Gypsum handicrafts with their own hands: master class and video gallery of ready-made works

Gypsum is an ecological material, harmless and very cheap, which means that it is available to anyone who wants to make interesting and necessary products with their own hands. Working with gypsum is a real pleasure, because this material can take absolutely any form and quickly freezes. By the way, it can also be painted in different colors. Our master class on gypsum crafts will tell you how to master this skill without much difficulty.

What you need for a colored crafts made of plaster made by yourself

To start work on making gypsum articles, you need to stock up with some materials:

• Gypsum;
• Paints;
• Water;
• Spoon;
• Molds;
• Plastic jar.

Many who decided to start making gypsum handicrafts, ask themselves: how much is the plaster for crafts. It is worth saying that this material has a low price, therefore it is considered one of the most accessible types of needlework. You can buy it at any construction store.

Especially it is necessary to say about molds. In fact, you can use any kind of tank as a mold, but silicone molds are ideal for working with gypsum. Where to buy the shapes is absolutely not important.

We make gypsum for white and colored articles

How to breed gypsum for crafts, everyone knows who has ever worked with this material. All you need is water and a mixture of gypsum. First, you need to pour water into the container, and then add the gypsum, as in the photo:

The mixture must be brought to such a state that it seemed that it was liquid sour cream. Immediately after this, it can be poured into molds.

If you want to make a color craft, then you need to follow the mic:

1. First we plant gouache. In the jar, you can add a little water, close the lid and shake. This is necessary for the paint to completely dissolve.

2. We pour the diluted gouache into the solution tank.

3. Then we fall asleep to the same gypsum and mix it until the lumps dissolve completely.

The mass should resemble liquid sour cream by its consistency.

4. The next step is to fill the gypsum in the form

5. And, finally, it remains to dry.

You can make anything from color gypsum, for example, hearts.

Or these swans for the garden:

How to make mushrooms for a garden of gypsum

In order to make wonderful garden mushrooms from gypsum, you will need:

• Round dish;
• Bottle;
• Food film;
• Acrylic paints;
• Building plaster;
• Varnish;
• Wire.

How to make a mushroom quickly and efficiently, find out here:

First of all, it is necessary to make a leg of a mushroom, for this we take a bottle and cut off the bottom. You can still add a wire in the middle of the legs, then the fungus will be stable.

Then it is necessary to dissolve the gypsum with water and pour it into the bottle. Consistency should be like thick sour cream.

As soon as the gypsum solidifies, it should be separated from the bottle, for this a small incision is made directly diagonally.

The surface is then sanded.

Next stage - go to the mushroom cap, put the food bag inside.

After that, we reconstitute the gypsum again and pour the cup inside, and in the center we have a leg. As soon as the gypsum solidifies, it can be removed from the cup.

Well, finally, it is worth painting and varnishing your product.

Manufacture of such crafts will be exciting not only for adults, but also for children.

A selection of videos for making all sorts of things from gypsum