Autumn is the right season for all craft enthusiasts who like to be creative with natural materials. The next ideas for cute animals and characters will surely please adults and children.
Autumn time is craft time! A walk in the forest is enough to collect numerous natural materials. If you still have modeling clay, pompoms or pipe cleaners at home, you can make various cool figures and cute animals yourself - with or without drilling.
For the figures you need the following materials and accessories:
- Chestnuts for the body and head
- Beechnuts for the hands
- Acorn hut for use as a hat (chestnut shell optional)
- Autumn leaves
- Pipe cleaners
- toothpick
- Chestnut borer
- adhesive
- Googly eyes
- Fineliner
Leave atCrafting the chestnut menlet your imagination run wild. First assemble the figure by drilling 5 holes in a large chestnut tree. Also drill a hole in a smaller chestnut to serve as the head. Put glue on the two ends of a toothpick and insert one into the large chestnut and the other into the small chestnut.
You can also use natural materials such as rose hips or beechnuts for the arms. Use a fineliner to paint the mouth and add the googly eyes.
Mushrooms made from natural materials and modeling clay: craft idea without drilling
Don't have a chestnut borer? Then the next DIY idea is just for you! It is ideal for small children of daycare age. Make mushrooms out of chestnuts and acorns. You can gradually add new figures to this autumn decoration until a great forest landscape is created. The decoration is perfect for the children's room.
For a mushroom you need:
- modeling clay
- 1 Eichel
- 1 chestnut
- spruce needles
Make coasters out of modeling clay - it's best to combine several colors. Assemble the “mushrooms” – the modeling clay acts as a strange adhesive and holds the natural materials together. Decorate as desired with spruce needles.
Crafts with chestnuts and acorns: cute monkeys
Also the next oneCraft idea for monkeys made from chestnutsand acorns can be achieved without drilling. All you need is acorn caps from the craft shop - these should be cleaned thoroughly first - and medium-sized chestnuts. With the fun autumn decorations you can spice up even the simple children's room. On the desk, on the book shelf or in the kitchen on the windowsill - the monkeys look good anywhere in the house and create a happy atmosphere.
You need the following materials:
- 1 chestnut
- Fineliner, black and white
- 2 acorn caps
- Hot glue
- 1 piece of twine (white) – 5 cm long
Instructions: First attach the acorn caps, then paint the mouth, eyes, nose and hands. Then attach the twine as a tail.
Spider for Halloween made of chestnuts, acorns and straws
Decorate the children's room for Halloween with the next colorful spider. You need the following materials for the craft project, which is suitable for elementary school children:
- Cylinder beads in different colors
- a chestnut
- Blumendraht
- Googly eyes
- Acorn hat
Instructions: First put the body together. To do this, glue the hat in place and attach the wiggly eyes. Cut a total of six 8 cm long pieces of floral wire for the legs. Thread the cylinder beads and shape the legs into the desired shape. Then glue the legs to the body.
Make your own owls out of acorns and felt
The next owls can be made even by inexperienced craft enthusiasts. All you need is acorns (without acorn caps) and felt material to put together the cute bird figures. Cut two large circles out of white felt and two large circles out of black felt fabric and glue them together. Cut out wings from purple felt and a yellow beak. You can also cut branches and flowers from felt fabric and arrange the birds.
Additional craft idea for Halloween: bat and hedgehog made of chestnuts
The next craft idea is super easy. You can simply paint chestnuts and “transform” them into different animals. Animals such as hedgehogs or bats succeed the fastest. For bats, you also need to cut out wings from black cardboard and paint them with white fineliner.
Autumn crafts are fun for adults and children. It's the perfect pastime for cold and rainy weekends. Collect chestnuts, acorns and other natural materials in the forest and make cute chestnut men, animals or other characters. Most of the time you only need glue and only in rare cases - chestnut drills. For small children, modeling clay comes to the rescue - it can successfully replace glue.
The instructions are also ideal for small children of daycare age because they promote fine motor skills. Even seniors or complete beginners can easily master the task. Some figures are also suitable for patients with dementia.
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