What to make artificial grass for crafts. Making grass for dioramas. Features of grass compost, its advantages and disadvantages

To significantly expand the horizons of the child and develop a sense of responsibility in him will help herbs - handmade toys.

Such a craft will become a living guide to natural history at home, in kindergarten and at school.

Tryavyanchiki, or as they are also called, ecomen, have recently gained lost popularity. They first appeared in Soviet times and decorated many kitchens.

A grasshopper is a small fabric figurine in the form of a man or an animal, in which, after watering, a small forelock grows from the grass. By regularly watering your “pet”, you can get a real green corner in the house that does not require special care.

Ready-made herbs are in the assortment of many stores, but it is much more interesting to offer children to make it with their own hands. To create an eco-man, you need to prepare the following materials:

• basis for grass;
• grass seeds;
• needle and thread;
• sawdust;
• plate or tray.

As a basis, you can use any materials at hand - an old sock, gauze, a wide bandage or a nylon stocking. Grass seeds should be selected according to your own preferences. So, for example, if you want to make a herb that will please the eye with greenery for several years, you can buy seeds of perennial lawn grass.

If you have pets, you can put the seeds of a special grass into the herbalist for them.

Such a delicacy will appeal to cats, dogs, guinea pigs and even parrots. Seeds of such grass are sold in pet stores.

If you can’t find grass seeds, you can put any cereals into the herbalist - rye, wheat, oats or barley. Preliminarily, it is desirable to sort out the grains from the husks and straws.

Sawdust can be purchased at any pet store - they will serve as the main filler for the toy. To create one person, you need only a few handfuls of sawdust, you should consider this when buying.

If desired, in needlework stores you can buy eyes and other details that will revive the eco-man.

Step-by-step instructions for making a herbalist

1. The stocking or sock should be cut with scissors in such a way that a small sleeve up to 10-15 centimeters long is obtained. If gauze or bandage is used, they must be sewn together to form a similar sleeve. Immediately you need to cut a few thin strips of matter - they will come in handy as ties. The strongest ties are obtained from nylon tights.

2. One end of the stocking should be tied up with a previously prepared tie. After that, the workpiece must be turned inside out to get a kind of bag with a knot inward.

3. If the herbalist will be a vertically located toy, first of all, seeds should be poured to the bottom of the bag, and after sawdust. The main thing is that the seeds are at the top of the craft.

If the herb will be located horizontally (for example, you can make a hedgehog or a turtle out of a stocking), then first you should pour sawdust into the bag and only then pour the seeds on one side, which will be at the top. It is advisable to pre-soak the seeds for 5-6 hours.

4. Sawdust should be slightly moistened - so they are better compacted and form a good shape. After filling, the upper edge is also tightly tied. It is very important to make strong knots so that in the future the contents do not spill out.

5. At this stage, you need to turn on the fantasy and come up with his appearance for the herbalist. So, depending on the location of the seeds, you can make a hedgehog, a frog, a tiger cub, a bear, a dog or a caterpillar.

In order to make the head, legs or segments of the body, you need to bandage the filled bag in a certain place.

Ideas for creativity can be drawn from other people's work or invent something of your own, it is not necessary to make an existing animal, it can turn out to be an alien or some kind of miracle Yudo.

With the help of ties, you can form not only the head, but also the nose, ears, horns or tail.

In the process of creating a toy, periodically check it for stability.

6. In order for the herb to come to life, he needs to glue his eyes and mouth. As a peephole, you can use both blanks from shops for creativity, and the most ordinary buttons. Also, eyes can be made from cardboard or felt by cutting out a light oval for the eye itself and a dark one for the pupil.

7. You can add brightness to the craft if you paint its surface with acrylic paints. Gouache and watercolor are not suitable for this, as they get your hands dirty and are washed off after getting water. Acrylic is resistant to water, and the toy will remain beautiful for a long time.

8. At the final stage, you need to thoroughly soak the herb with water. In order for the grass to germinate, the toy must be kept in a container of water for at least 2-3 hours. Well, if the water is slightly warmed up.

If you intend to create several herbalists, you can conduct a small experiment. So, one figure needs to be soaked with ordinary water, and the second with an aqueous solution of a plant growth stimulant. Then it remains to observe the growth of grass on crafts with the child and draw the appropriate conclusions.

Grass care

The finished toy must be installed on a plate or a special tray - this is necessary so that it does not drip onto surrounding objects, but lingers in the stand. Further, the eco-man needs to be placed in some bright place (for example, a windowsill or a balcony) and wait for the moment when the first sprouts appear from it.

Periodically, you need to monitor the moisture level of the fabric enveloping the herb. From time to time it is necessary to moisten it with water from a watering can or from a spray bottle. Children will be happy to take care of their new pet and watch the result of their labors.

The first sprouts of grass will appear on the surface of the toy in 2 days.

If the age and level of perseverance of the child allows, you can make a diary of observations. So, in a notebook or an ordinary sheet, you need to draw the fields of the table and mark three times a day how much the stems grow. As the grass grows, the child can also take photos of their craft.

When the grass grows strongly and begins to disintegrate in different directions, you can captivate the child with a grass cut. With scissors or just with your hands, you need to remove the tips of the sprouts, leaving up to 2/3 of their length. So you can experiment with different types of haircuts - half-box, mohawk and everything that fantasy allows.

By dividing the blades of grass into two parts and tying each with a bow, you can make a grass girl. By the way, the haircut has a positive effect on the toy - the removal of long stems gives the grass new strength, and over time, the appearance of the grass will only improve.

If there are pets in the house, they can do the “haircut” on their own - such grass is very useful for them, it contains many vitamins that are inaccessible to animals living in the apartment.

If you have to leave the herb alone for several days, in order to prevent it from drying out, after watering the toy should be wrapped in a plastic bag. It will help reduce evaporation and conserve valuable moisture.

The use of weed made from artificial materials is limitless. This is an excellent ground for creative exploits for both lovers of creating original crafts and novice room designers.

Artificial grass in the interior

As a rule, indoors, such material is usually used for modern original approaches to design. Therefore, artificial decorative grass is most often found in projects where styles like minimalism or Scandinavian modern trends are chosen.

As for the place where this material is used, it is most often small original sculptures or a replacement for traditional textiles. Just imagine that on the balcony you have a soft green lawn instead of bedding. They also decorate children's rooms where you need a soft coating.

There are more original options for using artificial grass for apartment decor. Do not limit yourself to anything and replace the usual textiles and plastic with this material. For example, original pillows made of grass, some even decorate the head of the bed in this way. Moreover, pillows can be small on the sofa or huge as a seating area. It is important that the artificial grass adhesive chosen is suitable for indoor use. As a rule, manufacturers recommend the so-called polyurethane types of adhesive for artificial grass. They are securely fixed and not dangerous to human health.

DIY Artificial Grass

If designer large interior and decor items can cost impressively, then decorating a medium-sized room is quite within the power to make it yourself. For example, high artificial grass for decoration in interesting flowerpots is in itself an excellent decoration for taller shelves in dark corners. And if you use it to create topiaries or just original compositions, it will turn out great.

Artificial decorative grass is perfect for Christmas or Easter compositions with a rabbit, it will become the basis for wall panels, or you can use it for it. Even an ordinary grass wall will look very original. Artificial grass for decoration will best fit into rooms where light shades of natural colors, white, a lot of glass objects were used. The room will turn out light and spacious, full of air.

When creating dioramas or a beautiful figurine stand, artificial grass is often used.

I will try to tell and show how I make grass from sanitary flax on a 35th scale. Tools and materials I need:

* Actually the sanitary ware itself. When buying in a hardware store, you should choose the linen that has a uniform structure without large components.

* Supergel. It's supergel, not superglue.

* Acrylic paint in green/grass/, white, brown. I am using ACAN.

* Thinner for paint. I use industrial alcohol. (Smells bad, but dries quickly).

* Airbrush. Here without it, unfortunately, in any way.

* Rubber gloves. So as not to paint your hands when dyeing linen.

* Dental probe. Or a large sewing needle. Just a dentist tool is very easy to use.

* Scissors and tweezers.

* Well, the very base of the diorama/vignette. Here, everyone does it differently. It is important that the supergel securely fixes the linen on the surface of the base.

Linen must be carefully "fluffed up". Otherwise, when painting, everything will stick together.

We paint, preferably from an airbrush, in three or four shades of green. Just add different shades to the base green paint.

We take the dyed flax and cut it with scissors into various lengths, approximately 1.5-2.5 cm long - according to the height of the future grass. We cut all dyed linen in this way ... and undyed linen too!

Stir each bunch of chopped flax. Hands, here you need to spare no effort. Then we “cross” them with each other, gradually adding other shades to the main color. Along the way, we remove such sticky "blades of grass" from the "batch". After obtaining a homogeneous mass, add undyed linen to it. Of course, mixing. We get a haystack.

We take out a bunch of greens from the common pile and align it with scissors on one side. We apply a little supergel to the cut off part of the beam. Now we plant our grass on the ground in small portions. Then we pick up a large sewing needle or something like it. We introduce it one or two millimeters from the base into the grass. And we begin to thin out too dense shoots with movements from the base. We remove the excess. Then, by the way, it can be reused.

We trim what sticks out too much. The photo shows that our grass is very heterogeneous in height. It turns out grass in the yard. On the grass - "for firewood", this is for scale :).

It is better to plant the grass when the idea for which it is here is quite defined, since the grass from the bathroom turns out to be tough. And it will not be possible to press something into it vitally. But, in principle, after landing, you can pull it out in accordance with the plan and the location of what should be in it / on it ...

I will be glad if my vision of the embodiment of grass from sanitary ware in miniature will be of interest to you and will be useful when building a diorama or vignette.

I will try to tell and show how I make grass from sanitary flax on a 35th scale. Tools and materials I need:

Actually the plumbing itself. When buying in a hardware store, you should choose the linen that has a uniform structure without large components.
Supergel. It's supergel, not superglue.
Acrylic paint green/grass/, white, brown. I am using ACAN.
Thinner for paint. I use industrial alcohol. (Smells bad, but dries quickly).
Airbrush. Here without it, unfortunately, in any way.
Rubber gloves. So as not to paint your hands when dyeing linen.
Dental probe. Or a large sewing needle. Just a dentist tool is very easy to use.
Scissors and tweezers.

Well, the very base of the diorama / vignette. Here, everyone does it differently. It is important that the supergel securely fixes the linen on the surface of the base.
Linen must be thoroughly “fluffed out”. Otherwise, when painting, everything will stick together (photo 1). We paint from an airbrush in three or four shades of green. Just add different shades to the base green paint (photo 2).

We take the dyed flax and cut it with scissors into various lengths, approximately 1.5-2.5 cm long - according to the height of the future grass (photo 3). We cut all dyed linen in this way ... and unpainted too! (photo 4).

Stir each bunch of chopped flax. Hands (photo 5). Then we “cross” them with each other, gradually adding other shades to the main color (photo 6). Along the way, we remove such sticky “blades of grass” from the “batch” (photo 7). After obtaining a homogeneous mass, add undyed linen to it. Of course, mixing (photo 8). We get such a haystack (photo 9).

We take out a bunch of greenery from the common pile and align it with scissors on one side (photo 10). We apply a little supergel on the cut off part of the beam (photo 11). Now we plant our grass on the ground in small portions (photo 12). Then we pick up a large sewing needle or something like it. We introduce it one or two millimeters from the base into the grass (photo 13). And we begin to thin out too dense shoots with movements from the base (photo 14). We remove the excess. Then, by the way, it can be reused (photo 15).

We cut what sticks out too much (photo 16). The photo shows that our grass is very heterogeneous in height (photo 17). It turns out grass in the yard. On the grass - “for firewood”, this is for scale 🙂 (photo 18).

It is better to plant the grass when the idea for which it is here is quite defined, since the grass from the bathroom turns out to be tough. And it will not be possible to press something into it vitally. But, in principle, after landing, you can pull it out in accordance with the plan and the location of what should be in it / on it ...

I will be glad if my vision of the embodiment of grass from sanitary ware in miniature will be of interest to you and will be useful when building a diorama or vignette.