The uniqueness of hand-made wood crafts
In the world of high technology, it is quite easy to purchase any item for home use. True, the result is not always pleasing, but do-it-yourself wood crafts bring much more joy. Most often, such products radiate love and kindness, are individual and unique in their own way.
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All ingenious is simple
The surrounding world of nature is full of ingenious ideas that often remain in the shadow of human attention. Yellow sun on a blue sky, raindrops, snowflakes, flowers. Sometimes people do not notice amazing beauty under their feet, but not creative natures.
Wood crafts are a great opportunity to prove yourself in practice. There are many ideas for creating original wooden products. They are mainly made of materials:
- thin and thick cuts;
- branches;
- hemp;
- bark.
It is quite easy to do wood crafts with your own hands using a saw cut of an ordinary log. It can be asked from those who prepare firewood for the winter, cutting the trunks of thick trees with a grinder. Of course, no one will deny this to a creative person. When the saw cut is in the hands of the master, a complete transformation awaits him.
Since the saw cut is almost always round in shape, you can make various crafts from it.
A sun of precious stones
Nowadays, many stores sell decorative glass stones of various shapes and sizes. They can be attached to a wooden saw cut in any order and you will get an original decoration for the garden. In a wooden base, with the help of a drill, holes are made so that pebbles fit there. Insert them there and the decoration is ready. It is attached to any structure in the garden, be it a tree, a gazebo or a bench. When a bright light hits it, the garden will be filled with multi-colored lights of sunbeams.
In order for the thing to serve as long as possible, the saw cut must first be dried.
Kitchen utensils made of wood
At all times, wooden kitchen utensils have been widely used by experienced housewives. Skillful craftsmen and lovers of creating useful things can make objects out of wood:
- coasters for hot cups or plates;
- trays;
- cutting boards;
- napkin rings.
To make a hot stand, thick branches are cut into several round cuts approximately 5 mm thick. This is done with a miter saw or a hacksaw. Finished parts are processed with sandpaper. The bark, which is located at the edges, serves as a decorative element, so it is not removed. But it doesn't matter. You can remove it with a sharp knife.
If the elements are ready, proceed to gluing.First, lay them out on a flat surface so that they touch each other. Then they spread it with glue and build a small pyramid in a checkerboard pattern. Excess glue is removed with a clean cloth and the product is placed under oppression so that the parts are well bonded and dry.
The first row of cuts should be aligned face down to make the stand look nice.
The photo shows the original hand-made wooden crafts for the kitchen. Each of them is different in size and style, but filled with love and warmth of the soul of a kind master. As you can see, you can even just decorate the saw cut with a pattern to get a charming hot stand.
Funny decorations for the garden
A country house is often considered a place of peace and fusion with nature. Therefore, summer residents are trying to decorate the garden plot with original things. Hand-made wooden crafts for a summer residence can be a wonderful addition to a flower bed. They vary in complexity, but some are available for inexperienced craftsmen.
A classic example is the wooden owl. For crafts, you will need one large saw cut, which will become the lush body of a bird. The eyes are made of smaller round timber, attaching them to the body with self-tapping screws. The pupils are isolated using caps.
To get the wings, a medium-sized saw cut is cut in half. Fasten the parts on both sides of the body, directing them in different directions. The beak is made separately - cut out of a log and attached between the eyes. Ears are made from a piece of burlap. Twist it into a tube and glue it with an acute angle upwards over the owl's eyes. The second ear is obtained in the same way. You can plant it on a small tree felling, placing it directly on the grass.
Some craftsmen use regular pieces of bark to make a cute owl. First, the material is rounded, but there should be pointed protrusions at the top corners. These are the ears of a wise bird. Eyes are made from the following materials:
- caps of small acorns;
- cuts of thin twigs;
- from dry fruit slices.
The wings are cut from small pieces of bark and attached to the body. Such a bird is often hung on trees or shrubs in the garden.
In addition, miniature crafts are made from small cuts and small logs. These can be cute birds or bunnies, which are placed on the territory of the summer cottage.
Airy wood crafts are also considered an original creation. First, a sketch is drawn on a thick wooden saw cut. You can use a stencil. Next, mark the main corners with a drill, and then cut out the drawing with an electric jigsaw. It turns out an original decoration that fits perfectly into the backyard. The photo shows various wood crafts that delight many summer residents:
All crafts must be treated with a special solution and varnished. So they will serve for the benefit of people longer.
Children and wood crafts
Almost all kids love handmade toys. They make them from paper, fabric, foam and plasticine. Wood crafts for children are especially appreciated, which bring them a lot of joy.
In the country cottage, there will probably be hemp, cuts and branches of old trees... And this is invaluable material for the ability to create with your own hands. It turns out that children can dress up hemp in every possible way, creating new images. To do this, just take old scraps of fabric, a washcloth, twine, corks, glue and your imagination, and an amazing craft will appear on the site.
Teenagers, of course, will want to make a more complex toy to surprise their parents. Therefore, they desperately need drawings and diagrams of wooden crafts. It is they who help to imagine the future product, and strive for the set goal. It is especially interesting to make toys from cut-out shields that are stacked on top of each other. As a result, volume is created and wonderful crafts are obtained.
For example, a cute ladybug is made from 3 pieces of a wooden board. One is her head, the second shield is her body, and the bangs and nose are the third part. The polar bear is made in a similar way.
Depending on the character for the toy, it is advisable to select the color of the wooden structures.
Wonderful wooden crafts are obtained from a base on which the textured design of the tree is preserved. If you take several layers of brown and cut out the outline of a wolf according to the scheme, you can get a beautiful craft. One layer is the body, and already the head and tail are applied to it. Simple, beautiful and fast. The same approach is used to create a cute duck. For this, bird details are cut out of wood. The quantity depends on the scheme or sketch of the craft. Then they are layered to form a duck.
If you want to get a voluminous toy, it is advisable to put more layers on top of each other. In the same way, any bulges on wood crafts are obtained.
To get unique crafts for children, they are painted with paints. Wise parents do this with their child, picking up a brush. They finish painting the eyes, facial expressions, the color of the animal, some folds or spots. Such works often decorate the courtyards of suburban areas.
An excellent opportunity to show their talent is given to those who wish to make an applique out of wood. The main part for work is a solid wooden board.
It is not worth saving and taking a glued board. When grinding, the structure loses strength, and the seams protrude outward. This will ruin the craft.
Before starting work with wood, a future craft is drawn on paper, dividing it into details. Each of them gets its own number. Next, the sketch is cut into parts along the contours marked in the figure. The elements are applied to the board, outlined with a pencil and cut out.
The edges of the finished parts are smoothed with carpentry tools. Sharp corners - with a chisel, after which they are rubbed with sandpaper. If you have a sander, you can use it. After that, all elements are stained with stain. To obtain different tones, it is applied in several layers. The smaller, the brighter the detail will be. When all items are dry, they are carefully pasted onto paper.
Schemes for making wood crafts
Original wood appliques are a great opportunity to spend useful time with children. After all, such activities not only unite families, but also develop the creative abilities of the future generation. And the house is filled with many beautiful things.