Children's age is precisely this important period when it is necessary not only to properly educate a child and instill in him the best qualities, but also to develop his mental and creative abilities. The fact is that the baby’s energy supply at this time simply rolls over, his brain easily perceives all the surrounding information and remembers it, making the child well trained. Therefore, it is so important for children to give to various circles and sections, or to make something beautiful with their own hands with them. Crafts, drawings, designing - all this can be done at home, which will only strengthen your relationship. So let's remember for ourselves how to make a hedgehog from cones, and teach this to your child.
First stage. Materials and blanks
If you want your children's crafts to be kept as long as possible, you should choose the highest quality materials. So, so that our hedgehog from the cone will turn out to be strong, choose a good plasticine (we need only 1 block of beige and a small piece of black) and a strong cone. Now you can begin to mastery. It will be much better if you do not just observe from the side or direct the actions of the child directly, but sit down at the same table with him and slowly, at the same pace as your child, you sculpt the second piece “Hedgehog from a cone and plasticine”. So your son or daughter will repeat after you all the stages of making crafts and learn faster. So, for starters, we’ll make all the blanks and place them in one tray. Our cone hedgehog will have a head, 4 legs, 2 ears, eyes and a nose. To do this, from beige plasticine we need 1 large (the diameter depends on the size of the cone), 4 medium (they will need to be slightly pulled out to a cylindrical shape) and 2 small balls, respectively, and from black - one with a diameter of about 0.5-1 cm and 2 tiny ones. And so that our hedgehog from the cone will be even more cute, we will also take blush, a thin brush and a drinking tube.
Second phase. Creating the main parts
So, first, on the sharp end of the cone, which she used to attach to the branch, for the manufacture of the head we stick the first ball of beige plasticine. Then we carefully begin to smear it towards the base, so that it takes the form of a pyramid.
Make it elongated is not worth it, because a hedgehog from a cone will be much nicer if its muzzle is short. Now we take cylindrical blanks for paws and fasten them to the bottom of the base parallel to each other. And at their ends with a plasticine knife you need to make 2 notches, as if dividing the fingers. You can make the front legs slightly smaller than the back so that our hedgehog from pine cones is more stable. Now we attach the 2 smallest beige balls to the head and make small impressions on their front side. To do this, you can use the back of the
brush for drawing. We also attach the nose to the muzzle, slightly smearing it, and the eyes. By the way, they can be made of small beads or black beads. The bulk of the work is done! Getting to the decor and coloring.
The final stage
At one end of the drinking tube, we cut out a wedge and, placing it under the nose of our hedgehog, press lightly so that in the end we get the shape of a smiling mouth. Now we take a brush, grab blush with it and apply them with a thin layer on the ears and cheeks of the toy. The excess should be carefully blown away. So, we pass to the final stage - fixing the result. To do this, leave our hedgehog in the refrigerator for the night, there the plasticine will freeze and will no longer melt in your hands so easily. Of course, you still won’t be able to play with him, but your child will definitely be able to put on a shelf, show to friends or a teacher, for which he will clearly receive a well-deserved five!
Additions
If desired, you can also make various fruits and mushrooms from plasticine and attach them to the back of a hedgehog. Or you can create a whole plasticine clearing. To do this, take a piece of green cardboard of arbitrary shape and stick our hedgehog on it. Now from plasticine of the same color we make grass, stems and sheets of flowers, and from blue - a small stream. At the other end of the clearing, we make a certain elevation in which you can fix mushrooms from acorns and a tree from several small branches of oak with leaves. Here in such a landscape our hedgehog from cones fit perfectly! A master class on the creation of this craft can be conducted with neighboring children, your child’s friends. And next time, leave them as a company for self-made hedgehogs, this will help consolidate the acquired skill.
Other crafts from cones and plasticine
Cones are a practically universal basis for many crafts in the form of animals and fictional little men. So, for example, in addition to a hedgehog, from it you can make a charming owl or a speed skier. For the first craft, we only need to glue eyes, paws, wings and a beak from colored plasticine or from small pieces of felt to the bump.
And if you attach a small piece of a thin satin ribbon to it, you get a wonderful Christmas tree toy. Or there is another option: stick such an owl with its paws to a small fragment of a branch or even plant it on an existing tree in a pot. So you can easily decorate your home garden.
Skier
And to make a funny skier out of a pine cone, you will need a ball of white plasticine, a piece of fabric for making a scarf and hats, ready-made eyes for toys (sold in the departments of sewing accessories), a piece of wire, two toothpicks, two sticks of ice-cream popsicle and sparkles. To begin, we put the ball on top of the branched end of the cone and attach eyes and a hat to it. You can also sculpt his mouth out of red plasticine or draw it with a brush. Then we tie it with a scarf, moving the ends a little back, so that the illusion of a trip along the mountain slope is created. We make hands from the wire and solemnly hand him ski sticks from toothpicks, and glue the ice cream sticks to the bottom surface of the cone, these will be our skis. Sprinkle with sparkles, and you're done!