It is incredibly interesting and exciting to make crafts from cones with your own hands. Plus it's a lot of fun. The thing is that an ordinary cone-shaped figure can be transformed into a funny toy, an image of an animal, a festive accessory and many other items.
It is possible to hand over this by gluing various elements to the cone, fastening cone figures to each other and in other ways, for which there is enough imagination.
Cone materials
Before starting needlework, you need to decide on the theme and image of the future craft based on the cone, but the most important thing is to choose the right material for the base. It is possible to make a cone with your own hands from various materials, giving them the desired shape.
You can use:
- Handy items (bottles and disposable tableware made of cardboard and plastic, corrugated pipe, etc. made of dense material);
- Cardboard or colored paper;
- Ready-made cones, purchased from a specialty store, they can be made of foil, foam, plastic, etc.
The foundation
It is not difficult to create a cone, you just need to outline a circle with a compass and divide it into four parts. Then cut into the obtained spectra and twist the cones.
The dimensions should be decided in advance so that the cones turn out to be suitable for the implementation of the idea. You can pre-prepare templates for crafts from a cone.
Animals
It will be interesting for children to make a craft from a cone of a favorite animal, for example:
Dog
A twisted brown paper cone is the finished body of an animal. You just need to add the missing parts: the face, ears, paws and a cute dog is ready. Similar crafts made from cones are feasible for children.
Cat
The simplest craft to make from a paper cone, to create it you will need:
- Black paper cone;
- A cylindrical part as a head, it will need to be fixed on top of the cone;
- Suitable items for crafting: mustache, nose, oval eyes, pointed ears, paws and tail.
Using this technique, the cats are very original, beautiful, and the color can be done in any way. Also, if there is something like fluff, the animal can be "covered" with wool.
Crow
The cone can be used to create a bird from the crow family. Moreover, such work is easily given even to the smallest needlewomen.
As a basis, you need to take a black paper cone, glue the wings and a circle as a head. Cut a powerful beak out of yellow material, legs out of paper strips folded like an accordion.
Frog
A very simple task is to make a frog based on a cone element. He will act as a torso. The cone should be wide and green in color. Complement it with details in the form of eyes, tongue and paws. That's all!
Bee
Bright cone craft suitable for children's creativity. To work you will need:
- Yellow cone (trunk);
- Elements in the form of a head, antennae and wings;
- Black stripes on the body can be drawn with paint or pencil, or can be cut out of colored paper and glued.
Attach everything in its place, the bee is ready!
Piggy
Easy craft for little "craftsmen". Adults can only be consulted for the formation of a cone. The child will cope with the rest of the elements himself, getting pleasure from the process. As a visual aid, you can take any image of a pig.
Hen
This product uses a peculiar type of cone. When folding it, you must leave the ends.These will be the bases of the paws and tail, glue the corresponding elements to them.
Complement the craft with a small comb, beard, wings, beak and eyes. Done!
Hedgehog
Think about how to make a craft from a wonderful hedgehog cone. In addition to the main cone, you will need to roll up small parts like needles.
You also need to take into account that the hedgehog will be located in a horizontal position. Next, make and glue parts of the muzzle.
For the holiday
A rare holiday is complete without guests, gif.webpts and party attributes. As part of the preparation for the holiday moment, you can prepare crafts using colored paper or cardboard and cones prepared in advance from a dense material.
Thus, you can do:
- Gif.webpt wrapping;
- Bright caps with elastic band for fixing on the head, decorated with beautiful elements;
- Cocktail umbrellas;
- Figures of various characters;
- Christmas accessories, etc.
ladybug
It will not be an insect figurine, but a gif.webpt bag with its image. The cone can be filled with various sweets and presented as a gif.webpt.
Moreover, you can decorate it with any characters, as well as flowers, patterns, etc.
Herringbone
In addition to a dense cone for a Christmas tree, you will need:
- Lush tinsel, with a predominance of green;
- Foil tape;
- Cardboard;
- Paper clips;
- Scissors.
Work process:
- A star must be cut out of cardboard and pasted over with foil tape (you can first glue it over and then cut it out, it will be easier);
- Attach the end of the tinsel to the top of the cone with a paper clip;
- Spirally wrap the cone with tinsel, fixing in places with paper clips;
- Fasten the second end of the tinsel with a paper clip to the bottom of the conical base;
- Fasten the star to the top of the tree.
The main symbol of the New Year is ready!
Party Hats
Work can be done in two ways, depending on the material of manufacture:
- If the cap is made out with wrapping paper, it must first be glued onto the cardboard, then a cone must be formed;
- If fabric is used as a decoration, then first you need to make a pattern, sew and pull on a cone already prepared.
In addition, from materials and tools, you may need:
- Wrapping and corrugated paper;
- Lace;
- Tinsel;
- Braid;
- Pompons;
- Tapes;
- Rubber bands;
- PVA glue;
- Hot nails;
- Paper clips.
It is possible to make from the cone, in addition to figures of animals and holiday accessories, various little men, fairy-tale characters, for example, an astrologer, gnomes, Santa Claus, a snowman, etc.
Show your imagination, experiment with materials and accessories with your children. So it is possible to collect a whole collection of ideas for leisure activities, in pictures and photos of crafts from a cone with each step of the work.
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