Autumn is probably the most suitable season for creating a natural decor for your home, since nature at this time is especially generous with its gifts. For creativity, you can use ripe fruits, flowers, leaves and branches.
If you want to make an unusual autumn souvenir for your family, then a picture of bright leaves or a topiary tree installed on a chest of drawers will look great on the wall.
Making autumn crafts
For the topiary, it will be necessary to prepare a small flower pot; a dry branch that will act as a trunk; foam and polymer ball. The latter material can be replaced with a spherical dried flower sponge. The foam should be shaped so that it can enter the pot, where it needs to be strengthened. The best option is a rectangle that will be held by its edges.
In the center of the base, it is necessary to install a branch, on top of which the ball should be strengthened. At the base of the tree, you need to lay moss, supplementing it with decorative stones. The ball can be decorated with dried flowers, berries, fruits and leaves. If you want the craft not to lose its appearance, then berries and fruits should be discarded.
Now is the time to start skeletonizing the leaves, as a result, the foundations will be obtained, in which only veins will remain. Such blanks can be used, for example, for appliqués.
You can get rid of the pulp in a number of ways. If dry leaves are available, a stiff brush will be needed. She needs to gently knock on the sheet, which will allow you to clean off the unnecessary. Alternatively, you can use a chemical method to process multiple leaves more efficiently. It is preferable to use leaves of sycamore, oak, walnut, maple, poplar, birch, linden, aspen for this. For work, it will be necessary to use an aggressive agent such as bleach or pipe cleaner.
The composition should be mixed with water in a 1: 1 ratio and a sheet should be placed there. After a while, the leaf should be rinsed and rubbed with your fingers or a brush to remove the pulp. This sheet can be used for a whole composition. For example, skeletons can be glued to cardboard in the form of dragonfly wings, supplementing the panel with cones, dried flowers, beans, rose hips, each element should be attached to PVA. Such a picture can be framed and placed under glass, hanging on the wall.
Autumn candlesticks
The decor can be not only beautiful, but also functional. To create a candlestick, you need to use yellowed, but not yet dry leaves, which should be fastened around the glass with a burlap rope. You can pour beans, cereals into a glass and set a wide and low candle on top. Such a candlestick can be placed in the living room.
