Tip 1: How to make a bird of paradise from sisal

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Tip 1: How to make a bird of paradise from sisal

A bird of paradise must necessarily be in every house. We suggest you create a bright mascot from sisal. Rhinestones, lush tail and pendants will make her look like a character from a New Year's fairy tale.

You will need

- a roll of pressed sisal
- glue
- sequins, crystals
- eyes
- stapler

Instructions

On paper, draw the shape of the wings, torso andhead. Cut out the templates. Put the patterned patterns on the sisal and cut them out. Finished parts can be glued together with glue or stapler, or sewed with threads.

Fix the trunk from the sisal with a stapler. Sisal - a flexible material that easily takes the desired form. Also attach the wings to the body. The ends of the wings are bent upward.

For the head, twist the cone, cut it and attach it to the body with a stapler. To the head of the bird did not shine, compact it with the same cone of paper - insert it into the main cone.

From strips of different lengths, fold the tail in the shapefan and attach to the torso. For the hairstyle, fold 3 layers of the cut paper of different color and different width, cut them. Glue the hair from inside the head cone and curl, pulling each tip with scissors.

On the body, apply glue droplets and gluerhinestone. Superglue fix your eyes. Make earrings, strung the beads on the thread and tied at the ends of the nodules. Pinned earrings-pendants to the bird's head.

Tip 2: What mythical birds and their prophecies exist

In the mythology of different countries,images of birds. Often, mythical birds are opposed to evil destructive forces, but there are some among them who are themselves carrying death. The cosmological significance of birds lies in the fact that they live on the top of the World Tree, being a visible embodiment of the union of Earth and Heaven. Today, images of mythical birds can be found in ancient riddles, fairy tales and conspiracies.

Instructions

At the head of the bird kingdom is Stratim-bird. She lives on the Ocean-Sea and holds all the white light under the right wing. When Stratim-bird (and it happens this in the second hour after midnight), all the cocks on the ground will sing. Therefore, it is considered that Stratim is the mother of all birds. In addition, the Stratim-bird is a light bird of the wind god Stribog, and therefore commands all winds. This amazing bird was depicted with a small head on a thin neck, a hooked beak, a long narrow body and an upward wing.

In Slavic mythology, there are threebirds are virgins. This Alkonost, Gamayun and Sirin. Alkonost is a wonderful bird with the face of a beautiful maiden. Its image dates back to the ancient Greek myth of Alcyone, which threw itself into the waters of the sea after the drowned spouse and turned the gods into a kingfisher. According to legend, the Alkonost bears eggs on the edge of the sea, and then immerses them in the sea depth, soothing the sea for 7 days. Then the bird takes the eggs and hatches the nestlings on the shore. The singing of the Alkonost is distinguished by such a wonderful beauty that, upon hearing it, a person can forget about everything in the world. It is believed that the morning of the Apple Savior in the apple orchard arrives bird Sirin, who is crying and sad. In the afternoon it is replaced by the bird Alkonost, who laughs and rejoices.

The predecessors of the Russian bird Sirin wereAncient Greek Sirens, fascinated by their magic singing of sailors and carrying the death of ships. In Slavic mythology, Sirin is described as a bird of paradise, which sometimes appears on earth and sings prophetic songs, prophesying about the coming paradise of bliss. However, listening to Sirin's singing is unsafe: after hearing, you can lose your mind. Therefore, in some legends, the Syrian is considered a dark bird, the messenger of the underworld.

Gamayun is a prophetic bird, the messenger of the gods. She sings divine hymns and predicts the future for those who know how to hear secret prophecies. The flight of this bird brings a deadly storm. Bird Gamayun knows everything about the origin of heaven and earth, gods and people, beasts and birds.

The ancient legends and traditions of many countriestalk about the mythical Griffin bird. The head and wings of her eagle, and the body and legs - the lion's. The feathers of the Griffin bird are sharp, like arrows, the beak and claws seem to be made of iron. The size of this bird is from a huge mountain. The bird of Scopa is considered deadly. Her claws contain poison, which the ruthless predator releases into her prey.

Fantastic and mythical Firebird - the embodimentheavenly fire, sun, thunder and lightning. It feeds on golden apples, giving youth, beauty and immortality. When the Firebird sings, pearls are scattered from its beak. This magic singing heals the sick and bestows sight to the blind. Every autumn the Firebird dies, and in the spring it revives again.

A further relative of the Firebird can be consideredthe famous bird Phoenix, whose image is found in the mythology of different countries. In appearance, Phoenix resembles an eagle, but differs in bright red or golden-red plumage. Phoenix has the ability to burn and regenerate from the ashes, and therefore symbolizes the eternal renewal.

Tip 3: How to make a Christmas tree from sisal

Sisal is a natural coarse fiber thatIt is used not only for the production of floor coverings, but also for needlework. Bright colored skeins and cloths made of this material are used by craftsmen to make hand-made articles. Small fir-trees made of sisal made by own hands can be arranged around the apartment, they look original with the decoration of the festive table and will be a wonderful New Year's gift for friends.

Christmas tree of sisal cloth

From a flexible cardboard, fold the cone. Glue it with a thermo gun so that it does not turn around. Now you need a piece of wire of this size so that it passes through the entire height of the cone, leaving about 30 cm outside. Remove the shell from this piece of thicker motive from one end, about 10 cm. Place the cone on a sheet of thick paper or paperboard and circle. Add about 1 cm to the hem and cut the circle. Cut it to the center. Select the material to be wound on the wire that will be the trunk of the Christmas tree. It can be wrapped with satin ribbon, ribbon, jute cord. Make that part of the trunk that will be visible from under the tree. Plug the wire into the cone so that the cleaned part is protruding from above. Fill the cone with napkins or crumpled newspaper. Arrange a circle of thick paper on the base of the cone and glue it with paint tape or glue. From the sisal cloth cut this piece so that they can wrap the cone. Stick a double-sided adhesive tape on the basis of the Christmas tree and stick the sisal. If the canvas is thin and transparent, cut off a few more pieces that are glued on the tree with hot glue. Cut a circle out of sisal and attach it to the bottom of the cone. Turn the stripped piece of wire through a sisal ribbon. Give it the shape you need for your design. You can twist the wire into a curl or bend into a neat hook. Draw a plaster or alabaster in the bowl. Install the trunk of the tree in the pot and fill it with the resulting solution. Hold for several minutes until the gypsum has hardened. To decorate the tree, use beads, ribbons, small homemade toys. Glue them with hot glue. A pot under the tree can be wrapped with a piece of cloth and tied with a ribbon, painted with acrylic paints or decorated in the technique of decoupage. Fill the space at the base of the spruce tree with sweets, nuts, beads or shiny tinsel.

As a pot under the tree, you can use plastic cups from yogurt or sour cream.

Fir tree of sisal fiber

Get ready for your craftsfoam cone. If you have a piece of penoplex left after the repair, cut the cone out of it yourself. Acrylic paint under the color of the selected sisal paint the entire workpiece. From the gun along the circumference of the cone, apply a few drops of hot glue. Tear off a small bundle of long sisal fibers from the skein and begin to form the cone. Fibers wind in one direction. Immediately straighten and smooth them with your hand, so that the tree does not shave.

If the fibers are strongly spiky, smooth them with a wet hand.

You can use the oldDVD-ROM, just glue the cone on it. If the diameter of the cone is larger, glue it on a circle of thick cardboard or hard plastic. Dress up the Christmas tree with tinsel and Christmas toys.