How to make an animal out of paper with a small child? In children 4-5 years old, the fingers are not fully formed, so it is better to make crafts from different types of paper (velvet, color, corrugated). As a result, tactility also develops, and interesting crafts are obtained. Let's start with simple work.
How to make an animal out of paper: basic steps
Any animal can be made flat or three-dimensional. The child must remember all parts of the body and head. The first step is for an adult to cut out all the parts, and the baby will stick them on paper. At the same time, he will remember that every animal has paws, tail, torso, head, ears, eyes, nose, mouth, hair, mustache. Some details can be made voluminous. For example, stick a mustache, tail or bending paw from only one edge to create movement.
Further complicate the task. Draw with the child the head of a cat or dog with ears, eyes, nose and mouth. Color and cut. Now cut a long rectangular strip. Bend one edge and attach to the second edge so as to leave 1.5-2 centimeters for the legs.
Mark the border with a pencil and draw the paws. Trim the edges with scissors. Glue the torso along the drawn line and decorate the legs with the torso. Now stick the head and tail. Uncomplicated animals made of paper. With their own hands, such crafts can be done even by younger preschoolers.
Making a cylindrical elephant
Now try to make your head and legs voluminous. Consider the example of a baby elephant:
- Take the four rectangles and glue them. Get cylindrical legs. Put them next to each other and glue on top the paper, which will be the back. From contrast paper, cut several small circles and cut them in half. Stick these semicircles to the bottom of the legs so that the oval side is on top.
- From a small rectangle, make a cylindrical head in the same way as the legs. Attach it to your back. Glue painted or running eyes to the head.
- Cut two large circles and glue inside the cylinder-head.
- From two long rectangular stripes make the tail and nose. The trunk can be bent a little or curled a little with scissors.
As you can see, combining volumetric and flat details, you can make a variety of domestic and wild animals. Please note that for the voluminous parts on which the whole crafts rests, it is better to take thick paper or cardboard.
Two ways to make a pig
Consider another example of how to make an animal out of paper in a combination of flat and three-dimensional details. Now let's make a pig. Cut two rectangles from pink paper (large and small), which individually glue and get two cylinders.
Stick a small figure on a large cylinder, this will be the head and body. On the face draw eyes, a nose-patch and a mouth. Glue the triangular ears. Cut a thin strip and use a pair of scissors to twist them into a spiral. Glue the resulting tail to the piglet. It will also remain to make paws out of small rectangles.
According to this scheme, you can make bunnies, cats, dogs. Then the baby will understand that every animal, despite the same parts of the body, has differences. You can change the technology of creation.
Fold the square of the sheet in half to form a triangle. To the tip, fold the corners of the figure on both sides and get the ears. Bend one half of the triangular top up and get a patch of gold by drawing two circles on it. Also draw your eyes and stick your head on a long cone or cylinder.
How to make paper animals for decorations or theater performances
Corrugated paper crafts are great for Christmas decorations and theatrical performances. In order to make a tiger from corrugated paper, you will need:
- strips of yellow, white 1.5cm;
- yellow and black stripes 1cm;
- running eyes;
- scissors;
- glue.
Take the white strip and begin to roll it tightly. Glue the end to the circle. Next, attach a yellow strip to it and continue twisting to the desired diameter. This will be the tiger’s tummy. Next, from a 1.5-centimeter strip of yellow, also make a head.
Twist the paws out of the yellow centimeter strip. From one edge, push the part slightly with your finger, creating a fist. Ears are made of yellow paper and form triangles of circles. Make a nose out of a black strip. Now glue the paws to the tummy, and the ears, eyes, nose - to the head. Stick a mustache and stripes on your head.
Let the glue dry. Now you can stick the head to the stomach. According to this scheme, make bears, koalas, hares, cats, dogs. I think now you will have no questions how to make an animal out of paper with children.