Crafts from cones and plasticine

Crafts made from spruce, pine and cedar cones are popular with both kids and their parents. The creation of such toys develops creative imagination and fine motor skills. There are a lot of ideas for such crafts.

Most often, children make figures of forest animals and pets from cones and plasticine. Even children 4-5 years old can be engaged in the creation of such crafts.

Even a small child can make plasticine and cones of a small white bunny or rabbit. A figurine with white ears and paws looks beautiful. To make it, you need to prepare a small dry cone, as well as white and pink plasticine.

The first step is to make a ball out of a soft material. A pink nose and a small tongue are attached to the head. Separately, you need to sculpt long flat ears from white plasticine. At the edges, you need to fix pieces of pink plasticine. Small eyes and a mustache will complement the muzzle. The head with ears is attached to the bump-like body. Small paws are also attached to it. The figurine is stable and beautiful.

To create a figurine of a wild boar, you will need a small cone, plasticine of three colors and a stack. You also need to start work with sculpting the head of the animal. It is made of pink plasticine and turns out to be slightly elongated. White eyes with black pupils are attached to it. When the base is ready, you need to carefully arrange the patch with a stack.

The head is attached to the back of the bump. It is fixed very securely. From the remnants of pink plasticine, you need to make 4 small paws and a thin twisted tail. They are also fixed based on the figurine.

A simple autumn craft from leaves, cones and plasticine can be done in just a couple of minutes. The first step is to decorate the base for the craft with dry leaves. From soft orange plasticine, you need to mold a neat muzzle, small ears, paws and a tail for a fox. You need to decorate these details with a regular stack. They must be carefully attached to the bump in the right places. Above the nose is a pair of eyes with green pupils and thin eyelashes.

A round spruce cone can make a great bear cub. To make it, you need white and black plasticine. You need to make 4 pairs of paws from a light material. They should be neat and stable. Fingers can be drawn on them with a regular stack. From the remnants of white plasticine, you need to make a round head and neat ears. Decorate the face of a bear with a black nose, eyes and mouth.

To make such a figure with your own hands, you need to prepare two cones of different sizes, several branches and plasticine. The process of creating a figurine consists of several stages.

1. The first step is to connect two cones of different sizes using a piece of white plasticine. The neck should be straight and tidy.
2. Eyes should be formed from the remains of white plasticine and supplemented with neat black pupils.
3. Use brown plasticine to create the ears and nose. They are attached to the deer's head.
4. The four branches must be carefully trimmed. Curly hooves of black color are attached to their edges. The legs themselves are fixed on the cones using the same plasticine.
5. The two remaining branches are attached to the head. To make them look like real horns, they must be decorated with flat stripes made of brown plasticine.
6. Finally, a small dark tail should be attached to the deer's body.

To create such a small cute hedgehog, you need to prepare a long cone, bright plasticine and two chestnuts. To make the figure easily recognizable, first of all the hedgehog needs to make a beautiful face out of orange plasticine. It should be slightly elongated. A nose is attached to its edge, and on top are eyes made of white and brown plasticine.

Two long upper legs and two short lower legs must be attached to the body of the hedgehog. Small chestnuts are attached to them. The figurine is small but attractive. By the same principle, you can make porcupine from plasticine from pine or spruce cones.

A lion made of bright orange plasticine will also look beautiful. The process of creating such a figurine consists of several stages.

1. The dried spruce cone must be divided into two parts, carefully cutting off the top from it. A small ball should be rolled out of orange plasticine. It is placed right in the center of the bump.
2. Next, you need to make a thick "sausage" from a large piece of orange plasticine. It attaches to the other side of the bump.
3. From the remains of plasticine, four paws of the same size must be molded and attached to the body.
4. A lion's tail can be made with regular knitting thread. It is easily fixed on a plasticine base.
5. After that, from yellow and brown plasticine, you need to blind the eyes, nose and mouth for the lion.

Having picked up a beautiful open cone, you can use it to create a squirrel figurine. The basis of this craft consists of orange plasticine. The squirrel's body is made elongated and long.

The head for this animal is made from a smaller piece of plasticine and complemented by beautiful sharp ears. Such a craft is decorated with large eyes, a nose and a muzzle made of light plasticine. The squirrel's head is attached to the body.

The bump must be carefully attached to the body using a small piece of plasticine. The legs are attached to it in the same way. The upper ones are made of plasticine, and the lower ones are made of acorns of the same size.A small nut is fixed in the legs.

In order to make such a simple turtle, not a whole bump is used, but only a part of it. The base of the figure must be made of brown plasticine. A circle with large paws and a neat head is attached to the bump and is decorated with green eyes. To make the product durable, it should be covered with a layer of varnish.

A voluminous craft made from scrap materials looks bright and beautiful. To create it, you will need not only plasticine and cones, but also small shells and nuts. The first step is to dry all natural materials well.

An elongated nutlet is attached to the cone with the help of plasticine. You can decorate it using a small piece of pink plasticine. The nose, eyes and mouth, made of the same plasticine, will decorate the base. Horns from pre-dried shells must be carefully attached to the head. This simple craft will be complemented by brown plasticine legs and a white and red New Year's hat made of the same material. The figurine is stable and very beautiful. It can be used as a Christmas toy.

Such a cute figurine is also very easy to make with your own hands. A small dry bump is used as the basis for this product. Neat round ears and paws must be formed from yellow plasticine. The same color can be used to create a pointed nose. It can be decorated with a dark tip and a red tongue. Plasticine eyes will complement this figure.

You can also make a small dachshund, horse, or cute sleeping kitten using pine cones and a little plasticine. Each such figurine can be made truly unique by approaching this process with imagination.

To create fish from cones and plasticine, you can use one simple scheme. You can understand how to make them by focusing on the next step-by-step master class.

1. Three pairs of fins and a tail of a suitable size should be made from colored plasticine.
2. You can decorate them with small colored or black dots.
3. From the remains of plasticine, you need to make a muzzle for a pike. It should be neat and elongated.
4. Eyes are attached to the face of the fish. The rest of the details are drawn in a stack.
5. When all the parts are ready, they need to be attached to the bump.

Birds from plasticine and cones also look cute. You can make the following light figures with your child.

• Owl. To create this craft, you need to connect two cones together. One of them should be slightly smaller than the other. Plasticine in this case acts as a binding material. From colored plasticine, you need to make two elongated wings, small ears, eyes and a beak. From blue - bright pupils. The figurine of an owl or an owl turns out to be very effective.

• Swan. It is also easy to make an elegant white swan with your own hands. A long neck must be formed from a piece of white plasticine. A black and red beak is attached to it. After that, the white part joins the body. To make the bird look more realistic, you can decorate its back with pieces of cotton wool. Instead, the base of such a figurine can be supplemented with small plasticine wings. You can decorate them with a regular stack.

• Ostrich. You can make such a funny bird in just a couple of minutes. It consists of just a few details. To create an ostrich, you need to roll 3 pieces of the same length. Two of them are neatly bent and attached to the body of the bird. The third is complemented by a beak and small blue eyes. The bird turns out to be stable and very unusual.

• Chickens. Bright yellow birds look bright and impressive. To create such toys, the cones must first be painted in a suitable shade. Separately, you need to make the head of each of the birds. A small plasticine ball must be supplemented with a red beak and a pair of white and blue plasticine eyes.This design can be supplemented with small paws in bright orange or red. When the figurine is ready, you can additionally cover it with a layer of varnish. The product will turn out not only beautiful, but also resistant to any damage.

• Turkey. To create such a craft, you will need several cones at once. The base of the craft is attached to the bird's head. A tail painted in a bright color is fixed on her torso. The design is complemented by a head made of brown plasticine, complemented by a beak and large eyes. The figurine is stable and beautiful. There is no need to attach the legs to the lower part of the body. To make the product brighter, it can be supplemented with colored sparkles.

If you adapt these simple schemes a little, you can craft birds such as a sparrow, stork, woodpecker or heron from scrap materials. These children's toys look cute and interesting. A small loop can be attached to such a figure. In this case, colored birds can be used as Christmas tree decorations.

Crafts from cones and plasticine can be adapted to the hobbies of the child. You can even make unusual fantasy characters or heroes from your favorite games from cones, leaves and other scrap materials.

This colored plasticine dinosaur will appeal to both kids and schoolchildren. To create such a toy, you need to knead the purple plasticine well and roll out two thick strips from it. One of them will become the neck of a dinosaur. The second is with its tail and back. Both parts are attached to the back of the toy. From the remnants of the purple material, four wide and stable paws must be fashioned.

You can decorate such an unusual creature with bright orange plasticine thorns. The character's muzzle needs to be supplemented with eyes, nose and tongue. By the same principle, a dragon figurine can be molded from cones and plasticine. Small wings can be used to create this design. For reliability, they should be covered with a layer of varnish or paint.

Characters from fairy tales are also very popular among children. For example, a goblin or a forester. It is quite simple to create such a craft with your own hands.

A long, unopened bump is used as a base. Stable legs and arms are attached to it in the form of thin branches. Colored eyes, mouth and nose will decorate such a product. A red hat with white dots, in which he looks like a mushroom, will complete the image of the woodsman.

In a pair of this fabulous character, you can create Baba Yaga. The base of the figurine is made according to the same principle. It is decorated with a purple scarf made of a thin sheet of plasticine. This character's hair is easy to make with gray knitting thread. Lesovichok and Baba Yaga look very beautiful together.

When planning the creation of crafts on the theme of "Autumn", you need to learn how to make small colored mushrooms with your own hands. The cones in these crafts are usually used as a base. You can decorate them with chestnut or colored plasticine hats. You can choose any color of the material for creating crafts. You can decorate the composition with ordinary leaves, acorns and nuts.

Original New Year's crafts also look beautiful. Making such a figure with your own hands is not as difficult as it seems. The cone must be carefully attached to the plasticine base. It is worth decorating an artificial Christmas tree with green paint and plasticine toys. They can be both round and made in the form of small stars.

In order for the figures from cones and plasticine to look beautiful, you need to adhere to the following rules.

1. Choose quality material. To create your own crafts, you can use both ordinary plasticine and soft.The main thing is that it does not harm the health of children and is of sufficient quality.
2. It is good to prepare buds. When collecting materials to create your toys, they must be dried in advance. In this case, the crafts will not deteriorate over time. Collecting cones is best done in autumn or spring. For work, it is worth choosing products of a suitable shape. It is necessary to dry the cones, having previously cleaned them of excess resin. This can be done in different ways. Most often, buds are dried in a large cast iron skillet, oven, or microwave.
3. Store products in a suitable place. The room they are in should be dry and not too sunny.

For information on how to make a turtle from a cone and plasticine, see the next video.