Autumn is around the corner - just the right time to create creative decorations with the children. For example, you can make the next squirrels.
Whether a nice collage with autumn leaves, nuts and cones or cute animals from toilet paper rolls - with the next creative ideas, every handicraft enthusiast gets its money's worth.
Tinker squirrels: creative collages with natural materials
The first idea is very simple and will even be successful in kindergarten. Create collages with squirrel silhouettes and decorate them with natural materials. Collect acorns, nuts, branches and autumn leaves on a walk in the forest or obvious park. Let the autumn leaves dry on newspaper overnight. You can also press the autumn leaves with books, so it can be processed the fastest the next day. However, as a replacement you can also use natural wooden slices from the handicraft shop or small cones. Erlen cones are particularly suitable for tinkering.
The necessary materials:
- Erlen cones (or other small cones) or pressed and dried autumn leaves or natural tree slices for the squirrel tail
- Eichel
- Watercolor paints or colored paper
- Template
- Hot glue
- Scissors
Directions:
Let the autumn leaves dry and press, let tree slices or alder cones dry.
2. Print out the template and paint with watercolor paints or stick it with colored paper.
3. Paint the eyes and nose.
4. Glue the glans.
5. The natural materials - tree slices, alder cones, autumn leaves attach.
You can do great handicrafts with autumn leaves in our article: “Tinker with leaves: 6 simple autumn styles for animals and figures with natural materials“
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On request, you can also paint the tail as desired or stick it with cotton wool or cotton so that it becomes nicely fluffy. Then simply decorate the collage with autumn materials of your choice so that a beautiful autumn image is ultimately created.
Tinker for autumn: animals from toilet paper rolls
For the next idea you need colored paper, scissors and a toilet paper roll. Tinker one or more with the childrenSquirrel from Klorroven. You can tinker several animals and use them as finger dolls or arrange in a shoe box with homemade hedgehog and bird figures. In this way, beautiful forest landscapes are quickly and easily created and small children can be particularly well illustrated or explain the turn of the year. But adults and children in primary school will certainly look forward to the opportunity to let their creativity run free and conjure up cool decoration for the windowsill or the coffee table. Incidentally, the squirrels made of Klorolles can also be used as a pen holder.
For the sweet animals you need the following materials:
- Toilet paper
- Colored paper (pink, dark and light brown, gold)
- Scissors
- adhesive
- Black fineliner or felt pen
- Optional: colors and brushes
Handicraft instructions:
1. Print out the template and cut out the individual details (tail, body, paws, snout).
2. Either paint the toilet paper roller or stick it with brown construction paper.
3. Assemble the “face” of the squirrel and stick it on.
4. Paint your mouth and teeth.
5. Cut out the tail and stick on.
Template for the squirrel made of toilet paper roller
You can of course make several animals in different colors and arrange in groups. You can also use this template for the next handicraft idea. In the following we explain how you can make squirrels made of felt and pine cones.
Crafts squirrels made of felt and cones
The last idea in today's post is super easy and well suited even for complete beginners. You need felt fabric in various brown shades and cones to put together squirrels from natural materials. The result will impress children and adults and is oneNice autumn decorationfor the fireplace or the windowsill in the living room. Long and super easy to tinker up!
The necessary materials:
- Felt in light, dark brown, black and orange
- Hot glue or adhesive for felt and wood. You may also be able to use universal glue.
- Pine cone
Collect pine cones on a walk in the forest. Wash them, clean them carefully and let them dry overnight. You can paint the cones on request. However, this task is left to the parents.
Otherwise, the crafting of the squirrels is a child -light task. Proceed as follows:
1. First print out the template, cut out the details from paper and transfer it to felt.
2. Cut out the details from felt and put the squirrel and put together. On request, you can paint and cut out glans freely on felt.
3. Glue the details. The beautiful autumn decoration is ready.
Surprise the family and friends with a nice autumn decoration. Candy beautiful autumn decorations for the window, for the fireplace or for the side table in the children's room. You only need a few materials that every handicraft enthusiast has at home anyway - construction paper, painting colors, felt fabrics and natural materials that you can collect on the next walk. The results are fascinating and will easily succeed even small children.
