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How to Make Patterns and Permanent Templates
You need patterns and templates mainly for sewing crafts, wood crafts and paper crafts. Creating permanent templates is easy and has a couple of advantages. First, if you wish to create the same project more than once you will save a lot of time because the template is already prepared. And second, if you are working with a group, the templates are durable and can be easily passed along to the next person. Permanent templates are especially useful when making crafts with children.
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Wood Craft for Halloween - Scroll Saw Project - Wooden Crow and Pumpkin
This crow can be found wandering around the pumpkin patch in the autumn season. This project is of average difficulty and is completed within an afternoon.
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For this project you will need:
- 10 mm plywood other choice of wood for the pumpkins, grass,
crow and base piece
- 4 or 6 mm plywood for the crow’s wings
- acrylic paints in the following colors: orange, red, green, yellow,
black, white and brown
- old toothbrush
- round and flat paintbrushes
- standard wood sawing supplies
- two 3.5 cm long and 35mm wide wood screws
- drill and 32 mm wide bit
- wooden skewers
- drill bit the width of the skewers
- wood glue
- natural green raffia
- hot glue gun
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Instructions:
1. Print out the patterns to the size you need and transfer the markings on to the wood. Saw out for each pumpkin an additional “slice” piece. This will give the pumpkins a 3-D look.
2. Cut a base out in a roundish form and cut 2 tulip shaped pieces out. These will be the grass pieces.
3. Saw all of the pieces out and sandpaper the pieces smooth.
4. Paint all of the pieces accordingly.
5. Drybrush shading and highlights on all of the pieces.
6. Drill the holes in the base of the pumpkins and the grass pieces.
7. Drill a hole in the crow’s body and a hole in the crow feet. Insert the skewer in the holes forming legs. Use wood glue to secure these in place.
8. Glue the slices onto the pumpkins. Screw the pumpkins and grass pieces now onto the base.
9. Glue the crow’s feet onto the base.
10. Use natural raffia to create a natural grass effect if desired
Free Craft Patterns: Crow Craft Pattern Pumpkin Craft Pattern
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All patterns, pictures and text found on Craftideas.info are property of this website and may be only printed out and used for private or non-commercial purposes, such as school classes. It is not permitted to use the text or pictures on the internet or in any other publication.
Autumn Crafts for Kids
Autumn Fabric Crafts
Autumn Wood Crafts
Autumn General Crafts
Autumn Greeting Cards
Autumn Paper Crafts
Halloween Crafts
Pumpkin Crafts
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How to Dry Brush Wood
Drybrushing is one of many painting techniques and is easy to learn. It is very effective in shading or highlighting your painted items. Thus giving them a more realistic look. Color plays an important role in dry brushing. You may choose a light contrast for a dark color or a dark contrast for a light color. After practicing on a few pieces, you will discover which colors work best with each other. Consider the item you are painting and what color it is. Important is to dry brush the item with a contrast color and yet the contrast color should also enhance the color of the item you are painting. For example, let us choose the color white. An obvious contrast would be a darker shade. Depending on what you are painting, a shade such as light brown, grey, blue look well on white. On the other hand the color black can only be shaded with a lighter color. You may choose grey or white. When painting with other colors, you may choose lighter or darker shades. For example the color green can be shaded with a darker hue or a lighter hue depending on the effect you would like to create. Important is to experiment. The more you practice, the more secure you will feel about shading and highlighting. Not only can you dry brush wood but also plaster of Paris castings, pappmaché boxes, and other painted items.
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How to Saw Wood Out Using a Scroll Saw
This tutorial demonstrates cutting along the outside edge of a piece. This example of a leaf hows how to handle sharp angles. Otherwise sawing with a scroll saw is easy and fun. Most pieces you will be cutting have smoother and gradual curves and longer lines to cut. Please work in a well ventilated room when using a scroll saw and avoid inhalating fine dust particles if possible. Wear a paper mask if you can.It is highly recommended to wear safety glasses or goggles to prevent eye injury from flying wood pieces or breaking saw blades. When sawing, avoid putting your fingers too close to the blade. If you have the necessity to remove excess cut away pieces that have fallen off, turn the machine off before doing so. Always use both hands when cutting the wood. Work with larger pieces and when cutting out a small piece, see that you have enough material to get a good grip on. Rather waste a bit more material.
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Next Craft >>> Jack o’ Lantern Trio
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