What can be easily and simply molded from plasticine?

Plasticine sculpting is a great hobby for toddlers to develop imagination and creativity.... Children can create various figures from this material at a very early age. A kid should start acquaintance with this type of creativity by creating simple and cute crafts.

Young children really like the bright statues of animals made of plasticine.

The figurine of a small blue kitten looks bright and cute. A child of 2-3 years old can cope with its creation. The process of sculpting such a craft consists of the following stages.

1. First, you need to separate a large piece from the blue plasticine bar. From two parts of this material, balls of a similar size must be formed.
2. From 5 balls of a smaller size, you need to form 4 legs and a tail... They need to be rolled into short sausages.
3. When all these details are ready, the paws must be fixed on the body of the cat. The figurine should be stable enough.
4. After that, you need to attach the kitten's head to the body. From small pieces of plasticine, you need to roll up small ears and fix them on it.
5. When the base of the figurine is ready, you can start decorating it.... To do this, form a flat oval from a small piece of white plasticine and fix it just below the head.
6. Eyes, nose and mouth, made of smaller parts, need to be attached to the face of the animal. The kitten figurine is ready.

Original dog figures can be molded from soft and pliable plasticine.To create the simplest craft, you only need two basic colors. The step-by-step process for sculpting a cute figurine is as follows.

1. A base needs to be molded from bright orange plasticine. It is made from an elongated sausage with a tapered top. The base with its appearance resembles an ordinary carrot.
2. The head and legs are made from the same material. Four orange balls are attached to the base of the figurine. One more - to the top of it.
3. Long ears must be formed from two orange sausages. They are attached to the crown.
4. Another short and thin sausage will become the tail.
5. When the figurine is ready, you can start decorating it. To do this, you need to roll a large nose and a thin strip from brown plasticine, which will be used as a collar.
6. Both parts are attached to the base of the figure. Small eyes complement the product.

If desired, the dog can be decorated with a stack. This will make her look even cuter. Using the same scheme and matching colors, you can make a corgi, husky or a wolf out of a soft elastic material.

A cute white bunny can also be easily molded from plasticine. The figure consists of the simplest details.

1. From a small piece of white plasticine you need sculpt a ball and give it a drop shape.
2. The head needs to be made of the same material and decorated with black eyes and a pink nose.... When this part of the figure is ready, you need to fix it on the body of the bunny.
3. The paws of the animal are formed from 4 balls of plasticine. Two parts must be left round, two more must be rolled into neat sausages. When everything is ready, they need to be connected together and attached to the lower body.
4. Attached to the back half of the figure small ponytail.
5. Two front legs and ears must be molded from the remains of plasticine.... The paws are attached to the body of the hare. The ears must first be slightly straightened and supplemented with pink details. After that, they can be attached to the hare's head.

To sculpt a small pig, you will need dark pink plasticine, dark beads and a stack.

It is very simple to make such a figure with your own hands. From two neat pieces of pink plasticine, you need to sculpt the body and head of a pig. Four even balls are attached to the base of the pig and serve as its paws.

When the toy is ready, it must be decorated with a small snout, ears and a tail. Bead eyes are attached to the face of the animal. They can be made of plasticine or materials at hand.

A brightly colored caterpillar is made from small plasticine balls. You can use different shades of yellow, red and orange to create them. From balls of the same size, you need to sculpt the body of a caterpillar of a suitable length. A slightly larger head is attached on top.

Every child can also mold herbaceous plants and flowers with their own hands. From plasticine, you can create both voluminous bouquets and beautiful applications.

A kid can dazzle this voluminous craft as early as 3-4 years old. The process of sculpting simple flowers consists of the following steps.

1. First you need to prepare the buds. To do this, you need to separate a large piece from a bar of pink plasticine and cut it into several small balls.
2. Each of them needs to be rolled into a long sausage.
3. The base for the flower must be kneaded to form a long flat ribbon.
4. After that, the plasticine must be twisted into a spiral, forming a voluminous bud. The edges of the flower must be gently smoothed out.
5. From green plasticine, you will need to form a thinner strip and cut it into several stems.
6. Put the green parts together and attach the pink ones to them. You will get a pretty bouquet.

If it is still difficult for a child to work with voluminous figures, he can try to sculpt a flat craft from plasticine. To create such an applique, you need to follow simple instructions.

1. The first step is to find the right cardboard and plasticine. The background for such an applique can be any.
2. Next, thin strips need to be formed from green plasticine... These stems are mounted on a cardboard base.
3. Leaves need to be formed from pieces of green plasticine... Each leaf should be decorated with a stack, drawing veins on it.
4. Leaves attached to the stems in a chaotic manner.
5. The simplest flowers decorate this applique... Round shapes are made from thin plasticine strips twisted into a spiral. Buds of different shades of red and pink look the most beautiful.
6. When the flowers are ready, you need them fix on the tops of the stems.

Many girls love to sculpt sweets, pastries and other food for dolls from plasticine.

Any child can make colored candies from this soft material. To create them, you will need plasticine and several matches or skewers.

Colored lollipops are molded very simply. The first step is to roll the plasticine into thin strips. You can work with them in different ways. To create round candies, twist two colored stripes into a regular spiral. To make long lollipops, the two parts must be intertwined and shaped into sausages.

The berry pie, sculpted from colored plasticine, looks original. You will have to work hard to create it, but the result is definitely worth it.

1. The first step is to prepare the base for such a cake. A light brown circle must be carefully rolled out and formed into a plate with neat sides.
2. Remains of plasticine of the same color should be cut into thin wide strips.
3. From blue or red plasticine you need mold the berries small size. They fill the base of the cake.
4. The dish is decorated with plasticine strips... They are laid out on top in the form of a neat grid.

To sculpt appetizing donuts, you will need two yellow and brown plasticine bars. The step-by-step process of creating a treat with your own hands consists of the following steps.

1. Yellow and brown plasticine must be kneaded and mixed well... The color will be more natural.
2. From this material you need form dense sausages.
3. The edges of the blanks must be carefully connected together. The joints need to be smoothed so that the donuts are smooth.
4. It is necessary to sculpt from the material of yellow color imitation of glaze. To do this, the plasticine needs to be rolled out, fixed at the top of the donut and cut out a small hole in the middle.
5. Decorative details are molded from brown plasticine... You can decorate one of the donuts with a thin strip, laid out in the form of a spiral, and the other with powder.

Colored plasticine can also be used to sculpt bright fruits, such as bananas. Making them yourself is very simple:

1. material of yellow color must be kneaded well and divided into several pieces;
2. roll balls from them balls;
3. then thin stripes with sharp edges are formed;
4. such blanks must be bent and collected in one pile, brown dots must be attached to the ends of the bananas.

Preparing for various holidays with your child, you should start creating thematic crafts. From plasticine, you can easily sculpt both voluminous figures and beautiful applications.

The main attribute of this holiday is a pumpkin with a painted face. It is quite possible to mold such a craft from plasticine... To create such a pumpkin, you will need black, orange and yellow plasticine.

First, roll a piece of plasticine into a small ball and knead it slightly. The figurine is attached to cardboard and decorated with stripes drawn with a stack. A neat witch's hat must be fashioned from the yellow material. This children's craft is decorated with black details. They can be molded by hand or cut from one flat piece.

There are a large number of interesting New Year's crafts that even a small child can do with their own hands.

• Penguin... You can sculpt such a craft from soft airy plasticine. To create a toy, you will need plasticine of three colors. To begin with, you need to sculpt the base of the figure from the blue material. It turns out to be elongated, with neat grooves in the middle. The base is complemented by a white strip attached to the front of the figure (abdomen). From the remnants of blue plasticine, it is necessary to sculpt voluminous wings of a suitable shape. Bright orange paws and the same beak will complement such a craft. Small bead eyes are attached above it.

• Snowflake... A simple snowflake made of blue and white plasticine can become part of a craft or a full-fledged toy. To sculpt it, you need to prepare a lot of thin colored stripes. Some of them twist into long beams, others - into small circles. After that, all the parts are connected to each other. Using these blanks, you can sculpt amazingly beautiful crafts.

• Herringbone... It is very easy to mold the main symbol of the New Year from plasticine. For sculpting, you need a piece of dark green plasticine and small scissors. From the soft mass, you need to quickly form a cone of a suitable size. Using scissors, you need to carefully make small cuts on it. The Christmas tree turns out to be beautiful and fluffy. If a child is engaged in the creation of such a craft, it is better for him to do it under the supervision of adults. You can decorate the tree with small colored plasticine balls or beads.

To learn how to mold a flower from plasticine, see the video.