Cereal paintings with their own hands - peculiarities of work with materials and tools, interesting ideas and photo examples

Cereal paintings from all kinds of cereals

To decorate the house or, looking for something to occupy the child, sometimes it is enough to review the contents of the kitchen cupboard with groceries. Any cereal products, pulses are organically suitable for decorating objects and reproducing cute paintings that will bring a fresh twist to the atmosphere of the dwelling.

Necessary tools

To carry out the work will require a variety of grains, such as peas, corn, coffee, lentils. In addition need live leaves, beads, scraps of cloth and other attributes that additionally decorate your creations. As a tool get:

• tweezers;
• gouache;
• PVA glue;
• pencil;
• needle;
• aerosol varnish.

The basis will serve as cardboard from the packing boxes, plywood or board. The main thing is its density. The finished panel will need a frame, you can take a photo frame or use plastic, wood.

Technological process

Beginners in the beginning of the creative path are engaged in simple drawings in the form of squares or ornaments. Over time, the plots become more complicated. The desired picture with neat outlines should be applied to the base. We choose the grain, determine its volume and color palette. Adjacent areas can not be the same color.

In the course of action, we fill the individual pieces of the image with the selected material, planting it on the glue. This is done piece by piece to achieve complete drying and not to get dirty. The sketch is completed with tweezers and the evenness is achieved with a needle. When the piece is ready, it is given time to finish drying and is varnished to gloss.

Paint procedure

Pour into a sturdy bag 2-3 handfuls of a certain composition, add three tablespoons of vinegar or alcohol and a trickle of food dye. Shake the container thoroughly for full coloring. Spread out on a cloth, a plate, and dry the prepared samples.

Options for ideas

Such crafts are practiced in kindergartens and schools. Precise movements have a great effect on the fine motor skills of children's hands. Pasta and cereals can be used to create:

1. Animals - a cat, a rooster, a swan, a wise owl.
2. Vegetables and fruits, mushrooms.
3. Starfish.
4. Christmas toys, wreaths.

Crumbs replenish empty containers in which artificial plants, candles, dried flowers and even knives are placed. Bottles, in which layers of contrasting fillers are poured, look charming. For this, a funnel or a paper sheet folded in its likeness comes in handy.

Seeds, beans, cereals will change beyond recognition a frame for photos or mirrors, ennobling it with expressive relief.

A vase with flowers

Take buckwheat, millet, rice, plain and airy corn. Step by step instructions:

• Draw the contour lines of the vase and single buds;
• Apply a layer of glue to the vase, trying not to go over the edges. Cover with buckwheat, and after drying, shake it off;
• We use peas on the neck and bottom;
• At the bottom we make a glue mesh, on which peas will also go. One by one we fill the formed cells with rice;
• the background wallpaper will be millet, cornmeal;
• the flower stem will be rice grains, and the flowers themselves will be popcorn;
• add greenery in the form of real twigs or vermicelli colored in a green tone and birch bark in elongated strips.

After framing our work, hang it on the wall.

Easter eggs and other nice little things

To give the holiday table uniqueness, it is not necessary to spend money, use macaroni stars, dried herbs, cereal mixture. With glue, coat the egg, for example, in spices or apply any pattern. Single spot accents are not forbidden.

Napkins can be placed in non-trivial rings. When the toilet paper or foil runs out, a tube is left, cutting it into several parts, we get rings, which are decorated at will.

Styrofoam balls, covered with a variety of seeds, will make the coffee table exclusive. The composition is complemented by candles, dried branches, cones.

Master class on making a decorative tree of peas for Easter:

1. Styrofoam ball painted in a greenish shade.
2. Make a hole with an awl for the stem.
3. Applying glue, sprinkle peas.
4. The next day, if there are gaps, remove them.
5. We insert the stem into the glued hole.
6. Soil in the pot will act as foam, it is important to achieve stability.
7. The top of the imaginary soil is decorated with anything, it can be moss, sisal.

Such an original thing in the kitchen will long delight the eyes of the household with its non-standard appearance.

Bird feeder

Cute figures will help to feed birds in winter. Even a toddler can do the task. In a saucepan, bring half a cup of water to a boil, pour in the gelatin packet and stir for 5 minutes. Once cooled, mix with the birdseed and fill cookie molds of various configurations.

Deepen two ends of a rope into corners and tamp down the mass, pouring it on top. Keep in the freezer for 30 minutes and leave until next day. Take out of the molds, hang on trees. You just have to wait for the happy guests to arrive!

As you can see, such creative activity is not distinguished by jewelry subtlety, physical and material costs. But there will certainly be no place for depression and bad moods. Invoking your imagination as an assistant, you will discover your personal individuality and become an example for children, educating them in good taste and style.

Photo ideas of homemade paintings from groats