How to mold grapes from plasticine?

Mastering the tricks of sculpting objects from plasticine, little children begin their knowledge with the manufacture of vegetables and fruits. At the initial stage of acquaintance with this material, this is the best option, and crafts can turn out to be very bright and cute, it is worth applying a little skill and showing imagination. Consider how you can mold grapes from plasticine.

To make it convenient for the child to work with plasticine, the first craft can be done on cardboard, and it is not necessary to do it in the form of a picture, smearing the plasticine with your fingers with your fingers. For children, it will be much more interesting to blind the volumetric version, and it will look very attractive. Let's look at the process step by step.

Let's prepare a piece of purple and green plasticine, as well as a sheet of bright cardboard.

• We sculpt several grape balls from purple plasticine. Their number may vary depending on the size of the bunch, for example, 10.

• Then we place them in the center of the cardboard.: first 4 circles, below them - three, then - two and one. This will form a small bunch.

• The next step will be making twigs and leaves... To do this, we twist a thin green plasticine sausage and attach it to the bunch from above.

• Then we will make two or three leaves.... We sculpt small green balls, and then slightly flatten and give them an oblong shape. We attach to the branch.

You can also make a flat image on cardboard. For this, the procedure will be different.

• You need to find cardboard, preferably a light shade, so that you can draw a bunch, and it is clearly visible to the child. It is better to depict large grapes and leaves, practically for the entire volume of the leaf.

• Next, the child will lay pieces of plasticine in the drawn details and gently smear it so that so that the plasticine does not go beyond the edges of the intended pattern. For the first time, you can show your baby how to do it correctly.

• When you managed to sculpt grapes, you can go to the leaves.

• Optionally, you can depict a bunch of plasticine on a plate, in a basket, add some more fruit to the grapes. You will get a bright still life.

In complex variants, a hand-made vine can contain a very large number of berries. And the leaf can look very simple, or it can be sculpted taking into account what a real grape leaf looks like. And here it all depends on the experience and perseverance of the little master, as well as on whether he is ready to devote more time to the craft or not. The craft can be diversified by decorating it with different elements. Let's consider step by step how to make, for example, grapes from plasticine with eyes.

• Divide purple plasticine into several balls - as much as we want to mold grapes.

• We fasten them together in rows... The top one is the largest, then - in descending order.

• Made of green material sculpt leaves and a twig, attach to a bunch.

• To make the grapes playful and original, we will make eyes for it. To do this, you need to roll two small white balls and two black smaller ones. Attach the eyes to the middle of the bunch.

For information on how to mold a volumetric bunch of plasticine, see the video.

But this is just one of the options. You can use an even simpler option for the first time.

• To do this, we blind a substrate from plasticine. We will make a ball from the same purple piece of material, and then we will roll it out, giving it the shape of a bunch: from above - wider, from below - narrower.

• We will place prepared grapes on it., securing them well on the base.

• Last but not least let's make a small stalk and a couple of simple leaves.

To make the process fun for the child, you can make grapes of different colors - pink, red, yellow, blue. Several brightly colored bunches can be placed in a basket or on a tray. It will look very bright. Such a craft can even be placed in the kitchen as a decor.

Before you start sculpting, you should prepare a place for creativity and all the necessary materials.

For convenience, you need to prepare a modeling board, or at least cover the table with oilcloth, equip the baby with an apron so that he does not stain his clothes. Wet wipes are also useful.