Elephant made of beads. DIY beaded elephant

Elephant - front view

But flat parallel weaving is well suited for the smallest needlewomen. The fact is that it is very easy to string such a toy on a wire, row after row, and how much fun it will be when a bunch of beads turns into a blue elephant!

Weave the torso, head, 2 ears and trunk. Connect the parts as shown in the diagram.

Required material:

- blue beads
- blue beads
– 14 white beads
— 2 black beads
- wire

Form the body and thread additional pieces of wire to make the ears, trunk and tusks. If you are making the tusks as a separate piece, make the entire body of the elephant blue. If not, add white beads. For individual tusks, two wires are passed through the two outer beads of the fifth row. Bend the tusks slightly forward (see diagram).

To make the trunk, pass additional wire through the three middle beads of the fourth row of the head. Make the trunk according to the sample. To create the ears, pass two more wires through the first and fifth rows of the head. On one side, secure the ends of the wire with adhesive tape, make an elephant's ear on the other side, then remove the tape and make the second ear.

Elephant - side view

Start working with the trunk, then move on to the torso (see diagram). Pass additional wire through rows 10 and 11 to create an arched tusk. Before tightening the 14th row. pass two additional pieces of ear wire through its top beads. To make each leg, attach two short pieces of wire to the bottom main wire seam (see diagram).

Volumetric gray elephant

To weave such an elephant you need to take:

- gray crystals
– 2 black crystals or beads
- wire

Step-by-step diagrams for making a toy:

A beaded elephant figurine can act as an excellent basis for a composition or craft for a school exhibition. You can make this yourself. This step-by-step instruction clearly demonstrates this; moreover, a slightly different manufacturing technique is used, when a three-dimensional figure is not woven immediately, but is formed only at the end of weaving.

Material

To create an elephant from beads with your own hands you will need:

lilac, white and blue beads No. 10;
wire, 0.2 mm.

Step 1. Cut a piece 140 cm long from a coil of wire. String 8 lilac beads on it. Slide them to the middle of the wire. Move one bead to the side, and pass the free end of the wire through the remaining 7 beads in the opposite direction. Tighten the wire itself. The part obtained during weaving is the trunk of an elephant.

Step 2. String 5 white beads on either end of the wire, move the outermost bead of the row and pass the wire through the remaining 4.

Step 3. Repeat the same operation at the other end of the wire. This will give you elephant tusks.

Step 4. The counter-weaving technique will be used to form the elephant's head. String 5 lilac beads on either end of the wire. Pass the second end of the wire towards the first end.

Step 5. To form the second row, take 8 beads.

Step 6. In the third row, the beads must be alternated in the following sequence: in the center there are four lilac ones, and on each side of them there is 1 blue one and 2 lilac ones on the edge.

Step 7. To finalize the head, you need to weave four more rows: 12 beads, 13 beads, 13
beads and 10 beads. When weaving, the head needs to be given a slightly convex shape.

Step 8. Start shaping the ears of the toy elephant. String 15 lilac beads onto one end of the wire. Pass it between the fifth and sixth rows of the head and tighten.

Step 9. Do the same for the second ear.

Step 10. To weave the body, string 8 lilac beads in the first two rows.

Step 11. String 41 beads onto one end of the wire, and 11 beads onto the other.

Step 12. Pass the end of the wire with fewer beads in a counter weave through 30 beads of a longer row. Tighten the wire.

Step 13. String 25 beads on either end of the wire, 5 on the other end. Thread the wire with fewer beads in a counter weave through the 20 outer beads. Tighten the wire.

Step 14. For the next rows, collect beads according to the pattern:

20 beads;
20 beads;
18 beads;
18 beads;
18 beads.

Step 15. Place 36 beads on the end of the wire, and 6 beads on the second end. Pass the wire with 6 beads in a counter weaving pattern through 30 beads. Tighten the wire.

Step 16. String 24 beads onto the end of the wire, move the outermost one, and pass the wire itself through the next eight beads of the row.

Step 17. String 15 more beads onto the opposite end of the wire.

Step 18. Twist both ends of the wire together so that they form another row of 30 beads. Cut the wire.

Step 19. To create a three-dimensional figure from the resulting blank, cut a piece of wire 40 cm long. Pass it through 8 beads of the second row of the body. At the same time, bring the ends of the wire out from the underside of the elephant’s body.

Step 21. Turn the elephant figure over and bend it along the previously sewn lines.

Today we’ll look at another technique for making three-dimensional toys from beads. Its main feature is that initially the product is woven on a plane, and only after the weaving is completed, a three-dimensional toy is formed.

We will need:
- beads No. 10: lilac (for the main weaving), white (for tusks), blue (for eyes),
- wire dia. 0.2 mm.

Please note: for this technique it is very important that all the beads are the same, so the Chinese beads that I usually use for my products are not very suitable for this technique. To make the elephant, I used Czech beads - they are smoother than Chinese ones.

We take a wire 140 cm long, put 8 beads on it (I made the entire elephant, with the exception of the eyes and tusks, from lilac beads) and place them in the middle of the wire. Holding the rightmost bead, pass the right end of the wire through the remaining 7 beads in the opposite direction.

We tighten the wire - this will be the elephant's trunk.

We collect 5 white beads on one end of the wire and, holding the last bead, pass the same end of the wire through the remaining 4 white beads in the opposite direction - we get one tusk.

At the other end of the wire we make a second tusk.

Next we weave the elephant's head using the parallel weaving technique.

1st row - 5 beads.

2nd row - 8 beads.

3rd row - we collect beads in the following sequence: 2 lilac, 1 blue, 4 lilac, 1 blue, 2 lilac.

4 row - 12 beads
5 row - 13 beads
Row 6 - 13 beads
Row 7 - 10 beads

Please note: during the weaving process, you need to make sure that the elephant’s head becomes slightly convex - this way our elephant will look more beautiful.

Next we weave the ears. We collect 15 beads on one end of the wire and pass the wire between the 5th and 6th rows of beads.

We tighten the wire, and then pass it between the 4th and 5th rows of beads to secure it.

We tighten the wire - we get one elephant ear.

Similarly, at the other end of the wire we weave the elephant’s second ear.

The weaving of the elephant's head is completed. Let's start weaving the body. We also use the parallel weaving technique.

1st row - 8 beads.

2nd row - 8 beads.

Next, we collect 41 beads on one end of the wire, and 11 beads on the other end of the wire.

We pass the end of the wire on which the smaller number of beads is collected through the first 30 beads at the other end of the wire. These 30 beads will make up the 3rd row of beads, and the remaining beads will be added to the 2nd row - 11 beads from each end (and in the end there will also be 30 beads in the 2nd row).

Next, we collect 25 beads on one end of the wire, and 5 beads on the other end of the wire. We pass the end of the wire on which the smaller number of beads is collected through the first 20 beads at the other end of the wire. All these 30 beads will make up the 4th row of beads.

We weave further rows according to the following pattern:
Row 5 - 20 beads
Row 6 - 20 beads
Row 7 - 18 beads
Row 8 - 18 beads
Row 9 - 18 beads

Next, we collect 36 beads on one end of the wire, and 6 beads on the other end of the wire. We pass the end of the wire on which the smaller number of beads is collected through the first 30 beads at the other end of the wire. These 30 beads will make up the 10th row of beads, and the remaining beads will be added to the 9th row - 6 beads from each end (and in the end there will also be 30 beads in the 9th row).

Next, we collect 24 beads on one end of the wire and, holding the last bead, pass the same end of the wire through the next 8 beads.

We collect 15 beads on the other end of the wire.

We twist both ends of the wire together so that the 11th row of 30 beads is formed, after which we cut off the remaining ends of the wire.

Weaving of the elephant is completed.

To give the elephant rigidity, it needs to be stitched. This can be done with a fishing line, as we did with many toys before, but for a change today we will use a different technique - wire stitching. The principle will be the same, but instead of fishing line we will use wire - the same as we used for the main weaving. Of course, we won't need a needle.

We take a wire 40 cm long and pass it through 8 middle beads of the 2nd row of the body. By the way, since the beads we use are quite smooth and the beads fit tightly to each other, this is quite difficult to do. So I’ll give you some advice: it will be easier to insert this wire at the weaving stage - after we have cast on the 2nd row of the body, but before weaving the 3rd row.

It is important that the ends of the wire come out from the underside of the woven base of the elephant (from the belly side, not from the back side), since it is on this side that the wire stitches will be visible.

We stretch the wire so that both ends are the same, after which we begin the firmware. In this case, we will sew sequentially with each end of the wire, and between the two lines of firmware we will have exactly 8 beads.
First we use one of the ends of the wire. We pass it between the 3rd and 4th rows of beads (I draw your attention once again - the piece of wire visible in the photo, which will fasten the 2nd and 3rd rows of beads, should be located on the side of the elephant’s belly).

I offer you a wonderful opportunity to make a magical elephant from beads for yourself or for your friends. This is not the easiest master class, but I tried to describe my steps in detail so that you don’t have any questions about making it. I made this elephant according to a Japanese pattern that can be found on the Internet. I changed some things in my own way during the manufacturing process.

A few days after the publication of the master class on my YouTube Channel, one of my subscribers Reyhan Aslanova, kindly sent me a photo of the elephants that she made according to my master class. For which I thank her so much! Because now I have no doubt that the master class was a success.

Elephants Reyhan Aslanova

So, here are 4 videos. If you have been weaving for a long time, then parts 1 and 4 can be viewed briefly. The second part should not cause any difficulty either, but I recommend that you pay special attention to the 3rd part (the head and trunk of the elephant). I tried to tell it in as much detail as possible, but nevertheless it will require your attention in order not to get confused.

Elephant made of beads - video master class

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Painting with paints, how to make lampshades from paper, cutting out jigsaws - this is not a complete list of topics that are covered in Ingrid Moras's books. Those of you who are seriously interested in beadwork probably know this author from his books “Beaded Zoo”, “Beaded Baubles”, “Volume Beaded Figures” and “Beaded Animals”.

In these colorful publications, Ingrid Moras reveals all the secrets of weaving, provides detailed diagrams from which flat toys, three-dimensional beaded animals and other crafts are born. Let's flip through the pages of educational books and find out how you can weave, for example, the dolphin from the cover.

Dolphin

For this craft we will need beads: white, blue, dark blue and black. You can string beads onto a wire with a diameter of 0.3 mm.

We start weaving from the spout. Place one blue bead and two white beads on both ends of the wire.

Next, we continue to alternately weave the back and belly of our toy using a volumetric method.

From the above diagram it is clear how to make separate fins and correctly finish the tail of our craft.

Elephant

All three-dimensional beaded animals are placed on wire (for example, brass with a diameter of 0.3 mm) to create rigid shapes. To make an elephant you will need 2.5 meters of wire, gray-blue beads for the entire craft, white for the tusks and two black beads for the eyes.

We start weaving from the tip of the trunk. By the way, all beaded animals start with either a nose or a tail. Their additional accessories in the form of manes, fins and ears have to be woven separately or in parallel.

We will make the trunk long. All schemes indicate repetitions of the report with an “x”. For example, “3x” means repeating the rows three times. Based on the diagram, in the place where there is an “x” in the 26th row, we will make tusks from white beads.

Thread an additional piece of wire through the first of the seven head beads and pick up 12 white beads. Thread the wire back past the first bead and push it through five more head beads. Take the second tusk and twist the ends of the wire.

For the ears, insert an additional piece of wire in the 29th row and for the legs in the 35th, 39th, 51st and 57th rows. The ears of the toy must be woven in a parallel way. Do-it-yourself beaded animals will look better if you constantly tighten the ends of the wire while weaving.

King of beasts made of beads

You can also start making a lion from the spout. There is no diagram, but there are step-by-step photos.

We collect two black beads to represent the nose, and between them a pink tongue.

We continue to weave using the top-bottom method.

On the fourth top row, insert two more black eye beads.

From the bottom row we begin to make strands of the mane. To do this, we collect one golden and five yellow beads. Go back through four yellows. One strand is ready.

You can do the next strand in the same way.

We will have all the strands through one bead.

Weave a chain with fringe.

Pass the other end of the wire through the bottom gold beads and tighten. The first row of the mane is ready.

For our toy we need to make at least three rows.

Further weaving can be done from the elephant pattern.

Lion keychain

Flat crafts made from beads, made in mixed media, look original. For example, to make this keychain, I first had to weave the usual flat fragments of the muzzle, and then switch to weaving the mane-fringe.

Tiger

The tiger weaving pattern is so detailed and simple that one can only write about the details.

We will make the animal using the bottom-up method using beads of three colors: brown, black and white.

It is worth noting the original weaving of the ears of our toy. They are made in the form of two loops of 6 beads.

The paws also end in loops.

Once you've finished braiding the tail, go back to the face to make fluffy short antennae from thin wire or fishing line.

Flat cow

An original panel can be woven if you first bend the outline of a cow from thick wire. It’s better to do this with a cow already drawn on paper.

Now start weaving, filling the outline of the craft with multi-colored beads. Don’t forget to stitch the rows sometimes so they don’t diverge.

After completing the work, turn it over to the wrong side and coat it with a thin layer of glue.