Baba Yaga is one of the most striking fairy-tale characters of Russian folklore. Many cartoons and films depict it in different ways. She is an evil old woman who steals children and wants to eat them, but sometimes she shows pity for the hero, and in many films she is portrayed as funny and cheerful. This is probably why the kids still love her. She wants to eat someone, she threatens, but she hasn’t eaten or killed anyone yet. She can fly, but she can’t catch up with anyone.
Baba Yaga’s crafts are also all funny and not at all scary. Children happily convey the image of this resident of the hut on chicken legs in their drawings and applications. A broom is also made from plasticine. A mandatory attribute of this fairy tale heroine is a flying stupa.
Let's consider what Baba Yaga crafts can be made from natural materials, what needs to be collected in the park for this, and what additional materials will be needed to connect the parts together.
Baba Yaga figurine
To make such a character, you need to have a fir cone, a small pine cone, Christmas tree branches, rowan berries for beads, hemp rope for tying branches and making hair, and twigs for a mortar.
The big bump is the torso. To easily install the head, you need to cut off a few of the top scales from it. A small pine cone is glued onto the plasticine into the resulting hollow, with the blunt part facing forward to make it easier to stick small parts.
The body and head of the headstock are ready. One branch of the Christmas tree is cleared of needles, which are attached to the neck on plasticine. These will be the hands of a fairy-tale heroine. Hair is knitted from rope as follows. Segments are cut to the same length, folded in half and tied on the loop side with a knot. Then they are glued to the small bump on top. The more segments, the more voluminous the old woman’s hair.
Eyes, a mouth and a hooked nose are made from plasticine. As a nose, you can use one curved pasta glued to the base.
Now we’ll take a closer look at how to make the main part of Baba Yaga’s craft - a flying stupa.
How to make a stupa?
In fairy tales, the grandmother moves through the forest exclusively on a mortar, controlling a broom. The stupa has the shape of a truncated cone. Therefore, in the manufacture of this transport, a plastic disposable cup is used. First, the plasticine is softened and the outer part is completely coated so that the branches are firmly attached and do not slip on its surface.
They should not be thick, as the glass will be deformed. In order for the sticks to hold well, you need to tie them with thread. All that remains is to plant Baba Yaga’s craft inside.
Broom
The fairy-tale character's transport, which she also uses for flying, is a broom. It's simple to make. To do this, you need to have one thick twig and several small and thin ones collected from bushes. They are cut into small equal pieces, collected in a bunch with a thick stick in the middle, and tied with a rope.
This attribute always finds its place in Baba Yaga’s crafts. Usually the broom is either attached to the old woman's hand or to the mortar. You can also put a scarf on her head, because previously in Rus' all women wore these headdresses. In all films and fairy tales, she is also depicted wearing a headscarf.
A hut on chicken legs
If you ask any child, the answer will be the same for everyone - in a hut on chicken legs. When making Baba Yaga's crafts with their own hands, many craftsmen try to build her forest dwelling nearby. This house is not simple; it itself is a fairy-tale character. He can run, jump, turn, kick someone, sit down and refuse to obey his owner.
It’s difficult to make even a simple house from branches, but here it still has to stand on two legs. How to do this? Let's try to explain in detail now.
How to make Baba Yaga's house?
In order for the structure to hold firmly on two pillars, you need to select either thick cuts of branches, or take two wooden spools of thread. The second option is preferable, since they have a base that expands at the bottom, which will securely hold the house.
If you still use cut branches, then you need to strengthen them with plasticine on the base of the craft, making claws splayed in different directions. They will give stability to the structure.
The house itself is made from a flat foundation. This can be plywood or a piece of very durable cardboard. The ceiling above is the same. Straight branches of any tree are glued between these two planes. You can fasten them with wire or tie them together with rope.
Also, for strength, the walls of the house are placed on a layer of plasticine, which is attached along the entire perimeter of the house from the inside and on the floor of the house and on the ceiling.
The roof can be made from cardboard by gluing together a pyramid. Place a layer of autumn yellow leaves on top of the glue. Such a composition can be entered into a competition as autumn crafts Baba Yaga.
Option from cone and nut
Even a child can easily make such a Baba Yaga craft from natural materials. kindergarten. You will need one fir cone for the body, Walnut for the head, a few twigs for the broom and hands, plasticine, threads for hair (they can be made from straw or willow leaves). The old lady’s scarf can be cut out of paper, or you can wear a fabric one.
The parts are fastened together using plasticine, from which small parts of the face are also made - the nose, eyes. Next to Baba Yaga, you can make her for an exhibition best friend goblin. It is also created from a spruce cone by gluing a paper cone or a plasticine fly agaric mushroom hat onto the head. He has a stick in his hand.
You can also make the head from chestnut, and the arms from ash seeds. The mortar can be covered with small scales of cones or tree bark. It's interesting to carve a house out of a pumpkin. There are many options for using natural materials for such crafts. After looking at the samples, you can safely create your own works, adding your own details. After all, you always want to do everything your own way, not like others. Create and imagine!
Today, various dolls and figurines made by hand are very popular. They can serve as interior decoration or an excellent souvenir for connoisseurs of this type of art. Most often, craftswomen make amulets and fairy-tale characters. For example, Baba Yaga can be made from different materials. Moreover, there are techniques available for children preschool age, but there is also a more complex design of such figures.
On the Internet you can find many video tutorials on making various dolls. Baba Yaga is the most interesting character and textured in terms of execution. We bring to your attention several options for making this figurine.
DIY Baba Yaga from pine cones
Baba Yaga, made from natural materials, looks quite original. For this we need:
Paper cup;
Twigs;
Pine and fir cones;
A piece of fabric;
Plasticine;
Knitting.
We cover the outside of a paper cup with twigs - this will be Baba Yaga's stupa. Then we will make a broom from a twig and several pine needles, tie them to each other with a thread. Now let's start making the head. Take a cone with a tail, where the tail will be the nose. We place knitting threads (hair) between the scales of the cone. The eyes must be drawn on paper and glued to the face.
We put a scarf on our head, which we will make from a piece of cloth. Hands are twigs. Now we attach the head and arms to the body (fir cone) using plasticine.
We seat our Baba Yaga from cones in a mortar, at the bottom of which we put paper. We glue the broom to the hand and our Baba Yaga in the mortar is ready. Photos of this craft can be easily found on the Internet.
DIY Baba Yaga using stocking technique
Baba Yaga, made using the stocking technique, looks very naturalistic. Typically, such dolls serve as interior decoration. There are collectors of such figurines who greatly value exhibits made using this technique. To make it you need to take:
- Nylon material;
- Sintepon;
- Pieces of fabric;
- Wire;
- Gray knitting threads;
- Eyes.
Description of work
We start work from the head. First, we make it from padding polyester (a ball of the required size). Now a nose blank is made from wire, which is wrapped in padding polyester and attached securely to the head in the right place. Now we cover this blank with nylon (from tights or stockings), form the chin and cheeks (protruding places).
Then we proceed to the screed. First we form the nose, then the cheeks and lips. Lastly, we tighten the area of the eyes and forehead, forming wrinkles on it. For the screed, we select threads that match the color of the nylon and a needle of the required size.
We decorate the eyes with pieces of nylon, thereby creating wrinkles around the eyes, and glue them to the face. We make hair from knitting threads. You can watch a master class that shows in detail the technique and diagrams of the screed.
For the hands we make a wire frame, which we wrap with padding polyester, focusing Special attention every finger. Now we cover this blank with nylon and stitch the spaces between the fingers. For the torso and legs, you can take stockings and stuff them with padding polyester. We form a hump on the body. We shape and stitch the foot. Now you need to put all the parts together.
Sew clothes for the doll from pieces of fabric and don’t forget about the headdress; a vest made of burlap will look very good; you can make a broom from twigs. The nylon doll is completely ready.
Baba Yaga from plastic bottles
We bring to your attention a description of how to make a large doll that will look very good in your home area. It can be any size you need. What do we need:
- Plastic bottles of 1.5 and 5 liters.
- Polyurethane foam.
- Glue.
- Paints.
- Boots.
- Broom.
- Bandage.
Let's start making the doll's frame from plastic bottles (torso and legs). The joints between the bottles are secured using polyurethane foam. We put boots on our feet. We put foam scraps into the bag and form the head. Now the entire figure needs to be covered with polyurethane foam. We cut out the face on the head, and give the body the necessary outlines of the figure and clothing.
We make hands using stockings or tights made of nylon. We stuff them and attach them to the body.
The entire workpiece must be wrapped in a bandage and covered with a mixture of adhesives (PVA and tile). After which you need to paint the figure and create a hairstyle for it or simply tie a scarf. A doll made from plastic bottles must be varnished. Give her a broom. The large figure is ready. Now you can install it anywhere.
We have offered you several examples of making Baba Yaga from scrap materials that will undoubtedly interest a creative person.
Video on the topic of the article
If you are looking for original idea, which could be offered to kindergarten students or younger schoolchildren, opt for an option such as a DIY Baba Yaga craft.
Firstly, our old ladies are very charismatic! In their stunned eyes one can read the dilemma: should I boil Ivan the Fool or should I fry him? Secondly, these crafts are incredibly easy to work with, but at the same time leave room for creativity: each grandmother will need to be decorated by hand. Thirdly, you will be able to organize a real exhibition in order to jointly decide who is the best fairy-tale artist in the group or class.
What do we need
To create a colorful DIY Baba Yaga craft we will need the following things:
- Template - save it to your computer by clicking this link
- Scissors
- Glue stick
- Colored pencils (slate and wax), felt-tip pens and paints.
What are we doing
Transfer the template to paper. On the first page of our pattern you will find a color version of the elderly witch, and the second page is dedicated to coloring. We recommend that you glue together a full-color version and use it for display.
We provide children with tools and ask you to decorate the sorceress grandmother. Some people will need more time to do this, while others, on the contrary, can quickly handle drawing tasks. Further follow the instructions:
- Cutting out the witch– Great practice for fine motor skills. We bend the feet and the side flap of our craft with children with our own hands (it is best to do this by helping yourself with a ruler).
- Apply glue to the side strip and turn the flat sheet into a cone.
- Let's not forget also about Baba Yaga’s vehicle: the broom is useful both for flying and for cleaning.
- This is the abundance of evil spirits our students have - it’s time to hold a beauty contest!
By the way, in the section of our website dedicated to handicrafts, you will find many other original projects for little craftsmen.
Who doesn’t know Baba Yaga, the heroine of many Slavic fairy tales? The hunchbacked old woman is capable of intimidating children with just her appearance. The description of Baba Yaga’s appearance is truly memorable:
- a hooked nose can smell an uninvited guest from a distance,
- the bone leg allows the heroine to stand in the world of the dead,
- long shaggy and White hair indicate that the hostess has lived in the forest for at least 300 years.
In autumn, children create wonderful crafts from natural materials. These could be hedgehogs, owls, spiders and other animals. Nuts and chestnuts are used in pure form, and sometimes basic materials are supplemented with seeds and berries. How to make Baba Yaga from pine cones? Today we will show you one of the options for making a popular fairy-tale character.
So, let's get ready for work:
- - Pine cones,
- - gnarled branches and twigs,
- - ash seeds,
- - plasticine for joining craft parts,
- - autumn leaves to create a forest setting.
The big bump is Baba Yaga’s body, and the small one is the head. By the way, the shape of the cone is quite similar to a dress. Probably, forest dwellers wear only such clothes.
Let's sculpt eyes from multi-colored pieces of plasticine for crafts. Break off a twig about 0.5 cm from the branch to get a hooked nose. The job is quite doable.
After attaching the parts to the pine cone, let's think about how to design Yaga's shaggy hair. There are two options here:
- sculpt thin strips of white plasticine,
- Attach a bunch of ash seeds to the top of the cone.
Baba Yaga's head is ready.
You can attach the part to the body by first decorating the large cone with autumn leaves (cut into thin strips).
This is what an old woman looks like dressed in colorful rags.
We will make the hands of the sinister heroine from branches. Traditionally, we attach them to the body with plasticine.
By the way, it is difficult to imagine Baba Yaga without her magical attributes. About what we're talking about? About a mortar, broom or shovel, on which an old woman puts naughty children and sends them to the oven.
