Handmade applications of autumn leaves - peculiarities of working with the material,

Preparing the leaves

Before you get to work, the collected leaves need to be dried. Most often they are placed between the pages of a book and left to dry for a few days. Drying can also be done in other ways. The fastest method will be with the use of an iron, but you need to iron through a sheet of paper.

Basic materials and tools

To make almost any applique use the following:

• cardboard;
• scissors;
• PVA glue;
• leaves;
• plasticine.

Animal applique

Making animals out of this material is one of the most favorite activities for a child. For the basis of application most often take a light-colored sheet of paper or cardboard. On which you can create a suitable background, drawing: forest, meadow, pond, etc., in general a certain natural environment peculiar to the manufactured animal.

Hare .

You can make a hare from the leaves of such trees as: maple, linden, ash, birch.

1. First, you need to glue a leaf of maple as the body.
2. For the head, use a leaf from a linden tree.
3. Make cheeks out of two birch leaves and glue them to the bottom of the bunny's head. Elongated ash leaves are an excellent substitute for the ears. Use smaller leaves as paws and collar of the bunny.
4. For the elements of the muzzle, use black paper, cutting out the necessary parts from it.
5. All elements should be glued with PVA glue.

Ideas how to make a leaf bunny a lot, you can see this, looking at photos of such applications. Of these, you can choose your favorite for the sample, taking into account the types of leaves that are at hand.

Owl

To make an owl you will need:

• cardboard;
• leaves;
• plasticine;
• PVA glue;
• scissors;
• twig;
• bunch of rowanberries.

Step by step instructions:

1. From a large yellow leaf to make the body, if the shape of the leaf does not fit, it can be adjusted with scissors.
2. Glue a smaller green leaf to form the head.
3. Knead two pieces of black and white plasticine, from white mold whites of the eyes, place black circles in the center, acting as pupils. Glue them in place in the head area.
4. Beak cut out of cardboard or a sheet of dark red color, suitable shape.
5. From a yellow leaf to make eyebrows.
6. Two green leaves are suitable for paws.
7. Sprig to place under the owl.
8. Cluster of rowanberries can be made hanging on a branch or placed in the beak of a bird.

Such a bird is the most common in crafts for a child.

Fish

The sea element is also very interesting for children. As pictures, cartoons and aquariums with fish are often in their eyes. Because of this kids love to draw them and create different crafts on this topic.

To make a collage with sea creatures, in this case fish, will need:

• cardboard sheet of the color of the sea wave;
• leaves;
• PVA glue;
• scissors;
• button.

Making process:

1. In the middle of the leaf glue a yellow leaf (the future body of the fish);
2. Form a tail with two red leaves;
3. Take another red leaf and cut out a heart from it with scissors, then use it as the lips;
4. Also from the red leaves to make fins;
5. Attach a button-eye.

Fish with scales

This hand applique is made from dried birch, poplar, ash leaves. In addition to them, will come in handy:

• a sheet of cardboard;
• glue;
• scissors;
• felt-tip pens;
• pencil.

Step by step instructions:

1. On a cardboard sheet make a sketch of a fish, draw an eye. Draw the mouth of a fish with a felt-tip pen.
2. Draw the tail with two large leaves, gluing them with a slight overlap.
3. Glue the bottom and top fins of suitable material.

For scales well suited small leaves are about the same size and shape. Withdrawing a small distance from the eye, glue one row of leaves. Subsequent scales glue slightly overlapping the previous row.

For preschoolers

Handicrafts of children who spend the last year in kindergarten can consist of broken dry leaves, they are often used for some types of applique.

Autumn tree

Leaf material is used in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes. It is even more interesting to work with than with monotonous leaves - you get bright and unusual applications.

In addition, it is necessary to have the following:

• cardboard;
• rowan berries;
• glass;
• clay of brown color;
• PVA glue;
• pencil.

Instructions:

1. On the cardboard you need to mold a plasticine branching tree. Press it for better fixation. With a stack to cut into the trunk like cracks.
2. Draw the outline of the crown with a pencil. Apply glue and cover it with leaf scraps.
3. Mark the ground and apply glue to this area and sprinkle crumbs of colorful leaves on top.
4. The rowan berries can be placed on the crown of the tree as a raspberry.

Vase

The original craft will be a flower vase. The work with it is identical to the other applications. The base is cardboard of a certain color. The vase can be made in different ways: drawn, cut out of colored paper or composed of tree leaves.

In the process of working will need:

• cardboard;
• dried leaves;
• scissors;
• PVA glue.

Form a vase of leaves. For the bouquet, select beautiful leaves and twigs. Compose the composition according to your preference. In addition to the leaves, it is desirable to decorate the branches with dried flowers.

For the 2nd grade

Children of this age will be interested in creating an autumn leaffall on cardboard. In addition, such needlework includes two techniques at once: applique and drawing.

First, it is necessary to prepare the background with colored pencils, felt-tip pens or paints. The crown of the tree, the fallen leaves on the ground and flying down decorate by gluing a variety of colors and shapes of leaves, you can use them in a crumbled form.

Autumn is the best time to collect a herbarium, which saves children from idleness on rainy days. Leaves are an excellent material for activities that develop creativity, in addition, it is easily accessible, you can say on their own fall in the fall in their hands. Even when dry leaves are broken, they are useful for some types of applique.

Photo ideas of homemade fall leaf appliques