Topiary from cones. Master class "Topiary from pine cones

Topiary is a low composition, an original tree made from natural or artificial materials. Topiary can be made from pine or spruce cones, coffee beans (roasted or natural), different types pasta - this article offers a master class on how to do several types of topiary with your own hands with a step-by-step description and photo.

Topiary history

Even in ancient times, the art of giving trees and shrubs decorative forms was used in garden design. The famous gardens of Semiramis are not in vain considered one of the 7 wonders of the world - it was there that you could find plants of bizarre shapes, the crowns of which were formed by the skillful hands of court gardeners. Formed in the form of figures, garden plants have been called topiary since those times. The art of creating curly trees was used in the gardens of Versailles and in Japan.

A wonderful topiary made from pine cones or coffee beans can be easily made in a few hours.

Nowadays, topiary (tree of happiness, European tree) is a small composition of different materials, the height of which does not exceed 50 cm. Topiary can be made in different form: ball, cone, numbers, heart, and can also be multi-tiered and have several stems.

The materials for the base of the topiary are blanks made of papier-mâché or foam figurines, materials of natural or artificial origin are used for decoration: cones, coffee beans, nuts and nutshells, pasta, beads, organza, artificial flowers, cinnamon sticks, sisal, beads, foam balls.

A glass cup, cup or jar decorated with a cloth can be used as a stand.

The trunks of a decorative tree are made of thick wire or bizarrely curved branches, sometimes combining applications different types materials.

Master class: topiary from cones. Learning to create with our own hands

Pine, spruce, cedar and other cones conifers quite suitable for DIY crafts. Cones are a product of nature, it is not difficult to find them in sufficient quantities even in large cities. The material is suitable for DIY crafts, including for making topiary. Within the framework of this master class, you can quickly learn how to make a topiary from cones with your own hands, applying all your skill and author's ideas in creativity. Photos will help you make a topiary from cones correctly and quickly.

Types of cone topiary

Materials needed to complete the tree of happiness:

• pine or spruce cones;
• thermal gun with silicone glue sticks;
• old newspapers or foam base (ball);
• gypsum (alabaster is possible, but it hardens longer);
• ceramic dishes (pot, cup, any container);
• trunk (a branch of a tree of a bizarre shape, strong enough);
• aerosol can with gold paint;
• threads.

A set of necessary tools for creating a topiary from cones

First, you need to sort the existing buds, choosing the same size. When using a foam base under the topiary, it is necessary to carefully strengthen the barrel in the ball. The best option for topiary, a papier-mâché ball is considered, which is easy to make yourself from old newspapers. Newsprint should be crushed, filled with hot water, adding a small amount of shavings of laundry soap. After a few hours, the paper will swell, it is easy to mold a ball out of it, which should be thoroughly dried.

Advice! If the newspaper ball is not quite straight, you can additionally wrap it with threads to correct its shape.

The heat gun should be warmed up well, dripped with glue on the bump and quickly glue it to the base of the topiary. While consistently gluing the cones to the base, try not to leave empty spaces. Excess glue looks very messy if it flows out from under the cones tightly pressed to the base, so the drop of glue should not be too large.

The buds are attached to the ball with glue

A pre-sharpened barrel is inserted into the ball pasted over with cones, fastening the junction of the barrel and the base with glue. Now the stem should be carefully secured in the selected vessel using plaster mortar.

Important! To prevent the appearance of cracks on a vessel filled with gypsum, a piece of thin wire or a crumpled piece of foil should be placed inside the vessel, which compensate for the deforming stresses when the gypsum solution solidifies.

Dry gypsum is diluted with water room temperature to the state of liquid sour cream. An even stem with the base of the topiary is installed in the container, the gypsum solution is added, not reaching the top of about 5 mm. Gypsum hardens quickly enough, while heat is generated, this does not need to be scared.

Creating the base of the topiary

The finished tree can be carefully covered with gold or silver paint by spraying it from an aerosol can. For snow-capped buds, you can gently apply glue to the edges of the buds and then quickly coat the glue layer with semolina mixed with pearlescent glitter. The topiary of cones is ready, additional decoration of the craft is done at the discretion of the author.

We make topiary from coffee (coffee beans) with our own hands

Coffee beans have a unique aroma that helps neutralize unpleasant kitchen odors. A hand-made coffee tree can not only decorate the interior of an apartment, but also saturate the air of the room with the wonderful aroma of freshly brewed coffee. The master class on making topiary from coffee beans, offered in this article, will help you get the job done quickly and efficiently.

Coffee bean topiary options

For work you will need:

• high quality coffee beans (roasted);
• silicone glue for a heat gun;
• thermal gun;
• topiary base (any form);
• trunk;
• ceramic vessel;
• gypsum;
• water;
• decorative elements: bows, artificial flowers, cinnamon sticks, star anise seeds.

Essential tools for creating a topiary

The base of the tree is covered with coffee beans in one layer, placing them with the convex side up. It is necessary to carefully fit the grains to each other, achieving minimum gaps between the individual elements.

Advice! Pre-coloring the base of the topiary in a dark brown color will help hide minor defects when gluing the grains.

You can leave the base of the topiary glued in one layer, but adding a second layer of grains, which are glued with the cut up, helps to achieve a more decorative effect.

Then a barrel is inserted into the base, which is strengthened with glue. The do-it-yourself base of the topiary is strengthened with plaster dough in a suitable container prepared in advance. Dry gypsum powder is mixed with water to the consistency of sour cream, quickly filling the container with the installed tree with the solution.

The process of making topiary from coffee beans

The stem of the topiary can be left natural or wrapped in advance with decorative materials: moss, jute, ribbon. Before the final hardening of the gypsum, it is necessary to keep the craft upright. The finished topiary can be varnished, decorated with any decorative details. Natural decorations look especially harmonious on the coffee tree: cinnamon sticks and star anise stars.

Making a topiary from coffee beans (coffee) with your own hands is not at all difficult. This craft can be done with children, and then use the topiary to decorate the interior or for an original gift.

Master class: how to make pasta topiary

In this section, you can learn how to make a topiary from pasta or pasta that is produced by the food industry in a variety of sizes and shapes. The material is quite affordable, and it is not difficult to make a topiary from pasta.

Pasta topiary

Advice! When making topiary from pasta, it is required to provide for the mandatory finishing of the finished tree with varnish or paint. The protective film will not allow pasta to quickly collapse from the influence of atmospheric moisture and dust.

Before starting work, you need to take care of a sufficient amount of high quality pasta. You should also prepare:

• tree base (polyurethane ball, papier-mâché ball);
• gypsum;
• ceramic container;
• a gun for pasta gluing;
• silicone glue sticks.

The first operation consists of carefully gluing the pasta onto the base of the tree with a hot gun. It is worth doing this very carefully, keeping an eye on the symmetry of every detail. Excess glue can ruin the product, so the gluing of the parts should be done slowly, allowing the glue to completely solidify.

It is better to cover pasta with paint or varnish

When the ball is completely pasted over with pasta, the barrel is inserted into it. The barrel can be pre-wrapped with decorative tape, jute fabric, soutache or other finishing materials.

A barrel of topiary is placed in a previously prepared ceramic opaque container, the vessel is filled with plaster dough, similar in density to sour cream. The tree should be carefully maintained until the gypsum solution completely solidifies in a ceramic vessel.

Advice! Do not use transparent glass vessels - gypsum, shining through glass, looks sloppy and non-decorative.

Decoration of pasta topiary

A do-it-yourself topiary made from pasta can decorate the interior of a living room for a long time, you should only remember that pasta is not highly resistant to high humidity, quickly gets dirty from dust and gas deposits that have settled on them. When trimming pasta topiary, it is best to apply to the product protective layer paint or varnish. It is allowed to paint the product with compositions from an aerosol can or manually. You can first paint the tree with gouache or acrylic, and then apply a layer of colorless varnish.

Topiary from pasta can be decorated with sparkles or beads

It is quite appropriate to use artificial flowers, colored bird feathers, organza, butterflies and other accessories as additional decorations for pasta topiary.

DIY topiary: all the subtleties of operations can be seen in the attached photos.

DIY cones topiary: video

Topiary: photo

Topiary from natural materials can be made practically all year round, special warmth and positive energy emanate from such crafts.

We suggest you make a beautiful topiary of cones with your own hands in a master class with step by step photos and detailed recommendations. Such a tree of happiness can be used as a home decor at any time of the year, and if you decorate the top with tinsel, you get an original alternative to a Christmas tree or a welcome New Year's gift.

Preparation of materials and tools

Before making a topiary from cones, as in the photo, take the following materials and tools:

• small bulky pine cones;
• thuja twigs;
• various beads with a diameter of at least 0.5 cm;
• foam ball;
• satin ribbon;
• thread of golden color;
• scissors;
• gypsy needle or knitting needle;
• acrylic paint white;
• dishwashing sponge;
• transparent universal glue "Dragon" or hot glue;
• bamboo skewers;
• thick white thread;
• ceramic vessel;
• cement;
• sisal.

How to make pine cones and thuja topiary

Use all-purpose or hot glue to glue the foam ball with small pine cones. If they have not yet opened, then keep the buds in a warm place or put them in a slightly warm oven.

If there is no sphere ready, roll the newspapers into a ball shape. Wrap with white paper. Fix the paper ball by wrapping it with white thread. Pick up cones of approximately the same size. Try to keep the gaps as small as possible. Combine with acorns or wild chestnuts if desired.

To prevent the decorative elements from falling off, you can fix them with a golden thread.


To decorate the pine cone topiary, cut a small piece from the sponge and paint the ends with white paint. You can use not only acrylic paint, but also gouache, and even white toothpaste.

Disassemble the thuja branches into small pieces. Gently, using a gypsy needle or knitting needle, fill in the gaps between the cones with thuja twigs on the top of the topiary.

Additionally, fix all the details by randomly wrapping the ball with a golden thread.


Glue the beads to the cones, spreading them evenly over the entire area of ​​the ball. You can use beads of one shade or several.

To finally assemble the topiary from the cones with your own hands, put 6-7 bamboo skewers together, wrap them with thick white thread. Do not cover the bamboo sticks with thread 4-5 cm from the sharp ends.

Using a pencil or pen, make a hole in the ball in advance. Spread the ends of the sticks with glue and insert the topiary barrel with the cones into the ball.

Dilute the cement with water or use a ready-made cement mixture. Insert the tree of happiness into a ceramic or plastic vessel, fill it with cement, fix it with improvised means and leave it to solidify. Decorate the top of the pot with sisal to simulate grass.


Instead of cement, you can take gypsum, dilute it with water and fix the trunk in a pot. Decorate the pot with a satin ribbon matching the color of the beads used.

Autumn topiary of cones and thuja is ready to make it New Year's, add more glitter and a couple of small Christmas tree decorations.


Using various natural materials and combining them, you can create unique topiary. By varying the shape and size of the crown, you will get a tree of happiness in the shape of a Christmas tree, a heart, and even an egg.

If you still have cones, do it, and for those who like to make happy trees, we have topiary and on our Women's Hobbies website.
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In ancient times, topiary was the name given to gardens with plants whose crowns had bizarre shapes. Such plantings were especially popular in Europe in the 16th and 18th centuries. During this time, gardeners often trimmed the crowns of trees and plants in the form of people, birds and animals. Today, topiary is a decorative artificial tree that fits perfectly into any interior. It can be made with any materials at hand, for example, cones.

Cones topiary: master class

You will need:

1. Cones;
2. Cardboard or foam;
3. Glue gun;
4. Brown spray paint;
5. Decorative pot;
6. Decorative items.

Instructions:

• First of all, make the basis for the future topiary. It is tapered and formed from foam or cardboard. Just roll the material into a cone. Then paint it brown. Now prepare the cones: cut off a few scales at the base of each, making it flatter. This is necessary so that the bumps lie on a flat surface.
• Starting at the top of the base, glue the buds, minimizing the space between them. They do not have to be the same size: asymmetry will look more relaxed and interesting.
• Now you just need to place the topiary in a decorative pot with the flat side and the tip up. You can decorate the finished topiary as you wish, using ribbons, bows, beads, toy figures of birds and animals.
• Having mastered such a simple way of creating a cone-shaped topiary, you can easily create round, square, oval and curly versions of the craft.

Topiary from cones: how to make it yourself?

You will need:

1. Cones;
2. Decorative coniferous branches;
3. Branch for the trunk;
4. Newspaper or paper;
5. Masking tape;
6. Brown paint;
7. Glue gun;
8. PVA glue;
9. Scissors or knife;
10. Leg-split;
11. Sackcloth;
12. Flower pot;
13. Gypsum;
14. Pebbles;
15. Decorative items.

Instructions:

• Start creating a topiary from the crown: simply crumple up leaves of paper or newspaper, forming a ball. Cover the finished ball with masking tape and paint with brown paint.
• Wait for the paint to dry, then use scissors to make a hole, pour glue into it and insert a thick stick.
• Wrap twine around the trunk, gluing it at the beginning and end of the trunk. Starting at the top of the head, attach the buds to the base as tightly as possible to each other. Glue the twigs into the gaps between the cones.
• Wrap the pot with burlap and secure it with a glue gun. Pour gypsum into the pot, insert the barrel and wait until it dries.
• When the plaster is completely cured, pour glue into it and attach the stones. Decorate the topiary pot with twine and decorative items. The crown itself, if you wish, can be supplemented with interesting elements: beads, sparkles, bows, flowers, etc.

New Year's topiary from cones: making

You will need:

1. Cones;
2. Pine or spruce branches;
3. Newspapers;
4. Threads;
5. Brown or green paint;
6. Small Christmas tree toys;
7. Tinsel;
8. Decorative pot;
9. Wooden, plastic or cardboard barrel;
10. Gypsum;
11. Scissors;
12. Glue gun;
13. Twine and burlap;
14. Satin ribbon;
15. Beads;
16. PVA glue.
17. Cotton wool;
18. Artificial snow and sparkles.

Instructions:

• Roll a ball out of newspapers, wrap it with threads, paint it with brown or green paint. Punch a hole in the ball, pour some glue and insert the barrel. You can wrap it with ribbons or twine, decorate with tinsel and beads. Cover the crown of the future topiary with cones. Pour gypsum into the pot, place the topiary in the center of the container and wait a few minutes for the gypsum to dry.
• Wrap the pot with sacking, fix with twine or satin ribbon. Decorate the crown of the topiary with Christmas balls and pine branches. You can additionally decorate with a garland of beads. Decorate the pot with tinsel, and spread cotton wool over the plaster. Spray the finished topiary with artificial glitter and snow.

How to make a smart topiary out of cones?

You will need:

1. Cones;
2. Newspaper;
3. Twine or thread;
4. Gypsum;
5. Flower pot;
6. Dry branch;
7. Thermal gun;
8. Wrapping paper or candy wrappers;
9. Cotton wool;
10. PVA glue;
11. Tinsel;
12. Toy gifts;

Instructions:

• Crumple the newsprint into a tight, even ball, wrap it with thread. Pour gypsum into the pot, put the barrel exactly in the middle and wait for the solution to harden.
• Attach a newspaper ball to the table. Now glue the crown of the topiary with cones as tightly as possible to each other.
• Cut the wrapping paper into small squares. Roll them up in bags, filling with cotton wool. Candy wrappers are ideal instead of paper. Glue the resulting balls to the cones.
• Put moss on top of the plaster and decorate with tinsel. Place some wrapper balls and toy gifts. You can also plant toy figures of animals under the topiary, put Santa Claus and Snow Maiden.

Cones topiary is a wonderful decoration for your interior. It is a decorated various elements a ball (in some cases, they make triangular, square and curly topiary), fixed on the trunk. It can be of different sizes, used as a decoration for home, office, summer cottages and other premises. To create a topiary, you do not need a lot of effort, time and materials. Even a child can make such a craft. Be sure that by making a topiary yourself, you will let prosperity, happiness and good luck into your home!

In the world, probably only babies do not know what bumps are. This natural material not only decorates trees, but is also the source for many Hand-Made crafts. With just a little time, you can make colorful cones at home and transform the interior with designer crafts. And also to make collective compositions from spruce, cedar, pine cones, involving the whole family to work. Having devoted quite a bit of time to creativity, you will plunge into the magical world of a fairy tale. If you have a rich imagination, then it will not be difficult for you to make any craft. In the meantime, we have selected the most popular compositions.

What can be made from bumps

Cones can not only be combined with interior items, but also create stand-alone decorations. You can also always make funny animals, and the process of creating products will intrigue not only a child, but also an adult.

Using cones, you can create:

1. Decorative compositions that will not only add coziness and New Year's atmosphere, but also refresh the interior. Such crafts include: a wreath on the door, ikebana, topiary, candlestick.
2. New Year's products. Here, the designer's imagination can unfold in all directions, because you can start with a small composition or even make a tree from cones.
3. Figures of animals. A bear cub, a hedgehog, a squirrel, a goblin, penguins, a snowy owl - a set of such heroes will not leave any child indifferent. And the manufacturing process will give you a lot of pleasure and will reward you with a charge of good mood for the whole day.

Cones processing

Before you start making crafts from cones, you should carefully process the cones:

1. Contaminated material should be washed and dried naturally.
2. Clean less contaminated material with a brush.
3. Unripe and unopened buds should be placed in a slightly heated oven with the door ajar. You will notice that moisture will evaporate from wet cones, and unopened cones will gradually open in the form of spruce branches.

If, according to the idea, it is precisely closed cones that are needed, then in order to avoid opening the petals, you need to soak them in wood glue for 30 seconds. To transform, soak the cones in water, and then tie them with a thread, giving the desired shape. Craft materials can be left in their natural form or covered with artificial snow, varnish, paint. Everything will depend on the conceived craft.

Christmas tree made of cones

One of the most popular crafts on the eve of the holidays is the Christmas tree. It's easy enough to make it. Let's consider 2 options.

For work we need:

• cones;
• cardboard;
• glue;
• coniferous branches or tinsel.

Step-by-step instructions for making a Christmas tree:

1. Make a cardboard cone base.
2. Glue the bumps to the cone at intervals.
3. Attach coniferous branches or tinsel between the cones.
4. The Christmas tree is ready. It remains to decorate the New Year's beauty.

Materials for making a Christmas tree craft from cones:

• cones;
• cardboard;
• stand;
• newspaper or paper;
• Super glue.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Use cardboard to make the base for our Christmas tree in the form of a cone.
2. For good structural stability, place newspaper or paper inside the structure.
3. Cut a circle out of cardboard, or use a wooden stand and attach a cone to it.
4. Glue the cones to the cone from top to bottom To avoid large gaps, turn the cones of each successive row in the opposite direction.
5. If you have glued all the cones, then the main part of the craft is finished.

Pine cone decorations

Increasingly, in homes you can find cone decorations made for New Year's or Christmas holidays with your own hands. These are mainly pine or spruce garlands, or potted trees.

When working with buds, it is very important to note their advantages:

• natural material without chemical impurities;
• pleasant pine smell;
• saving money by making cone decorations.

If you wish, you can make almost any toy from the cones; you should use only a little imagination and sometimes patience. Making Christmas tree decorations is a great craft idea. After all, you not only make these decorations with your children, but also then dress up a New Year's beauty or decorate interior items with products. From the most elementary crafts, you can make a gnome.

Step-by-step instructions for making a gnome:

1. Leave the bump unchanged and use it as the base for the gnome's body.
2. Take the chestnut as the base of the head. Then glue on the goatee.
3. Legs and arms are made of fabric and stuffed with padding polyester or cotton wool.
4. Clothes are sewn from felt.
5. For gnome girls, you should braid a braid of threads.

Elongated cones can serve as decorations in the house or become a wonderful decoration for a Christmas tree. For exclusive curtain tiebacks, take a velvet fabric and secure at the ends along a pinecone.

Another wonderful decoration of our decor can be a New Year's colored garland of cones. The creation of this craft will not take you much time.

For a garland you will need:

• cones (the amount depends on the length of the garland);
• glue;
• rope;
• spray paint (any paint can be used);
• sparkles.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Prepare the buds for coloring by cleaning them first.
2. Spray the bumps with paint.
3. Then sprinkle the cones with glitter. Wait a little while the material is dry.
4. Take the rope and make marks on it where you will place the bumps.
5. Leave 10 cm of rope to tie the garland.
6. Apply a drop of glue to the base of the bump and stick to the string. Hold the bump firmly for 5 seconds for a firm grip.
7. Do the same for the rest of the buds.
8. The garland is ready.

Also as christmas decoration at home, a handicraft in the form of a snowflake made from cones made with your own hands will look very elegant.

For making snowflakes, it is better to use spruce or long pine cones.

Take 6 cones and glue the undersides together. The center of our craft can be decorated with a small paper snowflake or lace. Within 5 minutes, our snowflake is ready.

Christmas wreath of cones

Preparing your home for the holiday begins on the doorstep. The autumn frame of the door gives way to winter motives and takes you to winter's tale... Making a New Year's wreath is not at all difficult.

To begin with, you should cut the base of the wreath in the form of a circle from plastic, cardboard, flexible branches or wire. Glue small rings on the cones, first select the decor for the cones or leave them in their original form. Put the cones on the wire by stringing. At the end of the work, twist the edges of the wire and decorate with a large bow.

Newspapers can also be the basis for a holiday wreath. Rewind them into a ring and secure with threads in a circle. If there is organza or other material at home, wrap the resulting frame with them. Use green or light green rain to imitate spruce branches. Glue the buds to the rain and add plastic fruits to the composition.

You can buy a ready-made base for a wreath in stores. Decorate it with acorns, nuts, cones and create your own individual design. You can decorate with any available materials: paint, sparkles, ribbons, beads, beads.

How to make a beautiful cone ball

You can diversify the decor of your interior by making an unusual ball of cones and acorns. It is quite difficult to do it, but if you follow our instructions, then you will cope with the task.

For the base of the ball, make a circle out of paper, crumpled up like a snowball. Another base option is a garbage bag. You can make the shape of a ball by stuffing the bag with cotton wool, padding polyester or newspaper. The opening of the bag should be closed or sealed. The basis for the craft is ready.

We proceed to the main composition and glue the cones, evenly distributing them around the perimeter. After natural drying of the product, the composition is ready.

The final stage is covering the ball with varnish or snow. The finished product can be placed in a pot or vase, or simply attached with a thread to the ceiling.

Cones topiary

A good idea for creating an unusual interior is clipped trees - topiary. They are sometimes called trees of happiness and good luck.

To implement the idea you will need:

• cones;
• plaster or sponge;
• clay or plastic pot;
• tree branch;
• newspaper ball or flower sponge;
• threads;
• spray paint.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Form a newspaper ball and wrap the string around it.
2. Apply glue to the base of the cone, and glue it to the ball as tightly as possible.
3. Glue the rest of the bumps onto the ball. Try to choose buds that are similar in size.
4. Sharpen the end of the pine branch and punch a hole in the bottom of the ball.
5. Fix the branch in the ball with glue.
6. Paint the resulting ball with paint. The ball is decorated with dried leaves, branches, beads, colored ribbons.
7. Prepare the plaster for work: dilute it in a pot, making an indent from the edge of 3-5 cm.
8. Insert a branch with a ball into the plaster solution and fix until dry.
9. Disguise the plaster with small cones or moss.

Making a candlestick from cones

A lighted candle in a beautiful candlestick is responsible for giving romance and creating a New Year's composition at the festive table. The shining of festive lights will not only add coziness, but also diversify the interior. Even a child can make this accessory with his own hands. The main decoration material is cones, and the rest of the materials are selected depending on availability.

To create a holiday candle you will need:

• cones, acorns, chestnuts;
• glue;
• circle made of cardboard;
• spray paint.

Place all decoration elements on a substrate and paint. Staining should be done with open windows or outdoors. A candle and prepared decorations should be glued to the center of the cardboard circle. A sprig of a coniferous tree will look original in the composition.

Another option for creating a candle can be decorating ready-made candlesticks with cones, twigs. Unusual candles are made from glass jars. To do this, pour sugar or artificial snow on the bottom of the jar. Decorate the top with lace and attach a few cones. Spray the composition with snow.

How to make a basket of cones

Use our tips to craft an unusual pine cone basket.

Materials for creating a basket of cones:

• cones;
• wire, fishing line;
• glue;
• cardboard.

The bottom should be started to be tied from the central bump, and so connect 8-16 in a circle, twisting it with wire or fishing line.

For the second row of bumps, make a circle with a smaller diameter. For a tall basket, make a 3 circle.

Connect 2 cone circles together using glue and wire. Make the handle of the basket out of wire and decorate with cones. Weave the handle alternately, turning the bumps over.

Pine cones

Being engaged in artistic creation is equally beneficial for both adults and children. Each work uses the principle of combination and the play of contrasts. After all, the difference in color, shape and size dictate their own rules in the craft.

Cone bear

Materials:

• spruce cone;
• 4 pine cones, half open;
• a large open pinecone with a round top;
• acorn caps;
• alder cones;
• awl;
• glue;
• scissors.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. An oblong pine cone is the body of a bear cub.
2. Apply glue to the connecting parts of the flakes.
3. Connect the parts of the product so that the scales of one cone fix the scales of the other.
4. Make paws from pine cones.
5. Make the hind legs of the teddy bear out of larger cones than the front ones.
6. The head of the product will be an open pinecone.
7. Make ears and a nose from the caps of the acorns and attach tightly with glue.
8. Make the eyes and the tip of the nose out of black pepper.

If a bag of cones has accumulated in the house, then creating a big bear is right for you. The size of the toy is chosen according to the number of cones.

Make the frame of the bear out of papier-mâché or polyurethane foam. Stuff the frame with paper, and place a heavier material at the legs for stability. Make the top layer of the bumps and secure with glue. Make ears, muzzle out of pompons.

Pine cone hedgehog

You can also make a beautiful hedgehog out of cones by adding plasticine.

For a hedgehog you will need:

• cones;
• plasticine of several colors.

In order to make a hedgehog, all actions are performed one by one according to the instructions:

1. Take plasticine and mold an elongated muzzle.
2. Attach it to the base of the bump.
3. Make a nose, eyes, paws from a different color of plasticine.
4. Fix them on the craft.
5. Additionally, make ears from plasticine and attach them.
6. The craft is ready.

Nature has always inspired people to be creative, because everything in it is subordinate to it. With a little imagination, you can create not only toys, but entire mini-cities from natural materials. And the process of creation will unite the family and give everyone to show their design skills.

78 photos of ideas for crafts from cones

Today, as a craft for a kindergarten or school, you can make a topiary from cones. This craft replaced the already familiar little man made of cones, which was made by our parents. The main advantage of topiary with cones is that such a craft is relevant in winter and autumn, materials are available, and it does not require much effort and special skills to create it. In addition, you can use different cones, as well as complement them with leaves, chestnuts and other decorative elements, which will give each craft an individuality and originality.

Step-by-step instructions for beginners

To create a topiary, you can use the products of any coniferous trees, that is, the "tree of happiness" comes out well from both pine and spruce cones. And since buds are a product of nature, it will not be difficult to find them in the required quantity.

We suggest that you initially master the general technique of cones with your own hands. To do this, you will need the following materials and tools:

• cones of coniferous trees;
• foam base or old newspapers;
• thermal gun with silicone glue stick;
• gypsum or alabaster solution;
• craft utensils (flower pot, vase or cup);
• curved strong branch for the trunk;
• threads;
• aerosol can with gold paint.

After preparing the necessary things, you can begin to consider the process itself, how to make topiary from cones.

First of all, it is necessary to select cones of the same size. If there is a ready-made base for the craft, you need to insert a branch into it, fixing it with glue. In another case, when there is no ready-made base, a great solution is to create a papier-mâché ball from old newspapers. To do this, grind the paper and fill it with the mixture. hot water with laundry soap... When the newspapers begin to swell, make a ball out of them, and then leave the blank to dry.

Next, we warm up the gun and, lubricating each bump with glue, quickly attach it to the base of the topiary. Photo 1 shows how the topiary is created from cones step by step. Alternately fixing the cones to the ball, you need to try not to leave empty spaces, while it is important not to overdo it with glue.

Now you need to fix the barrel in the prepared vessel. This will require a plaster solution. It can be done by diluting dry building material with water at room temperature to the consistency of liquid sour cream. The barrel must be installed evenly in the vessel, after which it is filled with a solution of gypsum, not reaching the top of about 1 cm.

It is also recommended to pre-place a piece of thin wire or crumpled foil in the vessel in order to compensate for the deforming stresses when the gypsum solidifies. When the gypsum hardens, you can decorate it with threads or other elements.

At the end, the tree should be treated with gold paint. Topiary can be decorated with semolina, thus creating the effect of snow-covered cones. This concludes the general master class, additional decoration of the craft is carried out at the discretion of the author.

Making a topiary from cones and acorns

• foam to create a base;
• tree branch - for the trunk;
• flower pot stand;
• mounting foam;
• stones;
• pine cones;
• decorative moss;
• acorns;
• dry oak leaves;
• leg-split;
• additional decorative elements.

Let's start creating an autumn topiary by preparing a stand. To do this, you need to fill the pot with polyurethane foam, having previously placed several stones on the bottom. After all, if the pot is light, even with foam, it can tip over.

The prepared tree branch should be decorated with twine so that the bark does not show through. Now we start decorating the crown. First, it is better to glue large elements - cones. After that, you should fix the acorns with super glue, closing the voids as much as possible. Fill in the remaining spaces with oak leaves. The only thing you need to leave empty is the place for attaching the barrel.

Now we are assembling the structure. Since the trunk is already inserted into the pot, it remains to glue it to the crown, carefully lubricating all the joints with glue. We decorate the bottom of the pot with decorative moss and dry leaves. You can use beads and process everything with gold paint from a balloon. As you can see, cones and acorns topiary is made quickly and easily.

Another option for autumn crafts

In the autumn period, the topic of creating various crafts is especially relevant, because they are required in kindergarten and school. Therefore, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with another master class that will teach you how to make topiary from pine cones and. For this, the following materials and tools should be prepared:

• flower pot;
• spherical base;
• Styrofoam, polyurethane foam, plaster or other material for fastening the barrel;
• pins;
• chestnuts, cones (not only pine), acorns and leaves;
• glue gun;
• decorative moss;
• branch or any stick;
• other decorative elements.

First, you should prepare all materials for topiary from cones and chestnuts: select whole and identical cones and chestnuts; paint the stick or wrap it with rope; make a ball if there is no ready-made shape. Next, we insert the barrel into the base, fix the attachment point with glue. It is recommended to paint the base brown so that the gaps are not noticeable in the crown of the craft.

Dilute the assembly mixture or gypsum according to the manufacturer's instructions and fill the pot with this mass, not reaching 2-3 cm to the edge. Now we insert the barrel into the center and fix it until it solidifies completely.

We warm up the glue gun and begin to glue the decorative elements. MK involves gluing, first of all, large elements, and then the voids are filled with small objects. This can be done both with pins and glue. On the this stage you need to insert pins into the base so that the cones, chestnuts and other decor are located as tightly as possible to each other, but keeping the round shape of the crown. If the voids are visible, they can be closed with leaves.

Finally, we glue the decorative moss to the “soil” and tie a ribbon in the form of a bow to the trunk. The resulting topiary from chestnuts and cones will definitely be appreciated when passing to a kindergarten or school.

Creating a New Year's tree of happiness

The day before new year holidays the owners want to decorate their home with various themed decorative decorations. For such purposes, a small New Year's topiary made of cones is perfect. To create it you will need:

• pins;
• plastic cup;
• glue;
• scissors;
• tourniquet;
• Styrofoam;
• rowan and cones;
• bast bast, leaves or dried flowers;
• branch;
• crepe paper.

Such topiary is collected in 3 stages.

First, let's make the base. To do this, cut out the base from the foam, the diameter of which should be equal to the diameter of the plastic cup. Then we insert the blank into the vessel. The base can be made from other containers: a can, a pot, a cup, etc.

The role of the trunk will be performed by a tree branch, only it will need to be wrapped with a rope rope, fixing it with glue at each end. Next, use glue to connect the trunk to the base and crown. It remains to attach decorative elements.

Initially, the crown should be wrapped with orange paper, tying it at the base with a rope. The same must be done with the container where the craft is inserted, only green paper should be used for it. After that, we take rowan berries, string them on pins and cling the resulting blanks into the crown of the tree. You should move from the middle in a clockwise direction, leaving no empty space between the berries. It should be borne in mind that when using fresh berries, after a while they will lose their original appearance, so it is better to take pre-dried mountain ash. Next, we are engaged in attaching leaves, cones and dried flowers. If this leaves some empty spaces, you can cover them with leaves of other trees / flowers, coffee beans, ribbons and pieces of cloth. Finally, you can spray the tree with glitter or paint from a can. Appearance topiary from cones photo 2 demonstrates.