Hand-made from natural materials on the theme of autumn. A fascinating and cognitive activity

Autumn time does not cease to inspire us with its beauty and richness of shades. It seems that nature is trying to dress up as brightly as possible for the last time before a long white winter. And even she asks people to capture her passing beauty, providing a huge amount of material in order to make wonderful crafts with her own hands. The theme "Autumn" - the most in demand. The gold of autumn leaves is originally packed into a wide variety of products. And then for a long time it pleases the eye.

Wide range of materials

An article made of natural materials on the theme "Autumn" can be made with children and for children, or simply for decorating the interior, as a gift to someone of friends. Variants of plots for the panel, as well as materials for them, a great many. Bright leaves, acorns, chestnuts, cones, fanciful twigs, flowers and berries - everything is right.

Playing, learning

Children's crafts on the theme "Autumn" are intended, in addition to developing artistic taste and fine motor skills, to introduce children to the peculiarities of this time of the year. Kids remember which plants bloom and bear fruit in autumn, learn to distinguish trees by their leaves. Also, children learn about the peculiarities of animal behavior during this period.

For example, you can make a hedgehog from a barbed chestnut skin and an acorn. On his thorns you can attach an apple from plasticine and explain to the child that the hedgehogs make stocks for the winter: they puncture fruit or mushrooms on needles and carry them to their burrows.

Product execution techniques

An article made of natural materials on the theme "Autumn" can be performed in various techniques:

- applications from leaves (patterns, paintings, ayris-folding);
- panels and mock-ups from natural materials;
- flowers from leaves;
- papier mache;
- prints of leaves on plasticine, salt dough or paper;
- thread on the leaves.

Peculiar application

Very impressive looks hand-made from natural materials on the theme "Autumn", made in the technique of ayris-folding. It is a kind of application. Literally "ayris-folding" is translated from English as "rainbow folding". With this technique you can make amazing pictures, postcards or frames for photos.

The essence of ayris folding

1. Take a sheet of paper, which is applied to the drawing.
2. The picture is cut out along the contour.
3. The cut outline is used as a template, on which the order of the elements' arrangement and their color is marked.
4. Materials are being prepared that will be used in the craft. For the autumn theme, dried, colorful leaves are perfect. It is necessary to sort the leaves according to color and each fold in half so that one edge is even.
5. Consistently, in the order specified in the template, paste the leaves. In this case, it is necessary to make sure that each element is glued together with a layering on the previous one.

If you follow the pattern clearly, you will get an original picture consisting of many strips that can contrast sharply with the color scheme, but at the same time look at the wonderfully harmoniously and holistically.

In conclusion

An article made of natural materials on the theme "Autumn" will become a fun, developing activity for children and a beautiful decoration of your house. It will give a special comfort, which is so attractive in the autumn pore.