When purchasing fresh-frozen or canned in the original packaging, look at the expiration date. Usually it is from 1 to 6 months.
Chestnuts ripen between October and December.
You need to keep them in a dark cool place. The room must be clean and dry.
- Fresh chestnuts in the shell are preserved within 7 days and then covered with mold. But if you fall asleep chestnuts sand, then the shelf life increases to several months;
- In the refrigerator, under the right conditions, they remain fresh for 2 months;
- If the fruits to freeze, then you can save up to 6 months. Moreover, it is best to freeze them in boiled or baked forms. Then the nuts will last the longest.
How long can fresh (raw) fruits be stored? Shelf life and temperature conditions
The main problem of chestnuts in winter is mold. Let's analyze in detail how long fresh chestnut fruits can be stored:
In a refrigerator
Shelf life of chestnuts in the refrigerator, subject to all conditions, is 2 months.
Since chestnuts contain a large amount of water, it is best to hide them in the refrigerator. The main condition is compliance with the temperature regime. You can store both peeled and unpeeled chestnuts in this way.
The temperature should be 0 or -1 degrees. It is achieved with the help of a temperature controller. On the lower shelves of the refrigerator, the temperature is always lower. That is why it is best to put the fruits at the bottom.
To store chestnuts in the refrigerator, wrap them in a plastic bag and make holes for ventilation. Otherwise, they will start to get moldy.
In sand
If you fill chestnuts with sand, then they can lie 5 to 7 months.
Raw, unpeeled nuts keep very well in the sand. It is best to sprinkle chestnuts with sand in wooden boxes or barrels. Then place the containers in the basement and store at a temperature of +2 to +5 degrees.
which is poured into wooden boxes or barrels. These boxes are installed in the cellar. Storage, at a temperature of 2-5 degrees, until spring.
Reference! Instead of sand, dry chestnut leaves are also used.
in the freezer
Frozen chestnuts can keep more than 6 months.
When freezing, do not use plastic bags. It is best to place them in a vacuum container or wrap them in foil. The temperature in the freezer should be below 2 degrees.
How to save chestnuts until the new year?
The fruits are harvested in September, but they call this delicacy winter. It is very popular to cook New Year and Christmas dishes with edible chestnuts. To save until the new year, you can:
- to freeze;
- sugar;
- alcoholize;
- conserve.
Shelf life of edible chestnuts
It is usually small. Chestnuts quickly lose their beneficial properties. It is best to eat them during the ripening period - in the fall or harvest them for the winter.
- fresh chestnuts I advise you to store no more than 5-7 days;
- Peeled chestnuts can be stored for a long time only in a frozen form;
- Roasted chestnuts can be stored in the freezer for up to 6 months;
- boiled chestnuts also can be frozen. The storage period in this case will not exceed three months.
How to preserve chestnuts?
Canned nuts are used in many recipes: soups, desserts, soufflés, served as an accompaniment to meat, poultry and game dishes. They go well with asparagus, scallops and shrimp. Actively used in confectionery. With their addition, bread is baked, mulled wine is prepared, and meat is served. They pair very well with many dishes.
Important! On each fruit you need to make an incision so that they do not explode.
Today we will learn how to preserve these fruits. Canned nuts can be prepared at home. Conservation is one of the simplest and most reliable ways. Such chestnuts will be stored until the next harvest.
For cooking you will need: chestnuts, jars and lids.
- Lids must be sterilized;
- Chestnuts for conservation need whole and smooth;
- To do this, first, you need to wash the chestnuts and dry them well. After that, make cuts on their sides;
- We put the cut chestnuts in jars and put them open in the oven or microwave for 15-20 minutes (the temperature should be 120-130 degrees);
- Shake the jars gently from time to time.
- After 20 minutes, we take out the cans and roll them up;
- Let's cool down;
- We clean in a dark cool place.
Chestnuts are not as popular with us as in Western Europe, Japan or East Asia, but this omission is long overdue to be corrected. Healing and nutritious nuts grow in the subtropical zone, therefore they are not included in the menu of our traditional cuisine. But after all, both avocados and “New Year's fruit” - tangerines, and many other products that often appear on our table are also imported from southern latitudes.
We think, having learned how chestnuts are useful, our housewives will definitely start preparing them for their family. Moreover, the fruits do not require special culinary skills and are delicious simply fried or baked.
We do not grow nuts suitable for food and you can buy them only in supermarkets.
Nutritional value of chestnuts
Despite the outward resemblance to hazelnuts, the product bears little resemblance to it in composition. Chestnuts contain:
- about 60% starch
- 15% sugar
- 6% proteins
- 2% fat
The percentage may vary depending on the fruit variety. However, in their effect on the human body, chestnuts are more reminiscent of rice and potatoes than nuts, which are high in protein and fat.
A product rich in carbohydrates is recommended for athletes and people who need enhanced nutrition to restore energy. After hearty chestnuts, you don’t want to eat for a long time, so they are often included in weight loss diets, with one caveat: in small quantities.
The product is also appreciated by vegetarians as an additional source of vegetable protein.
Chestnuts also contain:
- cellulose
- tannins
- vitamins A, C, K and group B
- trace elements: potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium, silicon, selenium, copper, zinc
- folic acid
- pectins
- glycosides
The fact that chestnuts are an important ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine, recognized as one of the healthiest in the world, speaks volumes. With regular use of fruits, metabolism improves, the intestines begin to function more actively, toxins are removed faster and enzymes necessary for digestion are produced.
Immunity is strengthened, malfunctions in the cardiovascular system are eliminated, blood composition is normalized and the overall tone of the body is increased. Italians, French and other southern Europeans love chestnuts for good reason, because they can protect us from stress and improve our mood during the seasonal autumn depression. Despite the high content of carbohydrates and sugars, fruits can and should be eaten by people who are struggling with being overweight, since in this case fat deposits are not formed and the load on the liver is reduced.
Historical reference
The first seedlings of the sowing chestnut (or noble) were brought from the Asian campaigns by Alexander the Great. He noticed that by eating the fruits of this tree, warriors become more alert and suffer less from stomach problems caused by unusual food.
Magic nuts of youth and beauty
Chestnuts can turn back time and bring back the charm of youth. They contribute to the production of elastin and collagen - proteins involved in the renewal of cells and tissues.
Trace elements that are part of healing nuts have a beneficial effect on the skin, hair and nails, improving their condition and appearance. And zinc and phosphorus, in addition, strengthen teeth and gums.
A cure for many diseases
In the pharmaceutical industry, horse chestnuts, which are familiar to us, are more often used, decorating the streets with fragrant “candles” of inflorescences in spring, and throwing fruits in a prickly shell in autumn, which are so well suited for crafts.
However, Castánea satíva nuts also have healing properties. They are shown with:
- dysentery;
- hemorrhoids;
- cystitis;
- painful menstruation and menopause;
- mastopathy;
- edema of various origins;
- circulatory disorders and thrombosis, as they thin the blood;
- vasospasm;
- atherosclerosis;
- neuralgia;
- respiratory diseases;
- rheumatism.
Externally crushed pulp of edible chestnut can be used as a hemostatic, wound healing and disinfectant. Fruits also effectively help with burns, accelerating the process of tissue regeneration.
calories
As can be seen from this table, boiled or baked fruits will bring the greatest benefit, but fried and pickled fruits should be eaten little by little (no more than 40 g at a time).
If you follow a diet, it is better to eat chestnuts in the morning, then the energy that they charge the body with will have time to be completely used up. But for dinner, you can allow yourself only 2-3 nuts.
Who Shouldn't Eat Chestnuts
A carbohydrate-rich product, for all its usefulness, is a heavy meal. Therefore, it is undesirable to give it to children earlier than five to six years of age. The fragile organism of babies is unlikely to be able to fully digest chestnuts, which threatens indigestion, flatulence and colic.
It is better to introduce healthy nuts into the children's diet in boiled form, making soup puree. If the product caused discomfort in the child, it is advisable to postpone the “acquaintance” with it for a while and consult a doctor.
Nursing mothers will also have to give up chestnuts so as not to cause excessive gas formation or an allergic reaction in the baby.
Fruits are contraindicated in the following diseases:
- diabetes
- kidney and bladder stones
- hypotension
- liver and kidney failure
- inflammatory processes of the gastrointestinal tract
Attention!
Healthy people need to eat chestnuts, but in moderation, so as not to gain excess weight and not provoke the pancreas.
Raw nuts are recognized as the heaviest for digestion. They are allowed to be consumed only in a ripe form, then we will improve our health and treat ourselves to a delicious product without side effects.
How to choose chestnuts
We have found that nuts that have reached full maturity bring the greatest benefit. But how to choose just such fruits in a store or on the market?
- You need to buy fresh chestnuts in season - September to February. Nuts spoil quickly, so it is not possible to eat them during the rest of the year. If it was not possible to buy fresh fruits, you should pay attention to frozen or pickled ones - they are, moreover, easier to prepare, since they do not need to be peeled.
- The shell of nuts should be hard, smooth, without spots and damage, with a uniform, dark color and glossy sheen.
- Ripe, high-quality chestnuts are heavy and large, about the same size.
- Round nuts are tastier than their more flattened "relatives".
- The freshness of the fruits is determined by pressing them with your finger. If the shell is soft, the shelf life has clearly been tightened.
Attention!
A greenish layer between the kernel and the shell of the nut is an indicator of insufficient ripeness. Such chestnuts are best boiled, stewed or fried, but not eaten raw.
Storage rules
Fresh chestnuts are a capricious and perishable product. At room temperature in a dry, preferably dark place, they can lie for no more than 5 days, after which they dry out and wrinkle.
If you put the fruits in the refrigerator, with other vegetables and fruits, they will “hold out” for 2 weeks, provided that they are wrapped in a plastic bag with holes for ventilation. Otherwise, the nuts will quickly become moldy.
If you want to eat fresh or roasted chestnuts out of season, it's best to freeze them. The product will not lose its qualities within six months.
Attention!
Fresh chestnuts, when frozen, should be placed in a vacuum container or wrapped in foil, but in no case should you use plastic wrap, otherwise they will deteriorate. This warning does not apply to fried fruits.
Another option is to store raw, unshelled nuts in sand filled in wooden boxes or barrels. The containers are installed in the cellar and kept at a temperature of 2 - 5ºС until spring.
Instead of sand, you can take dry chestnut leaves.
Chestnuts are one of those products, once you try them, you don’t want to refuse them. And why limit yourself to such a healthy delicacy?
Well, let's buy and start cooking.
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Acorns come in different sizes and shapes. On the one hand, they are surrounded by a plush - a strongly overgrown cup. Acorns begin to ripen in September - October. It is better to collect them when they are already ripe and fallen off. Only clean healthy acorns are suitable for crafts. Together with them, it is desirable to collect plushies, which can be useful for various crafts.
Fresh acorns are easier to work with and last longer. Dried acorns are easily split during processing.
Acorns collected for crafts are best stored in a cool and humid place.
From acorns you can make figurines of funny little men, various details for other crafts, etc. So, for example, you can make a giraffe, a donkey, a horse, etc. from oblong acorns.
In the manufacture of funny little men, plushies can be used as hats.
Chestnut fruits are an excellent material for simple crafts.
They have a beautiful shiny bright brown surface. The shell of a fresh chestnut is easily pierced with an awl. From whole fruits, you can make a head and torso for dolls. So that chestnut fruits do not lose their qualities for as long as possible, it is best to store them in a cool place.
After the figurine is made, measures must be taken so that it does not collapse. To do this, the figurine and its details, made of fresh acorns or chestnuts, in the places of drilling and cutting through the shell, as well as in those places where the shell is cracked, are smeared with liquid carpentry or synthetic glue. When dry, the glue will hold the shell together. As the acorns and chestnuts dry, this gluing is repeated. The glue that gets on the smooth surface of the acorn shell will gradually lag behind and fall off, and the one that gets into the cracks, into the connecting holes, will fasten the craft well. Working with dry acorns and chestnuts is more difficult. In this case, it is very difficult to drill holes with an awl, so it is better to drill holes in them with a drill. When working with dry acorns and chestnuts, one must be especially careful about their fragile, brittle peel. The knife and drill should be sharp, and you need to work with them without strong pressure. Each part, inserting into a drilled acorn, must be immediately put on glue, i.e., smear the end of it with glue. When the work dries (3-5 days after production), it can be covered with art, as well as oil, furniture or alcohol varnish . The varnish emphasizes, sets off the natural colors of the peel of acorn and chestnut.
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Chestnut acorns for crafts
In shape and color, both chestnuts and acorns are very good for handicrafts; it is not without reason that all children collect them every autumn. These are ready-made animal heads, torsos of little men, crafts with them both in gardens and in schools.
In our country there are several varieties of acorns. There are large and small, thin oblong and short thick ones. In some acorns, the cups (cups) are small, in others they are flat and wide, and in others they are large, deep with a shaggy surface. There are many acorns in the south and in the middle zone of our country.
Chestnuts are both forest (edible) and decorative. Forest chestnuts grow in forests on the Black Sea coast, decorative chestnuts grow freely along streets and avenues, in parks and squares in many cities of Ukraine, the Baltic states, etc. We have decorative chestnuts here, you can’t eat them, but crafts can be done - as much as you like!
It is necessary to harvest acorns and chestnuts for work of all sizes and any shape that comes across, and it is better to take not only the acorns and chestnuts themselves, but cups - the so-called plus.
It is necessary to store acorns and chestnuts in a dry, not very warm room, preferably scattered in a thin layer. Fresh acorns and chestnuts are easy to cut, drill, but, when dried, their cotyledons become very hard, and the peel shrinks and becomes brittle and brittle. Cotyledons of dried chestnuts and acorns are almost impossible to cut with a knife or pierce with an awl. To work with them, you will need a jigsaw with files and jewelry vise with a set of thin drills.
Fresh acorns and chestnuts with raw flesh do not stick together well. If you need to firmly glue them, then you need to wait until they dry. The peel of fresh acorns and chestnuts is well cut with a knife, and dry, if it is carelessly cut or drilled, it cracks and collapses.
It is possible to make parched chestnuts and acorns easy to cut, drill (even with an ordinary awl) and glue. To do this, pour dry chestnuts and acorns into a saucepan or basin, pour cold water and leave in water for a day. Then take it out of the water and put it in a cool place for another day, during which their peel will become soft, elastic, not brittle, and the cotyledons will acquire fresh properties and begin to drill well, cut through and stick together.
BUT: chestnuts and acorns softened in this way will dry out again in a few days and become hard, unyielding in processing, so you need to soak only as many acorns and chestnuts as you need in the coming days to work on crafts.
It is necessary to protect acorns and chestnuts from unnecessary cuts, breakages and other damage, since the damaged peel of chestnuts and acorns cracks and falls apart when dried, spoiling the entire craft. To avoid this, immediately after finishing work, cover the craft in places of cuts with glue. Thus, the strength of the peel will be preserved.
In order for the peel of these materials to remain undamaged when cutting and drilling holes in it, it is necessary that the knife, awl, and drill be sharply honed.
When cutting and drilling holes in fresh chestnuts and acorns, a tool that has hardly cut or drilled through the hard skin may unexpectedly slip into the soft cotyledons, and if pressed on it, it can cut too wide a cut in the skin and break it. The product will then be destroyed. In addition, with strong pressure on the tool, it can slip off the glossy hard surface of the peel and injure the worker's hand. Therefore, it is necessary to work with these materials very carefully.
To preserve the natural beauty of the chestnut and acorn in the craft, it is necessary to cover it with a colorless nitro varnish, which will not only give brightness to the appearance, but also protect the craft from rapid destruction.
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How to store natural craft materials
Autumn natural materials are excellent blanks for children's crafts. How to store collected stocks?
The best option is to store in breathable cardboard or wooden boxes and cloth bags.
For such fragile natural gifts as dried leaves, flowers, straw, grass, paper candy boxes are perfect. The lid can be beautifully decorated and signed what is inside.
To store seeds, seeds, grains, nutshells, you can use linen bags, matchboxes, wooden chests of drawers.
Cones after harvesting can be dried at a low temperature in the oven. It is most convenient to store cones in shoe boxes.
Chestnuts, acorns, rowan berries, rose hips are best stored in a cool place.
But plastic containers are best suited for storing shells and stones.
The sorting of finds can be turned into an educational game by inviting the child to decompose natural materials according to the signs:
- In appearance - cones in one box, chestnuts in another, birch leaves in one box, maple - in another.
- In size - large in one direction, small in the other, and lay out the sequence - from smallest to largest.
- By weight - light and heavy, and objects of the same type (stones, for example) can be weighed on a scale. By the way, a fun activity is to weigh in a bucket suspended on a linen elastic band.
- By color, but with older children and by shades.
- By density - soft or hard.
- In shape - round, oval, triangular, etc.
- The texture is smooth, rough (you can even with your eyes closed).
If you have any tricks of your own on how to store natural materials, share them in the comments.
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Easy crafts from acorns
Probably, many children like to collect natural materials while walking on the street in autumn. Children collect absolutely everything in their piggy bank. It can be varied: cones, chestnuts, twigs and acorns. If we talk about acorns, then they are available on almost every corner. And today we will offer you interesting acorn crafts for children that you can make with your own hands.
Simple crafts from acorns do it yourself
Dog made of plasticine and acorns.
It is very useful for preschool children to make various crafts. And to create such crafts, completely different materials are selected. But in this article, we decided to offer the simplest and most interesting acorn crafts that are customary to make in the fall.
In order for you to get such a cute dog, you should prepare a couple of acorns and plasticine. First, connect the acorns together with plasticine. Then mold the rest of the details from black and brown plasticine.
You can also make a wide variety of animals from plasticine and acorns with your child.
Ships made of acorns.
If you don't know how to make acorn crafts, then this post will help you see some fresh craft ideas that you will definitely love. In order to make a fleet of acorns, you need to wash and dry the oak fruits. And in addition to the acorns themselves, you will have to prepare:
- needle, thread, scissors;
- dry oak leaves, toothpicks;
- birch bark in small pieces, glue gun.
Progress:
You can also experiment and make a few more boat options.
A few more acorn animals.
If you don’t know what oak acorn crafts you can make at home, then take a look at a few more ideas. For example, you can make a cute pig or lamb. Also from acorns it will be possible to make a cheerful little man.
Little men from unripe acorns.
Unripe acorns are also suitable for creating interesting crafts. For example, from them you will be able to make funny little men. To create these creatures, use toothpicks and glue. Also pick up acorns with caps that will leave a twig.
Snowmen made from green acorns.
Make interesting snowmen with your child. To do this, use large green acorns and ripened small acorns. Glue hats to small acorns, and then draw eyes on them - this will be the head of a snowman. Head to the green torso with plasticine. For decoration, use small strips of warm material that will be scarves.
Cool toys.
If you have collected a large number of acorns in the forest or in the park, then try to make cute toys out of them. Just paint acorns and be surprised at what result you can get.
The muzzle of a lamb from an acorn.
In order to make the muzzle of a lamb, first cut out the ears from the white material. Remove the hat from the acorn, and glue the ears to it. After that, fix these details to the acorn itself. At the end, draw the eyes of a cute sheep on the stomach.
Tea set made from acorn caps.
In order to create such an unusual teapot and cups, you only need to take acorn caps. It is also worth using plasticine, from which you mold additional details.
In general, from autumn material such as acorns, you can make many different crafts. In this article, we have given only some of the options for crafts from this material. We hope that you will definitely like our ideas and you will be happy to make such crafts at home.
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Helpful HintsFrom such natural material as acorns, you can come up with many different crafts that will decorate a house, cottage or garden.
All these crafts can be done together with children, as they are very simple, and you do not need to have special skills to make them.
All you need is a few tools, acorns, imagination and time.
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Here are some very interesting and easy cone crafts that you can make yourself or with your children:
Crafts from acorns and plasticine: a small nest
You will need:
Acorn caps (pluses)
Plasticine, clay or legumes (beans, soybeans)
artificial grass
Hot glue or super glue
Paint (blue in this example) if you are using legumes instead of plasticine
Thread or line.
2. Apply a dab of glue to the inside of each acorn cap and stick some artificial grass on.
3. Put a drop of glue on the legumes, which act as eggs, and stick to the grass. If you are using plasticine, then simply insert the workpiece into the nest.
4. Tie or glue string or string to the craft so it can be hung.
Autumn crafts from acorns: bright hats
You can make various crafts from these hats, but if you paint them, your work will become even brighter and more beautiful.
1. First you need to wash and dry them (you can in the oven). If you want to hang these hats in the house or on the Christmas tree in the future as a decoration, then you can make small holes in them with a drill with a thin drill or an awl.
2. Prepare gouache or acrylic paints and start painting the acorn caps.
You can put these bright hats in a transparent simple glass or a small vase, and they will become a beautiful decor for your home.
Another way to color acorn hats
You will need:
PVA glue.
1. Color the inside of the hat with a marker.
2. Pour PVA glue inside each hat and leave for 48 hours.
You will notice how the glue has mixed with the marker and the hats have become bright and beautiful.
You will need:
artificial grass
Small saw or utility knife
Mushroom or other small toy.
1. Cut off half an acorn (or a little less) and clean everything inside.
2. Glue a small toy inside (in this example, artificial grass and a mushroom).
3. Attach a thread to the acorn cap. Use thread and a needle or superglue.
What to make from acorns: magnets
You will need:
Small magnets (available at stationery or craft stores)
Super glue or hot glue.
1. Collect the acorns and glue one by one to small magnets.
2. You can draw funny faces on acorns.
Now you can attach your crafts to the refrigerator. You can also attach a calendar to your fridge and use acorns with magnets to mark important dates.
Children's crafts from acorns with their own hands: colorful acorns
You will need:
Baking paper
Oven
Acrylic paints
tassel
Hot glue or super glue (if needed)
1. Lay baking paper on a baking sheet, and place clean acorns on it.
2. Put the baking sheet in the oven and hold the acorns in it at a temperature of 150-170 degrees for about 2 hours.
* Some acorns may crack or burn slightly.
3. Remove the acorns from the oven. Everyone should have a hat, if an acorn has a hat that has fallen, glue it on. Start painting the acorns with acrylics. Use different colors.
* These acorns can be placed in a vase and used as an interior decoration, or they can be glued to a craft or postcard.
* You can also tie or glue them to twine and use them as a garland.
You will need:
acorn caps
Smooth wooden frame
Hot glue
Paint and brush (optional)
Tape (length 50 cm, width 1-1.5 cm)
Appropriate picture or photograph.
3. Glue the ends of the tape to the frame (at the corners) so that the frame can be hung.
4. Start gluing the acorn caps to the frame, covering it completely.
You will need:
Pencil or printer
Blank photo frame (no glass)
PVA glue
Acorn caps.
Crafts from acorns on the theme of autumn: a garland
You will need:
Canvas or other heavy fabric
Scissors
Twine or other heavy thread
Glue (PVA, hot glue or superglue)
Big needle.
1. Cut out a few squares from thick fabric.
2. Glue one acorn to the center of each square.
3. Thread the needle and start connecting all the squares. Don't forget to make a knot at the beginning and end of each square.
4. Connecting all the squares, secure the acorns with a double loop with a thread, as shown in the image.
Leave 7-10 cm between the squares.
Now you can hang the garland anywhere.
What can be made from acorns: a vase
You will need:
plastic pot
Hot glue or super glue
Acorn caps.
1. Start gluing the acorns to the plastic container from the bottom up.
2. Cover the top of the container with acorn caps.
It is better to keep such a vase on the street, since garbage and insects can accumulate in such a number of acorns.
Autumn crafts from acorns: a wreath
You will need:
Vine wreath
Artificial or natural acorns
Hot glue or super glue
Glitter (optional)
jute fabric
Double-sided tape.
1. Start gluing the acorns to the wreath. Fill the entire wreath.
* You can cover some places with glitter.
Making a bow:
2. Cut a wide strip of jute fabric (10 x 50 cm).
3. Attach double-sided tape to one end of the jute strip.
4. Fold the fabric in half and connect the ends.
5. Wrap the strip in the middle with another strip (5 x 12 cm) as shown in the image. Also connect the ends with double-sided tape.
6. Glue the bow to the wreath and you can decorate any place in the house or in the country with your craft.
How to make home decoration from painted acorns
You will need:
Acrylic paint and brushes
Vase (or other container).
1. Paint each acorn with a hat white - completely. Wait for the paint to dry.
2. Paint blue (or other) acorns, leaving the hat white.
Crafts from acorns and cones
You will need:
twigs
- "turntables" from maple
Dry grass
Use your imagination to create a whole magical forest family.
Here, for example, the queen with her daughter.
Here is the forest king.
Another fairy daughter.
The son of a magical family.
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How to make crafts from acorns
How to make crafts from acorns 36 Acorns are an unusually interesting natural material from which you can make a huge variety of crafts to decorate your home, garden or cottage. You don't need any special skills to make these, because they are very simple, which means that you can make them with the whole family. It's so nice to do any business with the whole family, and quickly and interestingly! All you need is a couple of tools, acorns, your imagination and, of course, time. Here are some very simple and at the same time interesting ideas on how to make crafts from acorns:
Craft from acorns and plasticine: a small nest
To do this, you will need: - acorn caps (plains) - plasticine, clay or legumes (beans, soybeans) - artificial grass - hot glue or superglue - paint (in this example, blue), if you use legumes, instead of plasticine - a thread or fishing line.
1. From plasticine, make 3 figures that look like small bird eggs. If you are using legumes, then it is advisable to color them.
Put a dab of glue inside each acorn cap and glue on some artificial grass.
3. Put a drop of glue on the legumes, which act as eggs, and stick to the grass. If you are using plasticine, then simply insert the workpiece into the nest. 4. Tie or glue string or string to the craft so it can be hung.
How to make crafts from acorns: a mushroom house
Materials needed: - acorns - glue - artificial grass - thread - small saw or utility knife - mushroom or other small toy.
DIY crafts from acorns: photo frame decorated with acorns
You will need: - acorn caps - a flat wooden frame - hot glue - paint and a brush (optional) - tape (length 50 cm, width 1-1.5 cm) - a suitable picture or photograph.
1. If your frame has glass, remove it and paint the frame.
2. Prepare the tape and glue the acorn cap to the middle of it.
3. Glue the ends of the tape to the frame (at the corners) so that the frame can be hung.4. Start gluing the acorn caps to the frame, covering it completely.
5. Insert a picture or photo into the frame and glass.
Crafts from acorns for children: squirrel
You need: - paper - a pencil or printer - an empty photo frame (without glass) - PVA glue - acorn caps.
1. Draw or print a squirrel silhouette on paper and color it dark.
2. Cover the entire silhouette of the squirrel with acorn caps, gluing them with PVA glue.
3. Insert your craft into a photo frame.
How to make an acorn craft: a vase
You will need: - a plastic pot - hot glue or superglue - acorns - acorn caps.
1. Start gluing the acorns to the plastic container from the bottom up. 2. Cover the top of the container with acorn caps. It is better to keep such a vase on the street, since garbage and insects can accumulate in such a number of acorns. How to make home decoration from painted acorns
You will need: - acorns - acrylic paint and brushes - a vase (or other container). 1. Paint each acorn with a hat white - completely. Wait for the paint to dry. 2. Paint blue (or other) acorns, leaving the hat white.
3. Paint the hat brown.
4. Pour the colored acorns into the container and the decoration is ready!
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How to prepare natural material for crafts. Take advantage of expert advice.
What you need to do in the summer to collect and save natural material for crafts:
We will pick up cones on moist soil so that they do not dry out and retain their shape longer.
We will collect green needles, take spruce and pine branches lying on the ground.
We will collect the leaves when they acquire a beautiful color, and dry them in old magazines or iron them with an iron
We stock hazelnuts, walnuts, acorns and chestnuts only when they are mature; we immediately pierce holes in especially hard shells.
Seeds of different plants - maple and ash lionfish, watermelon, pumpkin, melon, sunflower, fruit seeds - wash, dry and sort into cardboard boxes.
Let's prepare separate parts of fruits and seeds - cone scales, orange and lemon peel, watermelon peel, onion peel.
We will use wild rose berries, mountain ash, elderberry for crafts fresh, so we will stock up a little. Dry the remaining berries for small details - an eye and patterns.
Pebbles, shells, sticks, feathers and fluff will be washed, dried and, if desired, painted.
And in a kindergarten or at home, all wealth is a natural material for crafts, we will dry it, decompose it by type and size and store it in “breathing” containers - cardboard boxes, paper bags, wooden boxes or in one box with cells, so that it is more convenient to examine and choose.
Happy creativity!
How to store chestnuts correctly will be interesting to learn for many housewives. Indeed, in addition to being rich in vitamins, mineral salts, they can be used to prepare various dishes. Chestnuts are used to make mashed potatoes, they are stuffed with game, they are used to prepare a side dish for baked meat and for the preparation of various culinary products. Currently, bread for diet food, pies, and cakes are baked from them. Roasted chestnuts can be used instead of coffee. The oil is used in the culinary and confectionery industries.
Several ways to store chestnuts
Before storing chestnuts fresh, they should be dried in a well-ventilated, sunny place. Then the dried fruits are poured into barrels or large boxes, shifting the layers with dry chestnut leaves. Fruits are best stored at a temperature of 2 to 5 degrees. You can store unpeeled chestnuts in a cool, dry place in a large container. In this form, they can be stored until spring.
Chestnuts can also be stored in canned form. For example, make jam from chestnuts.
To do this, you need one kilogram of intact and large chestnuts, washed and boiled in a not very large amount of water. Boiled hot fruits should be cleaned from the inner and outer shells. Then pass through a potato press or through a meat grinder. Next, the resulting puree must be dipped into the prepared syrup (a kilogram of sugar is dissolved in 250 ml of water) and boiled, stirring continuously over low heat for about thirty minutes. The finished jam is removed from the heat, flavored with bergamot or lemon essence and poured into prepared jars. Store chestnut jam in a cool place.
You can store chestnuts in the form of candied fruits.
To do this, large chestnuts of the same shape and size should be baked on a grill or stove. First, you need to make a cut on the shell with a sharp knife. Then the baked chestnuts are peeled and lowered, pricked one by one on a toothpick into the prepared thick sugar syrup (100 ml of water and 500 grams of sugar per kilogram of chestnuts). Then lay them out on a greased baking sheet. To prepare the syrup, water with sugar is first heated over low heat, and then boiled over high heat. The syrup should be brown and not very thick. Cooled candied fruits are laid out in boxes and stored in a cool, dry place.
In terms of their nutritional composition, edible chestnuts resemble grain muesli. In France, these fruits have become almost a national dish: not a single celebration of the onset of autumn takes place there without baked chestnuts. They fell in love in our country. In this article, we will tell you how to keep chestnuts at home in order to preserve their taste and benefits.
You should know how to keep chestnuts so that you can enjoy them all year round.
Traditionally, chestnuts are considered a winter commodity, although they are harvested in September. They can be purchased in the markets until March, as they are stored without problems if you know some rules.
How to store chestnuts
Fresh fruits in a cool place are stored for only a few days. Then they get moldy. But you can cover them with sand, like carrots and beets, then they can lie for several months. But it is best to freeze chestnuts.
They can keep in the freezer for at least 6 months. Do not wrap the fruits in a plastic bag, with such storage, mold will form on them.
Chestnuts in our country come to the shelves:
- fresh unpeeled;
- freshly frozen in a purified form;
- pickled (canned).
Canned chestnuts can be used immediately without additional processing for salads or eating as an independent dish. Freshly frozen are first fried, and then, for example, added to mushroom soup. Fresh ones must first be cut, covered with foil and sent to the oven for baking for 20 minutes. After the fruits are cooked, they can be salted and eaten just like boiled corn.
How they know how to choose and how chestnuts are stored in different countries
In different parts of the world, chestnuts appear on the tables in their natural form and prepared according to original recipes. Mashed potatoes are prepared from them, side dishes for meat dishes, they are boiled and fried. The fruits are widely used in the preparation of confectionery and many other dishes.