Usually at the beginning of the school year in kindergartens and schools conduct thematic classes and competitions dedicated to the September theme. If you need to make something unusual, pay attention to crafts from cereals on the theme of "Autumn". From materials that are definitely at home, it is easy to create real masterpieces.
What is required
To do crafts from cereals on the theme "Autumn", prepare the following:
- Colored cardboard for the base.
- Templates, stencils, samples (leaves, mushrooms).
- PVA glue.
- Different types of cereals, both processed and not (buckwheat, semolina, barley, green and ground peas, white and red beans, lentils). Also suitable are sunflower seeds, zucchini, pumpkins, watermelons.
In short, the choice of material is limited to what you have available. When a craft needs to be done urgently, with imagination, and there is no time to go to the store, you can find a suitable option from improvised materials.
The benefits of creativity
Crafts made from cereals on the theme of "Autumn" or any other, dedicated to the seasons or holidays, are useful for children. In the process, the child gets acquainted with new material for creativity, studies interesting information about the world around him. In addition, he develops fine motor skills, sorting out details, feeling the embossed surface of an already completed product, receives a massage of his palms, fingers, which is very important and useful.
Crafts on the theme "Autumn" from cereals: photos
The first illustration shows how easy it is to make a mosaic of cereals and grains according to the finished template, using only the natural colors of the material.
The tree in the photo below is made using a combination of painted and white pumpkin seeds or zucchini. By the way, the grass or the surface of the earth can well be laid out from a smaller fraction, for example, from buckwheat. Pay attention to how effectively the painted seeds look on the background of the brown trunk, made in the form of a stencil. Children really enjoy working with vibrant colors. This is a plus staining of the source material.
It is easy to make a simple flower from cereals and seeds, but by the same principle it is not difficult to make voluminous flowers on stems. Everyone can effectively combine them into a bouquet.
Below is the most original craft - a house. He will have to craft on the basis of a cardboard frame.
Cereals on the topic of "Autumn" step by step
Consider the general sequence of work without resorting to a specific plot. You can make mushrooms, landscape, hedgehog or a bouquet of autumn leaves or flowers. Depending on the complexity of the selected composition, some work steps will require more time.
So, a panel of cereals is performed as follows:
- Take a sheet of colored cardboard for the background. Everything will be glued on it.
- Draw based on the contours of the image that you will lay out. You can use stencils or samples from books.
- Work sequentially: spread glue on that part of the panel where you will apply the groats.
- Lay out the picture if the elements are large (beans, beans), or fill in the selected area (decoy). Do so all the intended details. The panel can be done with partial or full filling.
- Autumn theme allows you to create panels of cereals, while maintaining their natural shade.
- If you want to make some elements brighter, paint them with acrylic paints, for example.
- Prepare additional decor, if necessary, and paste it in the appropriate places (autumn leaves of paper, flowers, butterflies).
- Place the panel in a frame under or without glass to preserve the surface texture.
Volumetric products
Children's cereal crafts on the theme of "Autumn" can be made in the form of three-dimensional compositions, for example, a house standing among autumn foliage, mushrooms, a basket with a crop or flowers. Such an object is created using the same technology as the panel. The difference is that here the cereals will not stick on a flat surface, but on the details of the volumetric frame.
For example, a house can be easily made from a cardboard box, mushrooms can be easily made using papier-mâché technique using plasticine blanks, and a basket and flowers can be made of paper. The process of applying cereals and seeds is the same as when performing panels. You can stick the grits on the frame before assembly into a bulk part (flower petals) or after (mushrooms). Choose which is more convenient.
As you can see, crafts from cereals on the theme of "Autumn" can be performed in different ways. The technology will be similar and, of course, the benefits of this creative activity.