Various crafts from cones do it yourself

Probably, there is no person who has never tried to make crafts or jewelery with his own hands. But for some, this is just a memory of childhood, while many do not give up this occupation even in adulthood.

In addition, nature regularly supplies us with all the necessary materials. And the most popular of them are, of course, bumps.

Rules for the preparation of natural material

Work with blanks begins with their processing. The fact is that the cones fall off the branches closed, but at room temperature they quickly open, and there they are not far from deformation.

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Save or correct the form by simple procedures:

1. To keep the form closed, the collection for 30 seconds is dipped into the wood glue (and completely).
2. On the other hand, the disclosure process can be accelerated. To do this, the workpiece is boiled for half an hour, and then dried on the battery. Another method is 2-hour oven drying at 250 ° C.
3. To give an unusual shape, the material is placed in water, tied up with a thread in the right place. With further drying on the battery, this area will shrink, and the workpiece will look like a flower.

4. When creating a "winter" decor blanks are often bleached. This helps the solution of water and whiteness, taken equally. Pouring such a mixture into a container is placed there as well. They must plunge completely (need oppression). Exposure - at least 5 hours, with further washing and drying.
Drying the cones in the oven

Important! Blanks are whitened only in well ventilated areas.

These simple methods of preparation help to bring the material to the desired condition - given the desired look or color, at the same time carried out and disinfection.

What can be made from cones

The blank can become the basis for the mass of handicrafts - from elementary animal figures that even little ones can handle, and ending with impressive structures, the assembly of which will require perseverance and some calculation.

Let's start with the most popular products - namely, homemade toys in the form of animals.

Zoo of cones

After thinking about the first inhabitant of the future "menagerie", many begin to work on the figure dogs - Still a symbol of the coming year.

To do this, you need different in size fruits, PVA glue and clay. Getting Started:

1. The biggest bump will be assigned the role of the body.
2. Smaller fruits are attached to it - one as a head, the other as a tail.
3. Having picked up even smaller ones, they are seized from below: these are the legs of a dog.
4. It remains to roll the eyes, nose and ears out of the pieces of plasticine, and fix them on the workpiece.

This is just one option. In fact, the number of components and the size of such a dog entirely depend on the flight of fancy - for the smallest, artistic decoration of one cone is sufficient, while older children make real masterpieces. Often seashells (future ears), beads for eyes and even patches of multi-colored fabric are used. In general, there is much to do.

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Look good and hedgehogs, for which you need the most fluffy copies, pieces of gray felt, dark beads, scissors and, of course, glue (ideally - a glue gun):

1. First make measurements - the matter is applied to one of the edges of the fruit, where there will be a muzzle.
2. Then cut out of felt a circle of the desired size, which is twisted into a cone, grasped with glue and glued to the workpiece. For greater elegance around the circumference, you can make a small incision in the form of a wave.
3. Beads are glued to the face - eyes and nose. The final touch - paws and ears of the same felt.

With the participation of the same material are made and squirrels:

1. On the patches of gray or light brown felt they put the contours of the muzzle, tail and paws (not bad if the future beast will keep an acorn of the same matter in the front).
2. Then it all cut out.
3. The first is the head - small beads or a figuratively carved black fabric (eyes and nose) are attached to the base.
4. A tail is glued to a vertically set bump - also standing.
5. Then attaches the lower pair of paws, muzzle and front paws with an acorn.

Approximately the same "props" and assembly scheme in the case of fox. True, other colors of the fabric will be needed here: the tone of the material should be closer to the orange one, and white inserts should be made on the face and the tip of the tail.

Important! If you cover the crafts varnish, they will last longer.

Little lovers of exotic will surely like turtlesmade from open copies and clay:

1. First, with the help of adults, the top is separated (so that after cutting with the scissors the widest part remains - it will go to the shell).
2. Brown plasticine roll "sausage" with a slight expansion at one end. The narrow edge is attached to the base of the bump - the head is ready.
3. Then roll up and secure the workpiece future legs and tail.
4. All this is carefully assembled, and a shell is placed on top. In the final, eyes are attached in the form of green plasticine pellets, and with the help of a toothpick you can draw a mouth.

As you can see, even a single animal can make a funny animal figure, and it will not take long.

Cones wreath

This attribute of the winter holidays is also done pretty quickly. The main thing is desire, a bit of fantasy and materials:

• cones (primacy over spruce, pine used only as a supplement);
• small fir branches;
• decorative elements - beads, ribbons, mini-figures;
• Scotch tape and newspaper;
• brown spray paint;
• glue gun, stapler and scissors.

Did you know? The geometrical figure cone owes its name ... to the cone (this is how the ancient Greek word "konos" is translated).

Everything is at hand, you can start:

1. Newspapers are twisted into a long tube. Having turned them into a circle, the edges are grabbed with a stapler.
2. To stiffen the base, they wrap paper cut into strips (a newspaper will come down), not forgetting to walk along the top with tape.
3. Then there is painting - on the workpiece evenly applied with a spray of brown paint.
4. After letting the coating dry out, glue the cones, being careful not to leave “bald spots” on the circumference.
5. Making sure that they are securely fastened, proceed to the decoration. The beads can be spirally wrapped around the entire workpiece, or they can be glued by laying it out with a snake on the outside. The position of the tape - at your discretion.

Elements in the form of small figures or bells are usually mounted inside a circle, although you can experiment with their placement.

Pine cones

To make such a miracle, besides the cones themselves will be required:

• cardboard;
• scissors;
• glue gun;
• green acrylic paint;
• sparkles.

The course of work is as follows:

1. For a start, calculate how many cones there are on hand. Of course, they need to be thoroughly cleaned.
2. With this in mind, cardboard is made of a cone of appropriate size (so that there will be no voids in it later). For stiffening, a circle cut from the same cardboard is attached to its base.
3. Cones are glued in tiers, going upwards. The largest are placed at the bottom, the middle ones are allowed a little higher, while the smaller ones will be closer to the top.
4. When the glue is dry and the "branches" are fixed, they are carefully painted, sprinkled with sparkles.

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Important! For fire safety purposes, such trees should not be decorated with rich illumination (and, especially, with burning candles).

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Pine Cones

The decorative capacity will recover any interior. Although this will have to properly stock up on materials, because you will need:

• open pine cones in large quantities;
• thick cardboard;
• thick and thin wire (it would be nice to match the bumps);
• glue;
• scissors and nippers;
• fragments of the decor.

After making sure that everything is ready, we will begin the assembly:

1. The first of the cardboard cut the bottom. Form - at your discretion (rectangular, circle, oval).
2. Then come the walls. Cutting pieces of cardboard suitable for the size, paste them over with cones. But even before this, the fruits themselves are connected by a thin wire (approximately in the middle). The excess wire is cut with nippers.
3. The walls are connected to the bottom with glue or wire. Transitions between them are hidden by gluing small cones around the bottom perimeter.
4. Now turn the handle. It is twisted from a thick wire, not forgetting to cover with tinsel, pieces of thin bark or other decor. Both edges are attached to the side walls of the basket on the glue (if the product is overall, the role of the fastening is assigned to a thin wire).

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At the very end is the decoration. For this ideal small decorations calm colors.

Homemade toys for the tree of cones

It all depends on your imagination.

The easiest way is to glue an elegant ribbon to the top of the bump, attaching a small bell in the center or dotting it with shiny beads.

Angels look good too. The lump is painted in a "festive" color (white, blue or purple) and sprinkled with sparkles. Mounted on the back are improvised soft wire wings wrapped in fine tinsel. Although you can do without it, carefully tying shiny material. Can make a variety and cones, painted with acrylic paints. Although it will take patience - the most spectacular are those who have painted the tips of all the "veins". Color range: yellow, blue, light green.

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Another unusual option is to decorate the cones themselves with multi-colored felt or felt balls. Such a trifle is on sale, and with some assiduity gives a chic look to the entire Christmas tree.

We already know that you can make a lot of toy beasts out of felt. It also produces snowmen. But in addition to the figured cutting of fabric elements, here you will have to glue sticks from under the ice cream (these will be skis), and at the very beginning paint the lump itself in white or blue.

Important! Glue and clay set only on a clean surface. Therefore, the cones must not only be cleaned of dust, but also washed under running water (of course, after letting them dry out).

But the brightest of the crafts are shiny birds. They are made from:

• large spruce cones;
• a small ball (suitable for ping-pong);
• fine wire;
• glitter paints;
• beads;
• thin cardboard and glue.

The order of work is as follows:

1. The cone and the ball are connected, and then painted in one color.
2. Then the wings and feathers are cut from cardboard, which are also dipped in paint.
3. After drying, they are glued to the workpiece.
4. Do wires made of wire, which will hold the whole structure. They are painted in the same color.
5. The last beads are attached, replacing the eyes and beak.

With this technology, you can get many other decorations in the form of figures, which will give the New Year tree an unforgettable look.

Pine cones

Well, what a holiday without a garland. Fortunately, to make it quite simple. From the available material with the tool needed:

• cones (the more of them - the longer our product will turn out);
• rope or twine (although a narrow ribbon will do);
• acrylic paint (gold or silver);
• hooks;
• pliers;
• tassel.

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Following actions:

1. Dust and dirt free buds are stained (only the tips themselves).
2. After waiting for the blanks to dry, hooks are inserted into the top of each of them with pliers.
3. Then take the rope and cut off a piece of the desired length. Putting it in the ears, be sure to make nodules, otherwise the bumps will roll freely on it.
4. Pay attention to the interval. Usually between the fruits make a gap of 10-20 cm (with a smaller rope runs the risk of sagging).

For a more elegant look, ribbon bows are attached to the tops.

Cones candlestick

To build such a device with your own hands is a simple matter, especially if there are nearby:

• old CD;
• decorative beads;
• rhinestones;
• transparent glue;
• varnish with sparkles and the bumps themselves.

The job is pretty simple:

1. Leaving a place in the middle of the disk, glue is applied around its circumference, on which cones are upset.
2. After fixing them, they switch to scales (varnished).
3. When it dries out, paste rhinestones and beads (or other elements of decor - be guided by your taste).
4. A candle placed in a tin "sole" is set in the center. For safety it can be glued to the disk.

Important! Using the candlestick for its intended purpose, make sure that the candle does not burn through to the end.

Everything, one more elegant element is ready to use.

Festive ball

A good option for those who love experiments.

To obtain such a decoration you need a ball of arbitrary size (preferably foam or of thin plastic). Of course, cones, tape and glue like PVA, as well as paint. All this goes into action:

1. From the foundation of future crafts remove dust.
2. Cones of the same size are neatly painted with an acrylic composition - it can be solid, or by covering the tips alone (even more elegant).
3. After drying, they are glued. The easiest way to let the fruit in a continuous layer, without breaking. Although if it turns out to be set at regular intervals, then why not.
4. At the top of the tape is glued, which will keep our decoration.

The resulting hack will be a great decoration for an interior door or furniture items. If you took a big ball, it may well become something like a winter disco-sphere, suspended from a chandelier or directly to the ceiling.

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Star

With a little effort, you can get the product, which also adequately complements the image of a festive home. This is a star, for the manufacture of which will need:

• cones of different sizes;
• tapes;
• wire on the frame (thick and thin).

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It all starts with the preparation of the basics:

1. The first wire is cut thicker - should get 5 skewers of the same length.
2. Assessing their location, hold the fastener: seize the intersection in the center with a thin wire or gently bend the workpiece in the same place.
3. Then strung the very workpiece - from large copies in the middle to small at the edges.
4. Do not forget that one of the rods will be carrying. Its edge is folded over so that it is for which to pick up the tape.
5. Finally, the star is decorated with beads or small balls.

The finished product will enliven the view of the door or corner near the wall.

Cones and other forest products: combine the gifts of nature

Cones look great in conjunction with other blanks and materials. This is exactly the case when everyone finds "his" craft.

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Plasticine creations

Plasticine and bumps are considered a kind of classics of children's applied arts.

Most often, the young masters please with simple products like:

1. Hedgehogs. One open bump is transformed by adding a plasticine muzzle, ears, legs, eyes and nose. Intensify the similarity with this animal called mini-apples rolled up from the same material. If the amount of clay allows, you can mold the body out of it by adding small sharp nubs as needles.

2. Foxy The scheme is about the same, but there are differences in the number of blanks (3 fruits of different sizes are needed, the largest one goes as the body) and the color of the "gluing". For such purposes, take a white, black and orange mass.
3. Crocodiles. Cones are painted with green gouache and attached to it is a fashioned body with paws. For greater reliability, 3-4 small needles are attached to the tips of the paws.

4. Hares.
5. Penguins.
6. Fish.

Important! Connecting to the creativity of the smallest, try to use clay for their intended purpose, and not tasted.

All these crafts are united by simplicity and accessibility: after all, the material needs only a small amount. There is also a benefit from such activities - working with plastic blanks, the kids thereby train fine motor skills.

We add acorns

Most often, as a result of this symbiosis, there are pretty gnomes.

Billets need a little: open cones with acorns and other elements (matches or small twigs, narrow ribbons). The work is elementary:

1. In spruce blanks cut the top.
2. On this place stick head. It is prepared separately - draw eyes and mouth.
3. In a hat taken from an acorn, a hole is made (a tape taken on a small knot is brought in there), without forgetting then to put it back.
4. Having fixed the head, on each side attach hands in the form of small branches or matches.
5. The image will complement the shoes of acorn caps.

Many gently stick to the head of this character a beard of sintepukh - it turns out well.

From the same spruce trunk with an acorn head can also go skier. The figure is placed on two brightly painted ice cream sticks, and thin toothpicks or lightly brushed matches are placed in the hands. Narrow tape shred here plays the role of a scarf. If desired, this way you can make a whole group.

Did you know? Each autumn, the spruce drops about 1/6 of its needles, which are replaced by new needles in the spring.

Similarly, receive and decorative mice. Just something and the difference that we need an acorn without a cap and paw instead of hands. The tail is a twisted ribbon or a flexible thin vine.

Chestnut Experiments

Chestnuts are a good addition - stocks collected in autumn can diversify the assortment of handicrafts.

With the participation of chestnuts you can make a lot of characters: the same gnomes and other little men, animals, and, of course, the characters of New Year's folklore that are recognizable by all. It is easy to make Santa Claus with the Snow Maiden out of such material, if you have:

• natural blanks (cones, chestnuts);
• plasticine;
• glue;
• varnish with sparkles;
• matches;
• cotton wool and cotton swabs;
• watercolor paint;
• tassel.

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All this is involved in this order:

1. On both chestnut sculpt nose, mouth and eyes.
2. From a rolled-up piece of cotton wool, you get a hat (the grandfather also needs a beard), which is glued to the head.
3. Then the clothes are painted: for the Snow Maiden - blue lacquer, for Santa Claus - red.
4. Cones of suitable size are wrapped with a thin layer of cotton and dyed in the same way, then allowed to dry.
5. The cotton swab is carefully cut in half and fastened on the sides of the bud - hands are ready. In the case of the fabulous grandfather, they are also painted, not forgetting to hand him a staff of cotton wool, treated with blue or blue varnish.
6. It remains to attach the head and the "stand" for better stability.

Festive couple is ready.

Do not throw away the yellowed leaves.

Probably in each house there are several leaves collected in the fall. The most avid "collectors" of such good are, of course, children. Do not rush to scold them, because of such stocks really make such an element of decor as a decorative tree - topiary.

Important! In the processing of such material is used as aerosol lacquers, and compositions for the hair. The main thing is to guess with tone: semi-gloss shades are better suited for homemade jewelry.

The list of components for its assembly is as follows:

• flower vase (best pots);
• leaves along with the cones;
• a small branch of a tree (as an option - a stick for sushi);
• base for topiary (for example, foam ball);
• glue;
• beads, ribbons, bows or other decor items.

Let's start:

1. At the base, a hole is made where the trunk is turned on, which is immediately fixed with glue.
2. The next step is gluing. Between the spruce elements should be a place for leaves.
3. The branch fastens at the bottom of the vase. For this purpose, both the liquid base, which later hardens (plaster, alabaster, cement-sand mortar or putty), and the hard one (a piece of wood or foam cut out exactly according to the diameter of the vase so that it stands still on its bottom) will fit.
4. After waiting until the blank is fixed completely, they start decorating - rely on your taste.

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This technology often changes. For example, instead of buying a base, many take a tennis ball or a tightly compressed newspaper ball, pre-treated with glue.

We have learned how many handicrafts can be built from ordinary cones. We hope these ideas will appeal to our readers. And let the creative process be just a joy!

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