Grandma Hedgehogs from logs
Amusing crafts made of logs and branches. Of the materials you will need:
- 1 large torso log;
- 4 small pieces of branches for hands;
- 2 halves of a log for legs;
- Round log for the head. Can be replaced with an old bucket, a saucepan, a piece of a wide pipe;
- Face paint;
- Tow or hair straw. Can be replaced with thin twigs;
- Branches for a dress;
- Burlap for a scarf or regular scarf;
- Fasteners - nails, wire.
We fasten the details of the figure for the garden, tie them with branches. Such funny Grandma Hedgehogs in the garden can serve as decoration, but they can also "work" as stuffed animals.
Self-production
Simple options
Even a novice summer resident who does not have too much experience in working with carpentry tools can make wooden crafts for a summer residence with his own hands. Naturally, you need to start with simpler options, and then you can move on to monumental products that will become the central element of the landscape design of your summer cottage.
The manufacturing instructions below give only a general direction. For the rest, you should rely only on your own taste and sense of style. Don't be afraid to experiment.
Perhaps in the future it is your wooden sculpture that will be a role model.
- The simplest option is plywood crafts for a summer residence. On a sheet of a suitable size, you can draw individual parts of a pony, a donkey or a goblin, cut out and tie them together with a strong twine.
With a jigsaw and plywood, you can create real masterpieces
- Another idea is small twigs of fruit trees. They are suitable for making wall or floor planters. In this way, you can make pots for home plants with your own hands. In this case, it is advisable to cover the inner space with plastic wrap to avoid soil spilling out or insert plastic containers there.
Twigs - material for beginners
- Having gained experience in working with a manual or electric jigsaw, you can start making more complex crafts. Carefully transfer your chosen sketch to the plywood and carefully cut it out. The finished wooden sculpture is sanded, cleaned of sawdust and varnished or painted to protect it from adverse environmental conditions.
- There are other do-it-yourself plywood crafts: for a summer residence, you can make not only garden sculptures, but also figurines that look organically in the garden. For example, plywood hares will be an unexpected detail on a carrot garden. The procedure for making them is simple: draw a contour and cut out a shape using a jigsaw.
Chickens are an interesting solution for decorating a vegetable garden
Advice! On suburban land plots, power outages or power outages sometimes occur.In this case, only renting a diesel generator for a summer residence can help. This device will provide power to all power tools and other attachments.
Complex constructions
For those for whom do-it-yourself dacha wood crafts have already become a kind of hobby, you can offer more complex options - to make a mill or a wooden well. Here, in addition to your desire, an exact mathematical calculation is required, otherwise the cut out parts will not be able to fit.
You can offer a simpler option:
- We cut the strips of the same length, which will be the basis for the mill (you can use small blocks of a suitable section).
- We take two sticks and put them parallel to each other at a distance slightly less than the length of the element itself.
- The following two elements are placed on the laid planks (perpendicularly) (the whole process is somewhat reminiscent of the construction of a log house only on a smaller scale). You can fix the parts to each other with nails or glue.
- Having designed the structure of the required height, we proceed to the construction of the roof. To do this, take four small blocks and connect in pairs, forming a ridge. On the roof, you can put pieces of ondulin left over from the construction of the house. Then the design will fit as much as possible into the landscape design of the site.
- The material for the blades will be two or three planks fixed at an angle like an aircraft propeller.
- You can decorate the structure with a decorative climbing plant that braids one of the walls.
Mill manufacturing process
The well is made in the same way. In this case, the composition can be supplemented with a miniature bucket and a bench. Having fenced all this with a fence for a summer cottage, you will get a beautiful and unusual playground for children's games.
Note! If wood crafts are for children, take care of safety. All sculptures and structures should not have sharp corners, protruding nails and rough splintered surfaces.
Do not forget that the wood must be treated with antiseptic compounds, varnished or painted. This will extend its lifespan and make the crafts more attractive.
Figures for the garden made of wood
Such a grandfather made of logs can be planted on a log, stump, barrel, tires, stacked on top of each other. A figure for the garden is made in the same way as the previous ones - we fasten the pieces of logs with nails.
A good goat made of logs! Send him to graze on the lawn or any level area in the garden.
Three little pigs from logs and branches. They look great.
Reading: Crafts for the garden: 7 funny pigs
Grandfather Mazai saves the hares - and the picture is good! We knock down large details of the figures with nails, glue the small ones (for example, eyes, bunny noses) with glue for wood.
The log musicians are a whole ensemble.
A flower man on a ladder made of polished round bars.
The use of logs in the country
A log is, in fact, the trunk of a tree that you remove from your summer cottage for any reason. You should not immediately pick up a chainsaw and work on the saw all day long, take a little time for the following original ideas for giving, and you will not regret it.
Flower bed
We are accustomed to building flower beds of stone, plaster, even car tires or plastic bottles, who we think is more acceptable and practical for a summer cottage. But today we want to add large logs from old trees to the arsenal of materials that are suitable for arranging flower beds.
Let's say you cut down an old tree that has dried up long ago. It is his trunk that will perfectly serve as the main shape of the flower bed, which can be done in just a couple of hours.It is enough to use a chisel and a hammer, a chainsaw and your own imagination, as an original creation appears on the site, for which you did not pay a dime. It remains only to choose the color scheme of plants, and the varieties of flowers themselves, which will be placed in such a flower bed.
Simple country furniture
The photo below shows the simplest furniture from a log of wood, but it is not easy to make it. As you can see, a rather large log is used for production, with a serious cross-sectional diameter. Firstly, it is difficult to find such a tree in the country, and secondly, if you decide to make country furniture with your own hands, then this will require a lot of free time and a professional tool.
Partially, the log is processed with an ax, then a chainsaw or an electric saw is used, which creates the basic shape. After, careful and neat chisel work and sanding. Naturally, it will take a lot of effort, but as a result, you have every chance of getting furniture that will easily serve for decades.
Outbuildings
You can build anything from a log, and now we offer you an unusual decor for a country well. Naturally, you will need a special rounded log for this, and not made from old wood. But you can also use the material available in the country for such a decor. It seems to us that if you take the trunks and thick branches of trees in the bark, the picture will turn out to be much more natural and harmonious.
Country paths from saw cuts
We devoted enough time to the paths at the dacha, paid attention to similar masterpieces, but in this article we decided to remind about their existence, because the dacha paths from the saw cut are very interesting.
For the device of such paths, it will be necessary to use high-quality material, without defects and damage by insects, since it is strength and reliability that are the main factors in choosing materials for flooring.
Having arranged a high-quality base of the sand path, you can lay cuts of different diameters and shapes, and decorate the finished project with stones and plants. Do not forget only that paving with this material will require special protection, for example, even impregnation with linseed oil or other wood preservatives.
Crafts for the playground
In the recent past, we talked about crafts such as wooden horses for a summer residence, which can become not only an object for children to play, but also an original decor for the landscape. Today we present another version of a wooden horse, which, by the way, is already made entirely of logs.
You can choose a trunk of any tree for such a product, correctly mark and cut it, peel it of bark and install it on the site, creating the necessary shape. After, painting the sculpture in a bright color and light decor.
Stylish furniture for a summer residence
Furniture for a summer residence can be very diverse, which is why we mention it so often. These are original and exclusive furniture, standard rattan furniture, plastic and metal. But it is the owner of the dacha who should choose, since we present only the most interesting options.
Today in front of you is one of these - a bench made of thick logs, which is made taking into account the style and wishes of the customer. Of course, doing this with your own hands is quite difficult, if only because you need to use a special tool, and the weight of each element of the shop is quite large. But if you decide on such a piece and perform it on your own site, we will only have to applaud and envy!
Use of logs on the children's sports field
Our children are constantly frolicking in the country, do not find a place for themselves, which sometimes seriously interfere with adults. That is why a special area for their games should be prepared in advance at the dacha. This can be a sandpit, a grassy picnic lawn, a tree house or a special sports field.
We offer you a fairly inexpensive and fast option in terms of construction. You can make small ladders, swings and even mazes from a log. It remains only to securely fasten each element, and add some ropes, ropes, and other materials necessary in this complex.
How to make a mini garden in a suitcase
In the photo, the suitcase is metal, but you can make a decorative pond in an ordinary old suitcase if you cover it with foil. To make the picture look more natural, a decorative film with a nature pattern can be fixed inside the lid.
Reading: Ideas for the garden: interesting decorative ponds
Master class: making a low table or stool from a stump
Get ready for work. We will need:
- dry stump from which the bark is easily removed;
- tools: chisel or chisel, hammer, plane, building level, drill or screwdriver;
- a vacuum cleaner;
- sandpaper for grinding: 40-N, 32-N or 25-N for rough work, 16-N, 12-N or 10-N for fiber removal, 5-N, M63, 4-N, 50M - for final work ( according to GOST);
- microfiber napkins;
- primer and paint, brushes;
- a set of legs or wheels, fasteners.
Ready to go!
We clean the trunk from the bark using a chisel or chisel. The instrument can be gently tapped with a hammer. If the stump is well dried, the bark will fall off on its own without much effort.
Perform all actions carefully and without haste
The horizontal surfaces of the stump are leveled with a plane. You can check how even the workpiece is using a building level. Sand the cut and sides of the deck with sandpaper.
Grinding makes the surface smooth and velvety
Clean working surfaces from chips and dust. Many stumps have a natural texture with knots, chips, cracks. Use a vacuum cleaner or microfiber cloth to remove debris from hard-to-reach places.
Preparing the stump for the next stage of work
Natural material is beautiful in its natural state. However, it quickly loses its attractiveness under the influence of external factors. For protection, prime the wood and paint it in the desired color. It is recommended to apply the color in two to three coats.
Choose a comfortable brush for finishing work
At the final stage, we install the fittings.
We put the legs
Legs or casters will help keep the floor from scratching. In addition, they will provide air circulation under the stump. This is extremely important for the long service life of natural furniture.
You don't even need to remove the bark and use the wheels so that the heavy stump can easily move along the floor.
Tips for working with birch:
So that the bark at the edges of the parts does not hunch, and the birch bark does not fold, they are trimmed. Having retreated from the saw cut 0.5-1 cm, make an oblique cut with a sharp knife.
The fastening of the parts will be more durable if, before assembly, the holes for the inserts are lubricated with a universal glue that is resistant to frost and moisture.
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Birch figurines are short-lived, but decorativeness can be slightly extended if they are installed in a dry place protected from rain and sun, for example, on a terrace or in a gazebo.
Working with birch blocks will take a lot of time, but it is a fun and creative process. The funniest and most expressive are birch men and animal figurines.
Birch trunks are not pure white, each one has a unique pattern.
It is important to find in the log the place where the expressive face of a man or the muzzle of an animal is guessed in the intricacies of knots and cracks.
