Хорошо бы после лесной прогулки принести домой several fallen cones. Scales of them may be open or close to each other. In both cases, this is a great material for creativity. Figures made of cones made with a child are not only interesting, but also useful. The created works can be attributed to a kindergarten or a real play at home, the main participants of which and the props will be crafts made of cones.
Why not make a New Year tree from cones? It will not be synthetic, but natural. In addition, it will be possible to save well on this holiday attribute and make it unusual and original.
If you are engaged in creativity together withvery young children or you have little source material, it means that the first version of the tree will suit you. It will require the already uncovered solidified cone.
Сначала сделайте основу для фигурки из шишек.From thick cardboard cut a circle with a diameter slightly smaller than the circumference of the cone itself. Apply dark paint to it, let it dry. You can glue the cardboard disc on top with colored paper.
The child will love the next stage of work.Soften the plasticine, let the kid roll some balls out of it and attach them between the lumps of the cones. You can make jewelry in another way - roll balls of cotton wool, wrap them in pieces of colored paper or wrappers from under the candy. After that, you need to tightly twist the candy wrapper and glue it with this piece to the cone scale. An adult can do this with a glue gun. In the same way, attach the bottom of the bump to the base of cardboard. A small but beautiful spruce is ready.
Thinking what can be made from cones with childrenolder, build a global New Year's eve building. Depending on how much natural material is brought from the forest, the tree will be of such height and width.
Start with the manufacture of the stand too. Cut a circle from thick cardboard of such diameter that it fits 5-9 cones (depending on what size the spruce will be).
Grease it abundantly with wood glue and spread it out.cones in a circle with a sharp edge out. If you decide to make a large spruce, pre-fasten the cones together with a rope, twisting them in order. After that, place on a cardboard stand, greased with glue.
In the next row, lay the same amount or onelump less. Spruce will gradually taper upwards. You can reduce the number of cones each row or after two or three. Splash the lower tier with glue, apply the top. When you reach the top of the head, put one unopened cone with a pointed end up, glue it. It is possible to paint such figurines from cones with the help of a can of green, blue, gold or silver colors or leave the products in their original form.
When deciding what can be made from cones, make funny animals with your child. Then they can be put under the newly constructed Christmas tree, come up with a fairy tale and play it with the children.
Make a cone of white plasticine, attach its base to the rounded part of the cone with which it was once attached to a tree. This is the basis of the muzzle of the animal.
A small piece of black plasticineturn into a ball, attach to the place of the nose. From the same material, roll another 2 such circles, flatten them, attach to the place of the eye. Make pupils from plastic mass of white or yellow color. From white - 4 small paws and 2 small triangular-shaped ears. Also attach these parts to your place.
You can create and other charming figures of cones and clay, such as a dinosaur. To make it colorful, take the material for modeling lilac, red, blue, yellow, green.
Roll a piece of lilac plasticine intosausage, one side of which is slightly thicker than the second. Attach this wider edge to the narrow part of the open bump. Bend the second end of the sausage slightly, connect it to the red dragon head. Make an incision in the middle of the face, put a small flattened piece of yellow plasticine in its upper and lower parts. This is the mouth of a completely fearless dragon.
To make the dinosaur even more good-natured,Attach to the face of the eyes of plasticine blue. The same shade will be the legs and tail of the fairy-tale character. Turn the pieces of yellow plasticine into triangular ones and attach them to the back, tail and back of the neck.
In the same technique, other figures are made from cones - animals, people, fairy-tale characters.
Walking in the late summer or early fall through the forest, youYou can collect not only fallen cones, but also acorns. This tandem helps to come up with the most interesting ideas for creativity. When deciding which crafts from cones and acorns can be made with children, have the children turn these gifts of nature into a little tree.
Glue the acorn to the top of the open cone.At the same time, the “cap” of the acorn will become the headdress of the fairy-tale inhabitant of the forest. Turn two small knotty sticks into his hands by attaching them with wire. Cut out the eyes and mouth from colored paper, stick them on the person of the forester.
Charming will turn out figurines of cones and acorns - dragonflies. In addition to these materials, for their design will need an oval-shaped stand. Cut it out of wood, varnish it.
Шишки подойдут более стройные, приклейте их к stand, get a little dragonfly. Attach 4 oval wings to it. They can be cut from brocade or other thick fabric, attached to the cone with wire or thread. The acorn will turn into an insect's head and cap.
You can make a New Year's wreath todecorate their door. Base it in the form of a ring and make it from wire or wicker, a rod. If you decide to use natural curving materials, take a bunch of rods, tie them with threads in the form of a ring. With the help of wire attach the cones, you can decorate the wreath and other materials, gluing beads, tying bows. Golden paint will help the composition to gain integrity.
The cone bear cub turns out to be voluminous, charming and very cute. To create it, it is enough to glue the cones together, giving them the shape of a shaggy forest owner.
The garland of cones will turn out colorfuloriginal, and make it - a pleasure. First, take the felt red and yellow. The rags left over from the needlework will do. Cut large circles out of yellow material, and smaller ones out of red. Lay them one on top of another (smaller one on the larger one), attach it as shown in the photo.
Thread a strong thread into the large needle.Pierce 5 cones horizontally with it, then a felt base. Thus fasten the garland to the end. She can decorate a nondescript wall in the country, a tree trunk or decorate the room.
Here you can make crafts from cones with your own hands. Ideas, tips will help awaken the imagination and create many more original things with which you can decorate a house, a kindergarten for the holiday.
