In many countries of the world, the turtle was always read and praised, someone considers it a symbol of a female start, the Indians believed that on her mighty back all our world holds, the Chinese believe, and to this day, that she symbolizes longevity, wisdom, Welfare, prosperity and can protect against misfortune. And is it possible to get around all these legends? We suggest you make a wonderful symbol - a turtle with your own hands, to protect your home and garden.
There are many options for the manufacture of this souvenir, and we will try to cover the most popular and interesting ones.
Soft pillow
For each needlewoman, owning a crochet, will not be much difficulty tie the pillow-turtle. Such a cute thing will perfectly fit into your interior and will serve not only a decorative role.
We need:
- yarn residues;
- Hook number 2 or number 3;
- fabric for a cover;
- filler.
Make a pillow. On the pattern from the fabric, we do hexagons, stitch them and pock the filler.
We proceed to knitting the shelter, for this we need to tie the hexagons according to Scheme 1 and sew them to our shell cover.
In order to tie the head, you need to dial 4 plants. loops and tied up with 8 columns without Nakid. We continue on the same scheme, not forgetting to make an increase in every 4th row. Head size should be approximately 6-7 cm.
Tail and paws knit on the same principle and stuff filler. With the help of buttons or other suitable material, we make eyes and collect our items together.
So our turtle tortilet is ready.
Garden decoration
If you want to transform your garden with something cheerful and budget, we offer a master class on making a turtle from tires.
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We need:
- 2 tires;
- knife;
- empty bottle.
We do everything in the photo:
Such a turtle can be used not only as a decorative element, but also as the original flower beds.
Turtle made of felt
Another very interesting version of the souvenir from felt. Such a souvenir can be issued as a fridge magnet, make a charming brooch on a handbag or just leave as it is, in the form of a toy.
The size of this turtle can vary how you please, if there is enough material, you can increase several times. We will look at a small example.
We need:
- pattern;
- Felt of different colors 2 mm.;
- scissors;
- beads for decorating;
- glue "moment";
- filler.
First of all, you need to draw the pattern and cut the details on it.
From felt, sliced by thin stripes, you need to roll up the spiral and bete them with a pin to hold.
In the future, gently sew them.
With the needle, we collect our shell.
Gaps are extended by beads.
Fill out our shell with filler and sew to the base.
On the inside abdomen we glue the pieces of felt in the form of fins so that our bug seemed in bulk, and stitch the belly among themselves.
Our turtle is ready.
In fact, the material from which you can make a turtle, a lot, most importantly - connect your fantasy. We bring to your attention some more interesting ideas with the photo.
- Lovely handicraft crash. Such a craft is very interesting to do with children.
- A turtle made of rubber, this is a new kind of art that has won the whole world with its originality and ease of execution.
- From polymer clay you can make an original decoration or brooch.
- A bug made of plaster will be a stunning decoration of your garden. You will have to work, of course, but the result is worth it.
- An interesting toy for a child can be made of plastic bottles, they can be filled with candies or coins, which in the game will ring and rustle.
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- And if you are a fans of weave from beads, then for you there are excellent schemes for the execution of a charming turtle.
