So far, spring does not please us with either warmth or good weather. On such "transitional" days, you especially want the sun, bright colors and a bright spring mood. Create this mood at home with your little one. We have selected for you simple options for children's crafts on the theme of spring. Such works will not only decorate your home, but will be an excellent workout for little children's hands.
Children are very happy to make something new, and to involve them in creativity needed from an early age. It's not about discovering a young Michelangelo or Picasso in a child. Creativity is better than many other activities to stimulate the neural connections of the brain, expand the imagination and develop the child's fine motor skills. In addition, it gives the baby self-confidence. After all, there is nothing better than seeing the result of your labor.
To encourage your child to engage in regular creativity, create a gallery of children's work. To do this, you can use a special cork board, or you can simply arrange an opening day on the refrigerator, attaching children's crafts using magnets. Admire the child's work, and be sure to create with him.
Spring-themed applications
Applique in "torn" technique will appeal to any child / istockphoto.com
The simplest type of crafts, which are suitable for classes even with the smallest children, is an applique made of colored paper. Draw a tree on paper and invite your child to decorate the trunk and twigs with young green leaves. You won't need scissors for this. Try the torn applique technique. Give the child some small sheets of green colored paper and invite them to tear it into pieces. Tearing paper is not about letting off steam. With the help of such a simple lesson, children learn to control their own hands. Ask your child to make the pieces as small as possible. It won't be easy at first, but you will soon see that your baby's fingers are becoming more dexterous.
For older kids, the classic applique cut with scissors is suitable. Children develop this skill for a long time, so do not despair if at first the child does not succeed. The main thing is not to let your baby get upset. If it doesn't work out well, cut out the parts yourself. Even a simple "assembly" of the details of the applique together teaches the child to be accurate and assiduous.
It is imperative to start working with scissors under the supervision of an adult / istockphoto.com
For spring applique, you can use not only paper, but also cotton pads. They adhere perfectly to paper with ordinary PVA glue. For example, from the halves of cotton pads, you can make snowdrifts, from under which the first snowdrops make their way out. Snowdrop heads can also be cut from cotton pads. Such work looks very elegant, and the kid will definitely like its uniqueness.
Spring crafts from a cardboard sleeve
Sleeves from toilet paper, paper towels or baking foil are a real boon for creativity. In a hurry, you can make a telescope or navigator's binoculars from them. And if you spend a little more time, you can create a real collection of funny animals with your child. Here you will need not only colored paper, but also watercolor, because the sleeve will need decorate. Special care is not needed here, so such work will be within the power of the baby.
A cardboard sleeve is a great base for simple crafts / istockphoto.com
Invite your child to make a ladybug out of a shell. While he is making the torso and painting the sleeve black, cut out all the other details from colored paper - the head, antennae, wings and black dots. As soon as the sleeve dries up, you can start "assembling". In half an hour, one of the first spring insects will appear on your table.
Another idea for craft liner is a spring wreath. Paint some of the shells with your child in bright colors. Once the blanks are dry, cut them across into 0.5 cm thick circles. Squeeze each circle into an oval - you get a flower petal or leaf. Glue the petals together, decorate the flowers with leaves and combine it all into a round wreath. It can be hung on the door, inviting spring into the house.
A wreath made of a cardboard sleeve looks very elegant / istockphoto.com
Simple plasticine crafts
For the active development of children's fingers, psychologists recommend working more with plasticine. Warming up, kneading and rolling out the flexible mass, the child perfectly trains fine motor skills. True, the baby will not be able to mold a beautiful volumetric figure without the help of the mother. Offer him to make a spring "application" of plasticine. The easiest option is flowers on a green lawn. To do this, teach your child to roll sausages for stems and balls for petals from plasticine.
Simple plasticine crafts can be mastered even by a kid / istockphoto.com
Gradually, the skills of modeling from plasticine need to be expanded. Teach your child to use a rolling pin and sculpting stacks, with which flowers and leaves can be made more "natural". Working with plasticine develops perseverance even better than drawing. If modeling "comes in" to your child, at an older age he will amaze you with real masterpieces.
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