I recently discovered that I have a lot of different medicines and other medical supplies in my house. And I keep them in different boxes, bags, bags. Therefore, I decided to make a spacious container - a first aid kit. Of the several options, I settled on the simplest option, in my opinion - this is a box-box. But the box should be large, roomy and simple in shape. Square or rectangular.
To make a first aid kit, I needed thick and thin cardboard, artificial leather in black and burgundy colors, and glue. I decided that it would be quite suitable for the frame of a first aid kit box. cardboard box from under the shoes. Why shoe boxes - because such boxes are made of good thick cardboard. I found such a big box.
But the shoebox needed to be modified a little. The lid was placed on top of the box, and I needed the walls of the box and the walls of the lid to be in the same plane. To do this, I pasted over the walls of the box with one layer of thick thick cardboard on the outside, and the walls of the lid on the inside.
The frame is ready.
Now I start gluing the frame. I cut out parts from black artificial leather with allowances for gluing the frame.
I don’t indicate the dimensions on the pattern, because... they are individual in each specific case. First, I glued a long piece of leather to the front and side walls. I glued the allowances: the top one inside the box, the sides on the back wall, the bottom ones on the bottom.
Next I glued the lid. I turned the seam allowances to the wrong side and glued them to the lid on three sides. I glued a leather overlay to the fourth (back) side. I glued the overlay to the back wall along the gluing line.
I placed the lid with the back wall against the box so that the cover lay inside the box. I glued the back wall and seam allowance. When gluing the outer rear wall, the lid must be closed. Next, with the lid open, I glued the lining from the inside and the bottom from the outside.
From thin cardboard I made inserts into the box for the walls, covered them with burgundy leather, and glued them inside the box.
I made an inner bottom and an insert for the back of the lid from thin cardboard. I also covered them with burgundy leather and inserted them into the box.
The next step is the spacer inserts. I also cut them out of thick cardboard.
Well, basically the first aid kit is ready. But it turned out to be too boring. It should be decorated. It was decided that some kind of beautiful thematic drawing was needed. I’m not an artist, so I found a picture that suited the occasion on the Internet. I transferred the contours onto tracing paper.
I painted the picture with acrylic paints and contours.
The top of the drawing was covered with two layers of acrylic varnish. Well, the good doctor decorated the lid of the medicine cabinet. Now the first aid kit is completely ready and you can put things in order with the storage of medications.
DIY box. Master class with step by step photos.
Box made using imitation reptile skin technique. Master class with step-by-step photos.
Goloveshkina Lidiya Mikhailovna technology teacher MBOUSecondary school No. 8 named after A.N. Bliznyukov Beysug village, Vyselkovsky district, Krasnodar region
Description: This master class is intended for children from 10 years old, teachers, parents, as well as for all creative people.
Purpose: The box, made using the technique of imitation reptile skin, can serve as an interior decoration, for exhibitions and participation in competitions, as well as as a gift.
Target: Complete the box.
Tasks:
- Arouse interest in this type of creativity;
- develop diligence, accuracy, perseverance, patience;
- develop aesthetic perception of the surrounding world, observation skills;
- develop fine motor skills hands, eye, fantasy, imagination.
Preface to the work:
Snakes are one of the most peculiar creatures on earth. Their unusual appearance original way movements, many remarkable behavioral features, and finally, the poisonousness of many species - all this has long attracted attention and aroused keen interest among people. The study of snakes gradually reveals new remarkable features in the structure and lifestyle of these animals.
At first glance, it seems that snakes are easy to distinguish by appearance from all other reptiles. Indeed, they have a long, legless body, covered with scales, their eyes are always covered with a transparent leathery membrane, and they lack an external ear. However, all these structural features can also be found in various lizards.
About 30 signs of external and internal structure distinguish snakes from lizards, but almost all of them “as an exception” are also found in the latter. Thus, only by the complex of all these differences can one reliably divide two orders of reptiles—snakes and lizards.
The body of the snake is covered with horny shields and scales. On the head of many snakes, large shields of regular and constant shape are grouped into in strict order, typical for each species, and serve important sign for scientific description and identification of species.
The purpose of this topic is to try to revive interest in such wonderful and interesting animals as snakes. There are no people who would treat snakes with indifference. People either hate and fear them, or have truly warm feelings towards them.
There are 11 species of snakes in our country. Among them, 3 species belong to viper snakes and 8 to colubrids. All representatives of the viper family have poisonous glands and corresponding dental apparatus.
What to do if a snake bites you. Useful tips.
When bitten by a snake, it is important to limit your mobility: the faster you move, the higher the rate of absorption of the venom into the blood. The affected limb needs special rest: it should not be moved at all.
Immediately after the bite, you can try to suck out the poison from the wound. You should not be afraid of getting poisoned by swallowing a small particle of poison: poisoning through the esophagus requires a dose much larger than if you accidentally swallowed the residue in saliva. You can suck out the poison either yourself or by asking anyone nearby. It is important to remember that after 2-3 minutes the action becomes practically useless.
Give the victim plenty of fluids to reduce the concentration of poison in the blood and lymph. Water and warm sweet tea are fine, coffee and alcohol are not: the former changes blood pressure, increasing the rate of circulation of blood and poison, the latter is another poison that the liver has to neutralize.
Deliver the victim to the nearest hospital, where there is antidote serum, and the necessary care will be provided health care, including relieving allergic shock.
Many snake venoms can be used in small dosages for medical purposes. Along with their direct use as medicines, they contribute to the search for new ones. Poisons help explain many processes and better understand them, as well as find new active substances. Poisons are a prerequisite for lowering blood pressure from the ACE group of drugs. Snake venoms are used in the following areas of therapy: arterial hypertension(increased blood pressure), hereditary or acquired changes in the coagulation system and for the manufacture of antidotes (antidotes). In homeopathy for reversal of pain conditions.
Venom production occurs on snake farms by “milking” the venom glands. To do this, the teeth are placed on the membrane of the container and the poisonous glands are massaged. The venom that flows out is severely frozen, dried and crushed into granules.
Historically, poisonous snakes were also a fairly important part of medicine in Europe. Thus, various infusions and other prepared forms were used against all sorts of diseases and to achieve future beauty and so on.
The wisdom of the snake allows a person to make thoughtful and informed decisions, its endurance allows him to be persistent, tenacious, physically and mentally strong.
The snake is resourceful and gives the ability to find ways out even from the most difficult situations. The coldness and composure of the reptile will allow, when necessary, to moderate ardor and maintain sanity in any “hot” life situations.
We already know what the first people looked like on Earth. Now scientists have revealed what the first snakes looked like.
The ancestors of all modern snakes had tiny hind limbs with full ankles and toes. They were predators and set up ambushes at night... The first snakes are described in the Navy journals Evolutionary Biology. The research was carried out by an international team of scientists. Scientists analyzed the fossil remains, genes and anatomical structure of 73 species of snakes and lizards. Biologists have concluded that the first snakes appeared on land apparently in the warm forests of the southern hemisphere 128 million years ago (Early Cretaceous).
At the dawn of their evolution, snakes hunted soft-bodied animals that were significantly larger than them. But snakes did not yet know how to strangle prey with their coils. Next to the remains of extinct snakes (as found in 1987), fossilized remains of shells are found - this is evidence that snakes ate eggs and baby dinosaurs. The first snakes were active at first. But in the Cenozoic (about 45-50 million years ago), ancient snakes began to crawl out to hunt during the day. It is assumed that it was the cold at night that forced the snakes - Colubroidea - to which more than 85% of modern species belong.
Exoticism has always attracted people. For some it was an unknown fruit, for another it was an unprecedented country, for a third it was hitherto unheard sounds of nature... Nature... Our nurse and drinker, our teacher. She accompanies us everywhere from our first breath to our last. Even when we are no longer there, she continues to take care of us. But do we pay her the same attention and care? Are we trying to preserve it for our descendants? Unfortunately, this is far from the case. We have already destroyed a huge amount of its wealth, and many of them are already irreplaceable. Submitting to our whim to have an exotic thing or object, we often do not think how many specimens of plants or animals used as material remain on Earth...
Why are bags, shoes, shoes, boots made of leather and reptile skin so popular? Where does a person get this desire to make many practical things from the skin of reptiles? And why do many people dream of buying reptile skin to make unique accessories out of it? It's very simple: reptile skin has a number of qualities that no other animal on our planet has. Therefore, it is not surprising that the skin of these animals is in demand and popularity. They even produce tiles, laminate, wallpaper, and leather goods.
How to make an exotic item, not only without harming nature, but also somehow preserving it? There is only one answer: imitate this or that surface available means. This is already being done on a production scale with furs, pillows and furniture... But can this be done at home? Can! And today we will try to make imitation reptile skin.
For our work we need the following materials and equipment:
1. item to be processed (box, box, etc.);
2. mesh;
3. putty;
4. PVA glue;
5. paints (acrylic or gouache);
6. colorless varnish;
7. self-adhesive film;
8. brushes;
9. spatula;
10. scissors;
11. fine sandpaper.
Safety precautions when working with scissors
1. Store the scissors in the specified place and position.
2. When working, carefully monitor the cutting direction.
3. Do not use blunt scissors or loose hinge joints.
4. Do not hold scissors with the blade facing up.
5. Do not leave scissors with open blades.
6. Don't cut with scissors as you go.
7. Do not approach your friend while working.
8. Pass the closed scissors rings forward.
9. While working, hold the material with your left hand so that your fingers are away from the blade.
Safety precautions when working with glue
1. Handle the glue with care. Glue is poisonous!
2. Apply glue to the surface of the product only with a brush.
3. Do not let glue get on your fingers, face, especially eyes.
4. If glue gets into your eyes, rinse them immediately large quantities water.
5. After finishing work, be sure to wash your hands and arms.
6. When working with glue, use a napkin.
Sequence of work:
1.The item to be processed may be different (wooden, paper box). For my work I chose a cardboard packaging box.
The inside can be glued different ways(velvet paper, fabric, self-adhesive film or paper). I liked working with self-adhesive film more, as it is convenient to use. The color I chose was pink, which goes with gray. Glue it so that the edges of the box are covered.
2.The outside of the box must be covered with paper to level the surface. To do this, apply PVA glue to all sides one by one and apply small pieces of paper with glue to the surface of the future box (for this I chose toilet paper, rough). Let it dry.
3. Let's move on to creating the texture of the reptile. I started working from the bottom of the box. I stretched a mesh onto the surface (you can stretch it so that the pattern fits differently), fix it in this position. After this, we apply putty, covering the folds. The layer should be even and overlap the mesh pattern. After a minute, carefully remove the mesh from the surface.
This is what happened. If you don’t like it, you can repeat it after drying. All roughness can be removed by sanding with fine sandpaper.
Treat all sides of the surface in this way. Before processing the lid, I advise you to place any paper for protection.
The texture similar to snake skin is ready.
4. In nature, the pattern of a snake can be very different. Therefore, there are no limits to fantasy. I had acrylic paints on hand in grey, white and black. That’s why I chose a drawing of a common viper.
If you are an artist, you can color each cell, getting closer to the original drawing. I don't have such abilities. Therefore, I applied approximate black spots of the future “skin” with a simple pencil.
Painted the designated areas black acrylic paint. The main background was painted over with gray paint.
5.Around black spots I applied white paint like an edging. Since reptile skin has blurry patterns, take a brush with black paint on the tip and blend it over the entire surface.
Finally, we coat all sides of the box with colorless varnish.
6.When the box was ready, I wanted to decorate it. And the idea came to mind to add to the box. Glue on the snake and rhinestones. I had rhinestones, but I decided to make the snake myself. You can sculpt from salt dough, but products made from it take a long time to dry. That's why I chose cold porcelain. You can buy it, or you can make it yourself. There are many recipes on how to prepare it. I settled on cooking without heat treatment. Necessary:
1 part corn starch;
1 teaspoon Vaseline; Grind until smooth and add 1 part of PVA glue. Mix all this until a lump appears and then knead in your hands (you can grease your hands with Vaseline) until the dough becomes elastic.
I made it from an old wooden box, made the lid from cardboard and covered everything with natural leather. The result was a beautiful leather chest.
To work you will need:
Wooden box or cardboard.
Leather natural or artificial.
Chain.
Corrugated paper.
Acrylic paint bronze and black.
PVA glue.
Glue moment.
Bronze jewelry.
Chest manufacturing method with photo:
This is the box I made my chest from (it was an old wooden box). If you don’t have one, you can glue the box together from corrugated cardboard.
We cut out rounded sides of the size you need from thick cardboard. On the back side of the box, we measure the size for the future lid on cardboard, adjust the size based on the sides (I used cardboard from a school textbook, it bends very well and is quite durable). Leave the top of the lid wider and cut the sides into triangles, as shown in the photo.
We're making wooden legs for our chest. We cut them out of wood.
Glue it with glue or nail it to the bottom of the box.
Glue the lid with glue.
We bend it so that it then opens well.
This is how it is glued on the sides.
Cover the inside with PVA glue with corrugated paper. If you don’t have one, you can cover it with regular napkins and paint it with acrylic paint.
We glue the top of the chest with leather using glue.
Then we cut out thin strips from the leather and tape all the seams.
Dip a sponge into bronze paint and apply strokes to the skin.
We paint the legs with black paint. We glue bronze decorations to the sides. We glue leather strips on the front (I have strips Brown) with bronze buttons. I already had these strips ready from my old belt. We glue some kind of bronze decoration onto the lid, maybe a lock or something else. We tighten the chain twice around the bottom and fasten it tightly so it won’t fall off.
The DIY chest is ready. Good luck to everyone in their creativity!
We use vinyl wallpaper to decorate the box.
Hello, dear readers:) This time, let's look at how you can use wallpaper that imitates the skin of an animal (probably a hippopotamus) to decorate the surface of an object. This method is good because it perfectly imitates skin, we save the lives of animals and work with them is done quickly enough. If you are lucky and can buy such wallpaper, then imagine how long it will last you, and the price is very affordable. For Riga residents - this wallpaper is sold at the Depot :) And here is the box, which I decorated using film, which I easily peeled off from the canvas itself.
Agree, very similar to genuine leather:) Since vinyl wallpaper has a film coating, you don’t have to varnish the product, and this is also a plus for decoupage work and speeds up :)
You can see the wallpaper itself in the picture, as well as what you will need mainly for decorating an ordinary wooden box. As you can see, the arsenal is completely simple :)
We cut the wallpaper to the required size and peel it off in one fell swoop, first picking up a corner with a needle.
The enlarged photo shows the texture of the skin very clearly. Lovely, and that’s all :)) I’m writing to you, but I’m thinking about where else I could use this wealth :))
This film is glued very easily onto PVA construction adhesive evenly spread over the surface of the box.
For the top cap, a larger size is cut than the cap itself requires. About that much.
Once again admire the texture itself :))
While the glue is not high, we begin to assemble the film, creating artistic folds. It is advisable not to make intersecting lines, but to create air movement.
Once you are satisfied with the movement of the folds, cut off the edges with nail scissors and additionally coat the film with PVA glue along the edges.
Don't worry if the edge is a little uneven. It won’t be visible anyway, since it will be covered by the edge of the side. This is exactly what we will now proceed to :) Cutting off the edging bigger size, taking into account the size of the bend.
We coat the bend with glue and glue it to the film itself. 
We glue this strip to the side of the box so that the top edge hangs over the edging. We properly glue this edge to the edge of the artistically twisted canvas.
All that remains is for you to further decorate the box to your taste. I made flowers from the same film using hot glue, which I glued to the top and side surfaces of the box.
You can leave it this way, but I wanted to additionally decorate the box with rhinestones. You will see them a little later, and in the next photo the insides of the box are decorated :))
Since the bottom of the box will be lined with pink fur, I painted the bottom and all the sides inside the box with a slightly different shade of pink. And through a stencil I applied the exact color of the fur so that it would be visible only in reflections. But that is not all:)
Above the box I placed film and Mordan glue, which I will use to apply golden touches. I often use this sweet couple for decoration :)
We outline the outline of the stencil with a mordan.
In this photo you can already see how the Mordan glue applied with the contour dries a little (to the point of tack). And as soon as it dries slightly, I will put a film on top (the golden surface is on top, and the reverse side is towards the Mordan).
Oh, in this photo, which shows how I decorated the bottom part of the box, you can see how bald spots appear on the film after contact with the face :) It is reusable, so it will be enough for you to use it many times.
We continue to make a box with mom's treasures.
The next stage is to cover the base of the box with leatherette.
Take a long piece of leatherette (625x80 mm).
We start from the back wall (we have it signed), from its middle. Spread half the PVA and glue it to the leatherette, leaving equal allowances on the sides.
And so we sequentially glue the box around the perimeter.
We end where we started - on back wall. At this point there is a joint - we adjust the leatherette so that it turns out even (we cut off the excess or tighten the leatherette if it is a little short).
Now we glue the seam allowances.
Lubricate the edges of the bottom of the box with PVA glue, bend the leatherette, cut off the resulting ears in the corners and carefully glue them, forming even corners.
There is no need to worry too much about perfection - the bottom of the box will still be glued to the bottom of the lid.
This is how it turns out
We make a cut in the corners, not reaching 2 mm from the cardboard. And little by little, in half mm, we cut out such a corner (don’t forget to apply and adjust each time) - inside these edges should not diverge much (especially at the top, where it will not be covered with paper).
We cover the lid of our future box with leatherette.
We take the second piece of leatherette, along its short edges we mark allowances at a distance of 1 cm (on both sides):
We lay out the 4 parts of the lid in this order (do not confuse them - the sizes of all the parts are different), leaving equal spaces between the parts (1 cm each)
Just as we attached it, we glue it - we lubricate each part with PVA and apply it to a piece of leatherette.
We bend the allowances along the long edges and glue them on PVA. Use scissors to make grooves at the folds (so that the lid can be opened easily).
We cut off the excess leatherette in the corners, forming neat corners (the material is plastic, we kind of roll up the corners, hiding the unevenness. Traces of PVA - no big deal - then we wipe everything with a damp cloth).
Trying the lid on the box
We also glue in the remaining 2 magnets so that the lid closes. First, we attach the magnets to those that have already been glued - we magnetize them directly to the leatherette. And we color them on top with a felt-tip pen.
Then I immediately put the lid on them (the way it should lie - adjust and measure everything first) - we will get prints of circles with a felt-tip pen. In the places of these prints we make recesses for the magnets. The main thing is not to get confused in the polarity, otherwise the door will not close.
