Stylish wall or table clocks can radically affect the mood in the interior, add some kind of shade to it. And wrist chronometers can change the image of a person. However, looking for the right option can take a lot of time and still not find the right one. In today's article, we bring to your attention ideas on how you can make a watch yourself, the master class describes in detail various techniques for making and decorating watches.

Do-it-yourself watch from a record

Using the decoupage technique, you can make very beautiful chronometers from the plate, which can be a gift for loved ones, especially those who are constantly late.

1. Find an unnecessary vinyl record, remove the label. It is better to choose such that the middle is white - it is almost impossible to paint over the red with white acrylic.

2. We buy a clockwork or take it out of an unnecessary watch.

3. We prime the plate from the can. You can just paint the surface with acrylic using a sponge, but further work will be more convenient if primed with an aerosol. We dry it.

4. Paint the background with a sponge. We chose a slightly golden acrylic. We are waiting for drying again.

• we spread the surface with glue;
• we soak the card;
• we apply the card to the adhesive surface;
• apply another layer of PVA on top;
• we expel all air bubbles from under the card with our fingers or a brush;
• dry with a hairdryer.

6. Glue rice paper on top. We work with it in the same way as with a regular decoupage napkin.

7. Apply at least 3 layers of varnish.

8. Make layout drawings and glue numbers of suitable size.

9. Cut the hole sealed in the process of work again; turning the scissors a couple of times, we increase the hole for the clockwork to the desired size.

10. Insert the mechanism, put on the arrows.

11. If there is no hinge in the kit with the mechanism, then you can glue it on the "Moment" glue.

12. Also, if necessary, the arrows can be painted in a contrasting color.

13. Insert the battery.

So we learned how to make a wall clock with our own hands, the master class also revealed to us the features of working in the decoupage technique.

Coffee clock

We continue to use decoupage to decorate watches, but we also apply another decoration option. In this case, we will make a clock from coffee beans with our own hands, and the master class below is devoted to this particular topic.

Materials:

• workpiece with a hole in the center;
• clockwork;
• a napkin with a beautiful coffee-themed pattern;
• coffee beans
• priming;
• water-based decoupage varnish;
• colored acrylic;
• glass contour - silver, gold, bronze;
• stained glass paint;
• sponge, brush, regular and rubber roller, file for papers, toothpick;
• pVA glue.

1. We prime the surface of the workpiece.

2. Paint one side with white paint, the other with brown paint.

3. Spread PVA glue diluted in a 1: 2 ratio on a dry surface. We wet the napkin and glue it on top. Cover with glue again. Apply a wet stationery file and roll it over with a roller, getting rid of air bubbles. Leave it to dry completely. Then we cover with varnish.

4. With the contour draw the boundaries of filling with coffee beans.

5. In 10-20 minutes we can start decorating with grains. To do this, cover a small area with stained glass paint and carefully place coffee on it in random order, moving it towards each other with a toothpick.

6. After an hour, the paint will dry and everything will stick.

7. The dial can be made from improvised means, the same coffee beans, you can draw numbers using a contour. With the same contour, you can draw additional details: at least butterflies, if you think they are appropriate.

8. It remains to insert the clockwork and the battery into it.

Such a clock can be hung in the kitchen: if you have not varnished the grains, they will give aroma for a long time.

Video compilation

In this selection you will find other options for making watches with your own hands.

Wrist:

And other ways to decorate:

Hello! Remember how you taught your little ones how to count the time that it can be measured in seconds, minutes, etc .; and that there is a special device for this. Or perhaps you still have to tell your crumbs about all this? Then I will suggest one very effective method. We need to make a clock together with our own hands for children from cardboard. You can devote your work time to telling a fairy tale about short seconds, minutes striving only forward and such huge hours that seem to last endlessly, especially for babies. And creative work will not remain without a trace, the little ones develop, doing it.

Ideas

What to hide for a modern person, even a big one, even a small one, the wrapper is important. Even the same candy may seem tastier if it is wrapped in a candy wrapper with your favorite movie hero, and not in parchment. Therefore, the learning process should be packed in a beautiful wrapper: use your favorite Lego people, cars, stickers, prints of super heroes, everything that your child likes, what he is ready to watch for hours, with which he is even ready to sleep.

Or even make it in the form of a wrist bracelet, I think kids will also appreciate this option.

As for the training system, choose the one that you think is more understandable to your kid and which you can present “without stuttering”. Someone makes a clock like a real one without minutes, someone hides the minutes under a leaf so that you can "peep". Someone, on the contrary, makes a double dial, where the hours and minutes are clearly visible, and even the hands move in their own circle, clearly indicating the number. And someone makes a clock with a task - stick the appropriate number of minutes on the Velcro, and even below you can lay out what happened in separate numbers (for example, 10:30). Of course, it is more convenient to make such clocks with Velcro from felt, although Velcro can be glued to cardboard. The main idea!

Or you can improve your usual home clock by sticking the minutes in a circle for quick learning.

In a word, what else are we talking about? It's time to get busy! We have a universal, basic master class on our nose, which you can take as a basis for your idea.

Step-by-step instructions for making cardboard watches

Now we will try together to do under the tree. But first of all, a few words about the tools with which we will be making, and all possible children's help.

A few important points:

• We have to cut blanks from paper, and for this we need sharp scissors. If you have scissors with rounded edges, then this part of the work can be entrusted to the baby. Otherwise, it is better, or rather, safer, to do it yourself.
• To fasten the arrows to the structure, we again need a sharp object: either nail scissors with sharp edges, or a nail. Only 3 holes. But safety is more important. If the crumb asks, of course, you can entrust the work, but only with your safety net.
• Decide how strong the structure you plan to make. Perhaps one sheet of cardboard will not be enough. Then use the base. A layer of thick packaging cardboard, or several additional balls from a regular one, will come off as a basis.
• The last thing is how you will draw, or rather, with the help of what. If with a compass, then you have already marked the middle, and that's good. But dangerous because of the sharp edge. Draw by tracing a plate, cup, or bowl around the office. In this case, the middle is determined using two perpendicular lines. Or, even easier, one of the circles (it is better not the very first one to keep its attractive appearance) bend 2 times in half. The fold point is the middle.

Now we are completely ready! Forward!

Hours with minutes - MK

A cork round stand for hot dishes was chosen as the basis for the watch. But you can completely do with corrugated cardboard.

Step-by-step production photos:

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A wall clock is a very practical interior detail. In the kitchen, they make it possible to keep track of the time without being distracted from cooking and not turning on the phone for this (especially since your hands can be in flour, oil or something else during cooking). Located in the room, they allow you to quickly find out the time without going into your pocket for a mobile phone. Eco-style lovers can make a clock from wood with their own hands.

Why a wooden clock is good

Wood is a special material, items made from it have a number of advantages:

1. Naturalness.
2. Low cost (provided that the product is made by hand, because processing by a master is often quite expensive, especially if it is an individual order).
3. Originality. Many people like to consider interior items made of natural wood, but not everyone dares to keep such things in their home.

A clock made from juniper or other medicinal tree will disinfect the air. For this they do not have to be varnished. The look will be more natural if you walk thoroughly with the sandpaper on the surface.

If you make a clock from a saw cut with your own hands, you can leave a layer of bark. This will give the product a more natural look.

How to choose a tree

The first step is to decide on the type. Will it be linden, soft enough and easy to process, hard oak or healing juniper? You can choose what is easier to get or buy, and then stain it to match the desired look.

After choosing a type, you should find a suitable material. In this case, there are several possible options:

1. You can buy a ready-made saw cut at a sawmill, in souvenir or specialized stores, it is also possible via the Internet.
2. Make it yourself if you have a suitable stump or block, a chainsaw and the ability to use it.
3. Wait until the annual sanitation is carried out and ask the workers to saw off the desired piece. Or take a whole block of wood from them and continue to act in accordance with paragraph 2.

How to prepare material

Before making a clock from wood with your own hands, you should spend time getting ready for work. After the material is found, it should be left in a dry place for two weeks to dry. This is not necessary if the saw cut was bought in a store, but even a tree purchased from a sawmill may be damp. If the material was taken from freshly sawn trees, the moisture level in it is many times higher than the permissible one. Such a blank, not pre-dried, should not be used.

If you neglect to dry the wood, cracks can form in the finished watch. In the worst case, the saw cut will split, and all the work done will be ruined, you will have to start all over again.

Materials and tools

There is nothing difficult in making a clock from wood with your own hands if you have quality raw materials and tools. What you need to prepare before starting work:

1. Dry saw cut.
2. Clock mechanism (you can disassemble old ones or buy cheap ones).
3. Paint or a burner (if the numbers are planned not to be drawn, but to be burned).
4. Scissors.
5. Electrical tape or paper
6. Hot glue gun.
7. Fine grit sandpaper or sander.
8. Hammer and chisel.

You can avoid the unpleasant situation when in the process of work it suddenly turns out that something is missing, if you make a list of what you need in advance and check with it.

How to make a clock from wood with your own hands

In order not to complicate your life by sanding the saw cut or preparing the dial after the mechanism is installed, it is important to follow the correct sequence of actions:

1. Drill a hole for the arrows in the center of the saw cut.
2. Use a chisel and a hammer to make a recess for the mechanism on the back.
3. Sand the dial and groove with sandpaper or a sander.
4. Install the mechanism, attach it with electrical tape and fix the box in which it is located with a heat gun.
5. Draw or burn out numbers on the dial.
6. Install arrows.
7. Install the mount on the back so that the clock can be hung on the wall.

Without spending too much time and effort, you can make a clock from wood with your own hands. An item made by hand in a single copy looks much more interesting than a mass-produced product.

Variety of wooden clocks

A saw cut clock is one of the simplest options. By analogy with them, you can make not from a transverse, but from a longitudinal die. The product will turn out to be of an irregular shape, so it is important to select the material so that the longitudinal cut is of a beautiful shape.

There are many ways to make beautiful wooden clocks. Wall-mounted, do-it-yourself, made for yourself or as a gift, they will delight their owners for a long time.

Possible design options for wooden clocks:

1. Cut out the base of the desired shape from the furniture board.
2. Make non-standard numbers designations. For example, in the form of coins or wooden balls. You can do without numbers and their designations at all
3. Take a lot of thin dies or wooden rulers, fasten them so that you get a volumetric circle with a thickness equal to the short side of the dice. You will get an original dial.
4. You can use birch bark as a dial, stretched in a frame of beautiful branches peeled from bark.

Craftsmen can make more complex wood clocks with their own hands.

Drawings of the mechanism can be found on the Internet at specialized resources. In order to create such models, one must have certain experience and skills. The simpler options described above can be made by anyone with such a desire and a little patience.

Classic and modern clocks made of solid wood with oak veneer, natural elements combined with black glass, chrome and plastic will be an excellent element of the interior decor of a modern home. You can choose from several options: with a different number of arrows, from different materials, different sizes and shapes, arranged vertically or horizontally, additionally decorated with different decorations. The choice of options is simply huge. Clocks are a very important element of the interior, because they have not only a clear practical function, but can also become the main decoration of the walls.

They can be hung in any room, but when we buy models for the bedroom, it is worth listening to them so that they don't tick too loudly. This sound can be disturbing and wake you up in the stillness of the night.

The choice of dial design is extremely important for interior design. For original options, it is worthwhile to allocate space on the wall with plain wallpaper or plaster. In the kitchen, they should be placed away from the stove to avoid getting grease and dirt on them.

Such a wonderful item for interior decoration will show time and will remind you of the most beautiful moments that you captured in photographs, and will also contain pictures of family and friends. They are the perfect gadget for sentimental people and their families.

This is an ingenious solution - a watch for photography. They can be equipped with colored frames in which you can place your favorite pictures, sayings or pictures. Their interesting design will suit almost any interior. If you are looking for a gift for the owners of a new apartment, for a wedding or any other occasion, or looking for a way to decorate an empty wall, this option will be the perfect solution. Such decor is brilliant, original and practical!

The clock from the photographs on the wall attracts at first sight:

• colored or chrome frames for photos;
• unique interior decoration;
• beauty;
• practicality.

There is an option that is sold as separate dial items. You stick each division yourself, and insert your favorite photos into the ready-made frames. Made in a minimalist style, they will be perfectly presented in the design of a modern hall in an apartment.

They can be glued to the wall, glass, furniture - where your imagination tells you. The watch is delivered in parts for self-assembly. Separate dial and magnetic photo frames. The movement is quartz. Realization - metal. A template is supplied with the mechanism and arrows to facilitate the even distribution of the individual elements.

You can make such an original decor item yourself. To make a clock on the wall from photos with your own hands, you will need to purchase a wall clock with a minute and hour hands, be patient and have good shots. First you need to drill a hole in the wall for the dowel and place the clock mechanism.

To make a watch with photographs, you need to carefully mark the wall, marking the 12 digits of the dial. Then we turn on the fantasy. You can post just 12 favorite pictures.

For the nursery, you can use the photographs on the clock for the first 12 months of the baby's life, such a clock will clearly show how your baby has grown and what success he has achieved every month. They symbolize the fleetingness of time and the first thought of the guests will be: "how quickly the time has passed." Such a sentimental decor will appeal to the parents and grandparents of the baby.

Thus, with the help of a simple and inexpensive clock mechanism, which you can easily buy in a store, you can make a completely unique piece of decor for your home interior. At the same time, it does not look cheap and simple at all, but very original and stylish. It will suit many styles, we can say that it is universal. When you make it, you realize your creativity, which brings a lot of joy and satisfaction.

Now, in order to remember the most pleasant moments in life, you do not need to take an album out of the closet, photographs are always in front of you, and in addition to aesthetic satisfaction, they bring practical benefits. It is unlikely that your guests will remain indifferent to your creation, most likely they will ask you to tell them how to do this in order to also decorate their home.

To create a cozy home, you need to think through many details. First of all, this concerns interior and decor elements such as curtains, lamps, clocks and pillows. Today we propose to consider how to make a watch with your own hands. Everyone can make them. The main task is to install a large working mechanism, usually it is bought in a specialized store... Having an old watch will greatly simplify the task, because you can use their mechanism. Everything else depends on your skill and imagination.

Wall clock in decoupage technique (MK)

You can make a clock for the kitchen with your own hands from scrap materials. But, if you want to create an original product, then decoupage style will be the perfect solution.... Such watches look elegant and will become a unique decoration for the interior of the house. We offer an interesting master class that will help you create a wall clock on your own at minimal cost.

You also need to prepare:

• hands with clockwork;
• wooden base (round or square);
• napkins and ready-made patterns on paper;
• acrylic paints;
• brushes;
• sponges and varnish.

Making watches with your own hands in decoupage style is carried out in a certain sequence:

1. The workpiece is being processed ... The base of the future product must be sanded with sandpaper and coated three times with white acrylic paint, it will serve as a primer.

2. When the paint dries, a couple of centimeters retreat from the edge of the workpiece and outline the future framework .

3. The texture is given to the basis , the color of the painting is chosen, the most suitable for the interior. The paint is diluted and applied with a sponge in a chaotic manner to age the product.

4. The frame of future watches stands out more dark color, brown paint is ideal for this.

5. From prepared rice paper cut pattern and applied to the workpiece ... If a napkin is used, it is soaked in water and applied to the selected place on the dial. Glue is applied over the image.

6. Now you need to connect your imagination and make the drawing fit organically into the surface. Paints of appropriate tones and a sponge will help here. With their help a smooth transition is created from the pattern to the surface of the dial. It is important to be extremely careful, if you cope with this task, then you are a great master.

7. At this stage you need to age the product , for this, a two-component cracking agent is applied with a dry brush to the surface (you can buy it in a store where goods for needlework are presented).

8. After the craquelure dries, cracks will appear on the product, which will give it elegance. The workpiece is varnished as a protective layer.

At the end, it remains to install the arrows, the mechanism and glue the numbers (the latter can be drawn according to the template)... Now the clock has a complete look, it can be used as a decor for the kitchen, bedroom, living room.

In the video: making wall clocks using decoupage technique

Cardboard clock (MK)

Some needlewomen make a clock for the kitchen with their own hands from cardboard... Such a decor item can become not only useful, but also an exclusive thing. Before answering the question of how to make a watch out of cardboard, you need to make sure you have the appropriate materials.

To work you will need:

• thick cardboard;
• multi-colored caps or buttons;
• working mechanism and arrows;
• compass;
• pVA glue.

To make a wall clock with your own hands, follow these steps:

1. A circle is made on a cardboard with a compass and then cut out.

2.Caps or buttons are glued with glue in the appropriate places.

3. Numbers are depicted on the covers (use a marker or acrylic paint, depending on the material from which the parts are made).

4. A hole is made in the center of the marked circle for installing the mechanism and arrows.

5. The last step is to install the arrow mechanism. A battery is also inserted to operate the clock.

As you can see, a clock made of cardboard can be made very quickly and no special skills are needed for this, but such a decoration will complement the interior of the selected room.

Quilling style product(MK)

A good option would be to make a quilling watch. Such arts and crafts use paper strips of different widths and lengths.... They curl into patterns, a composition is formed. You can make such a watch according to the following scheme:

• The clock will be based on thick cardboard or plywood... Black paper is glued to the body. To create contrast, decorative elements are mainly created from white or light-colored paper. When choosing a color, the interior of the room where the clock will be installed is taken into account. They must fit harmoniously.

• Numbers are made from prepared strips of paper. For this, use short strips. Together with this, decorative elements are twisted. Various compositions are used for decoration. These can be flowers or just patterns. It is better to draw a sketch in advance, which will allow you to evaluate the appearance of the future product.

3. The created numbers and decorative elements are glued to the selected places using PVA glue.

4. A hole is made in the center of the base and a mechanism with arrows is installed.

Ideas for creating wall clocks vary. Focus on the materials that you have in stock, but there may be a lot of them. The use of additional elements is allowed, be it lace, satin ribbons, beads, rhinestones or even stickers... A wall clock for the kitchen made of paper or other materials will always allow you to know the time. And an element of decor made with your own hands will delight the eye.

As an idea, you can try to make a wristwatch, but in this case everything is much more complicated.... This is due to their small size. Experiment with straps is the best option here. Combining chains of different thicknesses will allow you to create an original wrist watch. Also, zippers, elastic bands, beads can serve as a decorative strap.

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