People come up with new ways to use long-known products. For example, cereals are now not only a food ingredient, but also improvised material for creating crafts, paintings and decorative elements. The creative process is interesting for both adults and children. So what kind of do-it-yourself crafts from cereals can be done at home?
What is attractive cereal for creativity
Grains of any cereals are excellent material for crafts. Cereals have a different color, so they are used in their original form to create colorful paintings, in extreme cases, they are painted in the desired color. They are different in size, some are easily sprinkled like semolina, while others must be taken separately, for example, large beans. Classes with cereals are especially useful for children, as they contribute to the development of fine motor skills of fingers and hands, which, in turn, stimulates speech and
interhemispheric interaction. This process is interesting, allows you to relieve tension and lethargy, calms and normalizes the mental state. Children can create crafts with their own hands from cereals in the form of applications, small paintings. More complex work on the production of three-dimensional figures should be carried out not only under the control of adults, but even, most likely, by their forces.
Applications of cereals and pasta
The easiest and at the same time popular way is to make an application. To do this, select the drawing you like, transfer it to thick paper, cardboard or cut out the silhouette and stick it on the base. Using a pencil, draw borders between elements of different shades. Spread glue on the area that will be painted in one color, pour cereal on it, remove excess. Fill each area separately, stick large elements, such as pasta and beans, one at a time. As a basis for work, some use illustrations from old torn children's books. You can print a workpiece from a computer or draw an outline yourself. Small applications and crafts from different cereals are a suitable developmental activity for kids, and we offer adults to make real panel paintings using the usual peas, beans, lentils, buckwheat, corn, millet and other cereals with expressive coloring. Any picture created with your own hands will be a decoration for the home or a small gift for relatives.
Crafts from plasticine and cereals
As a connecting element it is not necessary to use glue, try to take clay. It is suitable for creating applications, postcards, as well as for volumetric figures. Surely children will like a hedgehog made from a bottle. To do this, you need to cut a plastic container with a volume of 1.5 liters in half, insert the lower part into the upper so that the lid acts as a spout. The entire structure is coated with plasticine so that it does not shine through. Eyes are made from large grains or other improvised materials, and the back of the animal is covered with sunflower seeds. Stick the seeds as close to each other as possible so that the hedgehog looks like a real one. You can revive a children's fairy tale with many heroes: "Turnip" or "Teremok". To make animal
figures from plasticine , to encircle them with groats: the bear will be brown like buckwheat, the bunny will be white like rice, the mouse will be grayish like millet. Ready-made toys will become the favorite characters for the baby’s games, and if you install them on a stand and decorate, you will get a beautiful product for an exhibition in a kindergarten.
The simplest and most beautiful crafts
Do-it-yourself cereals make very attractive decorations for the kitchen. Sometimes they are brought from warm countries as a souvenir or a set of fragrant spices. And we will use multi-colored cereals. For this craft you will need a transparent glass bottle or a jar with a lid. Grains of different colors are poured into it in layers, cover and decorate the top if desired. These bottles look great in the kitchen. Arranged neatly on the shelves, they arouse interest in the owners and appetite for the dishes prepared by them.
Activities for kids
The youngest kids will like to draw with their fingers on semolina, sprinkled with a thin layer (no more than 5 mm) on a tray. To captivate the peanut, it is recommended to tint the semolina: iodine, brilliant green or pencil shavings. If it is time for your child to learn the alphabet, cereals will act as assistants in this process. You will need a large sheet of thick cardboard. On it you need to write large letters and invite the child to lay them out along the lines with the help of various grains. So it will be easier for him to remember both the form and the meaning of each symbol. For girls, lovers of jewelry, suggest creating crafts from cereals for children in the form of beads or bracelets. Dye a few feathers of pasta in bright colors and let your child string them. A colorful and unusual element of appearance is ready!
Cereals and pasta, along with buttons, small pebbles, can be used to decorate photo frames. They are glued to the glue, coated on top with varnish or special aerosol enamel. You definitely will not find such a frame for a picture or photograph in anyone.
Crafts for adults
Older people can create real masterpieces, large and spectacular crafts. Pictures of cereals, made with precision jewelry, look like works of art. They adorn the walls of apartments and offices, attracting attention with the unusual material. Champagne pasta bottles are also popularly decorated. You can glue the surface in the form of a Christmas tree, if you use the halves of the bows, lay out an unusual composition of flowers and leaves, and on top cover with enamel or spray paint. Some craftsmen create frameless bulk products, for example, inflate a balloon, cover it with pasta, glue them together, and then pierce and remove through a small hole. The resulting sphere is painted in any color and used as an accessory, interior decoration.
Expired cereals are often used as improvised material, although you can buy them in a store - it is not so expensive, but how many pleasant moments will give you and your children creative work, creating a unique do-it-yourself craft from groats.