Crafts "Gifts of Autumn" to school

For many people, the arrival of autumn is marked by harvesting fruits and vegetables. Of course, these delicious and healthy foods should be included in the daily diet of adults and children, but in addition, they can also be used to create bright and original handicrafts.

This lesson teaches children of different ages creative work with natural materials, promotes the development of creative thinking and imagination, as well as perseverance and concentration. In addition, such crafts created with their own hands from fruits and vegetables, can win the "Gifts of Autumn" contest, which takes place annually in most children's institutions.

How to make an article "Gifts of Autumn" to school?

Crafts from vegetables to school on the subject of "Gifts of Autumn" can be very diverse. More often from this material figures of amusing little animals, bright and beautiful panels, original garlands and other ornaments are made. In addition, such large vegetables as pumpkin, can be used as a "house" or bowl.

In this article we offer you a detailed instruction that will help you make a penguin figurine from eggplants and carrots:

  1. Prepare 2 aubergines, one of which is slightly larger than the other, 2 different sized carrots, 1 medium sweet pepper, 2 peas of sweet pepper, and wooden toothpicks for connecting the elements.
  2. A large eggplant leave whole, before cutting off his tail. Using a sharp knife, cut a small amount of peel to map out the eyes and abdomen of the future penguin. The second eggplant, which should be smaller than the first in size, cut along. From a small carrot make a beak, cutting off its sharp end. A part of a larger carrot with a blunt end is cut in half, and on the inside cut out the triangles so that you get the legs that are turned in different directions. Here are the elements you should get:
  3. From sweet pepper, make the abdomen in the shape of an oval and 2 small circles for the eyes. From large peas of fragrant pepper, make pupils for the eyes, before piercing them with an awl. You should have a hole in which a toothpick can pass.
  4. Use toothpicks to carefully assemble the craft. In this case, whole toothpicks should be used only to fix the paws, all other elements are recommended to be combined with pieces of the right size.

Other ideas of autumn crafts from fruits and vegetables

By and large, the principle of making crafts from vegetables and fruits for the holiday "Gifts of Autumn" to school or kindergarten is the same. To create them, a sharp knife is always used, so small children should in all cases seek help from their parents.

With the help of this tool, as a rule, the necessary elements are cut out, which are subsequently joined by toothpicks. In addition, often as a material for the manufacture of such handicrafts are used and other natural gifts - chestnuts, acorns, spruce branches, colorful leaves and so on.

In particular, in the school for the holiday "Gifts of Autumn" you can make a number of crafts on the theme "Funny vegetables and fruits." For this it is enough to take a pair of fresh and cleanly washed cucumbers, one of which should be cut in half along, and from the other cut off small circles that mimic the ears, and long stripes that replace the tails. With the help of toothpicks, the resulting elements must be joined together so that funny mice come out. It only remains to add figurines to the eyes of black peppercorns.

Of fruits, or rather, of oranges, you can make an original bicycle. To do this, from the ripe fruit, cut large round lobes imitating the wheels, and from the peel - all the other elements, including the frame, the steering wheel, the seat and so on. Thus, you will have a funny and funny article on "Gifts of Autumn", which can be attributed to the school.

There are many other ways to produce bright and original masterpieces for participation in the contest "Gifts of Autumn". Choose our photo gallery to help you choose: