A win-win craft for the competition: a hedgehog from a cone and other materials
Autumn is the time for crafts. Children carry to schools and kindergartens for competitions interesting options for needlework... The most popular among other crafts is a hedgehog made of cones. This material is quite popular, moreover, you can create other various animals using it. In today's publication, the homemaster.techinfolux.com/en/ editorial staff will consider several moderately complex, but beautiful ideas.
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Crafts hedgehogs: how to make them from different cones
All master classes are usually divided into simple and complex. If, for example, older students can use more complicated instructions, then first graders will only cope with the most elementary ideas. When making crafts, not only are used cones of different conifers, but also additional materials.
How to make a hedgehog from fir cones: step by step instructions
Before doing the craft, the material must be prepared. If the buds are recently harvested (plucked from the spruce), then they should be dried. To do this, put them in the oven over low heat and wait for all the kernels to open. If you have nowhere to rush, you can simply lay them out on the windowsill. Then we follow the instructions.
- We shake all the cones well so that in the future dry grains and debris do not fall out of them.
- Take a small piece of felt or felt. You can also use a new kitchen napkin. Cut out a triangle from the fabric according to the size of the cone.
- We make blanks for the eye and nose. To do this, cut out several circles of 2-3 mm in diameter from the same material and paint with black paint.
- After waiting for the blanks to dry, glue them to the muzzle. We attach the finished muzzle to the wide side of the cone.
So a simple hedgehog from a cone is ready. Various accessories can be used as a peephole, for example, rhinestones and beads.
How to make a hedgehog from a pine cone
Pine cones are common enough to avoid looking in wooded areas. You just need to go to the coniferous park and find the material you need right on the ground. It is easy to make a hedgehog from a pine cone.
- We clean the dried pine cone well of excess debris.
- We prepare a cone from thin cardboard and make it slightly brown (you can use a pencil or paints).
- We glue the eyes and form a nose (a small piece of black plasticine is enough). Some people use polymer clay. As an option - the heads from cotton swabs, painted black.
- Make a muzzle, then use super glue or a glue gun to glue the cone to the narrow side of the bump.
Such a hedgehog is suitable for handicrafts for first-graders and those who do not want to spend a lot of time on a master class.
Hedgehog made of cones and other materials: great ideas for combining
Everyone understands that it is impossible to create an interesting craft out of one or even several cones. Therefore, to achieve the desired effect, it is necessary to combine with other materials. It is acceptable to use polymer clay, fabric, plasticine, plastic bottles and much more. Let's look at a few detailed instructions.
How to make a hedgehog from plasticine and cones
For this we need a pine cone with very thin tips. You will also need some additional tools: good scissors or wire cutters. See the photo instructions below.
How to make a hedgehog out of a bottle and cones
If you need a fairly voluminous craft, then why not make a hedgehog out of a plastic bottle and cones. To do this, you can take a container of any displacement. It all depends on how big the hedgehog should be.
- Take a bottle of the required volume and paste over its upper part with plasticine so that the surface is not slippery.
- Then take old gray tights or stockings (of course, without holes) and fit the container so that the muzzle visually stands out against the background of the body. To do this, slightly press the matter into the plasticine.
- Secure the fabric with a cork. This will create a spectacular nose. If the lid is colored, use black plasticine for filling or hide the defect with gouache or acrylic paint.
- Then take the bumps and sew them all to the tights on the top of the bottle in one direction.
- Ears and eyes can be made from other fabric and glued to the face. Many people buy ready-made beads.
Exactly the same hedgehog from a bottle and cones can be made with your own hands from burlap. Just first you need to think about how to make the bottle rough (as an option, grind it with sandpaper) so that the adhesion to the fabric is maximum.
How to make a hedgehog from a pine cone and chestnut
To make a hedgehog from cones and chestnuts, you will need a sufficient number of cones and other consumables (clay, plasticine, or fabric).The instructions for creating a hedgehog are practically no different from the one that is performed using a bottle.
Instead of a plastic container, you can simply make a muzzle out of fabric, having previously filled it with a padding polyester or other filler. But we will use chestnut as a nose. It can be glued to fabric or sewn neatly by punching holes with an awl. It all depends on what the fantasy of needlework is.
On a note! If you are preparing a hedgehog from cones, why not make legs from ripe chestnuts. This idea is fresh and quite original.
We also recommend watching a video on how to make a hedgehog from chestnuts without using spruce or pine cones.
Other ideas for making hedgehogs from cones
The shape of the craft, like its size, can be any. Therefore, some of the options can be viewed in the photo, and in the future, when manufacturing, focus on them.
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