VIDEO: Crafting with chestnuts and acorns

Chestnuts and acorns

Males and other figures Chestnuts and acorns, children have always loved to make.

Strictly speaking, the chestnuts are called horse chestnuts. They are poisonous and therefore, unlike the sweet chestnuts, you cannot eat them. Both fruits look similar, but they come from different tree families. Horse chestnuts are often found as avenue trees on streets or they are planted in parks. If you take an autumn walk, there is therefore a good chance of finding numerous chestnuts.
Acorns are the fruits of the oak. In difficult times they were also used as food, for example as a substitute for flour or in the form of acorn coffee, also known as Muckefuck. The acorn is a so-called nut fruit, which means that from a botanical point of view it belongs to the nuts because it has a woody coating. Oaks can be found practically everywhere: in forests, gardens, parks and on streets, which is why acorn fruits are a popular handicraft material in autumn.

If you want to make chestnut men with your children, it is best to make very simple men that the children can make themselves.

For simple chestnut males you need four chestnuts, one comparatively large for the body, a smaller one for the head and two small, preferably flattened ones, for the feet.

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Put a match in the center of each of the small, flattened chestnuts. The flattened side of the fruit must face down. Insert the upper ends of the matches into the large chestnut. Stick half a match in each side, these are the arms. Now you have to stab half a match at the top and put your head on it.
If you want your chestnut male to sit, you will need two flattened chestnuts and one round one. Place a chestnut in front of you with the flattened side down and stick two matches in it as legs. The second flattened fruit forms the trunk. To do this, put half a match halfway into the lower chestnut and put the other chestnut directly on it so that there is no gap. Alternatively, you can glue the trunk chestnut on. Now drill a match into the trunk as a neck and place the head on top of it. In the middle chestnut there are matches on both sides as arms.

You can also make beautiful males from acorns. These may be even easier for children.

For a male acorn, you need two acorns. One of them should still have its "cap" that surrounds the glans about halfway.
Insert two matches into each of the acorns without a "cone" as legs and two half-matches as arms. At the top you also put half a match in it, onto which the second acorn comes as a head, with the "hat" pointing upwards.
If the male is to sit, put his legs not in the lower part of the glans, but in the front.

Acorn and chestnut males don't last very long. If you want, you can still paint a little face and a button placket on the acorn man with a black felt-tip pen. You can glue hair made of wool to the chestnut men or a headscarf made of fabric or felt remnants.
If the males are to stand well, it is best to glue them to a piece of cardboard to which you can also glue autumn leaves, if available.

Simple bipeds made of chestnuts and acorns can be made very easily, and even small children can make such males.

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