Do you care about the health and development of your baby? Have you been advised to buy a special leg track? Want to do such a thing yourself? You can easily make massage mats with your own hands for kindergarten or for home use from improvised materials. Read it! See the photo! Do it!
What does a massage mat look like?
This thing is a relief surface made of any material. In stores, rubber products with various pimples are most often offered. They can protrude strongly above the surface or be quite a bit prominent. Sensations when walking on it depend on this. In the first case, the massage will be like running on freshly cut grass, in the second - a walk on a soft silky lawn. Combined options are best suited.
Cheap, but not very durable ones on which plastic relief elements are glued or installed in another way from above to the base. Usually these models are harsh and do not last long. Pebble mats are also available. These are used for stone therapy, heating them.
If you are engaged in needlework or just want to make this device yourself, this is not very difficult. Do-it-yourself massage mats for kindergarten or home can be made as with a fabric surface under which the relief was created in any way, or have a clearly textured structure, for example, from sewn-in constituent parts. Any option will cost less than the purchase.
Why do I need a massage mat
Even if your baby is in good health, doctors note a good condition of the arch of the foot and the absence of any problems, having this device is useful for preventive purposes. Almost everyone knows that there are many points on the foot, the effect on which has a beneficial effect on the body. Occupation with children on a massage mat provides the following benefits:
- contributes to the correct formation of the foot;
- prevention of flat feet ;
- boosts immunity;
- stimulates the development of the baby (including speech);
- relieves nervous tension, relaxes.
In fact, this is not a new trend of healing the body. Since ancient times, people walked barefoot on the ground, grass. It strengthened health. Now most have no opportunity to run on dew, mowed grass or lawn. A good alternative would be home health treatments. And for a child, this can be combined with an exciting game and developing activities.
Do-it-yourself massage mats for kindergarten or home are made very simply from available materials. Their prime cost is relatively low. The basis will be the time you spent. However, a self-made product will be a unique, original author's project. The result will please both you and all the kids.
Do-it-yourself massage mat for children : master class
In any creative process, the main thing is to show imagination, however, there are some simple tips that are worth following. If you decide to learn how to make a massage mat for children with your own hands, then you need to choose one of two manufacturing methods when the relief elements:
- sewn on top of the base;
- fall asleep between layers of fabric.
Consider first the second method. This product is safer. The child walks along the tissue base, under which the texture of massage particles is felt. The baby will not be tempted to tear off small objects and put them in his mouth.
The form of this thing can be any. The easiest way is to make a regular rectangle or square. If you have experience sewing, follow the curly options in the form of vegetables, fruits, butterflies, ladybugs, suns, clouds, and any other object. They can be embossed both the base and the decor.
Take the fabric base and sew it in the form of a bag. Well, if you take the bottom more tightly. Make the upper part to be walked on from calico. Do not use too thin a material such as gauze: its filler will burst. To make a rectangular rug with filler, you need the following:
- You can gradually pour the groats in strips along the narrow side of the mat and build up after 5-10 cm.
- To make squares or rectangles with different alternating internal reliefs, you should first sew long pockets from bottom to top of the “bag”, filling them with groats, beans, balls and other small elements, stitch the fabric in the perpendicular direction.
The options discussed below are performed in the first way. If the child is large enough and he understands that it is impossible to tear off and put small parts into his mouth, then boldly sew such a multifunctional masterpiece. If you are unsure of your child, just do not leave him unattended with this rug until he grows up.
Massage mat - educational aid
To attract your child’s attention to a healthy activity, provide him with a fun game. Sew a product that will not only allow you to walk on it with your feet and get a pleasant tactile sensation, but also give you the opportunity to play with its elements. Use these ideas:
- you can make parts with Velcro, zippers, buttons that come unfastened;
- ribbons and shoelaces are threaded or untied;
- beads or other decor, moving along threads or ropes. For example, a decorative toy butterfly moves from the center of the flower to the petals;
- Use shreds of different textures. They can be assembled in two columns to find the same in each;
- use bright monophonic elements (foam sponges for dishes, straws from felt-tip pens), from which you can learn colors.
In short, use your imagination to the fullest.
Massage Mat - Walker Game
Another interesting option is to invite the child to move along the path, overcoming obstacles, jumping from hummock to hummock. Children love to fantasize, so just ask them to run to an imaginary pond, jump along a bridge or path, and the baby will be passionate about the process and begin to come up with tasks. Everyone wants to demonstrate dexterity, courage.
DIY massage path for children
In stores, most often small rugs are sold, on which you can step over, you will not be able to run on them. To do this, you will have to buy several and put them in one line. It is also better to make them yourself.
Do-it-yourself massage rugs are made in the same ways as mentioned above. The difference is only in the shape of the base. A long strip is taken here, but in width it can be quite narrow, for example, corresponding to the width of the child’s legs placed at shoulder level. The younger the baby, the more you can make a track. Over time, it can be expanded. In any case, it is better to proceed from the materials that are available.
Half an hour massage mat
Below is the easiest way to make a rug. A small children's massage option can be made from improvised materials very quickly:
- Take as a base any rubberized rug.
- You collect rounded pebbles of approximately the same thickness on the banks of the river. They can also be bought at the pet store. They lay the bottom of the aquariums.
- Stick pebbles onto the base tightly or at a distance. For convenience, matching the size of the child’s feet, pebbles and passes.
Here is a rug. Its only drawback is that it turns out to be difficult, and it will be necessary to give it a special place in the apartment, since it will be problematic to wear it constantly, folding and rolling it again.
Do children like these products (review about)
Do-it-yourself massage rug is always done carefully and with love, therefore, creating it yourself or ordering it, you can be sure that your baby will definitely like the product.
Usually, the kids first test it for strength, examine whether it is possible to disconnect, tear something off, and then they are happy to do the proposed activities: to walk, walk, jump a bridge, a puddle, a stone, etc. The main thing is to interest the child and play different options sketches, then a boring "must" will turn into a pleasant "want."
So, you read that do-it-yourself massage mats for kindergarten or at home are quite simple. Any materials that have a different textured surface are used. Choose your favorite idea and start creating your own original healing tool.