The best autumn crafts. Original autumn crafts made from natural materials

Of course, it is quite difficult to come up with more and more new and interesting crafts, but autumn is colorful and diverse, so there is plenty to roam around here. We offer you good and simple craft ideas, under each picture you will find a link with full description and a master class.

Autumn paper dahlias

Without these big and bright colors autumn would clearly lose some of its charm. The big advantage of this craft is that the bouquet looks stylish and grown-up, so it can be an excellent decoration for the dining table.

Carnival costumes made from leaves

Often, autumn crafts mean only all kinds of trinkets that then sit on the shelf. Why not expand this concept and make masks and wings out of leaves for an autumn photo shoot?

Plate "Autumn leaf"

Popular, but not losing its relevance this fall, is a craft made from puff pastry. And all because of its functionality - both the child is happy and you are not just another dust collector. See how to make one.

Autumn craft "Sun"

A very successful tandem of wheat and acorns for such a cute wall craft. In addition, you can use any other natural materials and they will all be in place.

Autumn applications

Sometimes children's appliqués can look impressive if they are a little more complicated. Here's a good example: first ask your child to draw a sky with clouds on a piece of paper, and then glue the pieces of paper as if they were mountains. Cover everything with a second sheet.

And here is a more childish, but also multi-layered version of the applique, codenamed “Hedgehog in the leaves”. And to make the hedgehog more prickly, you can also glue pine needles around the edges.

Stencil for printing:

Craft "Mushroom clearing"

Have you already explained to your child that mushrooms are found in the forest not only in summer, but also mostly in autumn? Many types of mushrooms have summer and autumn subspecies - for example, summer honey mushrooms look very different from autumn honey mushrooms. We invite you to make a real clearing with mushrooms. You will need polystyrene foam and corrugated paper, which perfectly conveys the texture of mushroom caps.

Add moss, twigs and more autumn foliage to the clearing: explain to your child that mushrooms are actually hidden under the leaves and camouflaged.

Have a creative autumn!

But, before you start making souvenirs from them, you need to properly prepare them, namely dry them and, if necessary, coat them with varnish or paint.

If you make a craft from unprepared raw materials, it will be a short-lived product.

As soon as the material dries on its own, the souvenir will lose its shape and will have to be thrown away. And besides this, half-raw leaves can simply rot or become moldy.

So let's start by drying out our autumn finds.

Let's prepare the leaves for the herbarium as follows:

1 way:

Place them between the book sheets and place them back on the shelf, pressing them tightly with other books to the side. In about a week to a week and a half, the leaves will be suitable for crafts.

This method is the best because natural color the leaves do not change and then they do not break for a long time.

Method 2:

This method is good if you don’t have the strength to withstand a week and a half and want to get to work quickly. Place the sheet between two white sheets of paper and iron with an iron set to the lowest setting.

In this case, the yellow and red leaves retain their color, but the green ones may darken and become an ugly, brown shade.

We dry chestnuts, acorns and decorative pumpkins.

1 way:

Dry on outdoors, in the shadow. It will be necessary to wait quite a long time before these materials acquire the dryness we need.

Sometimes this process takes a month. This is especially true for decorative pumpkins, which make wonderful DIY autumn crafts.

You will see for yourself when the moment of readiness for the gifts of autumn comes. Acorns and chestnuts will become lighter, and the pumpkin will become like a rattle, as the cavity inside will dry out and shrink, and dry seeds will beat against the walls.

Method 2:

We use the oven for this. It needs to be set at a temperature of up to 60C and dried until tender, stirring occasionally.

The main thing is not to rush and do not put on high heat, as the fruits will simply cook and become completely unusable.

Drying dried flowers

There is only one way and it takes a long time. Flowers need to be strung on a thread threaded through the stems and hung in a dry place, with the flower stems facing down.

Drying in a book or with an iron will not work, as the shape will be lost and they will become flat. After the dried flowers are completely dry, they need to be covered with a layer of hairspray. It will give them the desired density and will not allow them to crumble at the slightest touch.

Well, now, let's move on to specific master classes and examples.

1. Panel of autumn leaves

We offer you a great idea for a DIY leaf panel. It’s not at all difficult to make, but the result is quite impressive.

It would be nice if you placed other autumn decorative elements next to the finished leaf painting. For example, pumpkins, spikelets and other things that suit the style. Then you will have a whole autumn ensemble.

What we need for work:

1. 1. Dried maple leaves of yellow-red color.
2. 2. Tree branch for the trunk
3. 3. A square piece of plywood
4. 4. Stain or dark varnish
5. 5. Simple pencil
6. 6. PVA glue
7. 7. A bunch of dry spikelets
8. 8. Wicker basket for pumpkins
9. 9. Several Jack Be Little or Baby Boo pumpkins

If you don’t have such pumpkins, you can fill the basket with chestnuts and acorns. But next year it wouldn’t hurt to grow them, as they look very colorful and festive. Of course, if you have a plot of land.

Look at the variety of varieties and how harmoniously they combine with each other:

Master class step by step:

1 step. Sand the board, focusing Special attention edges. They should be smooth.

Step 2. Cover it with stain or varnish, preferably with a brownish tint. Apply the coating in several layers, trying to make the board not a uniform color, but a slightly “spotty” one.

Step 3. Freehand draw a large maple leaf.

Step 4 Start gluing on the maple leaves. Start from the edges, gradually approaching the middle. The edges of the leaves should match the edges of the sketch as best as possible. The next row of leaves should overlap the previous one. Do not glue the ends, they must be “overhanging” to create a volume effect.

Step 5 Glue the selected twig in place of the stem.

Now hang the autumn panel you created with your own hands above a cabinet and place other decorative elements around it.

2. Topiary from herbarium and other autumn materials

Topiary is a decorative tree. In autumn, you can collect beautiful leaves and make such a wonderful and cozy decorative element.

Any leaves, dried flowers, acorns, spikelets will be used here. The main thing is to understand the essence and make the right foundation. And what to fill it with - your imagination will tell you.

What we need for work:

1. 1. Ceramic pot of a dull color
2. 2. A straight tree branch for the trunk
3. 3. 1 ball made of foam rubber, polystyrene foam or special floral foam
4. 4. Dry moss, sesame or a handful of beautiful pebbles, acorns, dry rowan
5. 5. Glue gun
6. 6. Dry plaster
7. 7. Decorative elements: herbarium, dried flowers, rowan, acorns, etc.

Master class step by step:

1 step. Let's start with the basics. Take a foam ball and place it on a branch that will serve as your trunk. Then remove it and drop some glue from the gun into the hole formed. Reattach the ball and let it dry.

Step 2. Secure the trunk in the pot. To do this, drop a drop of glue onto the free edge of the branch and attach it to the base of the pot.

Then, dilute the plaster with water to the consistency of liquid sour cream and fill the container. Don't forget that you will still need to decorate everything on top with moss or acorns, so leave a gap of about 3-4 cm from the top.

Step 3. Now we insert leaves and dried flowers into the ball, sticking them with their stems inside. If you want to add acorns to the composition, then first place them on pieces of wire.

Step 4 Now all you have to do is decorate the top of the pot so that the plaster is not visible.

That's all. Using this simple scheme, you can make a wide variety of autumn crafts with your own hands, not only from leaves, but also from dry peas, nuts and so on. They will all look just great!

3. Roses from maple leaves

Looking at this elegant bouquet of roses, you wouldn’t even think that it was made from ordinary maple leaves!

But, nevertheless, it is so. You just need to learn how to fold them correctly and you will get a great basis for many ideas.

Such roses can be included in various autumn topiaries, wreaths, compositions and panels. They look great in combination with any natural materials.

Well, let's get down to business.

What we need for work:

1. 1. Maple leaves are not dried
2. 2. Thread or soft wire
3. 3. Matt lacquer for hair

Master class step by step:

1 step. We form the middle of the bud. To do this, fold the sheet as shown in the pictures below. Try to twist it as tightly and evenly as possible. First in half and then into sausage.

As a result, we should have something like this:

Step 2. Now take the second sheet, fold it in half again and wrap it around the base.

The sharp edges of the maple leaves should be carefully hidden inside, like this:

Step 3. We continue to build up the mass around the base, adding more and more leaves. If you want to end up with a bud, then twist it more tightly, but if you ate a more magnificent rose, then loosen the twist a little.

Step 4 When you see that a real rose has “bloomed” in your hands, you need to secure it with threads as tightly as possible.

Step 5 We trim the edges with scissors and place the rose on a lining of leaves, preferably already dry. We cover the composition with varnish and admire it!

These leaf roses last quite a long time, definitely enough for the entire autumn season. You can make as many of these flowers as you like. The more there are, the more chic this autumn composition, reminiscent of a fabric motif, looks.

4. Compositions of decorative pumpkins

Even if you do not grow this vegetable on your own plot, in the autumn you can freely buy them at the market and then dry them yourself. We have already told you how to do this above, so let’s not waste time talking.

Let's get creative!

There will be no master classes in this block, we will simply show you examples of such decor, and how to make them is already quite clear from the photo.

Of course there are more complex techniques, for example, carving or painting on dry lagenaria, but this is a broad topic and worthy of a separate article. Here we will consider only the simplest compositions that even a schoolchild can do.

Option 1. Basket with a scattering of pumpkins. It couldn’t be simpler, and the view is spectacular!

Option 2. Candlesticks made from mini pumpkins. To do this, you need to cut a hole with a knife of such a size that you can place a foil-based candle in it.

Or this option:

Incredibly simple, right?

Option 3. Pumpkin door wreath. Take any circle as a basis, for example, an embroidery hoop, and attach mini-pumpkins to it.

Pierce the tails with wire and screw it to the base, circle. Use berries, acorns, twigs and autumn leaves as additional decorative elements.

It will look something like this:

5. Chestnut topiary

To create this spectacular autumn craft with your own hands, we will need the same materials for the base as for creating a decorative tree from the herbarium. And for decoration you just need other elements.

For work we will need:

1. Ceramic pot
2. Styrofoam ball
3. Dry plaster
4. Glue gun
5. Tree branch for the trunk
6. Cones, chestnuts, acorns
7. Harsh thread or twine for forming decorative balls

Master class step by step:

1. 1. We form the base of the tree in the same way as in the case of topiary from leaves.
2. 2. Secure the base in the pot using glue and plaster
3. 3. Apply drops of hot glue to chestnuts, acorns and other elements and attach them in a chaotic manner to the foam crown ball.
4. 4. Wreath on the door made of chestnuts

Such a wreath of chestnuts front door, will cheer up not only you, but also passers-by. It's very easy to make. Follow all the steps given to make a pumpkin wreath.

Find some kind of dense base, then pierce the chestnuts and other elements through the back side, insert the wire, form a hook and use it to screw them to the circle.

Complete the chestnut composition with leaves, acorns, berries and other autumn decorative elements provided by this fertile time of year.

6. Autumn garland “Leaves” made from salt dough

This is a very impressive DIY autumn craft. The big advantage of such a garland is that it is not seasonal and will decorate your home for many years.

After all, it is not made from natural materials, and from salt dough, which does not deteriorate over the years. The only thing is that such products are fragile and you need to handle them carefully so as not to break them. But, even if this happened, they can always be glued together, and the joint will not be noticeable.

What we need for work:

1. 2 cups flour
2. 1 glass of salt
3. 0.5 cups of water
4. Gouache
5. Sewing pins with hook eye
6. Twine
7. Oven
8. White landscape paper, pencil

Master class step by step:

1 step. We draw patterns of leaves of various types, but approximately the same size, on a landscape sheet. Let's cut them out.

Step 2. Knead a stiff dough from flour, salt and water. If the dough turns out to be unplastic, you can add liquid drop by drop. Knead the resulting material thoroughly and roll it out on a board. The layer should be approximately 5 -7 millimeters.

Step 3. Place the templates on the rolled out dough and cut them along the contours with a knife.

As a result, we should have approximately this many blanks.

Step 4 We make holes with pins and carefully secure the heads. We will hang our leaves on them. Use a knife to squeeze out the veins.

Step 5 Dry the dough in the oven at 50-60C until completely dry.

Step 6 We paint the dough pieces with gouache, trying to create natural tones and transitions.

Step 7 We string the garland onto a twine, making a knot over each leaf so that they do not move.

So our DIY autumn craft is ready. You can hang it anywhere, it will be in place in any corner of the house, especially if you have some other decorative elements in the autumn style.

7. Vases and houses made from ordinary pumpkin

Autumn is the time for pumpkins to ripen. It costs mere pennies and can be found beautiful shape and coloring is not difficult.

And making an element of autumn decor based on it is as easy as shelling pears! There's no need for any step-by-step technologies and accessories.

The only thing you need: pumpkins, a knife for carving, a tablespoon to pick out the pulp and flowers with which you will fill these colorful vases.

Look at our selection of photos of pumpkin vases. It looks very decent and autumn-like.

As you already understood, you just need to cut off the top and clean out the core of the vegetable. Then fill the container with water.

Or you can make pumpkin houses. To do this, you just need to cut holes in the right places. You can see exactly where they are located in the picture below. Kids love these things!

8. Wreath on the door made of natural materials

We have already given above an example of wreaths made of pumpkins and chestnuts. You already know how to make them. Here we simply present a selection of the most effective, in our opinion, ideas.

9. Acorn frame for a photo or mirror

Decorating any base in this way is very simple. We think no explanation is needed here.

The only thing we can advise is that you should not glue acorns with a glue gun or PVA. It's much better if you use plasticine.

Because, most likely, you will soon get tired of this decor and will have to throw it away. And so, you can always dismantle the acorns and get a regular photo frame back for use.

This is what it will look like.

On the photo frame there are whole acorns, and on the mirror there are only caps. This way you can create a variety of autumn crafts with your own hands and decorate any surface: boxes, bread bins, etc.

10. A bunch of grapes made from acorns

This autumn craft will look the best way, if you paint the “berries” in natural colors, and instead of grape leaves add a herbarium of maple leaves of various colors.

Also, a bunch of acorn grapes is a wonderful element of any autumn wreath on the door or large topiary. After all, it can be made not only tabletop, but also human-sized!

But instead of a foam ball, you need to take a large plastic one. Making grapes from acorns is very simple, we will now tell you exactly how.

What we need for work:

1. Acorns without caps
2. Shilo
3. Wire
3. Glue gun
4. Acrylic paint
5. Autumn leaves for decoration

Master class step by step:

1 step. We poke holes in the base of the acorn with an awl.

Step 2. We break or cut the wire into pieces 7-10 cm long.

Step 3. Dip the ends of the wire into a drop of glue from the gun and insert it into the punctured holes.

Step 4 We paint the acorns any color you want. The main thing is that it is combined with leaves that will complement the composition.

Step 5 We collect acorns in a cluster, forming a wire rod on top. Then we attach leaves to it.

Now you can make any decoration based on this autumn craft. Panel, wreath, etc.

11. Autumn crafts from felt

Working with this fabric is a pleasure! The material does not crumble and holds its shape perfectly. This means that any beginner can make an autumn craft from felt with their own hands and it will turn out no worse than the products of experienced craftswomen.

We offer you a selection of the best and simplest decors in autumn style, and you can choose any of them! They are so simple that there is no need to describe their step-by-step technology in detail.

As you can see, based on felt leaves, you can make both a wreath and a garland, like the one we already made from salt dough. Here are a couple more options for DIY fall wreaths.

All you need is to draw the templates, cut out the felt and design it according to our photos.

12. Garlic and red pepper braid

How cozy it is when bundles of garlic, onions, and red peppers hang in the kitchen! But if you hang them fresh, they will very soon lose their appearance or simply run out because they will be eaten.

Let's do something like this, but for centuries! Now we will look at how garlic and pepper are made, from which we will form a nice braid for the kitchen.

For work we will need:

1. Nylon tights white or a plastic bag (for the garlic base)
2. Cotton wool or padding polyester (for filling)
3. White coarse thread (for dressing and forming lobules)
4. Glue gun
5. Buckwheat or twine (to imitate garlic roots)
6. Fabric for sewing peppers or salty dough for sculpting it

Master class step by step:

1 step. We form the body of the garlic. To do this we need to cut into squares or nylon tights or simple plastic bags. Garlic made from nylon looks, of course, more realistic.

But even from the packages it looks good. But the main thing is that this material is always at hand. So, cut out a square, approximately 7 by 7 cm in diameter.

Step 2. We roll a ball out of cotton wool or padding polyester, put it inside a piece of nylon and form a head of garlic. It looks like the one shown in the photo.

Step 3. Then we begin to tie a harsh thread around the head, forming cloves of garlic. First we divide it in half, then into quarters, then into 8 parts.

Look at the photo, the process is clearly shown there.

Step 4 In the place where the roots of real garlic are located, drop a drop of glue and sprinkle this place with crushed buckwheat. If you want, you can replace it with twine, which needs to be unraveled and finely chopped.

Step 5 We make a braid from twine and attach the resulting garlic cloves to it.

Step 6 Now it's time to deal with the pepper. You can sew it, but peppers made from salt dough look much better.

We have already given the recipe for the kneading, in the subsection “Garlands from autumn leaves" These are the peppercorns you should end up with.

Step 7 We make holes in the tails of the peppercorns (we will then thread twine through them and use it to secure them to the braid with garlic). You can do this with an awl or any available item.

The main thing is to make them large enough so that you can thread the thread freely later. Otherwise, after drying, you will not be able to attach the finished product to the composition in any way.

And one more thing: if you make a hole, make sure that the edges of the leg remain more or less large. Otherwise, after you thread the thread, the thin walls may crack and the pepper will fall to the floor.

Step 8 Dry in the oven, color acrylic paint Once dry, coat them with varnish. When the pepper shines, it looks more natural.

Dry at a low temperature, do not rush, otherwise your work may burst and you will have to sculpt everything again. You can't paint a cracked pepper the way you would like.

9. Attach the pepper to the garlic and hang this autumn composition in the kitchen. You can make several such bundles. You can make carrots from salt dough, and a bunch of onions from brown tights.

The principle of making bulbs is the same as garlic, only even simpler. There is no need to form slices.

Also, a bunch of mushrooms on the wall will look great, which you can also sculpt from dough and paint realistically.

Our big review has come to an end. You have seen many examples and any kind of autumn crafts with your own hands. We really hope that our master classes will be useful to you and that you will definitely take something into account.

What is autumn? This is perhaps the most controversial time of the year. On the one hand, this is a sad time, on the other, it’s a charming time. It was not for nothing that great poets sang autumn in their poems. At this time, the warmth, lush foliage of the trees and the lush grass of the fields say goodbye to you, fairly basked in the sun and tanned, giving way to cold, rain and devastation. But is everything so sad? Of course not, because September and October leave a sea of ​​wonderful gifts and provide the opportunity to make beautiful crafts on the theme “Autumn” with your own hands.

What natural materials might be useful?

Crafts on the theme of autumn can be made without natural materials, but with them the work will be much more reminiscent of this time of year. And the collection of such raw materials itself is a separate fascinating ritual. And the smell natural materials, which immerses you in a special state and brings you closer to nature?

What will be useful? Fallen leaves of yellow, green and red color spectrums, acorns, chestnut fruits, dried (or hard) berries and fruits, birch bark, dried or withered grass and flowers, seeds, tree bark, straw, pine cones, moss, nuts.

The material must be carefully prepared: cleaned of dirt and soil, dried (or brought to a state where appearance will no longer get worse).

What autumn-themed crafts can be like?

DIY crafts on the theme “Autumn” can generally be divided into:

• durable– those that will serve for months and years or will not lose their original appearance for a long time (this includes prints on clothes using leaves, crafts made from hard chestnuts, acorns and seeds);

• temporary– those that are made for temporary exhibitions, kindergartens, schools. Almost always these are autumn crafts with children made from leaves, berries, and plants.

Typically, autumn-themed crafts are joint creativity between an adult and a child. Without children, adults rarely get involved in such things, unless they do it professionally.

Children with their boundless imagination love to create autumn-themed compositions, decorations, accessories and even clothing items. The bright colors of this time of year, plus a truly exciting process, turn joint creativity into a real holiday.

Children's DIY autumn crafts today have such a variety that your eyes run wild. I want to try everything at once. Flowers made of leaves, beads made of rowan, appliques made of seeds, paintings made of straw, candles made of flowers. How to choose? You should pay attention not only to the child’s preferences, but also to his age and his desire to participate in the process. If the baby is extremely independent and wants to do almost everything himself, but is young for years, you need to choose simpler crafts.

Crafts for “Golden Autumn” for the little ones (2-3 years)

Kids can make the following DIY crafts about autumn on their own or with the help of adults:

• applications from leaves and/or seeds;

• liquid candles with preliminary placement of leaves, pine cones, dried flowers and herbs into the container;

• simple coloring pages autumn theme;

• beads made of rowan, rose hips, acorns;

• boats from walnut with a leaf sail;

• little people and animals from fruits, made by attaching eye-caps from acorns, arms and legs-sticks to them (toothpicks are a great help here).

What crafts on the theme “Autumn” can preschoolers make with their own hands?

Older children (4-6 years old) usually already know how to use scissors, so you can safely introduce paper crafts on the theme “Autumn”:

• coloring pages Subsequently, you can not just color the drawing on paper, but try to paint a cutting board or decorative plate.

• simple origami;

Origami maple leaf

• paper applications;

• paper lanterns with curly cutouts in the form of trees and leaves;

• crafts with weaving strips of paper (paper weaving).

As you can see, autumn crafts made from paper can be no less interesting and colorful than those made from natural materials, but it is still necessary to introduce children to the numerous gifts of nature.

Crafts made from natural materials for children 4-6 years old:

• crafts made from pine cones (hedgehogs, goblin, animals, spiders, etc.);

• men and animals made from acorns, chestnuts and matches;

• more complex applications from leaves and seeds. Here you can already take leaves of different shapes, different color and size and make a picture close to reality. Suitable seeds: pumpkin, sunflower, squash, flax. You can also take hard peas in halves, sesame seeds - in general, the seeds should also be of different shapes, different colors and sizes in order to make the picture more lively and colorful.

What crafts can elementary school children make for the Autumn holiday?

Children of primary school age can be asked to make very complex products (with the participation of adults):

• large compositions of various materials, plasticine. It could be a forest clearing or a house with a vegetable garden, or a swamp with mushrooms and berries, or animals. The limitation is only imagination;

• complex crafts from plasticine, where you need to sculpt a lot of multi-colored parts. If your child likes to sculpt, you can switch to polymer baked or self-hardening modeling clay. Then the product will last for many years;

• flowers made from leaves;

• You can try to start embroidering with your child. Simple satin stitch technique or simple circuits For cross stitch at this age, children are quite capable of mastering it;

• simple crafts made from birch bark;

• you can try to make figures and paintings from straw, armed with simple but special knowledge;

• products made of dense fabric (felt works well).

What crafts can adults make for children for the Autumn holiday?

DIY crafts on the theme “Autumn” can be not only joint creativity adult and child. It could be a pleasant surprise for the baby, carefully made by the parent. Usually these are beads, a flashlight for the children's room, a brooch or bracelet, even a character from your favorite cartoon.

Want to make DIY fall crafts for kids?

Here are some great ideas:

• beads made of berries, chestnuts, acorns, nuts. If you know the technique of threading (otherwise known as beading), you can not just thread materials, but create a real masterpiece;

• brooches, hairpins made of leaves, berries, cones. They can be made from cardboard or cut out from lids for preserves - these are usually found in every home;

• leaf wreaths. Often maple leaves are used for them - they are large and usually have a beautiful color. With skill, wreaths can be supplemented with berries, acorns, and other leaves. What little fashionista wouldn’t want to try on a fiery red maple crown made by her mother’s caring hands?

• bracelets made from gifts of nature (you can use strips cut from preserves or plastic bottles as a basis);

• dresses made of leaves and flowers. Yes, yes, this can be done. There are many on the Internet master classes. The science is not complicated, but it is quite painstaking;

• lanterns for the children's room. From simple paper cylinders with slots in the shape of trees, leaves and animals to complex origami compositions with fine carvings.

• beautiful panels made from natural materials;

• curtains made of cones, acorns, chestnuts;

• lampshades for lamps and chandeliers made from natural materials;

• prints for clothes. Can you imagine how happy a child will be when his worn white T-shirt is given new life? Now it will be a colorful T-shirt with a chaotic leafy pattern, and no one in the group/class will have a second one like that. This will require special equipment and some knowledge, but in the age of the Internet, getting it is not a problem at all.

Do-it-yourself autumn-themed crafts in Russia have long become something traditional, ritual, one might say national peculiarity. This is an opportunity to show your imagination, make something beautiful with your own hands, teach children new skills, have an interesting time, brighten up the autumn melancholy, and decorate the house.

With the advent of social networks at the end of September, photos in maple wreaths, willow skirts, and rowan beads appear in albums. Every year you can see new children's crafts with your own hands and add new ideas for creativity to your piggy bank. Adult craftsmen present knitted, sewn, and woven autumn crafts to the public, using complex techniques of macrame, embroidery, and patchwork. The Internet has not replaced manual labor– on the contrary: did accessible ideas and master classes for everyone.

Autumn! Golden autumn! There are so many colors and warmth in it, which are about to be replaced by cold weather. Don't waste a moment, it's time to get inspired for new ideas for creating beauty. Be creative, create interesting things from materials given by nature. Let autumn become the muse for inspiration, go for it!

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Autumn crafts are a great idea for leisure time

With the onset of autumn, it is simply impossible to stroll through parks and squares indifferently. Colorful landscapes enchant the eye with their bright notes. At this time, nature gifts us with juicy fruits, as well as a variety of color palettes.

These autumn gifts can be immortalized in time by decorating your home with them using a variety of crafts and “hand maid” things. Such decorations will not only transform the interior, but will also help you while away the cold autumn evenings. This activity will allow you to plunge into the atmosphere of home warmth and comfort. So brew your favorite warming drink and grab a warm blanket.

So, autumn has arrived, it’s time to stock up on all sorts of natural materials for creativity.

Crafts from natural materials for home and interior: paintings and panels

Panels are widely used to decorate walls in the interior. Such paintings will look original if made from natural materials.

In general, a great option would be to involve children in performing self made similar type. This will give children the opportunity to express their Creative skills and imagination will also have a beneficial effect on the development fine motor skills, which is important for the normal development of the child.

Panel of coffee beans

This type of wall art is best suited for the kitchen. Often this place is associated with comfort and homely warmth. It has been scientifically proven that the smell of coffee has anti-stress properties. So such a panel will not only decorate the house, but will also benefit the body.

For this type of work you will need:

• Coffee beans that have different properties, ranging from smell and color to size.
• The material that will serve as the frame (base) of the panel. Typically, any durable fabric, wood, paper, etc. is used for this.
• Glue, the most common PVA will also work, but it’s better to consult a craft store.
• A drawing that will be depicted using grains.
• Carbon copy.
• A simple pencil.
• The frame in which the finished product will be mounted.

This list necessary materials is the most basic. You can add various cereals and legumes to coffee beans, thus creating a whole picture filled with various shades.

How to do the job:

• Transfer the desired design onto the base using a pencil and carbon paper.
• Then apply glue to small areas and immediately glue coffee beans onto them, alternating beans of different colors, depending on your idea. Interesting idea will make appliques from the grains, gluing fringes, ribbons, rhinestones, etc.
• Frame the final result.
• The product can be decorated with multi-colored aromatic spices or dryings.
• To attach cereals, such as buckwheat or semolina, apply glue liberally to the desired surface, cover it tightly with the cereal and wait for it to dry; simply shake off any excess residue.

Leaves panel

There are a lot of design options for such handicrafts; you just have to take a walk along the autumn alley and stock up on the necessary materials.

Children take on such paintings with particular passion.

You can decorate the room not only with paintings, but also with works in the form of bouquets of leaves.

Below are ideas for panels made from natural materials that will inspire you to get creative.

Shell panel

Leather panel

Crafts for school and kindergarten

In almost all school and preschool institutions Autumn-themed competitions are being held. It is at this time of year that you can stock up on natural materials so that you can use them throughout the year.

Sometimes children do crafts so passionately in labor lessons and at home that entire works of art are created.

The creativity kits that can be purchased in stores cannot be compared with the variety of generous gifts of autumn. The completed craft will be saturated not only with children's love, but also with the magical aromas of the forest.

So what can be useful for creation?

• Fallen leaves. The abundance of dry foliage is rich in the brightest shades of colors. There is room for your imagination to run wild.
• Cones. If there is a park, forest plantation or even a forest not far from your house, you can stock up on these fruits of coniferous plants.
• Shells, stones and sand. These materials, of course, can be found not only in the fall, but they can diversify the list of necessary materials.
• Acorns and chestnuts. It is with these finds that a lot of ideas for DIY work are associated.
• Coniferous and spruce branches are a real find for nature lovers.
• “Perky helicopters” is what maple seeds are sometimes called and used in their work.
• Walnut shells, pumpkin and melon seeds, bunches of rowan berries are not the whole arsenal of supplies.
• Tree bark, reeds, and dried flowers are also needed.
• It happens that after visiting exhibitions and zoos with birds, you can get rich with a whole collection of feathers.

If possible, try to pay attention to the surrounding delights of nature every walk and pick up all the above-mentioned abundance. Be careful, because in the simplest and most ordinary things there is often hidden a whole treasure.

In addition to being outdoors, your child will have the opportunity to develop their creative thinking and exercise their logic.

DIY children's crafts: funny applications

So, you have stocked up on the necessary natural gizmos, so you should put them into practice. One of the many types of crafts is applique. Call the kids and sit down to create. Here are ideas for creativity.

Autumn crafts from leaves: ideas for creativity

Interesting leaf applications

Autumn collages

Leaf print paintings

Candlesticks made from leaves

Vase of leaves

Autumn paper crafts

DIY crafts from pine cones

Photo exhibition of autumn crafts

Autumn themed crafts: original ideas

Unusual wreath

Creative wall framing

Crafts from vegetables and fruits

Video tutorials for making autumn crafts

Nature has blessed us with an incredible abundance of bright and colorful natural materials. Don’t miss the opportunity to take advantage of these gifts, create comfort by decorating your home with handmade crafts!

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Looking for fall crafts for back to school? We are very glad that you decided to visit us! We tried our best and prepared for you a lot of really cool options for fall crafts for school.

You need to start preparing to work on crafts by searching for natural materials. These include chestnuts, nuts, acorns, seeds from any fruit, leaves, seeds, beans, cones, tree branches, and a variety of vegetables and fruits.

This type of creativity significantly develops the child’s imagination and forces the student to remember, think and invent.

Crafts for school from leaves

A butterfly made from autumn leaves may well take first place among first-graders' applications. You will need leaves of different shapes and colors. If you use dry leaves, you can glue them with PVA; for fresh leaves, it is better to use a glue gun.

• leaves of any shape
• PVA glue (glue gun)

Butterfly made of leaves.

To create fish, use oval-shaped leaves and ready-made plastic eyes. To keep the eyes firmly on the surface of the sheet, glue them with hot glue.

• oval shaped leaves
• plastic eyes
• glue or glue gun

Leaf fish

A variation of the popular hedgehog made from leaves involves making a face out of a leaf instead of a drawn face. The eyes and nose can be cut out of colored paper and glued to PVA. For the hedgehog's face, use a sheet of bright colors, such as red.

• oak or maple leaves
• PVA glue

Hedgehog made from leaves on a shelf

After wandering under the golden maple, do not forget, in addition to the leaves, to also collect its seeds (helicopters). Draw the contours of the squirrel on the cardboard, generously coat the surface of the cardboard with PVA glue and fill the squirrel’s body with cereal, and glue “helicopters” to the tail.

• maple seeds
• buckwheat
• half a walnut shell
• PVA glue

Protein from buckwheat and maple seeds

A tree branch, a small chestnut, a few helicopters, two leaves and you have a truly autumn flower ready.

• chestnut
• leaves
• maple seeds
• glue gun
• tree branch

Flower made from maple leaves and seeds

And from the same helicopters, glued to a twig with a glue gun and painted with bright colors, soaring dragonflies are obtained.

Dragonfly from maple seeds

Spruce branches can be used as hedgehog needles. Roll out a large oval piece of foil and spread a layer of salt dough or plasticine on top. Decorate the muzzle and attach small spruce branches instead of needles.

• plasticine
• foil (as a base)
• spruce branches
• acorns, leaves, rowan fruits as decoration

Hedgehog made from spruce branches

Crafts for school from pine cones

From the cones you can create an unimaginable number of animals and birds. Lump in in this case will serve as the body of any animal, and all additions can be molded from plasticine or cut out of felt.

Glue two large paper circles to the pine cone and plastic eyes to them. Attach a beak between the eyes, and ears above the eyes. Plant such an owl on a branch, add leaves and acorns and you will have an interesting autumn composition.

• cone
• plastic eyes
• glue gun
• leaves
• colorful moss

Owl from a pine cone

The next version of the owl involves using only scales from the cone. Cut out the silhouette of an owl from cardboard, disassemble the cone and glue the scales in rows, moving from bottom to top. The eyes can be rolled out of jute or cut out of felt.

• jute or felt
• cone
• glue gun
• thin branches

Owl from a pine cone on a string

To create a pine cone swan you will need feathers, chenille, plastic eyes and a piece of orange felt. You need to glue the parts of this craft using a glue gun.

• feathers
• chenille
• plastic eyes
• glue gun
• cone

Swan made of pine cones and feathers

For a pair of deer, you will need to glue two oblong fir cones together at right angles. The role of the head will be played by an acorn, and the eyes and nose will be three black beads or black peppercorns. A few branches for legs and antlers and deer can already be glued to a forest clearing.

• fir cones
• acorns
• plasticine or beads or black pepper
• thin branches

Deer made from fir cones

Crafts for school from vegetables and fruits

Try making this adorable orange chicken with your child. He will definitely be fascinated by the process of turning two tropical fruits into a funny bird. You will also need the peel of a third tangerine, some raw carrots, one radish, one olive, a knife and a few toothpicks. Cut a little off one side of the bottom orange to keep the chicken firm. Using a toothpick, attach the second orange head to the body. Make eyes from radish slices and olive halves. Cut the third orange into two halves, first making zigzag cuts with a knife. Remove the flesh from the wings and attach the peel to the body, securing it with a toothpick.

Funny faces of animals and fairy-tale characters can be made from pears, lemons, apples, bananas, grapes and other fruits.

Dreams of having a dog can practically become a reality if you connect two pear-shaped zucchini together. Plus seven more cucumbers, two cherry tomatoes, one grape or chokeberry and now you have become the owner of a little puppy.

• seven cucumbers
• two cherry tomatoes
• grape berry
• two zucchini

Dog made from cucumbers and zucchini

And this eared beast will turn out if you bring from the garden a long pumpkin, a couple of oval potatoes, one eggplant, green onions and curly parsley. Cut the nose from the eggplant peel, and secure all other parts with toothpicks.

• oblong pumpkin
• a couple of potatoes
• eggplant
• parsley, onion
• toothpicks

Vegetable rabbit

And these are not ingredients for a new salad, this is a funny llama.

• squash
• five cucumbers
• two bell peppers
• two heavenly apples or small tomatoes

Vegetable llama

In order to make a crocodile from vegetables, you will have to try and find bell peppers with a slightly forked bottom. You will also need six small cucumbers, two tomatoes and a long zucchini.

• bell pepper
• cucumbers
• two tomatoes
• zucchini

Vegetable crocodile

The rhinoceros will be heavy and bulky, so it is better to collect it directly on site (fair/exhibition). For the rhinoceros, stock up on a round pumpkin, squash, half a zucchini, three peppers, apples of paradise, four cucumbers, and a couple of rose hips.

• pumpkin
• squash
• zucchini
• bell pepper
• dog-rose fruit
• apples

Vegetable Rhinoceros

The exact time, as well as the time of watching the evening cartoon, will be indicated by this alarm clock, made with your own hands from vegetables. To create it you will need half a head of cabbage, two tops of onions, a bell pepper and two potatoes.

• cabbage
• bulb
• bell pepper
• potato

Vegetable clock

Crafts for school from seeds and grains

Beans and corn kernels also make good materials for fall school projects. The principle of such work is always the same, you need to draw any sketch on paper, apply glue to the surface and glue seeds or cereals in accordance with the drawing.

Cat from seeds

For a hedgehog going mushroom hunting, you will need a large number of sunflower and pumpkin seeds, a sprig of rowan and buckwheat. Print out any coloring page with a hedgehog and fill in the fragments of the picture with natural material.

• sunflower seeds
• pumpkin seeds
• rowan branch
• buckwheat
• printable hedgehog coloring page