6 interesting workshops for children and parents

Plasticine teaches to speak, and colors develop intelligence. Any kind of creativity forms a personality from a child, and most importantly - strengthens the nervous system and relieves stress. If your child is rushing around the apartment with the Brownian movement and does not want to calm down, offer him to make something together. What exactly, read on. We offer you 6 interesting workshops for children from 4 to 12 years old.

“Winter is coming”: we make eco-candles

Try an environmentally friendly and interesting master class for children, which will teach you how to make candles. Focuses on the age of 8-10 years. Traditional candle making is not suitable for a child. In the process of preparation will have to contact with molten paraffin. And since children are usually eager to do everything themselves, such an experiment could end in trauma.

We offer a lesson on making beeswax candles. It does not need to be pre-melted, it is enough to heat it with a hairdryer. An indisputable plus is naturalness. Unlike paraffin, it is not a refined product. Even if the child decides to check what the wax tastes like, there will be no harm to health.

For work you will need:

• beeswax leaf;
• wick.

Process:

1. Put the wax on a wooden table or plank and cut on one side to form a trapezoid.
2. Take a wick and slightly press it from a wide edge.
3. Heat the wax a little with a hairdryer.
4. Wrap the edge of the sheet tightly around the wick and twist it with a cone.
5. Trim the wick at the base.

When the candle is ready, cut strips 1-2 cm wide from sheets of a different color. Invite the child to decorate the candle with them, as well as decorate it with glitters and stickers.

What the master class teaches:

• ability to listen and follow instructions;
• develops fine motor skills;
• reveals visual and spatial abilities;
• activates creative thinking.

As a reward for his labor, the child receives a candle of his own making, which serves as an additional motivator in further work with improvised material.

Treasure box

Children love to collect rings, figures, even perfume bubbles. Something to lose from this belongings, for them is equivalent to tragedy. Therefore, we offer you this simple, interesting master class for children. With their own hands they will learn how to make jewelry boxes in the style of decoupage. The lesson is suitable for the smallest aged 3-6 years.

You will need:

• PVA glue or home-made paste;
• paper box;
• wide brush;
• napkins;
• paints.

How to do:

1. Prepare acrylic or gouache, give the child a brush, and let him paint the box as he wishes.
2. When the paint is dry, start sticking napkins. Pre-cut them into geometric shapes. So it will be easier for the baby to take them, and you will have the opportunity to learn geometry effortlessly.
3. After drying the napkins, coat the top and sides of the box with glue and sprinkle with colorful sparkles.

The child learns about the shapes and position of objects relative to space. The lesson promotes a sense of color and size. He will introduce you to various materials, their structure and density, teach you how to interact with them.

“Salty” and interesting workshop for children

Salty dough confidently displaces clay from pedagogical open spaces. Even in kindergartens, it became ideologically incorrect to use because of the presence of vinyl chloride, rubber and polyethylene. The dough, on the contrary, consists of natural ingredients.

It is easily washed off from the hands, leaves no residue, is hypoallergenic. Fidget will surely try a piece to taste, but it will not cause any poisoning, as well as gastronomic delights. The dough is tasteless and salty, so the second attempt to eat it is unlikely to be.

1. Before creating a masterpiece, knead a cool, dense dough. To do this, mix flour with salt in a 2: 1 ratio and add a little water.
2. Roll a layer of 1.0-1.5 cm and make a few circles a cookie cutter or a cup.
3. Roll an oval 2-3 cm long from the dough - this will be the core for the rose.
4. Put each circle in turn, like a petal, on the core until the bud is the right size.
5. When the dough has dried, let the child color and cover it with gloss.

The master class is interesting for children 12 years old. Teach your child such crafts, and he will be happy to do it. Children 3-5 years old will like to make balls, sausages, animal prints from soft and elastic dough. To make the child more fun, add food coloring and sparkles to the flour.

Button bouquet

In continuation of the floral theme, we offer an interesting master class for children from 10 years old. Prepare bright and unusual buttons, colored cardboard or felt, wire, scissors and pliers. The width of the wire should be narrower than the holes in the buttons.

How to do:

1. Draw a flower with the child on the cardboard or give him a stencil so that he circled and cut it.
2. Pierce the resulting flower with wire and lower it to the middle, where the top of the flower is supposed to be.
3. Do the same with one button hole.
4. Bend the wire and pierce the button into the second hole.
5. Thread the wire back through the flower and twist the ends in the shape of a stem.
6. Make some of these flowers to make a bouquet. You can wrap the wire with wrapping paper or string beads.

Funny pebbles

The most interesting master classes for children are those in which there is an element of the game. The next lesson introduces the alphabet through creativity. To do this, collect 32 stones with the child, as the number of letters in the alphabet. Prepare oil or water based acrylics and primer.

Let the child draw each letter on a separate pebble and arrange it as they wish. When the paint dries, invite the child to collect from them your name, the name of your favorite food. Fold the word and let it read. If the child is not already familiar with the letters, draw on the stones simple animals, funny faces or ladybugs.

Acquaintance with monotype

A relatively new way to express creativity, without pencils and brushes. In monotype there are no standards and the concept of “failed”. Children are given the full opportunity to express themselves. This type of drawing relieves nervous tension, so it is often used in art therapy.

What do you need:

• brush or sponge;
• base: A4 glass, mirror or cardboard;
• any paints, but preferably acrylic or gouache;
• paper.

The child in an arbitrary form with a brush applies paints of any color to the base. Puts a sheet of paper on top and smooths it. Gently tears off and the drawing is ready.

Interesting workshops are a real joy for children. They take part with pleasure, understand the value of their and other people's labor. Through joint creativity, you will learn to better feel and understand your child, establish a close emotional connection. Such activities are an important component of mental, social, and intellectual development.