Good afternoon, dear needlewomen!
Crafts with children are an interesting and useful pastime. It develops the child’s imagination and fine motor skills, and also doing handicrafts together with the child strengthens family ties and love between him and the parent. Paper applications- has long been a traditional creative activity for children.
Applications allow you to learn how to work with scissors, the baby’s hands become more obedient, and you can also increase the child’s accuracy. Every child can make such a craft with his own hands if you show him how to do it.
You can make a paper applique at home or in kindergarten. Since it’s spring outside, the applique will look like a beautiful spring snowdrop flower.
According to the legend of the Slavs, it was the Snowdrop flower that asked the Sun for help when the old woman Winter, Wind and Frost did not allow Spring to come to Earth.
There are several options for crafts - DIY snowdrop appliques. A snowdrop can be made from corrugated paper, a flat and three-dimensional applique can be made, a flower can be folded using plain paper, or using the origami technique. In our article we present to your attention several master classes on making paper snowdrop crafts.
Paper snowdrop applique
For work we will need:
- Blue and green colored paper
- White and yellow napkins
- White plasticine
- Buckwheat
- PVA glue stick
Let's take an A4 sheet, this is our basis.
Now let’s cut several leaves from green colored paper (at random, not necessarily identical). These will be snowdrop leaves.
For the youngest children, you need to coat the base paper with glue; for older children, you can smear each leaf.
Now we need white plasticine or salt dough. Roll three small balls - these will be the snowdrops themselves.
Glue the plasticine to the paper, pressing it a little with your fingers.
Now you need to smear the plasticine on the paper, forming snowdrop flowers.
This is what happens.
Now we form a snowball from napkins and glue it with PVA glue.
Here is our snowball on the applique.
We glue cereals onto the glue - buckwheat - this is a thawed patch.
We twist a flagellum from a yellow napkin and form a sun.
Don't forget to glue the rays.
The paper applique is ready, you can sign the postcard you learned and give it to your mom or grandma for the holiday!
Also watch the video tutorial on how to make a paper applique “Snowdrops”.
Crafts for children. Paper applique “Snowdrops” video
Text prepared by: Veronica
An application for March 8 is a traditional children's gift for mothers and grandmothers. Our snowdrop is a simple applique, but very delicate and springlike. Do you know what snowdrops are called in different countries? The English call it "snow drop"; Germans - “snow bell”; The Bulgarians call it “badass” - of course, it argues with winter itself. And we call it “snowdrop”. But in all European countries this flower is a symbol of the beginning of spring.
Snowdrop applique – work for children from 5 years old. It is very technologically advanced, so a decent result is almost guaranteed. On our application postcard for March 8, you can write poems - congratulations for mom - or a short poem about a snowdrop. The child can learn the poem and also “give it as a gift” by March 8th.
- Cardboard or thick blue pastel paper, A5 size
- Green and baby blue double-sided colored paper
- Sheet of white office paper
- Scissors
- If you were unable to find light blue paper, then use ordinary white paper for the snowdrop flower applique.
Draw on a sheet of green paper and cut out the stem of a snowdrop.
Glue the stem onto the cardboard. It is these two operations that cause the most difficulty for children. Therefore, you can perform this operation yourself in advance.
Cut out a square of blue paper measuring approximately 5x5 cm. Fold it diagonally. You should get a triangle.
Cut the triangle as shown in the picture. The operation is performed “by eye”. You will get three petals of the future snowdrop - two small and one large.
Let's round the petals.
Let's glue small snowdrop petals onto our applique. Do not cover the petals completely! Only at the point of attachment to the stem.
Glue a large petal on top. We also glue it only at the top point. Thanks to this, our application for March 8 will be voluminous.
Cut out a small square from green paper (side about 1.5 cm). Let's fold it diagonally. Let's make a cut approximately along the lines shown in the figure. We get a sepal.
On the applique we will cover the junction of the snowdrop petals with the stem by gluing the sepals.
From green paper, cut out strips about 1 cm wide and 10-12 cm long. No need to draw on paper. Let the child cut by eye. If it doesn’t turn out very smooth, it doesn’t matter. This will even add charm to the applique. After all, a snowdrop is a natural object, and nature does not like straight lines.
Let's sharpen one of the edges of all three strips. Now we will consider this end to be the top.
This step is optional. We will slightly “curl” our leaves. With the thumb and forefinger of one hand (right, for right-handed people) grasp the bottom of the leaf. With the thumb and index finger of your other hand, grasp the bottom of the leaf. Let your thumbnail rest on the paper. Swipe the piece of paper sharply with your other hand. This will give it a slight bend. Usually this operation is performed using scissors, but then our leaf will come out too “curly”.
Place the snowdrop leaves on the appliqué without gluing. Let's move it around and find the best position. Then, lubricating only the lower part of the leaves, glue them on.
Take two rectangles of blue and white paper measuring 5x10 cm.
Put them together and cut them into two parts, as shown in the picture. The cut line is completely arbitrary, but uneven. The thicker part is “snow”, and the thinner part is icicles.
Let's label it "snow". First, a blue applique piece, and on top of it, with a slight offset, a white one.
Let's stick on the “icicles” in the same way.
Step 16
In principle, our application is ready by March 8th! On the reverse side you can stick paper with a congratulation text. You can take a slightly larger paper, then there will be a small edging along the edges of the applique.
Decoration options for the Snowdrop applique:
If you have curly scissors, then before gluing the cardboard onto the paper, trim the edges of the applique with them.
If our applique with one snowdrop seems a bit empty, then you can add some spring drops.
Another interesting and easy job for children 5-6 years old is.
Everyone knows the fairy tale in which the main characters were the kind and wise 12 months, as well as a stupid princess with an obsession to take possession of snowdrops in the dead of winter.
The news portal “site” in this article has prepared for you several simple master classes on making the first spring flowers, snowdrops, from paper with your own hands. And by using them, you can already now, in mid-February, fill your home with the beauty of these very first flowers of spring.
DIY paper snowdrops
How to make snowdrops?
To create such a spring paper miracle, snowdrops with your own hands, you will need the following materials: double-sided green colored paper, white paper, a cocktail tube, scissors, glue and a ready-made parts template.
Print out the paper snowdrop parts template. Using the finished template, make the necessary details from colored paper - leaves and buds.
Glue the finished paper parts to the cocktail tube using pencil glue.
In this way, you can make one or more snowdrops with your own hands, thereby creating lush bouquets of the first spring flowers.
Craft Snowdrop
Snowdrops applique
Another master class about snowdrops is an applique, where the first spring flower plays the leading role.
This applique can be used to decorate a spring greeting card. The finished application can also be placed in a frame and hung on the wall.
To create a craft you will need: a sheet of colored cardboard (as a base), green colored paper, white paper, scissors and a glue stick.
Hi all! Tatyana Sukhikh is with you. Continuing the topic: Application. Snowdrops are obligatory “guests” in creative activities in kindergarten. But this is not surprising, because we observe nature all year round, note all the changes and cannot help but notice the appearance of primroses, which symbolize the arrival of spring.
I personally just love these delicate buds, they are wonderful, especially considering their amazing durability and strength. How do they break through the snow?
My preschoolers and I depict blueprints in different ways: we draw, make compositions from plasticine and other materials, and, of course, cut them out of paper.
It’s not for nothing that we in kindergarten offer children certain subjects to depict. Take, for example, our topic. Having decided to make a paper composition, we tell educational stories about flowers, nature, listen to beautiful music, read poetry, that is, along the way we develop artistic taste, expand our vocabulary, and develop a love for all living things.
But it’s equally important to give children high-quality “tools”, isn’t it?
To help educators and “literate” parents, I offer a variety of creative materials.
Portal "Labyrinth.ru" pleases with a rich selection of kits for applique in different techniques: from paper balls, strips, pieces of paper. You can also learn how to make origami, decoupage... I liked Elena Yanushko’s books about different ways of working with paper. Colorful pictures and clear instructions will definitely please your children. If you, colleagues, need to write an interesting summary classes on the “Snowdrop” applique, these materials will undoubtedly be useful to you.
Also here you can buy good colored paper and cardboard I recommend it for future applications. There are even gold and silver colors, a great choice for kids!
"OZON.RU", as always, simply stuns with the variety of assortment. In general, in this online store you can buy profitably for school and kindergarten, there are stationery for creativity and study.And on the theme of snowdrops, I found a good notebook for appliqué "Cut and paste". A convenient thing for home and garden. Paper, instructions in one set.
Shop "Kniga.ru" The selection is also very impressive: everything you need for appliqué and other types of fine art is available here in unlimited quantities.
So, we're done with shopping, let's get down to practice.
Features of creating primrose using the applique technique in different age groups
The “Snowdrop” appliqué lesson in the younger group involves children performing simple actions: we give them ready-made parts, and they carefully glue them onto paper. I usually prepare paper elements for the little ones; other materials can be used after the child has mastered working with paper.
Since I have to make many, many blanks, I got used to using a snowdrop template for applique, cut out in advance from cardboard. By the way, you can print a template from the Internet if you are not particularly good at drawing.
An extremely creative idea – a palm flower. Each kid, with my help, of course, traces his palm on white paper, I cut everything out, and together we glue it onto the finished background. The white palm is a bud. And the fingers are petals. Our moms will love it!
In the middle group, children can work with other materials, for example, fabric, cotton wool, napkins.
Interesting pictures are obtained if you use non-traditional appliqué techniques. So, if you cut out small squares from an ordinary white paper napkin, fold them like we fold a handkerchief, twist the middle into a flagellum and glue it to the paper, you will get a cute primrose!
Or you can do it another way: cut out petals from napkins according to the template, fold them together, staple them and fan them out, it will also work out well!
Touching flowers can be made from the heads of cotton swabs. Carefully remove the cotton wool from the stick, trying not to destroy the shape, and glue it on. We make the stem from colored paper or paint it with paints.
In the older group, children are already good with scissors, so they can cut out parts on their own. Although smooth lines with scissors are still difficult for them.
Let's invite them to make snowdrops from cotton pads! It's not difficult, but the end result will be beautiful. The easiest way is to take a disk and make a zigzag cut on one side to get three petals. The buds will not be very elegant, but that’s okay.
If you prepare a template for a more realistic bud, then the child will be able to make a bouquet of snowdrops with blossomed and unblown buds.
The composition looks interesting, where the buds are made of cotton pads with different textures. There are such discs on sale - smooth on one side and embossed on the other.
I can’t help but say that discs and cotton swabs make such beautiful calla lilies! There are people with hands and ideas who come up with such beauty.
By the way, in order for children to work with enthusiasm, the lesson notes on appliqué must include a point about musical accompaniment. “The Seasons” by Vivaldi will do, I’m sure!
Unbridled imagination is the key to success in creativity!
In the preparatory group, children can create complex compositions from paper or other materials. They can handle voluminous applications and origami elements quite well. You can make a cool bouquet from disposable plastic spoons!
Only, of course, you shouldn’t take the kind of spoons you use to slurp cabbage soup, but small, dessert ones.
Pre-cut spoons are fastened together in three pieces with plasticine and attached to cardboard with plasticine (volumetric applique) or decorated in the form of a bouquet for a vase. Such an unusual DIY snowdrop is a good idea for a gift for mom on March 8th, isn’t it?
In general, any flower, not just primrose, can be made well from corrugated paper. It has a beautiful texture, which gives the crafts a realistic look. The petals of the buds look so delicate!
If you want to make an applique from fabric, choose a non-flowing one, for example, felt, chintz, lace, fleece. It is easy to cut out parts from these fabrics; they will not fall apart in your hands. Organza buds can turn out magical if you try!
Fortunately, now it’s not a problem to find training videos and photographic materials that will help you master almost any type of creativity.
What do you think of the applique ideas? I look forward to your comments!
See you soon!
Application on the theme of Spring for the younger and middle groups of kindergarten
Master class with step-by-step photos. Volumetric paper applique “Snowdrops” on the theme “Spring”.
Author of the work: Erashova Lera, 3.5 years old, student of the secondary educational institution “Kindergarten No. 14 of general developmental type”, Syktyvkar, Komi Republic.Supervisor: Karakozova Mlada Vebertovna, teacher of the MADOU “Kindergarten No. 14 of general developmental type”, Syktyvkar, Komi Republic.
Purpose: applique for decorating a group, as a gift for mother and grandmother, friends.
Target: teach how to make a three-dimensional applique from paper.
Tasks:
- develop the ability to compose an image given by an adult;
- develop fine motor skills of the hands;
- fix the names of the colors;
- develop accurate work skills;
- create a feeling of joy that arises when creating an image.
As soon as the first spring sun appears and the snow settles, flowers bloom in forest glades and along streams. snowdrops. Name "snowdrop" translated from ancient Greek means "lactyfloral", given for the white color of the flowers. The English call this flower "snow drop" or "snow earring", and the Germans - "snow bell".
Snowdrops are unusually delicate plants with a small bell-shaped head, short stems and long narrow stems. The weakness and fragility of a flower, as it may seem at first glance, is deceptive. It’s not for nothing that the snowdrop is the first to appear among the snow - it can even withstand ten-degree frost. The aroma of snowdrops is very subtle and light, but it is not because of the aroma that people pick these flowers and make small bouquets. The snowdrop is a symbol of spring, and everyone wants to hold it in their palms and give it to a friend.
From under the snow, on a thawed patch,
The very first, the smallest,
Mokrolyub, spring flower -
The snowdrop blossomed.
(O. Karelin)
For work we need materials:
- colored paper (one sheet each: white, green, black, blue);
- colored cardboard (one sheet, for a frame, choose as desired);
- simple scissors;
- curly scissors;
- glue stick.
Progress:
1. On a blue sheet of paper, measure strips 2 cm wide on the top and right, and draw lines with a pencil (this is necessary in order to make a frame).
2. Having cut off these strips, carefully, stepping back 2 mm from the edge of the paper, we trim all 4 sides of the paper with curly scissors. You will get a frame (an adult does this work).
3. Select a sheet of cardboard for the background and glue a frame on it in the middle (an adult does this work again). This will form the basis for the applique.
4. Make thawed patches from a sheet of black paper. To do this, starting from the edge, carefully tear off a sheet of black paper, forming small parts somewhat similar to ovals.
5. Make snow from a sheet of white paper in the same way as thawed patches.
6. On the base of the applique, at the bottom on blue paper, glue thawed patches.
7. Now, slightly covering the thawed patches, glue on the snow.
8. On a sheet of green paper (height – 13 cm, width – 27 cm), randomly draw the stems and leaves of snowdrops (the basis of the flowers).
9. Cut out the base of the flowers along the contour.
10. So that the pencil lines are not visible, turn the base of the flowers over to the other side and glue them onto the thawed patches, spreading glue only a little from the bottom of the stem (we do this in order to subsequently create voluminous stems and leaves).
11. Making a snowdrop flower. For it we will need: 3 white stripes (width - 5 mm, length - 9 cm), a green circle (diameter - 1.5 cm).
12. Glue the ends of one strip together. The result is a loop.
13. In the same way, we make loops from the two remaining strips. It turned out to be three loops.
14. Glue the loops with the bottom part on top of each other onto a green circle. The upper part of the loops opens like a fan. The result is a snowdrop flower.
15. Spread the green circle of the snowdrop flower (on the side where the loops are glued) with glue and take it carefully with your fingers. Place the finger of the other hand on the tip of the stem. Without lifting your finger from the paper, lower the tip of the stem down 1 cm and stick a flower on it. You will get a voluminous snowdrop.
16. Our applique has 3 snowdrops. In the same way we finish 2 more flowers and glue them on.
Side view of a snowdrop flower:
The application is ready!
"Snowdrop"
A snowdrop appeared
In the twilight of the forest -
Little scout
Sent in the spring.
Let it still be above the forest,
The snows rule,
Let them lie under the snow
Sleepy meadows.
Let on the sleeping river
The ice is motionless -
Once a scout came -
And spring will come!
(Elena Serova)
Side view of the application:
Let's look again at the child's application, made according to the proposed master class:
Side view of the child's applique:
Application options:
1) The shapes of thawed patches and snow can be drawn, cut out and ready to be offered to the child for gluing.
2) Add grass (draw and cut out on a piece of green paper). This option is presented at the child’s work.
3) Glue the snowdrop flowers, tilting them slightly in any direction.