Lesothik of cones with his own hands

Most children are very fond of making crafts from natural materials. Such creativity develops imagination and motor skills of hands. A lesbian from cones is a cute fairy-tale character that can become an ornament in the children's room.

What to do with a craft

One of the most interesting materials, given by nature, are cones of coniferous trees. They can be found in the park or in the forest. It is better to collect more natural material in advance if you are in nature. At first, cones can be an ordinary decorative element, if they are placed in a round aquarium. But if you want, you can make nice fairy-tale characters from them. Today we learn how to make a piece of artwork "Lesovichok of cones."

Craftwork "Leshy" of pine cones

List of materials:

• Pine cones of different sizes;
• Fresh twig of pine;
• Sticks of pine without needles;
• Colored clay;

Technique of execution:

1. Take two pine cones, for the trunk - more, for the head - smaller. If the cones are not covered, hold them for several days in a warm room for a few days to dry and open.
2. Attach the head to the body with a brown clay.
3. Then proceed to the manufacture of handles. Two little knobs of small size, identical in size, cling to the body with clay - these are the shoulders of Leshoy.
4. On two pine sticks, well, if they are clumsy and knotty, from one end is attached to a small ball of plasticine and fixed in the depths of small cone-shoulders.
5. For the legs lesovicka need two sticks thicker. They are attached to the clay in the depth of the lump-torso. To Leshy could stand, make him bast shoes from plasticine.
6. We proceed to the design of the face. A green twig of pine is fastened with plasticine to the chin of a figurine. Scissors slightly shorten the received beard.
7. Identify eyes and mouth with green and pink plasticine. In the center of the face, fix a tiny cone - this will be a spout. "Lesovichok of cones" is ready, it remains to find a suitable shelf for him. If desired, you can create a house of branches or a hut of matches.

The artwork "The Old Man-Lesovichok"

Tools and basic materials:

• Cones of spruce;
• Wood mushroom (ball of wood);
• Nut shell;
• Gnarled branches of different thickness;
• Hair dolls;
• dry flowers;
• Super glue;
• Cotton threads;
• Children's clay;
• Scissors, knife, awl;
• Drill manual.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. The lesbian of cones begins to be made from the fungus. On it it is necessary to cut out a suitable face.
2. Pierce the awl with a head and a big bump (torso). Connect the toothpick, fix with glue.
3. Glue on the cone sticks, which will be handles and legs.
4. Take the two walnut shells. Drill with a drill in the middle of each hole. Next, the shell is packed tightly with plasticine and fixed with glue to the legs of the figure.
5. The final touch is to attach the hair and make a hat. "The Old Man-Lesovichok" of the cones turned out to be glorious. It can be presented to the grandmother or "lodged" in a flower pot.

Handmade "Lesovik" of fir cones

Materials and tools:

• Flat stick up to 25 cm in length;
• Dostochka for the support;
• Cones of spruce;
• Flowers thistle;
• Sphagnum moss;
• tow;
• the cloth;
• Ropes;
• Super glue.

Technique of work:

1. Lock the skeleton stick at the bottom. Of the two cones, they were to stick their hands to the stick. The top of the stick will serve as head.
2. Wrap a piece of tissue that part of the stick that will mark the trunk. Secure it with a string.
3. On the fabric, glue the flowers of burdock and top with moss, fix with glue and ropes.
4. The forest lover of the cones is ennobled with hair from the pakli. For decoration, you can tie a handkerchief or cut a hat from the birch bark. From the birch bark, make a figure shoes.

In the article, several master classes on the production of a forest of cones were considered. We hope that they will help parents and children, interesting joint classes in the making of this craft.

But cones are such a wonderful natural material, you can not stop only on this product, but show your imagination and make many other crafts on different topics.