Who among us in the childhood did not collect autumn leaves to create from them wonderful hand-made articles, leading up to tears of affection mum and the grandmother? Until now, the leg does not rise to step on the autumnal luxurious carpet of maple leaves, each of which asks to become a diamond for children's crafts. It is very difficult to deny yourself the pleasure of filling all the containers that resemble vases vaguely, with these honey-golden bouquets. They seem so solemn, so enthusiastic, fragile and not long-lasting, like a farewell salute in the already gloomy winter sky.
Roses from autumn leaves
From the leaves you can think of a lot of things. Autumn ikebans are just the first thing that comes to mind. A little diligence - and connoisseurs of art will take your beautiful craft to the masterpieces of the world weaving of autumn leaves. In ordinary bouquets use flowers, and we even create them ourselves. In our craft, the unfading autumnal roses from the maple leaves will blossom.
For the manufacture of one such roses, 10 to 15 clean, fresh leaves without tears are required. Each of them must be folded in half. The first will perform the role of a tight middle, it should be twisted into a tight roll. All the rest, gradually, in turn, wind around this middle. When the fullness and splendor of the rose have reached the size you have conceived, wind the flower base with threads.
That the rose did not become brittle and withered, it can be greased with glycerin.
It's not bad to melt the paraffin wax in a water bath, and treat the autumn rose with paraffin. For this purpose, the household candle is quite suitable for grinding.
Liquid silicone will also protect the maple beauty from negative age changes. In a word, there is a choice. The rest of the participants of our bouquet: twigs, leaves, clusters of berry bushes and trees, must necessarily be subjected to glycerin conservation.
Preservation with glycerin
With this kind of preservation, berries and leaves will remain on the branches and will hold tight. The leaves will not lose their elasticity, and their color will become more juicy and bright.
It is necessary to mix two parts of very hot water and one glycerine, put the previously harvested plants in the solution, and forget about them in a cool dark place for 15 days. After this period, take out the canned, and put them on a napkin. Finally to dry in a suspended state. After all that has been transferred, our autumn leaves and twigs will easily be embodied in any of the crafts that they can only come to our minds.
Autumn crafts from dry leaves
It is most convenient to dry plants between pages of books. If you plan to make a colossal supply of autumn raw material for crafts from dry leaves, it is worth considering the production of special large format folders filled with old newspapers. In such folders it is convenient to place both leaves, twigs, and flowers between extensive newspaper pages in the area. Damped newspapers can easily be replaced with clean ones, folders can be conveniently placed under a press and stored. If we dry the leaves, ironing them through a sheet of paper, we will shorten the drying time, but we risk paying for this by the brightness of the color of the final product.
Before using fragile autumn leaves, dried by one of the proposed methods, they can be strengthened by dipping for a moment into the melted paraffin and letting drain. If an application is intended, the leaves can be treated with paraffin only on one side with a brush.
Decoration with dry leaves of candles
Here is another kind of autumn crafts. This is a kind of applique on a candle from dried fragments of plants.
Children's crafts from autumn leaves
Children are always unpredictable in their work. Their crafts are alien to templates. By tying the autumn leaves on the strings to the chandelier, the children's hands have no idea, that they create a magical home leaf fall. Do not impose clear instructions on children, you just need to direct their fantasy in the right direction. For example, you can suggest that you cut out the autumn leaves from paper. Such crafts develop a sense of color and imagination. After all, it can be leaves of non-existent trees growing, say on Jupiter. And you can write on these leaves wishes.
Do, dare, you are limited only by your imagination.