Tip 1: Pasta Crafts
Tip 1: Pasta Crafts
Children are very fond of making pasta, becauseit is very interesting to create something from food. In addition, this is a very useful activity, since working with small details develops small motor skills.
A bouquet of pasta
For this craft choose the pasta in the formflowers. Also need toothpicks, colorful acrylics and super glue. Pour macaroni colors, each in its own color. Toothpicks paint with green paint. Put everything on paper and allow to dry. Make the flowers. On one side of the toothpick, apply a drop of glue and attach a flower from the pasta. Collect the bunch and put it in a small cup or vase.Candlestick, decorated with pasta
To make this craft you will need:- macaroni of different shapes - a glass of transparent glass - super-glue - acrylic paint - a brush. Pick up a glass that will serve as a candlestick. Wash it and degrease the surface. Starting from the bottom, glue the pasta with super-glue, creating a beautiful composition. Use twisted spirals, shells, horns, flowers and bows. After the result you are satisfied, paint all the colors. For this stage, only acrylic paints will work, because if you paint the product with watercolor or gouache, the pasta can soften and the candlestick will be spoiled. At the bottom of the glass, pour a little hot wax and put a candle.Aliens from outer space
When making this craft, you can show yourfantasy and have fun. Think about how your alien will look. Tell the children that they can be quite different from people and ask the children to think out how they might look. Make a company of aliens. Make a stand. From the cardboard cut out the circle, cover it with a silver foil, so the stand will resemble a flying saucer. In the middle, attach a bit of plasticine, so that the alien stably stands on his feet. From the same material, make the body of the stranger. Legs are ordinary pasta-tubes. Hands can be made from spiral. Stick them into the body of plasticine. Roll a ball-head, make hair out of spaghetti. Eyes, nose and mouth are molded from pieces of clay. The alien is ready, it remains to attach it to the flying saucer.Angel of macaroni
For this craft, it takes quite a bitMaterials: - 1 wide pasta-cannelloni, - 2 pcs. - 1 bow - several asterisks - a large bead - thread - super glue - gold paint. Take the cannelloni, glue the horns on each side that will mimic the angel's handles. At the back, glue the bow (it's the wings of an angel). In the bead, thread the thread so that the angel can be hung. On top of the cannelloni, attach a bead. Decorate the angel with star-shaped macaroni. Decorate the craft with gold acrylic paint. It is more convenient to use an aerosol for this purpose.Tip 2: What to do with your own hands of pasta
The stores sell a variety of pastaproducts of very bizarre forms. They can be used not only for their intended purpose, that is, for food, but also as a material for original creative work that you can do with children.
Fir-tree with macaroni
An unusual Christmas tree can be a decorationfor a festive New Year's table and serve as an original gift for relatives and friends. To make it you will need macaroni in the form of shells and asterisks. From the thick paper, fold the cone. Wrap it with paper tape to keep it in shape. Make a small notch on the paper at the base of the cone and use it to glue this part to the old CD-ROM. The basis for the Christmas tree is ready.You can make a tree trunk from a suitable branch or cardboard roll. Secure it with one end inside the cone, and put the second end in a flower pot and fill it with gypsum.Depending on the planned finalcolor Christmas tree paint the basis of acrylic paint in tone. Using a pistol with hot glue, glue in a circle pasta in the form of shells, placing them close to each other. Work lead from the base of the tree to its top. When the craft is dry, paint it with acrylic paints or a spray can. From pasta in the form of stars or bows make toys on the Christmas tree. Decorate your tree with beads or beads.
Snowflakes from pasta
These crafts for decorating an interior or a Christmas treecan be done with the children during the preparation for the holidays. The pattern for snowflakes is selected depending on the forms of pasta that you have available. Pour them into several flat plates to wake up creative imagination. To glue the pasta together you will need a glue gun. If a snowflake is made by a child, then use the glue "Secunda" or other instant glue. Spread different pasta on a paper sheet, push them to each other, to get beautiful patterns. And when the snowflake pattern suits you, glue the artwork. Color the resulting decorations with acrylic paints. Fasten ribbons on them so that crafts can be hung in a room or on a Christmas tree.Snowflakes can be sprinkled with sequins, if you glue them immediately on the dried paint.
Decorating a frame for photos with pasta
Disassemble the frame into its component parts. For decoration, you only need a wooden or plastic base. Spread the pasta on it the way fantasy tells you. You can decorate the entire surface of the frame or make voluminous accents only in the corners. When the ornament suits you, glue the pasta with a glue gun. Gradually paint the resulting artifact from an aerosol can. You can additionally decorate the frame with rhinestones or beads.Tip 3: How to make a New Year tree from pasta
A Christmas tree made with your own hands will becomebeautiful decoration not only for the New Year's table, but also transform the interior in any corner of the apartment, creating in the room a unique festive atmosphere. In addition, the production of such a New Year's Beauty does not require much time and large financial costs.
You will need
- - a dense cardboard or a disposable plastic glass;
- - oilcloth;
- - Glue "Moment";
- - aerosol paint of silver, green and golden color;
- - pasta in the form of tubes;
- - macaroni of various shapes for decorating the Christmas tree (bows, shells, wheels, sprockets, etc.).
Instructions
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First you need to decide on the colorthe future New Year tree. If you chose the traditional option - a green tree, then you will need to make additional fur-tree decorations that differ in color (so that the tree looks elegant). If you do not plan to decorate the tree, it is better to paint the product in a silver or golden shade.
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After you have defined with a color scaleof your craft, you can proceed directly to the color of pasta. To do this, wear protective gloves, spread oilcloth on the working surface, spread the pasta and evenly spray on their surface paint from the aerosol can.
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The next step is the production of the basis forChristmas tree. It can be made of cardboard, giving it a cone-shaped shape, or using a disposable plastic wineglass for this purpose (the container itself is used directly for work, and the stem is cut off from the glass).
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The blank for the New Year tree is also painted in the chosen color with the help of an aerosol paint.
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Next to the resulting basis must be gluedpasta. Unfortunately, this can not be done with the usual PVA glue, so you need to use a high-strength adhesive ("Moment" or glue gun).
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The final stage is the decor of the New Year tree. To the twigs of homemade wood we glue macaroni products of various kinds and forms (bows, stars, shells, etc.), previously painted in a different color. Also give the Christmas tree a festive and elegant look, you can, having decorated it with beads, sequins and paillettes.
Tip 4: How to make a pasta tree
Decorate the Christmas tree, you can not only beads, but also any other decorative elements of small size, such as stones, bows, crystals, etc.
You will need
- - dense cardboard (or plastic);
- - macaroni (or "feathers" or "bows");
- - glue (it is better to take super-glue);
- - aerosol enamel of green color;
- - red beads;
- - artificial star of the necessary size (you can make it yourself or take a pasta in the form of a star).
Instructions
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First of all, it is necessary to make a cone of the necessary width and height from dense cardboard (or thin flexible plastic), paint it with green paint and allow it to dry.
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Next, you need to use an adhesive around the basecone paste one row of pasta, trying as closely as possible to each other to squeeze them. A little higher, paste another row of pasta, trying to arrange the details so that they slightly cover the previous ones, then another row and so on until the very end of the cone.
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Paint the pasta with green paint. At this stage, you can still cover the Christmas tree with a clear varnish after the paint has dried, after this procedure it will look brighter and festive.
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After the Christmas tree itself is ready, you canBegin to decorate it. It is very interesting to look at the green Christmas tree of pasta bright red beads. Beads should be glued on super-glue on some pasta, distributing them evenly throughout the Christmas tree. It should be noted that 10 to 15 beads need to be used for crafting 10 cm high, 20-30 beads - 20 centimeters.
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The final stage is the attachment to the top of the treestars. The easiest way to do this is for ordinary glue. In order for the workpiece to dry completely, it needs to stand in a warm, well-ventilated room for at least 24 hours.
