In kindergartens and schools, thematic classes are regularly held to familiarize children with the rules of the road. And in order for the guys to fix them, they are given tasks on the house: to make crafts on this topic. And then parents begin to look for information about what, how and what can be done.
To help all mothers and fathers, we present two master classes that tell you how to create a DIY traffic light. Even a child can do these product options. On your part, you will only need tips and monitoring compliance with the rules for using scissors and glue.
Traffic light: paper craft
An original and beautiful is obtained crafts made in the technique of tissue paper application. For work, prepare the following materials:
- cardboard;
- napkins of red, yellow and green colors (10-15 pieces each);
- glue;
- scissors;
- gouache or watercolor paints.
How is a traffic light made from cardboard parts? Follow the step by step instructions.
- From white cardboard, perform the main part - the box. You can replace it with a regular box of medicines, tea, baby food or any other product. Then just glue it with white or gray paper.
- Twist a pipe from a sheet of cardboard, glue the edges. This part can also be replaced with waste material - a cardboard base from under a food film or foil. Paint the post with paint or glue it with colored paper.
- Run the stand. To do this, you need to make a flat box of cardboard or, again, take some kind of container from under the goods.
- Glue all the parts together.
- On each side of the product draw three circles of the same size.
- Twist small balls from napkins and glue them over the entire surface of the circle. Thus, make out all the "windows" of the traffic light, selecting napkins by color.
That's all, the traffic light - an article on the topic "traffic rules" - is done. Such a product can become an attribute of plot-developing games. Kids will really like to make it and play with it.
Traffic light: crafts from waste material
Old laser discs and caps from gouache boxes or five-liter PET bottles are the basis of the original product on this topic. In addition to these materials, you will need cardboard, lace or braid, glue for plastic or a thermal gun. So, we begin to manufacture a traffic light.
Lay three discs vertically on a sheet of cardboard, circle this structure along the contour. Cut the workpiece - this is the basis of the product. Pierce two holes in it from above and insert a string into them. Glue the discs onto the cardboard. Cover the lids with gouache paints in green, yellow and red. After they dry, attach them in the center of each disk in the desired order. Everything, traffic light - an article from the old discs is ready. It can be hung on the wall in a nursery or in a kindergarten and used as an attribute in games for fixing traffic rules. It can also become part of the children's costume "Traffic Light" for a matinee or carnival.
The manufacture of such products will take very little time. Only improvised and waste materials are used for work, and the result is striking in its originality and beautiful appearance. Let such children's crafts "Traffic Light" necessarily appear among your child’s toys. Have a nice craft!