1 How to glue pasta together? 2 How to paint pasta in different colors? 3 How to color the entire pasta product? 4How to give a spherical shape to a pasta product? 5 Decorative jars with colored pasta 6 Box of pasta 7 Set of pasta 8 Samovars made of pasta 9 Photo frame decorated with pasta 10 Basket of pasta 11 Bouquet of daisies made of pasta 12 Vase of openwork pasta 13 Pictures of pasta
Be sure to check out these awesome 12 ideas for fall crafts.
Moreover, there are simply a lot of main components for this activity in any kitchen! And if you don’t find the required configuration, then purchasing them in a store will not hurt your pocket.
The only auxiliary materials you will need are glue, some paint and a balloon to create spherical shapes.
But before you begin a detailed examination of specific products, you need to understand the basics of creating these unusual pasta crafts with your own hands. Let's do this!
The advantage of pasta crafts
The first advantage is the different shapes of pasta. For example, horns, spirals, spaghetti, feathers, butterflies and others. They all have a certain look. Due to the different shapes of pasta, the child begins to select the most suitable product for its counterfeit. Thanks to this, children learn to distinguish shapes and imagine.
If a child wants to make a house, then he needs large and thick pasta, and thin ones for the windows. And the window on the roof can be made round. The most important thing is to show your imagination.
The next advantage is safety. Children often try to chew on something. If they chew the pasta and then swallow it, then nothing will happen to the child, compared to any hard parts, after which they can accidentally choke.
The development of fine motor skills is also an advantage of pasta crafts. Children go through small parts and glue their creative product into the right place. For a child from one to three years old, the process itself is very useful. It helps to keep attention on one thing, develop memory, strengthen the nervous system and promotes the perception of the world around us. It also promotes the development of spoken language.
The very idea of making crafts from pasta for children is new, still a little rare and interesting. Therefore, these advantages prove that it will be interesting to use the idea in practice.
Candlestick
An original decorative element that will decorate any kitchen. For production you will need:
- Glass tumbler
- Pasta of different shapes
- Glue
The manufacturing process is extremely simple: a glass glass is covered with pasta of different colors; you can safely put a real candle in such an improvised candlestick and light it.
There is another option, which involves using a glass only as a base. To do this, wrap the glass container with cling film and carefully lay out the pasta along the walls.
Each element of the product is glued to each other, not to the glass. After the pasta frame has dried, the glass is removed from it. However, you should not use this option for a real candle - the pasta may catch fire.
In general, you can create almost anything from pasta; the idea, shape and size of the product are limited only by the author’s imagination.
Preparing tools for the creative process
First, you need a tool with which to glue the pasta together. There may be several options, depending on the complexity of the product:
- PVA glue is practically the safest tool for gluing parts. The child can use it independently. But the glue is not very strong and is suitable for fixing to cardboard or other support.
- Paste is a glue that consists of starch and flour. It is safe, you can glue large figures with it, but it takes a long time to dry. Because of this, children will start to get bored and get bored with the whole process.
- Plasticine is a favorite children's tool. They can also connect product parts. For very young children, you can use edible plasticine, which will not harm them in any way.
- Double sided tape. If you don’t have anything at hand, you can attach one side of the tape to the base and lay out the details of the craft on the other. But things won’t go beyond the foundation of the product.
- Glue gun - a stick of glue is inserted into the gun and heated. It is convenient for them to glue all the parts together, and they will hold firmly in the product. This tool can be used by children from the age of four, but under the supervision of their parents.
- Superglue - will help to glue the most complex parts where glue from a glue gun does not hold up. But this is the most not recommended glue for use in creating crafts.
It is known how to glue products together. But how to paint pasta for crafts? Kids won't be interested in using regular white pasta. There are two possible answers to this question.
- Paint each pasta by hand with a brush. It will take a long time, but if you need few details and different colors, then this option is suitable.
- Paint a lot of pasta with the same color at once. Place the pasta in a plastic bag and fill it with liquid food coloring of the color you want. Next, tie and twist the bag so that all the pasta is colored. Then let the products dry, and you can start creating.
Christmas wreath
This interior decoration will require a ring base. Pasta of one or more types is glued onto it so that the wreath acquires the required volume. That is, you need to raise the middle with an additional layer.
The finished wreath is painted with metallic gold (or silver). You can use acrylic or spray paint.
The decor of the doors can be supplemented by gluing cones or flowers and stars made from the same pasta, wrapping a wreath with packaging or satin ribbon, making a bow mount, or hanging a real bell.
Transport
A train that will be a beautiful decoration. It is better to secure all parts with hot glue. It will last longer.
Cars, trains, planes. There is enough for the next application. Of course, it will require a lot of work, but what a variety.
You can make any kind of pasta vehicle you could want.
Hair accessories and jewelry
You can even decorate your hair with pasta products . This could be a decorated headband or butterfly hair clips.
A regular headband will look much more elegant if you decorate it with spikelets painted with gold spray paint. You can make a tiara from flowers and wheels glued together.
Pasta can also be used to make bracelets, earrings, necklaces and beads. Children can make such accessories with their own hands without the help of adults. For such products you only need threads and paints. If you add feathers to macaroni beads, you can create decorations for children's games and Indian parties.
Sun, sky, rainbow
There are funny suns that will always cheer up not only the child, but also the parents. Also simple ones, they can be glued directly onto postcards. Then the cards themselves will turn out original and cute.
A rainbow always makes everyone happy, it is not such a frequent occurrence, so you need to place a rainbow at home to enjoy it every day. But of course, a rainbow requires seven different colors of pasta.
Snowflakes
It’s better to make snowflakes that you can then hang on the Christmas tree. This is a plus that there will be more toys for the New Year. To hang a snowflake, you need to attach ribbons of a suitable color to it.
A snowflake can be made in different colors, but the most important colors are gold, white and silver.
Some crafts seem to be very difficult to make, but in fact, if you take a closer look, they are quite simple. And guests may not understand at all that these snowflakes are made from ordinary pasta.
Idea 10. Postcards with pasta decor
The same bows or, say, pasta hearts can be used to make cards with your own hands. The principle of operation remains the same as for making bookmarks (see Idea No. 9). And here is a selection of photo examples of “pasta” postcards.
Cute hedgehog
It was already in the examples of pasta crafts above. Children aged 3 years and older can make this hedgehog. But parents' help will still be needed. Therefore, the whole family needs to sit down and make such a wonderful hedgehog.
You need to prepare:
- Salty dough.
- PVA glue, if not, then you can use a glue gun.
- Different types of pasta: spout shell, small stars and spiral.
- You will also need beads to decorate the needles and eyes.
- Paints.
- Bow.
How to do:
- Prepare the dough. For this you will need 2 tbsp. flour, 1 tbsp. salt and 250 ml water.
- Make a hedgehog from dough. You need to roughly select the muzzle, and the rest will be for the spirals.
- Muzzle. You need to cover it all with glue and glue small stars to it. There should be no spaces. Next you need to paint everything silver.
- The rest of the product. When attaching to the product, you need to coat each pasta with glue and, as in the picture, insert spirals.
- Decorating the hedgehog. Glue a shell onto the nose, make eyes from beads and a small bow in front of the needles. Of course, you need to remember to glue the beads onto the hedgehog’s needles. And now the craft is ready.
New Year's ball
A New Year's pasta ball will cost much less than buying an equally beautiful one in the store. It can be anything, depending on the imagination of the creator. Below we will describe how to make a pasta craft step by step.
You need to prepare:
- An ordinary balloon or some kind of blank, these are available in special craft stores.
- Pasta of different types.
- Glue.
- Paints.
How to do:
- If you have a blank, then first you need to make a loop to hang the toy on the Christmas tree. Next, you can simply stick pasta on the product and paint everything.
- Craft using a balloon. First you need to inflate it and don’t forget to tie it. Next, use glue to glue the pasta around the ball, but do not glue it to the rubber surface.
- For this product, it is most preferable to use small pasta to create a ball shape.
- Once all the parts are connected, you need to carefully burst the ball with a needle and carefully remove it
- Now all that remains is to glue a thread or ribbon to the ball and color it. The New Year's ball is ready.
Paints
Acrylic or in spray cans, they will help you get a bright color for your products. The pasta is soaked in acrylic paints, and aerosol paints are sprayed either on the finished product or on each element separately.
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Coloring options with acrylic paints, food and natural dyes are perfect for children. It is worth remembering that gouache and watercolor paints are not suitable for the process: gouache stains your hands even after drying, and watercolor paints require dilution with water, which negatively affects the appearance of the craft.
Butterfly
You need to prepare:
- Glue.
- Pasta: 1 spiral or feathers and 4 shells.
- Paints.
How to do:
- First you need to paint the pasta in the desired color and dry it. It is better to spend more paint to make the color more saturated. You can draw interesting designs on the details of the product, but to match the butterfly.
- Now you need to glue all the parts of the craft together to make a butterfly. The antennae can be made from some sticks.
- Now the craft is ready.
Have a nice time!
Hedgehog
By combining simple materials, you can make an unusual craft with a 4-5 year old child. Required:
- Plasticine
- Spaghetti
The process itself is extremely simple:
An oval is formed from plasticine, one end of the oval is made pointed - this will be the face of a hedgehog. Three balls are made from black plasticine - this will be the nose and eyes of the animal, the balls are fixed on the muzzle.
The hedgehog's body is covered with needles - spaghetti.
Spaghetti can be replaced with spiral-shaped pasta. It will be a little more difficult to work with them, but the result is excellent: the craft takes on a very unusual and entertaining look.
