Positive aspects of creating applications
This type of crafts has a very beneficial effect on the development of the child. The main advantages of creating applications:
- Development of fine motor skills of the hands;
- Development of creative and logical thinking;
- Trains perseverance and accuracy;
- While working, the baby remembers what objects look like and what they are called.
Also, in this way, a child can create not just a simple standard craft, but also present the work as a gift or interior decor.
Applications fruits and vegetables
Applications in the form of fruits and vegetables are quite popular; they are created by both younger and older children. Using them you can glue real compositions, and from different materials.
The depiction of fruits and vegetables using the appliqué technique facilitates their quick learning and memorization, which is very important for a small child.
Materials for their manufacture
To make applications depicting fruits and berries, you can use not only the usual material - colored paper, but also others:
- corrugated paper;
- felt;
- some types of fabrics;
- dried tree leaves and berries;
- seeds;
- cereals and pasta;
- beads;
- eggshells;
- threads
An application on this topic with several types of materials turns out to be quite interesting and original.
Technicians
As a rule, fruits and vegetables are depicted in the form of standard applications, but they also look very interesting in 3D volume. If desired, you can make the applique using the origami technique or by twisting narrow strips of paper.
They also often do work using the mosaic technique, that is, they tear paper or break eggshells into small pieces, and then fill them with the required image.
For the little ones
You can start making your first applications from about 2 years old, you just have to choose the easiest and simplest options. As a rule, appliques of vegetables and fruits in a preparatory group or nursery are done in the form of a single work, rather than a composition.
This way it is easier for children to glue them and also to remember them. To make it as easy as possible for your child, you can use already prepared templates of fruits and vegetables for appliqué.
Cherry
Cherry is an excellent applique option for the youngest children on this topic. To make it you will need:
- white sheet of cardboard;
- pencil;
- scissors;
- glue;
- colored markers;
- red colored paper.
Work plan:
- Draw 2 small circles on colored paper and cut them out.
- Glue the circles onto the cardboard so that they are on the same level and not far from each other.
- Using a brown felt-tip pen, draw 2 stripes, connecting the circles to create a design in the form of a pair of cherries.
- Draw a leaf with a green felt-tip pen.
A pineapple
Almost every child likes this exotic fruit, and of course it makes them want to portray it. For a more beautiful and interesting look, you can make it voluminous from simple colored paper. All you need for this craft:
- yellow, green paper;
- sheet of cardboard;
- glue;
- scissors;
- pencil.
Step-by-step work plan:
- Draw a pineapple on a piece of cardboard.
- Cut the yellow paper into strips, approximately 5 cm long and 1.5-2 cm wide.
- Take one strip and fasten its ends to make a ring, glue the ends together.
- Press down a small part of the ring a little and glue it to the upper contour of the pineapple.
- Glue another ring next to it and fill the entire top row.
- Take a ring of paper and also glue it, but just below the top row of the pineapple, while the glued part should be under the free edge of the upper rings.
- Follow the previous step until the entire pineapple is filled.
- Cut out small long leaves from green paper and glue them to the top of the pineapple.
Tissue paper polar bear
The original craft was made from tissue paper. It is thin, folds well and is very easy to use (doesn't cut your fingers). However, if you don’t find one in the house (which is very likely), you can use a similar packaging option. When buying new equipment, you can find white thin paper inside the box; you don’t have to throw it away right away. Also for work you will need a 0.5 liter plastic bottle, white paint, and a skein of black thread. Instructions:
- Take a disposable paper plate, which is then painted white.
- Next, the bottom of the bottle is cut off, about 5-6 cm.
- The cut bottom is glued in the middle of the plate. It also needs to be painted white.
- The bottom is the nose of the composition; by measuring out a little space, eyes are made from black skeins of thread, and they are also glued to the plate.
- Next, the plate is completely covered with glue until it sets - sprinkled with scraps of tissue paper.
What paint to use is up to everyone to decide for themselves; the standard is gouache. The main thing is not to leave the composition near the battery to dry. Due to the high moisture content, the work will appear crumpled. A black bear nose can be made from a pompom.
Fruit basket
Quite an interesting way to create a fruit applique from felt. This material is sold in a wide range of colors and is easy to work with. Also for this craft you will need: a sheet of cardboard, brown paper, scissors, a glue gun and sticks for it, a pencil, a newspaper.
Action plan.
- Draw a basket on a sheet of cardboard.
- Cut the sheets of paper into strips about 2 cm wide and roll them into thin tubes, seal the edges well.
- Lay out the outline of the basket from newspaper tubes, cutting them to the desired size.
- Tear the brown paper into small pieces and roll them into tight balls.
- Glue the balls over the entire area of the basket, so that there is no gap between them.
- Cut out the desired fruits from felt, attach them to the basket in a happy order and glue them.
In principle, for such a volumetric application of fruits and vegetables, you can use seeds and cereals, as well as eggshells.
Applications depicting fruits and berries allow you to create colorful works from a variety of materials and using different techniques. Even the smallest creative hands can begin their acquaintance with appliques with vegetables, berries, fruits, and older children can create entire compositions.
Winter birds
This option is designed for an older group. There are quite a lot of options; by studying ready-made templates for winter appliqué, you can make something unique. What are some examples:
- Draw a tree branch on thick paper. Next, the birds are assembled according to a pre-printed template and glued to the base.
- Bullfinch on a branch - you need to find a real branch from a tree. While it is drying on the radiator, you need to make a background (the sheet of paper is painted blue). Next, the branch is glued and the bullfinch puzzle is printed. To make the picture more voluminous, scraps of cotton wool are glued to the branch and blue canvas. Later, when the composition dries, a bullfinch is glued on top of the cotton wool.
This is just a small part of what you can do with your child on a winter evening.
