Master class "Making Shrovetide from bast".
Goals:
Tutorials:
To acquaint with the work of folk craftsmen;
Learn to work with natural material-bast;
Generalize and systematize knowledge about the properties of this material;
Develop the skills of weaving a bast.
Educational:
Education of kindness and sincerity, diligence and curiosity, a sense of beauty.
Developing:
Development of cognitive skills, labor skills;
Development of skills of educational work.
During the classes
I . Introductory conversation
Guys, look at these products. What material are they made from?
How can it be called in one word?(Natural material)
Did you know that straw, dry stalks of cereals are an excellent material that, after a certain processing, is suitable for a wide variety of jobs.
Where is straw used?(They weave rugs, baskets; straw goes to bedding for livestock, is added to feed; it is suitable for covering roofs)
Straw is well used as an artistic material in Japan, China, and Vietnam.
From ancient times, a doll made of straw is known. Even serfs arranged puppet shows for themselves from bright moving straw matryoshkas.
Almost all Slavic peoples engaged in agriculture have a doll designed in their own way.
The hero of which holiday is a straw doll? (Pancake week).
The Slavs had a custom: meeting spring, exorcising death or winter. All week Shrovetide was taken from house to house. And on Sunday they burned it, as if burning the failures, the misfortunes of the old year.(Slide 3)
Another week is famous for baking pancakes. Pancake is a symbol of the sun.(Music).
II . Explanation of the topic.
You and I will not make a carnival, but a souvenir doll from a bast.
What do straw and bast have in common? (You can make the same products as straw.)
But bast is still different from straw. Straw is more rigid, resilient, brittle. Bast is softer, easier to process.
Bast is obtained from the fibrous inner bark of linden and some deciduous trees. To get a washcloth. The bark is steamed into hot water and soaked, and then smashed with a wooden stick on a hard board.
For the manufacture of bast, they take the bark of a once damaged tree. A flowering healthy tree cannot be harmed.
Where is bast used?
Bast is used to make brushes for painting works, matting. Mat is used as a packaging material (sew bags, sheathe boxes, bales of goods).
III . briefing
IV .Stages of work. (Slide 4.5)
So we will try with you to make the same stuffed animal, only reduced many times over.So, for a reducedcopies of a traditional scarecrow of winter you will need:
regular straw washcloth
scissors,
a piece of fabric for an apron,
a couple of small fabric ribbons.
Before working with a washcloth, it is necessary to soak it so that there is less dust and does not cut your hands. Bast becomes soft.
In our work we use a measuring ruler. We take a bast in the left hand, bend it. We measure with a measuring ruler, make a constriction and wind it with our right hand. (Slide 5)
After the main figure is completed, the children, showing their creativity, dress up the doll .
V . Summarizing.
- What new did you learn in the lesson?
Have you encountered any difficulties in the course of your work?
What is your mood?
Round dance ( to music)
Children, together with the teacher, dance with ready-made crafts and with the words:
We see off Shrovetide, we meet spring-red.
The guest stayed, said goodbye to the winter,
Drops from the roof, rooks flew in,
Sparrows chirp, they echo the spring.
Kudinova Ekaterina Andreevna
Job title:
educational institution:
MAUDO "Ozherelevsky Center additional education urban district of Kashira"
Locality: md. Necklace
Material name: Methodical development classes in the association "Good Old Doll"
Topic:"Doll of bast"
Publication date: 20.02.2017
Chapter: additional education
Municipal Autonomous Institution
additional education
"Ozherelevsky center of additional education of the city
district of Kashira"
Association "Good Old Doll".
Methodological development of the lesson:
"Doll of bast".
Prepared and hosted:
additional education teacher
Kudinova Ekaterina Andreevna
Necklace, 2017
1. HISTORY OF THE APPEARANCE OF DOLLS.
In the modern high-tech world, fortunately, there are still
place for folk crafts. Many people are very interested in history today
of his people, outlandish rites and national funny toys.
Among them, a special place is occupied by a doll, which is dearly loved by children and
this day, because she is soft, smart, warm. And with her so many role-playing games
can be invented.
Making dolls from natural material has its roots in
distant past. It was believed that do-it-yourself dolls from
improvised materials, are able to drive away evil spirits and bring happiness to
house. Often the doll was made faceless. According to ancient beliefs, in a doll without a face
evil spirits cannot dwell. Dolls were made by hand by grandmothers or
mothers together with children with good wishes. They were made without
scissors, needles. The fact that the doll was "faceless" allowed children to dream and
fantasize. Children could invent her mood and character. Through games
with a doll, children got acquainted with the traditions, customs, life
situations, learned the world of nature and society.
The folk toy is not affected by time, it still finds its way
to the hearts of children and adults. Being part of the culture, the doll keeps in
originality and character traits the people who create it. AT
this is the main value of the folk doll.
I propose to make a bast doll that will bring into your home
natural fragrance and sunlight.
To introduce children to natural material, you can prepare
a short story about the process of preparing bast and its application.
(See Appendix 1.)
2. PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES.
Target: Teach children how to make a bast doll.
Attach
popular
traditions
decorative
applied
art and home design.
Tasks:
Development of fine motor skills of hands, creativity, involvement of children
to the basics of needlework.
Acquaintance with the technique of making amulets dolls from bast.
Develop
art
combination
Cultivate perseverance, accuracy, love for the folk doll.
3. REQUIRED MATERIAL.
glue gun;
multi-colored satin ribbons of various widths;
patches of fabric;
bast brush;
transparent tape;
some lace;
scissors (Appendix 2.)
Dimensions may vary, as the thickness and length of the bast beam you can
take arbitrary.
3. STAGES OF WORK.
We untie the knots on the brush using the pointed edge of the knitting needle.
We do not throw out the resulting ties, they will still be useful in the future.
Inside the brush, the bast is pressed with tree bark, which is not only bad
fixed, but also strongly crumbles. Why around on the table to become
garbage all the time. We press the bark with one hand, and with the other free
attach transparent tape.
After that, we straighten the fibers as shown in the photo for
forming the future head of our doll.
We tie with the remaining ties two knots above the edge of the bark, leaving
long ends for a loop.
Using a knitting needle, we align the fibers.
Separate equal bundles for the arms on the sides.
At the level of 1/3, we tie all the lengths of the beam with the remnants of the bast, first by one
node. If you use threads, then two, since the knot of them will
"slide".
We bend in half and put the bundle on the first knot.
Now we tie into two knots and we fill the ends from the bast inside
We repeat the same procedure on the other side. In the end it should be
Cut off the protruding fibers on both sides with scissors.
We make a loop at the back.
We cut out a piece of 10x10 cm from any fabric.
We tie it around the doll's head in any way. And with the help
fix the glue gun.
We cut satin ribbon(width 2.5 cm) into 6 pieces 5 cm long.
Then from a ribbon of the same color (width 5 cm) we make two identical
a segment of 10 cm. All 8 segments must be singeed in order to
the ribbons didn't fall off.
Alternately glue short strips on the "arms" of the doll, we begin
glue them from below, laying the next on top of the previous one.
We glue the resulting shoulders with narrow (width 1.5 cm) satin
ribbons of the same color 12 cm long.
Then we close the body of the coaster doll with wide ribbons.
We take a piece of fabric with a special beveled cut on one side.
We collect the edge of the fabric on the needle in one direction, and then, turning over
flap, gather again in the other direction.
Glue the resulting skirt to the bottom edge of the tape.
After we close the place of gluing with tape (length 25 cm).
Cut out a piece of lace ribbon and glue it on the chrysalis
Charm doll is ready! Give for happiness!
Attachment 1.
Story.
Lyko - a young bast, fibrous, immature underbark of a deciduous tree - linden, willow,
oak. The most common is lime bast. Used for the manufacture of matting and
weaving bast shoes, baskets, toys, used as a bast in the bath.
To prepare bast with a scraper, the bark was removed from the linden, then soaked in water near the shore,
in a shallow quiet place, crushed by stones and, for about a week. Then they ripped off
bast from bark, washed the bast "white" and dried on hangers.
The bast from the linden easily descends from spring until the end of July, when the active
sap flow along the trunk (and bark fibers are also the conductive tissue of the tree); but
in the spring they didn’t fight the bast, they waited for it to grow thicker by the middle of summer.
They were looking for lindens that were not old, starting with those that were as thick as a hand and up to a span of about
thickness (1 span - 4 inches - 17.78 cm). If the tree came across older and the bark
it is thick, then first with a scraper (plow with a narrow blade and two handles) or an ax
cut off its top layer (“growths”), otherwise when folding the bark into “lumps” (skeins)
it will break and the bast will break into short pieces. Linden felled with an ax and
they “teared the bast” with their hands - they cut the bark on the butt (thick end of the trunk), grabbed it easily
separating edges and tore off long strips of bark along with a bast from a tree. AT
ripe time, the bast is thick and easily comes off with the bark. It happened that when removing the bark
used a pointed wooden spatula made of spruce bough.
We tried to prepare as long a bast as possible, especially for twisting ropes. Bitches
chopped off, carefully peeling off the sticky, butchered the trunk and took it with them - from soft
white wood was cut with ladles, scoops for grain, spoons; carvers were made of linden
wood carved icon cases, false carvings for furniture. There is nothing at all at the cutting site.
abandoned, the forest was kept clean, not littered.
Women, leaving for a bast without peasants, happened not to fell a tree, but tore a bast with
standing sticky, making notches at the root and above the head, as soon as the hands reach; or they fought
stripes from below and to the very branches of the crown. At the same time, the tree remained standing, not taken bast
and wood was wasted. So bast was prepared for themselves already at the collective farms after
wars, when mainly women and children worked on the earth, with a lack of men -
dead husbands and fathers.
The prepared bark was rolled up into “bunches” (skeins) - they twisted the ribbons of the bast bark
side out and bark in. They tied the bundles with thin strips of the same bast and
stacked together with linden blanks in a boat. Arriving under sail home, on
Boyarshchina, soaked lumps in the water near the shore, in a shallow, calm place, pressing down
stones. The term for soaking bark until cooked depended on the temperature of the water - in
cold summers were soaked longer, warm summers shorter. Usually drenched in the lake at least
weeks. As with urinating flax, hemp, and in ancient times nettles, the effect of urinating
consists in the fact that the fibers needed in the economy are acidified, separated from the coarse,
unusable part of the workpiece or stem, so that it becomes possible to separate the good
fibers from the bark or, in the case of flax, from the bone. At the same time, lumps cannot be overdone
and, all the more so, sheaves of flax in the water, because then the very necessary
When you see this soaked bast - soaked, covered with mucus, silt, smelling
rot - I can’t believe that it’s worth putting your hands on it and soon from foul-smelling
the lump will turn out to be a “sunny” fragrant bast. How did they achieve this? Kochomki
dragged ashore, untied, and bark ribbons were hung on hangers (devices from
poles for drying, repairing nets, etc.) along the skodney (wooden walkways for
mooring the boat). Well-soaked bast is easily separated from the bark, usually
Bast ribbons were separated from the bark with bare hands, without any tool. When
difficulties, to remove the last, coarse fibers, they used a knife. At once
thick and wide multi-layer strands of bast were divided into approximately the same
thickness and width of the strip and laid out the bast in different bundles, dividing it according to
fiber quality and length.
Appendix 2
REGULATIONS
WORK WITH SCISSORS»:
Put the scissors with rings towards you.
Watch the movement of the blades as you work.
Don't leave scissors open.
Pass the scissors rings forward.
Do not play with scissors, do not bring them to your face.
Very soon the festivities will begin - Wide Maslenitsa. It's time to think about how to make decorations and holiday attributes with your own hands. It can be both traditional Slavic folk and children's crafts, and of course - your author's products. A lot of people prepare in advance for exhibitions and fairs in kindergartens, schools and at festive festivities in towns and villages.
See the works sent to ours: photos of crafts and master classes for Shrovetide week. We are waiting for your photos, MK and scenarios on the theme of Maslenitsa! We remind you that walking a fun week in 2019 we will be from 4 to 10 March!
dolls
It was called banchen because of the bows with which it was decorated. 🙂 They made birch like ordinary bath brooms, tied them with bows, and on the first day of Maslenitsa they hung them on a stick stuck in a snowdrift at the entrance to the house. And at the end of the Maslenitsa week, having swept the house with them, they threw them into the fire.
A symbolic whisk can be made from a bunch of straw or bast:
One end is wrapped with a thread three times, tied into two knots:
Then the thread tightly wraps the future broom in a spiral to the middle:
Having made a couple of turns in the center of the bundle, the thread returns back:
It remains only to trim the broom evenly and decorate it with bows.
So it turns out "buncheny broom."
Sun
Maslenitsa is a holiday that is permeated with the first warm spring rays, so it is not surprising that many crafts are made in the form of our luminary. Maslenitsa is the farewell to winter and the welcome of spring. Nature comes to life outside the window, spring comes, and the birds in the trees chirp louder and louder. Very often, it is the sun that is depicted on Maslenitsa, because they want to appease this radiant luminary when they arrange festivities. People have fun, bake pancakes and enjoy this dish, as well as organize competitions and burn a huge scarecrow at the end of the holiday. You can also have fun creating interesting crafts.
From threads
In this master class, we will make a knitting craft in the form of a sun, since the sun is one of the main symbols of Maslenitsa. It is performed very simply and quickly, so you can connect children to the lesson, who will be happy to make the sun.
To make this craft you will need:
- Yarn for knitting yellow;
- Scissors;
- red felt and white color;
- Black paint;
- Hot glue;
- Thin satin ribbon.
For such a sun, any yarn is suitable, but not too thin. In this case, the thread "Karachaevskaya" was used. This thread is quite thick and stiff, so it will keep its shape well, and the rays of the sun will not hang down.
Let's prepare the base for the craft. To do this, yellow yarn must be wound around a book or any other object that fits in size. We wind a thick layer. Then carefully cut with scissors on both sides.
We get a bunch of small pieces of thread. We tie them in the center. When tying, we tighten the knot tightly. The tails from the thread with which the bundle was tied are divided and put into the bundle.
Now you need to divide the beam into 7 approximately identical new beams. To do this, we divide and bandage each bundle closer to the center. You can make the rays smaller, it depends on the thickness of the beam.
Now you need to trim the bundles with scissors, cutting off the excess. So we formed rays for the sun. You need to cut so that the rays are the same.
Now you need red and white felt. We will make a funny muzzle. From white felt, cut out 2 identical ovals for the eye. Let's make the ovals a little more elongated. Then cut out a mouth with a tongue from red felt. Cut out in one piece. You can make it in any other shape, for example, cut out plump lips.
Draw pupils with black paint or nail polish. To do this, it is convenient to use a toothpick or a match. Let the eyes dry.
Decorate the sun with a bow of thin satin ribbon. You can take a ribbon of any color.
Glue eyes and mouth with hot glue. We also glue the bow on top. If there is no glue, then you can sew the details with a regular thread.
It remains to make a loop from the same thread and attach it at the back. On it the sun can be hung in any convenient place.
Such a sun made of threads was made by Malyshev Artem:
Today I want to show you how folk amulet "Solar symbol". Since it is inconvenient to show this in photographs, watch the video and do it with your children.
To make the Solar symbol, you will need the remains of multi-colored threads and two sticks, straight birch twigs are best, because birch has long been considered a sacred tree in Russia. We recently had a strong wind, there were a lot of broken branches on the ground, we need to put them into action. In addition, the weather is cloudy again, but I want the sun.
So let's get started:
In the book “Russian rituals and traditions. Folk doll ”(I.N. Kotova, A.S. Kotova) I found the meanings attached to different colors by our ancestors:
“White in crafts has always symbolized the shrine, green - life, blue - mystery, red - sacrifice, orange - the grace of God and His presence, blue - purity and innocence. Yellow is the color of warmth and love, lilac is sadness, purple is victory, crimson is the color of greatness, turquoise is the color of youth, pink is childhood, black is the color of emptiness and lack of happiness. Black combined with blue symbolized mystery, and black with green symbolized old age.
The finished solar symbol can be hung in front of the door so that everyone who enters experiences positive emotions. Our answer to feng shui, so to speak 🙂
isothread
Cute crafts can be done in. For example, as in these master classes by Tatyana Yablonskaya.
The first option is the sun in the sky.
Prepare:
- blue cardboard,
- yellow paper,
- yellow thread
- and a needle.
From the wrong side of the cardboard, draw 2 circles. One is big and the other is half the size. Draw 4 lines intersecting at the center of the circles. On a small circle, place dots at a distance of 1 cm.
Number the dots as shown in the photo.
Take a needle with yellow thread. Poke a hole at each point with a needle. Start work from point 1. From the wrong side, stick a needle with a bright thread into it, pull it to point 2 along the front side, then bring it out at point 3.
When you get to point 11, this ornament will begin to appear on the front side of the work.
Continue to embroider according to the given algorithm.
When you sew all the points, you will get such a circle. This is the sun.
Then draw rays on the wrong side, as shown in the photo.
Insert the thread at point 0 and sew in turn according to the scheme: 1-0-2-0-3-0 and so on. It turns out here is such a ray.
Gradually embroider the remaining rays.
In total, you should get 8 rays.
From yellow paper, cut a circle according to the diameter of the embroidered sun. Glue in the center of the embroidery.
This is how the sun turned out. If you wish, you can draw a face for him.
The second option is an orange sun.
Prepare a sheet of orange cardboard. Draw a circle on the wrong side and cut it out.
In this circle, draw another smaller circle.
In the center of the small circle, draw 4 intersecting lines. Place dots along the perimeter at a distance of 0.5-1 cm from one another. Fill in the numbers as shown in the photo.
Poke a hole at each point with a needle. Now start embroidering. First, pull the needle to point number 1 to secure the knot from the wrong side. The thread lies on the front side of the cardboard and enters point No. 2. It passes through point No. 3 and again exits to the front side. The stitch goes "over the face" and the needle comes out at point number 4. Continue in the same way.
If you look at the front side, then this picture will appear there.
Gradually, the circle will be filled with ornament.
When you sew all the points, you will get such a sun.
On one of the corners, draw and number points from 0 to 10.
Embroidery goes according to the scheme: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3 ... 0-10. A ray appears on the front side!
Repeat the manipulations and embroider 1 more beam.
Make 8 rays in total.
This is what the back side of the work looks like.
It remains only to cut off the excess edges of the cardboard. The sun in the technique of sinking is ready!
And a very simple craft - sun made of cardboard and thread, which even children can do, an option for kindergarten:
Take a sheet of yellow cardboard. Cut out 2 circles with a diameter of 8-9 cm.
Tip: if you take double-sided colored cardboard, then one circle will be enough.
Glue the circles with PVA glue, make holes along the edge of the workpiece with a hole punch.
It turns out a circle with neat holes. Prepare the threads for knitting orange and red shades.
Cut them into pieces 12-15 cm long.
Take 1 thread of each color, connect them together. Fold in half and put the resulting loop through one of the holes.
Then thread the ends of the threads through the loop and tighten at the edge of the circle.
Take 2 more threads and do the same manipulations.
Repeat the process as many times as you have punched holes. You will get the sun with long rays.
Tip: if you thread more threads (up to 10 pieces) into the holes, then the rays will turn out to be more lush and voluminous.
Flip your work over. On it you will see a different pattern.
Use a marker to draw a face for the sun to revive it a little.
The result of your efforts is a fun and provocative craft for Maslenitsa!
From felt
The sun is one of the main symbols of the wonderful Maslenitsa holiday. In this master class, we will make a funny and bright sun out of felt.
To make crafts for Maslenitsa, you will need:
- Felt yellow and orange;
- Needle;
- Thread for sewing;
- Scissors;
- Sintepon;
- Satin ribbon;
- Black paint or nail polish;
- Paper;
- Pencil, ballpoint pen.
How to make the sun for Shrovetide in stages
Cut out a circle from yellow felt. This will be the center of the sun, so the size of the future craft depends on the size of the circle. You can use a template. To do this, on a white sheet of paper, you need to draw an even circle or circle any round object that fits in size. Then this circle needs to be cut out, circled on the felt and cut out the part already from the felt.
Now you need to draw a template for the rays of the sun. You can use plain paper and pencil, or take cardboard. The rays need to be drawn the same, so you can use a ruler. After the template is ready, you need to cut it out.
Now you need to attach the template to the orange felt and circle it with a ballpoint pen or felt-tip pen. Also, if there is no orange felt, you can use red.
Now you need to work out the front part, namely to draw a face. To do this, attach a round piece to the orange one and insert the thread into the needle. Then you need to embroider a smile on your face, piercing both parts with a needle. You can embroider with regular stitches or chain stitch.
Now you need to attach the back of the sun to the front and sew 2 parts together, evenly aligning the rays so that the back ones do not stick out. In this case, you can slightly fill the part with padding polyester, but not tightly so that the sun does not swell.
At this stage, you will need black paint or nail polish and a toothpick. We draw eyes in the form of 2 points. Let the paint or varnish dry thoroughly.
Cheeks can be made pink using blush.
And to make the craft even brighter and more elegant, you can decorate it with a satin ribbon bow. It can simply be tied and glued on with glue or sewn on. You can take a ribbon of any color.
Craft in the form of the sun from felt is ready! It is perfect for decorating the interior for the holiday, or as a souvenir for friends and family.
Felt stand in the form of the sun
Not a single Maslenitsa celebration takes place without the most important symbol of this holiday - pancakes. Pancakes, in turn, symbolize the sun.
Therefore, the Shrovetide table should be decorated with elements with the image of the sun. For example, you can make such bright and original coasters made of felt in the form of the sun, which will bring a piece of spring warmth into the festive atmosphere.
Materials and tools that we will need in the process of making crafts:
- Dense felt of bright yellow color;
- Red threads;
- Needle;
- Scissors;
- Ruler;
- Pencil;
- Glue "Moment" transparent;
- Compasses or any other round object.
Felt for the stand is desirable to take dense, so that it holds its shape well. Otherwise, the stand may quickly wear out and lose its original appearance.
Using a compass or any other round object, such as a saucer, draw two circles on thick felt. The diameter of these circles should be slightly larger than the diameter of the bottom of the mug.
Cut out these circles with scissors.
Now, from the felt of the same color, we cut out strips about 1 cm wide and 4 cm long. There should be quite a lot of such strips to cover the sun with “rays” along the entire diameter. You can make "rays" and a little narrower, but then their number will increase.
After that, we take one of the previously prepared strips and fold it in half. We glue the ends with the help of transparent glue "Moment".
Then we drip glue on the glued part on the front side and glue the "ray" to the stitched circle on the back side.
Glue the remaining rays in the same way as the first. And so we do around the edge of the circle.
On the back it looks like this:
Now we take the second circle and glue it on the back so that the tips of the “rays” close. Press a little with your hands so that the circle sticks better.
If you want the stand to be used on both sides, you can also sew it with red threads before gluing the second circle so that it turns out to be double-sided.
Felt stand "Sun" is ready. Happy Shrovetide to you!
Sculpt the sun
By you can blind the sun "antique" from polymer clay, salt dough or plasticine.
From paper
This craft is bright and simple, it is suitable for kids who will be happy to make it on the eve of a wonderful folk holiday.
To make the sun, you need to prepare:
- sheets of bright paper or leftovers from previous work;
- scissors;
- glue;
- black gel pen or felt-tip pen;
- simple pencil;
- cardboard optional;
- pink and yellow pencil.
Take bright paper for work. From a yellow or orange leaf, you need to make the sun itself, and from the stripes of other colors you get rainbow rays.
On the selected sheet of paper, for example, orange, make a simple pencil sketch of the sun. Apply a circle, make curls around it in the form of flames, and also decorate curly bangs.
Cut out your blank along the contour. Get an orange wavy cloud.
Duplicate all the pencil lines with a black gel pen and make eyes, eyebrows, a mouth for the sun, that is, make a pretty face. And also shade the rays with pink and yellow pencils. The central district itself can be omitted in black, you get a ruddy sun. If you want to make the craft more dense, then duplicate the shape of the cut product on cardboard and cut it out, but do not glue it yet.
Cut the kaleidoscope of rainbow leaves prepared for the rays into thin strips. Use red, green, blue and other rays to make the craft look bright and festive.
From the bottom, on the reverse side, glue the rays to the sun, spreading them to the sides. Make a kind of fan. Instead of paper, a thin satin ribbon or other suitable material is also suitable. Now, if you prepared a cardboard blank, glue it on the back.
A bright paper craft for the Shrovetide holiday is ready. She exudes warmth and spring freshness. It leaves the impression that the sun is baking pancakes, which are so popular this week. In the same scenario, you can make a large-scale craft of a similar plan to decorate a wall in a room or in a classroom.
Facing method
Craft for the development of fine motor skills of children, such a prefabricated application from pieces of crepe paper. Description of the artwork by Tatyana Yablonskaya.
To work with children in this technique, you need corrugated paper and a piece of cardboard.
On white cardboard, stencil a sun with rays.
Cut yellow and orange corrugated paper into squares with sides of 1 cm.
Apply PVA glue to the drawing. Arm yourself with a pen rod. take one paper square, attach to the blunt end of the rod and wrap the paper around the plastic base. It turns out an element called trimming.
Attach the miter to the place where the glue is applied, and carefully pull the rod out.
So gradually fill the circle with yellow trimmings.
Form a mouth from pink squares, a nose from orange, and eyes from purple. The face of the sun is ready!
This is what the sun looks like, completely pasted over with paper elements. This craft looks bright and textured!
If desired, excess cardboard can be cut off and glued to a wooden stick or some surface.
From dough or plasticine
Let's now blind the sun, in stages, together with Tatyana Yablonskaya.
You can sculpt any volumetric figures from plasticine. If you choose to work with salt dough, then it is better to put something in the center, for example, foil, then the craft will be easier and dry faster.
Take a small piece of yellow and put it on a plastic file for documents or a lining for modeling.
Roll it into a layer of centimeter thickness. This can be done by hand, but it is better to purchase a special roller for modeling.
Now take a stencil of the sun, cut out of paper in advance, and place it on top of the dough.
With a stack or a knife, cut off the excess parts according to the stencil.
It turns out here is such a radiant sun.
Roll out the rest of the dough and cover it with a hemisphere, as shown in the photo.
Stick it in the sun. Now the craft has become voluminous.
Form eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth from white dough and stick them on the convex part.
Paint the added details with gouache paint, leave the work to dry.
Cut out a cloud from blue cardboard and transfer the finished craft to it.
AT modern world handicrafts there are a lot of different directions for making things, household items, toys, etc. with your own hands. Now it is fashionable to sew Tild dolls. But, unfortunately, our ancient Slavic shoreline dolls were completely unfairly forgotten! They were made not only to decorate the interior, but also as ritual symbols or gifts that had a specific purpose. They were made from various improvised materials: clay, shreds of fabrics, straw, etc. Ahead is the holiday beloved by women - March 8th! Banal ones are already boring and do not bring joy and pleasant surprise. The donated doll will not only cause admiration for your skill, but will definitely cause positive emotions, being remembered for a long time!
You can make a charm doll from what you have. It can be ordinary sewing threads, any yarn, etc. This MK describes the manufacture of a doll from a bast brush. You can buy it at any hardware or hardware store.
For work we need:
- glue gun;
- multi-colored satin ribbons of various widths;
- patches of fabric;
- matches;
- scissors;
- bast brush;
- spoke;
- transparent tape;
- some lace;
- scissors.
We untie the knots on the brush using the pointed edge of the knitting needle. We do not throw out the resulting ties, they will still be useful in the future.
Inside the brush, the bast is compressed with tree bark, which is not only poorly fixed, but also crumbles badly. Why around the table to become garbage all the time. We press the bark with one hand, and with the second free we fix the transparent adhesive tape.
After that, we straighten the fibers as shown in the photo to form the future head of our doll.
We tie with the remaining ties two knots above the edge of the bark, leaving long ends for the loop.
Using a knitting needle, we align the fibers.
Separate equal bundles for the arms on the sides.
At the level of 1/3, we tie all the lengths of the beam with the remnants of the bast, first with one knot. If you use threads, then two, since the knot of them will “slide”.
We bend in half and put the bundle on the first knot.
Now we tie into two knots and we fill the ends from the bast inside the bundle.
We repeat the same procedure on the other side. In the end, it should turn out like this.
Cut off the protruding fibers on both sides with scissors.
We make a loop at the back.
We cut out a piece of 10x10 cm from any fabric.
We tie it around the doll's head in any way. And fix it with a glue gun.
Cut a satin ribbon (width 2.5 cm) into 6 pieces 5 cm long.
Then, from a tape of the same color (width 5 cm), we make two identical segments of 10 cm each. All 8 segments must be scorched so that the ribbons do not “crumble”.
Alternately, we glue short strips on the "hands" of the doll, we begin to glue them from below, laying the next one on top of the previous one.
We glue the resulting shoulders with narrow (width 1.5 cm) satin ribbons of the same color 12 cm long.
Then we close the body of the coaster doll with wide ribbons.
Not so long ago, on the pages of "Cross" we talked about why our Slavic ancestors created amulets. Here we will show each coaster doll in more detail, tell you why and how to make it with your own hands.
The bird of joy is a ritual chrysalis that was used to attract Spring. In order for Spring to come, in early March, married women who were the main characters in the rite, and young girls put on bright outfits and went beyond the edge of the village to call for spring. They wore hats in the form of birds, decorated with fur edges and feathers, that is, the women themselves appeared in the form of birds, because they believed that Spring flies on the wings of a bird.
There was even such a sign - if a bird sits on a woman's head, arm or shoulder, then she will be lucky and happy all year.
This doll makes a woman feel her destiny and attractiveness. It is made on birch wood.
Doll-Veduchka or Leading to life
Veduchka has always been made by a woman who wanted to be a good mother, who always wanted to understand what her child wants and to educate him correctly. This doll has a special structure: the hands of mother and child are a single whole. Such a twist symbolizes unity, close connection, love and closeness of mother and child.
Mom needs to make a Veduchka doll for her child herself, with her own hands, so that the amulet has more strength and protects him more reliably. And to make such a doll is within the power of any mother who has at least initial sewing skills.
The amulet doll Odolen-Grass has a special sign of the Sun with it - a solar symbol.
It is believed that all solar signs are very strong protectors. Therefore, our ancestors respectfully treated this amulet! It is also called the Double Sign of Fire, which is a very important and most important Slavic talisman, because it protects a person from all sorts of illnesses and misfortunes. The Slavs dedicated the amulet Odolen-Grass to God Svarog and Radunitsy.
The action of the amulet increases at the time when the child laughs or some good deeds are done. It was believed that the Odolen-Grass doll was able to ward off “evil charm” from a person, in connection with this, in Russia there has always been a special attitude towards him!
To enhance the effect of the "Odolen-Grass" amulet, they say:
"Odolen-Grass Charm, help to overcome evil people so that they do not think badly of me, so that they do not wish evil, do not do evil! Slavic amulet Odolen-Grass, help to avert all sidelong glances, bad words, as well as bad deeds!
Kubishka-Travnitsa is a healing amulet doll that helps to clean the air in the house and carry out prevention from diseases. Usually it was placed in that part of the house where the air stagnated, or hung over the cradle. It was necessary to crush the bag of herbs before going to bed to fill the room with aroma, and then the air would become healing and everyone would sleep better.
Actually the body of the Herbal Puppy is the pouch filled with medicinal herbs. The use of the capsule depends on the herbs that the pouch is filled with.
For example, if you want a doll to have a calming effect, fill it with fresh sawdust, bark, pine needles and buckwheat or motherwort, lemon balm and pharmacy chamomile.
You can watch a small master class on creating a Do-It-Yourself Herbal Pot in the video from the "Academy of Development":
MINT - contributes to the improvement of mental activity. There is a legend that the mint is named after the goddess Menta, personifying the mind, memory and common sense. It was believed that students during the period of passing exams or those who study philosophy - a difficult science, should wear mint wreaths. Mint contains substances that have anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects, namely phytoncides.
LAVENDER - has high antibacterial properties, and in addition, lavender has a pleasant aroma. It will help you get rid of a severe headache, high blood pressure or relieve pain from intracranial pressure.
MELISSA - has a mild hypnotic effect, is used for violations of the heart rhythm (relieves cardiac arrhythmia), and also relieves nervous trembling, which some people experience at night. Another melissa lowers arterial pressure slows down breathing.
St. John's wort - used for insomnia and neurasthenia.
Thyme - has always been considered an excellent antiseptic. Thyme is also anti-inflammatory, analgesic, expectorant, bronchodilator, antispasmodic, etc. It is also used as a mild sleeping pill. Thyme is used for bronchitis and excruciating cough.
ORANGE - renders sedative effect. And also with angina kills the microbial flora.
Krupenichka Doll and Rich Man
Slavic amulet dolls Krupenichka and the Rich Man bring abundance to the family. The Krupenichka chrysalis is also called Grain, Grain or Pea. Krupenichka looks simple, but it has a great symbolic meaning, so it has the status of "the main doll in the house."
Among the ancient Slavs, the main type of food was porridge, which, as they believed, gave "powerful vitality", so the process of growing grain was given great importance. So, when sowing grain, the first grains were taken from the bag of this chrysalis, since they had the meaning of “the saved forces of the Nurse of the Earth”.
The Slavs believed that since the earth gives (gives birth) a crop, then the image that this crop gives is female. So Krupenichka is more important, and the Rich Man is at her aid.
Initially, linen or sacking was used in the manufacture of Krupenichka, and buckwheat grain was poured inside. And it was very much appreciated, because it was rare and the attitude towards it was special. Then, by the end of the 19th century, they began to fill Krupenichka with millet, wheat and peas. Hence the names Zernovushka and Pea appeared.
After the new harvest ripened, the chrysalis was again filled with fresh grain, dressed up and placed in the Red Corner or in the kitchen, but always in a prominent place. Krupenichek was always given into the hands of guests or given to children to play, because they believed that the more people hold it, the more energy the grain inside the chrysalis will be saturated and then the next year will be prosperous for the family, they will be lucky and will not suffer hunger. Also, charmed coins could be invested in dolls.
Baba Yaga is always associated with evil and deceit, an evil witch who lives in a deep forest. But it's not! Baba Yaga is a good helper and sensible adviser. She will always tell you where to find living water or the Firebird, how to protect yourself from enemies or find loyal friends.
Baba Yaga can be a very good talisman and keeper of the hearth. It is hung on windows or doors as a talisman at home. As they say, she “lets her own people in, but sweeps out strangers,” so they do it with a broom or a broom.
In Russia, the rowan tree was treated with great reverence, just like the Mother! They never broke a mountain ash just like that, because they knew what strong protective qualities it had.
Therefore, the existence in Russia of such a doll-amulet as Ryabinka is quite understandable. She symbolizes motherhood female wisdom, hearth, is a talisman of family happiness, keeping true love from misfortune.
Name days were celebrated at the Ryabinka doll 4 times a year, and it was made only when the fruits ripened - in the fall, on the fourth name day. A person, not knowing the true strength of the mountain ash, a flexible and small tree, sees in its branch the symbol of the Perun Mace (the mountain ash is the berry of the thunder god Perun.).
The amulet doll will have magical properties if it is made on a crosspiece of rowan twigs.
She will be able to relieve depression or damage from the evil eye, protect from the energy of the dead world. To do this, the rowan should be hung opposite or near front door- she, like a warrior, will protect and will not let negativity into the house.
The well-to-do woman fills the house with joy, brings prosperity and prosperity to it, blocks the penetration of evil forces. If you want to give this amulet, then give with the wishes of well-being.
The chrysalis must be made in one day; the process cannot be transferred to the next.
And inside the doll you need to put a coin with the number 5, because it is 5 that is the number of well-being in numerology.
A five-ruble coin put inside the doll (author - Anastasia Bobrovnikova)
The chrysalis can be put in a conspicuous place, or you can hide it. To determine where to put the doll, you need to trust her choice.
Pick up a doll and stand in the middle of the room, relax and listen to yourself. Wherever your thought takes you, go there.
Even from a distant or hidden place, the Well-Being One will always be on guard, will protect the owners of the house and take care of them, because she is sitting on a Happiness-bag.
Plantain is a ritual doll. She was given on the road so that the traveler would be accompanied by good luck. Most often it was made by a mother for her son or a wife for her husband.
Only the one who made it and the one to whom it was made can pick up Plantain.
The image of the Plantain consists of a clean (white) face, like all coastline dolls, so that evil spirits cannot move through the face, as well as a bag of grain, so that the traveler always has the opportunity to find food on the road. In the bag they could put the earth taken from the native threshold, or the ashes from the stove at home. It was believed that then a person could always find his way home.
The plantain pupa is made small, about 5-7 cm in height, so that it is convenient to put it in your pocket, backpack or bag, and maybe even in a small clutch or reticule.
Amulet Successful person embodies a person who is successful in any job - in the home or in the monetary sphere, can perform any work efficiently and on time. This nodular doll (motanka) is made to help in any undertaking, in promoting career growth, prosperity, luck in personal life. This is a stately, beautifully dressed, neat doll, which confidently rests on its feet. A cloth bag hangs on her shoulder - she serves as a symbol of the deeds that she can do.
In order for the work performed to bring a stable income, put a coin or banknote in the bag of the Successful!
Every time the case is successful or you receive a cash reward, be sure to thank the Successful Woman, share some money with her or give her a piece of jewelry made of ribbons or beads.
Chrysalis Thread of Fate
Doll-amulet Thread of Fate will help get rid of sadness, melancholy and despondency. It will also bring prosperity, prosperity and good luck, help in any endeavors, in work and in the implementation of the plan.
If you think about how you live, what components are the basis of your life, decide to look from the inside or from the outside at your behavior, your manners and comprehend all this, then the Thread of Fate doll will help. It will help you cut off everything superfluous, unnecessary and leave only the sincere and pure.
Kolyada is a solar symbol. This portly woman, who is dressed in everything smart and new, she maintains good relations in the family. The Slavs believed that when Kolyada comes to the house, happiness, harmony and peace come with her.
Kolyada is an ancient Slavic holiday of the Winter Solstice, also called the holiday of the Birth of the Sun. It began 3 days after the winter solstice and lasted until the end of winter Christmas time.
On the eve of the holiday, a ritual doll Kolyada was made as a symbol of well-being, the fulfillment of the desired, happiness, and, moreover, a talisman against evil forces. It was believed that "God Kolyada comes into the world with light and goodness, having defeated evil and darkness." The fate of Kolyada could be different - it was either left for one year as a talisman, or burned on the last day of Christmas.
They made carols only from new fabric and on a birch log. Birch is a tree symbolizing light, femininity and purity, protecting from the evil eye and treating melancholy. Kolyada has 2 bags in his hands - the first with grain, the other with salt. These are symbols of goodness, prosperity and fertility.
Shestiruchka is considered the patroness of women's crafts. She is an indispensable assistant for those who are engaged in needlework. Shestiruchka will save your hands from fatigue, help you properly distribute work so that you have enough time and energy for all things. Sometimes Shestiruchka is also called Filippovka. She has a bundle with grains and coins hanging on her belt so that everything she does with her own hands brings profit.
Kupalo helps to find true and bright love, restores vitality, removes sadness and longing, heals depression and strengthens the bonds of marriage.
The ancient holiday - the day of Kupala - is full of mysticism, will take.
And the ignorant, it used to be, will find the answer for himself.
On a clean holiday - Kupala Day, let trouble burn with fire,
And water, like a veil, will hide grief forever.
The bell is considered a doll of good news. She comes from Valdai. From her came the Valdai Bells.
From ancient times, the ringing of a bell protected from various terrible and deadly diseases. And also bells were always hung on an arc on festive triplets. Bells have a domed shape and resemble the sun from above.
The doll has 3 skirts. They indicate that any person has 3 kingdoms - copper, silver and gold.
Happiness also consists of 3 parts - the body is good, which means the soul is calm, and if the soul is calm, then the spirit is calm, which means the person is happy.
The bell is a cheerful, mischievous doll, with its enthusiasm brings joy to the house. She is a guardian Have a good mood. Give a bell to the one to whom you wish joy, good mood and only good news.
A ten-handle is a great helper in household chores. Women or girls made a ten-handle to add strength in housekeeping. The chrysalis was often given as a wedding gift to brides, and if the woman was already married, then she was given for the Filippovka holiday, which was celebrated on November 27th. At the same time, they wished the hostesses to be in time everywhere and in everything without unnecessary expenditure of effort, figuratively speaking, having 10 hands.
The Ten-handed doll was made for the holiday of the Intercession, by October 14th. They made it from bast bast, red threads, multi-colored ribbons and flax in strands. At the bottom, on the hem of the sundress, 9 bows of red threads were necessarily tied. A ten-handle could be made from straw or bast, and then they called it a splinter.
When women made a doll, they really hoped for her help, so they put their soul, their intentions, secrets and energy into it. Consequently, the process acquired special significance.
Until the doll is completely ready, do not let go of it, do not break away from the manufacturing process, and it is not even recommended to have conversations with anyone at this time! And when the Ten Hand is ready, read a prayer over it and leave it under the icon for the night.
This doll helped not only at home, but also in the field. She was even taken to church to cleanse all the negativity accumulated in her. At home, Ten Hands was planted where the hostess was most often. She was never given into the hands of strangers and children were never allowed to play with her.
Swaddles are protective dolls for the little ones. They were always placed in the cradle of a baby, so that the doll protected from diseases and the evil eye. And they also helped women during childbirth.
The swaddle, like all dolls-amulets, has no face. The Slavs believed that if the doll has its own face, then it can only take care of itself, and when the doll is faceless, it protects everyone living in the house, the house itself or the specific person for whom the doll was made.
The diaper is a doll wrapped in a diaper with a handkerchief and with a swaddling belt. Since ancient times, all children were swaddled with a swaddling cloth, this had both practical and protective significance.
Women made Swaddles in the last weeks of pregnancy, with positive thoughts about their future child, and immediately put her in the cradle so that the chrysalis lived in and warmed her.
The size of the swaddle is such that it can easily fit in the child's hand. To create a chrysalis, a piece of already worn clothing was used from a fabric made at home and keeping the warmth of an adult, and such fabric could also provide birth protection. In the manufacture, neither scissors nor needles were used, so as not to injure the doll.
There is a belief that before the baptism, the newborn must be protected from evil spirits, and the Pelenashka must take on all the bad things that can harm the baby.
Putting the Pelenashka in the cradle, you need to say:
"Drowsy is insomnia, don't play with my baby, play with this doll."
And when relatives and friends came to look at the child, the doll was placed in the folds of a handkerchief.
Leaving, the guests said to Pelenashka: “Oh, how good the doll is!”
After the child was baptized, the Pelenashka was removed from the cradle and kept together with the baptismal garment.
Lovebirds are a ritual wedding amulet doll, which has a great symbolic meaning. It is named so because the chrysalis is made as a whole. Both parts, man and woman, are inseparable, they have one common hand, as a symbol of family union and common destiny. The doll is usually given as a wedding gift to newlyweds or already married couples. couples to keep the family strong.
A special feature of the Lovebirds is the common arm based on a long wooden torch. It was made by bridesmaids as a symbol of masculine and feminine principles.
Lovebirds are a talisman of a strong family and a symbol of life together, they, as they say, go "hand in hand." In the same way, a wife and husband should always be one in every situation, in trouble and in joy.
To this day, there is a tradition to give Lovebirds for a wedding. They make Lovebirds with their own hands and give from the bottom of their hearts to the nascent family with wishes to always be inseparable.
According to an ancient Russian tradition, Lovebirds were hung under the arc of a harness of horses carrying the newlyweds to the groom's house from the church after the wedding. Our ancestors tirelessly believed that the fate of any person can be influenced by making him a similar figure, both in a negative and in a positive sense. Therefore, the "wedding train" was certainly given Special attention. Outside the walls of their home, the newlyweds were considered especially vulnerable to all sorts of negative manifestations, such as envious glances or the tricks of evil sorcerers. The wedding train was steered in such complicated ways, lined up with barriers to deceive all those evil spirits and cover their tracks.
The wood for the manufacture of the torch was carefully selected, not every tree is suitable for such a job. For example, they never took branches of alder or linden, because, as the Slavs believed, they were related to evil spirits. First, the female part is done, then the male part. Then they are attached to this torch, thereby securing their own position on the family tree. Be sure the dolls should have something in common in clothes - the same pattern on the belts or color.
Lovebirds were not just kept in the Red Corner after the wedding, but also with the advent of children, Martinchik pupae were added to them. Martinchiki were tied from bundles of white thread. Lovebirds were moved apart in different directions and children were planted on a torch between them. There were as many as there were children in the family.
Spiridon-solstice is a ritual doll that was made to achieve the desired changes in life. It was believed that Spiridon-Solstice, turning the wheel that he holds in his hands, turns life in the desired direction.
Spiridon-Solstice is associated with the ancient Slavic god Svarog. It was believed that he created people and crafts, and is also the patron saint of family ties.
The wheel in his hands depicts the Sun and has eight spokes. Thanks to the sun, which gives light and heat, all living things exist and function. The Sun also gives everyone responsibility and punctuality, because it gives light to everyone equally and it always rises on time, and where there is responsibility, there will always be prosperity.
For a man, Spiridon is a good assistant in business, business and household. It is also given to motorists as a talisman. Spiridon-Solstice helps to hold the steering wheel tighter.
Spiridon helps a woman with her own hands to seize the helm of life, choose her own life path, to be “at the right time in the right place”, and also to achieve success in creativity and business.
Spiridon-Solstice can stand anywhere in the master's house.
We hope that we have helped you understand the purpose of each charm doll. If possible, we will definitely share with you detailed master classes on how to create them!
You can visually look at other amulet dolls in the video from the folk master of Russia - Maya Anatolyevna Sysoeva:
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