Crafts for girls
There are a large number of interesting crafts for girls that will help little craftswomen to realize their creative potential. Using common improvised tools, children can create both bright cards and gifts, as well as practical crafts for the home.
What should preschoolers do?
It is quite easy for preschool girls to be carried away by creativity. The main thing is to select simple crafts for them.
New Year card
A child can make such an easy DIY craft at the age of 2-3. To do this, the baby will need PVA glue, cotton pads and colored rhinestones. In advance, you need to prepare the base of the postcard - a sheet of blue cardboard.
It is done very simply. To begin with, it is necessary to form "branches" from cotton pads. To do this, the edges of each of them are carefully glued together. After that, the blanks are arranged in the correct order on the cardboard base. They are decorated with colored rhinestones. The base of the card can be decorated with silver sparkles or snowflakes.
Christmas angel
Another simple craft for the little ones is a cute angel. You can use double-sided cardboard or scrapbooking paper to create it. Here's what the process of creating such a cute craft looks like.
- First, you need to form a neat cone from pink paper.
- Wings and a heart must be cut out of white cardboard.
- The head and arms of an angel are made of light-colored paper.
- Colored hair and a beautiful wreath will decorate the craft. The mouth and eyes on the angel's head are drawn with felt-tip pens.
- Having made all the blanks, they can be connected together, forming a beautiful figure.
If you attach a neat loop to the top of the craft, it can be used as a New Year's decoration.
Pasta applique
Making such a postcard is great fun for a six-year-old girl. For work, you can use different types of pasta. Making a postcard is very simple.
- First you need to pick up a large sheet of blue cardboard and the right amount of colored pasta.
- The base of the figure must be formed from plasticine. For this you need to use a yellow material.
- The pasta that will decorate the fish body must be painted with golden paint.
- They should be left to dry overnight.
- Various types of pasta are used to decorate the fish's body, as well as its fins and tail.
The free space of the postcard is also worth decorating with pasta. They will make excellent algae and pitfalls.
Plasticine cat
Working with plasticine well develops not only the child's creative abilities, but also fine motor skills. To create a simple craft, blue and white plasticine is used.
The body and head of the cat are made of two large balls. The legs and tail are molded from sausages of the same size. All these parts are interconnected. The kitten's head is decorated with neat ears and a muzzle. A small white circle is attached to the front of the craft. The edges of the breast should be gently smoothed out.
Ideas for schoolgirls
Girls 10-13 can learn to make more complex crafts.
Bookmark
Such a hand-made craft will definitely come in handy at school. The process of its creation consists of several stages.
- To begin with, you need to cut two circles of the same size from a piece of dense black wool.
- Cut one large semicircle and four ovals out of gray wool. They are used to decorate the cat's pillow.
- The second circle of wool adorns two gray-green eyes and a pink nose. They can be cut out of felt and glued to the base of the figurine.
- Sew two triangular ears decorated with pink details to the finished circle.
- You can connect these two simple blanks with an ordinary green satin ribbon.
The bookmark is cute and cute.
dream Catcher
A bright decoration for the room can easily be made by a girl of 8-9 years old. The amulet creation process is very simple.
- First you need to form the basis of the craft. It can be made from twigs, cardboard, or an unnecessary piece of wire. The edges of the circle are fixed with tape.
- The frame of the craft must be braided with colored yarn.
- A "spider web" is made of thin threads, which adorns the center of the circle. You can fix them in a chaotic manner.
- A long horn and two neat ears must be cut out of beautiful colored paper. They are attached to the seamy side of the craft.
- It is worth decorating such a charm with voluminous flowers. They can be made from double-sided colored paper or felt.
- The finished flowers are attached to the base of the craft with hot glue.
When the dreamcatcher is ready, you should tie colored ribbons and leftover yarn to it. A loop is attached to the top of the amulet. This charm can be hung over a bed or desk.
Christmas wreath
Bulky Christmas wreaths can also be used to decorate the room. Making them with your own hands is very simple. A girl of 11-12 years old can easily cope with such a task.
- First you need to make the frame of the craft. As with the dream catcher, the base is made of wire or twigs. Its edges are connected with tape.
- You need to decorate this craft with voluminous fir branches. They are attached to the frame with hot glue. The tips of the branches are neatly hidden behind the needles.
- When the craft is ready, you can start decorating it. For this, dried pine cones are used. They are also attached to the base with glue.
- You can use bright lights, cinnamon sticks or coffee beans to decorate the base.
When the wreath is ready, you need to attach a neat loop to the back of it. You can hang your Christmas decoration on your front door or next to your workplace.
Postcard made from coffee beans
The volumetric "coffee" postcard turns out to be not only beautiful, but also fragrant. It is done very simply.
- To begin with, you need to glue a piece of burlap of a suitable size to a dense piece of cardboard.
- When the workpiece is dry, you can start decorating it.
- The edges of the card should be thickly smeared with glue. The stripes should be smooth and neat.
- Coffee beans are attached to them.
- When the frame is ready, it also needs to be dried.
- You can decorate the craft with dried lemon or orange slices, cinnamon sticks or burlap bows. The finished composition looks very interesting and unusual.
Any photo can be fixed in the center of the frame. Instead, you can also place a figurine created from the remains of coffee beans there.
Lamp made of thread and glue
To create this original craft, you will need PVA glue, colored threads and a balloon. Having prepared all the necessary materials, you can get to work.
- First, the balloon needs to be inflated to a suitable size.
- The thread must be moistened in the glue prepared in advance.
- After that, it must be used to decorate the ball. The threads are wound around it in a chaotic manner.
- The resulting workpiece must be left to dry overnight.
In the morning, the ball must be carefully blown off and removed from the craft. Several artificial candles can be placed inside such a lamp. The finished composition looks very nice.
Recommendations
In order for the process of creating various crafts from scrap materials to bring the girl more pleasant emotions, you need to adhere to certain rules.
- Before starting work, you need to prepare all the necessary materials in advance. In this case, the child will not have to be distracted from the case all the time.
- Do not leave the girl alone with sharp scissors or a stationery knife.
- When helping your child create crafts, you should not strive to do everything instead of him. In this case, the kid will lose interest in creativity.
The child can use finished crafts to decorate his room or give to his relatives and friends.
To learn how you can make a craft for a girl with your own hands, see the next video.