Crafts from bark and other natural material

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Crafts from bark and other natural material
Crafts from bark and other natural material
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Crafts made from birch bark and other natural materials will allow you to create unique author's things for yourself and at home, fridge magnets, topiary. Craftsmen have long used birch bark, cones, moss, vines to create various crafts. Nowadays, the skills of making such things will also come in handy. A child can take them to school, to a kindergarten for a children's competition, and adults can give them to loved ones in honor of a holiday or sell them.

Birch bark crafts

In another way, this material is called birch bark. Collect bark from fallen trees to avoid destroying trees. It is necessary to clean off the lower part of the brown bark, leaving only white light birch bark. Here's how to make souvenir magnets out of it.

Birch bark crafts
Birch bark crafts

To create such an original bark craft, you will need:

  • birch bark;
  • transparent glue;
  • thick sheet of cardboard;
  • a birch twig;
  • figured hole punch;
  • scissors;
  • sharpener;
  • stationery knife;
  • sponge;
  • acrylic paint;
  • birch cut.
DIY materials and tools
DIY materials and tools

Using a thin blade of a clerical knife, cut out the base of the drawing on the birch bark. You can use a template, trace it on the back of the bark with a simple pencil, and then cut along these paths.

Cut a small circle out of cardboard, glue it to the back of the bark blank, and a magnet on it. For this craft, a butterfly motif was used.

Bark blank for craft
Bark blank for craft

Now see how to make easy roses. To do this, you will need a pencil sharpener and a tree branch. Insert its edge into the hole of the sharpener, turn it several times to form shavings. Form the workpiece with your hands, glue three such flowers to the center of the magnet.

Roses from birch bark
Roses from birch bark

As you can see, the cut out wings of the butterfly need to be slightly bent outward in order to more clearly identify this insect. You just have to cut out the leaves from the birch bark and glue them around the rose.

Birch bark leaves and flowers
Birch bark leaves and flowers

Here's how to make a craft from such a natural material. If you liked the idea of creating a flower from birch bark, then prepare:

  • birch branch;
  • bark;
  • transparent quick-drying glue;
  • scissors.
Rose stem materials
Rose stem materials

Also prepare the birch bark, remove the thick bark from it. Leave only the thin part that needs to be dried first. Now you need to cut off a rectangular piece from it with corners rounded on one side. This bud must be rolled up, shaped into a bag.

Formation of a bud from birch bark
Formation of a bud from birch bark

Glue it to the tip of the twig, you can additionally fix it with a thread.

Attaching the bud to the branch
Attaching the bud to the branch

It is necessary to cut out 3 types of petals from birch bark: small, medium and large.

Birch bark rose petals
Birch bark rose petals

Glue small petals to the bud in a circle, then medium ones, attach large ones outside.

Birch bark flower
Birch bark flower

Cut sepals and leaves from birch bark, glue the first ones on the back of the blossoming buds. Attach the leaves on a twig.

Branch with birch bark flowers in a vase
Branch with birch bark flowers in a vase

You will get such wonderful birch bark crafts in the form of flowers. To make a bouquet, form it from three roses, put it in a vase.

Diy birch bark jewelry for yourself and for home

Decor items made from this material will be natural, they will convey the warmth of the tree, its beauty.

Birch bark decoration
Birch bark decoration

To make such a suspension, take:

  • birch bark;
  • awl;
  • chisel;
  • transparent quick-drying glue.

Use a chisel to cut the first flower with wavy edges. He will be the smallest. Place it on the free part of the bark, cut out a second flower with a chisel, which will be slightly larger in size than the first.

Cutting a flower with a chisel
Cutting a flower with a chisel

Glue the small one to the large flower, take the chisel attachment with a different blade, use it to cut another flower, but slightly larger than the previous one. Also glue two smaller pieces onto it. Thus, make a few more flowers, gluing them together in a stack.

Step-by-step formation of decoration
Step-by-step formation of decoration

Further, for this craft from birch bark, you need to make a chain, it consists of several fragments. To make the first one, cut a small strip from the birch bark and wind it around the awl. Glue the tip. Thus, complete the rest of the "beads".

Chain formation step by step
Chain formation step by step

String them on a strong thread, attach it to the pendant. Here is such a wonderful pendant made of birch bark you got.

Please note that the reverse side of the birch bark has become the face of the pendant and chain links.

Panel with birch bark flowers
Panel with birch bark flowers

To make such a panel from birch bark, take:

  • birch bark along with dark bark;
  • dense cardboard frame;
  • scissors;
  • paper;
  • l wooden beads;
  • brush;
  • PVA glue;
  • napkins;
  • transparent glue "Moment".

Grind the bark in a blender or with a meat grinder. Cut out a sheet of cardboard in the shape of a frame, grease it with glue, pour the resulting dark crumb on top for the background.

Blank for panels
Blank for panels

Now draw a sketch of the future panel on paper. Draw individual elements of the exposition on thin birch bark. Glue them on the panel. This is a wonderful job.

Details for decorating the panel
Details for decorating the panel

Making topiary from chestnuts with your own hands

It is also a very fertile natural material, which is practically underfoot in autumn.

Chestnut topiary
Chestnut topiary

To do this, take:

  • suitable capacity;
  • newspapers;
  • rope;
  • a wooden or plastic stick;
  • gypsum solution;
  • chestnuts;
  • glue;
  • ribbon;
  • decoration in the form of beads, coffee beans or aromatic herbs.
Basis for topiary
Basis for topiary

Free the chestnuts from the outer thorny shell. Roll a circle of the desired diameter from newspapers. Fix them in this position with a thread.

Make a hole in this paper wad, insert the stick of your choice here. Pour gypsum solution into the container, place the stick here, support it a little so that the solution "grabs". You can then decorate the earthen pot, for example, by smearing it with glue and twine twisting.

Glue the chestnuts to the newspaper ball, fill the gaps between them with dry herbs, you can use ordinary tea as them. You can also decorate chestnut topiary with coffee beans, chains. Cover the plaster with artificial or natural moss.

Topiary decoration
Topiary decoration

DIY decorative moss from natural

This natural material will also help make many beautiful things for your home. If you want to create a topiary not only from chestnuts, then make it from moss.

Moss topiary
Moss topiary

To do this, you need to take:

  • floristic ball;
  • moss;
  • glue;
  • pot;
  • paper;
  • wooden stick;
  • Styrofoam;
  • burlap;
  • tape.

If you use artificial moss for your craft, then just glue it on a flower ball or newspaper, twisted to the shape of this figure. If the moss is natural, then tie it to a floral sponge, fixing it with green threads. You will occasionally spray your topiary with a spray bottle, thereby moisturizing the moss.

Insert the stick into the bottom of the ball. Place a styrofoam or polyurethane foam cube in the center of the clay pot. Stick the bottom edge of a wooden stick here.

Moss topiary base
Moss topiary base

Cut a piece of burlap, put a container of topiary in its center, wrap the edges up, fix it here with a ribbon. You will get a wonderful decorative tree.

If you want to have a present in your apartment, then you need to make a bonsai. Plant a special tree in a pot, but it will be small, as befits such plants. See how you can decorate bonsai with moss.

To do this, you will need two types of this natural material. The first is sphagnum moss, the second is moss that grows on old buildings, wet sides of sheds, gazebos.

Moss
Moss

Look at the surface of the pot, if roots grow from here to the top, cut them off. Fill the container with special bansai soil. Usually this includes: penza, akadama, charcoal, lava.

Filling the topiary container
Filling the topiary container

Now put a layer of sphagnum, spill it. Place green moss on top.

Moss decoration
Moss decoration

It needs to be crushed a little to create a relatively flat surface that looks like a green carpet. This is such a wonderful bansai.

The original bansai
The original bansai

If you love the forest, make a small natural corner right at home. Not much is needed for this:

  • cones;
  • moss;
  • hard sponge or foam;
  • glue gun;
  • wooden skewers.
Homemade natural corner
Homemade natural corner

If the wooden skewers are too long, then trim off the excess. You can also use several toothpicks to attach the cones. Attach toothpicks or each stick to the bump, secure with a glue gun.

Place the sponge in a suitable bowl and stick the cones in here using wooden sticks.

Attaching the cones to the sponge
Attaching the cones to the sponge

Cover the top of the sponge with moss, you can also decorate it with small pebbles. If you want to create an imitation of snow, sprinkle with chopped birch bark or dried white flowers. If you wish, cover your creation with a clear glass or plastic dome.

A ready-made natural corner
A ready-made natural corner

There are so many ideas that these affordable natural materials give, but these are far from all the possible options.

How to make a decoration from birch bark, you will learn from the video. It tells how to roll a triangular bead from a strip of birch bark.

Moss crafts are described in the following story. From it you will learn how to make hearts for a wedding from this natural material.

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