Ideas for a gift: how to make a nest with your own hands?

As you know, the ideal gift is the one in which love is embedded and a part of the soul of its creator. Any thing made by own hands, is unique, which means that it is necessary to please the birthday person. The article is about making a nest. Of course, this is not an aspen or even a crow's nest. We will talk about the option of a nice gift, which can become a real decorative item. A beautiful thing you can give a girl for her birthday or March 8. Let's see how to make a nest with your own hands?

What do you need?

To make an original nest with funny chicks, you should prepare a wire, bast, pliers, a branch of spruce (or willow) and beautiful artificial feathers.

How to make a nest with your own hands?

1. So, to make a decorative nest, you need to be patient. Let's start with creating the basis for a future craft. Using pliers made of wire, you need to make a cross-shaped construction, fitting its ends to the desired size. It is necessary to take a thick wire, so that the artifact turned out to be strong.

2. Then with a thinner wire, you need to braid the whole basket, imitating a cuckoo's nest. Do not overdo with the amount of wire. Remember that this is just the basis. Next, we begin to weave into our frame the sprigs of spruce or willow, doing this according to the principle of an ordinary basket: we twist each twig, perforating in a circle.

3. It is not necessary to do everything very carefully, because the protruding elements will create the illusion of similarity to a real bird's nest. However, to make the structure strong, the willow branches of the pussy will be better secured with a thin wire. Let the branches be of different lengths, this will give the crafts a special charm, reminiscent of an explosion of creative imagination.

4. Now you know how to make a nest with your own hands. But that is not all. In order for it to become a work of art, it must be beautifully designed. It is necessary to plant beads on a thin wire, then fix this decorative element on the branches of the improvised nest. It is better to distribute them neatly throughout the structure, so that everything looks as natural as possible.

5. The nest can also be decorated with feathers. It's enough just to lay the colored feathers on the bottom of the craft. You can decorate them and the edges of the nest, after adding a little glue. Do this carefully, so as not to spoil the craft.

6. To create a beautiful effect, try pouring on your nest of shine, fixing them with hairspray. Shine will give an homemade nest a touch of mystery and charm.

7. You can create a variety of unlike handicrafts, placing in the nest eggs or chicks, made from ordinary foam rubber, painted with gouache. In general, enough for your creativity.

Thus, your craft can become an original gift to friends for a birthday or any other holiday. Knowing how to make a nest with your own hands, You do not have to worry about the presentation or create amazing designer pieces for sale.