If your new hobby was sawing a variety of decorative elements, burning or carving, then our advice will be to start with a material such as plywood.
There are several significant reasons for this:
It’s quite simple to work with plywood.
If you have a good tool in your hands, and you start with small figures, then it will take you a couple of hours to make them.
The material is universal in use, so you can make from it literally anything you want: furniture, toys, small decorative elements.
All this can be a great addition to the interior of your home.
Review Content:
Features of working with material
What is a plywood sheet. It consists of several sheets of veneer, which are interconnected with glue.
Important: plywood can be of different types: based on beech, birch, pine.
Not only the quality of the finished product, but even its structure and color depends on which sheet you choose.
If you are going to cut various figures with a jigsaw, then you need to choose the highest quality plywood varieties.
They are particularly robust, which ensures that the plywood does not crack, spoiling the entire appearance of the product at the most unpredictable moment.
If you intend to start work immediately, immediately on the day of purchase, then select only dry sheets of wood.
They will not break a jigsaw file every 10 minutes.
To work with plywood, you will need to acquire a number of tools.
In principle, they are constantly the same for all types of products, so only a one-time investment is required:
- Jigsaw
- Jigsaw files
- Manual or electric drill
- Awl
- Ruler
- Grinding machine
- Burner.
Framework
If you want to beautifully decorate your home or give someone close to you an original gift, make a plywood frame with your own hands.
The preparation process will not take you much time, because you just need to get the necessary materials.
Note!
They are standard for all cases, and we have already mentioned them.
We will offer you master classes of light crafts made of plywood. You can make a regular straight frame, as well as plan various patterns and figures on it.
First you need to make a template, and after that you can cut it out, draw contours with pencil on plywood and start the manufacturing process.
This stage is not only the most responsible, but also the most exciting. If you put in a piece of your soul, everything will work out. The finished structure must be varnished. Done!
Doll furniture
This task will be a real test for parents.
Note!
The so-called test of acquired design skills.
A feature of the creation of doll furniture is that children absolutely do not tolerate falsehoods.
If they see that the furniture is not worked out in detail, and instead of a stove for your favorite doll you brought a regular square-shaped bar, then you simply cannot avoid serious insults and children's disappointments.
The second feature of the manufacture of such crafts from plywood with a jigsaw is that all this furniture must be carefully worked out with sandpaper or a grinder.
Your child will be constantly in contact with these self-made toys, and in the case of poorly crafted edges - it may get hurt.
Note!
Well, the last feature of plywood crafts for giving and at home, the materials for such furniture should be absolutely non-toxic and normal for constant contact with the child, because he can drag it in his mouth or take it to bed.
This is not a simple application or papercraft, therefore, you need to be very serious about the matter, following the whole list of actions necessary to be performed.
Performance of work from plywood
Just as simple furniture is made in detail, and then assembled into one piece of furniture, do-it-yourself plywood crafts should be done separately.
To do this, first prepare special drawings of crafts made of plywood, on which specify the dimensions of all parts and their fastenings.
Take the finished plywood sheet and attach a paper part template to it.
Circle the part with a pencil and use a jigsaw to cut along the contour.
After that, each detail must be cleaned with sandpaper or a grinding machine and only then assemble the furniture element.
When you are finished with the whole set, open it with varnish.
Below are various options and photos of plywood crafts. Choose the one that you like.
Photo of plywood crafts
