Autumn crafts from plasticine

Crafts on the autumn theme look interesting, bright and help kids get to know the world around them better. This soft and elastic material can be used to make both original applications and figurines depicting animals or autumn gifts.

Beautiful do-it-yourself applications can be done in stages by both toddlers and children from the younger group.

To create this autumn plasticine craft, you will need cardboard or thick paper. The process of sculpting such a picture consists of five stages.

• To begin with, thin flagella of different lengths need to be rolled out of yellow, red and orange plasticine.
• It is necessary to form spirals from them.
• These small pieces are attached to cardboard. The crown of the tree is formed from them. You need to arrange the spirals in a chaotic manner. In this case, the autumn tree will look more natural. Each of the elements must be lightly pressed against the cardboard.
• Denser and wider flagella must be fashioned from brown plasticine. They are attached to the bottom of the craft and act as tree trunks. To make the base look neater, it needs to be slightly trimmed with a stack.
• From the remnants of yellow, red and orange plasticine, you need to form spiral leaves that will fill the space at the bottom of the picture. Some of the colored parts should be made more blurred by pressing them against the cardboard and slightly smoothing the edges.

This craft for preschoolers can become part of a postcard or a large floral arrangement.To sculpt a colored maple leaf, you need to use white paper, several pieces of light plasticine of different colors and scissors. The technology for creating such crafts is very simple.

• First, cut a maple leaf of the right size from a piece of cardboard.
• Several small parts must be cut off from blocks of plasticine of different colors.
• Each of these pieces must be kneaded and laid out on paper in a chaotic manner.
• All these details should be smeared over the surface, carefully mixing colors. The transitions between different shades should be smooth.

This fall-themed maple leaf can be additionally decorated with black dots for a more natural look.

You can also depict a still life consisting of autumn vegetables, fruits and mushrooms on cardboard. The autumn harvest looks bright and impressive. You can see this on the example of a craft depicting a basket of mushrooms. Here is a step-by-step instruction on how to create it.

• First, you need to make the main detail of this applique - the basket. It needs to be sculpted from a large piece of brown plasticine.
• A flat semicircle is attached to cardboard and decorated with a stack.
• Make a handle from orange and brown flagella. It turns out to be more voluminous.
• After the basket is ready, you can start sculpting the mushrooms. They are made from plasticine of different colors. Each mushroom consists of a cap and a stem.
• You can place mushrooms in different parts of the applique.

Green leaves and small snails will complement the picture. A composition created from fruits and berries will also look beautiful. It can be completely molded from plasticine or painted, and then supplemented with volumetric details.

Colored volumetric figures turn out to be no less beautiful than appliqués. Children of any age can work with them.

A great craft option that can be taken to school is a snail sitting on a sheet. As a basis, you can use collected blanks or crafts made of paper and plasticine. How to make such leaves has already been discussed earlier.

• To begin with, you need to form an elongated strip with a sharp end from plasticine. The snail's body slightly resembles an ordinary carrot in its appearance.
• A muzzle drawn with a stack and ears made of plasticine or thin branches will complement the base.
• The shell can be made from different materials. For this purpose, you can use a nut, acorn or chestnut. Also, the shell of a snail is made of colored plasticine, rolled into a thin strip and twisted into a spiral.

Such a craft looks simple, but at the same time cute.

Even a small child can handle the creation of a beautiful long caterpillar. To sculpt it, you need to prepare several colored balls. It is best to choose "autumn" shades for this figurine: orange, yellow and brown.

All these parts are interconnected in random order. You can use fishing line or metal wire to attach them. Thanks to this, they are securely fixed to each other. You can decorate such a caterpillar with short colored horns and legs.

Green plasticine is used as a basis for this craft. For sculpting bright fly agarics, material of red and white colors is suitable. Such mushrooms are made very simply and quickly.

• The first step is to mold the mushroom legs. They are made of white plasticine. The base of the leg can be supplemented with a thin circle made of the same material.
• To create a hat, you need to knead the red ball and bend its edges.
• After that, it must be attached to the leg.
• Small white dots of different sizes will complement the fly agaric hat.

The resulting mushrooms are attached to the green grass. To create an autumn composition, you should use figures of different sizes.

Vegetables and fruits from colored plasticine can also complement any autumn composition. Such crafts are molded very simply. So, to create a bright carrot, you just need to roll a ball of orange plasticine, stretch it in length and add a green tail.

It's also easy to mold a bright red apple from plasticine. The base of the fruit is made from lighter plasticine. From above, the craft is covered with a layer of dark material. Thanks to this, the fruit will look beautiful even in the cut. The craft is complemented by a thin tail and leaves.

A bright orange plasticine chanterelle can complement a large craft on the theme of autumn.

• From the bulk, you need to form the body and head of the fox. Both parts should be voluminous and slightly elongated in length.
• The fox's legs must be fashioned from long sausages. The front ones are shorter, the back ones are long and curved in the middle. The finished legs are attached to the body of the fox.
• White and orange plasticine is used to sculpt the tail. The bright red detail is decorated with a white tip. The tail is attached to the body of the fox and curls slightly to the side.
• When the craft is ready, you need to decorate the fox's head. To do this, ears and eyes must be molded from orange and white plasticine. Pupils and nose are made of brown material.

Such a craft in the autumn theme turns out to be very beautiful.

You can also use natural materials to create autumn crafts.

Using soft plasticine and ordinary cones, you can learn how to create a variety of animals with your own hands.

• Hedgehog. When creating a figurine of this animal, the cone is used as the main material. The rest of the details can be molded from plasticine of any color you like. The main part of the craft is the head, which is formed from a ball that is slightly elongated in length. Complementing her small eyes and a neat nose. The legs of the same size are made from the same material. They are attached to the cone in the right places and are slightly decorated with a stack.

• Squirrel. To create this craft, you will need colored plasticine, a pine cone and several acorns. The base for the figurine is molded from an orange material and complemented by a white piece in the center of the craft. The legs of the animal are molded from orange plasticine, as well as its head, which is complemented by ears, nose and eyes. The tail is attached to the squirrel's body with a small piece of plasticine. Acorns are used instead of lower legs. The product turns out to be voluminous and unusual.

• Mouse. To sculpt such a cute animal, you need to pick up and dry a long pine cone in advance. A muzzle made of white plasticine is attached to it, as well as ears and paws of the same color. A thin, light tail is attached to the back of the figure. The dark-colored product is complemented by the eyes and nose.

A cute small hedgehog can be decorated not only with a pine cone, but also with seeds. To sculpt such a craft, you need to prepare plasticine, a stack and sunflower seeds. The process of its creation consists of three stages.

• First you need to make the base of the figure. The body must be molded from black plasticine.
• The muzzle of the animal must be made more elongated. A dark nose is attached at its end.
• Seeds are attached to the body of the figurine, which act as needles.

You can decorate such a craft with mushrooms, berries and fruits sculpted from soft plasticine.

If it is difficult for a child to work with plasticine, our advice can help him.

• In the event that it is difficult for a baby to sculpt figures from dense plasticine, the material should be put in a bag or wrapped in plastic wrap and immersed in water for a couple of minutes. During this time, it will soften well - it will be much easier to work with it.
• To draw various small elements, you should use a stack or a toothpick. It all depends on the size of these parts.
• In order not to stain the work surface, sculpt crafts on a special board or on a table with an easy-to-clean surface. When working with plasticine, hair should be removed under a scarf.

To learn how to make an "Autumn Tree" plasticine applique, see the next video.