Handmade crafts from a cone - step by step master classes of children's crafts

Cones from different materials: the choice of the basis for the craft

In preparation for the upcoming creative process, it is necessary to choose the idea and theme of the future handicraft, paying attention to the preparation of the basis. For needlework, it is easy to use different cones, made independently of different materials, giving them the necessary shape:

• cones from improvised materials, plastic bottles and corrugated tubes, dense fabric;
• cardboard or colored and white paper, simple and easy to handle, from which even a child can easily make a cone;
• purchased cones of foam plastic, they can be inexpensively purchased in specialized stores.

To make a cone with your own hands, you need to draw a circle on the paper, using a compass or any round object. The drawing marks a certain area to be cut out of the paper or cardboard workpiece, you should leave a few centimeters of allowance to neatly glue the cone workpiece.

Original ideas for unusual cone crafts

A simple paper cone in the skillful hands of a master can turn into a huge number of beautiful and unusual, stylish and exclusive products. Even the smallest child can cope with painting and coloring the workpiece, taking part in the creation of this masterpiece or holiday attribute.

Funny little animals

Colored or white cardboard is used to make fun toys that are sure to please kids of all ages. Working with paper and cardboard materials helps develop creativity and fine motor skills, it's exciting for the child and the result of such work will be interesting products:

• animals and birds familiar to a child from fairy tales and books;
• Beetles and butterflies, supplementing and expanding the baby's knowledge;
• plants and mushrooms, they can be used in the game.

Ready-made toys can be a symbol of the upcoming New Year or a favorite character from a fairy tale or cartoon. Several crafts can make complete compositions and illustrations of the books you've read or stories you've told, they can be used to organize a home puppet theater.

New Year's Decor

Using your skills and interesting ideas, you can make unusual decorations for the upcoming New Year and Christmas with your own hands:

• cute elves in cute clothes, Santa Claus' helpers;
• funny Santa Claus with a wadded mouse or paper beard;
• beautiful angels made of openwork napkins folded into a cone.

A large and sturdy cone will make an elegant Christmas tree, the needles can be made of macaroni or satin ribbons, corrugated or colored paper. With your own hands you can make a cone Christmas tree using such materials as cotton disks and candy wrappers, woolen thread and tinsel, cotton and paper balls, thread pompoms.

Exclusive home decorations from cone bases

Decorate a separate room or zone in it, the whole house and the homestead will help designer handicrafts using a cone base. Self-made such decorations will not be difficult, and the resulting effect will surpass all expectations, especially if you do not limit the flight of your own imagination:

• Topiary in the form of a cone of paper and ribbon flowers, candy and coffee beans;
• flower troughs made of plastic cones, suitable for the home and garden;
• candlestick from an inverted cone, it can be made from polymer clay.

Using simple ideas, an ordinary in shape cone, it is easy to turn into a designer handicraft, which will look more original than a purchased decoration. When using hard-wearing materials, you can prepare a bright and stylish decor that can be used to decorate your garden or homestead.

Holiday paraphernalia

Every child or adult holiday does not do without a noisy party, invited guests and gifts, festive paraphernalia. You can make all these things yourself, using colored cardboard or paper, a cone-shaped base prepared in advance will come in handy for the preparation of the holiday:

• packaging for gifts and sweet surprises for invited guests;
• Birthday caps, brightly and beautifully colored, complemented with a rubber band
• umbrellas for drinks and children's cocktails, decorating straws or cups.

The festive theme and theme of the party is emphasized by following the same color scheme or by appropriate inscriptions and appliques. Parents can choose a different format for the holiday event, prepare surprises in advance for their kid's invited friends or decorate the house for their arrival.

Making a Christmas tree out of thread on a cone base

To replace a large and living Christmas tree will help a beautiful and stylish craft from woolen thread, which you can make yourself, using the step-by-step master class. For the creative process, you need to prepare a cone and green woolen threads of any density, PVA glue and a wide brush, a cellophane bag and additional decorations:

1. A cardboard or foam cone is wrapped carefully with a cellophane bag for easy removal of the finished craft;
2. a thread is carefully wrapped around the cone, it is better to start with one layer, it is covered with a layer of PVA glue using a broad brush
3. you can pour the glue into a container and drop in it the thread, prepared for wrapping the cone, so the handicraft will be more accurate;
4. When the first layer of thread dries, you can repeat the procedure, carefully filling in the free space on the surface of the workpiece;
5. After the finished Christmas tree is completely dry, it is carefully turned over and removed from the cone, separated from the protective bag;
6. cone-shaped, string Christmas tree can be decorated with small toys or fluffy pompoms, sequins and beads, beads.

Simple and detailed instructions are suitable for creating Christmas trees of different shapes and sizes, which will decorate the house or holiday table. Depending on the size of the cone you can make a large Christmas tree or small Christmas toys, at the stage of decorating the surface of the Christmas tree can be painted in any color.

Having learned to work with cone bases, it is easy to proceed to the production of more complex and multi-level items. Cones are used to create elements of carnival costumes, decor for the home and interesting products that will decorate the exhibition at school or daycare.

In the creative process, you can use purchased and improvised materials, full and truncated cones, developing their own and children's skills, skills to work with different textures and textures.

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