A century ago, only scientists were fond of genealogy at the amateur level. Anyone can find out who their ancestors were. There are even special agencies that provide such a service. But it is much cheaper and more interesting to make a family tree with your own hands.
Determine the scale
Before you begin to work, decide how large your tree will be, how many generations it will go into. You can limit yourself to the page of the family album, a beautiful frame with photos or create a wall-to-wall panel - from floor to ceiling. A family tree is an interesting idea for children's handicrafts. It is worthwhile to orient oneself on the child's age: for a three-year-old baby there will be enough schemes on which he will be depicted, parents and grandmothers with grandfathers, and a teenager can be offered to conduct a global investigation and get deeper to the roots. If you decide to make a small pedigree tree with your own hands, you can draw a template yourself by hand or in a graphical program on the computer. You can also make a large panel consisting of a variety of materials, such as cardboard, chipboard, or simply paint the tree with colors directly on the wall or the selected substrate.
How to make a family tree?
It's worth starting with the preparatory work. Be sure to draft a draft before you paint your work. Be sure to draw a tree schematically, if you get too many lateral branches, you can not mention someone from distant relatives. You can create a direct tree, noting only the parents in each generation. You can create a family tree with your own hands, which will expand downward or upward. If necessary, not only draw a rough draft, but draw a sketch. In advance, decide whether you will make a family tree family with your own hands with photos or limit yourself to inscriptions.
Variants of registration of the genealogical scheme
Your tree can be any color and have a crown of any shape. If you choose the standard green foliage, think over the frames in the form of apples or flowers. However, for any basis, the standard wooden or round frames are ideal. The background can be left single-colored or paint an original landscape. If after you finish making a family tree with your own hands, you do not plan to place it in the frame under the glass, use the surround elements for the decor. These can be artificial flowers, fruits or even animal figurines made in a variety of techniques. Unusually look natural materials in the decor of the composition depicting a tree. If you want, you can draw a pine tree and use real lumps or decorate with dried berries some deciduous plant. If you are doing a flat pedigree tree with your own hands, there are also many ideas for decoration. Apply paints with unusual effects, for example, shiny or glowing in the dark. You can make a flat application, using corrugated or velvet paper, foil or fabric. If you are doing some needlework, add the elements made in your favorite technique: make the inflorescences of beads, tie the branches crochet - remember, you are limited only by your own imagination.