinder-shaped beets will be an excellent base for creating a basket in an original style. You can put small fruits or berries in it. Also, a good vase for flowers and leaves is obtained from the root crop.

Very exquisite decorative elements can be obtained from beets, for example, a delicate rose. To make a flower, you will need a peeled root crop and step-by-step instructions.

• On the lower part of the beet with a sharp knife, it is necessary to apply several oblique cuts.
• Next, you need to cut the pulp in layers so that the petals are obtained.
• It is important that the petals are thin, but not transparent. It is necessary to continue working on the vegetable until it begins to resemble a rose in its appearance.

You can complement the decoration with rhinestones or beads that will resemble dew drops.

Interesting beetroot compositions can also be made for a winter theme. One notable example is the snowman. When making it, you can give free rein to imagination. In total, you will need three round roots of different sizes and various decorative elements.

An original snowman can also be made from beets of the same size. The winter character looks attractive in any way. Moreover, such a craft is obtained from beets very quickly.

At the same time, more initiative should be given to the child in order to captivate him with the process of creating crafts.

For the little ones, you can offer the idea of ​​creating a Kapitoshka. Beetroot makes this cartoon character very funny and funny. You can quickly and easily cope with such a craft.

We have considered one method of making a rose from beets, but there is another one, no less interesting.