Crafts from logs in the country with their own hands. A photo

Wooden articles for a children's playground

By releasing our schoolStock from unnecessary trees or stumps can find good use for the formed material. The resulting logs and roots will become the basis for the manufacture of various crafts made of wood: of fairy-tale heroes and animals , which will become a worthy decoration for any playground or simply decorate the facades of the house.

To begin with, determine the size of the craft, measure out the necessary part of the log, clean it of the bark and knots, clean it to make the workpiece smooth. You can fasten the parts by using:

• of the special glue
• of the small carvings
• of the wood drill( a detail, designed to be, for example, the neck or legs of the craft) is jammed into the formed recess

Then the prepared figure is treated with a special with a protective solution , covered with varnish and allowed to dry. Decoration crafts for a playground of logs can be trusted to children or together with the kids to decorate the fairy-tale hero in bright colors, to come up with additional details for the decor, turning the process into an exciting game.

In addition, logs can become the basis for creating children's swings, sandboxes, various labyrinths, paths, ladders, etc. The stumps and logs that remain after the log house can serve as a material for the construction of a real small children's sports ground: a little imagination, skill, additional materials in the form of ropes, ropes, reliable fasteners and children will be where to play at the dacha without distracting adults from important matters.

Crafts from a log for a children's playground. Photo

Stylish furniture for giving

If the financial possibilities do not allow to order a stylish set of garden furniture for a dacha on an individual project, but you do not have to buy simple plastic furniture, you can try to create a stylish furniture set for your beloved villa with your own hands.

The logs and the stumps that remain after the log house can again serve as irreplaceable details. The main task is to move these heavy structures to the right place of the site. Further processing depends on the skills and tools that you have.

Simple, but this does not lose its originality and style, it's a variant:

• table and chairs made of stumps
• bench from a solid log

The first variant allows to use minimal processing of details: it is enough to trim the table top and top parts of stumps, whichwill serve as seats. A more complex variant involves cleaning stumps from bark and knots, creating backs and additional decorative elements at the discretion of the owner of the dacha.

The second option t will create two benches if there is a tool and the ability to divide the log along into two equal parts. Having made small notches on a round part of a log, it is possible to reliably place the basic part of a bench on two small logs which have served as a reliable support for such simple, stylish and reliable bench which will serve to you long years and will demand the minimal expenses.

Furniture from logs in the country with their own hands. Photo

Flower bed from the log

Another option to successfully decorate your site is to create the original flower bed for flowers from logs. The use of plastic bottles, tires and even a stone will take more time, and the result in advance will lose the flower bed of wood.

Using a chisel and a hammer for a couple of hours, it is possible to make a groove of the necessary width and depth in a finished wooden billet or stump located in a suitable place in your area, fill it with soil and plant flowers that will feel comfortable under such conditions, and look spectacularinside the wooden structure.

Flower bed from logs with own hands. Photo

Booth for a dog from a log

Creating an log cabin for a beloved pet will be a small rehearsal for the construction of more serious structures. After all, a dog booth made of logs is a mini-house with a roof and a door-door, designed for comfortable living in any weather. This is a full-fledged housing for an animal, reliable and durable. For the roof you can use roofing material and roofing tiles, which will give the booth even more similarity with the real house.

In addition, such a structure will carry not only a functional load, but also serve as a real decoration of the country site.

Booth for a dog from a log with your own hands. Photo

Fence from logs

Logs will be an excellent material for the construction of fences and various fences in the suburban area. To install such a fence from the front of the house, additional material processing will be required and not every wood billet will be suitable for external construction due to the increased requirements for quality indicators.

It is quite possible to build fences made of logs of various heights and thicknesses on the territory of the country plot, using non-standard parts to give the building a more effective and original.

Fence from a log with your own hands. Photo

Bridges from logs at the dacha

Another classic building for the dacha - bridges from logs. In this structure logs look most organically. The main task is to achieve stability and reliability of the structure: whether it is a decorative bridge through a dry pond or a flower bed, or a full-scale construction used to move to the other shore.

If the bridge is not decorative and its length is more than 2.5 meters, for reliability it is recommended to use additional intermediate piles, and at the base of such a structure a special foundation is laid.

The basis for such a heavy construction may well be metal frame , which will ensure the reliability of the structure.

Bridges from logs for villas. Photo

Wooden house made of logs

Making small wooden handicrafts with children, building simple constructions and constructions from logs in your own summer cottage, it is possible to gain knowledge and experience to start the construction of a full-length wooden log cabin.

To begin with, this can be a gazebo or a small outbuilding, a bathhouse or a barn. Gradually, accumulating the necessary knowledge and skills, you can go to the construction of a wooden house from logs - the dream of many summer residents.

The log house does not require finishing, it perfectly preserves the warmth in winter and cool in the summer. In this house is always dry and cozy. To build a small wooden house of logs is quite feasible for many summer residents.

Photo of houses made of logs

A log can be used for building a house:

• rounded
• planed

The latter makes the construction process more complicated and time-consuming, but in terms of quality characteristics it significantly exceeds the first option. The planed log preserves all protective layers of wood, which makes it possible to use it in its original form, without additional processing by various chemical compounds for wood protection. Houses constructed from such material are environmentally friendly and durable, although they require considerably more time and scrupulousness in selecting logs of similar diameter when building a structure. Logs from such logs must undergo the process of shrinkage , which takes 1-1.5 years. Only then you can install doors and windows, make a roof.

Forest inhabitants from logs

Figures depicting forest gnomes and fairies will be an excellent decoration for a children's playground or a summer-resort site, decorated in a forest style. Knots, located in the right places will become spouts, horns and handles. Bright flower pots and other dishes will serve as hats and caps. With the help of paints, you can draw funny faces, use straws and patches for lush hairstyles of forest dwellers.

The use of metal fittings for such structures will reliably fix them in the right place and make them more durable.

We make a bunny from a log

To make a figurine it is necessary: ​​

• suitable log, the diameter of which is 16-23 cm, length 35-55 cm
• plywood sheet 4-6mm thick
• exterior paint
• carnations

Stage 1

The bottom part of the log must be cut smoothly for stabilityfigurines, the upper - cut at an angle of 45 degrees.

Stage 2

Then the log is ground from knots and notches and is dried for several days in a warm room.

Stage 3

Workpiece processing with special mortar and varnish coating.

Stage 4

In this step, you need to use the jig saw to cut out additional details for the bunny figurine from plywood. This is a nice face( the diameter of which should be equal to the diameter of the upper part of the log) and the ears. To do this, you can use special templates and stencils or draw a sketch yourself.

Step 5

Paint the muzzle and ears with the paint of the desired color, let dry. Then draw eyes, mouth, mustache.

Step 6

Make small holes for the ears, muzzles and legs, if any, using a special drill, secure the elements using studs and glue.

Wooden man from the logs with our own hands

We will need:

• two small logs of different diameters
• branches
• special drills - perks
• saws or hacksaw
• carnations

Step 1

Define the workpiece for the head and trunk( large diameter).The approximate ratio is 2: 1, but this is conditional.

Stage 2

For fastening these parts, we use a branch about 25 cm long: with a drill, we make grooves for the diameter of the branch from the ends of the two parts, so that the parts are densely planted on the branch.

Stage 3

Then draw out the face of the little man: with the help of a drill we make grooves for the eyes and nose, then drive in there small churochki. You can paint them in advance with paint.

The important point is to use only dry branches for the neck, eyes and nose, otherwise there are all chances that shortly the workpieces will fall out of the prepared grooves.

Stage 4

Create a small bench with a log and planks: the log is driven into the ground, leaving the upper part 20-45 cm long, prikorachivaem with a clove board. We set the finished figure of the forest man on the bench and fix it with the help of carnations.

Stage 5

Hands and feet are made using branches, cutting off their parts at the right angle and fastening with self-tapping screws, which will then tighten the limbs.

Wooden bench

Such a wooden bench will require a lot of effort for manufacturing, but it will not only be a real decoration of your summer residence, but also a reliable and useful structure that will last for many years and will please more than one generation. The back of the bench is made in the form of a butterfly, which makes it possible to use all your imagination and decorate the bench in bright colors.

Logsheet

A complex piece of logs that will become an ornament for the whole country street. Additional details and decor allow to give the structure an individual design and spectacular appearance.

Garden swings

Such a garden swing will not only be a great place for children's entertainment, but also for adults. This design may well serve as a bench, it is reliable and safe to use. Additional processing of parts, reliable fasteners and ropes will allow using this design for sports activities with children. A device next to several ladders and labyrinths will help create a real sports ground.

The garden swing from logs with your own hands. Photos of