DIY “cabbage hare” craft. Master Class

• October 15, 2018
• Crafts
• Natalia Penchkovskaya

With the onset of autumn, the question arises again - to come up with and make crafts from vegetables with your own hands for school or kindergarten. A variety of products are used, they are selected according to the shape and color of the character. It is also important to correctly fasten the parts together so that the child can carefully bring the completed work to the exhibition. Think through everything to the smallest detail: on what basis will the sculpture of vegetables be placed, what is the most convenient way to fasten the parts, from which vegetables you can cut out individual elements of the image - eyes, ears, mouth, etc.

In this article we will tell you how to make a bunny craft from vegetables with step-by-step instructions for completing the work. You will learn what fasteners craftsmen use in their designs, how to preserve the work so that the cuts retain a beautiful and bright color. We'll tell you which vegetables are best to use to create a rabbit with long ears. This is a difficult piece of work, since it is difficult to fasten thin and long parts so that they fit well in the rounded head of the animal.

The photographs used in the article will help you cope with the task easier, as they give a visual representation of your future figure. It is not necessary that you make an exact copy of the bunny in the picture; you can create something similar by adding your own elements. Making a bunny from vegetables is a creative work that develops a child’s imagination. Give him a chance to do it himself. A little help from parents is enough to fasten the parts of the animal together.

Hare head

For an exhibition for a kindergarten, you can make not the whole animal, but only its head.
To work, you will need any round vegetable. You can use a plain watermelon, a round melon, a pumpkin without ribbed edges, a large zucchini (the excess part is simply cut off with a knife), etc. The ears can be cut out in any shape - just straight and long, with curved edges, as in the photo below. Make them flat, using only the thick skins of the vegetables. How to make a bunny's face? Here you need to choose a sharp knife with a medium-sized blade. It is better, of course, to buy a special knife for carving. The lower part of the vegetable needs to be trimmed so that the hare's head does not roll away, like Kolobok in the fairy tale. To insert the ears, make rectangular deep holes of the desired size. First, insert them tightly, and then secure them on the back side with toothpicks.

The remaining parts are cut to a depth of 1 cm with a knife. You can first draw a face with a marker on the peel of the vegetable, and only then cut thin slices along the lines with a knife. The nose is made from carrots, giving it a rounded shape. And eyes can be cut from beets, tomatoes, eggplants, radishes. Choose what you have on hand that is suitable in size and color. This vegetable bunny craft for kindergarten will look great at an exhibition.

How to make a mouse from natural material and vegetables with your own hands

Rodents can be treated differently. When someone mentions these animals, they imagine unpleasant rats, but most still see cute hamsters and house mice. You can make a mouse craft from vegetables for an exhibition or competition at school; this is especially true in the fall.

Materials:

• Carrot
• Pea
• Olives
• Knife

We cut off part of the carrot and make the body of a mouse. On a larger piece of carrot with a sharp edge, make a vertical cut. From the second part we cut off 4 circles.

We insert two circles into the cut created earlier, and attach an olive to the sharp edge of the carrot.

We do not cut the pea all the way, leaving the skin uncut. We make pupils from black olive.

It turns out such a funny mouse

From one circle we make 4 legs. And we need one more carrot ring to make the tail.

Assemble all the parts of the vegetable mouse together

There are funny options for making mouse crafts from leaves and walnuts. It is simpler in that it does not require a knife to work, so even kids can cope with creating such a mouse.

Materials:

• Walnuts
• Plasticine
• Chestnuts
• Leaves

The two nuts will make a body and a head.

To make the muzzle, mold two round ears, a ball of black plasticine for the nose, beads for the eyes, a neck from white plasticine with a collar and a red tongue.

Assemble all the parts by attaching them to the walnuts

We roll two sausages out of white plasticine and press them with our fingers along the edges to form the palms of the mouse’s paws. Attach the paws to the neck. You also need to make the lower legs from two colors of plasticine.

You can also make a mushroom for the composition and don’t forget about a thin long mouse tail.

Simple crafts from vegetables for kindergarten

A child of 4-6 years old can independently or with minimal participation of an adult be able to recreate the following works:

Caterpillar

You will need any “balls” - tomatoes, potatoes, round onions, radishes or apples, tangerines. The elements are connected to each other with skewers, forming a caterpillar.

They make it with matches, eyes - with rowan and currant berries. The caterpillar is laid on fresh greens.

ladybugs

The tomato is cut in half and placed on a lettuce leaf. The olives are cut in half and used to make spots on the wings and a head. All elements are secured with toothpicks. The legs are made from olives or plasticine and placed next to the abdomen.

Beet hedgehogs

You will need large, softer beets and a pack of toothpicks. Make needles out of them, add eyes and a nose to the hedgehog, and put a couple of berries, mushrooms or small apples on top.

Photo: igrad.su

Crafts from pine cones for children: 10 simple and beautiful ideas

Making a bunny from cotton pads

This very original and cute rabbit craft made from cotton pads will please your child and won’t take much effort! Prepare the base for the craft. This can be either colored cardboard, or even more conveniently – a box of chocolates. It should be covered with colored paper, or better yet, with bright multi-colored fabric, it will be more beautiful.

Take cotton pads. The circles are the body and head of the bunny. Glue them onto the cardboard background. From other cotton pads we cut out ears, paws and a tail, as well as cheeks - two small circles.

Glue all the parts and we have a bunny! All that remains is to add details and decor. Color the face with a pen and paints, glue on beads for eyes. Cut out another part from the cotton pad - a carrot, color it. Dry the painting and it's ready!

The process of creating a hare

Separate 2 leaves, cut out 2 ellipses, put them aside for later. Separate two sheets and cut them so that they resemble bunny ears in shape. Attach them to the top of the cabbage using needles and add a spout. The nose of our hare will be a part of a tomato, which will need to be prepared in advance. To more accurately create the “Hare” craft from cabbage, it is necessary to take into account all the small details. Draw the eyebrows in a dark red tone, and the mouth in scarlet. Cut the potatoes in half and place both halves at the bottom in place of the future paws. We secure their location with toothpicks. Glue cabbage ellipses in place of the eyes, draw the pupils in a dark tone. And now the figurine of a funny rabbit is prepared for the exhibition.

Carrot craft

Even a small child can make such a vegetable craft with his own hands. Only carrots are used in this work. The remaining small details are cut out of paper, and the nose and eyes are added from black olives. You can also use berries. It is better not to take currants, as they are very juicy, but blueberries or blueberries are quite suitable.

Before you start making a bunny craft from vegetables, you need to peel the carrots, wash them and dry them with a napkin. The lower part of the product should be even and smooth, so you need to trim the edge with a knife. The pointed part of the vegetable is divided in half by the length of the ears. Using your hands, move them slightly apart in different directions. Then thin circles are cut from the remains of the vegetable. For the bunny's hands, it is enough to remove the side sections on both sides. And for the legs, use the tip of a knife to make beautiful triangular cuts representing fingers. The arms and legs are attached with toothpicks.

Then you need to make small parts from colored and white cardboard. First, let the child draw a template, trace its outlines on cardboard, and only then cut out the elements with scissors. This way all the parts will be the same and the work will be neat. Cardboard elements can be glued to dry carrots with PVA glue. All that remains is to pick the berries or cut out the eyes and nose from the olives and attach them with toothpicks. Do not use whole sticks; a piece with a pointed edge will be enough; the rest can be torn off directly with your hands. The finished figurine can be placed on a saucer or placed on a sheet of green cardboard, making a clearing using greenery.

Simple craft

As you can see, you can assemble parts into a single whole from completely different fruits. The photo below shows what a zucchini bunny craft looks like. One whole fruit reproduces the character's body. A small piece is cut off for the tail. The ears are long and made by cutting the vegetable in half lengthwise. If they turn out to be too voluminous, you can cut off additional strips.

For the paws, pick up a small zucchini and divide it in half. Since the body is not too heavy, toothpicks are also suitable for attaching parts. The nose and eyes can be cut out from small carrots or you can come up with your own, for example, attach dark berries or olives.

DIY crafts from vegetables and fruits for an exhibition (pictures inside)

As always, first let’s see what can be made from these gifts of nature. Of course, everything depends on your imagination. To be honest, I have a hard time with her). Therefore, I always look at the options of those people who put their creations on display. And then I just supplement the work with something of my own.

For example, you can make such a fancy rhinoceros. You will need a small watermelon, squash, zucchini, peppers, apples, a couple of berries and cucumbers. You can connect the parts using toothpicks, sticks or wire.

For a girl, you can suggest making an elegant swan from a twisted zucchini. But glue or sew beautiful wings from cotton pads.

Look what a bright parrot you can create. The technology is still the same: find suitable fruits and vegetables and combine them with each other. To make this craft you will only need an orange, carrot, pepper and zucchini.

I really liked the idea of ​​bell pepper frogs. Beauty, and that's all!

But what can happen if you use a thread. Of course, the work requires certain skills and abilities, but you can try to do this with older children.

Here's a very simple option. Find small fruits, make faces out of plasticine and place them on a zucchini wheelbarrow. That's it, the craft is ready.

For any composition you can make such a small mouse from a lemon. I think you can see from the photo how it should be done.

An excellent composition is obtained from pumpkin and natural materials. Take it into service.

For variety and to stand out, you can work hard and do work on the topic of the inhabitants of the seabed. Cool idea!

You can also make different animals. Look, aren't these cute pets adorable?!

As you can see, creative work is not a dime a dozen. So let's move on.

Squirrel made from natural material: do it yourself step by step

A cute rodent of bright red color, a funny squirrel, known to everyone as a resident of city parks and the heroine of various fairy tales. They are interesting for their behavior and beautiful appearance, especially their bushy tail.

Even a child in kindergarten can make a squirrel from natural materials and leaves with a little help from parents or a teacher.

To make a squirrel craft, you will need three cones - one small for the head, the second large for the body and a long cone for the tail.

Our squirrel will hold the acorn in her hands, and she will also need a leaf to imitate the earth.

Make a squirrel's face out of plasticine by sticking it in a small bump. Place a black plasticine nose on the edge of the muzzle, and don’t forget about the eyes. What would a squirrel be without funny ears with tassels - we make them from orange and white plasticine. Squirrel paws can also be used to make plasticine. The parts can be secured with plasticine or super glue.

An autumn squirrel craft made from leaves can go to an exhibition in a garden or school.

A little differently, you can make another squirrel craft from natural material.

It will require cones of different sizes, a stand made from cut wood, a knife, and a hot gun.

To make the body you will need the largest cone. To make a mushroom, also use a large cone. Cut off all the scales from the bottom. This will create a fungus. The head will be made of two small bumps. We cut each of them and glue these parts together.

Select two large scales to make ears. At this stage it is necessary to make the nose and eyes. A couple of small cones are useful for the paws, and for the tail you need to choose a long cone.

Place the squirrel on a stand and designate a place for the fungus nearby.

Baskets of emotions and moods made from vegetables

You can make a “basket of emotions” from various vegetables. Children love such crafts very much, because they help them experience and understand various emotions and feelings.

“Basket of emotions” of vegetables 1

“Basket of emotions” from vegetables 2

Turtle made from small and large zucchini.

Squash turtle

From zucchini and autumn leaves you get the head of the hero of children's fairy tales, the Scarecrow.

Scarecrow made from zucchini and leaves

You can use zucchini to make a charming vase containing flowers, fruits and leaves.

From zucchini, cucumber and carrots you can make wonderful crafts for boys: a tank and a racing car.

Tank and racing car made of cucumber and zucchini

You can make an amazing dinosaur from zucchini, squash, peppers, cucumbers, apples and rose hips.

Dinosaur made from vegetables and fruits

Here is another version of our version of the dinosaur. Watch the step-by-step master class here.

Dinosaur made from vegetables

The turtle is very easy to make. We will need a flat pepper and a broccoli floret.

Using a knife, cut holes in the pepper.

Making holes

We insert the head and legs of broccoli into the holes. We make eyes from berries or greens.

Pepper turtle

We glue eyes and horns from vegetables and herbs to the giraffe. We give the zebra eyes and ears. Our zoo of vegetables and fruits is ready!

Crafts from vegetables for children

Some requirements for children's “fruit and vegetable” creativity

To make it easier for a child to create masterpieces from autumn fruits, adults should take into account and help children follow certain rules.

1. Children's crafts should not be too complex, otherwise the child will not be able to cope with them. If so, then he will not feel like a designer and creator, and very soon he will lose interest in creativity. Of course, parents or teachers should be present and help, but still the main part of the work should be done by the child.
2. For crafts, you need to take vegetables and fruits that can be stored for a long time. Otherwise, the craft will deteriorate very soon.
3. All fruits must first be washed and dried.
4. It often happens that a child finds it difficult to choose one or another fruit for crafts. Therefore, adults should help the child make a choice. This is generally simple, since all fruits have a certain shape and color. Therefore, if, say, a child wanted to make a dolphin, then it is best to make it from eggplant. The shape and color of this fruit fully correspond to the baby’s creative concept. And if, let’s say, a child wanted to portray a pig, then a large, oblong-shaped potato would be more suitable for this. Well, and so on – the principle, I think, is clear.
5. In addition, each fruit has its own consistency: some are soft, others are hard, others have seeds inside, and others are without seeds. Therefore, you need to work with each fruit in its own way, taking into account its properties and qualities. Of course, the child may not know all these nuances, and therefore the task of adults is to explain them to the child.
6. It is also necessary to take care of safety precautions during the creative process. Some details of the craft will have to be cut out with a knife or some other sharp object, and this is traumatic for the child. So adults present nearby should be on alert.

Well, now let’s start a substantive conversation about various crafts made from autumn gifts.

Making seals from pears

This is a very simple craft, since pears in their shape are largely reminiscent of these animals.

1. We take a large pear. It must be firm, otherwise the craft will spread right under your hands.
2. The top part of the pear (blunt) is the seal's head. The lower one, with which the fruit is attached to the branch, is the seal's tail.
3. We make the seal's eyes, nose and mouth. They can be made from anything: cut from carrots or radishes, sculpted from plasticine, made from buttons or other jewelry, or bought ready-made in a store.
4. Attach the eyes, nose and mouth to the top of the pear.
5. We make flippers for the seal (2 pieces). Again, they can be made in any way: sculpted from plasticine, cut from cardboard, thick fabric or soft plastic. This is not difficult, and the child can easily cope with this task.
6. We attach the fins - one on both sides of the pear to the right place (below the eyes, nose and mouth).
7. That's it, the pear seal is ready. If you want, you can make a whole seal family from several pears of different sizes.

Making a bouquet of vegetables

The work on making such a craft is quite painstaking, but at the same time, there is nothing particularly complicated about it.

1. First, we prepare a vase for the future bouquet. It is best made from half a pumpkin. Cut a suitable pumpkin into two parts and remove all its contents from one part. That's it, the vase is ready. If desired, it can be decorated with various carvings.
2. Let's start making flowers. We cut out their petals from various vegetables and fruits: zucchini, carrots, apples, turnips - in general, any hard fruit that can be stored for a long time. In addition to the petals, we cut out the core of the flower. It is better if it differs in color from the petals.
3. Using sharp skewers, attach the petals to the core to form a flower.
4. We make a stem for the flower. It is best made from a long, pointed stick. We stick such a stick into the lower part of the flower core.
5. With the other side we stick the stick into the flesh of the vase, which, as we remember, is made from half a pumpkin.
6. We make several flowers in this way to make a bouquet in a vase.
7. To make the bouquet look more magnificent, you can decorate it with autumn leaves or twigs, tying them with pieces of twine to the stems of the flowers.

Or you can do it much simpler - make a composition in the form of a bouquet of various fruits and leaves. There is less labor, but the beauty is the same.

Cabbage bunny

This is a very cute craft that children usually like and enjoy working on it. Moreover, there is nothing particularly complicated about it.

1. Take two heads of cabbage – one larger, the other slightly smaller. The larger head is the bunny's body, the smaller one is his head.
2. We connect both heads of cabbage with a stick, pointed at both ends, or with solid wire.
3. We take two small zucchini and attach them to the bottom of a large cabbage head in the same way. These are bunny legs.
4. We take two more small zucchini, and use the same pointed sticks or pieces of solid wire to attach them to the top of the small cabbage. These are bunny ears.
5. Now we make the bunny's hands. They can be made from the same whole zucchini or cut from the sides of the zucchini. They are attached to the body (a large head of cabbage) in the manner described above.
6. It is better to buy bunny eyes in a store. Or, if desired, cut from dark-colored carrots or zucchini. The nose and mouth, of course, must be cut out of carrots. They are attached to the hare's head with ordinary sharp skewers.
7. From them, from skewers, eyebrows and mustaches are made for the bunny.
8. You can decorate the bunny with a wreath of flowers, a necklace of small wild apples, and give him a carrot.

You can also make a simpler hare in the same way - from just one head of cabbage.

Potato man

Most children are introduced to “fruit and vegetable” creativity by making such a little man. Because it’s very simple, and the result will definitely come.

This is how a potato man is made. Take six potatoes. One – oblong and large – is the body. Four - oblong and smaller in size - are legs and arms. And one – small and round – is the head. Using skewers, all the small potatoes are attached to their appropriate places. The eyes, nose and mouth of the man can be made from black peppercorns, buttons or any other suitable material. And this is what happens in the end.

By the way, about little people...

In general, cheerful and funny little people, little animals, Smeshariki and other cute creatures can be easily made from almost any autumn vegetable or fruit. Moreover, it is very easy. All you have to do is choose the right fruits and draw hilarious eyes and mouths on them. Or - glue purchased ones. And here is the result!

Cars, carts, boats...

Boys like to make such crafts most of all. But it happens that girls do too. And this is where some elongated fruit comes in handy - first of all, zucchini or eggplant.

With desire and a little skill, it is easy to make almost any vehicle from them. All you need to do is cut out the middle of the fruit, removing all the contents from there. And from another zucchini or eggplant, cut into wheel circles and use sharp sticks or wires to attach them where they are supposed to be. The result is such amazing products - with and without passengers.

How to make a whale out of zucchini

Very simple! In its shape, the zucchini resembles this cute creature just one to one. All that remains is to select a fruit of the appropriate color, cut out its mouth, glue on the eyes, cut out a tail and fins from another zucchini and attach them to the appropriate places.

Yes, one more thing: if desired, you can make a lush fountain from some “fluffy” autumn grass (for example, feather grass) and attach it on top of the head of the “squash” whale. So that everything would be like a real sperm whale!

Subject paintings from zucchini

You can also make real plot paintings from zucchini. Well, or, more precisely, narrative sculptural groups. For example, the bride and groom. Their bodies are made of squash, their heads are made of onions, their eyes, noses and mouths are drawn, all other attributes depend on the imagination of the child-creator. The result is such a cute sculptural group of subjects.

Apple caterpillar

You can also make wonderful crafts from autumn apples. For example, a caterpillar. Again, making such a product is extremely simple. To do this you need to take a few apples. Exactly how much depends on the length of the intended caterpillar. All apples, except one, are connected in one line (strung on a thin wire or fishing line). The last apple is attached on top of the outermost apple - this is the head. The head, of course, should have eyes, a nose, a mouth and horns. They can be made from anything: from berries, plasticine, circles cut from zucchini, eggplant or turnips, etc.

Don't forget about the legs. They can be easily made, for example, from carrot slices and attached to the body with skewers. If there is a desire and suitable fruits, the caterpillar can be decorated with all sorts of attributes: beads, a fashionable hat and other fashionable bells and whistles.

Funny vegetable clock

Of course, they won’t walk and tick, but they look just like the real thing. Even - even better. They can be made from almost any fruit, and it is so simple that any 3-year-old child can handle the craft. Here is an example of such a watch. It's really nothing complicated, isn't it? And beautiful. A real work of art!

What can you make from carrots?

Many things! Carrots are a very suitable fruit for all kinds of crafts. Both in its entirety and as individual fragments. Here, for example, are the wonderful products that come from this fruit. And you don’t really need to do anything special, just pick the right root vegetables and use your imagination a little on them. And the end result is real works of children's art.

You can also make a fabulous carrot house out of carrots. All you need is to select suitable, even root vegetables, wash and peel them, and then build a hut out of them. And top with a lettuce leaf. This will be the roof. Look how beautiful the house turned out. Just like the real thing.

And also potatoes...

Yes, we almost forgot about ordinary potatoes! Potatoes make fun crafts that are also very easy to make.

What, for example, is so difficult about such “potato” piglets? All you need is:

• choose suitable potatoes. They should be oblong, with a smooth surface, not spoiled by rot. Any color of the little creator’s choice;
• eyes, snout and ears need to be attached to one side of the potato;
• they are easy to make from any suitable materials. The eyes are made of plasticine, berries or cut out from other fruits, the ears are also plasticine or cut out of dense fabric, the snout is again plasticine;
• the pig's paws are made from sticks or ordinary matches or from plasticine;
• A tail made of thin wire is attached to the back.

In addition, these two videos talk about crafts from vegetables and fruits.

Fruit and vegetable craft ideas

Cabbage and pumpkin hare

If you don’t know what to do with your children in the fall at the dacha, when other adults are busy harvesting, then try making crafts from vegetables with them.

The cabbage hare will turn out even more original if you use a small pumpkin as its head. The operating procedure is as follows:

• Using a very sharp knife, cut out the face of a bunny on a pumpkin (places for eyes, cheeks and antennae);
• use a toothpick to connect the head and head of cabbage;
• if you don’t have ready-made “eyes” at hand, which are sold in specialized stores, then you can make them from colored paper by gluing blue and black circles onto a white oval;
• half a cherry tomato is secured to the face using a toothpick as a spout;
• a long zucchini is cut lengthwise;
• holes are made in the pumpkin in the places where the ears should be;
• insert zucchini halves into them and secure with toothpicks;
• several circles are cut from a carrot and secured to a head of cabbage as buttons;
• 2 zucchini squash, halved;
• fasten 2 halves under the head of cabbage as lower limbs, and two at the junction with the pumpkin so as to form legs;
• tie a bow made of satin ribbon around the bunny’s neck;
• “fingers” are cut out on the lower paws;
• “put” a carrot into one of the legs and secure with a toothpick.

So that the “Cabbage Hare” craft can be used as a decoration for a hall in a kindergarten where a matinee is taking place, or a children’s room, a stand is made for it. To do this, fallen multi-colored leaves are fixed using a furniture stapler on a sheet of plywood or, better yet, on chipboard 2-3 cm thick so that it is not visible.

You can do it even simpler: put the craft on a tray, lay out autumn leaves on it, and put vegetables and fruits on top.

The “Cabbage Hare” craft can be installed under the New Year tree either in a single copy or together with “family members”. To do this, you will need to make several more bunnies of different sizes. In order to give them individuality, you can use an old hat, glasses without glasses, a headband and other accessories. This way you will get a grandmother bunny, a bunny and other figures with different “roles”.

Now you know how to make the “Cabbage Hare with Carrots” craft, and you will be able to please your children, as well as instill in them a love of joint creativity.

Which cabbage is suitable

For the Cabbage Hare craft to be successful, the vegetables must be fresh, not wilted and without wormholes, otherwise the “life” of your creation will be too short.

Although you can use any type of cabbage (cauliflower, broccoli, Peking cabbage, Brussels sprouts, etc.) to create animal figurines, white cabbage with tightly fitting leaves is more suitable for making bunny cabbage. Depending on the craft, you may also need two or more cabbage leaves, which are best removed from another head of cabbage.

Tips for making crafts with your child

Step-by-step instructions for making vegetable crafts with your child are provided below.

First of all, before moving directly to the production of crafts from vegetables with your own hands, you need the following:

• Stock up on natural materials - cabbage, tomatoes, potatoes, onions.
• Buy colorful paper, toothpicks, paints, glue, colored pens or markers.

And only after this, start creating a hare from cabbage. The kids love to create, and when the craft gradually takes on the appearance of their favorite hero, it delights them. Activities like these with their children will help parents become more familiar with their perspective. And also develop fine motor skills in children. What follows is a master class on how to create a cabbage hare with your own hands. Don't be afraid of difficulties, everything is shown simply and clearly.

What you need for the craft

Modeling classes should be carried out at a well-lit table, the surface of which should be covered with oilcloth. The child can wear an apron with sleeves or a robe.

To make classes easier and more interesting, you need special tools:

• wooden or plastic board;
• plastic or wooden stacks of various shapes for drawing details, texture and cutting plasticine;
• plastic molds for extruding figures;
• toothpick or pen rod for creating small holes;
• bowl of water;
• cardboard for plasticine compositions;
• templates with drawings;
• caps from pens or felt-tip pens for squeezing out circles;
• toothpicks, skewers and sticks for fastening parts;
• any other available means.

Then you need to choose the appropriate plasticine.

Nowadays a large selection of its varieties is offered:

1. Plasticine of medium hardness is used in ordinary modeling. It kneads easily, holds its shape well and holds parts together.
2. Soft plasticine (wax) is ideal for babies. It requires almost no kneading, spreads well on cardboard, and is easy to make crafts from.
3. The sculpted look is suitable for children aged 4-5 years. It is designed for wireframe modeling.
4. Ball plasticine does not stain hands and surfaces.

For plasticine crafts, you can use various additional materials:

• beads, rhinestones, buttons;
• peas, buckwheat, curly pasta;
• seeds, cones, cotton wool;
• other suitable materials.

Craft materials:

Quick crafts

Sometimes children report homework at the last minute, when it is no longer possible to purchase all the necessary parts. In such circumstances, you can make crafts from any available materials. Potatoes, apples, onions, toothpicks and plasticine are almost always at hand. This set is enough for several interesting blanks:

Hedgehog. A large and as even piece of potato as possible is used as a base. You will need a large number of toothpicks, which must be evenly placed over the entire surface. From any vegetables (carrots, apples, cucumbers, zucchini, eggplants) you can make very small pieces that should be placed on the sharp ends of toothpicks. Eyes can be made from any available materials or carefully cut out with a knife. Pigs. Pink potatoes will look best. All that remains to be done is to sculpt ears, a tail and a snout from plasticine. Eyes can be drawn with a felt-tip pen or sculpted from black plasticine. Kitty. The simplest option of all

To make it, you will need 1 onion, which must be carefully peeled, leaving the tendrils. The eyes and mouth can be carefully cut with a knife.

You can use 1 onion ring as legs. The cat will be curled up into a ball. The tail can be made from any available materials. Caterpillar. Several small apples connected to each other with long toothpicks form the base. You can additionally make antennae and eyes on the head.

Whatever model you choose, the main thing is not the result, but the process. The child must take an active part and be truly interested in everything that happens.

Since young children cannot maintain concentration for a long period of time, you should choose crafts that can be made as quickly as possible. If the process is delayed, then it is worth taking short breaks.

Cabbage hare: DIY craft.

In autumn, crafts made from vegetables become very popular. What amazing ideas come into the heads of our masters. One of these ideas is a cabbage bunny.

Let's see the step-by-step instructions on how to make a do-it-yourself cabbage hare.

cabbage hare

How to make a hare from cabbage? Making a cabbage hare begins with preparing the materials.

• two medium heads of cabbage
• two medium zucchini
• carrot
• knife
• toothpicks or thin wooden sticks for attaching craft parts

Wash all vegetables and wipe dry.

Craft materials

Take the first zucchini. We will make legs from it. The zucchini can be peeled, but it is better to leave it in the peel, then the legs will hold on more firmly. Cut the zucchini into two parts. Prepare two toothpicks.

Insert toothpicks into the two halves of the zucchini.

Insert toothpicks into zucchini

Insert the zucchini on a toothpick into the cabbage. We got bunny legs.

Using two toothpicks, we connect the head and body of the bunny together.

Connecting the head and body

To prevent the workpiece from falling, we place it against the wall. This is a rather voluminous and fragile craft, so it’s worth considering how it will hold up.

Blank against the wall

Cut two unpeeled zucchini and insert them into the top cabbage using a toothpick. These are bunny ears.

Insert the zucchini halves

We insert both ears. The ears will look more natural if the zucchini is slightly curved.

Cut out handles from peeled zucchini. We insert them into the cabbage using toothpicks.

Zucchini handles

Draw the bunny's eyes

Glue the bunny a triangular nose made of carrots. We fix the carrot as in the photo. The cabbage hare craft is almost ready.

Attach the nose and carrot

We decorate our bunny with a flower. Our bunny is ready to take prizes at the autumn crafts competition!

DIY cabbage hare

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What crafts can you make from cabbage and other vegetables with your own hands?

It is customary to celebrate the Autumn Festival in kindergartens and schools in October or November. One of the traditional events of this celebration is an exhibition of children's crafts. On it you can see a variety of works, from decorated pumpkins to fabulous collages of leaves.

Exhibition in kindergarten

In this article we will tell you what beautiful crafts you can quickly make from cabbage, cucumbers, carrots and zucchini.

Ship or whale from zucchini

To make a whale or a zucchini boat with your own hands, you will need several things: zucchini, cardboard, lettuce, long skewers, plasticine and shells (optional). Although the result is a surprisingly beautiful product, it does not require a long time investment. The work must be done in stages:

1. First of all, the zucchini must be thoroughly washed and dried. It is very difficult to work with a wet surface; small decorative fragments of plasticine will not be able to stick.
2. The steps in the second stage depend on what will be manufactured. If you and your child have decided to create a beautiful ship, then you need to cut a hole in the middle of the eggplant, which should not exceed 1/3 of the total surface area. Additionally, it is worth cutting recesses on both sides of the sides of the future model. For the whale, no cuts are required, but you will have to tinker with the tail. You can make it from colored cardboard (dark blue) and attach it using plasticine.
3. In order for the ship to be as similar as possible to the original, it is worth starting to decorate. Using small toothpicks, you can secure small pieces of zucchini around the entire perimeter, depicting wood carvings. The whale can be covered with a dense layer of small shells. You can attach them to the smooth surface of the zucchini using plasticine. This element is not necessary, since finding shells is not so easy.
4. If there is no shortage of time, then you can additionally cover the entire hull of the ship with colored paper, having previously cut many small square holes in it. When making a whale, you can begin to design the mouth. The base should be blue plasticine, onto which a similar red material is glued as a second layer.
5. The final stage will make the appearance of both crafts complete. You can vertically insert 2 long skewers into the hole of the ship cut at the second stage, onto which you can first place lettuce leaves. The length of the skewers can be different, so the sails will be as close to real as possible. In the case of the whale, all that remains is to glue on the eyes. A base made of white plasticine, on which additional blue or red material is attached for contrast, looks best.

Craft from carrots and zucchini “Hares on a car”

Hello, dear friends! Every year at the school where my youngest son studies, at the end of September there is a “Gifts of Autumn” craft competition. Children need to come up with and make something interesting from any natural material, vegetables, fruits, berries, in general, from everything that autumn brings to us. The idea did not arise by chance. One day we brought carrots from my sister’s garden, and while sorting them out, I came across interesting specimens that resembled the heads of bunnies with long ears.

Everything was clear with this, but at first I didn’t know where these bunnies should be placed or planted. The idea came somehow unexpectedly when I saw small zucchini. We decided to make a car out of this vegetable for the bunnies.

Sequence of making crafts from carrots and zucchini Hares by car.

1. Take carrots with ears and make them faces: eyes, nose, antennae (optional)

We fastened all the parts, even the smallest ones, with toothpicks.

We cut off the toothpicks that secure the nose and pupils, and paint over the tip with a black marker so that it is not noticeable.

We also make antennae from toothpicks: insert them, and then cut them off or break them off.

Insert a toothpick into the neck area.

2. Take a zucchini, cut off a thin layer along the fruit so that our machine is stable. (we use the cut layer with peel for the eyes and cheeks)

We make wheels from a small part of another zucchini: just cut it into circles, 4 pieces in total.

We attach the wheels to the car with toothpicks. To make them hold better, we secure each wheel with a small carrot circle.

We attach carrot headlights.

3. “Putting” the bunnies into the car: just insert the bunnies into the zucchini.

To make them hold better, we insert a small carrot circle between the head and the car.

So our carrot and zucchini craft “Hares on a Car” is ready.

I would be glad if our idea is useful to someone for playing games and making crafts with their child.

And if you want to find out what benefits the “gifts of autumn” watermelons bring to us, and how to choose them correctly, read here.

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Fluffy potato sheep

Connect the body to the head, glue on the ears and eyes, and then place supports on the legs from cut pieces of potatoes. Make the sheep fluffy using some tousled paper towel and glue and water.

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Hares from a cut tree!

What can you do for your dacha with your own hands? This question is probably asked by every owner of a dacha plot. And this is not without reason, because a dacha is not only a house and several acres of land that are surrounded by a fence. For many of us, including me, this is a vacation spot where we spend a lot of time and where we even move for the whole summer. Therefore, we often want to decorate our corner to enjoy peace and tranquility away from the bustle of the city. It seems to me that every summer resident has logs on hand from which to make such beautiful bunnies! They will definitely decorate your dacha and cheer you and your loved ones up. And the most important thing is that any of you can do them! It's very fast and very easy! This work left my family and I with a lot of positive emotions! We received a boost of energy and a lot of fun! Enjoy watching our family master class. Go…)

These are the cute and beautiful bunnies you will get at the end of the work

Tools and materials

• logs of different diameters (for the head, body, paws and ears), sizes to suit your taste and eye;
• saw;
• a hammer and a couple of nails;
• paint with a thin brush;
• bow decoration (you can use anything);
• and of course - a good mood, desire and a little patience.

Progress

We find logs of suitable size and, using a saw, we cut circles of different diameters! You will need 4 small logs, approximately as in the photo

We cut 4 small circles (these are our future paws) about 3-4 cm wide. Next, we cut 2 circles with the largest diameter (these are our bunny bodies), so that they are more stable, we make them about 9-10 cm.

Next, we cut 2 circles (for the head), using a diameter slightly smaller than the body, but slightly larger than the legs. Width approximately 3-4 cm

And finally, 4 oval cuts (for the ears). We try to cut at the same angle to get elongated ears.

You should end up with something like this:

Now we can start assembling our bunnies!

Take a hammer and find a couple of nails

We nail our paws to the body. The main thing is that the nail does not go through, so we select the desired width

We do the same with the head

We nail the ears on the back of the head

This is what the hare should look like. There is very little left... Now let's turn on our imagination! You can paint, change the color, whatever you want, to your taste.

We drew him this funny face

And we drew his paws. Now we decorate it the way your heart desires!

We made this bow for one of our bunnies. Let it be a girl!

We also attach it to a nail

Now we have a great bunny girl. So that she doesn’t feel sad alone, we’ll make her a partner with another hare. We do the same work, only without the bow.

Just look what we have achieved...

Two wonderful bunnies!

This work is another reason to get together with family or loved ones. We have no doubt at all that if you want to decorate your dacha with these hares, they will definitely turn out very beautiful! We hope that this work will be interesting and useful for you!

Thank you for watching our master class to the end.

Vegetables from plasticine

Modeling from plasticine is not only a fascinating activity, but also useful for the mental development of children. The theme of crafts can be completely different. For example, in elementary school, in the junior and senior groups of kindergarten, children always make vegetables . Among these gifts of nature there will certainly be objects of varying degrees of complexity, and therefore it is possible to select methods taking into account the age characteristics of pupils and pupils. Vegetables made from plasticine can rightfully be considered an autumn craft, because this time of year is richest in healthy fruits.

In the process of sculpting vegetables from plasticine, you can:

- have fun;

— learn to make simple geometric shapes and learn their names;

- study colors;

- learn the names of plants;

— get colorful doll food for a fun game.

Master class from the author of the article “How to sculpt from plasticine” Elena Nikolaeva.

In this lesson we will learn how to sculpt vegetables : eggplants, cabbage, radishes, carrots, sweet peppers. Prepare plasticine; among the blocks there must be blue and purple, orange and green, and red colors (photo 1).

How to make eggplants from plasticine

Modeling eggplants from plasticine begins with the formation of dark blue or purple balls. Make as many blanks as you want to get eggplants (photo 2).

Consider a real eggplant or a photograph or drawing of it. You will see that the shape of the fruit is oblong, slightly curved. Roll the balls into sausages and bend them a little. Also prepare green cakes and sticks to form the stalk (photo 3).

Cut stars out of green cakes using a stack. Attach the resulting stars to the eggplants. Press around the circumference with your fingers to get a tight stem. Glue the sausage on top (photo 4).

Plasticine eggplants are ready (photo 5).

How to make cabbage from plasticine

To sculpt cabbage, prepare and knead green plasticine in your hands (photo 6).

Divide the prepared piece into small slices for sculpting cabbage leaves. Mash each slice in your hands, then press it on top with your fingers and stretch it to form thin oval-shaped cakes (photo 7). Leave one part in the form of a ball.

Make a ball with the center of the fruit, stick leaves around it in the form of a green rose (photo 8).

Once the cabbage head is formed, bend back the outer leaves slightly (Photo 9).

How to make a radish from plasticine

To make radish fruits, you will need green, purple and some white or beige plasticine (photo 10).

Roll into balls from the purple pieces, and into small balls from the light ones. Stick light polka dots onto purple ones. Then, with your fingers, pull the white plasticine down in the form of a tail, and even spread a little of the light mass on the dark area. Pull the green portions into oblong leaves. Make cuts along the sides with a stack (photo 11).

Make some radishes for your vegetable collection (photo 12).

How to make carrots from plasticine

To sculpt carrots, you need green and orange plasticine (photo 13).

The fruits of this vegetable are oblong cone-shaped pieces that have pimples. To show them, use the stack again and pierce the soft plasticine in a checkerboard pattern. Carrot leaves may look similar to radish leaves (Photo 14).

Make several blanks for the fruits and more parts for the leaves (photo 15).

Attach the leaves to the fruits. The carrots for dolls and plush bunnies are ready (photo 16).

How to make sweet peppers from plasticine

Suitable colors of plasticine for work are red and a little green. But bell peppers can also be green or yellow (any of these colors will work) (photo 17).

Make rounded pieces that resemble peppers. Press the plasticine a little with the back of the stack. Attach green ponytails to the top (photo 18).

This is such a rich harvest from plasticine that we have collected (photo 19),

and at the same time we received treats for the dolls (photo 20).

Think about what other vegetables you would like to make. Considering our tips, be sure to start the creative process, imagine and create with your children.

Find out more about fruit sculpting here.

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Crafts based on the fairy tale “Cipollino”

As you know, this story involves various vegetables, fruits and berries. Show your favorite child how to create crafts of this kind. Cippolino is created from onions. Take this vegetable and use plasticine to make it more realistic.

This plastic mass will help you modify the lemon so that it turns into a characteristic character. You will make 2 cherry sisters from these berries, but decorate their faces with plasticine. From it you will make a body and arms, and turn corrugated paper into beautiful dresses.

Various fruits and vegetables from the garden will be used. Make radishes and the corresponding fruit, and pears and apples will become different characters. Facial features can be drawn with paints or felt-tip pens, and you can also use plasticine for this.

Make a pumpkin costume. Create a house from planks or strips of cardboard.

Here's how to turn vegetables, fruits and berries into heroes of magical stories. Look at the crafts on the theme of a fairy tale grown in a garden bed, so that together with your children you can make plots for magical stories from vegetables and fruits.

See what crafts you can also make from vegetables and fruits.

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What kind of craft can be made from a cucumber?

Transforming cucumbers into animals, houses, and flowers is very interesting. This vegetable is small, has hard walls, so it is quite easy to process. It's easy to make a cactus out of it, for example.

To do this, you need to decorate it with toothpicks, small coins or skewers, decorate it with paper or real flowers and place it in a container resembling a flower pot.

With a little more effort, you can make a shark, a real crocodile Gena, frogs, a swan and much more.

DIY cucumber frogs

Making a hare from cabbage

It is important to take into account the interests of modern children. The process of creating a regular rabbit may seem boring

But making your favorite cartoon character yourself will be incredibly exciting. One of these heroes is the hare Krosh. For the product you will need a medium-sized head of cabbage, several lettuce leaves (you can use the top leaves of cabbage from the head), zucchini (or potatoes), a felt-tip pen, a toothpick and plasticine. This DIY cabbage craft will not take much time:

1. The first step is to tear off the top leaves of the head of cabbage. It is necessary to give the base as smooth a shape as possible.
2. The two lettuce leaves should be as similar in size and shape as possible. They need to be firmly secured to the top of the head of cabbage using several toothpicks. This is how the ears are made.
3. After this, you can move on to the legs. For the future hare, they will be made from eggplant, which should first be cut in half. Each half can be further divided (not completely) into three equal slices to form claws. It is better to attach the legs to the body with the help of several toothpicks.
4. The arms for Krosh are created and attached in the same way. In this case, the eggplant halves should be completely symmetrical; no additional cuts need to be made.
5. You can make the most realistic eyes from paper and colored cardboard. It is best to attach them to the main body using glue.
6. The last step is to draw a smile. This is where red and white markers will come to the rescue. Using the first one, you can give an outline and use white to depict the teeth.

You can complement the composition with a beautiful, bright bow. The material can be absolutely anything. During the creation process, it is necessary for the child to do the most interesting work. You should not force your child to cut out complex elements, as he will quickly lose interest. But the child can easily fix the basic elements, draw eyes or a smile.

Cauliflower lamb or poodle

Minimal time investment and a small amount of materials make both of these crafts very popular. There are no big differences between a cauliflower lamb and a cauliflower poodle. Before you start creating, you should take care of the availability of white plasticine, apple tails, olives, toothpicks and plasticine. The step-by-step process is as follows:

1. From the entire package, it is worth selecting the most beautiful and snow-white pieces of cauliflower. Each element will produce 1 lamb or 1 poodle.
2. Apple tails will be used as legs for lamb or ewe, which should be stuck with the sharp side into the soft layer of the base. The poodle's legs should be more graceful, so it is better to make them from small pieces of plasticine. Depending on the quality and density, the plasticine may not attach well to the cauliflower, so you can additionally secure it with toothpicks.
3. It's time to start creating the head. A small olive is best for lamb. It is recommended to attach it to the body with half a toothpick, since a single piece is too long for such a craft. It is better to mold the poodle’s face from plasticine and secure it in a similar way.
4. To create eyes, you can use beads or small buttons. For greater reliability when attaching, it is better to use glue.
5. At the final stage, you need to make sure that the plasticine or apple legs of the crafts hold the structure. For this purpose, plasticine is best suited as a surface. You need to take a small green ball and make it as flat as possible and similar to a section of lawn.

If such crafts are made from cauliflower for a kindergarten, then you can make several lambs or poodles. Snow-white figurines will look great and are even suitable for exhibitions at school.

Original crafts from vegetables for school

A child 7-10 years old can independently work on compositions like this:

Peacock

A pumpkin with a diameter of 15-20 cm is used as a basis. A “tail” of dried leaves is attached to the back side like a fan. A cardboard head is attached to the top of the pumpkin. Beautiful wings will be made from apple slices or plasticine, decorated with “feather” seeds. For paws, take ordinary twigs or stems of greenery.

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Ship

The zucchini is cut into two parts. One is placed on a blue background (“sea”) with the cut side up. Tall wooden skewers (“masts”) are fixed in the pulp. Sails are cut out of paper, fabric or laid out with large leaves.

You can put figures of people made of acorns on the ship, cut out square holes on the sides of the ship for loopholes, and insert cannon barrels made from onion rings inside.

Dragon made from natural material: how to make it yourself

You can even make a fairy-tale hero out of ordinary vegetables that we often eat. A vegetable dragon will turn out bright and beautiful if you choose the vegetables correctly, choosing a symmetrical shape for each detail.

Materials:

• Round green pepper – 3 pcs.
• Green apples – 2 pcs.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Corn cob leaves – 2 pcs.
• Green beans - 6 pcs.
• Cabbage leaf
• Dark beans – 4 pcs.
• Toothpicks, needles, skewers

Place three round peppers together to make the body of a dragon.

Make a dragon's face out of apples, cutting out places for the eyes, and attach beans to these places using sugar syrup. We make indentations on top to insert the bean pods. Attach corn leaves to the ear spots.

From strips of carrots, thinly sliced, we will make a dragon's forelock and horns. We make a cut on one of the apples, which will play the role of a dragon’s mouth. The dragon's whiskers will represent two bean pods.

We will make the teeth of the ridge from cabbage and carrots, as well as the tail and paws. Connect it all to the body.

Just by using slightly different shaped vegetables, you can get a completely different dragon model.

A dragon with three heads would be a great idea for a craft for an exhibition at school or kindergarten

Materials:

• 4 pears
• Pink grapes – 3 pcs.
• Green grapes – 3 pcs.
• Blue grapes – 1 pc.
• red pear

Cut two pieces from the sides of one pear. We will divide these slices into two parts and attach the larger ones on the sides to the pear. These will be the legs. Make paws from small parts.

Take pink grapes and cut thin pieces. At the bottom we make two cuts crosswise, and in the center make a hole using a toothpick. The role of the neck will be played by the tail of the pear. Therefore, you need to cut off part of the pear from the top and attach a grape. We make two more heads in this way.

Cut the green berries in half, not completely cutting through the skin. Unfold and cut out horizontally the spaces for the pupils. You just need to cut out these pupils from the blue berry.

Collect the dragon's head. Cut three thin slices from the red pear and cut out three tongues, inserting them into the mouths of the dragon heads

Making eyes for the second head

These are the three heads you'll get

We lay the heads on the necks and attach them to the body itself

Corrugated paper rose cabbage

The second option for making crafts is to create an open head of cabbage, resembling a flower bud in appearance. To make the progress of the work clearer, you can take a look at the step-by-step master class. Corrugated paper cabbage is collected from 10-12 leaves.

First you need to take a piece of crepe paper and crumple it well. Then cut out leaves from it in the shape of an egg. On each workpiece, on the side of the narrowed edge, you need to make an incision, approximately 1/3 of the leaf long. Next, we overlap the right half with the left one so that the sheet turns out to be convex. When all the elements are ready, you can start assembling the cabbage. We twist the first leaf into a narrow cone and gradually grow the head of cabbage, gluing new parts to it in a circle.

Fruit hedgehog

Fruit crafts turn out just as beautiful and tasty. For example, this prickly pear hedgehog bears berries of all colors.

Photo: podelunchik.ru

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Tips for making crafts with your child

Step-by-step instructions for making vegetable crafts with your child are provided below.

First of all, before moving directly to the production of crafts from vegetables with your own hands, you need the following:

• Stock up on natural materials - cabbage, tomatoes, potatoes, onions.
• Buy colorful paper, toothpicks, paints, glue, colored pens or markers.

And only after this, start creating a hare from cabbage. The kids love to create, and when the craft gradually takes on the appearance of their favorite hero, it delights them. Activities like these with their children will help parents become more familiar with their perspective. And also develop fine motor skills in children. What follows is a master class on how to create a cabbage hare with your own hands. Don't be afraid of difficulties, everything is shown simply and clearly.

Interesting ideas for the image of a hare and what it can be created from

Various bunnie ideas can be realized using a vegetable such as cabbage. Crafts are also created using products that any person consumes in their normal diet. One of the most popular solutions will be the “Hare” craft made from cabbage. The kids are trying to build interesting structures with their own hands, with their dads and moms helping them. The process often uses berries, tree leaves or herbs, fruits and vegetables, and parts of vegetables. It’s very easy to create a “Hare” craft from cabbage. Additional materials used include paper, paints, toothpicks, tailor's pins, beads, etc. In addition to simple figurines, whole compositions or large illustrations and paintings are produced using vegetables and fruits. But how to make a “Hare” craft from cabbage with your own hands?

Crafts exhibitions

Nowadays, exhibitions are often held in kindergartens and schools, where not only the child, but also his parents are able to show off their creative inclinations and incredible views on creating images of bunnies from cabbage or other vegetables. Below are children's crafts.

The tips presented above for creating a “Hare” craft from cabbage are not difficult to implement. Both the baby and his parents will be able to quickly get carried away and come up with their own versions of cabbage bunnies. Successfully creating an image from a head of cabbage and cabbage leaves will ensure that the craft will be included in one of the exhibitions.

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