How to make a picture of autumn leaves with your own hands

At the beginning of the school year in kindergartens and schools,hold contests of crafts made of natural material. An interesting option is to make a panel of autumn leaves with your own hands. The technology is simple, and the result can be very effective. This decor is suitable and just as an ornament for the interior. Making of autumn crafts can easily be turned into a joint creativity with children.

Panel of natural material

Very beautiful paintings can be created,sticking dried leaves and flowers, separate petals on the substrate, for example, from cardboard. Such a technique has its name - oshibana (or oshibana). Quite often acts as a hobby for adults. Oshibana is the ancient Japanese art of spreading paintings from dried leaves and flowers.

For children's creativity, the option is also suitable. The child in the process of doing crafting and preparing material will learn new information about the world around him, learn to compare colors and shapes. He will develop a small motor skills, assiduity. It is very good to combine leaves and flowers with twigs, seeds, seeds. So you can get a relief surface and even three-dimensional details.

Panel of autumn leaves with your own hands

So, what is needed in order to build such abeauty? The panel of autumn leaves (photo below) can be made only from flat elements, both natural natural forms of objects and those created on a paper substrate by complex configurations of artificial origin are used.

• bouquets;
• landscapes;
• still lifes;
• portrait or complex thematic ideas.

In a word, this technique is very interesting, unusual. The result depends on your imagination, assiduity and preparations, which you have.

Materials and Tools

To make a panel of autumn leaves with your own hands, you will need the following:

• base (cardboard, fiberboard, paper, for example, color);
• dried leaves, petals of flowers;
• glue;
• brush for applying glue (optional);
• glass and frame for registration of work.

So, nothing special is required. The main thing - patience and desire to do something special.

Technology of leaf preparation

To make a beautiful panel of natural material, it is important to properly prepare the raw materials. You will need:

• freshly picked leaves, flowers, petals;
• unnecessary thick books;
• cardboard;
• cotton wool;
• scissors;
• Threads or large office rubbers (not eraser, but those used for currency bills);
• smooth surface for several days (table, shelf).

Drying of the material is a slow process, but it is not worth hurrying to get high-quality work pieces.

The sequence of drying the leaves is as follows:

1. Fully and accurately lay out the leaves between the pagesunnecessary book (paper can get dirty). Do not lay out the leaves one by one, it is better to do it in a few pages (faster and better dry out, not stick together).
2. Put the book under the press (box, box or several large books).
3. Wait a few days.
4. Check if the workpieces are dry. If the quality suits you, take out the leaves and get to work. If the material is not dry, leave another couple of days.

How to dry flowers

Petals of flowers or small (not thick) flowersdried just like leaves. So, you can procure the flowers of daffodils, phlox, bindweed, violas (pansies), bell. But asters, roses and other flowers, in which the base is dense, fleshy, it is better to dry it like this:

1. Prepare a sheet of cardboard or thick paper slightly larger than the flower itself.
2. Fold the workpiece in half like a postcard.
3. Cut in the center of each side an opening of any shape (this is a kind of ventilation, so that the flower does not rot).
4. Unfold the cardboard and put a layer of cotton in it.
5. Put the flower on the cotton wool.
6. Top with a layer of cotton wool.
7. Close the cardboard (fold the doors).
8. Secure the "postcard" with elastic bands or tie with threads.
9. It is advisable to put it under the press.
10. After a few days, check the result. If cotton wool is very wet, and the flower does not dry, change the cotton wool and dry it.

As you can see, the technology of harvesting leaves and flowers is simple, but if it does not follow, quality material will not work. The undried leaves can be deformed, and the flowers will fall off petals.

Technology of the panel

To make a beautiful panel of leaves (photo above), you need to work this way:

1. Take a cardboard base or colored paper if part of the background remains uncovered by the dried material.
2. To make objects of a complex non-natural form (vase, house), cut out thin paper from the substrate (workpieces).
3. Spread one side of the paper substrate with glue and put dry leaves on top.
4. Wait until the element dries, and trim along the contour of the edge. Small pieces of leaves are thrown away, and large ones are used for other parts.
5. When all the parts are ready, apply glue to the substrate and glue the workpieces. If necessary, first lay out the background of leaves or petals.
6. After drying the picture, decorate it in a frame under the glass. So the panel will be better preserved.

Panels from dry leaves can be made in the form of a relief with the use of twigs, spikes, cones, seeds and seeds. This option is perfect for children's creativity.

So, to make a panel of autumn leaves with your ownhands easy. This creative activity can be an interesting and useful way to spend time with the child. Prepare quality material and explain the technology. Even small children can make a simple composition of leaves and flowers.