Crafts from pumpkin seeds with their own hands

Autumn increasingly spoils us with fine days. In cold rainy weather, adults and children want warmth and peace of mind. Of course, the best way to spend time with a child is fun and useful - it's to do creativity. And it does not matter, if you did not have time to collect cones, acorns, leaves and other autumn tinsel, for in the bins of the thrifty mistress there is always a handful of second pumpkin seeds.

In the hands of an experienced master pumpkin seeds turn into a material for real works of art. Demanding small fidgets is not worth much - a small decorated applique, - this is a feat and, undoubtedly, an occasion for pride. The task of the parents in this case is to prepare the seeds for work and to offer the crumb a few ideas.

How to make crafts from pumpkin seeds for children with their own hands?

If you assume that the seeds you stocked up in advance, then it remains to decide on the idea. The complexity of the work depends on the age and skills of the young master. Crafts from pumpkin seeds for children look brighter and more creative if the seeds are pre-painted in different colors. In addition, then the child is easier to generate ideas and implement them. To color the seeds, you need to fill them in a plastic bag and add a little food coloring there - this is the safest and fastest way to color. Ready bright seeds should be dried, and only then start to work. The simplest crafts, of course, are appliqués, to cope with such tasks even unsettling preschoolers. The essence of the work is as follows: on the sheet of paper or cardboard is applied a pattern, preferably with large segments, then each section is smeared with glue and serially laid out seeds. According to this scheme, children can make a variety of compositions, autumn landscapes, images of animals, birds, flowers. If the child does not like working with glue, an alternative to the latter is clay. In this case, a small layer of plasticine is applied to individual segments of the pattern.

More complex in the performance are considered bulk items, of course, they look much more effective, besides such masterpieces perfectly cope with the function of a room decor. For example, from flowers made from pumpkin seeds you can collect excellent compositions in vases, original paintings and panels. You can make "pumpkin" flowers in different ways: you can glue seeds together with an adhesive gun, you can glue seeds on a circle of cardboard, a reliable tool in the work for the youngest and inexperienced will be clay.

Below we show you what wonderful autumn and thematic crafts from pumpkin seeds for children can be done by themselves, and we will suggest a scheme how to make a step-by-step base pumpkin flower.

Master-class: how to make a flower from pumpkin seeds

1. If you decide to immediately start working, without having colored the seeds, prepare an aerosol paint, so it will be easier to give a shade to a ready-made flower. Also prepare cardboard, colored ribbons, a little bit of other small grains, you can have millet or grains of cinnamon, always glue and a piece of felt.
2. Now proceed: from the cardboard we cut out the necessary number of circles of the desired diameter.
3. Next, starting from the edge and around the perimeter, we begin to paste pumpkin seeds.
4. Give our flower the right shade.
5. In the middle pour a little glue and sprinkle with small grains.
6. On the back of the flower we will attach the ribbon and the felt circle.
7. Here we have such a wonderful pumpkin flower, it can be used as a Christmas tree, house decor, you can take as a basis for a flower arrangement.