Work with waste and natural material is a favorite pastime for preschool kids. Thanks to exuberant imagination and creative experiments, amazing figures are born that are simply impossible to repeat. They delight children and their parents by decorating shelves in an apartment or kindergarten. Craft "Owl of cones" will undoubtedly appeal to your child. This work will be a wonderful gift for your beloved grandparents, parents or carers of the baby.
Owl from cones and plasticine for the smallest
If your child has just begun to learn the basics of modeling and techniques for working with natural material, then this workshop will help him develop his abilities. You will need clay of different colors, a board for creativity, stacks and a big fir cone. In order for your baby to have an idea of different birds, it is necessary to carry out preparatory work: watch interesting films about owls with him, go to the zoo and get acquainted with a few pictures. Do not forget to have a conversation before class about what you saw and answer all questions of interest to the child.
Work sequence
- Use the stacks to split the plasticine into several pieces.
- Show the baby how to roll two balls with his hands and give them a flat shape. Help him stick the kruglyash to the bump so that they resemble eyes.
- Roll up two small sausages from a material of a different color and make vertical pupils out of them.
- From the other pieces, form wings, paws and ears, and then hoist them into place.
- Wings can also be made from smaller cones and fastened to the body using plasticine.
Owl from cones is ready. This craft will make a wonderful Christmas tree toy that can be hung on a tree with a loop of thick threads.
Craft from cones "Owl on a branch"
For children of middle and senior preschool age, the task should be somewhat complicated. Prepare the following materials for the lesson:
- A few spruce or pine cones.
- Dry branches are small.
- Sour cream plastic cup.
- Glue or plasticine.
- Cardboard in white and black.
- Two black buttons.
Work stages
This craft consists of several parts that need to be bonded to each other. You can use a glue gun, but be aware of precautions. The best solution for the task will be to work with plasticine, which will hold all parts together and will not harm children's health.
- Turn the cup upside down, and then use the glue to attach the cones to its lower edge. They should fit snugly together, do not leave large gaps.
- We cover the entire surface of the glass with the remaining cones and do not forget about its upper part.
- Select the two branches that are most similar to the paws and stick them to the bottom of the craft.
- While the owl from cones dries, engage in cutting wings. To do this, according to the template, draw separate feathers on black cardboard and fasten them together.
- From large white paper, cut out large round eyes, to the middle of which later attach the buttons.
- Gather all the details, put the owl on a branch and place it on a shelf in the children's room.
Remember that this work may seem difficult enough for kids, so it can be divided into several stages. But the result will please the child and give him an incentive for new creative achievements.
We hope you enjoy the Owl of the Bumps craft. Creating figures from natural material will help the development of fine motor skills of your child’s hands, will develop his creative abilities and labor skills. In the future, he will be able to independently create plot pictures according to more complex schemes.