What crafts can you do in kindergarten?

The process of creating various crafts from scrap materials develops the baby's imagination and makes him more diligent. Therefore, such tasks are often given to children in kindergarten. Ready-made schemes and examples of work will help to facilitate the process of creating such compositions.

The easiest to make are crafts made of cardboard and colored paper.

To create a flower arrangement, thick double-sided cardboard is used. Such a composition is done as follows.

1. Fold the green leaf in half. Its edges need to be coated with glue and connected.
2. Neat cuts are made on the side of the fold. They should be roughly the same size.
3. The resulting workpiece must be carefully folded, and then straightened the blades of grass.
4. Small flowers need to be cut out of colored paper. Round dots are glued to each of them.
5. After that, all the buds need to be fixed on the green stems with glue.

These cute elephants are also made of thick double-sided paper. The process consists of the following steps.

1. To begin with, you need to cut off five rectangles of the same size from a sheet of paper.
2. Each of them must be rolled up, forming a neat cylinder. The edges of the figures must be glued to the base.
3. Several small semicircles must be cut out of white paper.
4. These parts are glued to the feet of the baby elephant.
5. Two identical ears and a long trunk are cut out of the remains of the main color paper.
6. These details are glued to the head of the baby elephant.
7. After that, you can start assembling the figure.To do this, the legs are glued together. From above, a head with ears and a trunk is attached to them.

Eyes are also attached to the finished figure. You can buy the necessary parts at any art store.

Cheap and beautiful crafts are made using natural materials.

• Reindeer from cones. Dry pine cones are used to create such figurines. Two parts of the same size are connected together with glue. They should be held together at an angle. A small acorn is attached to the deer's neck. It is decorated with the same twigs. A nose and eyes made of black plasticine are also attached to the front of the figure. Branches are attached to the body of the deer. After that, the figurine is set on a wooden base, decorated with moss and foliage.

• Apple caterpillar... This simple caterpillar is made from apples of the same size. Several fruits are connected to each other with a toothpick. Another apple is attached to the front of the figure. From the bottom side, two carrot rings are attached to it. They function as paws. The caterpillar's head is decorated with skewers with rowan berries strung on them. These same berries are used to create a simple necklace. When everything is ready, all that remains is to glue the eyes and mouth from plasticine to the figure.

• Pumpkin birds... You can also make beautiful figurines from vegetables stored at home. One of the most popular craft products is pumpkin. It is best to take fruits with an elongated top. Eyes cut out of colored paper must be glued to the base of the pumpkin. Legs, wings and beak can be made from cardboard or dry foliage. The bird can be placed on a cardboard base or in a basket. All these figures with their own hands can be easily made by a kid at the age of 3-6 years.

Original crafts can be made from unnecessary things. For this, the following materials are used.

• Plastic bottles. To create a cute ladybug from a plastic bottle, you need to cut off the bottom. The material should be painted red, orange or yellow. When the paint dries, black dots need to be drawn on the surface of the future insect. Arrange them in a chaotic manner. The head of a ladybug is made of plasticine. Small eyes and short antennae are attached to it.

• Cotton pads... This material is used to create volumetric appliqués. To make a bunny out of cotton pads, one of them must be cut in half. The second should be divided into four parts. Then two whole discs are attached to the cardboard base. Ears need to be glued to the bunny's head, and identical legs to the body. The animal's muzzle can be decorated with colored nose and eyes. The craft is ready.

• Empty buckets. Pure mayonnaise buckets can be used to make a functional and beautiful feeder. To do this, at the base of each of them, you need to make two identical holes. A bow is attached to the top of the craft. If the bucket is transparent or white, it can be painted in any color along with the lid. After that, the feeder must be decorated. A bright product can be immediately used for its intended purpose. All of these lightweight crafts are suitable for children ages 3-4.

Working with plasticine helps the child develop not only imagination, but also fine motor skills. Many different things can be made from this soft material.

• Small fish... The first step is to make a bright base for the colored fish. To do this, you need to sculpt a body from yellow plasticine, and fins and a mouth from red. After that, small balls need to be formed from the multi-colored material. They are used to decorate the body of a fish. You also need to fix the eye on the head.

• Shark... Another fish that can be made from plasticine is the blue shark. It is done quite simply.First, you need to sculpt the base of the figure from the blue material. It should be more voluminous in the middle and tapered at the edges. A neat tail is attached to the back of the figure. The attachment point must be carefully smoothed out. To the bottom of the craft, you need to glue a thin blank of white plasticine. The edges also need to be smoothed well. After that, you need to attach the shark's eyes to the head of the craft.

• Squash... For the autumn holiday, you can make a figurine of a vegetable from plasticine. For this, material is used in yellow and green colors. From light plasticine, you need to sculpt one volumetric part and several smaller ones. Miniature balls are arranged around a large one. After this, the joints of all parts are carefully smoothed out. A small green root is attached to the top of the squash. The finished plasticine vegetable can be placed in a basket with other fruits from the same material.

• Cake... Modeling such bright cupcakes will delight all those with a sweet tooth. They are made of plasticine and colored beads or seed beads. First, you need to mold the base of the figurine from the light "dough". Roll the pink, yellow or blue material. Then this part must be carefully twisted, forming a creamy top. At the end of the work, you need to decorate it with beads. Thanks to the simple description, most preschoolers will easily make such figures.

Very often in kindergarten you need to make some themed crafts. In this case, ready-made beautiful examples can also be used as a source of inspiration.

Themed autumn products are usually made from fruits and fallen leaves collected at the end of summer.

• "Miracles from the Garden". You can demonstrate the quality of the harvested crop at the exhibition by collecting all the fruits in a small basket. To make vegetables look more interesting, you can make funny characters out of them. To do this, they make eyes of the right size from paper, and draw their mouths with a felt-tip pen. The finished composition is decorated with dry foliage.

• "Bread is the head of everything"... This themed craft is dedicated to the Day of Bread. Therefore, no natural materials are used to create it. The figurine is made of salted dough. The base of the craft is round. It is decorated with flowers, berries and leaves made from the same salted dough. The fashioned craft is baked and then cooled and painted in the desired colors. You can do it in advance. Salted dough figurines keep well in a dry and warm place.

• "Cheerful vegetable garden". To create this craft, a cardboard box and plasticine are used. Vegetables, foliage and fruits are made from this elastic material. On the basis of the box, they draw clouds, the sun and tree trunks. Beds of brown cardboard are glued to the bottom of the craft. Then the base is decorated with foliage and fruits.

• "Garden fantasies"... This is another craft related to the garden theme. Pumpkins of different sizes are used to create it. The lower one must be wrapped in a red cloth. To the top you need to attach the eyes, mouth and nose, cut out of paper. After that, all three pumpkins must be connected together. Next, a wreath of autumn foliage should be laid on the head of the figurine. The craft turns out to be voluminous and beautiful.

It is also customary to create postcards and volumetric toys for the New Year.

• snowman... This figurine is made from a regular light bulb. The workpiece must be painted white. When the light bulb dries up, you need to paint a snowman's face and beautiful buttons on it with acrylic paints. Short sticks are attached to the sides of the figure. The front of the product can be decorated with a small bow. The craft is very cute.

• Winter cloud... Only white cotton wool and paper are used to create this cute cloud. Two identical shapes in the form of a cloud must be cut out of dense material. Circles of the same size cut from the same paper are attached to the white threads. These threads are then placed between two cloud-shaped blanks. Another thread in the form of a loop is attached at the top of the craft. After that, all paper parts are pasted over with clean cotton wool. The finished product can be used to decorate the interior of a nursery.

When nature begins to wake up, children are happy to create crafts dedicated to the first days of spring. One example is brightly colored flowers made from cones and twigs. To create them, dried workpieces are painted with acrylic paint. After that, the prepared material is thoroughly dried. Flowers are attached to twigs painted in green. They also attach paper foliage. Such a craft can be attributed to the "Nature Around Us" exhibition.

For spring holidays, you can also create beautiful themed products.

• For the Day of Cosmonautics. To create such a thematic craft, a felt base and colored cardboard are used. From the latter, you need to cut out an elongated rocket figurine. It is decorated with stripes and circles. The moon is also made of cardboard, made in the form of a semicircle, and several stars. These parts are glued to the felt base using double-sided tape.

• On May 9th. One of the symbols of this holiday is the carnation. After all, it is this flower that is usually given to veterans. Red double-sided paper is used to create the flower. It needs to be cut into small squares. Each must be folded several times to form a small triangle. Further, its edges must be carefully trimmed. Expanding the craft, you can see small teeth based on the flower. The prepared parts need to be connected together and secured with a thin wooden skewer. Then it must be wrapped in green tape or decorated with corrugated paper. You need to attach paper foliage to the resulting workpiece.

• For Easter. Colored threads and cardboard are used to create the basis for the craft. Cut out blanks in the shape of a chicken and carrot from thick paper. Each piece must be wrapped with threads. They are attached in a chaotic manner. The edges of the threads are fixed with glue. When the craft is ready, you can decorate it with cardboard parts.

In the kindergarten, other thematic exhibitions are also organized, for which children prepare original crafts.

• "Musical instrument"... For a music event, a child can easily make drums from mayonnaise buckets. To do this, each of them must be pasted over with colored paper or painted with acrylic paint. A red tape must be tied to the attachment points of the handle. Drum sticks can be made from brown paper. Alternatively, you can also use regular acrylic-dyed sushi sticks.

• "Insects"... Paper ladybugs are made of high quality double-sided material. Two identical circles are cut out of red paper. Each of them is bent in half. The wings are additionally decorated with black dots. Such blanks are glued to a black base. Its front part is decorated with small moving eyes. Ladybug legs and whiskers can be made from black threads. The craft is neat and cute.

• "The first letter of my name"... To create a three-dimensional letter from thick cardboard, you need to cut out a beautiful blank. Then this part is wrapped with knitting threads. They need to be wrapped in a dense layer. The edges of the threads are fixed with glue.The finished figurine is decorated with colored buttons.

• "Traffic rules". For an exhibition dedicated to the study of traffic rules, you can make an original craft in the form of a traffic light. A regular bottle is used to create it. It is dyed blue and black. When the paint is dry, draw circles of suitable shades on the front of the craft. Above them is the drawn face of this character. The hands and head of the traffic light are made of cardboard.

By choosing interesting ideas for work, a child can easily be interested in creating thematic crafts. For more on what crafts can be done in kindergarten, see the video below.