DIY crafts made from tree branches are an excellent and easy-to-implement way to decorate your home and make the interior truly unique. More such crafts can become an original gift for loved ones, and if you involve children in the process, the activity will become a true field for creativity!

Note! The variety of crafts made from branches is impressive, as you can see for yourself by looking at the photo below, and therefore it is not easy to single out just one option. There are so many ideas that there is enough for everyone!

But before you create such beauty with your own hands, you should take care of the right choice of blanks.

How to choose branches to work with?

To do beautiful craft, it is worth choosing the right source material. Straight, not very dry branches are most suitable - for example, part of a pine/spruce tree (but it is important that without resin).

If the craft is small, then it is convenient to use linden or birch for its manufacture, since such wood is easy to process. It is also important that the branches are not eaten by beetles.

It is also important that the rods are flexible and have little moisture. Sometimes forked branches (like forks) are needed, but working with them is more difficult - skills and some experience are required.

How to prepare branches?

To create a durable and beautiful product you need to know about proper preparation branches to work. The following steps are required!

Table. Stages of preparing branches.

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	If the branches are not dried, the craft will warp. Drying should last from 10 to 14 days (if the temperature is room temperature) or a week (if you put the branches on the radiator). There is another option for those who are especially impatient - use the oven. In this case, a few hours at a minimum temperature will be enough.
	To prevent insects from appearing on the craft, the branches are disinfected with a weak solution of potassium permanganate before starting work.

Craft - a fence made of branches

The appearance of the craft can be improved by applying varnish or paint. Moreover, the processing can be carried out both at the beginning of the process and with the finished product.

Storage rules

If you do crafts regularly, i.e. it has become your hobby, then learn how to properly store the workpieces. Pack the branches selected in accordance with the requirements listed above into containers and keep them in some cool place (in the basement, for example, or in the refrigerator). If they dry out during storage, you can moisten them a little with water.

After preparing the source material, you can begin to fantasize.

Decorating your home with original crafts from branches

To decorate a bedroom decorated in an ecological style (or eco-style), you can use curtain rods made from thick branches. The hallway can be decorated with branch hangers with strong knots.

Pay attention! Dining area can be decorated with an unusual floor vase made of cereals and branches. And for the living room, wreaths, shelves, and various frames are suitable.

This, of course, is not a complete list of what you can make yourself from branches. Let's take a look at the most popular ideas.

Option #1. Photo frame

To make a frame from branches, you need:

the branches themselves;
glue;
base (you can cut it out of thick cardboard);
decorative elements.

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Glue gun

The algorithm of actions will look something like this. To begin with, one branch is glued along the frame (you can use a heat gun or regular glue), a second one is placed next to it and fixed in the same way. Work continues until the entire base is filled with branches.

Voids, overlaps and corners are decorated with beads, coins, small pebbles, shells, moss, etc.

As a result, you will receive a frame. You can glue a ribbon in the form of a loop to the back side of it to hang the finished craft on the wall.

Option #2. Vase of twigs

There is nothing complicated in making such a vase. A plastic bottle (although you can use a shampoo bottle, juice carton, etc. instead) is cut to the required height; Prepared branches are broken off to the same size.

Next, a base is cut out (a kind of backing to which the branches will be glued), for which a sheet is suitable thick paper. The backing is attached to the bottle with glue or double-sided tape. Next, double-sided tape is glued to the paper, and on it, in turn, is a piece of fabric (it needs to be cut according to the size of the bottle).

Note! The branches are laid vertically, it is important that the latter has the same length as the circumference of the bottle.

PVA glue is applied to the fabric on the bottle, after which masking tape with twigs is applied. For extra security, you can tie everything with twine, after which all that remains is to paint it in the required color. You can decorate such a vase with various insect figures, decorative flowers made from ribbons, etc. At the end, put a bouquet in a vase and enjoy the beauty made by yourself!

Option #3. Advent wreath

IN Western countries houses are often decorated with such wreaths. They look really beautiful, and therefore are definitely worth considering original version making a wreath from branches.

To begin, prepare:

willow branches;
decorative tape;
cones;
scissors;
special wire (it is called floral wire);
garden shears;
lotus seed pods;
twine;
St. John's wort branches.

Step 1. First, cut a piece of wire and wrap it around several branches (you need to make it in a dense layer).

Step 2. Likewise a second beam is created.

Step 3. One longer bundle is made from two blanks.

Step 4. To make the fixation more reliable, you can cut off another piece of wire.

Step 5. The blank is bent and given the shape of a wreath (see photo below).

Step 6. Fix the workpiece with wire. You need to act carefully so that the wire does not stand out against the background of the branches.

Step 7 Cones prepared in advance are attached to the workpiece using the same wire.

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Side cutters

Step 8 The composition is decorated with seed boxes and branches of St. John's wort. To make the fixation more reliable, use a heat gun.

Step 9 A couple of branches of St. John's wort are attached to where the willow branches join.

Step 10 Take a tape and cut a piece of it to the required length. The wreath is wrapped with ribbon, a knot is tied, and the ends are trimmed (but so that they hang down a little).

Step 11 Another piece of tape is cut off and wrapped around the same area. If you want, you can additionally make a large bow. That's it, the wreath is ready, now it will become a great decoration for your home!

Video - Original crafts from dry branches

Option number 4. Beautiful lamp made of branches

We offer another master class on creating an original autumn lamp.

To make it you need:

dry branches (it is important that the length/size is different);
old lampshade;
acrylic paints;
vase;
heat gun;
alcohol;
lamp, wires to it;
glitter;
tassels;
cones;
basis for future construction.

Step 1. The vase is treated with alcohol, after which branches are glued to it using a heat gun.

Step 2. Branches are gradually added, but it is important to leave a small area without them.

Step 3. A lamp in a lampshade is lowered into a glass vase.

Step 4. Branches are glued to the area without branches that was left earlier.

All, original lamp ready for further use!

Step 6. If desired, the branches can be additionally painted. In our example, this is done with white acrylic paint.

This is what the craft looks like after painting.

Step 7 If the vase will be used in winter, then it is better to use silver paint to paint the pine cones and branches; Additionally, you can use glitter for decoration.

Step 8 Fans Scandinavian style can apply several shades at the same time. For example, pink and white are a great combination for this composition.

Option #5. Branches for bouquet decoration

It is always the flower arrangements. And there is nothing surprising in this, since each such composition is unique. Let's look at how to decorate a bouquet in an original way using branches.

To work you will need:

the branches themselves (including those with leaves);
decorative tape;
flowers;
pruner;
wire cutters;
decorative wire.

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Step 1. First of all, the branches are cut - they should ultimately have the same length. Then a couple of pieces of wire (also the same length) are cut and folded in half. A stick is placed between the pieces of wire; one turn must be made on each side. This way it will be securely fixed.

Step 2. The remaining sticks are added one by one.

Step 3. The ends of the wire are securely fixed. The result will be a kind of path made of sticks.

Step 4. The finished path is laid on the table, branches with leaves and flowers are evenly distributed on it (as in the image below). The distance between them should be small. After this, the track curls, but not very tightly.

Step 5. The ends of the track are connected using a small piece of decorative wire.

Step 6. The composition obtained in this way is decorated with a bright satin ribbon.

Step 7 The finished composition is placed in a low glass container filled with water. Thanks to this craft, even the simplest and most monotonous interior will be transformed, filled with freshness and lightness!

Option No. 7. Decorating an old screen with branches

To give a second life to an old screen, follow a simple step by step instructions given below.

To work you will need:

the screen itself;
white acrylic paint;
lace fabric;
stapler;
tassels;
branches;
scissors;
heat gun.

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Construction stapler

Step 1. First of all, the fabric is removed from the screen. Wooden elements are coated with two layers of acrylic paint, after which you need to wait for it to dry completely.

Step 3. A piece of fabric is attached to the screen using a mounting stapler. The fabric should be taut so that it doesn’t end up sagging.

Step 4. The branches are attached to the frame using a heat gun.

Step 5. If desired, you can additionally use cones of various sizes and thin twigs.

Step 6. The finished screen will decorate any room and will definitely attract the attention of your guests!

How to zone space using branches?

As mentioned earlier, ideas for crafts made from branches are not just about small decorations. If desired, you can make tall compositions, with which you can divide the room into several functional zones.

To separate the living room from the bedroom, thick and tall branches of bushes are often used, fixing them in holes on a wooden stand. The result is an openwork partition that allows light to pass through and takes part in zoning.

As a conclusion. Photos of crafts made from branches

Video - What can be made from branches: the best ideas

Craft: DIY house. Seven houses made of branches, cardboard, paper, pumpkins, chestnuts, natural material.

Craft: DIY house. Making crafts with children

You already know how you can make a playhouse for children out of cardboard from the article with a master class by Vera Higlod, and today in the article - houses from the most different materials: boxes, clothespins, natural materials - chestnuts, pumpkins. All these houses were made by readers of the “Native Path” website together with their children and sent to our

In this article you will find a variety of houses with a description of their manufacture:

- house Baba Yaga made with your own hands from clothespins,

- Lesovichka’s house made of waste material,

- a house decorated with chestnuts,

- craft forester's house made from natural and waste materials,

- DIY pumpkin house (two options),

- a house - a mansion made of twigs.

DIY Baba's House - Yagi

This craft was made by children middle group MGBOU d/s No. 75 “Fairy Tale” together with an adult. Teacher - Olga Nikolaevna Tegaeva (Moscow region, Sergiev Posad district, Shemetovo village).

To make a house - Baba Yaga's hut you will need:

- moss (dry in advance),

- cones (dry at home until they open),

- leaves (iron, read more about this in the article about applique),

- berries (dry).

— wooden clothespins for linen, Liquid Nails glue.

How to make a house - Baba Yaga's hut with your own hands.

Step 1. The clothespins need to be disassembled (pull out the metal spring) and glued into a house (liquid nails are used - quickly and reliably). This part of the work is done by an adult.

Step 2. Place the hut on the cardboard base, put or glue moss around it.

Step 3. Glue moss, leaves, and berries onto the roof of the hut.

Step 4. We paint the cones with spray paint - you get blue spruce trees.

Step 5. We make animals from plasticine and pine cones.

Do-it-yourself forester's house

This house was sent to our competition by the Potapov family (Tatyana Valentinovna Potapova and Andrey Potapov, 4 years old, Irkutsk).

Making the craft will take several evenings. In this case, the child will not get tired and will

they will be interested in participating at all stages.

How to make this forest house with your own hands:

Step 1. First, we took a box of cookies from a candy store. We covered it with scraps of wallpaper in the “autumn tone” and left it to dry.

Step 2. From cones, acorns, and matches they made the inhabitants of the forest - Lesovich and his friend the hedgehog.

Step 3. Lesovichok settled in a house for which a yogurt box came in handy. And the logs on the house were made from dill sticks and secured with double-sided tape. The roof was painted with gouache.

Step 4. The hedgehog settled not far from his friend under the stumps. The stumps are saw cuts from branches that dad helped make.

Step 5. A path leads from the house to the pond. For the path, we painted semolina and glued it with PVA glue. They surrounded it with pebbles and beans. The pond was made of colored paper, the pebbles were plum pits.

Step 6. A small forest and a clearing were made from dry leaves, twigs, moss, dried flowers and rowan berries.

Do-it-yourself chestnut house “Hut on the edge”

This craft was made by Ryzhkina Svetlana Aleksandrovna and Chesonis Daniil (6 years old), from Bataysk, kindergarten “Rainbow”.

To make this house we will need:
— Cardboard box
— Colored paper
- Glue - pencil
- Glue gun
- Pen
- Scissors
— A piece of wire
— Needles
— Foliage autumn trees different colors
- Berries
— Dry twigs
— Chestnuts, approximately 2 kg.
- Scotch

How to make a house - a hut on the edge

Step 1. Making the base. We take the usual one cardboard box, cut out a base measuring 40 x 40 cm on which our hut will stand. We cover it with colored paper in the color of any foliage used further.

Step 2. Making a house. We make a house out of cardboard, approximately 25 x 30 cm in size. We connect its sides with tape, attach the bottom of the house to the base - the platform, using thin flexible wire.

Step 3. We make windows and doors in the house. We cut out rectangles from white paper for two windows and a door. We drew curtains on the windows with a pen. We glue them onto the house with glue. Using a glue gun, glue thin branches of the same size and a handle onto the door of the house.

Step 4. Cover the walls with chestnuts.

Step 5. We decorate the roof and ground (the basis of the craft). Lastly, we glue the roof and the rest of the ground. autumn leaves(or leaves cut from paper). We alternate the leaves by color to add diversity and volume.

Step 6. Decorate the composition pine needles and dried berries.

DIY “Forester's House” craft

This craft was made by Maria Nikolaevna Bykova together with her son Roma (Arkhangelsk region, Mirny). Roma is 2 years 8 months old.

To make such a house we will need next material:
- shoe box,
- box of kefir 0.5 liters,
- beans,
- plasticine,
- leaves,
- cones,
- spruce branches,
- moss,
— pine needles,
- leaves from larch.

How to make a forester's house with your own hands

Step 1. Making the base of the house. To do this, coat the kefir box on all sides with plasticine. Place beans on plasticine. Let's make a window out of plasticine.

Step 2. Making the roof of the house. We make the roof from leaves. We also glue them onto plasticine.

Step 3. Making a deer.

Take 2 cones. We connect them together so that we get the body and neck of a deer. Then we glue the head from plasticine to the neck, make eyes and a nose. Pine needles make beautiful antlers. We glue matches as legs and tail. The hooves were glued to the box using plasticine.

Step 4. Making a hedgehog.
We make the hedgehog's face, eyes and nose. We stick the muzzle to the cone. Let's make needles from spruce branches. We glue them onto the pine cone using plasticine.

Step 5. Assembling the craft.

When the main details are ready, we begin to design the craft. We attach the fir branches to the box using plasticine. We're putting up a house. Spread the moss and sprinkle with larch leaves. We put the hedgehog. The craft is ready.

DIY pumpkin house: two options

The first version of the craft

This house was made by Iskander Khazipov (6 years old). Teacher - Khazipova Gulnaz Galimkhanovna, Kazan. (MADOU " Kindergarten № 174 combined type» Moskovsky district of Kazan)

Pumpkin house: necessary materials

Pumpkin, zucchini, rowan berries, blueberries, various sparkles, pine cones, dry branches, a knife, cloves, kitchen accessories.

How to make a pumpkin house with your own hands with children

Step 1. Idea - figuring out what our pumpkin house will be like. Before making a pumpkin house, decide how many houses will be in the composition. If everything is clear with one house, then multi-level compositions require some adjustments.

Step 2: Pumpkin follows remove seeds and pulp using a knife (this is done by an adult).

Step 3. Now Mark the pumpkin with a marker in places where doors and windows will be located. Mark the window with a felt-tip pen.

Step 4. After that, proceed to cutting out parts. Carved shutters and other decorative elements can be cut using curly kitchen attachments. It is not at all necessary to maintain neatness and clarity of lines (this will give the house a more gloomy look). Attach the prepared parts to the pumpkin using small nails.

Step 5. It's time to work on the roof of the house. Slice half the zucchini and place it on top of the pumpkin and decorate with various glitter. We place red rowan berries on top of the pumpkin, and also put a cone (in the form of a pipe) on the roof.

Step 6. We design the composition. Place the pumpkin on zucchini cut into rings and decorate with pine cones and dried blueberries.

The second option for making a pumpkin house

This pumpkin house was made for our competition by a family: Nabukhatny Lyubov, Nabukhatny Dmitry and their son Nabukhatny Igor (9 years old), Perm.

To make this pumpkin craft you will need:

Natural materials:

- pumpkin,
- bark,
- cones,
- needles, leaves, grass,
- acorn cap,
- pebbles,
- moss,
- thin sticks.

Decorative material:

- wooden button,
- lace,
- key.

Super glue to hold all the parts together.

How to make a pumpkin house like this

Step 1. Making a house. After cutting out the bottom of the pumpkin, we cleaned out all the pulp from the inside. Windows and doors were cut out. The roof was made from thin pine bark, gluing the pieces on top of each other. It turned out very similar to a tiled roof. The door was a good piece of thick bark, the handle on the door was an acorn cap.
Step 2. Decorating the house. To make the house cozy, you need to decorate it. Lace curtains were glued to the windows. The flower boxes were glued together from cardboard and decorated with pine cone scales. Summer is over, the flowers have faded. Therefore, the boxes now contain fallen leaves and pine needles. “Vine vines” stretch to the window on the second floor; we made them from green marsh grass. The carved bottom of the pumpkin served as decoration for the back wall of the house. With a button in the middle and rays, it reminded us of a mill. A key at the door and steps made of sticks completed this stage of the work.
Step 3. Move into the house. The house was installed in a low box. A piece of moss became a clearing in front of the house. The rest of the surface was covered with small pebbles.
At the end of the work, we dreamed for a long time about who could live in our house. Maybe a gnome, or a fairy with transparent wings, or a kind old sorceress. In the end, we decided that we ourselves were ready to live in a fairy-tale house. It's a pity that he is too small for our large family.

Do-it-yourself house - a mansion made from twigs

This little house was made by Vera Pavlova (6 years old). Teachers: Zueva Tatyana Vladimirovna, Karaguzheva Rufina Viktorovna (Perm region, Kungur MADOU “Kindergarten No. 6”)

This little house is made of twigs, built like a real log house. The branches are glued to each other.

The thatch on the roof is attached to cardboard.

The roof gable is covered with pieces of pine bark.

The fence is woven from thin willow branches.

Teremok and fence posts attached to a piece of plywood with glue.

A Christmas tree on plasticine is carefully placed in a moss clearing.

There is a Hedgehog sitting under the Christmas tree, playing hide and seek with the Bunny. This is such a friendly company.

DIY mouse house

This simple house based on the fairy tale “Teremok” was made by Veronika Maskaleva, 5 years old (Perm region, Kungur MADOU “Kindergarten No. 6”. Teachers: Zueva Tatyana Vladimirovna, Karaguzheva Rufina Viktorovna).

Teremok is zucchini and pumpkin. A window was drawn on the roof with a felt-tip pen. The doors are cut out of colored paper and glued on with a glue stick.

The Teremok mushroom stands in a clearing of soft moss. The ladder is made of wooden sticks, which are glued together with glue.

The toy Mouse-Violator came running to the tower. And she began to live in it.

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Crafts from branches are affordable way decorate the house, give the interior a unique coziness. Items made with warmth and love will become an original gift for friends. And if you involve a child in the process, the activity will become a real field for creativity.

Photos of crafts made from branches are distinguished by a huge variety, from which it is difficult to single out just one. There are enough ideas for everyone - elegant twigs frame mirrors, panels, flowerpots, candlesticks, furniture.

You should start creating handmade beauty with the right choice blanks

Selecting the source material

Beautiful crafts for decoration from branches are obtained only when the source material is chosen correctly. Straight, not too dry branches are suitable for self-expression. This may be a piece of spruce or pine without resin.

It is convenient to make small figures from birch and linden. They are easy to process. The wood should not be eaten by the beetle.

It is better to choose flexible rods that contain a small amount of moisture. Sometimes forked branches that resemble forks are required. Working with them is somewhat more difficult; experience and skills are required.

Preparing branches for work

To make the product beautiful and durable, you should know how to properly make crafts from branches with your own hands. The following 2 steps are required:

Drying of raw materials. Neglecting this advice leads to warping of the craft. You can dry it for 10-14 days at room temperature, 7 days on a radiator. Particularly impatient people resort to using the oven - 2-3 hours at the lowest temperature will ideally prepare the material.

Disinfection. To prevent the appearance of insects, the branches are disinfected in weak potassium permanganate.

To improve appearance paint and varnish are applied to the material. This can be done at the beginning of the process or to design the finished product.

We store the material correctly

If crafts from twigs have become a hobby, then it is important to properly preserve the preparations for future masterpieces. Prepared shoots are packaged in a container and stored in a cool place (refrigerator, basement). If the wood has dried out during storage, it can be slightly moistened with water.

When the details are ready, you can start imagining.

Decorating the house with crafts from branches

A bedroom made in eco-style will be decorated with curtain rods made from thick tree branches. For lovers unusual hallways Branch hangers with strong branches will appeal to your taste.

Looks appropriate in the dining area floor vase with a composition of branches and cereals. And the living room can be highlighted with the help of wreaths, frames, and shelves made of paste material.

The above is an incomplete list of what you can make from branches with your own hands. Let's look at the most popular options.

Making a photo frame

For a frame of branches you will need a minimum set of tools: dry shoots, the base of the frame (can be cut from thick cardboard), glue, decorative elements.

Action plan:

Take one dry twig and glue it along the frame using regular glue or a heat gun with glue stick. Place the second piece next to it, securing it in the same way. We continue until the entire base of the frame is filled with branches.

We decorate corners, empty space, and overlapping branches with shells, beads, flat stones, coins, buttons, and moss.

We get a frame, to the back of which you can attach a ribbon loop. All that remains is to hang the product on the wall.

Vase of branches

We bring to your attention a simple master class on crafts from branches. This time we will make a vase:

Trimming plastic bottle(juice box, shampoo bottle) to the desired height. We break off the branches to the same size.

We cut out a blank from thick paper - a backing for gluing branches. We fix it on the walls of the bottle using double-sided tape or glue. To the surface paper base paste double-sided tape and apply a piece of fabric cut to the size of the bottle.

Place the branches vertically in a row on the adhesive side of the masking tape. The length of the latter should be equal to the circumference of the bottle.

Coat the fabric on the bottle with PVA glue and apply masking tape with branches. For reliability, we tie it with twine and paint it in the desired color. We decorate the vase with flowers made from ribbons and insect figures. Place the bouquet in the vase and enjoy the craft.

Advent wreath

On New Year's Eve, it's time to create a stylish door wreath from pine cones, branches, berries and dried leaves. This element is a symbol of comfort, celebration, and hospitality. According to Feng Shui, wreaths attract good forces and good luck into the home. We present detailed instructions how to make a craft from branches in the form of a wreath.

We select materials. To work you will need spruce and pine cones, glue, foam rubber, burlap, branches, ribbons and acrylic paints.

Cut out a circle from foam rubber with a large hole in the center. We wrap the resulting “donut” in burlap, the edges of which are secured with glue. The wreath base is ready!

We glue branches, berries, and pine cones onto the fabric. We cover the product acrylic paints.

Bend a small piece of satin ribbon in half and glue it to the back of the wreath at the top. We get a loop for hanging.

A wreath made of branches looks interesting on kitchen table. You can place a candle or a ceramic figurine in the center.

Zoning by branches

Ideas and instructions for twig crafts are not limited to just small decorations. You can create tall compositions that will divide the room into several functional zones.

To separate the bedroom from the living room, use tall and fairly thick branches of bushes, which are fixed in the holes wooden stand. The result is an openwork partition that allows sunlight and involved in zoning.

Photos of crafts made from branches

Handmade crafts from tree branches are very popular today. They are used as room decor; they complement the interior of an apartment, dacha, or cottage.

This could be a tablecloth, stand, napkin, vase, candlestick, decorative baskets, lamps, paintings and much, much more.

Simple crafts will help you decorate a room without repairs or costs, add a touch of individuality to the room, and create coziness. We invite you to familiarize yourself with interesting ideas for inspiration.

How to make a lamp quickly and beautifully

Making a lamp from tree branches with your own hands is not difficult. Turn on your imagination! Look around, you will probably be able to find a branch in a forest or park with a bizarre shape.

It can be used as a base for a future lamp. Decorate the branch with a light bulb or lampshade in vintage style, hang the structure in a seating area (for example, above a sofa or coffee table) and enjoy.

Please note: For floor lamps You need to make a reliable leg from the branches - a flowerpot or bucket will do, you can use a wooden stand with a hole for the trunk or pour cement into a container (in the same flowerpot), and then carefully remove it from there.

This is interesting: tree branches can be used to create a lamp stand, and wooden block with side mounted LED strips will be great wall decoration, which can be used to illuminate walls.

Small pieces of tree branches can be formed into a sphere using glue to create a unique pendant lamp self made.

Candlestick made of bark and branches

You can make a stylish candlestick that will decorate the interior of any room, be it a living room or a children’s room, yourself. To do this:

use a knife to make holes in the birch bark;
insert a candle in a glass inside.

Please note: Before starting work, wash and dry the branches thoroughly. It is better to choose straight branches, without knots and resin. An excellent option is pine or spruce branches.

You can make a “pallet” from small branches: tie several branches with thick thread, and attach several candles (preferably thick ones) on top, mounted on small metal stands “on legs.” “Legs” can be inserted between the rods.

Wreath of branches and cones

Decorative wreaths made from branches, leaves and other natural materials are usually hung on front door houses or apartments. Such crafts look original and easily fit into any design.

So, we will need:

Pine cones (prepare 2-3 large pine cones and 20-25 small ones).
A piece of foam rubber more than 30 cm long.
Thermal gun.
Sackcloth.
Acrylic paints.
Garden secateurs.
Several small branches.
A beautiful ribbon for making a buttonhole.

Stages of work:

You need to make “flowers” from pine cones. To do this, take a garden pruner and, moving upward from the middle of the cone, begin to cut them. When all the flowers for the wreath are ready, paint them with acrylic paints in your favorite color.
A piece of foam rubber is the base of the wreath, wrapped in burlap and glued with hot glue.
We begin to glue the flowers from the cones onto the foam base.
Glue a couple of small branches to the back of the wreath to decorate the wreath. We attach a ribbon loop to the top.
The wreath is ready.

Wood is a noble and pliable material for crafts. Photo frames, boxes, all kinds of decorative elements for the wall... nature itself gives us ideas for creativity, we just need to be able to discern its beauty and unusual shapes.

You can see beautiful ideas for crafts from branches in the following video:

Every child needs toys for his full development. You don't have to buy them in the store. It is enough to know how to properly make the same house with your own hands in order to please your baby with a new toy with which he will tinker and not make noise. for a long time.

Most available material for production - cardboard, paper, plasticine. But you can also make a house from pumpkins, chestnuts, zucchini, eggplants, clothespins and various boxes from under the shoes, household appliances and technology.

What kind of house can you make?

You can see many photos on the theme of “House” crafts. The following wonderful toys are made for your child from improvised materials:

Hut on Chicken Legs - made of clothespins;
Old Man-Lesovich's hut;
A hut in a clearing, decorated with chestnuts;
Forester's hut made of natural materials;
Build a pumpkin house;
Using twigs, weave a tower.

There are a lot of ideas and all kinds of instructions for making houses, your imagination is limitless. A little skill and patience - and the craft will be ready!

Let's look at the most popular models and try to make them together.

By understanding what these toys can be made from and how to begin this simple process, you can make a work of art. Let the house be far from perfect the first time, but every time it will turn out better and better!

Hut on Chicken Legs

Children love fairy tale characters. And they will be happy to help in making a house for their beloved Baba Yaga. For this craft we will need the following components:

Dried moss;
Opened spruce or pine cones;
Pre-prepared (ironed) leaves;
Dry berries;
Clothespins;
Plasticine;
Glue.

Making a Hut on Chicken Legs with your own hands

Let's show a simple diagram by which you can assemble this beautiful house for Baba Yaga. You can use other templates, but this one is the simplest and will not cause any difficulties in making for either an adult or a child.

So, step by step instructions:

We take apart the wood chips and glue the house together. It is best to use “liquid nails” for this;
Place the assembled Baba Yaga's Hut on a piece of cardboard and cover the space around it with moss;
We glue the leaves of the berries onto the roof. We also place the remains of the moss there;
We paint the cones in green, glue them also to the cardboard. These will be our Christmas trees;
We sculpt various animals - bunnies, squirrels from plasticine.

The scenery and creation of the atmosphere of a fairy-tale forest are important here, because we are creating Baba Yaga’s hut, which, according to the fairy tale, is located in a place inaccessible to outsiders.

Old Man-Lesovich's hut

Making such a house together with your child may take several days. Spending time together like this brings parents and their children closer together. So what can you make such a craft from?

Let's list the main components that we need and get started with the process:

You will need pastry packaging for a cake or cookies. We decorate it with the remnants of old wallpaper, creating an autumn forest background. Using matches, acorns, and cones, we make forest inhabitants - Lesovich himself and his friend the hedgehog.
We make the house from a kefir box, and cover the walls themselves with large dill sticks to create the effect of logs. The hedgehog will live under stumps, which can be made from cutting branches.
We make a path leading from the house to the pond using colored semolina and bean grains. We create the effect of water using colored paper, and pebbles using plum seeds.
We decorate the forest and clearing with pieces of moss, dry twigs and leaves.

Hut in the clearing

We will hold another master class on crafts on the theme “House”. This time the design will be more complicated, and the pleasure can be extended for a long time.

For this we need:

Scotch;
Cardboard box;
A couple of kilograms of chestnuts;
Dry branches;
Glue;
Berries;
Pen;
Multi-colored fallen leaves;
Scissors;
Needles;
Wire.

Hut in the clearing: making it step by step

Let’s start making the next craft together with our child, instilling in him useful skills and curiosity.

We assemble this toy in the following sequence:

We are making the foundation on which our house will stand. To do this, use a cardboard box. We prepare a square 400x400 mm. We cut out the elements of the house from cardboard and connect them with tape. We attach it to the base.

We cut out windows and doors from pieces of snow-white paper. Glue it. We draw curtains with a pen. We decorate all the walls with chestnuts. We design the roof and ground around the house using colorful leaves, pine needles and berries.

Thus, you can make a house from almost any material by connecting the necessary components into one whole using tape and glue. Or - cut from pumpkin, watermelon, zucchini, eggplant.

There are many manuals and master classes on this topic on the Internet. Many lessons are accompanied by excellent explanations of what and how to do correctly in order to assemble a good and high-quality toy.