Wooden crafts are a wonderful solution, thanks to which you can easily decorate your interior in an original way, because they are the ones who can add sophistication to a familiar environment. Decorative items made of wood never cease to be in fashion, because they are highly valued for their aesthetic appearance and the unique beauty of natural wood.
This craft came to us from the distant past, precisely from those times when our ancestors turned and invented many beautiful and useful items made from natural wood.
To everything, I would like to add that nowadays there are a lot of tools that significantly facilitate this task. An original wooden craft made with your own hands can be an amazing and pleasant gift for your loved ones.
Where should you start with such an exciting and useful activity?
To begin with, we advise you to study basic instructions and drawings for wood crafts and only then begin this interesting business. For this you will also need some materials. Perhaps every home has unclaimed wooden boards, fiberboard or chipboard. Otherwise, you will have to purchase them at a construction supermarket.
Simple craft drawings for beginners
If you live in a country house or in country house, then in any case, trees are sure to grow on your site or nearby. Wood is an incredibly versatile natural material with which you can independently create a sufficient number of useful things and decorative souvenirs.
There are a lot of master classes on wood crafts that will introduce you to all the subtleties in the process of working with wood. And they will give you a huge number of ideas that you can easily implement later.
What you need to get started
A small sheet of plywood or other pressed material wood shavings, electric jigsaw, Sander(you can get by with sanding paper, this process will take longer, but is less expensive), high-quality glue, a simple pencil.
We have listed the most basic tools that you will need in any case, regardless of what kind of craft you are going to do. We bring to your attention a photo of wooden crafts in the form of a bird feeder...
A universal wooden craft that many people probably come across is a bird feeder. This is a very useful thing that attracts the eye with its decorative design and at the same time benefits the winged ones.
Its service life can be long if pre-treated with special protective equipment(varnish, stain, paint) that will protect it from the external environment. This activity is very exciting, so you can make it with children, because it will cause them real delight and instill a true feeling of doing good.
In addition to this useful item, you can make other decorative crafts that will become an impressive decoration for your garden. For example: an owl will become a pleasant decoration at the entrance.
From small tree branches, you can create a stretcher for photographs, which can later serve as a pleasant surprise for a loved one.
Cute little things can also be made from the bark of various tree species (oak, ash, acacia, chestnut, birch).
An interesting solution would be to build decorative refrigerator magnets from tree bark. This original idea will not leave anyone indifferent.
The classic option for wood crafts is plywood. From her, without special effort, you can cut out any animal, subsequently painting it with bright colors. This method will help you and your children unite and do such an entertaining activity.
Made from durable wooden slats you can make a children's swing in the garden, beautiful decorative fences for small front gardens. By cutting down a tree in half rings approximately 60-80 centimeters high, you will provide yourself and your loved ones with real stump chairs for a pleasant relaxation in the garden.
Don’t be afraid to experiment, be creative, give free rein to your imagination, and you will certainly succeed!
Photos of wood crafts
Currently, with the high development of industry, it is almost impossible to find an object or product that cannot be bought. Of course, the item received will fully comply with the most high requirements, but it will lose the special individuality and uniqueness that wooden products made with your own hands can give.
Stages and tools for work
Let's decide what might be needed to make handmade wooden products. The most important thing is the material from which the craft will be made. All logs are prepared using a special method, for this they are dried to 15% humidity, but experts say that the most the best option- this is 8-9%. It is important not to forget that wood differs in its strength and structure depending on the type.
To process the product you will need editing table or workbench. Next, be sure to purchase an electric tool - a milling cutter, a circular saw And Grinder, as well as chiselling and jointer.
It will also come in handy hand tool, which includes all kinds of planes, chisels, and hacksaws. In order to apply a design to a product, you can acquire drills and engravers.
Drawings are also required wooden products, in order to understand what it will be like finished object. It is advisable to develop sketches yourself or borrow them from more experienced craftsmen.
Connecting products on sliding grooves
This is one of the simplest and most common types of fastening, so it is recommended for beginners. You will need to cut out identical and straight strips, the width of which will be the same as the thickness of the workpiece, then insert these parts into each other.
Prepare two pieces of plywood or wood in the shape of a rectangle. Cut grooves in the middle, the length of which is equal to half the workpiece. The width of such fastening should be the same as the width of the part. The result is a strong and stable cross. If you cut grooves at the corners, you will be able to create a strong corner shape. You can assemble four blanks in this way and get excellent frame for a box or rectangular shape for crafts. This connection is also perfect for creating round things, for example, a mill or turbine wheel; making souvenirs and children's toys; furniture production.
Wood polishing steps
Primer. It is performed using a tampon wrapped in thin cloth and impregnated with varnish, which is applied to the product in different directions and saturates it. This procedure is done in order to fill the smallest pores and cracks in the base of the tree. After drying, the surface is treated with fine-grained sandpaper, and then the coating is applied again in two layers one after the other. After drying, you should treat the product with the composition one last time, diluting it one to one with the polish. The prepared item is kept in a closed closet for two days.
Polishing. For this purpose, a polish is used, before working with which the swab is moistened with a small amount of vegetable oil. It is brought from the side, and the composition is distributed in smooth circular movements. All processes are carried out in three stages, and after each application the surface is sanded with fine sandpaper and then cleaned of dust. If you do everything correctly, then after the last layer dries you will get a slight gloss.
Polishing. This is carried out so that the surface acquires mirror shine. After all the layers have dried well after polishing, the base is lightly treated with the finest sandpaper, which is pre-moistened in oil. Then a small amount of polish is applied to the tampon, and the surface is rubbed with the composition until shiny. In order to improve the strength characteristics of a wooden product, this procedure is repeated several times. At the last stage, the surface is wiped with a soft cloth soaked in water.
Aged wood effect
In order for wooden products created with your own hands to become exclusive, an aging effect is used, which can be achieved in three ways.
The chemical method is only suitable for hardwood, since they contain tannins. To do this, the surface must be covered ammonia, after which it will darken and acquire a characteristic gray tint.
Using thermal method, you can age any breed. Initially, the surface is treated with stain, and then singed with a soldering iron until a natural textured pattern appears on it. Then the carbon deposits are removed with a brush. Everything is varnished.
The mechanical method (often called branching) is best suited for coniferous species. For this method, you will need a metal brush, which needs to cut through the wood fibers - remove the soft layers, after which hard fibers will appear, which will give the material an aged look. Using this procedure, you can hide small defects that appear during the work process. At the last stage, everything is covered with varnish or paint.
Finishing technology
Created with your own hands, after production they are covered with paint. Thanks to this, they will be especially beautiful and practical. This is done using a swab or soft brush. Small surfaces, as well as wooden carvings, are best painted with thin watercolor brushes.
Before use, the stain is slightly diluted, after which it is easily applied in several layers, the number of which will depend on required color. Since all parts of wood absorb paint differently, it is impossible to coat the product in one go. After each stage, the parts must be completely dried, then you need to walk a little over the surface with sandpaper, remove dust and apply the next layer.
Care
In order for wooden products created with your own hands to look beautiful, they need special care. Steam and moisture easily penetrate inside, but evaporate just as easily. To protect the coating, it is best to use decorative wax. Humidity will not harm products that are coated with such a composition. It is applied with a brush in several stages. This layer will provide excellent protection against minor mechanical damage. To apply, you will need a cloth swab, with which the wax is rubbed with wide movements in the direction of the wood texture. To dry, the product must be kept for one night at a temperature of +20°C.
Good afternoon. Today we start uploading articles on the topic of DIY wood crafts. In this first article I want to show you what simple crafts can be made from wood - for both children and adults. Many ideas will work for labor classes at school- for boys. Some ideas will work for a school competition crafts made from natural materials. Some wooden crafts will be able to become decorating your dacha or yard. Here you will find a storehouse of inspiration and joy in anticipation of such interesting and simple work. In this article I will prove how to make beautiful crafts from wood. everyone can. Because here you will find simple and feasible tasks. Even a frail woman with a manicure can do half of the crafts in this article. So - let's fall in love with wooden creativity.
Let's start with simple magic.
Tree + sun
Crafts that glow with love.
Here are the simplest and cutest ones country crafts made of wood. For the craft, you need to cut a log (ask when you are sawing the firewood with a grinder to make several thin cuts). Or you can do it without cutting - just take a board of any size.
We drill holes in the wood so thick that a store-bought glass pebble will fit into it. We sell these sets of multi-colored decorative glass stones- in the gift department, and in the department where there are candles, vases and everything for holiday decor.
You can simply drill such holes with glass into a board and hang it on an apple tree. You can drill such holes in the fence - if the sun shines into it at least once a day at a low angle.
That's very beautiful. Magically. Like in fairyland. Your children will be delighted with this wooden craft.
Simple wooden crafts
from log cuts.
If you have logs being cut into firewood in your yard, you are in luck. You can get priceless craft material for free. Ask the men to cut you flat cuts from both small and large logs. Lovingly stack them away from the woodpile and start dreaming up future wood crafts. For example, let it be wooden owls. It's easy to do and looks beautiful. The saw cuts can be nailed to each other. You can put them on liquid nails (like glue).
The surface of the cuts can be rough and unsanded (as in the photo with the bunnies craft). Or you can sand it with sandpaper and even varnish such an ornamental material. Or paint it the color you want.
From large saw cuts you can make large country wood crafts. And small log houses (made of thinner branches and logs) are suitable for miniature crafts - for example, these birds. You can cut branches of this thickness yourself with a hacksaw - manually, without a chainsaw.
Log cuts can become a canvas for art installations. Such wooden crafts-pictures can be made from any natural material. Go to the river and find smooth, flat stones. They will become the source interesting crafts. The stones can be easily painted with felt-tip pens, office fat markers or just gouache (after work, fix the gouache with hairspray or nail polish).
Here's another way to make beautiful AIR crafts from wooden cuts. Lacy through cutting with an electric jigsaw (photo with craft Maple Leaf) looks simply magical.
Here is a small master class from which you can see how the cutting process occurs openwork patterns on a thick cut of a tree.
First we outline the stencil with a pencil. Then we use a drill to drill holes in the key nodes of the drawing. And then we use a jigsaw to move from one holey node to another.
You can come up with a device yourself which will help you cut wood products using a conventional drill. Make your own electric jigsaw. Holding the comfortable handles with your hands, you simply move the device - following the lines of your drawing. How thinner drill the more fine details of the drawing you can cut out with it. Well thought out.
Or you can buy a jigsaw– it costs on average 100 dollars. You can find it and over 50, we don’t work on an industrial scale, so it’s not necessary to buy a very powerful, expensive tool.
Mosaic crafts
From cuts of thick branches.
If you have country yard The boring barn wall is looking right at you. Then you need to make it not boring. Let's decorate the shed using wood crafts. Let's do it mosaic applique from small wood cuts. Such cuts are obtained by cutting thick branches or thin logs with a hacksaw (or chainsaw).
The basis For such a wooden craft, we cut it out of a sheet of plywood. First, we draw the silhouette of the future craft on it. We cut it out plywood base with a hand jigsaw or a special power tool. And we glue wooden rounds onto it - with liquid nails, with wood glue or with hot glue from a gun.
And you can even make it at home from saw cuts decorative frame for a mirror made of wooden rounds(master class in the photo below).
- Also buy a round mirror. Place it on a sheet of plywood and trace it with a pencil.
- Around the resulting circle, retreat a few centimeters (to the width you want for the frame). And with this indentation draw a second circle.
- Cut a large circle out of plywood. And cover the outer ring with wood cuts. You will get a beautiful wooden craft frame - all you have to do is glue the mirror into the middle using liquid nails.
Puff Crafts
made of wood.
This is perhaps my favorite type of wood crafts. Here the woven shields lie on top of each other creating a LAYER VOLUME of the craft.
Here is a cow craft made from three layers of wooden shield. The first layer is the body, the second is the head, the third is the bangs and nose.
You can paint all layers of your craft the same color (like a craft polar bear made of wood) or different colors(like a craft mouse on the moon– photo below).
Or you can leave a textured wood pattern (as in the crafts in the photo below).
Wood fox It has a two-layer design - a back layer, and the head and tail are placed on it.
Craft duck has 5 layers - central layer with the head, and two layers on both sides (tummy + wing).
The more layers you will overlap each other, the more voluminous and convex your craft will be. Here is an example with the craft “Lions made of wood” you can see how the animal's muzzle moves forward, thanks to four layers of thick wooden boards.
If you paint your crafts. Complete the facial expressions, add small details - folds, spots, etc. You can get very realistic and expensive wood crafts. Your small hobby can become your business. Such works can be safely put up for sale.
You can come up with your own characters. Draw their layers on a sheet of paper. Enlarge the craft first in a paper template - transfer the contours to a wooden board and cut it out. Or find pictures in a children's coloring book– and redraw them in an enlarged size.
Wood craft
For school activities
At the labor lesson.
Such LAYER wood crafts can be cut NOT FROM THICK SHIELDS, but from thin plywood sheet. And then such work can be carried out in labor classes within the framework school curriculum. On the topic “sawing with a jigsaw on plywood.”
Here's an idea - how made of 3 plywood panels make a two-color puppy craft. The first very back layer of WHITE PLYWOOD shows only the tips of the ears, tail and one hind leg. We will cover the second layer with stain (so that it darkens). Eyes, nose and lines can be drawn with a marker, or burned with a special device for burning wood.
You can make a lot of shields with different shades of color using the same technique. volumetric crafts made of wood during labor lessons at school or in a woodworking group.
Wood crafts
in the form of an APPLICATION.
Using a very similar technique, you can make an applique from wood. Here, too, wood is taken as a basis. solid wood board(that is, not a glued board, but a solid board). Because we will be sanding it, and the glued board may delaminate from sanding and the glue seams will be visible.
- On paper all future crafts are drawn. Divided into parts by lines. Each detail is numbered. And it is photographed (so that later the location of each element can be verified from the photo).
- Next, the drawing is cut along the lines into elements. We outline each element on the board with a pencil. We cut out an element from a flat board. All elements are flat on top, rough around the edges of the cut and with sharp sawing edges.
- Now our task smooth all edges of each part, round it. We trim off the sharp edges of the cuts with a chisel. And we grind it on a grinding machine (if you have one) or do it manually with sandpaper of varying degrees of hardness and roughness.
- After sanding all parts painted with tinted stain(sold in construction stores). Depending on how many times you wipe the part with stain, you will get a lighter or darker tone. Very light details can be simply wiped off vegetable oil. You can check in advance shades of color on scraps of wood left after sawing the craft.
You can also paint wooden craft parts in watercolor or gouache(using not a brush, but a foam sponge). After painting, to prevent the part from getting your hands dirty, you can spray it with hairspray or saturate the craft with another wood coating compound (just check the color first on scraps).
It only seems that the cow (in the photo of the wooden craft above) is behind the moon. In fact, all the parts are in the same plane. On a piece of paper. But thanks to the streamlined edges of the parts, everything looks voluminous, soft and as if pressed into each other. Nothing is actually pressed in - everything just lies next to each other.
Ideas for such flat wood applique crafts can be taken inside children's coloring books. There are just pictures with large details. You can find a children's coloring picture on Google - enlarge it and print it. Or redraw directly from the monitor screen by placing a sheet of paper on the glowing screen.
Methods for grinding parts
for wood crafts
(instructions to help).
To make it easier to sand the smooth edges of parts without rubbing calluses on your hands, I want to give some useful tips.
You can clamp the sanding belt in a special vice, also made of wood. Here's how it's done in the left photo below. Or come up with your own version of the device.
Here in the left photo - sandpaper is wrapped around a thick board with semicircular edge. And the edges of the sandpaper are wrapped in a groove, and clamped with a bolt twisted through a round cylindrical piece of wood-clamp.
There are also grinding attachments to the drill. And then you can grind the parts using the rotational force of the drill and the magical power of electricity.
Below we see grinding attachments for drill– plate and drum shape.
There are grinding attachments for drills where you can change sandpaper - remove the old worn-out sandpaper and fill in a new one.
By the way, on AliExpress you can immediately buy grinding drums for a drill in bulk for 3-4 dollars per batch of 100 pieces. If you search, you can find it cheaper.
And to prevent the drill from spinning in your hand while working, you can create a special FASTENING STRUCTURE that will record your homemade grinding machine in one place, and all you have to do is bring the parts to the grinding drum.
The design of the mounting pallet can be different - with a wooden clamp (photo above), or with a retainer in the form of a metal bracket (as in the photo below).
With such an assistant, making wood crafts with your own hands is a pleasure. Quick, pleasant and immediately beautiful results. Such work can be put on stream - and a whole production of beautiful wooden (smooth and safe) toys for children and gift wooden paintings can be established.
You can become a successful master. Completely unexpected for myself. Just like that, look at this article and fall in love with the idea.
The imagination of wooden crafts is limitless. Remember the formula for success - everything can be made from wood. The main thing is to start... then continue... and finish.
For example, knocking toys. Beautiful fun for children and for decorating the garden. Such a knocker or woodpecker may knock on your door, announcing guests on the porch. Like in a fairy tale, pull the string and the door will be opened for you.
You can make decorations for your children's room with your own hands. Essentially, reincarnate and become a designer of interesting interior wood crafts. Any boy will be happy if his children's room sparkles with motifs from the Jungle.
You know... I’ll probably continue the topic of wooden crafts for design children's room in one of the following articles. I'd like to see what ideas are hidden here. And making someone fall in love with this is a good thing.
And perhaps we should create an article with handmade wooden toys for children. I also need to write. And then it will work here link.
In the meantime, let's continue...
WOOD CRAFTS
and WASTE material.
Where do future crafts live? …. Old half-decayed boards. For example, from grandma's fence. Which are usually used for firewood or removed from the yard as excess garbage. Stop. Let's not throw them away. Let's dig through this pile and create something wonderful - with our own hands from wood.
A wooden mop-brush, if sawed in half, turns into the mouth of an evil dog. A little imagination and work. And now service dog, bristled and grinned at you.
A beautifully crafted piece of art. tree and waste material.
Any waste material (pieces of iron, plastic) and old pieces of wood can populate your home with fairy-tale characters. They are alive. They have a soul and their own history.
Wood crafts
Imperishable beauty.
Peeled veneer , from old furniture panels, quietly dampening in your shed - can also become a source for crafts and wood appliqués.
From this thin wood material You can directly cut out the details of the future craft with scissors and stick it with hot glue from a gun (or with wood glue).
You can also use thin birch bark instead of veneer. And also make things interesting flat crafts made of wood.
Wood crafts
(logs, firewood and bark)
Ordinary firewood from your woodpile can become a source of inspiration for wooden crafts for the dacha.
If you cut a round log diagonally, you get a figurine with its face turned towards you. All that remains is to draw this face, add elements of eyes, ears, and nose to it.
You can use logs and round logs to form the body of an animal. The logs will be the legs and the logs will be the back. The head can be made from a round cut of a small log. Or chop with an ax face up the desired shape from the same log as the body of your four-legged wooden craft.
Show your imagination and don’t stop before a difficult task. A squirrel made of wood or a snail made of logs - there is nothing complicated. We turn on our head and sense of humor - it will suggest the most ridiculous, but effective ways convey the delicate image of the animal using rough wood and other natural materials.
YOU can work with a chainsaw or an ax - sawing out or beheading the face of your wood craft. You can make these cute pigs with your own hands as a fun wooden craft for your dacha.
And in the bushes you can put a beautiful, proud deer - also a simple and quick craft made from wood and branches.
Wooden crafts
from chips from a log.
It happens that when you chop firewood, large shaped chips break off from the log. This chip often has a bizarre shape - already similar to something (a bird, a panther, the profile of a face). You need to carefully put such a gift of fate aside, so that you can later return to it and complete the craft started by nature. Cut something with a knife, highlight something with paint, glue something like additional detail. And you will end up with a do-it-yourself wooden craft - beautiful and original.
These are the ideas I managed to find for wood craftsmen.
Now you too can make beautiful crafts from wood with your own hands. Moreover, this article is only the first in a series on the topic of wooden crafts, which are clear and easy to do at home. You've probably already fallen in love with some ideas and are determined to implement them - I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you - let everything work out the best in the best possible way. And your wooden craft will appeal to your entire Family Bunch.
No matter how many new ones appear synthetic materials for construction and decoration, wood remains indispensable and loved at all times. Master carpenters continue to create their masterpieces from plastic and pliable wood. Today we will tell you what unexpected things you can make from wood with your own hands and provide a link to the drawings.
Wooden curtains
Venetian artist Livio De Marchi carves anything from ordinary wood species - from a hat to a car.
He makes his masterpieces in full size. Sometimes it is very difficult to distinguish his works from real things. The master stores his wooden collection in a special wooden house, inside of which everything is also made of wood, including dishes, tablecloths and curtains made from wood with your own hands.
How to make garden furniture
Even if you don't have the same amount of artistic talent, don't waste money on garden furniture, try to make it yourself. Sometimes it really is as simple as shelling pears and does not require any drawings or diagrams. Ordinary boards and bent metal legs - here you go coffee table. For such projects, you can also take small bars that are laid in a checkerboard pattern.
Stacked in in a certain order logs - here you have chairs and a table.
It will be made from dry wood original hanger. In extreme cases, a log with “hooks” made from branches will do. Remove the bark, treat with antiseptics, and paint it the color you want. When you're done with your project, remember to "plant" the tree on a sturdy stake with a heavy base.
DIY wooden interior
Here's wallpaper made from logs cut crosswise. Cut blanks from thick branches of dry trees. Attach them to the wall using liquid nails. Open with varnish. The original eco-decor is ready!
One craftsman decorated a chest of drawers with bark rings - it looks original and fabulous!
And this family of cabinets for a walk - both the decor is unusual, and will be suitable for storing all sorts of little things.
Don’t throw away the legs from old furniture, maybe someday you’ll use them to make a new centipede coffee table. Funny and original.
And these three multi-legged tables were created by Korean designer Chul An Kwak. The idea for two of them was inspired by galloping horses, and the third was a gift from a working excavator.
Two old chairs can “give birth” to a new bench. Place them opposite and cover them with boards so that the beautiful backs of the chairs serve as bench arms.
Designer items made of wood
These designer handcrafted Skeleton Rocking Chairs were sold at auction for $3,120 each. Rocking chairs in the form of realistic skeletons, as they say, are not for everyone. Not everyone will relax in the arms of a bony handsome guy, except extreme sports fans and fans of horror films.
If you need an original wall shelf, capable of going around any corners, make it yourself! The cost of the project is six boards.
A wall mirror that turns into a folding table is a very convenient thing in the house. And it’s quite possible to do it with your own hands. You will need two sheets of plywood 2 cm thick measuring 80 x 60, a mirror 60 x 40, metal hinges - 4 pcs., two hooks, acrylic varnish. We measure 10 cm from the edge along the perimeter of the plywood sheet. Drill holes in the corners with a drill. Using a jigsaw, we cut out the rectangle drawn on the plywood. So we made a leg for folding table, which will also serve as a frame for the mirror.
Now cover the table top and table leg acrylic varnish. Attach the folding table leg to the tabletop using two metal hinges. Attach two more hinges with reverse side the other end of the tabletop so that the mirror can be hung on the wall. Down mirror surface Place the mirror exactly in the center of the tabletop. Apply double-sided construction tape around its perimeter. Turn the mirror over and place it on the tabletop according to the markings used with tape. Attach the hinges on the tabletop to the wall. The leg on the tabletop is fixed with two hooks.
Australian artist Cornish Adam came up with a hammock made from plywood. Hanging structure– these are 15 layers of birch plywood, between which there are rubber washers for shock absorption.
Unremarkable construction pallets, as it turns out, inspire craftsmen endlessly fantasize about garden furniture.
Wooden utensils
To make a knife stand in the shape of a medieval knight, you don’t need expensive materials, professional woodworking skills are also not needed. Standard set, 15mm birch plywood and patience is all you need. The figure of the knight consists of two identical sides and one middle part, which are fastened together with glue and wooden spikes with a diameter of 6 mm. The holes for the tenons are blind, 8 mm deep. To keep the knife sharpener in place, take Neodymium magnet 25x5 mm. Cut a hole in the knight's helmet, glue a magnet into it, and a plywood plug on top.
The knight's shield is assembled from two identical parts, as well as the base of the stand. The shield needs to be made through rectangular holes for the knight's arms, and at the base for his legs. Then, slots are cut in the shield for the specific knives you have in your kitchen. The finished stand can be varnished or painted with acrylic paints.
A real working wooden excavator will undoubtedly delight your children. The toy is 83 cm long and 68 cm wide and works on the principle of lever traction. The product consists of two parts - a support and a cabin with a bucket. The shovel bucket can be controlled by levers on a nylon rope. The base is a platform that rotates 360° around its axis. The counterweight log maintains the stability of the structure.
You can see even more original ones in this article. Read also how to use and decorate furniture. And this article will talk about manufacturing. Find out what our users are making and check out the drawings.
In the world high technology It is quite easy to purchase any item for home use. True, the result is not always pleasing, but handmade wooden crafts bring much more joy. Most often, such products radiate love and kindness, are individual and unique in their kind.
If you look around, trees are a real storehouse of material for creativity. Thin and thick branches, pieces of trunk, logs, planks can turn into a real masterpiece, if they fall into the hands of a master. made of wood will find their place in any room, be it a cottage, apartment or office. In addition, things such as a box, cutting board, hanger or frying spatula are considered important household items. As practice shows, anyone who listens to the wise advice of experts can make a wooden craft.
Everything ingenious is simple
The natural world around us is full of brilliant ideas that often remain in the shadow of human attention. Yellow sun on a blue sky, raindrops, snowflakes, flowers. Sometimes people don’t notice the amazing beauty under their feet, but not creative people.
Wood crafts are a great opportunity to express yourself in practice. There are many ideas for creating original wooden products. They are mainly made of materials:
- thin and thick saw cuts;
- branches;
- hemp;
- bark.
It’s quite easy to make wood crafts with your own hands using a cut of an ordinary log. You can ask for it from those who prepare firewood for the winter by cutting the trunks of thick trees with a grinder. Of course, no one will deny this to a creative person. When the saw is in the hands of a master, a complete transformation awaits him.
Because I almost always slept round shape, you can make various crafts from it.
Sun made of precious stones
Nowadays many stores sell various shapes and large decorative glass pebbles. They can be attached to a piece of wood in any order and you will get an original decoration for the garden. IN wooden base, using a drill, make holes so that the pebbles fit there. 
Place them there and the decoration is ready. It can be attached to any structure in the garden, be it a tree, a gazebo or a bench. When bright light hits it, the garden will be filled with colorful lights of sunbeams.
In order for the item to last as long as possible, the cut must first be dried.
Kitchen utensils made of wood
At all times kitchen utensils made of wood were widely used experienced housewives. Skillful craftsmen and those who like to create useful things can make objects from wood:
- coasters for hot cups or plates;
- trays;
- cutting boards;
- napkin rings.
To make a hot stand, thick branches are cut into several round cuts approximately 5 mm thick. This is done using miter saw or hacksaws. Finished parts are treated with sandpaper. The bark, which is located along the edges, serves as a decorative element, so it is not removed. But this is not important. You can remove it with a sharp knife.
If the elements are ready, start gluing. First, lay them out on a flat surface so that they touch each other. Then they spread it with glue and build a small pyramid in a checkerboard pattern. Excess glue is removed with a clean cloth and the product is placed under pressure so that the parts are well bonded and dry.
The first row of cuts should be lined up face down to make the stand look nice.
The photo shows original crafts made of wood for the kitchen, made by yourself. 
Each of them differs in size and style, but is filled with the love and warmth of the soul of a kind master. As you can see, you can even simply decorate the cut with a pattern to make a charming stand for hot food.
Fun decorations for the garden
A country house is often considered a place of peace and fusion with nature. Therefore, summer residents try to decorate garden plot original things. Do-it-yourself wooden crafts for the garden can be a wonderful addition to a flower bed. They vary in complexity, but some are accessible to inexperienced craftsmen.
A classic example is the wooden owl. For the craft you will need one large cut, which will become the lush body of the bird. The eyes are made from smaller round timbers, attaching them to the body with self-tapping screws. The pupils are isolated using covers.
To get wings, a medium-sized saw cut is cut in half. The parts are secured on both sides of the body, directing them in different directions. The beak is made separately - cut out of a log and attached between the eyes. The ears are made from a piece of burlap. Roll it into a tube and glue it with a sharp upward angle over the owl’s eyes. The second ear is obtained in a similar way. You can plant it on the frame of a small tree, placing it directly on the grass.
To make a cute owl, some craftsmen use ordinary pieces of bark. First, the material is given a rounded shape, but there should be pointed protrusions at the upper corners. These are the ears of a wise bird. Eyes are made from the following materials:
- caps of small acorns;
- cuts of thin branches;
- from dried fruit slices.
The wings are cut from small pieces of bark and attached to the body. Such a bird is often hung on trees or shrubs in the garden.
In addition, small cuts and small logs make miniature crafts. These can be cute birds or bunnies that are placed on the territory of a summer cottage.
Aerial crafts made from wood are also considered an original creation. First on thick wooden cut draw a sketch. You can use a stencil. Next, mark the main angles with a drill, and then cut out the design with an electric jigsaw. The result is an original decoration that fits perfectly into personal plot. 
The photo shows various wooden crafts that delight many summer residents: 
All crafts must be treated with a special solution and varnished. This way they will serve longer for the benefit of people.
Children and wood crafts
Almost all kids love handmade toys. They make them from paper, fabric, foam plastic and plasticine. Wooden crafts for children are especially valued, as they bring them a lot of joy.
On country dacha There will probably be stumps, saw cuts and old branches. And this is an invaluable material for the ability to create with your own hands. It turns out that children can dress up stumps in every possible way, creating new images. To do this, just take old scraps of fabric, a washcloth, twine, corks, glue and your imagination and an amazing craft will appear on your site.
Teenagers, of course, will want to make a more complex toy to surprise their parents. Therefore, they urgently need drawings and diagrams of wood crafts. They help to imagine the future product and strives for a given goal. It is especially interesting to make toys from cut out shields that are placed on top of each other. As a result, volume is created and wonderful crafts are obtained.
For example, a cute cow is made from 3 parts of a wooden board. One is her head, the second shield is her body, and her bangs and nose are the third part. A polar bear is made in a similar way.
Depending on the character for the toy, it is advisable to select the color of the wooden structures.
Wonderful wooden crafts are made from a base on which the textured pattern of wood is preserved. 
If you take several layers Brown and cut out the outline of a wolf according to the pattern, you can get a beautiful craft. One layer is the body, and the head and tail are already placed on it. Simple, beautiful and fast. The same approach is used when creating a cute duck. To do this, bird parts are cut out of wood. The quantity depends on the diagram or sketch of the craft. They are then layered to create a duck.
If you want to get a voluminous toy, it is advisable to apply more layers on top of each other. The same method is used to obtain any bulges on wood crafts.
To get unique crafts for children, they are painted. Wise parents do this together with their child, holding a brush in their hands. They add eyes, facial expressions, the color of the animal, some folds or spots. Such works often decorate the courtyards of suburban areas.
An excellent opportunity to show off your talent is provided to those who want to make wood applique. The main piece for work is a solid wooden board.
You shouldn’t save money and buy a glued board. When sanded, the structure loses strength and the seams protrude. This will ruin the craft.
Before starting to work with wood, the future craft is drawn on paper, dividing it into parts. Each of them gets its own number. Next, the sketch is cut into parts along the contours marked in the figure. The elements are applied to the board, outlined with a pencil and cut out.
The edges of the finished parts are smoothed with carpentry tools. Sharp corners are used with a chisel and then sanded with sandpaper. If you have a sanding machine, you can use it. After this, all elements are painted with stain. To obtain different tones, it is applied in several layers. The smaller, the lighter the part will be. When all the items are dry, they are carefully glued onto paper.
Schemes for making wood crafts
Original wooden applications are a great opportunity to spend quality time with children. After all, such activities not only unite families, but also develop the creative abilities of the future generation. And the house is filled with many wonderful things.