In the fall, many people feel depressed and discouraged. However, at this wonderful time, you can occupy yourself with an interesting activity, for example, create a bouquet using flowers from leaves. There is no need to purchase fabrics or transfer huge amounts of paper, because there is a lot of free and unique working material on the street. You just have to collect a few maple leaves, read the master class - and you can get to work. This simple activity will allow the whole family to benefit from free time and also to interest children.
Preparation of natural material
To make flowers from leaves with your own hands, you should choose smooth, clean specimens without stains. The color of the herbarium does not matter, the main thing is that they are monochromatic. For example, you can make a rose from red maple leaves.
To make it easier to create flowers from leaves with your own hands, and at the same time the buds come out evenly and do not crumble, you should take the material different sizes. Then the finished product will hold better, and securing it to the branch will become much easier. Wide leaves of maples - best option for bouquets.
If you make a flower from unprocessed natural material, such a product will only last for a few months.
To extend its life, the starting material should be treated with a glycerin solution.
To do this you will need to dilute 300 ml. pure glycerin in 600 ml. water, pour the resulting liquid into a tight bag and evenly spread the herbarium in it. It is imperative to ensure that the maple leaves do not become wrinkled or torn. Next, you should seal the bag hermetically and leave it for several days in a cool, dark place. Glycerin will make the leaves more elastic, tear-resistant, and shiny. After 3-4 days, the workpiece is removed from the bag and allowed to dry. The material for work is ready. Products made from processed tree leaves with your own hands can be stored for many years and retain their original appearance.
Making a rose
Many people admire such products, but not everyone knows how to make flowers from leaves themselves. To do this, follow the instructions step by step, and within an hour a beautiful rose will decorate your apartment.
The master class on making a flower includes several stages. First of all, you need to take a small processed leaf and place it face down on the table. Fold in half so that the top covers the spine. Then roll the workpiece into a small tube. This will be the middle of the future flower.
Next, you need to take the next sheet and do the same manipulation with it. Place the resulting tube in the middle of the future rose and carefully wrap it around it. Using this technology, prepare all the leaves and also wrap them around the center of the flower. It should not be forgotten that the blanks must be taken taking into account their size: first small leaves, then large ones
For a voluminous rose you will need approximately 7-10 leaves. Each subsequent rose petal must be moved slightly lower than the previous one. Then the maple leaf rose will come out open and large.
When the product is ready, the roots of the blanks must be tied with thread or wrapped with tape. Then the master needs to attach the flower to a previously prepared branch and decorate it with green cloth. You can prepare 5 of these roses from maple leaves, and then place them in a beautiful vase; Decorate the overall composition with dried birch buds.
How to make a bud?
Leftover maple leaves can be used to make rose buds. So, a master class on making a bud.
The working method is not very different from the previous one, the only secret is that the workpiece needs to be rolled up a little differently. Fold the processed material in half, then make a triangle out of it, tucking the edges towards the center. Next, fold all subsequent blanks in the same way. Attach the triangles one after another so that you get a rosebud that does not have time to open. Secure its lower part with tape or tape. The buds can be made from multi-colored maple leaves; their appearance will be much more original.
The next master class will reveal the secret of how to make flowers from tree leaves with your own hands. To do this you need to take 12 maple leaves. Make the middle of the flower in the same way as in the first case (fold it in half and twist it into a loose tube). Place the next piece face down in the center, spine down. Bend the top edge back, while pressing lightly on it. Using this technology, it is possible to obtain large and voluminous workpieces. Each petal must be secured with 1 turn of thread. The master must obtain beautiful and lush flowers from autumn leaves.
The most unusual products
The original flowers come from corn. Ask how to make a flower? We offer the simplest and most accessible master class:
- First you need to find and dry 15-20 corn leaves. This can be done using an iron (iron several times through the fabric) or in the oven.
- Make the core of the flower. Take a small piece of corn leaf and fold it into several balls.
- Prepare the base - a circle with a diameter of 15-20 cm. Next, cut out a model of the future petal from cardboard. Transfer it to the corn stock and cut out 25 pieces.
- Place the core on the base and arrange the petals around it. Carefully glue the resulting product, lifting the edges with your fingers. The result will be a beautiful lily that can be used to decorate New Year's gifts.
This is how, after studying a master class on making products, you can learn how to make chic bouquets and crafts. Fall leaf flowers will be even more beautiful if you coat them with glitter hairspray. No one will guess that these flowers are made from maple or corn leaves.
Such crafts will not emit toxic substances, so even small child can play with them. They can also be used to decorate a family photo, creating a wonderful autumn composition - such a gift will be gladly accepted by family and friends.
Hello! It's October. The aspen is about to turn red. Which means it’s time for roses and autumn leaves! For the brightest and most fabulous rose, in my opinion, comes from aspen leaves.
However, we will tell you step by step instructions using the example of our rose, which we made in September. At this time there was no smell of aspen leaves yet, and in general it was difficult to find red leaves.
As a result, we collected: three randomly reddened aspen leaves, a lot of maple leaves - very bright, but very susceptible to all sorts of lesions and darkening of the leaves, and a lot of loach leaves burgundy color. That's all we found, and we ended up with a rose like this:
That’s what we’ll tell her today.
Despite the fact that I have last year’s one in my arsenal (by the way, that’s where the aspen leaves are, they’re so bright!), this time we used a couple of chips to improve the craft and, as you can see, this is our rose, cultivated with her own hands she turned out to be a more perfect person.
So. Let's begin!
How to make roses from leaves - Step by step
Pictures can be enlarged by clicking
We will need
- The leaves are beautiful and bright. Red, orange, yellow - the colors of your rose. Large ones are better. Just in case - a lot. Let's say twenty. You never know.
- Green maple leaves. Some. About five. A couple are smaller, the rest are large.
- Juice tube. It's about the same as in the photo. Not very narrow and not very wide.
- A twig for a stem. Important! On the branch-stalk in its upper part (you can cut it to length in the right place) the juice tube should fit very well and not dangle too much. So, go look, take a straw for juice.
- Elastic bands for weaving.
- Double sided tape.
- PVA glue, I think, won't hurt.
- Hairspray. And specifically for hair. I’ll write why this is so in the paragraph on how to preserve a rose.
- A pot or vase in which our rose will show off. I’ll write briefly about how we made this pot later. Here we did... Or you can come up with something simpler. By the way! You can quickly and easily make a vase from a bottle and rubber bands. . Only the bottle here should be narrow and long and, perhaps, not cut at all.
- If you have chosen a pot, pay attention! The rose must hold on very tightly in it! We naturally have papier-mâché inside. How to make it, . It can also be plasticine or modeling mass, but be careful! You'll need a lot of this. About two thirds of the pot.
- Again, if you have a pot, you will need to make soil. You can do it simply - take... the Earth!))). We imitated the earth with ground cones. We have a special thresher for such purposes.
Making a rose
Petals
First of all, take a straw. We put it on the upper part of the stem and cut it so that our rose and receptacle (that green cup with leaves from which rose petals stick out) fit on the tube.
Now we remove the tube. And we begin to form the flower on the tube.
To do this, we take a leaf and cut out a petal from it. Like this.
And now we wrap the petal tightly around the tube.
We do not turn the first petal outward. Better yet, use a thin stick to tuck the edges of the leaf nicely into the tube so that the hole for the juice is not visible.
Yes! We put petals beautiful side inside. So that the turned away sides are bright.
We cut them out too. Only now we turn away the edge, and then attach it to the rose. From different sides. And fix it with an elastic band. You can - every petal. You can - several pieces each.
here we have already bent the very first petal inside the tube
Actually, this is exactly what we use the straw for. You can form a rose directly on the stem, as we did last time, but fixing the petal with an elastic band will be much more difficult.
It turned out like this.
stalk
Place the rose on the stem.
If the tube does not fit tightly, first pour PVA into it.
Yes! For those who don’t know, PVA will dry and become transparent! Don't worry about white streaks.
Receptacle
We form a receptacle.
To do this, we cut out such a blank from a green maple leaf. 
We wrap our bud at the bottom so that at the top (under the flower) we get green protruding leaves-a crown. Secure with an elastic band.
Now we form a green wrap around this crown to hide the elastic band and protruding edges (for some reason we didn’t take a photo of the process. At the end on last photo you can see what the receptacle looks like after “wrapping”. If it’s not clear, look there).
To do this, cut a long tapering strip from a large green maple leaf (let’s say from 2 cm to 0), glue it on one side on double sided tape, cut out a strip and, removing the protective layer from the second sticky side, wrap our bud nicely and tightly at the bottom. We start from the wide edge.
I doubt, of course, that everyone will now rush to do the same (it’s a long process), but I’ll tell you for those interested.
For the pot we used
- The base pot is a penny pot for seedlings or flower transplants
- Papier-mâché
- PVA glue
- Orange and green lentils
We covered the potting base for the seedlings with a layer of papier-mâché, forming a beautiful pot.
Then they coated it with a layer of PVA and, having scattered the mixed lentils in a tray, thoroughly rolled the pot on all sides.
And they left the pot alone. It needs to dry for several days.
Installing a rose in a pot
If you have a rose in a vase, then you don’t need this at all.
We fill the pot tightly two-thirds full with papier-mâché and stick a rose into the mass. The rose holds up perfectly in papier-mâché.
We used black taffeta. Again, it is indicated more specifically.
Why hairspray? Verified.
But when we tried to pour a professional spray on a rose acrylic varnish For various surfaces– the rubber bands that held the rose together have corroded everything! That’s why I suggest taking something that probably won’t harm the rose.
We varnished the rose, the stem, and the pea too.
Everything is ready!
Our rose is already decorating our eldest daughter’s classroom and will look like a real living rose in a pot for a long time to come. Last year's rose, in my opinion, stood until spring.
That's all. Happy creativity everyone!
Today we will tell you and show you how to make “live” roses from maple leaves with your own hands. Maple leaves are quite durable, and roses from them do not always come out beautiful: more often they look like a tight winding of layers, only vaguely reminiscent of the grace of the queen of flowers. But with our master class you can step by step make a rose that looks exactly like a flower. We suggest using both important qualities maple leaves: their strength and large area, which we will use to form voluminous wrapped petals.
To make a rose from maple leaves with your own hands, you will need:
fresh autumn maple leaves (quite a lot);
sewing thread on a spool of any suitable color - beige, yellow, orange.
How to make roses from maple leaves with your own hands: step by step and accessible
First we take a thin and small leaf. We bend it in half, bending the top of the sheet back. The fold should form on its own; there is no need to crease it, otherwise the sheet may tear at the bend, and even if it survives, the bud will not be voluminous.
Now we roll this sheet into a tube. Soft and neat.
We take the next sheet of approximately the same size or a little larger. In our work, we focused more not on the size of the sheet, but on its color. I wanted the leaves in the finished rose to combine well with each other, but at the same time I really wanted to add color to the monotonous yellow.
We combine the stems of both leaves, bend the second leaf back, as we did with the first leaf.
We bend the right edge from the center of the sheet down at an angle of 45 degrees to the fold, also without compacting the fold, everything should be natural.
We also bend the left edge of the same leaf down.
This is how we formed the petal. We take another sheet, apply it so that the center of the fold falls on the second sheet, but with an offset. It is advisable to lay rose petals from maple leaves in a spiral relative to each other. We also gently bend the right and left edges of this third leaf, forming a voluminous petal.
If you feel that it is difficult to hold the petals with one hand, remember that we have a thread, and tightly wind the rose bud at the bottom, moving to the stems of the leaves. We do not cut or break the thread, but we fasten it so that it is convenient to work further.
As you can see, a small rose has already turned out.
But we don’t give up and turn it into a full-fledged rose by adding and adding leaves and petals. It is important that the folded edges on the right and left do not meet at an angle in the center of the sheet, and that there is free space between them. Besides, large leaves I had to tuck the edges not once, but twice or even three times. As you work, your hands will “catch” the style of twisting roses from maple leaves and everything will fall into place, even if the description seems not entirely clear.
The rose can be decorated with a bed of leaves. You can arrange the bouquet around the perimeter, or you can edge each rose this way. Or leave the roses as they are.
Your handmade rose from maple leaves is ready. We hope our step-by-step master class was both understandable and useful.
This is what our roses look like two weeks after making them - the leaves, of course, are already completely dry.
Eva Casio specially for the site Handicraft Master Classes
You can make a chic bouquet from such natural material as maple leaves. They have beautiful soft color and can easily take a given shape.
For those who love roses and crafts from natural materials tips on creating artificial bouquets of maple leaves. Their shape and structure lends itself perfectly to work. In addition, the leaves are completely free collect in the park together with children - it’s interesting and useful for spending time together.
Useful for work, like fallen leaves, yellowed and still green. You can twist them into such a beautiful bouquet that its beauty can outshine even real roses. Besides, leaf bouquet is durable. We can safely say that such a craft breathes “second life” into dry foliage.
Maple foliage is an ideal material for creating bouquets
Work step by step:
- Take a nice, smooth and clean sheet, place it in front of you and fold it in half. (see photo No. 1)
- Roll half the leaf into a tube. This should not be done too tightly, because the flower needs to be lush and voluminous. (see photo No. 2)
After the core of the flower is ready, you need to start creating petals from other leaves.
Work step by step:
- Take the second maple leaf
- Place the core inside the sheet
- Alternately fold the sharp edges of the leaf so that when folded you get petals (see photo No. 1)
- After you have completely rolled the sheet, you can secure it with thread. (see photo No. 2)
- In order for you to get a voluminous and lush rose, you will need to roll about five or six maple leaves into one flower. (see photo No. 3)
- Secure each new rolled leaf with regular sewing thread, and make several flowers for the bouquet. (see photo No. 4)
Step-by-step rolling of roses from maple leaves To make a flower wrapper, wrap the bouquet in several maple leaves so that their sharp edges stick out in a circle.
Tube (wrapper) for a bouquet of roses made of maple leaves 
Bouquet with three roses from maple leaves How to make a bouquet of roses from maple leaves with your own hands?
Maple leaves in the autumn season are distinguished by a variety of rich color shades:
- green
- yellow
- orange
- brick
- burgundy
- red
- brown
- brown
The more colorful foliage you use to create a bouquet, the brighter and more beautiful your bouquet will turn out.
You can stick to one shade of foliage to get. For example, only yellow or red roses. But it’s much more interesting to work with completely different leaves marble color.
Yellow roses from maple leaves:
- Take a small leaf and fold it in half
- Gently roll the sheet into a tight tube
- Take a large maple leaf and place a curled leaf in its center.
- Turn the big sheet back
- Start rolling the leaf so that voluminous petals grow around the core.
- Secure the product with thread
- Roll a large number of roses into a bouquet
- Wrap the entire bouquet with wedge foliage to make the product more voluminous.
Step 1: Rolling the Center of the Bud 
Step 2: Rolling the sheets around the core 
Step 3: Rolling the Petals 
Step 4: Adding Volume to the Flower 
Step 5: Secure the Rose with Thread 
Step 6: Creating roses for the bouquet 
Step 7: Adding splendor to the bouquet How to make flowers from maple leaves with your own hands?
The soft maple leaf lends itself perfectly to rolling. You can use it to make a lush rose or a thin bud.
Ideas for creativity, folding flowers from maple leaves:
Roses from maple leaves, option No. 1 
Large round roses made of maple leaves, option No. 2 
Red roses with a green stem of maple leaves, option No. 3 
Multi-colored roses made from colorful maple leaves How to make a bouquet of flowers from maple leaves with your own hands?
The secret of a resilient maple leaf flower is soft sheets , which have not yet dried out enough to break and burst. Fresh green leaves also roll very well.
Those maple leaves that are collected in November are good for crafts - high humidity air and frequent precipitation do not allow the sheet to dry out.
Each leaf you roll to make rose petals should be... consolidate. This is done with a regular fine sewing thread or tape. Just pull it tight without tying it in a knot. How to save maple leaves for crafts?
Everyone known method preserving the maple leaf by putting it in a book, unfortunately, is not suitable for preparing material for creating flowers. In this way, the leaf dries out and makes it quite brittle.
There are other ways to preserve maple leaves:
- Leaves can be wax. To do this, melt the wax of one candle on the stove or in the microwave. After this, the sheet is dipped alternately into hot wax on both sides.
- The paraffin sheet should be left on the newsprint to dry and absorb excess wax.
- The sheet may darken, but will retain its softness, which is very useful for crafts.
- You can also use the sheet “bathe” in a glycerin solution. To do this, dissolve half a glass of glycerin in a glass of water.
- The leaves are completely dipped and then tied and hung to dry. The sheet should be dried for about four days.
Video: “Master class: roses from leaves”
Naturally, the first thing we do is collect the leaves. Leaves that are too small, dry, diseased, or torn are NOT suitable for us. We will use different colors.
For one flower, it is better to choose leaves of the same color.
We fold the first sheet in half across the central vein so that the front side is on the outside.
Now we roll this folded sheet into a tight roll.
This roll will be the core of the future rose.
Now we begin to lay “petals” around this core.
To begin with, take a sheet and place the core in its center. Notice that the front side of the leaf is inside the flower!
We bend this sheet outward in half. The edge of the bend is located above the core by a centimeter and a half.
And now we also bend this protruding edge outward. But we no longer smooth out the fold...
... and we wrap the side edges of this double-folded sheet on both sides around the core.
We pinch the lower edges of the leaf at the very base of the flower.
We take a new sheet for the next “petal” and repeat the operation just performed, only this petal is located on the side opposite to the first sheet.
Here, several stages of the same type, shown above, when the petals gather into a bud, are skipped. Add them until you feel like you have enough.
When the bud is ready, we tie threads around its base to secure the flower.
How many flowers there will be in your bouquet is up to you. For this “photo shoot” three were enough for us.
Now let's deal with the "greens". The most variegated leaves are suitable here.
To prevent these leaves from curling into a tube the next day when drying, it is better to first iron them between sheets of newspaper. They will become more fragile, but careful handling will not damage them.
We evenly place these leaves in a circle under the buds and fix the now finished bouquet at the base with the same threads.
On top of the threads, by the way, you can wrap this knot with yellow paper tape (painting tape), this will hide the threads and make the look more neat and complete (in the photographs paper tape No).
Here the autumn bouquet is ready.
ADVICE: “In order to last longer, you need to lubricate the already rolled roses with vegetable oil (with a brush). It is absorbed after two days, the leaves become soft, do not dry out, do not lose color and do not shrink. This dawned on me the day before yesterday. :) I smeared half of the roses - today is the difference is obvious."
Happy beautiful autumn everyone!
