Dear site visitors, from the master class presented by the author, you will learn how to independently make frog figures for a playground or to decorate your summer cottage, the courtyard of a private house, or a playground in the courtyard of an urban multi-storey building. In general, there are many options, everywhere the frog figures will look very good and delight others with their cute appearance)
Today, the stores have a huge selection of garden figurines, but they can not always please with their price, it is for this reason that the author decided to make a budget option, and share the results with ordinary people, which he did with success.
The main material is an old dry log, which the master procured when cleaning the garden from dry branches and trees, as well a dry log can be found in the forest, forest plantation, and park. Also, logs are often left in the urban area when sawing trees and logs are abandoned for weeks.
The log is sawn into several parts, for the base it is thicker, and the head part is thinner, the eyes are cut out from a dry branch thinner in diameter. Be sure to remove the bark with an ax or a knife. Logs are connected with self-tapping screws, and eyes are planted on wooden bonnets. And then everything is painted and decorated)
And so, let's consider what exactly is needed to make frog garden figures?
Materials1. dry log
2. branch
3. paint (green, white, black)
4. wooden caps
5. wood glue
Instruments1. chainsaw (you can use ordinary manual)
2. screwdriver
3. ax
4. drill
5. grinding wheel
6. brush
7. ruler
8. pencil
9. sandpaper
10. knife
Step-by-step instructions for creating garden figures frogs do it yourself.As already mentioned above, when clearing and cleaning the garden, the author obtained a dry log.
With the help of an ax he took off the bark.
I sawed a chainsaw into 2 equal blocks, this will be the basis.
Then it cuts off 2 more workpieces, but with a diameter and a length that is already a little smaller.
For the stability of the figure, its lower part is chipped with an ax.
Then the author makes blanks for the eyes to frog, namely, he takes a dry branch and cuts 4 round logs.
These are the eyes)
Bark is necessarily removed from all the workpieces and everything is carefully sanded.
Preliminary fitting, looks pretty good.
After which the master begins assembling the parts, you should first make a hole with a drill or a screwdriver so that the self-tapping screw twists normally and the tree does not crack. The diameter of the drill should be slightly smaller than the diameter of the self-tapping screw, so it will fit tightly.
We twist the screws with a screwdriver.
But you can’t screw your eyes on the self-tapping screws, here the author does the following, drills a hole in the bottom of the round timber, and then at the base and connects it all with a wooden furniture cap. You can also cut a cap from any piece of wood, the main thing is that it fits the size)
The ends of the caps are greased with carpentry glue and inserted into the holes, then it is upset by tapping the ax with an ax.
And so the rough work came to an end and now we see the result of the work of the author.
Next, the master proceeds to painting.
Everything is painted in green.
Then a drawing is applied, eyes are painted.
For more decor, the author screwed children's rakes and a shovel to the frogs, so to speak, "little helpers in the country"
That's actually such a beauty turned out)
Such figures will look cool both at the summer cottage and at the playground, delighting children and parents with their cute appearance. As you can see, to make garden figures frogs do not require special skills and materials, everything is very simple and budgetary, it’s quite possible for a person who knows how to hold an instrument in his hands. So we take and do. Go for it friends!
This concludes the article. Thank you all for your attention!
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