Looking for an interesting and useful activity with your children for the evening or for the weekend? Try to come up with your child’s family logo. Such an activity will help you better understand the interests of the baby, and he will understand you. In addition, the family coat of arms, made with your own hands, can become a relic that will remain in your family for many generations, so you should seriously approach the manufacturing process.
How to make the coat of arms interesting and bright? To begin with, decide whether it will be only a symbol of your family (2-5 people) who live on the same square, or will it reflect the interests of an entire generation? More often they make such a symbolic sign of only one house, where parents and children enter, in addition, it will be much easier for you, because you know everything about each other, have an idea about the needs, desires and interests of your child. The emblem of their family will help children better understand the main values and beliefs, in addition, they themselves can offer you to portray something that will help you understand their secret desires.
Such emblems appeared in the twelfth century in Europe, this helped to distinguish and manage the units of the medieval army. The image was placed on a shield, which allowed soldiers to find their unit.
How to make a family emblem?
The coat of arms of the family is best done with thick cardboard or multi-colored paper. The base of such an emblem is cut out in the shape of a shield and can be divided by lines into several fields, where you will capture things that are important to you. Choose the base color and other shades with which you will draw the lines. The emblem should be bright, but harmonious. A helmet should rise above the shield: its color will indicate the status of your family (for example, the golden helmet was placed on the coat of arms by the nobles, the silver helmet - less noble families).
On the sides of the emblem, depict the figures that hold it: these can be lions, unicorns, eagles, angels, etc.
A self-made coat of arms of the family should reflect the main desires and goals of each person who lives with you. Here you can draw a large number of miniatures, for example, put the faces of all relatives in one square: this way you will show that the most important thing for you is to be together. In another part, draw sports equipment: this will mean that you love sports. In the third corner, you can draw musical instruments, animals, books, travel, etc., and a certain square will reflect your habits and desires.
So we figured out how to make a family coat of arms, but that's not all. It is very important to come up with a symbol for such a name, for example, "Clan ... (your last name)" and the slogan of your coat of arms. The motto you can use is any phrase you like that will motivate you and remind you of the importance of the logo. Here are some phrases that are suitable for the inscription: “Together we are power!”, “Sport is our everything!”, “If you want to achieve, do it!” etc.
The family coat of arms, made with your own hands, is not just a craft that will gather dust on a shelf. It can be a real incentive that will encourage you and your child to change and improve. It is very important that you take it seriously, adhere to the rules that you came up with together, then your baby will respect the coat of arms as a family value.