Sometimes just one unusual detail is enough and your garden will sparkle with new colors and attract the attention of all your neighbors and guests!
Let's think about what we can do that is interesting and unusual?
I have an idea... Concrete leaves, why not!
This is an original theme and is quite easy to implement.
So, the options... Concrete leaves: where to use them?
- garden path
. Cool idea! The path will turn out to be original, strong enough to support the weight of an adult, and will stand out clearly against the background of grass or fill made of inert material. In addition, it is resistant to low temperatures in winter, down to -25 degrees Celsius, and this is important in our winter conditions!
- Bird drinker.
Great idea! The original birdbath is cute and elegant. Install this beauty separately on the lawn or include it in a landscape composition and your garden will be transformed. In this case, the concrete sheet can be tinted in different colors that suit the design and color scheme. - Concrete leaves are cascades of a waterfall in a decorative pond.
Who said that water should only flow over rocks? How do you like this option - concrete leaves, like the cascades of a waterfall? This water cascade looks very stylish and unusual. A protective coating with special materials (for example, a special varnish-sealant) is necessary in this case. You can introduce color and tint the leaves. The color of the tint and the size of the leaves must be selected based on the style and size of the reservoir. All elements must be in harmony with each other and combined with the design of your site. - Low tides.
Also an interesting idea, there is no limit to imagination. Sometimes useful things can be beautiful! - Separate small sculptural compositions.
What could better highlight your taste? Maybe add a separate elegant detail and your garden will sparkle with new colors? Original landscape lighting will help highlight this bright design element.
Ready to make these miracles yourself? It's not difficult, but it requires care.
First, some practical tips:
Leaves
: You will need any large leaves with clearly visible veins, for example: rhubarb, burdock, fern, etc.
Concrete:
If you have never worked with concrete before, don’t worry, there is nothing difficult about it. All you need is a bucket or concrete mixer where you mix the solution with water; and a shovel or scoop to mix it thoroughly.
Sometimes one unusual detail is enough for the garden to sparkle with new colors and begin to attract the attention of neighbors and guests. Recently I was at the dacha of one of my good friends. This woman simply has golden hands, because what I saw at her site is beyond praise. Evgeniya loves plants and draws inspiration from nature. Her new discovery is creating a unique garden decor in the form of cement leaves.
Hot coasters made of moss
Coasters for a hot cup or glass holders have long become a common item in our homes; they can hardly surprise anyone. However, if you choose the right and true design, you can make it so that even you will be surprised! Imagine the amazement of your household (and with them your friends, relatives and acquaintances) when you put a couple of coasters decorated with moss on the table for tea.
How to make hot coasters from moss - master class from sincerelykinsey
Origami turtle
Do you know how the word “origami” came about? “Ori” – folding and “gami” – paper or... god! This is how the Japanese treat this material and origami! We present to you a step-by-step plan for the simplest origami turtle, available for children over 6 years old to fold on their own:
1. Take or make your own paper square;
2. If it is a colored sheet, place it in front of you with the colorless side up;
3. Fold the sheet diagonally, straighten the sheet to its original position and fold it along the other diagonal. You should have a triangle with a marked fold line in the middle, turn it in front of you in the form of a pyramid;
4. Raise the left and right corners from the bottom to the top point of the pyramid, then bend them in half so that the corners reach the base of the pyramid and immediately bend them up - will you already recognize your future turtle by its front legs?
And we continue...
5. Make a cut along the fold from the top of the pyramid to the middle, bend the resulting legs to the sides, press;
6. Fold the sides of the figure, resulting in the following design:
The green base is the future head, bend it up and then down with a slight indentation, a “step”. You still don't see the turtle here? She's just lying on her back, turn her over! Add up many, many of these girlfriends and let them have real fun in the nursery!
Moss candlestick
But this is a completely unusual, non-standard and cool idea! Everything about it is beautiful - the very concept of a hanging candlestick, and the soft light that candles give, and the decorative design with moss, which surprises, delights, delights... If you feel that you can handle such a project, be sure to implement it - it is beautiful and ideal as for both home and street.
How to make a candlestick from moss with your own hands - master class from lostmom
Garden decor
You will need
- large leaves
- metal grid
- cement mortar
- acrylic paints
- latex gloves
Manufacturing
- First you need to find a large rhubarb leaf or any other large leaf. Cover the leaf with a cement mixture.
After the first layer, we cover the product with a metal mesh, the size of which is smaller than the finished product. Then we cover the workpiece with another layer of cement.
When the product is completely dry, turn it over and remove the plant leaf. To do this, you can use a soft brush or razor blade. The main thing is not to scratch the future decor!This is what the finished product will look like. It can be painted with acrylic paints and varnished.
I am sure that you will easily cope with this interesting task, and many stylish and original garden elements will appear in your garden.
I also suggest you look at a selection of ideas for using cement leaves in your garden. I have never seen more original solutions!
These leaves will make a garden path. And don't be afraid that the leaf will break. Cement crafts are strong enough to support the weight of an adult.
In addition, this decor is resistant to low temperatures (down to -25 degrees), and this is important in our winter conditions! And here is another master class on creating a path from leaves and cement.
Just a wonderful design for a birdbath!
Install this beauty separately on the lawn or include it in a landscape composition - and your garden will be transformed. The original birdbath is a cute and elegant solution for the garden.
This decor can be tinted in different colors to suit the design and color scheme.
Who said that water can only flow over rocks? How do you like this option - leaves made of cement, like the cascades of a waterfall?
The water cascade looks very stylish and unusual. The color of the tint and the size of the leaves must be selected based on the style and size of the reservoir. All elements must be in harmony with each other and combined with the design of the site.
There are no limits to human imagination! Sometimes useful things can also be beautiful.
I am simply delighted with this beauty! I definitely want to do something similar on my site.
Sometimes you can add just one elegant detail and the garden will sparkle with new colors!
Do you have a summer cottage and want to decorate it with paving slabs? Then make this very tile yourself! But not the classic one in the form of squares, but an interesting shape! Thanks to an ordinary burdock leaf, the tile will turn out to be very beautiful, patterned, repeating all the curves and irregularities of the leaf. In addition, such tiles are very interesting to create. After all, you can pick leaves of different sizes and make tiles of different sizes. The main thing here is to separate the burdock leaf from the cement in time, but let's talk about everything in order.
We will need:
— a special solution (its composition is given below); - burdock leaves.
Step 1
Make a solution from a bucket of cement, 3 buckets of sand and 4 buckets of gravel. Add water by eye - the mixture should not turn out to be too liquid; its consistency will resemble plasticine.
Step 2
Tear large burdock leaves and place them face down on a flat surface. Place the side with the most wrinkles and bulges on the sheet up.
Step 3
Place cement mortar on top of the sheet. Proceed carefully! A solution that is too thin will simply spread out and you won’t get a solid tile from it. When laying the solution, lightly press it down so that the folds of the sheet are imprinted.
Step 4
Wait until the solution dries. Moisten it with water from time to time to prevent cracks from forming. Please note that you cannot wait for the solution to dry completely! Turn the tile over and carefully remove the burdock leaf. So we got paving slabs in the form of a plant leaf.
Step 5
Now dig a small hole in the ground as deep as the resulting tile. The size of the hole should also match the tile.
Step 6
Carefully lay the made cement tiles into the ground.
The tile turned out very beautiful.
All your guests will admire such designer tiles in your summer cottage. And most importantly, they will be very surprised that you made it. Around us there is a lot of easily obtained natural material for making crafts. Let's take, for example, burdock or, as it is also called, large burdock. One has only to look around - it grows everywhere: near roads, in parks, in vacant lots, in meadows, in vegetable gardens and fields. We all know it well - it is a weed that children like so much due to its “sticky” qualities.
I think there is no such person who, as a child, would not “fire” at his friends with it. The defeated "shooter", as a rule, then takes a long time to clean his clothes.
Did you know that by using this main quality of burdock flowers to stick to everything and cling to each other, you can make interesting ones out of them. These unsightly prickly lumps can turn into original figurines of animals, birds, insects and even people.
So let's use the basic properties of burdock and try to captivate the children with creativity.
Making burdocks is easy, they look interesting and unusual, and can then be used in games.
In addition, the manufacturing process itself is very useful for children, it allows them to develop qualities such as fine motor skills, imagination, memory, fantasy, eye, and logical thinking.
So, for work we need to prepare a large number of tenacious and fluffy balls-inflorescences.
Pluck each green prickly clump and form it into a large ball. They are well preserved, wrapped in a cloth. It is best made from freshly picked green inflorescence balls before they dry out.
You can sculpt anything from burdock flowers: various baskets, animals, insects, birds. To make elements such as paws, legs, eyes, nose, ears, tail, you can use additional materials: sticks, matches, seeds, leaves, wire, plasticine.
To make a large craft, you first need to make a wire frame, then it will hold its shape better.
Well, each subsequent layer of flowers clings to each other without glue. A picture before your eyes helps to reproduce the shape of an animal, insect, person or bird.
What other burdocks can you make? The first thing that comes to mind when seeing its structure, shape and texture is a hedgehog. And indeed, the hedgehog turns out to be very interesting and really prickly.
What about a “fluffy” teddy bear?
What about such animals and insects?
You can make such a funny elephant. To make it you will need burdock and two burdock leaves.
We are sure that children will definitely enjoy making burdock, so we bring to your attention a few more ideas.
Residents of all cities and towns are surrounded by a huge number of concrete sculptures. Probably the most figures produced were V.I. Lenin. Of course, we are interested in something more fun and simpler. Let's get acquainted with the garden figurines that people have made with their own hands and choose the one that suits you.
“Grandfather and grandmother are singing this song next to us”
Decorative moss balls
You can decorate your home in different ways. The easiest way is to go to the nearest decor store and buy a couple of candlesticks, a stylish vase, bright textile napkins, sofa pillows and a new doormat. It will be nice, but... but soulless. The second way is to do all the same things, but with your own hands. Yes, it will take time and effort, but if you want your home to look special, it's worth the trouble.
How to make decorative moss balls with your own hands - master class from Theyellowcapecod
Moss photo frame
A completely simple, but at the same time absolutely amazing and elegant idea on how to make a photo frame with your own hands from moss. Impressive, right? Who among us does not love photographs of family and friends, who among us does not rejoice at our successful photographs? It is for such things that you need beautiful frames, which will become a worthy tool for demonstrating the best shots from your family archive.
How to make a photo frame from moss with your own hands - master class from joylynnlifestyle
Nutshell turtle
In the chapter on using plasticine mass, we already mentioned nut shells. Here's what else you can do in this direction:
This miniature model can be made from just half a walnut shell, one whole pistachio, four pistachio half-shells and a branch for attaching the head. All parts are attached to each other using plasticine or using a glue gun. Such models are especially good because when working with small parts, the child is forced to concentrate more on the process and be more careful than when working with large objects. This is almost a jewelry job for a child and it best develops fine motor skills.
Have you already decided what kind of turtle you will make? In the song she was called Natasha, in the book - Tortilla. What will your name be?..
