Making a tree from autumn leaves.
Finally, the extraordinary time has come whenyou can admire the brightest colors of autumn. The right time to collect all kinds of leaves of gold and burgundy colors. What a wonderful time this is - autumn. And if you want to capture its moments in your home, then try to make a topiary from autumn leaves. Before starting work, you must decide on the materials that will be used in the work. These can be fresh, dry or artificial leaves. Everything depends entirely on the operating time of the future craft. Of course, the most durable topiaries will be made of artificial leaves. To create such unusual beauty, just take a walk in the park and collect leaves of the brightest colors, do not forget about such materials as chestnuts, acorns, twigs, etc. It is better to take yellow maple leaves as the basis for our tree. You can collect more of them than all the others. We will also definitely need some larger twig, which we will use to make the base of the topiary. It should not be of a uniform shape, on the contrary, try to find something more intricate with different small knots. If you want, try to create a tree with several crowns. Of the additional tools, you will need glue, a glass or a small pot and other decorative elements. When starting work, the first thing you need to do is form small bundles of rowan and maple leaves. They will form the basis of the crown of our tree. To do this, you need to take a rowan branch and wrap a maple leaf folded like an accordion around it. You can also weave in various burgundy and green leaves. The base of such bundles should be secured with a thread and the excess cut off. There should be at least 8 such bundles. Now let's get to decorating the base.Take an ordinary glass or flowerpot that you have at home and cover it with any fabric you like. For further decoration, you can use whatever you have on hand. These can be rowan branches, leaves, acorns, etc. Next, you need to take a piece of newspaper, wash it off and coat it with glue. Press it tightly to the bottom of your pot so that the newspaper occupies about half of the container. You need to make a small depression with a knife or scissors, coat the end of the base stick and insert it into the resulting depression. The remaining space in the container should be tightly filled with acorns or chestnuts, having previously coated them with glue.The next step is to make the base fortree crowns. To do this, you need to crumple a small ball of newspaper and wrap it a little with thread so that the beautiful shape is not lost. Make a small indentation in it using the same scissors or knife, pour some glue there and put the ball on the free end of the base stick. If the stick is very wide, you can sharpen it a little beforehand. After the base for our topiary has completely dried, we begin to attach bunches of leaves to it. Each bunch needs to be coated with glue at the cut site in turn and attached to the newspaper ball. Make sure that symmetry is maintained, and for convenience, the first bunch should be glued at the top in the center. If any holes have formed - no problem. You can always make a few additional bunches or fill the gaps with acorns or other decorative elements.Please note that the finished tree can beSpray with hairspray, paying special attention to the rowan berries. This is necessary to give our tree an extra shine. These are the main aspects of making an autumn tree. But remember that such a craft is not durable. For its manufacture, choose not too dry leaves. This way your tree will be able to stand a little longer. As you can see, it is possible to make such a treeIt is not so difficult to do it yourself. And the master class will help you with both the idea and advice on making it. The tree made of leaves will stand on your windowsill for a very long time and will be the main decoration of your interior. Involve your child in the creation process, he will really like this activity. Moreover, everything that is made with your own hands is valued and remembered for a very long time.