Variety of corn crafts

Crafts from corn for kindergarten and school will surely delight any child. This natural material is versatile, bright in color, and lends itself well to various processing methods. An overview of the master classes will allow you to learn how to create minions and other crafts on the theme of autumn with your own hands from cobs or corn leaves.

Bright handicrafts made from corn for kindergarten are a real hit among parents. For the next creative competition, you can present bright crafts with cartoon characters together with the kids. Best of all, minions are obtained from corn - figures of bright yellow color in stylish denim overalls. For 1 craft, you will need 1/2 or 1/3 of a corn cob, some colored felt, and denim.

A minion figurine is crafted as follows.

1. Set the bobbin trim vertically. Straighten the hairs that have remained after brushing. They can be cut or styled into a fun hairstyle.
2. From felt white and light gray make "glasses", draw a pupil inside. Fasten on the figurine with a black rubber band. Minions' eyes can be either 1 or 2.
3. Make clothes - denim overalls or an apron with straps. You can also create all the decorative elements from plasticine. The child will definitely like such a creative task.

The minions are ready. It is better to make them in pairs at once, but you can create a whole army of these indefatigable assistants.

From the leaves of corn, you can create spectacular crafts on the theme of autumn in the form of flower bouquets. For example, to school, to participate in a creative competition.

More complex fall crafts are made from corn leaves. Step by step, this process looks like this.

1. Fresh or dry corn leaves are straightened. About 20 pointed petals, a rounded substrate and a strip about 50 mm wide are cut out of them with scissors.
2. The strip is rolled up and fixed. Glued to the center of the backing.
3. Petals are glued to the base. They are fixed in a circle, in a checkerboard pattern, with a pointed end inward.

The fully assembled flower can be glued to a gift box, decorated with a card or headband.

Beautiful bright yellow corn animal figurines can be made from cobs sawn into fragments. The dry material is cut with a hacksaw or a sharp knife. From pumpkin seeds, black peppercorns and 2 rounded cuts, you can make a duck figurine. The main parts of corn are placed on the edge, glued together, bright pumpkin seeds turn into a beak and legs. Eyes are made from peppercorns.

It is equally easy to create animal figurines from corn. The most interesting of them deserve special attention.

• Horse. Its body is made from an ear of corn, the sharp end of which is cut off - this will be the head. Neck and legs are made from birch twigs, eyes can be formed from sunflower or watermelon seeds, ears - from halves of an acorn. The tail and mane are made from corn bough, the legs and neck are made with a pointed cut to easily stick into the base.

• Rabbit. For this figurine, take 3 pieces of thin corncob of different widths. In addition to solid elements, 5 saw cut halves are also taken. From 4 paws are made, another 1 will become a tail. For bunny ears, you can take halves of pistachio shells.

• Hedgehog. It is made from a miniature corncob with a pointed end and a piece of sunflower that has been stripped of seeds. The details are connected, the excess is cut off. You can fasten the elements with glue, threads.

Corn is an excellent material used to create simple and complex artworks for various exhibitions and competitions. Creative projects for children and adults can be made from the vegetable itself, its seeds, stems and leaves. Corn grains go well with other preparations from natural material - berries, twigs (both fresh and dead wood).

Sun-yellow ripe cobs look interesting in a variety of crafts. But if children can easily cope with simple options on their own, then it is better to do more complex ones together with their parents. In addition to the cobs, you will have to take care of toothpicks, dry leaves obtained from peeled corn.

The procedure for making crafts will be as follows.

1. Set the large ear of corn to one side. This will be the car body.
2. Cut 1 more into pieces - 1 wide and 2 narrower for wheels. Another 3 approximately equal parts will be needed to decorate the upper part of the convertible.
3. Assemble the bottom of the car. Fasten the wheels with toothpicks.
4. In the front part, instead of the windshield, fasten the curved piece from the corn tail.
5. In the back - 2 shorter fragments. Stretch a "roof" of dried leaves over them.

It remains to make a steering wheel from a thin saw cut of corn and a toothpick. The convertible is ready.

A simple craft for kids in kindergarten can be made from cobs and colored cardboard. It is enough to put the corn vertically, stick portholes and wings on it, giving stability. Even a child of 3-4 years old can easily master such a craft.

Corn leaves (dry or soaked in warm water) are great creative materials. By gluing them onto a yellow cardboard base, you can create a beautiful sun. The leaves lend themselves well to staining, they can be soaked in food coloring.

A doll girl made of talash (corn leaves) is made using the weaving method. This craft is widespread in the southern regions of Russia, Ukraine and other countries.

The procedure for making a girl doll will be as follows.

1. Fold all the strips on top of each other, aligning them along the denser edge. The more there are, the denser the pupa will be.
2. The thin ends of the collected bundle are tied with threads so that the strips do not knock out.
3. Turn the resulting sheaf in a knot inward. Bend the fibers, straightening them around the harness from the outside so that you get a head. Drag, shaping the neck. For volume, you can put a little cotton wool or padding polyester inside. Do not break the thread of the constriction.
4. A braid is made for a girl doll. For her, a sheet of talash is divided into 3 strips, tied along the edges. The finished braid is wrapped around the head, tied with threads left on the neck.
5. Another 1 braid is woven - for the hands. It is inserted inside the sheaf, under the banner. Aligns so that you get 2 arms of the same length.
6. It remains to pull the bodice, make a skirt. At the finished pupa, the bottom of the sheaf is trimmed. A braided pigtail belt is made for the waist.

The girl in the Russian folk style is ready. She can paint her face with acrylic paints or permanent felt-tip pens, sew a sundress.

Talash and corn cobs can be easily turned into a beautiful wreath in the form of a ripe sunflower from the gifts of nature in the autumn range. For him, you will need a round-shaped base frame on which the product will be assembled. The cobs should be multi-colored - so the decor element will look more like a sunflower. They are fixed in a circle on glue, pressing tightly against each other, you can additionally fasten them with toothpicks or wire. The leaves (talash) are abundantly fixed around the ears, giving them the appearance of flower petals.

A child will be able to make a beautiful doll from a corncob under the guidance of adults. It is better to prepare the material for work in advance, since it should be quite diverse in this craft. Among the necessary components are:

• thin wire or tailoring thread;
• transparent non-toxic glue;
• fresh peeled corn cob, its leaves;
• a twig with red autumn berries - viburnum, mountain ash will do;
• dried fruits of physalis;
• dead wood;
• fresh stems of plants with inflorescences - clover, cornflower;
• black chokeberry berries, beads or small buttons of a dark color.

It is necessary to start making a pupa based on a corncob from the leaves. After cleaning the cob, they are preserved and dried. Then fold it in half, getting a fluffy flounce of the skirt. The corn cob is placed vertically. Along its lower edge, formed parts of the skirt are applied to each other, secured with wire.

The next steps for assembling the pupa will be as follows.

1. The skirt belt is decorated with white flowers. The wire mount is wrapped in thin stems. A girdle of clover or cornflowers is made on top.
2. A bit of the same decor is glued along the hem of the skirt along with berries.
3. The stigma of corn is glued to the head of the pupa. They are fixed so that you get a lush hairstyle. It is decorated with a wreath woven from the remaining natural materials. Viburnum berries and twigs are woven into it. You can use ribbons, beads.
4. Eyes are made from berries or buttons. They are glued where the doll's face will be.
5. Physalis berries in a shell are fixed on the sides of the head - these will be earrings.

It remains to make the doll a smile from red thread or felt. A beautiful craft on the theme of autumn is ready.

The flamboyant onion boy could very well be made from corn. The ear is used for the body of the figurine; the head is traditionally made from leek. Otherwise, you can follow the traditional canon of a fairy tale, actively using plasticine to decorate the craft.

Next, see a master class on making a horse from corn leaves.