One of the most interesting lessons in the school curriculum is astronomy. And in order to better remember the name and location of the planets, you can mold a model of the solar system from plasticine. Only mass for modeling is useful to you. When creating this model, you can do without any special tools.
How to make a model of the solar system. Basic principles
As you know, all the planets and stars in their shape resemble a ball. Therefore, you do not need stacks and expensive tools. All the components of the solar system, you can blind, without using any tools.
First, blind the biggest element of the model - the Sun. To do this, take yellow or white-yellow plasticine and roll a large ball out of it. Then, from a light gray or brown mass, blind Mercury. This is a small planet, so the ball should be small. Roll up Venus from pieces of yellow, red and orange. To create planet Earth, take blue, green and white plasticine. Moreover, the blue color should be predominant. Plasticine model of the solar system is half ready! Following Earth, blind Mars from the red mass.
Then blind the largest planet - Jupiter. Take her yellow and brown colors. But Saturn sculpt the most interesting! First make a yellow ball. Then take a brown plasticine, roll a long sausage from it and flatten it. Wrap the resulting strip around the ball. Saturn is ready! For the modeling of Uranus, take the green color, and for Neptune turquoise or blue. A model of the solar system, the photo of which you can see above, is ready.
How to make a model?
To decorate the craft, take toothpicks and an astronomical atlas. Stick sticks in planets and in the sun. Pay attention to the correct arrangement of the planets. The atlas will help you with this.
How else can I model a solar system from plasticine? You can plant planets on toothpicks and stick them in the sun. Only each planet this time make a face. Eyes can be made of black plasticine, and the mouth with a toothpick or stack.
Making a light model of the solar system
But what if you want your model to be lightweight and durable? There is a solution: papier-mâché. First, mold a model of the solar system from plasticine, not paying much attention to colors. You can sculpt from the rest of the mass to sculpt. Then, stick each piece of paper around pieces of paper or newspaper. Use PVA glue. Do so a few layers. Allow future planets to dry. Then cut each ball in half and pull out the clay. Glue and glue them back together. After they dry, you can decorate them.
From what else to blind the planets and the sun
If you do not want to sculpt a model of the solar system from plasticine, then perhaps the following options are suitable for you. You can take foam balls as a basis . They will be lighter and more durable than clay. You can also mold a model of the Sun and planets of polymer clay. Then from them it will be possible to assemble a beautiful bracelet or even beads with earrings.
In addition, not quite ordinary materials are suitable for creating a solar model. For example, you can blame the sun and planets from wool. Then they will be warm and soft. True, the time to create such a craft will have to spend a little more. In addition, you can mold a model of cotton and glue. Such a product will be both light and durable. For decorating, it is better to use acrylic rather than gouache paints. Acrylic will not be washed off with water and will not be lubricated when varnished.