Craftwork from a tree branch with your own hands for interior decoration

Interior items made of natural materials are now very fashionable and popular. It is especially nice to show off to your friends decorative items made with your own hands. This article offers several master classes where you will learn how to make crafts from tree branches with your own hands.

The preparatory stage for creating a chandelier from branches

Home furnishings will become more fabulous if the ceiling is decorated with an unusual chandelier. Famous designers have long been working with natural materials, creating real works of art. An article from a tree branch can be different, but the following consumables will be needed to create a chandelier:

• Dry branches of trees;
• Glue on wood (it is desirable glutinous thermo-pistol) ;
• The ball is the size of the desired chandelier;
• Varnish, paints of metallic colors;
• Secateurs;
• Metal chain.

Creating a Chandelier

Crafts from dry tree branches with their own hands do not be difficult, the main thing is to observe technology:

1. In the first place, you need to process the branches. To do this, they should be cleaned from the remains of the bark and cut into sticks with a length of 20 cm. Especially picturesque will look gnarled branches.
2. Fix the ball. Collect the chandelier from the top. In the middle, you need to leave a place about 10 centimeters in diameter for the cartridge and the bulb. Glue the branches in a chaotic manner, gently fixing them to each other. The ends of the twigs will stick out in different directions, it's good, but you need to make sure that they are not longer than 5 centimeters.
3. You need to collect pieces, from time to time giving glue time to dry.
4. The shape of the chandelier can be chosen any, can be made in the form of a ball, completely closed, you can leave a round hole in the bottom or in the shape of a shade. It all depends on your desire and imagination.
5. We leave the formed chandelier for a while, so that the glue is completely dry. It is advisable to place it in a ventilated room. An article made from a tree branch with your own hands can dry for 2-5 days.
6. The next step is to cut the ball. Carefully pull it through the hole left for the cartridge.
7. If you want a metallic chandelier, you should paint it with paint from the can. If you want a natural wood chandelier, it will be beautiful when you cover with a colorless varnish.
8. Then we attach a chain to the top of the lampshade, we connect the ends together. And we fix the chandelier to the ceiling for the chain, but inside we lower the cartridge with the bulb. It should be emphasized that the light bulb should be low-power so that the dry twigs of the chandelier do not ignite from the heat.

What will be required for a coffee table of branches?

Crafts from tree branches with their own hands for a garden or a house are made the same. Of course, in the case of outdoor items, you will have to invest in varnish and water repellent coatings. To create a table you need to prepare:

• A thick, forked branch for the table leg;
• Branches of various thicknesses and boards;
• Different numbers of sandpaper;
• Fret saws;
• Adhesive tape, marker, glue on wood;
• Small and large self-tapping screws;
• Putty on wood;
• Varnish and epoxy resin.

A table with your own hands: the stages of creation

Crafting a tree branch with your own hands in the form of a table will require time and attention:

1. Choose a thick branch that will branch out into two or three branches. This will be the foot of the table, on which the table top will be fastened.
2. Treat the selected base, remove the bark, saw off unnecessary knots.
3. Then grind the leg. For coarse, primary grinding, a coarse-grained sandpaper is required. For final work, take fine-grained sandpaper.
4. Cut the base so that the branch stably holds the balance, and the place under the table top had a perfectly flat surface.
5. A very difficult and responsible stage is the manufacture of the countertop. A simple option: cut the board from the board, process it, apply a picture in the form of a tree on the surface, cover it with varnish.
6. There is a more interesting option - to collect the table top from the branches of the tree. To do this, you need to clean the branches, remove all unnecessary ones, cut them lengthways, so that the branches retain their shape, but become flat, and fasten together, giving them the shape of a tree.
7. Carefully grind the resulting workpiece.
8. Next, lay out everything on the countertop and trim it, setting the desired shape. Glue the branches to the table top and fix with small self-tapping screws.
9. Attach the countertop to the base.
10. At the next stage, the tree bark is useful , which was cleaned from the branches at the beginning of the work. Slightly moistened and cut to size, it can be fixed with self-tapping screws and glue from the end of the countertop.
11. All the hats of self-tapping screws should be covered with wood putty.
12. Let's start decorating the countertop. Small pebbles should be washed and thoroughly dried. Next, fill it with all the gaps between the branches on the table top, level it. Pour the epoxy resin to get a smooth, even surface.
13. After the resin has dried, the table top is ready. All other parts of the table are treated with varnish, and the table is ready.

Cherry branches in a vase

An article from a tree branch with your own hands can look like a complete subject or an exquisite composition. The second option requires the following raw materials:

• Cherry branches;
• Bowl or plafond;
• Newspapers;
• PVA-glue, thermo-gun;
• Knife, pruner, scissors.

Technique of execution:

1. In the technique of papier-mâché we produce a round billet for a vase.
2. When it is completely dry, use a sharp knife to gently cut it into two halves and stretch the mold. Cut the neck. Re-glue the two parts together.
3. If a flat bottom was not made when making the base, then you can stick the legs to the bottom using pieces of twigs.
4. Cut the twigs into sticks up to 25 centimeters long. Next, glue gun in turn to attach the sticks to the base of papier-mache.

Thus it is possible to decorate the watch, hanging vases and other items.

Decorative sprig for a vase

Tools and materials:

• Dry twig of beautiful shape;
• Vase;
• Corrugated paper;
• A twine of twine, scissors;
• Glue thermo gun;
• Gold spray paint.

Technique of execution:

1. From the cardboard cut out a template sheet of any tree, which you represent in your composition. For this template, cut out as many leaves as possible from the corrugated paper. The color of the paper can be green if you want a summer tree, or red and yellow - if it's autumn.
2. If there is a need, cut off the excess with the secateur, giving the desired shape to the branch. Carefully, without leaving uncolored lumens, paint the branch with golden paint. Dry it.
3. Leaflets glued to the golden branch, wrapped in twine, glue the tips with glue.
4. A ready twig to put in a vase.

Anyone can make crafts from tree branches with their own hands. Photo products prove that such items can transform the most boring interior.