Vegetable crafts: step by step masters on making crafts on different themes

With the arrival of autumn comes the time to create handmade crafts from vegetables. In preschools and schools, exhibitions are organized about the garden and dacha gifts. At them, children of different ages must present their work.

To help the kids, adults need to go through more than one Internet publication. But the time spent is sure to pay off with children's eyes burning with delight.

Materials required

Making fruit and vegetable toys and compositions - a matter that is within the power of any child. Age does not matter here. In addition to the gifts from the garden, you should buy:

PVA glue;
watercolor paints;
paper sheets of white color (can be colored);
foil paper;
wooden skewers/toothpicks;
a set of colored pencils/markers;
scissors or a utility knife;
A roll of wire.

Scraps of textiles, plasticine, dried flowers, dried leaves and twigs, and driftwood may also be needed.

If desired, you can make an edible craft. Once the child is bored with it, he or she can eat it. In this case, it is recommended to abandon the use of metal and plasticine parts.

Ideas

There are a lot of options for fruit and vegetable crafts. What idea to implement depends on your imagination. If you have it tight, you can adapt any ready-made work, exhibited at master.bigbadmole.com/en/.

For example, you can make a cute and funny rhinoceros out of watermelon, patisson, zucchini, cucumbers. In addition to the listed vegetables, you will need apples and some green peppers. The eyes of such a toy are replaced by rose hips. The fastening material is a wire. If it is not available, it is acceptable to use toothpicks.

Of course, all girls like the swan princess - the heroine of the cartoon of the same name. Therefore, they will appreciate the idea of creating such a toy from a bent zucchini. For the wings, experts advise to use cotton disks.

A boy can be offered to make a parrot. To get a bright exotic bird, you will need a zucchini, bell peppers, grapefruit and carrot.

A popular trend today is the carving of vegetables. Of course, kids are unlikely to cope with it. But the older kids may well master this technique.

For beginners we recommend the following option: using plasticine to form muzzles on small vegetables, from zucchini to assemble a wheelbarrow, and fill it with the resulting figures.

Pears, if you work hard enough, make adorable little mice, oranges make adorable little chicks, and bananas make merry dolphins.

Thus, there are many ideas for creative works. The choice is yours.

Workshops

Below will be considered several master classes on making crafts from vegetables in the garden.

The hedgehog

A live hedgehog is an animal that all children like. But it is better not to play with him - he pricks. Therefore, it is better to create together with your child an edible animal. It is not difficult to make it. You will need:

one pear;
a bunch of grapes;
lettuce leaves;
three any dark berries (for eyes and nose);
toothpicks.

Here are the instructions:

Choose a dish of suitable size. Place the lettuce leaves on it.
Cut the pear into two equal parts. Place one of them on the prepared dish with the slice facing down.
Break the toothpicks in half and stick them in the pear. These will be the thorns.
On top of each spike, poke a grape berry.
Make eyes and nose out of black rowanberries. Edible hedgehog ready!

Caterpillar

This product is designed for very young children. The caterpillar is collected from apples of equal diameter. Also in this work is used carrots, grapes. All parts of the insect are connected with toothpicks. The sequence of operations is as follows:

Cut the carrot into narrow rings.
With a toothpick to connect the carrot and apple.
Stab the remaining fruit at each other, forming the body of the insect.
Install the head (in a vertical position).
Attach sliced carrots to sides.
In place of the nose fix a grape, in place of the eyes - a black-fruited rowan. From the chokeberry also if desired, you can make horns and antennae.
Decorate the finished work with flower heads and greenery.

Creating an edible caterpillar, apples can be replaced by mandarins, carrots - by a banana.

Turtle

The basis of this unusual toy is an ordinary pumpkin. How to make a vegetable "turtle"? To do this, you will need to grow or buy a small round pumpkin, gherkins (4 pcs.), cucumber. You should also prepare sunflower seeds. Well, and where to go without toothpicks.

Order of steps:

Cut the pumpkin into two equal parts, select the pulp and seeds.
Using a knife, draw a turtle shell pattern on the surface.
Make small arched cuts in the sides, insert the gherkins into them.
Cut the cucumber in half. Stab half of it on a toothpick and attach it to the pumpkin. This will be the head of the turtle.
Instead of eyes, attach sunflower seeds with scotch tape.

Such a toy is inedible. But it will bring joy to the child. And it can be brought to school competitions dedicated to fall crafts.

Vegetables and fruit - an excellent material for children's creativity. They turn out quite funny things. The main thing is not to be afraid to fantasize and experiment. With proper diligence you can make a real masterpiece that will make you a winner in any competition dedicated to the gifts of autumn.