A very fashionable trend called “Hand Made” has recently become a popular and incredibly exciting activity. Today, skilled needlewomen use all kinds of devices and materials for their creations, one of which is coffee beans. It turns out that they are suitable not only for preparing an invigorating drink, but also for creating a very interesting and original piece of furniture.
Even if you are not a professional artist, you can still create beautiful coffee bean paintings with your own hands. Moreover, rest assured, the process will give you great pleasure, and the resulting result will please you much more than decor purchased in a store. Panels and topiaries made from aromatic grains charge with optimism and vigor, and anyone can make them. You will see this by reading the master classes in this article.
Crafts from coffee beans for beginners
Mastering the technique of making masterpieces from coffee beans is not such a difficult science, and anyone who has at least a little imagination can do it. It’s better to start with the simplest crafts, including:
- Decorative jars, vases, glasses.
- Photo frames.
- Decorative candlesticks and candles.
- Postcards.
- Decorative paintings.
Choosing material for work
If you decide to create a small masterpiece that can decorate your home, then the first thing you need to do is buy the right coffee beans. To create decor, packaged packs of coffee in opaque packaging, in which you will not be able to consider the purchase, are not suitable. It is better to buy the material in stores where coffee is sold by weight.
Important! You should also not buy Arabica beans, since for greater texture, beans of different sizes are required. It is better to give preference to a cheaper variety.
Coffee painting
For beginning needlewomen, creating a painting from coffee beans with your own hands will be a wonderful pastime. It will not only become a beautiful piece of furniture, but will also be a pleasant gift for loved ones. You can choose any subject for a “coffee” painting—from a traditional steaming cup to a grandiose artistic canvas.
To make such a picture you will need:
- Thick cardboard.
- Glue.
- A piece of fabric (preferably smooth and light-colored, however, if coarse burlap fits into the concept of your masterpiece, you can use that too).
- Leg-split.
- Coffee beans.
- Picture frame.
- Stencils.
- Decorative beads, ribbons or dry leaves.
- Clear varnish.
Sequencing:
- Cover a thick sheet of cardboard with fabric, securing it with glue on the opposite side.
- Think over the plot of the picture and use stencils to draw the image.
Important! If you don’t have stencils at your disposal, then replace them with a simple device: print the picture on a thin sheet of paper and, having outlined it with cosmetic blush or shadows, transfer the drawing to canvas.
- After this, carefully glue the coffee beans.
- Decorate the outline of the picture with twine, fixing it on the picture with glue.
- Finally, coat the grains with colorless varnish, and after complete drying, insert the picture into the frame.
Important! To ensure that the frame and the painting are in the same style, it is better to choose a dark brown frame.
Coffee panel
To create another version of a painting from coffee beans with your own hands, you will need the following:
- Liter plastic bottle.
- PVA glue.
- Stationery and construction tape.
- Scissors.
- Canvas.
- Brush.
- Bean or ground coffee.
- Cardboard.
Sequencing:
- Separate the top of the plastic bottle and then cut it in half lengthwise.
- Cut off the neck of the resulting cone - this way you will get the front convex part of the cup.
- Make the back flat part of the cup from cardboard and glue it to the plastic blank using hot glue.
- Wrap the resulting cup with paper construction tape, then cover it with glue and sprinkle with ground coffee. This is necessary so that subsequently there are no gaps between the coffee beans.
- Leave the craft to dry.
- Cut out a saucer from cardboard, use glue to fix grains and a dried lemon slice on it.
- Grease the completely dry cup with glue again and glue the grains to it: first along the contour, and then to the rest of the surface.
- The background can be left white or powdered with ground coffee. You can also glue a small cinnamon stick.
Important! Finally, coat the product with varnish. This will make your painting shine beautifully and make it easier to wipe off dust.
Craft made from coffee and twine
In addition to painting your own coffee beans, you can also create an unusual cup, vase or flower pot. The simplest option would be a decorative aroma candle, which can be used not only for aesthetic purposes, but as a gift for loved ones.
To make an original candle you will need:
- Scented candle.
- Glue or glue gun.
- Leg-split.
- Coffee beans.
- Clear varnish.
Sequencing:
- To begin, wrap the candle tightly with twine. This can be done around the entire circumference of the candle or to its middle.
- After this, using a glue gun, secure the ends of the twine to the candle so that they fit tightly to its surface, without forming a void or protruding.
Important! You can even do without glue by melting small sections of the candle and pressing the twine into its surface.
If you don't have much time to master complex crafts, try mastering paintings and crafts using ground coffee. It's simple, flavorful, exciting and very beautiful!
Everyone knows that you can create coffee, but few have heard that ground coffee is used as a material for creativity. Meanwhile, the aromatic powder is great for complementing other types of needlework, decorating figures made from coffee beans, and for independent use. We have no doubt that you will like crafts and paintings made from ground coffee; even a girl who has never had a penchant for coffee can draw them with her own hands.
Who invented drawing coffee and who needs it
Unfortunately, it is unknown who came up with the idea of painting with coffee powder. But this hobby can be put on a par with painting with salt and creating paintings from bulk materials. Perhaps the first coffee painting was given to the world by a coffee lover who did not like the taste of a new type of coffee and decided to dispose of the product in such an original way. However, the world is gradually conquering this fragrant art. Some cities already host drawing competitions, and at crafts fairs it’s easy to buy a painting or panel.
Who is this hobby suitable for? We can safely say that everyone! There are practically no costs, little time is spent, and the result almost always lives up to expectations! For example, it takes several days to create a butterfly on a napkin, but creating a coffee masterpiece will take less than an hour!
Paintings from ground coffee: features of the technique and first steps
To draw, you don’t need to buy, which we have already told readers about who are passionate about this invigorating drink. The cheapest finely ground product recommended by the manufacturer for brewing in a cup or Turk will do just fine.
You won’t need brushes to create masterpieces, but you will need to find a drawing stencil, for which a children’s coloring book or the outlines of images on the Internet will be quite suitable. Carefully cut out the image so that after filling the internal space, you get a recognizable and desired motif. To start, take something simple: a butterfly, a leaf, a flower.
Funny bear
As a basis for the picture, you can take a board, thick cardboard, glass, or plywood. Select white wallpaper or suitable paper and paste the background onto the base. After this, carefully transfer the stencil onto the paper and cover the places that need to be painted with PVA glue.
Then everything is simple - sprinkle coffee on the places with glue, let the masterpiece dry and blow off the remains. If desired, the picture can be supplemented with whole coffee beans, rhinestones, beads and other suitable elements.
Crafts made from ground coffee - simple and fragrant
Having mastered the simple technique of drawing pictures with ground coffee, you can move on to more complex crafts. Feel free to create panels on fabric, decorate napkins with spectacular designs, decorate dishes, bottles, vases, flower pots, candlesticks, and boxes. Always choose a clear adhesive that is suitable for the base material.
Coffee powder can be used to decorate Easter eggs (real and decorative), topiary balls, which are much easier to make than covering the base with beans, to create stylish valentines, and much more.
Panel on fabric
If nothing comes of drawing and decorating figures, don’t despair. You will definitely get fragrant crafts from ground coffee if you use this delicious raw material to fill miniature soft toys and aromatherapy pillows. This useful ingredient can also be used in cream making. As a last resort, you can always recycle coffee powder in the bathroom by preparing an effective body scrub using it.
Be sure to check it out and choose another hobby for your soul!
Artists are creative people who draw always and everywhere. And it doesn’t matter what exactly is at hand. These could be brushes and paints, or glue and coffee beans. Do you find it difficult to create with such a set? So you haven't seen paintings made of coffee beans yet. Some of the creations of artists in this style really deserve respect. Today we will tell you how to do something similar.
World map
Pictures from coffee beans can be created on any surface. It can be either thick cardboard or fabric. But it is not recommended to take sheets a la “Snow Maiden”. Why? The fact is that the glue will lead them, and the thin paper will become deformed. Therefore, if you want to create on something thin, you should glue or stretch the material onto a stretcher.
How to create a picture of a world map? You should print out the prototype picture and study it carefully. Now you need to apply the outline of the card to the blank paper, and then fill it with glue. You should use PVA or any other glue that does not dry out in a matter of minutes. Now you need to carefully glue one grain at a time. Why not get more sleep right away? The grains will not be able to distribute themselves evenly, which means that the pattern will not have clear boundaries. Using the same principle, we fill in the contours of all continents and islands.
Mona Lisa
Interesting paintings from coffee beans are obtained on canvas. This kind of canvas is familiar to any artist, and he knows how to properly prepare it for work. But in the case of coffee art, the canvas should not be primed too actively, otherwise the beans will stick worse.
The first thing you need to do is draw a sketch. This will form the basis of the work. Now you need to think about how to fill out the image of the young lady. Hair and pupils will consist of whole coffee beans, but the facial features themselves will be made of finely ground coffee. Let's do the underpainting. You should use freshly brewed coffee, not paint. We darken the cheekbones, apply shadow to the forehead and eyes. And when all this has dried well, you can start filling the contour with glue. Now you need to fill your facial features with ground coffee and lay out your hair with grains.
Marilyn Monroe
Do you want to create a portrait of a famous film star, but don’t know how to draw? You will definitely be able to create a picture of Marilyn Monroe's face from coffee beans. How to do this? First you need to draw a face outline. But you shouldn't go into details. It will be enough to simply outline the eyes, nose, lips and curls. After this, you should fill the resulting sketch with glue and begin laying out the coffee beans. They should not be glued in a chaotic order, but in accordance with the contour, that is, according to the shape. In this case, coffee beans act as strokes. The first step is to lay out the face, and then proceed to the hairstyle. Don't forget to stick on the famous mole that helped Marilyn Monroe become the most recognizable woman on the planet.
A cup of coffee
This topic is one of the most popular in this technique. And this is not surprising. How to make a picture from coffee beans with your own hands? First you need to select the materials. Select similar whole grains and find a suitable fabric. The basis of the picture should be rough, it is advisable to use burlap. It will complement the coffee beans to advantage. Now you need to draw the silhouette of a cup and steam above it. Then we fill the outline with glue and place the grains in a chaotic manner. You can frame such a picture and place it in your room. In addition to decoration, such decor will be a good fragrance for the room.
Heart
You can see a photo of a painting made from coffee beans above. This decor can become an interesting detail in a bedroom or living room. You can also give this craft to your significant other. A girl will be pleased to receive a gift that her boyfriend makes with his own hands. How to make a painting using this technique? To do this you will need hard cardboard and crumpled paper. We cut out blanks of the same size and glue them on top of each other. We mark the borders of the frame with a pencil, and draw a heart in the center. Now fill the contours with glue and lay out the coffee beans one by one. They should fit snugly against each other. You can complement this craft with cinnamon sticks or any other aromatic spices. You can also decorate the resulting frame with coarse thread, from which you can lay out various curls.
Kettle with cup
This photo of a painting made from coffee beans with your own hands is presented above. It will not be difficult to make it, but first you need to assemble the subframe. It will consist of bamboo sticks. We cut the pieces of the same length and tie them with a rectangle. Now you should cut out the canvas of a suitable size and tie it to the stretcher using threads. It is advisable to make even indentations, since the rope will act as decoration. Let's start making the painting. Draw the silhouette of a teapot and cup on canvas. A complex outline should be drawn. That is, the kettle must have a lid, the cup can stand on a saucer, and do not forget to draw steam. Now fill the contours one by one with glue and attach the coffee beans. They should fit tightly to each other so that no gaps form.
Horse
This noble animal is not very easy to depict. But with proper skill, even a schoolboy can cope with the task. The main thing here is to draw a nice outline. To make your task easier, you can exaggerate the image. That is, draw not a realistic picture, but a stylized one. We draw a sketch on thick paper with a pencil. Now how can you make a picture from coffee beans? Fill the space between the pencil lines with glue. Now you need to lay out the coffee beans one at a time in strict accordance with the picture. That is, if the animal’s nostrils bend, then the grains should be placed in a semicircle; if the mane goes in waves, try to achieve the same effect with the help of grains, because they act as strokes.
Cat
Making a painting from coffee beans with your own hands is not difficult. The main thing is to choose the right initial sketch. The outline should be simple and as recognizable as possible. For example, you can take an image of a stretching cat. Such a picture will require appropriate framing. Let's start with its manufacture. You need to cut out a frame from thick cardboard. Now we take the threads and wrap the workpiece. When this stage is completed, we glue thick cardboard into the resulting frame. Now you can move on to the actual image of the cat. Draw the outline of the animal. It must be positioned so that it occupies all the free space of the picture. Then we fill the outline with glue and lay it out with coffee beans.
Ship
Thinking about a coffee bean painting for your kitchen? You can see a photo of one example above. This is a painting of a ship, quite minimalistic, but at the same time it evokes thoughts of distant countries and travel. But these are precisely the thoughts that should inspire a person in the morning. It will be especially pleasant to admire a painting that exudes a pleasant invigorating aroma. It is not necessary to hang the ship on the wall; it can be placed on the dining table. How to make such a craft? You should take the canvas and stretch it onto a stretcher. Now in the center of the canvas you need to draw a sketch of the ship. It should be simplified as much as possible so that you don’t have to think about how to work out the small details. When the outline is ready, you can fill it with glue and then lay it out with coffee beans. The same should be done with the corners. You need to draw a corner or any other frame and seal it with fragrant grains.
Mother with baby
It would be appropriate to give such a picture to a lucky woman who has recently become a mother. Moreover, such a gift can be made by both girlfriends or relatives, and the husband of the woman who gave him the child. All young mothers are very sentimental, so they will definitely be delighted with such a gift. But you need to keep in mind that the painting will emit a pleasant, but rather pungent smell, so it is not advisable to place it in the bedroom. It is quite possible to hang the gift in the kitchen or in the living room.
How to make The first step is to decide what material the coffee beans will be placed on, paper or canvas. Now you should buy a frame of a suitable size and insert the selected material there. And after this you can move on to the creative part of the work. First you need to draw a sketch of mother and child. Then we fill the shapes one by one, first with glue and then with coffee beans. If desired, the picture can be supplemented with decor. What could it be? Shells, threads, wooden beads and other natural materials.
Coffee is a wonderful invigorating drink that is known all over the world. Not every person knows that you can not only drink it, but also create interesting things, for example, as panels. Today you will learn how to usefully decorate your room and give it a pleasant, invigorating aroma. Let's get started!
You will need: coffee beans, plastic bottle, ground coffee, cardboard, glue, frame, gouache, brush, tape and decorative accessories.
Master Class
1. Take a bottle and cut off the neck and bottom. Cut the rest in half.
2. Cut a piece of cardboard into the shape of half a plastic bottle. Create a saucer out of cardboard. Connect cardboard and plastic together to form a bowl. Cover it with masking tape.
3. Paint the bowl with brown gouache.
4. Select coffee beans and try to use smoother ones. Glue the beans to the bowl. Then cover the saucer.
5. Glue the burlap to the base of the picture. Then glue the bowl onto it.
6. Create a mural to suit your unique taste. You can decorate it with a cinnamon stick, a piece of orange or lemon zest, a rose and much more...
7. To create a pattern, apply glue and sprinkle with ground coffee.
Coffee bean panel ready. Now you can decorate your interior in an unusual way, surprise others, and give a panel you created with your own hands to a loved one.
Coffee is considered one of the most famous drinks in the world, and its smell is the most recognizable. Today, the popularity of coffee beans is not only in the feeling of vigor that they can give us after drinking a fragrant drink, but also in the fact that an extraordinary picture can be made from these small elements. A coffee panel will not only decorate your room, but will also become a source of an extraordinary coffee aroma. If you follow our instructions, do DIY coffee panel very simple.
Materials for making coffee panels:
— a base for gluing coffee beans (in this case it’s a bottle);
- coffee beans;
- ground coffee;
- frame;
- glue;
- cardboard;
- scotch;
- gouache;
- brush;
-decorative fittings
1. The bottom of the bottle is cut off, then the neck, and the remaining part must be cut in half, and only one half must be used in your craft.
2. Using the shape of this part, cut out a piece of cardboard that matches the shape of the cup. Make a saucer for this cup from cardboard. We attach cardboard to the plastic, and then cover the resulting “cup” with masking tape. This is done so that the grains stick firmly to the cup.
3. Paint the cup with brown gouache so that gaps are not visible when the coffee is glued to it.
4. Now the main work is gluing coffee beans to this brown mug. This process is quite lengthy and labor-intensive. However, you need to approach it very responsibly so that no grain sticks past or protrudes beyond the edges of the cup. In addition, it is important to select the grains well and use only perfectly smooth grains.
Using the same principle, a saucer is covered with grains.
5. Next, we glue burlap to the base of the picture, and a cup and saucer sits on it with hot glue.
6. Now show your creativity to make the panel unique. A cinnamon stick wrapped in torn thread, a piece of lemon or orange zest, zest roses and much more looks beautiful on such a panel!
7. All that remains is to decorate the panel with ground coffee to create a coffee aroma. Sprinkle some coffee on the glue and make the desired pattern out of it.
Coffee bean panel ready. It can be used for the interior of a kitchen or cottage, and can also be presented as a gift.