Elena Anikina
Children love to sculpt. This can be done from different materials: self-hardening mass, polymer clay, cold porcelain, clay or salt dough. But the simplest and most accessible material is plasticine. It is very convenient to practice on plasticine before starting to work with expensive materials. One of the advantages of plasticine is the large number of colors and brightness of color, as well as plasticity, suitable for children's hands. I suggest you get acquainted with the original technology using plasticine « Multilayer modeling» .
IN multi-layering there are two main principle: Contrast of structure and contrast of color. It is the latter property that can be successfully conveyed using plasticine, since it has a bright color and a large number of colors, thanks to which the work turns out to be very bright and decorative.
Materials and tools:
Wax plasticine, it is softer;
Board for sculpting;
Stages of work completion:
Roll out a fairly long and thin sausage, form the middle pen:
Choose 3-4 pieces of plasticine in a contrasting color. Roll each into a ball and flatten one after the other to obtain multi-colored cakes. Place the tortillas on each other friend: it turns out a multi-colored “cake”:
Fold the “cake” in half. It turns out to be a “dumpling”:
Using a fishing line, cut the “Dumpling” in half
We get two different colors halves:
Cut colorful petals with fishing line and form feather around him middle:
Publications on the topic:
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Feathers are one of the beautiful works of nature. In order not to injure the birds by plucking their tails, you can simply take a sheet of colored paper and make as many feathers as you need - of any size and color.
Now I will show you how to make a feather from paper. All you need is paper - colored or white, scissors and glue. Well, inspiration.
If you decide to make not simple feathers like mine, but Firebird feathers like in the picture, you will certainly succeed too.
So, first we take the feather template from the monitor or print it out. To see the template in full size, click on it.
Take the paper, fold it in half along the width of the template, cut off the unnecessary part (Fig. 1, 2).
We trace the template with a pencil and cut out the blank for the pen (Fig. 3).
Then we make the feather itself out of it (zoologists call this part of the feather “fan”) - we cut the folded workpiece with scissors into narrow strips diagonally, about 2/3, not reaching 1/3 of the fold (Fig. 4, 5, 6) 
To add fluffiness to the future feather, slightly twist the resulting fringe in different directions (Fig. 7). 
But you can do without this, then you will get an ordinary neat feather, like this (Fig. 8).
Now we need to make the pen shaft: take a strip of paper approximately 15-20 cm long and 2 cm wide and twist it into a tube, twisting it onto a match or toothpick (Fig. 9).
When rolling, apply glue to the strip of paper in several places. Be sure to coat the end of the strip with glue (Fig. 10).
Apply glue to the pen blank along the inner fold (Fig. 11)
Glue the feather shaft to the feather itself (Fig. 12).
This is what happened in the end (Fig. 13).
The green feather is made in exactly the same way as the pink one. It only differs in shape and size (Fig. 14).
Please note that no animals (birds) were harmed in the making of these feathers!
I showed how to make the simplest feather out of paper. There are other options: for example, you can make feathers from foil, corrugated paper, thick paper; paper folded in several layers; starched fabric; from threads; glue or sew a wire along the bend of the feather, which will allow you to bend it in the desired direction.
So, without special expenses, you can make a magnificent decoration for the interior, a toy for a child, a souvenir or anything else!
There are various ways to decorate a garden and cottage. If you have a lot of free time, you can start decorating your site. We bring to your attention the master class “Firebird from plastic bottles”. To do this you need to be patient and have a lot of plastic bottles. So, in this article, we’ll look at how to make a firebird out of bottles.
Popular lesson
For this we will need the following materials:
- Dense foam;
- Plastic bottles of different shapes and sizes;
- 5 liter bottles;
- A piece of linoleum;
- Wire;
- Nails;
- Brush;
- Awl;
- Scissors;
- White paint;
- Paint for the finished product.
Having prepared everything you need, you can start working.
Step 1
Let's take the peacock diagram as a basis, because... The peacock differs from the fairy-tale character only in the color of the finished product. So, we cut out the body from dense foam (Fig. 1).
Picture 1:
Step 2
Making feathers for the tail. Take a 1.5 liter plastic bottle, wash it thoroughly and dry it. Now you need to paint this bottle with white paint. It is better to use 2 layers of paint to avoid the plastic showing through. Be sure to let the paint dry completely.
Cut off the neck and bottom of this bottle (Fig. 2).
Figure 2:
We cut the resulting shape into 2 parts, and then divide each part into 2 more equal ones. So, you have 4 equal parts. Trim the top as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 3:
Figure 4:
Next, we make the teeth so that they look like feathers, bend each part in the middle (Fig. 5). You will need to make quite a lot of such feathers. Draw circles on each of them, as shown in the following pictures.
Figure 5:
Step 3
Let's get to work on the tail. To do this, cut out a piece of linoleum measuring 1.2 * 1.4 m, this will be the base (Fig. 6).
Figure 6:
Figure 7:
This is what your tail should look like.
Figure 8:
Using nails, we attach the tail to the base (body) and also paint it with white paint (Fig. 9).
Figure 9:
Step 4
Making wings. It is necessary to cut a small cylinder from the bottle and cut it into 2 equal parts. Make teeth on these parts and also attach them to the body with nails (Fig. 10). The feathers need to be attached to the base until the entire bird is covered with feathers (Fig. 11).
Figure 10:
Figure 11:
Step 5
Now we need to make the tuft. It is necessary to cut out a part from plastic, the diagram of which is shown in Figure 12.
Figure 12:
Bend the leg in the middle, cut the round part into teeth and draw circles, as on the tail feathers of our bird (Fig. 13).
Figure 13:
Cut a triangle for the beak from the neck of the bottle, paint it with white paint in 2 layers and bend it in half (Fig. 14, 15).
Figure 14:
Figure 15:
The beak must first be attached to the bottom of the head with nails, then to the top (Fig. 16).
Figure 16:
We glue the feathers of the crest to the head and draw beautiful eyes (Fig. 17).
You can make an incredible number of different crafts.
In this collection of master classes you can learn how to make various birds from plastic bottles.
Here you will find simple ways to make beautiful birds that you can use to decorate your home, cottage and/or garden.
You can involve children in the process of creating birds from plastic bottles - they will definitely enjoy doing something new and interesting, and you will be glad that you took them away from the computer, tablet or phone.
DIY chicken from plastic bottles
There are several ways to create a chicken from a plastic bottle. It all depends on the size of the bottle itself and its shape.
If you turn on your imagination and involve children in this creative work, then there are a lot of options.
Here, for example, is chicken, the base of which requires a 5-6 liter bottle.
1. Paint the bottle yellow (on the inside). You can use regular paint.
2. You can cut out a beak and a comb from other bottles.
3. Use a knife to make holes in the bottle and insert everything you did.
4. Take toy plastic eyes or just plasticine and make eyes. You can also color the chicken's eyes.
How to make chicken from plastic bottles
To make this chicken you will need:
Plastic bottle
Scissors.
DIY peacock made from plastic bottles
You will need:
Scissors;
Plastic bottles;
Synthetic foam;
Glue gun;
Wooden post;
Abrasive mesh;
Metal rod.
At the end of the text instructions you will find video instructions.
1. We make blanks for feathers.
First you need to make a blank from cardboard;
The feathers should be made semicircular, solid, with cuts of different lengths.
2. We make blanks for the tail. They should be long.
Cut the bottle lengthwise and cut out a strip of the width you need.
* It is advisable to sort feathers by size. Prepare bags and place feathers of the same size in each bag.
* If at the end of creating a peacock there are not enough feathers, just finish it some more.
3. Create a peacock model.
Prepare synthetic foam and cut out several necessary parts from it (torso, neck and head);
Use a glue gun to connect all these parts;
Take a wooden post and insert a metal rod into it;
Secure your bird's body to a metal rod;
Cut a circle from a new plastic bottle (in this case it is a red bottle);
In this circle, make one cut going from the edge to the center, then twist the part into a cone - you will get a peacock’s beak;
Use a glue gun to secure the beak to the foam.
4. Glue the feathers.
It is worth starting at the bottom, where the longest feathers are glued, and the higher you go, the shorter the feathers.
* Glue the feathers overlapping.
* After the breast, go to the back.
5. To make a crest, cut strips from plastic bottles onto which feathers are glued.
6. To create eyes, you can use plastic bottles of a different color, as well as plasticine, paint or toy plastic eyes.
7. To make the wings, use an abrasive mesh. Feathers are glued onto the wings cut from it. The tail is made in the same way.
8. Attach all the remaining parts and you're done!
Video instruction
DIY bird made from plastic bottles: swan
This swan will not only decorate your garden, but will also become a beautiful flower bed for one or more flowers.
You will need:
Plastic bottle with a volume of 5 l;
300 ml milk bottles;
Wire;
Scissors;
Black marker;
Lighter;
1. Making the torso.
Take a 5-liter bottle and draw lines on it with a marker as shown in the image;
Cut holes along the lines
Insert a wire into the hose, and insert the hose itself into the bottle through the neck - you will get a neck frame
2. Making the plumage.
Take a white bottle (milk) and cut off the bottom and neck;
Now cut feathers of any shape and size from this bottle;
Small cuts can be made on the edges of the feathers;
Each feather should be carefully treated with a lighter (from the outside);
Now start stringing two feathers onto the wire.
3. Putting everything together.
For the neck, white bottles with the bottom cut off are used (in this example there were 16 of them);
For the head, use the top of a large bottle with the neck cut off;
At the place where the hose ends and the beak begins, make two holes on opposite sides (in the plastic bottle and in the hose), then use wire to secure the entire structure;
Make a beak from a plastic bottle painted with red paint or use a bottle of a matching color;
Start attaching the feathers from top to bottom and in a circle.
How to make a dove with your own hands from plastic bottles
You will need:
Plastic bottles;
Styrofoam;
Scissors;
Wire;
Toy plastic eyes or plasticine.
1. Cut off the neck of the plastic bottle (see image). This blank will serve as the body of the dove. Make the breast.
2. Make cuts on the bottle as shown in the image. Press the cut part inward to form the body of the dove, then tighten the workpiece with wire.
3. Cut out the head of a dove from foam plastic.
4. To make feathers, you should cut the middle part of a plastic bottle. The strips should be of different lengths, and their ends should be rounded.
5. Make 2 holes at the base of each feather.
6. Using wire, screw the feathers to the mesh.
7. Attach the pigeon’s tail to the pigeon’s body.
8. All that remains is to color the dove’s head and make the eyes (glue plastic ones, draw with a marker or use plasticine).
DIY children's crafts from plastic bottles: rooster
You will need:
Plastic bottles
Plastic plates
Plastic glasses
Plastic spoons.
1. Cut off the top of the plastic bottles and secure them with tape as shown in the image.
2. Cut the plastic cups into fringes and place them on the bottle one by one.
*You can use cups of different colors and alternate them.
3. The rooster's tail can be made from plastic plates. After this, attach the tail to the plate.
4. Wings can be made from leftover plastic plates.
5. You can make a rooster's head from a plastic ball. It is attached to a cut cup glued to the bottom of the previous cup.
6. You can cut out a beak and scallop from colored paper. They are attached with tape or hot glue. Eyes can also be made from colored paper, plasticine, or use toy plastic eyes.
Do-it-yourself decorative elements made from plastic bottles will help add bright colors to your summer cottage. Crafts vary in degree of complexity, but always become the subject of attention of others. Many birds made from plastic bottles are made using a similar algorithm, only the outlines and details differ. Options for their manufacture will be discussed further.
Available materials and nuances of the design process
The creative imagination of a master is capable of creating a masterpiece from ordinary things. In addition to bottles, other available materials are used to decorate birds:
- Plastic canisters make an excellent base for the bird's body.
- Polyurethane foam helps to add the required volume.
- Styrofoam will help make the bird's head as close to the original as possible.
- Self-tapping screws, wire or glue are used to connect the parts together.
- The finishing of the bird's legs is carried out with a corrugated pipe, twine, or parts are cut out from plastic containers.
- Small dairy bottles help give the bird's thighs the desired shape.
- Moisture-resistant acrylic paints and anchor varnish transform the nondescript silhouette of the bird beyond recognition.
To cut and connect all this, you will need scissors, a stationery knife, a stapler, and an awl. This is the main list, which changes depending on the selected bird model.
Comment! The beauty of a craft is largely determined by the quality of the plumage. If you want to decorate your area with a spectacular bird, be patient to make a large number of small and large feathers.
For novice craftsmen, we can offer a simple step-by-step guide, where a peacock acts as a bird made from plastic bottles:
Advice! Preliminary filling of the body with sand will help to give stability to the bird's figure.
Making poultry using a rooster as an example
Having gained experience with easy crafts, you can move on to a more complex process. The proposed algorithm for making a rooster from plastic bottles will be an excellent guide for making other birds.
Available materials:
- plastic canister and 5 liter bottle;
- PVC pipe about 40 cm long;
- 1.5 liter containers for thighs - 2 pcs.;
- lots of fletching bottles.
Frame
Process of creation:
- The work begins with the formation of the bird's frame. The side of the plastic canister is cut and moved to the side.
- The pipe is given the desired shape, after which it is screwed with self-tapping screws to the body of the bird.
- The rooster's neck is made from a 5 liter plastic bottle rolled into a ball. Depending on the selected bird model, elements can be replaced with other parts. For example, another piece of plastic pipe would be perfect for a flamingo’s neck.
- The rooster's legs have a thickening at the top, bags made from 1.5 liter bottles will serve as thighs. For other birds, the volume of containers is selected in proportion to their figure. The elements put together represent a similar frame:
Head
The rooster's head is cut out of foam plastic. If it is difficult to cut out a whole figure with a comb and beard, you can prepare all the elements separately and then connect them with glue. Sometimes this part is also formed from a plastic bottle. To ensure that the foam blank can be easily painted in the future, the following measures are carried out with it:
- carefully processed with sandpaper;
- covered with acrylic putty;
- after the composition has dried, sand it again to give a smooth surface;
- Apply a layer of PVA glue.
Elements of the bird's head are decorated at the discretion of the master. Eyes can be painted with paints or finished parts can be fixed. Various crests and scallops are cut out of plastic or foam. The beak is often made from a thick plastic container (usually a shampoo container).
Plumage
The size of feathers varies not only among different birds, but also on the same figure:
- The back, sides and breast are usually decorated with medium-sized feathers.
- Smaller elements are cut out for the neck.
- The wings and tail are most often formed from long feathers.
Comment! Feather bottles are supported in the same color, so that after dyeing you get a uniform shade over the entire figure.
They begin to form the plumage from the thighs, fixing each subsequent row in such a way that the attachment point of the previous one is not visible. The work is carried out using wire, threading it into holes prepared with an awl, or with self-tapping screws.
After the legs, they move on to the rest of the body, leaving the back free, where the bird’s wings will be attached. In order for a rooster made from plastic bottles to stand firmly on its feet, it needs to have its paws made. The frame is made of rigid wire, which is subsequently fixed on a plastic pipe. Then the base is processed with a corrugated tube or twine.
The most difficult stage for many may be the formation of the wings and tail of a bird using plastic bottles. For these purposes, reinforcing mesh is usually used. The size of the base for the wings and tail is selected depending on the species characteristics of the selected bird. For example, peacock tail feathers can be mounted on an oval piece of linoleum. But the grid is a more common option. The elements are fixed with an overlap, each row covers the fastening of the previous parts.
The moment of complete assembly of all elements from plastic bottles can be carried out before or after applying paint. At the finish line they are painting. A bird with the same plumage throughout the body can be decorated after complete assembly. It is more convenient to paint the elements of the frame, tail and head separately, and then connect them using screws and wire.
Review of interesting ideas
The versatility of plastic bottles allows you to make crafts of varying degrees of complexity. The same bird can be presented in different variations, and its production is not always a labor-intensive process.
Bright pink handsome flamingos will help add exoticism to the area. Guided by the algorithm proposed above, you can make a bird in a short time thanks to its large plumage. A variety of options are shown in the photo:
Another pretty bird of hot countries is the parrot. A lot here determines the originality of the coloring. The body made of plastic bottles can be trimmed with feathers or simply covered with paint. The complexity of feathers and tail is chosen at the discretion of the artist. Design methods are shown in the photo:
The owl or eagle owl, familiar to our regions, is another worthy garden decoration. An impressive beauty made from plastic bottles can take a lot of time.
For busy people, there is a simplified version of the night bird.
A peacock will help you get closer to the scenery of the royal court. The gorgeous tail of the bird will not leave anyone indifferent. It is up to the owner of the site to decide whether to make the peacock bright or white, to leave the tail folded or straightened. Or maybe you liked this firebird?
A chic dove will require perseverance and patience, for the production of which white plastic bottles will be useful. It is better to prepare the plumage on long winter evenings, when all work in the garden is suspended, so that by spring the area will be transformed with a new resident.
Which model of bird to choose is up to the craftsman to decide. The process of making any craft can be made easier by replacing jewelry-style parts with simpler elements made from plastic bottles.
