Do you want to transform window sills and bookshelves but not enough interior items? Then why not make these same interior items on your own, and even with your child.
In this article, we bring to your attention a very simple but fun master class on how to make a cactus with your own hands from the most ordinary stones. Such plants will not require any care, but at the same time they will become an excellent art object in your home, and maybe even a creative gift for friends, relatives and acquaintances.
To make such charming cacti, you will need the following materials: stones, acrylic paints, "live eyes", small flower pots and glue.
Stones must first be washed with soap and dried.
Now you can cover the stones with green acrylic paint. It may not necessarily be green paint, you can also use light green.
When the green layer of paint dries, arm yourself with a thin brush and apply white elements to the green stones, they will be needles. Needles can look like dots, stripes, crosses on homemade cacti.
Currently, there is a lot of information, photos, master classes on performing various crafts from any materials. Craftswomen, mothers who are fond of this type of creativity are not averse to trying their hand at making new crafts, both for themselves, for sale, and for joint creative activities with children. This article offers a variety of ideas and options for how to make a cactus.
Before starting to make crafts, many begin to think about the question: What can I make a cactus from with my own hands?
But do not worry, there are many different options, not only different techniques, but also using various materials. We list some of them: knitted needles, crocheted, dried, sewn from various fabrics and materials, fashioned, made from paper, stones and many others.
Many needlewomen use cactus and succulents in their creative works, because with its brightness and unusualness it attracts attention, gives a lot of ideas for creating your creative works.
Now we will consider several manufacturing options that are very effective, beautiful, functional and unusual. Although at first glance, it seems that it is difficult to fulfill them, but here it is proposed step-by-step instruction for the manufacture of cacti, following it with you, you will definitely get a very beautiful and original flower.
Cactus from paper, cardboard
There are a lot of manufacturing options. First you need to make a cactus template that you came up with to make, but don't be upset if you can't, you can download and print already ready-made templates and use them.
Also, to create a finished exposure, you can make a pot, for example, from a disposable tea / coffee mug, from a used can, a glued paper cone, any plastic box of the required size, etc.
Take a template and cut it out. We choose the desired color of paper and make blanks. We cut everything out, fold it and glue it (cacti and needles are painted with paints), if necessary, a pot is made. Can also be made bright flower and glue it to the cactus.
The pot can be pasted over with multi-colored tape and add additional decorative elements. The craft can be used as a handmade gift, and it will also enliven and decorate any interior.
Pebble cactus
This version of the craft is very unusual, but most importantly, it will warm with memories of summer, the sea, sunny days and highlights.
It is necessary to take a pebble various sizes, rinse, dry. Acrylic paints paint the pebbles, apply the background, sides, needles, you can also draw all kinds of flowers different colors and forms. Wait for complete drying.
At this time, take a flower pot required size and fill it with stone chips, leaving a third of the pot empty. In the pot, tightly insert the painted pebbles into the crumbs.
Key rings cacti
Key chains are very functional and will serve as toy and decorative cacti. They will attract attention with their unusualness, pricklyness and functionality.
For manufacturing, you need a small amount of yarn of various colors and hosiery knitting needles, we will knit the intended shape of the cactus (circle, oval), fill it with a sintepon and put it aside for a while. Let's take the plastic of brown or other tones and blind the pot right size and roast it in the oven.
With PVA glue, generously lubricate the tip of the cactus and attach it to the pot, wait for it to dry completely. We carefully attach the iron ring to the top of the cactus. You can crochet a flower in bright colors and attach it to the side. It will turn out very beautiful and functional!
Knitted cactus pillows
Pillow, knitted with your own hands, and even in the form of a cactus!!! How attractive, original, convenient. This pillow will decorate the interior, be comfortable and functional.
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Before you start, you need to remember that you need to knit it in the shape of a cactus, so that there is a more realistic similarity effect, plus it is advisable to choose a type of knitting that is similar in texture to a cactus and do not forget to add small parts- beautiful flower.
Take the yarn of the required color, knitting needles, choose the pattern you like and start knitting, after knitting, connect the seams, fill with padding polyester. Knit a flower from bright yarn.
Needle bed - do-it-yourself cactus
There is a different set of photos of crafts in the form of a cactus made various methods. For example, needle beds crocheted, knitted, made of fabric and felt.
Any hostess needs a needle bed, it will be especially pleasant to use it if you know that it was made with your own hands and with love and, of course, it will decorate the work area with its unusualness.
Pincushion knitted
To do this, take the yarn of the intended color, knitting needles, knit with an “elastic band” to the required size, take a needle and sew. We fill it with padding polyester, shape it into a circle and sew up the bottom. We take flower pot, pour expanded clay or pebbles for gravity, cut out a circle from the foam plastic the size of the upper diameter of the pot and cut a circle in the center for attaching the associated cactus.
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We paint the resulting circle in Brown color, glue the edges of the foam and gently insert the cactus into it so that the foam does not break. We are waiting for complete drying. At this time, we are preparing flowers - they can be made of paper or crocheted, attached to a cactus. The final stage- decorate with needles - pins.
Crocheted needle bed
The implementation of this craft is not much different from that described above. Only a hook is used, and all materials and methods are the same.
It is necessary to crochet a cactus, fill it with synthetic winterizer, decorate with a flower and needles - pins. Prepare a pot and a foam hole in advance, grease the inner hole with glue and carefully insert the cactus.
Pincushion made of felt or fabric
These needle beds are suitable for those who cannot knit or want to try. new way manufacturing. Felt - the material is very easy to use, it does not crumble and it is pleasant to work with it. The fabric is more whimsical, but each needlewoman chooses the material she likes.
When using any materials, the craft will always be unique and made with love. Decide on the material. We make a template, we make samples according to it. We sew them, you can leave the seams outside, or you can turn the sample inside out.
We fill the cactus with synthetic winterizer. You can prepare a pot for a needle bed or sew on a ribbon to hang. Beautifully decorate a cactus by making a flower, eyes, mouth, nose, insert pins - everything is at your discretion and taste.
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DIY photo of cacti
This beautiful flower will be a cheerful decoration of the kitchen or children's room. It is done simply and quickly. You can make these flowers with your brothers or sisters and then give them to your mother or grandmother.
The height of the finished craft is only 6 cm. First you need to figure out what kind of cactus you want to make. Now you need to pick up corrugated paper of the right colors: for a pot, for a cactus and for a flower. You also need to take plasticine, close in color to the selected paper.
So, let's begin:
1. Make a pot small size(slightly larger than a thimble) and fashion the base for a cactus of the chosen shape (round, elongated, flattened, etc.). The pot can be wrapped with a flagellum twisted from a strip corrugated paper. Or you can wrap it with a strip of corrugated paper folded in half.
2. The base for the cactus must be well fixed on the pot, for this you can take half a toothpick. For trimming, you will need squares of green corrugated paper with a side of 15-18 mm and a tool (ballpoint pen, wooden skewer, toothpick with a sharp end cut off or another thin stick). Put the stick in the middle of the square, close its corner to the corner, crumple the paper around the stick, twisting it between your fingers to form a tube. Without removing the tube from the tool, stick it horizontally into the plasticine, starting from the bottom. Trim in rows from bottom to top.
3. If you want to make cactus eyes, then cut them out of cardboard or use ready-made ones. So that they are at the same height with the surface, place plasticine balls under them. This cactus is still bald, but already looks around in surprise. Choose a place where the flower will be located, stick a flattened ball there, fill the rest of the surface with tubes.
4. For a flower, take a strip of paper measuring 3x10 cm, fold it several times. Cut out the petals of the desired shape. Lay the stick along the petal for two thirds of its length. Squeeze the petal around the stick.
5. Stick a stick with a petal from the very edge of the plasticine disk. Stick all the petals in a circle and fill the middle with tubes of squares with a side of 15 mm. Make a cheerful friend for a cactus...
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