Plasticine for children - an indispensable thing. Playing with them, the children actively develops fine motor skills of hands, the concentration of the movements of the fingers and hands, creative thinking, creativity is revealed, formed perseverance. In addition, the molding of the clay brings children great pleasure, therefore, positive emotions.
Today on the shelves of supermarkets, you can find a variety of sets for children's creativity, but at the so there is a risk of purchasing faulty goods capable of causing at least allergy. But also quite impossible, so for safety reasons to deprive the child's creativity offer several alternative manufacturing options in the home needed for modeling and drawing materials. Firstly, it is clearly safe, and secondly, to make possible not only clay but also many other interest of the masses to practice creativity and, thirdly, this approach will save a lot of budget accurately funds. How can prepare homemade clay?
Very easy - on the basis of the test, which can be used for various types of dyes:
• Food
• Vegetable juices (beetroot, carrot, spinach)
• Instant drinks in bags
• Gouache and watercolor
• Sparkles of different shades
In addition, the dough can be flavored. To do this, you can add a different kind of aroma oils. For example, orange color is perfect orange oil, to yellow - lemon, and green color blends well with the smell of pine needles. Store home plasticine need in sealed containers in a cool place (eg refrigerator).
Soft and elastic dough for sculpting. Using this recipe can be made very pleasant to touch the dough does not cling to the hands, but it is easily possible to sculpt any items easily connected. For its production, we need:
• Any vegetable oil (olive oil, flaxseed, sunflower)
• Citric acid - 1 tablespoon
• Salt "Extra" - 1 cup
• flour - 2 cups
• Water - 2 cups
In a small saucepan must be brought to boiling water with the vegetable oil. Until the water begins to boil, mix the dry ingredients and pour them into a boiling water and butter, stirring gently all the wooden spoon. Once the water has cooled slightly, you must knead the dough well. The dough is obtained custard, so it is very soft and elastic. The dough to be divided into a certain number brusochkov and after complete cooling to paint them in different colors.
Mass for molding prepared in the microwave
• Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp
• flour - 2 cups
• Salt "Extra" - 1 cup
• Cream of tartar (baking powder for the dough) - 1 tablespoon
All the ingredients are mixed in a container for a microwave oven, cover it with a lid and put bask in 4-6 minutes. After the mass for molding has cooled, divide it and a few slices, if desired, add a variety of colors and aromatic oils.
Hypoallergenic weight for sculpting. In some cases, children have an allergy to gluten contained in the flour. To eliminate the risk of developing allergies, can be cooked clay with the other ingredients:
• Baking soda - 2 cups
• Water - 1.5 cups
• Cornstarch - 1 cup
Mix all the ingredients in a small saucepan and put it on a small fire. Once out of the mass starts to form a ball, weight for modeling is considered finished. You must get it from the pan and allow to cool.
Hendgam - smart plasticine. This kind of mass is not at all like the clay, more on the favorite toy of all children - Lizunov or viscous gum. But unlike them, nanoplastilin not stick to hands and clothes and can take plain forms while working with it.
This mixture is better not to give to young children because it contains substances that can not be used, in contrast to the test. If your pipsqueak still pulls in his mouth, then this mass it is too early to play.
• PVA glue - ¼ cup
• Liquid starch
• Food coloring
• Plastic container
Liquid starch available in the shop or cook for themselves. To do this, dissolve 1 cup of cornstarch with ¼ cup of water to avoid lumps. Followed boil 4 cups of water and slowly pour, stirring, stir starch. The mixture is cool.
The container should be poured glue and mix it with the desired dye to a uniform color with a wooden stick. Then add small portions of liquid starch, thoroughly stirring the mixture. When knead stick is already hard, knead the mixture by hand. The desired consistency of the mass can be adjusted by the addition of glue or liquid starch.
Delicious paste for modeling.Due to such a mixture can be edible, and play, and to arrange at the end of tea.
• Peanut butter - 2 cups
• Honey - 5 table spoons
• Milk - 2 cups
Mix in the butter and honey container, gradually adding milk. All thoroughly and knead the dough. You can use cookie cutters to create different shapes.
Safe kinetic sand.The increasing popularity is gaining angular sand with which the figures are kept stuck together much more tightly, in contrast to the usual sand and feel it, too, is much nicer.
• Quartz sand (finer and well cleaned) - 4 cups
• cornstarch - 2 cups
• Water -1 cup
• Any dye
The tank mix prepared sand with starch and gradually adding to it water. Mix the mixture to the desired consistency.
Artificial snow of baking soda.From this snow can be molded into miniature present snowman and snowballs, which will leave even real. Artificial snow turns out very fluffy and pleasant to the touch and smelling fresh.
• Baking soda - 1 pack
• Shaving foam in the cartridge - 1 pc.
The plastic container is necessary to release the contents of the bottle with foam, and gradually add the baking soda in it. Thoroughly mash all the hands. To the surprise of artificial snow will sound really cool. Successful you creative ideas!
And be sure to find out 3 rules for creative drawing, which will help you to more fully reveal the creative potential of your baby.
