How to make a mushroom house from plaster. Garden figurines made of plaster: mushroom. Funny cat for the garden

Summer and autumn are the time of transformation of the garden, when everything blooms and changes colors, and you want to make it even more interesting. And decorative garden figures- just what you need. You can buy them, or you can make them yourself. In this master class I will show my version of creating mushrooms from plaster.

For work we will need:

Plasticine

Acrylic primer

Sandpaper or abrasive sponge

Acrylic paints

Skewers (wooden or iron sticks 15-20 cm long)

Glue "Moment crystal"

Acrylic relief paste (thin)

Varnish (I have yacht varnish)

First we make the mushroom caps. We make shapes for hats from plasticine. I will have them all of different sizes, since I plan for my mushrooms to turn out all different. These are the molds I made for pouring plaster.

Next, we dilute the plaster and pour it into the molds. The consistency of the gypsum should resemble sour cream. Gypsum adheres well to plasticine, so pre-coating the mold with glycerin or Vasiline is not required.

After 15-20 minutes, the plaster will harden and you can remove the resulting forms from plasticine.

Now we will make the legs for the mushrooms. We take plasticine and roll it into a pancake.

Then we wrap it as shown in the photo.

You need to connect the edges of the plasticine well so that the plaster is poured and it does not leak through the gaps left.

The result is a mold for filling.

Pour in the plaster, wait 15 minutes and remove the resulting form.

While the plaster is soft, we shape the legs and cap using a spatula.

This is what happened.

Let our pieces dry for a couple of days. The plaster will lighten and this will mean that it has dried.

Now we’ll go over the workpieces with sandpaper or an abrasive sponge and make the surface smoother.

Using a drill, we make holes in the legs for future fastening. I did without a drill, since plaster is a fairly soft material.

Now we paint our mushrooms with acrylic paints.

We coat the mushrooms with varnish 3-4 times.

I have a yacht varnish, you may have a different one, the main thing is that the chosen varnish is resistant to weather conditions and protects the plaster from getting wet.

The last step is to attach the mushroom. Insert the skewer into the hole made and glue it with Moment glue.

That's all. All that remains is to install the mushrooms in the garden.

Good luck and creative success to everyone!!! 🙂🙂🙂

Also watch my video in which I make garden figures - fly agarics from plaster!

Tools:
Plaster of Paris, water, milk bottle, craft knife, deep bowl for a hat, flower pot stand

I cut the bottle to a height of 13 cm..
I diluted the plaster with water to the consistency of sour cream, filled the mold halfway and inserted an empty box wrapped in a packaging bag.

After 5-7 minutes. I take out the box and plastic
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You need to free the stem shape from the bottle: make a cut on the bottle with a craft knife and tear it off at an oblique
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This is how the leg turned out, but inside it is hollow, so that it would be easier
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Now you need to make a hat: I took a not very deep bowl with a diameter of 13 cm. I laid a bag on top so that the plaster could be reached better, and it also created a beautiful texture
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I poured plaster and inserted the leg into the center, slightly sinking it into the plaster
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As soon as the plaster sets (after about 7 minutes), you need to remove all the fungus from the mold and remove the polyethylene, you get a beautiful texture of the cap
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Now you need a clearing: you need to lay polyethylene on a flower pot stand (15 cm in diameter)
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Then pour plaster and lay polyethylene again
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Now you need to put the fungus on top so that there is more space in front, and you don’t need to press down too hard. Leave for a few minutes and remove the fungus

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This is what happened
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Then take the clearing out of the mold, free it from the polyethylene and immediately start working on the stone path while the plaster is not yet completely dry. You can draw pebbles with a toothpick, or if the plaster is already hard, you will have to cut it out with a craft knife (it is very sharp)

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Clean debris with a stiff brush
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Against stone path cut the door
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For the window you needed a circle of paper (2.8 cm in diameter). Circle it with a craft knife

Then make vertical and horizontal cuts on the window.
The mushroom is ready. I painted it with gouache (but it’s better to use acrylic paints for decoration, and you can also use pigment concentrate for tinting emulsion, oil and other paints (dye)) and varnish covers. Decorated with beaded grass
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For grass, I started to weave three loops, twisted it a little and again three loops, etc.

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These are the details of the grass we got, then I wove them one after another into one chain and glued them along the edge of the clearing
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And it looks like this. And in the middle of the clearing I glued decorative stones onto the varnish (but they are not visible if there is a mushroom)

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Pink branch

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She began to weave: one bead a little lower, another, and another, then there is a loop of 5 pink beads, a little lower a green loop, even lower there are two loops at one base, and then maybe four loops. And from these mini branches (5-6 pieces) we got one good branch
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The fungus can be placed in a clearing (it is removable), or you can also hide something under it.
And another small detail - a flashlight by the door; there was no real lantern and I just glued a large glass bead
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Here is the mushroom in full glory
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I also have this one in stock
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This time I started working with sequins and decorated my mushroom with glass and ladybugs

Having country cottage area, you always want to arrange it, and in some special way. However, garden decorative elements They are not cheap, and they are not durable.

People with developed imagination can do original crafts for a garden made of cement, which is not only highly resistant to various types of influence (frost, hail, sun, water), but also accessible (it can be bought at an affordable price at any hardware store).

Can be used for decoration and design addition flower pots, flower pots, figurines fairy tale characters or objects flora made with your own hands from cement. This material cannot be called capricious, and most people have a lot or little experience working with it. Still there are a few important rules that must be observed in order for crafts made from cement mortar to be of high quality and durable.

The technology for preparing the mixture is as follows:. The main components are prepared: cement, construction sand, water and tile adhesive (for better ductility and reducing the risk of microcracks). For 1 part of cement, take 2 parts of sand (for greater strength, you can take 1 part) and 1 part of glue. Lastly, add water in small portions to the consistency of thick sour cream. It is convenient to work with such a mixture: it does not flow and at the same time is quite plastic.

All cement products require prolonged drying. Hardening can last up to 7 days. To prevent the surface from cracking, the finished creation is covered with polyethylene. To give the product a beautiful and correct form, the base is placed on a hill of sand or buried in it (depending on the idea), but not on a flat surface.

After complete hardening, the figure must be coated with a primer and only after that can paint or varnish be applied. If the craft has roughness and other irregularities, it should be refined with sandpaper and a file before priming.

In addition to cement mortar, concrete is sometimes used, which is characterized by the presence of large fractions (pebbles or crushed stone) and increased strength. Crafts made from concrete for a summer residence can be represented by large monolithic boulders, and this material is also convenient to use to create a base for various compositions(a platform for a fountain, a pedestal for sculpture, a terrace for flower pots And so on).

Another material similar in its application is gypsum. It is not as strong as cement, but more plastic and decorative. It can be used to create hollow shapes. For garden creativity, molding (sculptural), acrylic and architectural types are used. When working with this material, you need to take into account its rapid hardening. It is often recommended to add it to cement mortar when creating sculptures.

Having no experience using cement in decorative purposes, it is better to start with something simple that does not require modeling skills and obtaining the desired consistency. The first exhibits in your garden can be cute mushrooms, colorful balls or original pots for flowers.

To make a mushroom you will need an old rubber ball (the size of the cap will depend on its size), a plastic bottle (it will become the basis for the stem, its size should be proportional to the cap), a metal rod to attach the cap to the stem. The ball is cut into two halves, one of which is placed in a bucket of sand and pressed evenly. Next, cement mortar is poured into the resulting form and leveled.

U plastic bottle cut off the bottom and neck and insert it into the filled form in the center, immersing it by 1 - 2 cm. Then, using a long iron rod, connect the future stem and cap of the mushroom and fill the cavity inside the bottle with the solution. The product should harden for several days, after which you need to remove the piece of the ball and the plastic cylinder.

After a few more days, the product can be coated with paint and decorated with various elements. Mushrooms of different sizes look impressive on the plot in the form of a small clearing. It is also worth noting that your imagination may tell you to use other containers (bowls, jars) and methods for making garden mushrooms.

It’s enough to just make an openwork ball that seems so light and airy. For the base, use a balloon (the size of the future shapes depends on how much you inflate the balloon). Next, any rope is placed in the prepared solution and then the ball is wrapped around it.

Do not wrap the base too tightly; you need to leave enough holes for further removal of pieces of the burst ball. When the product is dry, you can begin decorative coating.

If you cover the balloons with cement mortar with a small amount of gypsum added for faster hardening, you can get original garden lanterns or flower pots.

Using this technique you can also make vases for dried flowers. In this case, not only the outer side, but also the inner side is subjected to decorative painting.

If you pour the solution into a small hole in rubber balls, you can get monolithic balls different sizes. Painted in different bright colors and randomly scattered around the garden, they will become a laconic and stylish decoration.

Using plastic containers, you can make a flower pot for Crassula and Crassula Ovata cacti. The container is wrapped plastic bag, and a bag of clay or sand is placed inside so that the container holds its shape. Next, it is covered with cement mortar. After everything is completely dry auxiliary materials are removed, drainage holes are made in the bottom using a drill, the product is primed and painted.

It's very easy to make a flowerpot using a plastic bucket or vase and another suitable container.

One container is inserted into another, and the solution is poured into the space between them. The result is a high-quality product that can be further decorated by showing your imagination to the fullest.

Flowers planted in flowerpots made from crossed palms look attractive. To create such a masterpiece, use ordinary rubber gloves, which are evenly filled with the solution. For rigidity, you need to insert a thick wire rod into each finger. To ensure a high-quality product, air bubbles must not be allowed to form.

When the gloves are filled, they are given the desired shape and fixed. After a few days, the rubber is cut and removed. If you need to connect two palms, then use the same solution. At the final stage, the surface is polished with sandpaper, primed and painted.

Complex figures with a frame

It's more fun to decorate your Vacation home sculptures of animals and mythical characters. Such creations involve the preliminary production of a durable frame and layer-by-layer application of cement mortar.

Interesting flowerpots can be made using buckets from building mixtures. At the first stage, a container of suitable size is wrapped plaster mesh and covered with a thick layer of cement. At the second stage, until complete hardening, decorative adjustments are made, making an imitation of an old stump with natural wrinkles on the bark.

A monolithic figure of a hippopotamus would look appropriate near artificial reservoirs. The place for it must be determined immediately and carefully aligned, since in the future the figure will be stationary.

Two elongated plastic basins, which must be fastened with wire, are suitable as a frame. Another option is also possible: a thick cement solution is covered on top of a pile of broken bricks or crushed stone.

The figure itself does not contain complex elements and is easy to perform. After hardening, the product is treated with fixing impregnation and dry pigment for concrete, rubbing the powder with a hard sponge.

More complex sculptures are made in several stages: 1) making a frame from wire and foam plastic or containers; 2) covering the workpiece with a plaster mesh; 3) applying the mixture in several layers; 4) formation small parts(facial features, special texture, folds of clothing, etc.); 5) priming and painting the finished work.

Flowerpots in the shape of swans will become an elegant decoration of the garden. The body frame is an old plastic basin, the neck is woven wire. The head, wings and imitation plumage will have to be made from cement mixture, demonstrating the skills of a sculptor.

Monolithic figures have a significant weight, so as an alternative there is a way to create lightweight large objects. You can decorate your garden with boulders of different sizes.

To make them, any unnecessary and lightweight material(trimmings polyurethane foam, plastic bottles, foam).

The resulting base is wrapped in a plaster mesh and covered with thick cement mortar. The more irregularities and protrusions there are, the more natural the “stone” will look.

Small garden figurines are made from a mixture of cement with the addition of gypsum or Portland cement.

Here you can use the manufacturing methods described above, as well as any basics: old toys, items of clothing, household utensils.

Step-by-step manufacturing instructions: 3 master classes

To take a closer look at the nuances of the creativity presented in the article, let’s look at best master classes with a step-by-step explanation of the work being carried out.

1. Spectacular flowerpots made of cement and fabric

To make flowerpots for the garden from cement and fabric, use either pure cement or Portland cement. In this case, the mixture with water should be quite liquid. You will also need a bucket or other container for the frame, a piece of polyethylene and a piece of fabric.

The material must be dense enough and absorb liquids well, i.e. synthetics will not work here. It is better to use cotton fabric.

• Cutting off a piece the right size. If you need smooth edges, then round them;
• We wet the material generously in the solution;
• We attach polyethylene to the prepared bucket;
• Lay the fabric soaked in the solution on top and smooth it out;
• After 2 days, the cement will set and the bucket can be removed;
• The product is lightly moistened with water and left to dry completely for another 5 days.

Even large-sized plants can be planted in a ready-made flowerpot.

Experiment with the shape and coloring of flowerpots and create your own unique compositions.

2. Funny cat for the garden

First, we prepare a frame from a cut plastic bottle and wooden slats which are fastened with wire.

The solution is prepared from cement and sand in a 1:1 ratio; additionally (directly into the hand) gypsum is added during the work. By gradually applying the solution, all the details of the sculpture are created.

The finished figure is polished with a damp hand and left to dry for 4 days. The final touch is painting with water-based emulsion or enamel.

3. Large leaf drinker for birds and pets

An equally successful and versatile garden decoration would be a sheet of cement. Placed on a mound of sand plastic film, and then a large sheet (a mound will allow you to get a figure with a depression, rather than a flat one). If there are small holes in the sheet, they should be covered with small leaves so that the cement mortar does not leak.

Cover the workpiece with film for several days until it dries. Then the sheet is removed, primed and painted.

If desired, you can make a fabulous fountain from several similar blanks.

Gypsum crafts can add originality to a garden, highlight its natural beauty, and even become its main attraction. Children will especially enjoy such miniature works of art. And what's most interesting is that you can make garden sculptures from plaster with your own hands at home, which will be discussed in this article.

General provisions

DIY garden crafts made from plaster allow your imagination to run wild. Thanks to the simplicity of manufacturing technology, you can give them almost any shape and color, which will allow you to populate your dacha with a variety of fairy-tale animals, castles, etc.

Here are some examples of possible directions:

• Cute little animals. Turtles, hedgehogs, frogs, kittens and other representatives of the animal world are always held in high esteem; their habitat in high places or at the edge of the path will be to the liking of both the little representatives of your family and adults.

• Fairy-tale heroes . Recreate your favorite fairy tale in the garden, what could be better? Such garden crafts made from plaster with your own hands will not only delight children, they will also make their parents smile more than once.

• Miniature architectural structures . If there is no financial opportunity to build a castle in life size, then let you have at least a smaller plaster analogue.

• Plants . Of this category, mushrooms are the most popular due to their naturalness and ease of production. It is using their example that we will look further at how to make plaster toys for the garden with your own hands.

Of course, the flight of your imagination is not limited to the proposed options, but before moving on to creating more complex figures, you should practice on simple sculptures, which is what we will do with you now.

Making a gypsum mushroom for your garden

Tip: involve children in the process.
Such activities have a beneficial effect on the development creative thinking and finger motor skills.

The place to start is by preparing everyone. necessary tools and materials:

Required accessories

Tools:

Materials:

Tip: You can use cement instead of gypsum.
The hardening process will take longer, but the price of the sculpture will be cheaper and its service life will be longer.

Execution instruction necessary work as follows:

Creating a leg

1. Take a plastic bottle and cut off its neck.

1. Mix an emulsion of grated soap, water and sunflower oil in a ratio of 2:7:1.

1. We coat the inner walls of the bottle with the resulting composition. This will make it easier for the plaster to separate from them.
2. Stir required amount gypsum mixture and pour it into the prepared form.

1. To reduce the consumption of gypsum substance, we insert a smaller bottle inside, and then press it down with some kind of handy press.

1. After half an hour, cut the plastic from the hardened workpiece.

Making a hat

1. Take a cup that suits your shape and cover it inner part food grade cellophane. At the same time, try to avoid the formation of folds so that the surface of the future workpiece comes out as smooth as possible.

1. Mix a new portion of the gypsum mixture and pour it into the prepared mold.
2. We insert the previously made mushroom stem into the mass that is beginning to harden.

1. After about forty minutes we take out the resulting composition.

Creating a Foundation

1. We take a large cup and, similarly to the previous task, cover it with cellophane.
2. Mix the plaster again and fill the container with it.
3. We also cover the mushroom stem with film and place it in the solution. This will make the product removable, which will simplify its decoration.

1. After complete hardening, take out the craft and put it in a warm place for a couple of days.

Decor

Do-it-yourself garden sculptures made of plaster are decorated spontaneously or according to a sketch.

1. Using a pencil, we draw the drawings that we want to see on the surface of the sculpture.

1. Using a knife or other suitable tool We give the image volume.

1. We prime the surface with PVA glue to increase its adhesion.
   
2. We paint all the fragments in the desired color and glue the decorative elements.

Conclusion

Plaster sculptures do an excellent job of decorating a garden. Their production is quite possible with my own hands. We described the entire process above using the example of creating a decorative mushroom. The video in this article will provide you with Additional information. Good luck with designing your own site!

Integrated art lesson - literature - the world on the topic "A house like a mushroom"

Making a mushroom from plaster for subsequent painting (transformation) with paints.

Progress:

Prepare materials for making a mushroom.
Select material according to the age of the children to make it easier to understand the topic of the lesson.

We will need:

Waste material such as:
Milk bottle 1l
bottle 0.75
water bottle
top cake lid (plastic)
plate (deep)
masking tape
newspaper
scissors
knife or awl
old toothbrush
plastic bowl for diluting gypsum or alabaster
spoon
"Alabaster"
3 halves of a package

At the very beginning of the lesson, we raise the topic of the surrounding world about edible and non-edible mushrooms that are found in our forests.

Mature hat porcini mushroom reaches a diameter of up to 30 cm (in some cases there are specimens with a cap of 50 cm). The shape is convex, flat-convex, prostrate, depending on the age of the mushroom. The surface of the cap is slightly wrinkled, smooth, thin-tomentose, and in some representatives it is fibrous-scaly. Mushrooms growing in dry conditions have a matte (shiny) cap that is slightly cracked. In humid forests, the cap of the porcini mushroom is slightly slimy. The color of the cap can vary from white to brown. There were porcini mushrooms with orange, yellow, and purple caps. However, in all cases the cap tends to darken with age.

Mushrooms are low in calories and low in fat and carbohydrates. The average calorie content of one kilogram of mushrooms does not exceed 300-500 calories, while a kilogram of fat is 9100 calories, a kilogram of meat is 4100.
Mushrooms have a lot of proteins, minerals, vitamins and other substances valuable to humans. That is why mushrooms are increasingly attracting the attention of people of our time who lead a sedentary lifestyle, are prone to being overweight and perform intense mental work.

It is no coincidence that the world production of cultivated mushrooms is only last years increased almost threefold and reached one million tons back in 1982.
Mushrooms are also attractive because they contain such necessary for a person vitamins that are absent or contained in minute quantities in vegetables, for example, vitamins B1, B2, B6, D, H, nicotinic and pantothenic acids.
The nutritional value of mushrooms is intermediate between meat and vegetables and is equivalent to nutritional value best vegetables highest grades. Therefore, mushrooms are valuable as a product that enriches protein-poor plant foods, such as potatoes and bread. At the same time, one cannot fail to take into account that excellent taste qualities mushrooms can add pleasant variety to our diet, which in itself is important.
While the children are coloring the mushroom, they are given material to think about.

They are traveling on the train
Volnushki and chanterelles
With girlfriends and friends,
Nigella milk mushrooms.

From Prigorkino station
To Vederkino station,
From Podyolkino station
To Zasolkino station.

Wheels with effort
They rumble along the rails,
Delivery on schedule
The company again.

From Polyankino station
To Smetankino station,
From Penkovkino station
To Dukhovkino station.

The fly agaric has a sly look
A malicious grin -
He got on the train and sits
It's like russula.

But then the controller comes in,
Brings out fly agaric.
And the fly agaric stowaway
Blushes with shame.
And the old boletus,
Intelligent fat guy
Raises his beret
And shows his ticket.

Attached to the ticket
Fourteen receipts.
Fourteen receipts
With station names:

Dorozhkino, Lukoshkino, Opushkino, Zasushkino, Kastryulkino, Bulbulkino, Luchkovo, Selderyushkino, Morkovkino, Perlovkino, Nemnozhkino-Kartoshkino, Lavrushkino-Petrushkino, Tarelkino and Lozhkino.

The lesson is coming to an end and we can arrange an exhibition of our mushrooms.