What kind of materials do not go into the manufacture of all kinds of crafts. This can be paper, and plasticine, and newspapers, as well as pine cones. Such gifts of nature are ideal in order to become funny animals or birds from the forest in skillful hands. The article will discuss how to make a deer using cones and plasticine.
What you need for work
Before you perform the original craft, you need to take care of the necessary materials at hand. In this case, you will need:
- thick cardboard;
- scissors;
- fir cones ;
- foil;
- adhesive tape;
- several small twigs.
Step by Step
- A small platform stand is created on which the craft will stand. There is nothing difficult here, it is enough to put moss on the cardboard, which will create the illusion of a forest glade, or use an unnecessary shred of brown or green fabric to create an association with the ground.
- Deer from cones is made very simply. The bump itself will play the role of the trunk, and you need to attach branches using plasticine to it. So the forest resident will have legs. The head of the craft also masters from a bump, only a smaller size. Here you need to make horns and eyes, the latter are fashioned from plasticine, and the first from branchy branches.
- At the final stage, you need to connect the two parts of the deer with glue.
So, the first version of a deer from a cone and plasticine is ready.
How else can you work on the craft
Here you will need to acquire the following materials:
- a pair of cones having different sizes, one of which must be closed;
- mountain ash clusters;
- plasticine;
- a few autumn leaves for decoration.
General recommendations
It is best to make a head out of cones with closed scales. A deer made of cones must have eyes that are easy to mold from clay. Sharp corners are recommended to be left. The pupils make black. You can finish the design of the eye with cilia, for which rowan leaves are perfect. They need to be cut into thin strips.
For the mouth, you will also need a piece of plasticine, it is attached to the top of the cone, and the eyes occupy their rightful place on the sides of the craft.
The next step is to make horns with hooves. Rowan clusters will be an excellent decoration for the head of a deer from cones, but not quite in the form in which they are prepared. It is necessary to cut off the berries, and the remaining branches will be horns. This part is attached with a piece of plasticine.
After the head is ready, it remains to fasten the two parts of the craft. It turned out a wonderful forest resident. Legs, if the cone will stand without them, is optional. In another case, branches of sufficient thickness capable of supporting the weight of the craft are used as legs.
It remains for crafts from natural material - a deer from cones - to make a stand for which a dense cardboard is quite suitable. For more surroundings, you can use the autumn leaves, which are laid out on a cardboard.
So, the article described how to make several options for deer using pine cones and plasticine.