Volumetric applique making

The time when parents are engaged in creativity with their children is priceless. One of the favorite creative activities of preschoolers and children of 7-8 years old is the technique of volumetric application.

Everyone knows the applique technique, when cut figures of a certain shape are glued to paper or some other material. The result is flat pictures or whole compositions. But the technique of cutting and gluing shapes from paper to the base is much broader. One of the interesting varieties of this type of visual technique is volumetric applique. It looks much more realistic than a flat one.

In kindergarten, you can make beautiful postcards with voluminous flowers. In the process, the little ones will get acquainted with some flowering plants and learn to distinguish between them. Children over 5 years old can easily cope with work on volumetric appliqués with the image of flowers. It is better to choose a simple pencil of medium softness. Scissors used by children should have rounded ends. What other materials are required are indicated for each application separately.

Most people have live cacti on their windows. Everyone is familiar with these thorny cuties. Crafting materials: light-colored cardboard, glue (better than PVA), colored paper (green, red or pink, brown).

Manufacturing workshop.

• You must select a background color.
• Cut out patterns: small flowers and semicircles of different sizes.
• Fold a green leaf in half.Place the fold on the flat edge of the template. Prepare 5 sets of identical parts each (less is possible, then the cactus will be lower).
• Prepare 3-4 pink or red flowers.
• The thorns will be brown. They should be in the form of very elongated triangles 1.5-3 cm long.
• You need to glue the cactus fragments from the bottom up. For this, the largest part is taken, half of its outer side is greased with glue. 3-5 needles and the other part of the cactus process are glued there.
• In the same way, you will need to make 3 or 4 more blanks.
• We glue all parts to a cardboard base in the form of a cactus.
• Next, you need to take the prepared flowers, raise the petals up. So they will look like they are alive.
• Attach them to the cactus.

Lilies are very graceful, and their colors are varied. To make a volumetric applique "Lily" you need:

• white cardboard for the base;
• orange and white paper;
• PVA glue;
• felt-tip pens (green, black, yellow).

Making a lily step by step.

• Cut 8 identical orange petals.
• Glue 6 chamomile-shaped petals onto the prepared cardboard base. Glue the petals only in the center, leave the edges free.
• Put small black dots, the view will be more natural.
• Make the petals voluminous by lifting in the center, and fix the tips on the base with glue.
• Cut 3 thin strips of white. These are the future stamens of the lily.
• Paint the edges of the stamens with a yellow felt-tip pen.
• Glue the stamens with a cross in the center of the flower.
• Draw the trunk and leaves of a lily with a green felt-tip pen.
• From the remaining 2 blanks, buds will be obtained.

For work you will need: white and colored paper, compasses, ruler, colored cardboard.

Application "Chamomile" step by step.

• Cut 9 white stripes. Each strip should be about 10 cm long and about 15 mm wide.
• Fold the strips in half and glue the ends. These will be petals.
• Cut a long strip of green paper. This will be the stem of the chamomile.
• Cut out the chamomile leaves.
• Using a pair of compasses and scissors, draw and cut out the core of a daisy out of yellow paper. The core diameter is 3 cm.
• Glue the white paper loops to one side of the yellow circle.
• Glue the stem, chamomile leaves onto the base, and the resulting volumetric flower on top.

Tulips are popular spring flowers. For the holiday on March 8, you can invite children to make a beautiful volumetric application "Tulips". This will require: white and colored paper of different shades, light cardboard, a small ruler, glue.

Making a tulip step by step.

• Prepare templates.
• Cut out the details.
• Fold the flower blanks vertically in half.
• Glue the halves of two flowers together. There should be 6 glued petals in total.
• Make in the same way 2 to 6 more pieces.
• Cut the stems of the tulips. Stick them on the base.
• Glue flowers. Leave the leaves on top free about 25% of the entire length. Bend them back. This will add additional volume and beauty to the craft.

Water lilies float on the water surface of rivers and lakes. Children are familiar with them from the movie "The Adventures of Pinocchio". For voluminous water lilies, in addition to white and colored paper, scissors and a pencil, you also need: colored cardboard (blue), glue, compasses.

Making a water lily step by step.

• Prepare the base. Glue an oval-shaped water lily sheet on it.
• Cut 8 white circles (4 large and 4 small).
• Glue "little bags" from each circle.
• Glue 4 large blanks opposite each other. Attach small petals between them.
• Grease the middle with glue.
• Chop into small yellow strips at random.
• Pour them into the center.

Asters are September flowers. Kids carry them to the kindergarten, and older children give them to teachers. To make a volumetric applique "Asters" you will need: double-sided paper of different colors, glue, compasses, blue cardboard.

Making flowers step by step.

• Glue 3 thin green strips onto the base. These are the stalks of asters.
• Cut 8 colored circles each. The diameter of each is 6 cm.
• For all prepared circles, thinly cut the fringe around the edges.
• Collect all the circles by color, fold on top of each other, gluing together in the center.
• Raise fringed edges up.
• Gently stick the asters.
• Cut out the jagged leaves on the sides. Bend the leaves vertically in the center and glue.

You can make voluminous fruits and vegetables with children. This is one of the simplest options in the volumetric applique technique. Even children 3-4 years old can do them. Below are examples of how to make pear, pineapple, cherries, strawberries, carrots and tomatoes step by step.

For work you need: multi-colored double-sided paper, colored cardboard, glue.

Making ripe pear step by step:

• draw a pattern in the shape of a pear and a green leaf;
• cut 2 blanks according to the template;
• glue one part of the pear to a dense base;
• bend the other part along and glue to the first part of the pear;
• stick a small brown strip and a green leaf on top.

For paper exotic fruit you will need: colored double-sided paper (yellow, green), colored cardboard and glue.

Making pineapple step by step:

• cut out a yellow oval from thick cardboard - the base of the pineapple;
• make leaves;
• cut strips about 7 cm long and about 15 mm wide from yellow paper;
• glue rings out of them;
• glue the rings on an oval base;
• on top there should be green leaves in the form of a small palm tree.

For a voluminous cherry, you need to prepare paper (burgundy, green), white cardboard, glue.

Master class on making berries step by step:

• cut burgundy circles;
• make green cherry leaves, as well as a stick;
• fold the leaves in half, glue next to the stick;
• glue one circle;
• bend 2 more circles in half, glue the sides to a flat circle.

For carrots you will need: corrugated paper (orange, light green), cardboard and glue.

Making a vegetable step by step:

• cut the base of the carrot from cardboard (with a tail);
• cut a lot of small pieces from corrugated paper;
• roll balls out of them;
• grease the base well with glue;
• glue the prepared orange balls very tightly to each other (on the workpiece in the form of a root crop);
• make a tail from light green balls;
• you can make a double-sided carrot by gluing the cardboard on the other side.

In order to make paper strawberries, you need: multi-colored sheets of paper, cardboard, glue, black or brown felt-tip pen.

Berry making:

• make 2 strawberry-shaped red blanks;
• glue one of them to the cardboard base, and bend the other in half, glue the side to the flat part of the strawberry;
• cut out the leaves;
• make a ponytail;
• put dots on the berry with a felt-tip pen, imitating its seeds.

For a tomato you will need: red and green paper, cardboard, glue.

Making a tomato step by step:

• make 2 blanks in the shape of a flattened circle;
• bend them in half;
• glue one half on cardboard, the other part on top of it (bend);
• cut out green leaves and decorate the vegetable with them.

To make beautiful volumetric appliqués, you can use different techniques for their implementation. In addition to paper and cardboard, parts made of curled corrugated paper and napkins are useful.

To make a basket, you can use the technique of twisting napkin tubes. Even small children can make such a basket on their own. For a basket of flowers you will need: PVA, single-color and multi-colored napkins, cardboard, a brush.

Making a basket step by step:

• cut napkins into 4 parts;
• twist the flagella from them;
• carefully draw the basket with glue;
• attach the flagella twisted from a napkin along the contour;
• make a handle for a basket;
• use glue to draw circles over the basket;
• glue twisted pink, red or orange flagella on them in a spiral - roses;
• Glue the leaves from a green napkin between the roses.

Applications with the image of feathered singers will help children to consolidate knowledge about the studied bird species, to remember their distinctive features. To create a swan you will need: white cardboard, glue, felt-tip pens, white and blue paper.

Making a swan step by step:

• cut out a swan from cardboard, glue on a blue background;
• cut white strips about 6 cm long, about 1 cm wide;
• glue rings from strips;
• attach the rings to the bird's body, starting from the tail, each subsequent row of "feathers" should slightly cover the previous one;
• leave the breast, neck and head without "feathers";
• draw a beak, eyes;
• you can depict nearby reed thickets.

Now let's make a crane. You will need: colored and white sheets of paper, glue, light blue or blue cardboard (thick), brown marker or felt-tip pen.

Making a crane step by step:

• glue 3 paper clouds on a blue background;
• cut trees out of yellow, red, green and orange paper and glue them from below - this will be an autumn forest;
• draw trunks and thin branches;
• fold the white sheet along;
• depict half of the crane along the fold line;
• cut 3-4 bird figures;
• draw beaks and eyes for cranes;
• glue them along the fold line with one side to the cardboard, leave the other part free.

To make a pigeon, you will need: an album sheet, glue, blue or blue cardboard, a brown felt-tip pen, a ruler, cotton pads.

Making a pigeon step by step:

• fold the sheet in half;
• draw the outlines of a dove;
• at a distance of 1 cm from each other, draw parallel lines - they should start from the top line of the dove's contour and go at an angle;
• cut along the contour;
• cut the strips to the line of the pigeon's back;
• bend the back of the bird inward;
• draw a dove's beak, eyes;
• attach the bird with one side to the blue cardboard, leave the other part free and fluff paper feathers;
• cut out the wings from cotton pads (1/4 of the disk will go for 1 wing), form feathers on them, glue to the body of a pigeon.

In addition to birds, animals can also be made voluminous, for example, a mouse. You will need: felt-tip pens, white paper, yellow cardboard.

Making a mouse step by step:

• cut a triangle out of yellow cardboard, draw circles - it will be cheese;
• roll a white sheet of paper into a cone;
• trim the edge straight;
• cut 2 white circles;
• stick them on the cone next to the pointed part;
• draw eyes, nose to the mouse;
• cut a tail from a thin white strip, glue;
• glue the mouse to the yellow cheese-shaped blank.

Making a decorative butterfly out of paper will help you remember the summer. Talk to your children about symmetry as you work on the craft. To create a voluminous butterfly you will need: bright colored paper, glue, felt-tip pens and cardboard.

Making a butterfly step by step.

• Fold a sheet of the selected color in half. Draw half of the silhouette of the body and the wings of the butterfly along the fold line. To make one paper butterfly, you need 2 blanks. Cut them out carefully with scissors.
• Glue a part of the butterfly on the cardboard. Bend the second part in half, carefully glue it to the base of the butterfly along the fold line. Raise the wings up.
• The result is a fluttering butterfly. You can decorate the interior with such a craft.

To make the "Cup and saucer" applique, you will need: an openwork napkin, cardboard, white gouache, glue, colored paper. This is an easy craft that even a 3-4 year old child can handle.

Making an applique step by step:

• draw a cup on colored paper;
• cut along the contour with scissors;
• stick on the base;
• cut a semicircle from a napkin - this will be a saucer;
• glue under the mug with the openwork side down;
• draw steam in gouache, as well as polka dots on the cup;
• a mug can be made in a similar way.

Let's consider step by step the production of a volumetric applique "Tree" using the example of an apple tree. For an apple tree you will need: green, brown, red paper, yellow cardboard, glue.

Making an apple tree step by step:

• cut the trunk of the apple tree about 4 cm wide;
• make the crown of a tree;
• glue the tree to the cardboard;
• cut the fruit - each apple will consist of 2 parts;
• fold apple blanks along;
• glue one part of the apple to the crown of the tree, then the second part with the side to it;
• cut out small strips of brown color - the stalks, glue them over the apples.

For a multi-tiered cake you will need: double-sided paper of different colors, colored cardboard, glue.

Making a cake step by step.

• Cut out wide strips of different sizes from colored paper - the tiers of the cake.
• Bend the edges inward and glue to the base, starting from the top. The widest strip should be at the bottom. Each previous tier needs to be slightly covered with the next.
• Cut out multi-colored hearts.
• Fold them in half. Glue randomly on the cake, joining along the fold line.
• It is better to decorate the cake on top with a voluminous heart. To do this, use glue to connect 2 workpieces bent in the center with their sides.
• Cut out white stripes, red tabs, yellow circles. These will be cake candles.
• Stick candles on the sides of the cake.

To work on the lock you will need: green cardboard, toilet paper rolls - 3 pcs., Paper towel rolls - 2 pcs., Colored paper, as well as glue, felt-tip pens, compasses. It is better to offer children at least 6-7 years old to make a lock from bushings.

• Cutting an oval out of cardboard is a clearing.
• Cut the edges of the bushings vertically; the notches should be about 1 cm high.
• Fold horizontally along the cut lines.
• Stick the sleeves tightly to each other on the cardboard clearing. These are the towers of the castle.
• Draw 5 circles with a diameter of about 10 cm with a compass.
• Fold the circle in half 2 times. Expand. Cut one of the 4 parts obtained by folding.
• Roll up the cone and glue it. This is the roof of one of the towers. Do the rest in the same way.
• Attach them to the cylinders.
• With a felt-tip pen, draw windows and doors.

In the next video, you will see the making of the volumetric applique "Snowdrops".