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DIY Pasta Crafts

Pasta Crafts

A simple and interesting type of needlework made from natural materials is gaining more and more popularity. Kitchens and dining rooms of many houses are decorated with panels of cereals and seeds, in kindergartens there are training sessions on the manufacture of figures from the dough, beautiful applications. You can introduce a child to creativity with the help of any materials at hand. An unusual option - pasta crafts. This way of creating all kinds of decor requires minimal financial costs. It is enough to clearly follow the recommendations in the instructions to create your own real pasta masterpiece.

Features of the manufacture of crafts

Macaroni is used to create flat and voluminous single figures or compositions. It is easy to work with them due to high strength, excellent fixing qualities. A rough surface involves the use of any adhesive. A variety of sizes and shapes allows you to implement the most original ideas.

Finished pasta crafts are easy to decorate and well stored. Getting started is best with simple geometric shapes of the correct form. Training workshops will help you understand how to use parts of various shapes, lay the basics for designing more complex crafts.

Try yourself better first in simple techniques for decorating bulk objects. For such purposes, baskets, vases, pots are suitable. The work consists in pasting in a mosaic way pasta to the finished product. Bonding pasta to each other is a more complex type of needlework. Having correctly selected the type, size of the product, suitable adhesive composition, the workflow will be a pleasure, and the result will exceed all expectations.

Pasta Crafts

How to glue

It is necessary to choose glue depending on the type of craft. For panels, postcards and other flat decor, ordinary PVA is suitable. It has excellent adhesion characteristics, provided that the base is paper.

To assemble a truly strong, durable construction will be possible only with the help of a glue gun. It is necessary to plan the sequence of actions in advance and prepare the material, since the heated transparent mass hardens very quickly. Due to the large simultaneous supply, you will have to prepare a special surface for glue collection and drip a minimal portion on it. Apply the required amount to the pasta with a toothpick.

Another available option is super glue.The convenient shape of the tube allows you to work without preliminary extrusion. But it is worth considering that the compositions often have a yellowish tint. This can negatively affect the aesthetics of the craft. It will be difficult to paint over.

Gluing pasta

How to color

Any figure or application from the paste will have a finished look if it is painted correctly. If large parts are involved in the work, you can do with a brush. Small pasta is a little harder to brighten. You can act in two ways: dye the raw materials before collecting the figures or process the finished product. Depending on the type of crafts, they use food coloring, Easter, watercolor, nail polish, acrylic, various aerosols.

For preliminary staining, simple powder dyes are suitable. The contents of the bags must be diluted according to the instructions with the addition of a fixative, for example, vinegar. A batch of blanks must be dipped for several minutes in a liquid, constantly stirring for uniform coloring. Then remove and put on a foil to dry.

Large crafts requiring a monophonic surface are much more convenient to paint in finished form with spray paint. Dyes in spray cans have many advantages, one of which is a huge color spectrum (silver, gold, bronze). If you need to leave a certain area uncoated, you can simply cover it with paper.

To draw parts using acrylic paints or nail polish. They cannot handle a large volume exactly, but it is quite possible to make successful accents. Very resistant material forms a film after drying, which is not washed off and is not erased.

Macaroni staining

Pasta selection

Macaroni is an affordable consumable item, suitable for the implementation of many original ideas. Long shelf life, good durability make it popular in the world of needlework.Appearance of crafts directly depends on the type and configuration of pasta elements. The most popular are the following:

  • Butterflies (farfalle). Used to decorate postcards, Christmas trees, baskets, topiary;
  • Wheels (rotelli). They make tea sets, pots, decorative coasters and trays;
  • Seashells (konkilye). Suitable for the manufacture of flat, volumetric petals and leaves for panels;
  • Spirals (Fusilli). Of these, the original beads, pendants;
  • Tubes with a straight and oblique cut (tortilloni and penne). Suitable for decoration crown topiary;
  • Asterisks (stelline). Small details will decorate the composition of the night sky, useful for decorating large crafts, Easter eggs.

Types of Pasta

Pasta crafts workshops

These creative crafts will come from unusual material. The only minus of pasta is the uniformity, which can be easily fixed with a simple stain. For working with children, simple figures are suitable without the use of glue and complex manipulations. By following the instructions exactly and performing all the steps step by step, you can create a real masterpiece that will take pride of place in the house.

Pasta crafts workshop

Bright decorative cans

A suitable option for beginners does not involve working with adhesives and laying out a picture. It is enough to stock up with several transparent jars of various bizarre shapes, woolen thread, a piece of burlap and multi-colored dyes.

The pasta must be painted, dried and poured into jars. You can divide them by type and mix or lay out certain portions in layers. Insert a piece of cloth into the lid so that the products do not spill. Beautiful jars will look good in the kitchen next to spices, on a windowsill or on a hanging shelf. This decor will be a great accent spot in any style.

Bright decorative cans with pasta

How to make a box

Among all the ideas, the pasta box looks especially original.You can glue the existing product or create it entirely from paste without using a base. The second option requires some work experience, therefore, people who already understand the essence of the matter should take up the task. For pasta, for crafts, you need to slightly dry, which will make their structure even more dense. For fastening it is necessary to prepare a glue gun.

First of all, you need to make a sketch of a full-size cardboard. We collect pasta in the form of flowers or wheels in patterns for the central decorative part, pens and legs. Then we glue the sides symmetrically, adjust the size of the lid. You must try to place the pasta as close to each other as possible.

When the base is ready, you can proceed to gluing the decor and staining. Carefully fix the patterns on the sides and in the center of the lid. You can choose any color of paint and application method. For the finished product, it is better to use an aerosol can.

Take a box of cakes Apply glue Fasten pasta Glue the whole cover Decorate the edges with beadsGaps are also filled with beads Glue the sides The lid is ready Cooking keychain for pens Glue the lower partAlso on the sides Leave to dry Fasten the keychain Paint Leave the paint to dry.

The lid of the box can be made folding. To do this, it is necessary to glue thin jumpers made of felt or leather to one side and cover.

Pasta box

Decorative samovar

Very painstaking work gives an amazing result. An amazing decorative samovar will surely attract the attention of guests. When performing complex crafts, many nuances must be taken into account. For bonding, it is better to take ordinary PVA. It will take more than one day to work, since it is necessary to let the previous layer dry.

Depending on the shape of the samovar, a method of its manufacture is chosen. If the product should be round, use a balloon to form the base. An elongated body will give a samovar an ordinary three-liter jar. To work on any principle, you will need a square board, glue, cling film and pasta themselves of various configurations. Using the example of the next master class, you can easily make a round samovar with your own hands.

First we make the foundation.We spread the bottom of a pasta of a suitable shape and several rows in a circle. Make it easier on a plate wrapped in foil. When part of the craft is completely dry, remove it and fix the legs. On this stand we now place an inflated ball.

Now spread and glue the pasta around the ball. The body of the samovar should be uniform and symmetrical. After finishing work, the main part must be allowed to dry well. After a day, the ball can burst and get. We proceed to decorating with small elements and coloring.

Decorative pasta samovar

Photo frame design

Photo frames decorated with pasta, cereals look great not only in the interior of the kitchen, but also in any room. Due to the variety of varieties and shapes of the paste, you can make the decoration as unlike the product of manufacture.

Work on the strength of even a child. It is necessary to come up with an interesting idea of ​​the arrangement of piece elements, to prepare in advance the right amount. It can be a small fence made of tubes or spirals, a flower arrangement, clear lines from straight noodles, a chaotic mound of vermicelli.

Cardboard, scissors and pasta Cut the paper Glue cardboard Make the leg For a leg we cut out cardboardPaste paper over cardboard Glue the lace Try on a leg We fix the second end to the base Pass into the slotGlue In the slot we fix the top of the lace We glue the sides Checking stability Leave to dryGlue pasta Leave to dry Cooking paint Apply one coat Then second

It is better to fix pasta on PVA glue. Pour it into a convenient container. We lay out the paste on the frame in the desired order. Now we take the part one by one, dip it in glue and lean it against the surface according to the picture. Any way of coloring can be chosen. Suitable as a manual application of acrylic paint or gouache, and spraying the composition of the spray can.

Macaroni photo frame

Openwork vase

The manufacture of a vase takes place on the principle of gluing all three-dimensional pasta objects. For the manufacture of crafts, you will need figurines of various shapes, a container for the base, decorative accessories in the form of beads, beads, ribbons, various natural materials. Glue is suitable for anyone, even a paste made from home-made flour.

Apply glue to the jar Fasten pasta Pasta in rows From top to bottom Preparing a bottleCrop top Making cuts Heat over the candle Deform the ends We wait until it cools downApply glue to the neck of the jar Fasten the bottle Glue the pasta to the top Leave the glue to dry. Paint

First, we come up with a composition that is suitable for the time of year, the design of the room, will correspond to the chosen topic.Following the given sequence, we apply the details to the container. To make a vase openwork, you need to take pasta of the same type and place close to each other. You can decorate with flowers from shells or spirals in the form of waves or clouds. It remains to apply paint and the craft is ready.

Pasta Vase

Flower Arrangements

Pasta is suitable for making stunning flowers. You can make voluminous buds or a beautiful autumn picture from flat types of pasta. A unique bouquet is requested in an openwork vase of shells and horns. To make it, you need curly pasta, a dense wire, a glue gun, several spray cans of spray paint. Production takes place in several stages:

  1. Cut a piece of wire and string products on it in the form of leaves, imitating a twig. We fix everything with glue.
  2. We make several types of buds. From the wheels you get daisies, spirals and horns, you can stick the tips to the cork from a plastic bottle - these will be asters, chrysanthemums.
  3. We collect the harvested branches into a stalk and twist the wires. We color the leaves in green.
  4. We spray paint on the buds and fasten them to the end of the stems.

To give the most realistic look to crafts, some pasta can be broken gently with nippers and give the elements the necessary shape.

Macaroni flower arrangements

Candlestick

A simple and beautiful candlestick will turn out not only aesthetic, but also functional, safe. You can make it from a low glass jar, a handful of pasta, a plastic cork and a self-tapping screw. We will decorate with acrylic paint and transparent varnish with sparkles for nails.

We screw a screw into the center of the cork, glue a simple structure to the bottom of the jar. We glue the inside and outside of the container with curly pasta and leave to dry. Now paint the paste and apply the sparkles.

You can also complicate the task and make a candlestick without a foundation, using only a temporary form.For this you need to paste pasta with a way of docking a saucer, bowl, small ball, let the figure dry and release the model.

Pasta candle holder

Kettle with a cup

The technique of creating crafts is similar to making a samovar. All kinds of pasta will serve as openwork lace, and proper coloring will allow you to create an original home accessory. The following main parts are collected separately:

  • Kettle. Inflate a tight ball and tie it tightly. Better if it is small. The size of the craft and the consumption of pasta depend on its size. We glue round pasta with each other, rising in a spiral up. The neck is left open. After complete drying, burst the ball, install a stand made of spirals or tubes.
  • Cap. Inflate the ball slightly, making an end to the pear-shaped tail. Paste the model evenly with round paste. We glue two curved pasta in the shape of a heart and make a handle for the lid. On the contour we attach a spiral-shaped vermicelli.
  • A pen. From curved shells (scallops) we collect an arched handle for a teapot and cup. It is necessary to glue several pieces to each other to achieve the desired size.
  • A cup. We choose a suitable base, put on a plastic bag and paste over all the bends with a round paste.
  • Saucer. We wrap the saucer model with foil or cling film. In the shape of the product we glue the pasta, draw out the contours with shells.

Glue the ball pasta After drying, take out the ball In the same way we make a cover Glue the handle The foundation is readyMaking a handle on the kettle We form a foil saucer and glue pasta We decorate the contour with shells We form a foil cup and glue pasta Make a tray

Before gluing prefabricated parts and decorating, it is necessary to paint. The body of the teapot, cup and lid can be painted in one tone, and the handles and jewelry can be made gilded or silver for maximum similarity with a real china service.

Kettle with a cup of pasta

Lampshade for lamp

For the manufacture of edible lampshade, you need a base, glue and the material itself is conveniently shaped for joining. For a small ceiling, you can take a beach ball or an inflatable ball. It will be convenient to make a large chandelier, pasting over a fitball.

Wrap the form with cling film and paste over pasta, trying to fill all the voids. You can make a future lampshade with smooth edges, wavy, sharp protrusions. To collect a large craft, it is better to use a glue gun or glue Moment. The compositions will dry quickly and give strength to the functional product.

After drying, we process the ceiling with spray paint inside and out. We collect flowers from spaghetti nests, paint in any tone and glue to the lampshade. To strengthen the structure and extend the service life, several tight wires should be attached inside the circumference.

Lampshade for pasta lamp

New Year's Eve Ideas

Macaroni is an excellent material for creating crafts of any shape and type. New Year's toys made of pasta will be no less bright than the purchased standard balls or houses. With a little imagination, you can create stunning snowflakes. It is necessary to lay out a symmetrical pattern on the plane and glue it, treat it with spray paint on both sides.

From various types of pasta you can make an excellent Christmas tree. From bows, tubes, shells get an original voluminous craft. It is enough to glue the cone model with raw materials and paint it green. For a flat application, a spiral, vermicelli, already pre-painted with food colors, is suitable.

Sinuous curly products are suitable for the manufacture of Christmas garlands. It is necessary to string spirals, scallops on a string, tie bows to get an interesting festive item for decoration. If you leave it in a natural color, they can decorate the shelves, curtains in the kitchen. Brightly colored options will be the very place on the Christmas tree.

An excellent Christmas wreath will turn out from a paper flat ringlet and pasta. Macaroni must be laid out and glued in any order, painted, decorated with ribbons, textile bows.

Christmas pasta decor

Pasta crafts for Easter

The most popular idea is to make an Easter decorative egg.You will need to prepare the base - make two holes in the shell and blow out the contents. Take two saucers: pour sprocket pasta or broken vermicelli into one, pour glue into the other. Soak the workpiece in an adhesive mass and roll in paste. In the same way, you can decorate an egg made of wood or polystyrene.

From the tubes, bows, shells, you will get beautiful Easter angels, swans. For crafts, you can make a stand or provide a place for a loop. To create large products, such as a church house with a dome, you need to make a cardboard frame.

Easter pasta decoration

Pasta Ideas

The basis for the topiary can be any spherical object. This can be a finished product, for example, a tennis ball or a self-made form of papier-mâché, polyurethane foam. It is necessary to take into account the size of the base and the pasta itself, since the finished craft will have a much larger volume of the original version. As a barrel, you can use a wooden, metal stick.

Before starting the design of the crown, you must select the appropriate theme. Shell topiary will remind you of the sea. The paste must be randomly glued with different sides and painted over in blue. Spaghetti nests will make an excellent fantasy tree. It does not even need to be painted over. A hedgehog from tubes and spirals sticking out in different directions will have a maximally close view to the original topiary.

Macaroni Topari

Conclusion

There is nothing complicated in making pasta crafts. Simple figures and applications will be mastered even by a child. More complex creations will require a little practice and step-by-step instructions. There are many original ideas and easy workshops that will help create real masterpieces. Bright pasta decor will make any interior cozy and original.



I love needlework and everything connected with it. Especially home-made furnishings are my passion!


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