Making crafts with children always gives positive results. The motility of the hands and fingers, the eye, the orientation in space, the ability to use scissors, the strength of the hands and fingers, creativity and imagination are developing. Children repeat the features of machines, find out what parts they consist of. All this develops the thinking of babies.
Joint activities with parents also have a pleasant side. The child’s speech develops, the ability to distribute responsibilities, show initiative. If parents decide to do needlework at home with the boy, then they will not find a better time than making a paper machine with their own hands. Imagine several options for cars made of paper and cardboard.
Racing car
The following materials will be needed: a cardboard cylinder (left after using toilet paper), black and white cardboard, scissors, white and colored paper, felt-tip pen, stationery buttons, PVA glue.
First you need to take the cylinder and glue it with colored paper. We cut out under the stencil 4 circles of black color and 4 less white for future wheels. If you want to have no holes in the front and back, then you need to circle the round part of the cylinder on a sheet of any colored paper. Next, you need to cut a larger circle, cut the excess in the form of triangles, on which glue is subsequently applied. Then everything is glued to the end of the cylinder. Before gluing the rear and front circles on the cylinder, you need to stick or draw the headlights, radiator grille or rear stoplights.
Then it remains to collect together all the details of the machine from paper with your own hands. For the driver you need to cut a hole with scissors. The wheels in the center should be punctured with a button and bent inside. At the end of the work, you need to draw decorations on colored paper. For example, a number or strips on the sides, because the created car is a racing one.
Train
The next option for making a paper machine with your own hands will be a toy locomotive. He has two main parts: the driver’s cab and the trailer. To get started, you need to prepare scissors, PVA glue, corrugated packaging cardboard, colored paper, bolts with nuts, a rope and an awl.
On cardboard, you need to draw the shape of a steam locomotive and a trailer and 8 identical circles for the wheels. Having carefully cut out the parts, glue them with colored paper. The application should be detailed: the pipe, the driver’s window, headlights, wheels, square windows can also be glued to the trailer.
At the end, parts are assembled. It will be interesting for the boy to work with real tools: pierce holes for wheels and ropes with an awl, tighten bolts with nuts, tie the trailer to the train with a rope. Before making a paper machine with his own hands, dad must explain the safety precautions for using scissors, an awl. A train assembled in this way will roll, and it will be more interesting for the boy to play with him.
The machine according to the scheme
An interesting option will be the independent manufacture of a paper machine with your own hands according to schemes. Models of real cars can be purchased at the store, or you can draw your own version of the model as an example. Using the sample, we draw all the details in a 3D projection. Then, with scissors, they are carefully cut along the contour and the edges of all parts are bent. Glue is applied to the triangular corners, and the machine is going.
It should be noted that the wheels will not spin. This version of the crafts is suitable for school children, as it requires complex preparatory work. Preschool kids can be offered a simpler version of a typed typewriter. They will only have to cut along the contour and glue the edges.
Origami machine
This is the most difficult of the proposed options. How to make an origami car out of paper with your own hands is presented in the diagram. First you need to have some experience folding sheets. You need to start with a boat or plane, and then go to the typewriter. The only requirement that must be followed with the origami technique is to carefully and evenly bend the parts by sliding your finger along the edge of the fold on the table.
The smoother the bend, the more accurate the final result looks. For the first time, work must be performed under the guidance of an adult. These may be kindergarten teachers, elementary school teachers, or parents. Subsequently, understanding how to use the schematic instructions, the child will be able to make a machine out of paper with his own hands. After the craft is completely ready, it can be painted, adding details.