Natural materials - fruits and vegetables, gifts of forests and fields, the sea coast - the most fertile soil for children's creativity. Varied in color, texture, size and shape, they, firstly, allow the fantasies of children to fully manifest themselves, secondly, they develop motor skills and accuracy of movements, and thirdly, they are environmentally friendly. And what exactly can be done with these or those objects at hand, you will now find out.
Seafood
You can make very interesting crafts from natural materials, in kindergarten or as gift souvenirs to friends of your children, if you have shells. What exactly are they made of? Funny animal figures, caskets, beads, needle beds. The simplest option is as follows: cut out a small geometric or arbitrary shape from cardboard: an oval, a triangle, a rhombus or a heart. Cover it with beautiful dense material - plush, velvet, velor. Stick small shells resembling the shape of flower petals using PVA glue on the blank along the lines of any pattern or in random order. Glue the loop-eyelet so that the needle bar can be hung on the wall. It is not a shame to take such
crafts from natural materials to kindergarten, and they will also find a place at home! As for the casket, here, of course, you have to tinker a bit longer. To start with thick paper or postcards, make a box with a lid. Paste it with elegant wrapping paper. If you have a lot of shells, finely chop a handful. Now gently glue each side of the box with glue and sprinkle with the resulting crumbs. Wait until all the walls of your crafts made from
natural materials are completely dry
. You can take the finished copy to kindergarten after attaching a small flower laid out of shells on top of the crumbs. Such a souvenir will be a great success. Moreover, inside it you can store threads, buttons and other small items! This will be a great addition to the needle bed! Especially if on top you cover the box with pearl nail polish or carpentry. It will turn out very beautifully! And firmly. Such a craft made of natural materials, intended for kindergarten, will have a long life.
Gifts of fields and gardens
If you got straw, then more successful material for creativity is hard to imagine. Applications from it are simple to make, you only need to have perseverance and patience. Good and clean straw stalks need to be separated with a sharp knife along the length. Put a pencil on a thick cardboard. Then stick the stems, cutting off the unnecessary.
Crafts from straws
crafts (for kindergarten photos of samples can be found on specialized resources), combine its different varieties and colors, achieving beautiful paintings. Also, for Autumn Day, make applications from beautiful colored leaves, make bouquets of dead wood. They will become a worthy decoration of the playroom, bring joy to your child and other children. Or sculptures made of vegetables and fruits, for example, snowmen.
Gifts of the forest
Remarkable
flower crafts made from natural material. Dried brushes and berries of mountain ash, rose hip, hawthorn can serve as source material, they will be supplemented by the fallen fruits of chestnuts and their prickly peel. Acorns, cones, nuts, leaves, decorative knots - everything suits the job. Roll out a “cake” from plasticine, which will become a green meadow. Stick the knots into it, on which to plant flowers carved from chestnuts. Make peel leaves. Here is the hack and ready!
As you can see, a little imagination, desire and skill - and you can make a lot of interesting things!