In this article, we will tell you what kind of crafts from leaves can be made on the theme "Autumn", and how you can preserve natural material for a long time.
What crafts from autumn leaves can be made by own hands?
One of the most popular options - pendants and garlands of leaves of different sizes and colors. To ensure that they lasted long enough, before combining the leaves, it is recommended to cover with a colorless varnish and lower them into paraffin, preliminarily melted in a water bath. After that, they need to be connected with a beautiful ribbon or thread, if desired, decorate with beads, beads and other decor elements, and then hang in the desired place, which can be both outdoors and indoors.
Especially popular among girls are wreaths of autumn leaves, which can be weaved in the traditional way or diluted with such details as cones, acorns, bright ribbons and so on.
Very beautiful and unusual look candles and candlesticks, decorated with colorful autumn leaves. To create such crafts, it is necessary, first of all, to dry the material with an iron or a press, and then cover it with a colorless varnish. After that, the leaves can be glued directly to wax candles or any vessels that are intended to be used as candlesticks.
Older children gladly make buds of roses and other flowers from autumn leaves. It can be difficult to do, however, the result is worth it. The flowers thus obtained can be collected in a bouquet, placed in a beautiful base, woven into a wreath or decorated with any wickerwork.
Finally, the topiary is very popular among crafts made of leaves on the theme "Autumn" . To create it, you need to take a wooden stick and fix it in an upright position in the middle of the flower pot. On the edge of the stick in this case, you need to put on a foam ball, if desired, paint it in any shade, and then insert into it folded in different ways the autumn leaves. At the bottom of the pot, one should fill in sand, and decorate it with colorful beads or pebbles from above.
How to save autumn leaves for crafts?
The simplest and most popular way is to dry the natural material between the sheets of books, putting something heavy on them. The only condition - you can not spread the leaflets too often, because in this case they dry out uneven. To quickly achieve the result, the leaves can be dried with an iron, paving them between two sheets of paper.
The most reliable and effective method is to briefly dip the leaves into molten paraffin or glycerin. After that they become suitable even for forwarding.
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