DIY Christmas decorations: pasta crafts. How to make crafts from pasta and cereals with your own hands: on the theme of autumn and new year for children in the garden, how to paint
Modern pasta has a wide variety of shapes and is very affordable, making it an excellent material for decorative creativity. Crafts from pasta are obtained as unique masterpieces in the hands of adults and children.
Of course, the crafts made because of their fragility cannot serve any practical purposes (the same boxes or vases), but they can decorate the interior well.
In the pictures we have proposed, you can see how different shapes of pasta are combined to create decorative elements, such as, for example, different types of flowers or ornaments. An excellent solution is the volumetric option - overlaid elements on a uniform background structure.
Before proceeding with the creation of specific crafts, it is important to understand two points: how to connect macaroons to each other and how to paint them, because an unpainted product is not capable of producing the expected impression.
Connection of pasta elements
The most successful way to connect pasta is, of course, gluing. Craftsmen suggest using either PVA glue or the deservedly popular hot melt glue in the form of a glue gun. It is worth saying that both of these methods have disadvantages: in the case of PVA, this will be a longer time for gluing the elements and not too strong a connection that can collapse if the craft is twisted in hands; hot glue, on the other hand, requires some skill, since it sets very quickly - first, practice quickly and accurately connecting the necessary elements. The advantage of PVA is considered to be cleaner work, without visible drops and beads of glue. The best option for you will naturally be determined over time and with experience.
This is an important, somewhat frightening process for many at first, which, in reality, is nothing complicated. In principle, you can paint a finished product, or you can assemble it from already multi-colored elements. It is best to combine both approaches for the best result.
Pre-coloring of pasta is carried out, as a rule, using dyes for Easter eggs: having prepared the solution according to the manufacturer's instructions, add a little vinegar to it for greater color fastness and place dry pasta - stir them with a stick for even coloring. Then put the painted elements on a sheet of foil and dry at room temperature.
It is convenient to paint a finished craft with paint from an aerosol can in the space of a large cardboard box, which will protect the surrounding objects from paint drops. Drawing elements is best acrylic paints with a brush: watercolors and gouache are not suitable for this purpose, since they will then remain on the hands and smear.
As a final decoration, especially in the case of New Year's decorations, gold and silver sequins, artificial snow are popular.
Getting Started
There are a great many options for pasta crafts, since this is a very successful material that involves very few restrictions (except perhaps the general fragility of the product). Craftsmen and novice amateurs have created a lot of different boxes, photo frames, vases, New Year's decorations and Christmas tree decorations, flowers, decorative dishes and even paintings! We offer photo examples of such works. As you can see, an excellent property of "pasta" crafts is that it is easy to understand their structure and repeat the example you like with your own hands, however, high-level products will require more skill and practical experience with the material. Therefore, Dominafiesta strongly recommends starting your creative path with the simplest crafts, which will allow you to quickly move forward and acquire real skill.
Note: in order to correctly assemble a voluminous thing - a box, a vase, etc. - it is advisable to use a cardboard or other frame, previously pasted over with cling film, which is then carefully removed. In some cases, a cardboard or other dense substrate is used, on which the macaros are glued in the desired order and which then, after staining, makes up a permanent frame and is one with the entire product: a typical example is a photo frame. 
So, stock up pasta in all possible shapes and sizes and get down to business. We assure you: very soon you will be able not only to repeat something already done by someone with a complex structure, a magnificent product, but also independently invent and improve crafts that cause real delight and admiration among those around you!
If you like to create beautiful things with your own hands, are looking for new interesting ideas, then try to make an openwork basket, an angel and a tea set from pasta.
Master class - making baskets from pasta
Here are some wonderful crafts you can make for Easter. In such dyed testicles will look beautiful and festive. A similar basket will come to the yard on other days and will take its rightful place in the house. You can put flowers in it, which you also make from pasta.
Then take:
- scallop pasta;
- glue heat gun;
- a mug from an old thermos or other container of a similar shape;
- nippers;
- masking tape;
- enamel in aerosols of several colors.
Lubricate the bottom edge of the thermos cap with glue, glue the first row of "combs" outward with a wavy edge. After finishing the bottom of the basket, create the first and subsequent rows.
At the top, attach the "combs" with a heat gun, make a basket handle. To do this, draw it on a piece of paper. The width of the handle should correspond to the diameter of the basket, with your own hands a master class that helps you make.
Now lay out the pasta, gluing the next scallop to the previous one. When this structure is dry, glue the handle to the basket. Blot excess glue with tape.
The adorable plants will help you create pasta too. The basket will look even better with flowers. To make daisies, fold the combs in a circle, gluing them together in the center.
You can first take the core from a round pasta, and then glue the "petals" to it.
Here's how to make a cornflower. To do this, use a pair of pliers to divide each pasta "bow" in half across, and then again in half lengthwise. Now lay them out in the shape of a flower, gluing the "petals" together from the sides and in the center.
Color the cornflowers blue, the core of the chamomile yellow, and the petals white.
For small parts, you can use acrylic paints instead of aerosol paints.
Use a heat gun to glue the flowers to the wire. Wrap it with green thread or floral tape. You can even use electrical tape of this color by wrapping it tightly around the wire. Make the leaves from pasta and paint them too.
Cover the basket itself with a spray bottle with gold or brown enamel. You can use either tone. Sweets will also look great in such an openwork container. Next to it, you can put a teapot and a cup made of the same material.
How to make a pasta tea set?
For him you will need:
- inflatable ball;
- PVA glue;
- needle;
- round pasta, shells, scallops, spirals, tubules;
- white and silver spray paint;
- foil;
- saucer, cup.
Leave it overnight to dry well. After that, burst the ball with a needle, remove it. Glue the “tube” to the product on one side, and the semicircular handle on the other. You will first create it from the "combs" by laying them out and gluing them on a flat surface.
Here's how to make pasta crafts next. The next item we'll make is a teapot lid. Inflate another balloon, glue pasta to it, as shown in the photo. Do not forget to frame the lid with "spirals", and glue 2 "combs" to the upper part. When this structure is dry, also burst and remove the ball.
To make an openwork saucer with your own hands, wrap the usual one with foil. Cover it with pasta. In the inverted position, the structure will dry, and then frame it with shells.
Here's how to make a cup. To do this, pasta can be glued to a suitable form or you can take an ordinary teahouse, having previously wrapped it in foil. Here's what you get.
Don't forget to glue the handle to it. It remains to make a round or rectangular tray, as in this case. For it, glue the round pasta on a rectangular shape, and then frame them with shell products.
Here are some wonderful pasta crafts you can make with your own hands. It remains to paint them and you can admire the brilliant appearance of the tea set. But this is not all the products that give dried flour products there.
If you want to know what you can do with your own New Year pasta crafts, photos and descriptions will help you with this.
Pasta applications for children
Toddlers, like older children, can use all the same flour products to create amazing pictures.
To do this work, you will need:
- pasta in the form of: leaves, "spirals", "shells", noodles;
- gouache or watercolor paint;
- glue;
- cardboard;
- colored paper;
- satin ribbon.
To keep children's hands clean, for this stage of the work it is better to invite them to wear thin disposable gloves that can simply be thrown away after the end of the creative process.
Next, a sheet of colored paper is glued onto the cardboard. The frame for this work is made of satin ribbon.
Now the first tier of poppy petals is created in the lower left corner of the red "shells" that turn downward with a hole. Having glued 4 products upside down, the guys will get the upper part of the flower. Inside, you can glue dark raisins or black peppercorns. Having made the green leaves, let them move on to the next flower.
And let the applique for children 3 years old be like this. A parent or caregiver will help cut out the cores and leaves of flowers, and let the children lay out the petals with pre-painted pasta.
To prevent the picture from bending, use sheet cardboard to create it, you can take a colored one.
But what can be colored paper and pasta appliques for children.
This is done on blue cardboard. The fish consists of an oval body, pointed from the side of the face, tail and fins made using the "accordion" technique. To do this, you need to take a rectangular sheet of paper, draw parallel stripes on it, then, after one, bend in the form of an accordion.
On one side, the sheet is pressed, becomes like a fan and is glued. Such applications are perfect for children 5 years old. The guys will glue semicircular pasta on the fish's body, and at the bottom of their panel - flour products "shells". Kelp is made from colored strips of paper folded using the accordion technique.
And such an application will be interesting for children 4 years old. In addition to pasta, she will need plasticine.
From yellow, the child will make the sun, rays, hearts and petals of some flowers. You can lay out the petals with pasta, applying them directly to the plasticine; or butterflies hovering over a colorful painting.
Christmas pasta crafts
If you do not know how to make an angel with your own hands so that it turns out to be so charming, then in a minute you will read about it. Pasta was also used to create it. In addition to them, you will need:
- light groats (millet or round or crushed rice);
- glue gun or PVA;
- wooden ball;
- gold lace;
- spray paint.
So that you can hang it on a Christmas tree or on a carnation in the wall, cut off a piece of shiny thread, fold it in the form of a loop, glue the angel on the back, and on top of it - the wings. You will make them from bow tie pasta.
When the glue is dry, spray the craft with silver spray paint.
You can make several angels and decorate the Christmas tree with them or give them to colleagues at work, acquaintances. Then, after the glue has dried on the figures, put them on the oilcloth, first cover on one side and then on the other side with paint from a spray bottle.
In conclusion, check out the video showing how and what you can make pasta crafts:
Most believe that it is possible to create from strictly defined substances: clay, paints, stones, textiles, fabrics, sewing accessories, wood, and recycled materials. But extraordinary people can create a masterpiece out of anything. Even from what you can find ... in the kitchen cabinet. As a result, looking at a painting depicting a flower bouquet, a tea set with gilding, beads or Christmas angels, few people would think that these are pasta crafts. Real creativity is not limited to anything.
Pasta is great for crafts
For many who were seriously keen on horns, snails, bows, spaghetti, it began with "pampering", with the joint performance of kindergarten or school assignments with children. And over the years it grew into a passion and even into its own, quite successful hand-made business. The secret here lies both in a creative outlook on life, and in the wonderful properties of these simple flour products, whose unusual and diverse forms seem to be specially created not only to one day be in boiling water.
Material properties
History is silent about when macaroni first broadened people's views on creativity. But most likely the masters drew attention to them because of the unusual properties that best contribute to a riot of fantasy. As a hand-made starting material for children and adults, pasta is attractive because it:
- simple and massively available (including the price);
- incredibly durable;
- safe (in every sense);
- durable;
- extremely diverse in shape, size, color;
- practical.
Pasta is extremely diverse in shape, size, color It is difficult to find a cuisine in our country without pasta. They are not a shortage, but their affordability leads to the fact that both beginners and experienced craftsmen do not lack source materials.
Pasta is not easy to break and is a big plus for preserving finished crafts. The safety of the horns is unconditional: there are no preservatives, harmful substances, chemical dyes in them. The variety of pasta only increases every year. And this applies not only to shape and size, but also to color. Today, thanks to natural vegetable additives, you can find yellow, red, green, black, brown products. The shelves of modern stores are literally bursting with spaghetti, horns, bows, stars, snails, shells, curls, tubes, alphabets, cobwebs. And there are clearly no reasons for stopping this species riot.
What can be made from pasta
Pasta, like any other source for creativity, has no age limit. You can tinker with them, starting from two or three years and, in the literal sense, to infinity. An impressive variety of techniques, types of crafts, from which everyone can choose something according to the level of skill, and according to the emotional state, and according to the festive theme, also disposes of this. So, from macaros you can make:
- paintings, panels, applications on a flat surface;
- new Year decoration;
- Easter pasta crafts;
- decoration of vases, boxes, photo frames, tea sets;
- beads;
- figurines of animals;
- flower bouquets;
- topiary.
Each type of pasta has a specific shape, which greatly facilitates their selection for one or another handicraft. Some of them are ideal for flower bouquets, others for New Year's toys, and others for beads and bracelets for babies. And it is precisely the constantly emerging new varieties of products that make it possible to simultaneously expand the specific list of creative works. By the way, DIY pasta crafts can look even more interesting if, in addition to them, you use cereals, sewing accessories, fabric and leather, dried fruits, dried flowers, leaves, cereals. But this is already within the power of experienced, experienced craftswomen.
Methods for gluing and staining
When creating a flour masterpiece, the author always carefully selects the initial details in shape: which of them will be better suited for depicting a particular part of the animal's body in a picture or part of an object when decorating it. Less often, elements are selected according to shades. Today, multicolored pasta is no wonder. But most of them, unfortunately, are imported, which is why they are much more expensive than domestic ones. And for creativity, of course, affordable yellow or whitish species will be chosen. This raises the question of how best to paint the product so that it looks more spectacular and more interesting?
On a note! You can paint in three ways: food dyes, ordinary acrylic paints, graffiti paints in spray cans.
The dyes can be diluted in hot water and the required amount of pasta parts can be lowered there, or the craft can be sprayed with a ready-made solution. The brightness of the color is easily adjusted by the amount of dye added to the water.
When using acrylic paints, arm yourself with a brush and turn into a real artist. Metallic, silver, bronze, gold colors are also present in many painting sets, as well as pure white paint. At the end, the finished craft can be varnished.
In terms of gluing with pasta, everything is much easier than with many other materials. They are held together no worse than any paper with ordinary PVA glue. But the method of connecting pasta can be different, it all depends on the type of work chosen. If you choose a flat picture, you can use glue or a thin layer of plasticine. If the work is voluminous (for example, such a pasta craft as a dog), you can choose a small plastic or rubber dog as a basis and then decorate it with pasta and cereals using glue. You can make a figurine from plasticine as a basis or use balloons.
Pasta is held together no worse than any paper with ordinary PVA glue. If you are very serious about safety, you can weld the glue (or rather the paste) yourself using a water bath. An ordinary syringe is filled with the finished composition, from which adhesive droplets will be squeezed out, like from a tube.
Pasta for the little ones
Everyone has creative inclinations. And you need to develop them from early childhood. In this sense, pasta is a fertile material for several reasons. They will teach kids to see "miracles" in the most ordinary objects, that is, to think outside the box. They will perfectly develop the fine motor skills of still fragile fingers, help to master counting, sorting the same objects by shape, color.
On a note! Before you start creativity, you can just play with preschoolers or first graders.
You can give each a box with empty cells and ask them to arrange the pasta in shape and color, you can learn how to count and even the alphabet if you put letters out of ordinary straight pasta. Then you can proceed to the simplest crafts.
There are several options for the development of pasta creativity for kids:
- beads;
- simple flat pictures;
- coloring pasta bows;
- registration of paper blanks.
Of course, this list can be expanded. Macaroni beads and bracelets for little fashionistas are fun and beautiful, especially if you pre-paint the blanks in different colors. And if you have gold and silver paints, you can get excellent handmade beads for the New Year. Seeing your crafts on the tree for a child is not just a pleasure, but also a real pride.
Beautiful pasta beads The technology of pasta pictures on paper is similar to cereal crafts: a sketch is made, a thin layer of plasticine or glue is applied, pasta is laid out. In this type of work, you can go a little further. Prepare a finished figurine out of thick paper or cardboard, for example, a Christmas tree, a house or an angel, and ask the baby to decorate it with pasta. The tree can be pre-painted green. If, with age, interest in handmade pasta has only increased, you can move on to more complex and impressive products.
Themed crafts for the holidays: tea service
The most powerful stimulus for imagination is, of course, the holidays. And the good thing about the horns is that you can make thematic gifts for almost every one of them. For example, what pasta crafts can you make for Shrovetide? Start from the main symbol of the holiday - pancakes. Where there are pancakes, there is tea. Such a meal is simply impossible without a tea set, which can be made from pasta of different shapes and sizes. For its manufacture (depending on the chosen technology) you will need:
- different pasta;
- air balloons;
- foil;
- PVA glue (or gun);
- paints, varnish.
Pasta tea service Here you can go in two ways: paste over the finished set with pasta and then paint it, or first make base items from foil and balloons and paste over them already. Pasting the finished teapot and cups is not difficult, so let's go straight to the second method of creating a service.
A tea set starts with a tray. To make it, take several types of pasta, lay it out as you need, for example, in the form of an oval or circle, and then glue them together. If the edges are uneven, decorate them with curly pasta around the entire circumference. Color the finished tray in any attractive way.
You can add any cereal products to the design of the service To make a kettle, inflate a balloon, paste over it with minimal voids between parts. There is no need to glue the oval at the top in place of the cover. When the product is dry, the ball must be pierced and removed. Make a lid too with a ball, pasting over only part of it. Customize the handle and spout of the kettle to your liking. If you have already mastered crafts from cereals and pasta, you can add any cereal products to the design.
To make a cup and saucer, you will need to prepare foil molds. To keep them strong, fold the foil in several layers. After the form, they are pasted over and painted in the same way. Moreover, it is better to paint it twice, and then varnish it on top. Did it turn out nicely? Enjoy your tea!
Features of working with pasta
It is not known for certain who came up with the idea to use a flour product for creativity, but this method is genius in its own way and has many advantages:
- The pasta is strong enough so that the finished product can be easily moved from place to place and even transported to kindergarten, if necessary;
- The variety of forms develops imagination, makes the process exciting, and its result - refined, graceful;
- Pasta is very simply and reliably fastened together with simple PVA glue, which allows you to create the most amazing designs with your own hands;
- Crafts are obtained on a budgetary basis, do not require significant costs.
Already after one year old, it’s time to introduce the baby to the new quality of pasta for the first time: by painting shells, horns, spirals and feathers in different shades, you can develop his color perception. Show first and then ask to repeat a few simple steps:
- arrange the pasta by color in different cups;
- disassemble the elements into groups, focusing on the form;
- spoon pasta from one plate and transfer to another.
Of course, everything will not work out the first time, but in this way perseverance is trained in achieving the goal. Working with small elements develops finger motor skills, which in turn stimulates brain activity. And the activity itself is very exciting, and the obligatory participation of the mother in the process is doubly pleasant for the baby. Leaving a child alone with bulk material is strictly prohibited, since some of the pasta will probably go straight into the mouth of a young talent and the consequences can be sad.
When choosing a sample for crafts, take into account the child's age - the task should be within your power, it is better to start with the simplest options, the photos of which we will give a little later. Do not forget about additional materials: at home there should always be a pack of colored and white cardboard, PVA glue, paints, brushes, scissors, decorative sequins or sprinkles for decoration.
We paint pasta for crafts
It is more interesting for a child to make with his own hands the craft that turns out to be bright, colorful. Therefore, it will not be superfluous to create a small stock of pasta painted in different colors - let them be at hand when the child finds inspiration. If the habit of pulling everything into your mouth is already behind you, you can use any paints: pasta will endure everything. Just spread it out on a clean sheet of Whatman paper or a piece of wallpaper, gently brush it over, painting over all the bends and holes, and then leave it to dry completely. Let the child do some of the work, children love to be involved in any activity on an equal basis with adults. Now it just remains to put this variegated splendor in small jars (from under the baby puree, for example).
Preparing pasta for the smallest fidgets, it is better to use food coloring... The process will be more laborious, but the pasta sent for its intended purpose will not cause allergies. Painting is done as follows:
- Prepare the pasta various shapes, liquid food coloring, alcohol, small glass jars, thick foil, paper napkins;
- Spread out flour products of different shapes in separate jars, then pour alcohol into the container to half the level of pasta;
- One by one add dyes into jars, pouring 10 drops directly into alcohol, avoiding contact with pasta;
- Carefully shake the dishes so that the paint is completely combined with alcohol;
- After waiting half an hour, put the colored shells and horns on paper napkins with a spoon, having previously laid foil under them;
- Put on rubber gloves, evenly distribute the pasta on the surface of the napkins so that the paper picks up excess moisture and dries evenly;
- In a few hours material for future crafts can be put into a box.
Now you can invite your child to make a pasta craft with their own hands as soon as free time appears: with sufficient ventilation, painted pasta can be stored for several years without losing brightness.
Butterflies from pasta bows
A green meadow and butterflies of amazing colors fluttering above it - what could be more cheerful? Convey the mood of a summer day with a DIY pasta craft. You will need:
- Bright paints or permanent markers;
- Black felt-tip pen;
- Half a sheet of white cardboard;
- Butterfly-shaped pasta;
- Glue.
First you need paint some of the bows in different colors- these are your future butterflies. If there are pre-colored pasta at home, the task is simplified. Let the child choose the shades he likes himself, this is his craft. The rest of the bows will become grass, for which carefully cut them in half, cover with green paint. The necessary preparations are made, we proceed to the craft itself:
- Glue the "weed" to the bottom of the cardboard, wide side up, so that it looks like bunches of real sedge;
- Now in no particular order place on the sheet of butterflies- some higher, others lower to create a flutter effect;
- With a felt-tip pen draw butterflies have funny black antennae;
- Behind the insects draw a dotted line, as if repeating the trajectory of the flight - such a technique will enhance the feeling of mobility of the composition, the craft will turn out to be lively, light.
If desired, the child can supplement the craft by drawing several flowers, the sun, clouds with felt-tip pens.
Pasta lion cub
Surely you have already gone with your baby to the zoo or at least studied animals from books and cartoons. Remember the cute lion cub who was friends with a turtle and sang "I'm lying in the sun"? Singing this funny song, make a new pasta craft - a portrait of the little king of beasts. Necessary materials:
- Spaghetti pasta and bows;
- Yellow paper;
- White cardboard;
- Orange paint;
- Glue.
- Ready eyes. You can buy them at a decoupage store or make them yourself in advance.
Have your child draw by hand and cut out a small circle with scissors that will become the lion's face. Then you need to cut out the ears. Glue these blanks on a piece of cardboard - the head is ready. Spread the pasta around it: they should lie loosely, as in the photo. When the pastries have formed a circle, reassemble and halve them. Paint one half with orange paint, leave the other yellow.
Now the crucial moment - we make out the muzzle:
- At first draw nose and mouth lion cub. Have a child remember what a cat's nose looks like and then draw something similar. The physiognomy of a lion cub should smile;
- Glue the eyes and antennae to the craft made from broken spaghetti;
- The pasta bows are already dry, which means you can make a mane: glue the pre-set pieces, alternating yellow and orange.
The craft is ready. Surely the child will be delighted with the resulting picture - taking the moment, invite him to make crafts with his own hands depicting other animals: a bunny, a dog, a squirrel, etc. A little imagination and everything will work out.
Postcard with sunflowers
Children quickly remember the festive tradition of giving gifts and love to delight loved ones with hand-made crafts. On the eve of the next celebration, make a beautiful postcard with your baby so that he can congratulate his grandmother or dad. Lay out creative materials on your desk:
- Spiral pasta;
- Yellow and brown paints;
- Green straws for drinks (2-3 pcs);
- Glue;
- Cardboard.
If the pasta is not bright enough, cover it with yellow paint, sprinkle it on a flat plate, and while it dries, make out the craft:
- Bend a sheet of cardboard in half to make a double postcard;
- Have your child draw a round sunflower core by dipping your finger in brown paint;
- Dried pasta glue around the drawn circles - these are your sunflowers;
- Green plastic tubes make wonderful stems and leaves- stick them on cardboard;
- When the craft is completely dry, together write your congratulations.
A hand-made postcard will be a pleasant surprise for someone from the household: you will see how proudly the child will give it! Do not forget, during the manufacture of even very simple compositions, to praise the baby for his attentiveness, perseverance, selection of colors. And then he will like to create crafts from pasta with his own hands - first, our photos will be an example, and then the baby will come up with his own pictures.
Ilovehobby wishes you inspiration!
Making crafts with your own hands is a rather fascinating process that makes it possible to make something beautiful with minimal costs. Crafts from pasta are a great way to create elegant decorative compositions, ornaments, as well as an opportunity to have a great time with your family, which will bring great pleasure to the kids. In this article, we will look at decorative pasta crafts of varying complexity, children's products, as well as ways to create New Year's decorations.
Getting ready to work with pasta
First of all, it is necessary to prepare the material and means for gluing, painting products. If you intend to make spherical products, you will need a balloon, and for some voluminous crafts, for example, Christmas trees, you need to prepare cardboard and scissors. The advantage of pasta crafts is their low cost, since the material is quite inexpensive, and you can buy pasta of various shapes in any store.
The best glue is the silicone-filled hot gun available at craft stores. It provides reliable, durable adhesion. Since the drop from the gun comes out quite large for small pasta, it is simply squeezed out first onto cardboard, and then applied to the parts with a toothpick. But you need to take into account that the drops of glue freeze very quickly, so for a start it is better to practice folding the form without it and, when everything will work out quickly, start gluing. In addition to the pistol, you can use the well-known PVA glue to all of us, however, it will not ensure the reliability of the product - any push can lead to the fact that the craft will disintegrate.
You can paint pasta in different ways - before or after gluing. If you decide to make a large, colorful craft, such as a vase, you can dye the pasta ahead of time using food coloring for Easter eggs. It is diluted in water, as stated in the instructions (it is necessary to add vinegar, which fixes the color), put a batch of pasta there, stir until color is obtained and spread to dry. You can paint the pasta after gluing with a brush and acrylic paints or a graffiti spray can.
Decorative pasta products
Various decorative elements help to significantly transform the interior, add a certain peculiarity to it. Since there is not always enough money to buy expensive jewelry, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with how you can make them yourself from simple pasta.
Tea-set
A tea or coffee service is a great decoration for a kitchen or living room, which will fill the atmosphere with the special comfort of home warmth. Made with your own hands, it will also become a real pride of the owners of the home and will certainly cause considerable surprise among the guests. Since such a craft will require the manufacture of several elements at once, it will take a lot of time and painstaking work, but the result will be excellent.
So, the first step is to form the tray. To do this, you need to take cardboard, give it the necessary shape at your personal discretion (rectangular, round). Next, we lay out and glue the edges of the same flat pasta throughout the shape, and along the edges we form an additional border with shells. Next, we make the details of the service as follows:
1. Kettle. To form it, you need a balloon, which must be inflated to the desired size, but not too much, so that when it bursts, the structure does not suffer. We glue the pasta together along the entire surface, leaving a couple of centimeters on top for the lid. It is better to use gears (wheels) pasta that can fit snugly together. When the structure dries well, pierce the ball and remove it. A stand can be glued to the bottom for stability, as shown in the photo.
2. Cover. To form a lid, you need to inflate an elongated ball again and glue a small fragment with wheels. Remove the ball and use two curly pasta to glue the handle, and decorate the edges with spiral pasta or shells.
3. Saucer and cup. Here you need a real saucer, covered with foil on top. As in the case of the ball, the pasta needs to be glued together in the shape of a saucer, and the contours should be drawn with shells. The calyx is formed in a similar way.
When the details are formed, additional elements need to be glued to them - a handle to the cup, and a spout to the teapot. We are waiting for the craft to dry completely and start painting. It is better to arrange the service in one color, for example, white or silver. In this way, we get a magnificent product that can be a decoration of a room or a worthy gift.
Panel from pasta
To make such a decorative decoration as a pasta panel, you will need a photo frame. First, you need to sketch a sketch of the future picture on the cardboard surface and select the necessary forms of pasta. Spaghetti can be used to make rays of the sun, plant stems, and "bows" can turn into cornflower petals or butterfly wings. It is better to paint them in advance, since then it will be difficult to paint each element without staining the substrate and adjacent parts.
Sometimes, in addition to pasta, other elements are involved in creating volumetric paintings - cereals, coffee beans, etc. When the drawing is ready and the material is assembled, it is glued to a cardboard base, forming a picture. Such work is quite within the power of a child, only plasticine can be used instead of glue.
Jars of colored pasta
The simplest type of pasta crafts. Such jars will become an unusually original decoration of the kitchen, and it is quite simple to make them. It is necessary to pick up several small jars (preferably of different shapes), wash and dry. It is better to choose pasta with different shapes. They must be painted in different colors with food coloring, as we said at the beginning of the article, thoroughly dry and put in jars. In this case, you can make one color, which is most suitable for the interior of the kitchen, dominate, so that the decoration looks harmonious. It is better to cover the lids with pieces of burlap and tie them with thick thread.
Kids pasta crafts
Making products with your own hands is very useful and interesting for children who acquire many skills during work. Such creativity develops imagination, improves motor skills, perseverance, the ability to bring the job started to the end and get an excellent result. It is also a great way to spend your leisure time together. Children's crafts will be distinguished by their simplicity to give the child the opportunity to work on their own.
Jewelry for girls
A simple craft that a child can do on their own. To do this, you need to select products of the desired shape, paint them and dry them. Next, we take a strong thread or fishing line with a needle and string each piece one by one. Beads can be made in multi-colored or solid colors. Any fashionista will like this decoration. In the same way, it is easy to form a bracelet - then you get a complete set.
With the help of pasta-butterflies, you can make many original hairpins, rings, decorating them in bright colors and patterns. Here you will need the help of parents, since you need to glue it with a hot gun.
Applications
This is a fairly popular type of children's creativity, which is often used in kindergartens. Depending on the age of the child, you can choose an application of varying complexity so that the kid does most of the work on his own. For example, make funny sheep, as shown in the photo. To do this, it is necessary to cut out the bodies from white paper (the sketch can be drawn by the parents), stick them on cardboard, and add volume with the help of pasta.
Plots can be very diverse - animals, flowers, water world, etc. Moreover, they should be colorful and varied. To make it easier for the child to work, you can put a layer of plasticine on the cardboard, to which the details of the picture will be molded.
DIY Christmas pasta crafts
With the help of spaghetti and pasta of various shapes, you can make a wide variety of New Year's decorations. Most often, aerosol paints are used for their coloring, such as bronze, gilding, silver, which will give the product an unusually beautiful and solemn look. You can also use snow-white paint, reminiscent of the snowy winter.
Ball of pasta on the Christmas tree
Christmas balls are the most popular Christmas tree decoration. To make it with your own hands from pasta, you need an ordinary balloon or a round blank, which you can buy at a craft store. If you choose the second option, things will go much faster. The surface of the workpiece is simply pasted over with pasta, and then painted (do not forget to first make a loop for which the toy will be hung on a branch).
If you have chosen the method of manufacturing with a ball, you need to inflate it and fix it with a thread. Then we begin to gently glue the pasta. Here you need to take into account an important point - the parts cannot be glued directly to the rubber surface, all elements are neatly glued together. It is better to give preference to small pasta, with which it is more convenient to paste over a round surface. When the New Year's ball is formed, you need to pierce the rubber mold, deflate and carefully remove. Next, we glue the thread to the ball and paint.
Christmas tree
To make a small but very beautiful Christmas tree, you need thick paper or cardboard from which a conical base is formed. Next, we select the material. As shown in the photo, the herringbone can be made from different shapes of pasta.
The easiest way is to use spaghetti, but in this case, volumetricness will not work. If you want to get your hands on a fluffy beauty, you can use bows, feathers, and other types. Since the tree will be in a single color, it is better to paint the pasta in advance. We simply glue the prepared material to the base in tiers using a glue gun (PVA glue will not work here). The finished Christmas tree can be supplemented with beads, beads, rain and other decorations.
Christmas angels
To make cute angels for the Christmas tree, we need the following details: a small ball-head (you can buy a foam blank), large pasta tubes (body), small ones for hairstyles, wheels (collars), horns (handles), bows (wings). We glue all the details one by one, starting with the head and body. When the figurine is ready, you can draw the facial features, and decorate the torso-mantle with macaroni stars. Before styling your hairstyle, you must remember to glue the loop.
DIY pasta crafts - photos and ideas
Finally, we suggest visiting our photo gallery. Here we have tried to collect a wide variety of examples of beautiful products made from pasta. The review will provide an opportunity to get a better idea of such crafts and make your own masterpiece. Happy viewing!
