Crafts from courgettes with their own hands

For a long time the autumn exhibitions of crafts made of vegetables have become traditional. Zucchini in such events dominates the undivided. First, it is invaluable in value. Literally.

Secondly, it does not darken at the cut, like a potato. That is, you can use whole fruits and cut pieces.

Thirdly, the structure of the squash of the marrow is sufficiently dense, but supple and not firm. It is this material is ideal for carving for a vegetable.

Fashion from Thailand

It's strange that it was not we, but the Thais, who thought up cutting lace in courgettes. Such beauty can be created both for women and adolescents. Physical strength is not needed for such crafts. With your hands from the vegetable marrow you can cut out at least a painted tea set, even a pair of stylish women's shoes. Squash carving is an affordable form of creativity. Raw materials in the autumn can be obtained almost for nothing, and even the most negligent mistress has the necessary tool.

Walking along the path of excavation from autumn courgettes of crafts with taste, value and benefit in the farm, one can not help but think about making miniature openwork candlesticks from them. It is necessary only to cut off the bottom for stability, determine the height of this highly decorative crafts from zucchini, remove the excess core, and cut out the patterns in the walls of the resulting cup. It remains to install a round candle inside and enjoy the beauty of the crafts from the vegetable. Our zucchini is no worse than the pumpkin overseas!

How to make a craft from a whole vegetable marrow?

It happens that children ask us not at all children's questions. One of them: how to make a craft from a vegetable marrow? And the whole, and for the competition, so even so that the child tomorrow at school he could repeat it, and take, in addition, a prize-winning place. So, let's look at some examples of children's crafts from a vegetable marrow.

Piglet

The easiest way is to make an odd pig from an appetizing, round, well-fed autumn zucchini. From the circle of a zucchini of smaller diameter - a penny, two semicircles - ears. What vegetable is so similar to a suckling pig?

Bunny

This article is made from a vegetable marrow, but the material is not natural, but spherical.

One round zucchini is a head, the other, slightly larger in size, serves as a trunk. The paws can be made of each of the two small squashes of traditional oblong form. You can replace in the clutches crafts courgettes. Of natural materials, zucchini, cucumber or carrots can be used to replace zucchini. Children do not like monotony, they will like such a vegetable mix. A small tomato will serve as a nasal, making eyes from circles of radish and black olives. You can cut a pair of large rectangular teeth. Ears cut from a vegetable marrow. If we use round-shaped courgettes for the ears, it is possible to make them an angle. If we make ears from ordinary zucchini, then the ears only get straight.

Rat

The trunk is made from a zucchini, a long curious nose - carrots slightly smaller, the ears - carrot circles, paws - halves of small carrots, eyes - large pumpkin seeds. That's all you need for this original craft.

Have you made a rat from a tavern ?! You are a brave woman. Children are proud of you.

Ship

The ship is perhaps the most beloved vehicle of children. Naughty boys rave adventures and pirates, and romantic girls dream princes and scarlet sails. Tell the children the idea of ​​making a craft craft from their own tavern with their own hands, and they will enthusiastically pick it up. Simpler and more beautiful vegetable creation simply does not exist.

We attach a large oblong zucchini to the appearance reminiscent of the stern, insert wooden skewers for shish kebab and put on them cabbage leaves. All! Seven feet under the keel.