For preschool kids there are a great many entertaining and interesting things, a separate place among which belongs to modeling from such a magnificent material as plasticine. Using this type of creativity, parents successfully instill in their beloved children a desire to create, develop children's imagination, and stimulate the imagination. In addition, manual fine motor skills are being worked out remarkably.
It is important that the kid engaged in the manufacture of plasticine figures imperceptibly learns to work and occupy himself, that is, he takes important steps on the path to independence.
What can we blind?
Before the start of the “modeling” session, any mom thinks - what can be made of plasticine light, beautiful, original and not requiring a lot of time? To answer it, it is enough to include imagination and imagine yourself in the place of the baby. Remember what interests your son or daughter the most? Do not forget about the additional material, the presence of which may include plasticine crafts. We are talking about leaflets, flowers, cones, acorns, chestnuts, seeds, etc.
Let's think together - what can be molded from plasticine with a child? Yes, anything!
- Figures of birds and animals. The biggest delight in kids is caused by funny animals in the form of turtles, bunnies, hedgehogs, etc. They are molded easily and simply, and a huge amount of joy!
- What can be molded from plasticine yet? Figures on different topics! For example, on New Year's. After all, this holiday is a special and always long-awaited event in the life of the baby. In anticipation of the desired date, you can do modeling plasticine crafts in the form of a Christmas tree, a snowman and a variety of toys. This will cheer up both adults and children.
- Flowers and compositions from them, created together with the child, are a great field for creativity. With the smallest you can sculpt flowers with a minimum number of details, with older children - complex, voluminous and very beautiful compositions.
- Sculpt trees. Such an article is already one of the more difficult ones and at first it is most likely impossible for a baby to mold a plasticine tree on his own. But if you start the process and show how to complete it, the result of this can be just an amazing plasticine tree!
And what else can be molded from plasticine? Food, all kinds of goodies. It is possible to create sweets, any fruits and vegetables. Such a task is within the power of even the tiniest sculptors. Mom’s role is to select the material of the required color and toss up a couple of creative ideas.
So, we begin this fascinating occupation. We are preparing a place (we cover the working table with a newspaper or polyethylene to maintain cleanliness), arm ourselves with cardboard, a stack and, if necessary, with additional materials at hand. Below are a few ideas for sculpting from plasticine any tones of a wide variety of products.
Sculpt the hedgehog
Our forest animal - that which can be molded from plasticine - will have real thorns. And how to achieve this - read on. Such a funny rodent will make even the most tiny artist.
The basis will be brown clay. From it we form a large ball, then we pull the workpiece slightly, giving it a drop-like shape. From tiny pieces of plasticine, we sculpt eyes, a nose and fasten to the body together with the children.
Now the most important thing is the hedgehog needles. We get them from the seeds, deepening into the surface of the plasticine figure up with the pointed part. As soon as all the empty spaces on the body of the hedgehog are filled with neat rows of vertically protruding seeds, carefully plant the figure on a cardboard circle. Our mini sculpture is ready!
Sculpt the bug
And what else can be molded from plasticine? An excellent copy in your collection of plasticine crafts - a funny bug. How is it molded? First, prepare a number of different sized circles, the basis for which should be green and brown. From a large brown mug we form a tortoise shell, flatten small circles of the same tone into small cakes and attach it to the shell on top, depicting a characteristic tortoise coloration.
Provide the prepared torso with the legs and head molded from the green bar, giving them the characteristic shape of tortoise fins. On a rounded muzzle, make a recess for the eye, and also use a toothpick to scratch your mouth and nose-holes. Eyes are made from small pieces of white plasticine placed in previously prepared recesses. Above is a black tortilla-pupil.
Sculpt the birds "Angry Birds"
Modern kids are happy to take up the production of plasticine characters in the form of heroes of popular cartoons. Who does not know the "evil" birds? A similar craft is sculpted quite easily.
The base here should be blue. We roll from it three large circles and six small ones. Small circles go to the formation of "crests" placed on the body. Similarly to the previous case, round eyes with convex dark pupils are formed from white pieces of plasticine. To convey different emotions of plasticine birds, the eyes can be given a different shape, displace the pupils, etc.
Red plasticine noses with a characteristic "beak expression" are molded separately and attached below the eye. Behind the birds - small black tails. Such figures look very realistic and can cause a storm of delight in kids.
Beautiful rowan tree
Such a tree is molded very easily. It does not require a lot of time or complicated efforts. You can recognize it by the characteristic fruits among the lush green "foliage".
The trunk and crown are made of the basis of brown and green colors. A large green ball imitating the crown of a tree is carefully planted on a vertical trunk. Having plucked many times over a tiny plasticine piece, we roll up a large number of red small balls and oblong green “leaves”. Then gently form the rowan clusters, with which we decorate our crown from above.
Sculpt candy
Here is a simple and very exciting activity! Lollipops that can be molded from plasticine without much effort will look so that no one can distinguish from real ones! How this is done: we form a lot of balls of various colors, roll the selected ones (for example, orange and white) into a sausage, then we pull thin threads from the sausages and twist them into pigtails. The resulting two-tone design is coiled. This will be one of the blanks.
From plasticine of other colors (for example, green and light blue), we twist another spiral in the same way and make a flat blank of a round "candy". A cylindrical spiral “caramel” is made of two rolled rollers intertwined with each other. We attach each of the three bases obtained to a match.
Plasticine bouquet
What can be molded beautiful from plasticine? A bouquet of roses will be a touching gift for mom from the baby, for example, on March 8. It is molded easily and simply. It will take a base of only three colors - red, green and pink. Green plasticine is rolled into a sausage and cut into 7 pieces, which are stretched by stems. A sausage is molded in the same way from a pink blank, divided into several parts and rolled into small elegant spirals. These will be our roses, the number - according to the number of green stems to which pink spiral-shaped buds are neatly attached.
Having rolled it into a thin ribbon from red plasticine, we have to fashion a bow that will adorn our wonderful bouquet. The tips of the "ribbons" can be curled with spirals.
Crafts for the New Year
Their manufacture is the most suitable activity for the winter holidays. Blind mini-sculptures are recommended to be placed on cardboard stands. If the crafts turned out to be successful, they will admirably decorate the interior of the baby’s room.
How to make a Christmas snowman? The base is prepared from white and blue plasticine. An oblong-shaped sausage is molded from an orange slice - a scarf for a snowman. The formed orange flagellum is wound on a ball, a fringe is scratched at the ends with a toothpick.
In the same way, small buttons and legs of a snowman are molded from small orange pieces, as well as bright orange mittens that are attached to plasticine “hands”. All parts are attached to the body.
A head with a carrot nose and eyes is molded from white plasticine. Do not forget about the hat of the same cheerful orange color! For reliable connection of the body with the head, we recommend using a match on which both parts fit.
How to make a Christmas toy
Even if such toys do not fall on a real Christmas tree, a festive mood for the whole family is guaranteed! What are the stages of sculpting such jewelry? Take the base 4 of any shades and sculpt the circles. Flatten one of them (for example, blue) into a large flat cake. We roll out other circles, forming sausages, twist with spirals and nicely place them on a flat cake.
The shape and size of the spirals can be any. It all depends on the imagination of the creators. A “rope” can be made attached to a toy from a black base. This craft can be attached to a piece of cardboard or placed directly on the tree.
Now we sculpt the Christmas tree itself
And you know that you can mold from plasticine and the main symbol of the holiday is a green tree! How to make a Christmas tree from plasticine? We use the means at hand - scissors and a bamboo stick.
At the beginning of the work, we make a green plasticine cone. For stability, we string it on a bamboo stick or just on a pencil. We carefully make small cuts over the entire surface of the workpiece, placing them in a checkerboard pattern. Each of the obtained "needles" should be slightly bent up so that they are slightly puffed up on our plasticine base. Such a "relief" Christmas tree will look like a real tree!
Why are children so fond of sculpting? Think about it - this is a real miracle! From a scattering of colored balls or bright whetstones, believable figures are obtained - animals, birds, favorite characters. The results of children's creativity, as a rule, decorate shelves in children's rooms for a long time or serve for fun games. That is why parents are encouraged from an early age to teach babies the basics of modeling.
And what can be made of plasticine light and funny? Yes, anything! Upon reflection, you will quickly realize that you can mold food and clothes from plasticine for dolls, potted indoor flowers, and tiny toys. You can supplement the "doll park" with plasticine pets of a suitable size. Experienced mothers know that it is possible to mold a girl in an elegant dress from plasticine, than to please an unspeakable daughter. But such crafts, perhaps, are among the complex ones. And our task is to come up with the idea that it is possible to mold a lung from plasticine together with a baby.
More ideas
We will now try to make a fun green frog! We need only a small green bar and a few lumps of white. And the auxiliary tool is a toothpick. We tear off the half of the bar, roll up a pair of balls, slightly different in size, connect them together. If they stick together poorly, hold the pieces together with a broken match.
On top of the ball-head we attach a couple more small circles. Eyes are then made of them - by attaching white cakes to the front (black pupils above). The frog's nostrils and mouth are indicated by a toothpick. The hind legs are formed from thin curved "sausages". Make one side flat in the shape of fins. Remember the pose of a sitting frog and attach the front legs (shorter than the back) to the body with the fingers scratched with the same toothpick. Even a preschooler will cope with the manufacture of such a figure.
Sculpt a ladybug
To craft in the form of this cute bug you will need plasticine bars of different colors and small pieces of wire. They can be replaced with bristles-cloves from an old metal comb. In addition - beads and a small shoulder blade.
First, we roll up a couple of round-shaped parts (smaller black and bigger red), tightly squeezing with each other. It turns out the head and torso. The back is decorated with a row of black cakes. Using the scapula, a line is drawn dividing the wings. Beads are inserted into the eye.
Pieces of wire or small cloves are stuck on both sides of the body as paws, three on each side. A couple more of the same metal parts are attached in front to the head of the insect and depicts antennae. In conclusion, you can make a cake from green plasticine, give it the shape of a leaf and draw with a clove or spatula. A finished craft is planted on this sheet.
We make plasticine fish
Plasticine of various colors and beads as eyes are also suitable for such a simple craft. From a certain color (for example, red) we sculpt an oval detail, and also prepare in advance flat small cakes of the same color (for the tail and fins). Having given them the desired shape, we attach to the body from above, below and behind. Decorate with arbitrary notches with a toothpick or clove.
The back of our fish can be decorated with several colored stripes, for example, yellow on red. The scales are imitated by applying a spatula to the plasticine with the wide side and squeezing small characteristic notches. The front part is slightly incised - we get a mouth. Beads of absolutely any color are suitable for the eyes.
Crafts on the subject of space
This topic, as a rule, is always interesting for children. The idea of making a plasticine rocket with one's own hands most often finds a lively response in the heart of a young sculptor. As usual, stock up on the bars of this versatile material in different colors, as well as the stack and board for sculpting, which is easily replaced with a sheet of oilcloth.
Having chosen the color of the rocket body, we warm up the material in the palms of your hands (teach the child to do this), then form a ball with light circular movements. From it we get an elongated product, slightly pointed up. The nose and base are decorated with thin red stripes, one of the sides is a row of round portholes made of blue plasticine.
A stand in the form of 3 identical symmetrical triangles is molded separately, then glued to the bottom of the case. To the bottom of the rocket, you can stick a "flame" of a bright orange hue. If you place such an article in the refrigerator, it will freeze well and the child will be able to start an exciting game.
Crafts for Easter
This holiday is conducive to all kinds of needlework. Of course, his most familiar attribute is Easter eggs. Before starting work, you should stock up with fine-grained hardening plasticine, eggshell and, as always, a stack, a stand, and also a pencil.
The preparatory work is to get an empty egg. A chicken egg is taken and after a couple of tiny holes made on both sides, the contents are carefully removed. The shell is washed and thoroughly dried. The child should be made aware that material such as shells is rather fragile and should be handled carefully. It will be good to sketch in advance sketches of future drawings on a piece of paper.
The surface of the shell is filled with plasticine balls of one of the selected colors. So we get the background. The pattern is squeezed out by the stack, excess plastic mass is removed. "Gaps" in the pattern are filled with blotches of a different color. After that, the egg is rolled in the palms to get a flat surface without tubercles or gaps.
Another option is to draw a contour of the drawing with a pencil on the shell and fill it with the right tone. The rest of the space is neatly stuck with the color chosen for the background. Then the surface is leveled in exactly the same way. With Easter plasticine crafts, it’s good to decorate the interior of the house for the holiday.
Sculpt a plasticine house
Such a fabulous house is likely to cause genuine delight in your baby and is suitable for a fun game. As materials, prepare bars of plasticine in green, red, brown and white, as well as a toothpick, plastic stack and ballpoint pen. The basis of the house will serve as a white bar. Knead it and squash it. The technology is simple - a round billet on each side of the palm is pressed against cardboard or oilcloth.
The resulting white cube is equipped with a brown roof. The blank is molded in the shape of a pyramid and decorated on top with a “tile” made of many miniature brown balls flattened into a flat cake. Each tile element is pushed through the stack and acquires the texture of a wooden board.
The roof is connected to the base, then from the same brown mass, cut into thin strips, the corners and contours of the windows are framed. From a small brown block, flattened in the shape of a rectangle or rounded on top with an oval, there is a door to which a tiny handle is attached. The wooden texture of all the details is drawn with a toothpick.
The bottom of the house is bordered by a green strip imitating grass. Using a ballpoint pen or stack, an interesting and varied plant texture is attached to it. Exactly the same mini-lawn can stick on the bottom of the window. The grass around the house is decorated with bright red flowers from miniature plasticine balls. The architectural ensemble ends with a visor in the form of an arc of the same brown color attached above the door.