Not only can you make crafts from the materials we are used to: paper, foil, plasticine, glass, etc. In fact, branches are perfect for creating unique and inimitable crafts, in this article you will learn what you can do from branches at home with your own hands.
When you figured out that you want to make a craft from the branches with your own hands and decided that these will be exactly the branches, you should know that they need to be washed and dried before work.
Also, picking them up in a specialized store for creativity, you can not be afraid that the tree is not damaged or infectious, because street branches can be bitten by insects.
If you decide to take them from the street, then it is imperative to process them in order to protect yourself and your loved ones, it is also worth considering all the cracks or larvae, which, as a rule, hide from us in the depths of the bark of the tree.
The time it takes for the tree to completely dry out is two weeks. You need to know that at room temperature it dries well, rather than, for example, outside. Then you need to varnish and you can start the creative process. Before varnishing, decide what color the craft will be and what tone it will have.
Compositions
If you have just started making wood crafts, it is better to start with an easy one and then, after gaining experience, move on to a heavy one.
Vase of branches
It is done simply and looks impressive.
You will need:
- Plastic bottle, gotta cut it at the top,
- Decorative ribbon and lace,
- Glue gun.
All you need is to fix this cut bottle with a tape, you can also use a string instead of a tape.
- We glue it with a gun so that it holds firmly and we cover it with paint, which may be silver.
- On top, we lay the twigs, this is the basis and will be considered a vase.
You can do it differently:
- You will need a glass flask,
- Place the branches inside it and add a candle that will float.
Real decorators or hobbyists use moss or use LEDs. You can place pussy willow branches.
Crafts for the holiday
In the New Year, you want to do and create with your own hands, because this is a wonderful magical time of miracles and the fulfillment of desires, which means that you can donate crafts with your own hands not only to your loved ones, but also to decorate your home, which will surprise and delight your friends or household members.
At the same time, you will not spend a lot of money on creating such crafts, and at the same time this creative process will give you a New Year's mood.
Wreaths
You will need:
- Wire,
- Branches.
Nothing at all and the wreath will hang on your front door or the door of one of the rooms, the choice is yours. By creating unique compositions, you can show creative thinking and flight of imagination.
Complex crafts
This composition is more complicated than the above, but it should be done by hand. It is called a family tree.
- For him, you will need a saw cut from a tree, pre-processed, a drill, a branch, trimming branches (thick) resembling the shape of circles.
- The creation process includes the collection of the design itself and the sticker of photographs of close relatives.
Also, this craft can be presented to your family.
Division of space
Who loves to work with his hands and he likes to decorate and equip his home, you can use your skills when zoning a room. When there is a desire to separate one room from another, you can use this method. how to use and create a partition made of wood.
You will need:
- Plank with holes to accommodate long branches.
The desired shape can be applied here, if there is a pruner, you can make it however you want. Based on the interior of a room or apartment, choose the appropriate color. Also, some, at the end of the process, put a pot, because the hedge resembles what they put in the villages.
Trunks that are already starting to dry are used as a canopy. Also, using wood, you can make a unique hanger.
Table
If you've gotten enough practice with various wood crafts, then you can move on to more complex tasks. For example, a table by the bed or in the living room.
To do this, it is recommended to choose flexible branches, a frame is assembled from them, and you can choose oval or round glass, which is also suitable for this design.
It can be moved to any place you like, removed when cleaning. You can use a wooden table for picnics, on terraces.
You need:
- Small trunks, branches at the same time to lay chaotically, secure, the process is ready.
This table is most often used when you need to transplant plants.
Crafts from branches with a child
You can lure your kids in this process. A common cause not only brings together, but also gives a charge of positive and good mood.
Once you've decided on the idea and materials, for example by taking thick and thin branches, you can make an excellent frame.
You just need to connect small square-shaped branches opposite the large branches, while the photo does not need to be inserted as in ordinary frames, you can stick it on the wall and, guided by the shape and size, attach the frame, you can use a hot gun or drill when gluing to attach the branches.
Small house
Also, when creating a New Year's atmosphere or just for no reason, you can make a house of branches with your children.
Depending on the desire, they make a small house or a large one, but this will take more time.
- So, first you need to prepare the logs, they must be even and the same.
- Remove the bark from the branches and cut off the branches with a knife.
- At the end of this, sand with sandpaper and cut off the pieces to the desired length.
You should get a blank wooden frame.
It is assembled in this way:
- Branches peek out around the corners of the house. To get it straight, you need to cut out the junction with a knife.
- After that, fasten the branches with glue, make doors and windows.
- The roof is made like this. so that there was a rise.
- It must be taken into account. that in the beginning there should be a frame of the house, then only the roof is installed.
- Decorate the top with a pipe.
- On New Year's holidays, this house is decorated with a garland or additional elements are placed around, for example, decorated candles.
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