What is a paper scrapbook? To begin with, the technique used in carrying out such work allows you to develop fine motor skills of fingers in preschoolers and primary school students.
Materials for work
How is paper scraping applied? Grade 2 already has experience in such activities, but preschoolers will have to explain everything in detail. For work, you need a sheet of cardboard, colored paper, glue. To get the desired result, you have to stock up on patience and creative imagination.
Age framework
Such a method of work as a scraping paper application is available for kids of 5-6 years of age, as well as for younger schoolchildren. To simplify your task, you can use double-sided tape instead of stationery glue .
Work algorithm
There is no need to pre-tear pieces of colored paper, you can do otherwise. A tear-down application of colored paper is performed as follows:
- a large color sheet is superimposed on a sheet of cardboard;
- they press a piece of paper to the tape with the blunt tip of a pencil;
- then tear off the paper from the cardboard;
- again put a large colored sheet on a cardboard base, repeat the action.
The finished paper scraping appliqué will consist of many separate color fragments fixed on cardboard using double-sided tape. For example, a fall paper applique “Autumn” involves the use of different colors. The selection of shades depends on the creative imagination of the child who performs this task. For some kids who work in patchwork technology, applications are full of different colors, while someone chooses only yellow shades for their activities.
Varieties of tear-off applications
Broken paper application has become so popular and in demand that numerous varieties have begun to appear on it. For example, in elementary school, teachers began to use a special technique - handigyrim. Its specificity lies in the fact that they use special hand-made paper (handi), produced in Korea. When drawing up applications using a cutting technique, first you need to moisten pieces of paper in water, then twist them and fill these contours with “sausages”. As a result, the effect of watercolor painting is observed.
Work for kids
Uncomplicated appliqué from scrap paper pieces is possible even for babies of 2-3 years old. In such a young age, not all children can use scissors, glue, make beautiful and even lines. For the manifestation of your baby’s creative abilities at this time, an application and a mosaic of torn pieces of paper will be an ideal option. The baby will develop fingers, in the future he will not have difficulties with writing skills.
The main differences of patchwork technology
Ordinary pictures involve the use of a variety of ready-made templates. The child must first transfer them to the paper of the desired color. Armed with scissors, he carefully cuts out all the workpieces. If the baby has not yet learned how to hold the scissors correctly, it will be difficult for him to work with them. As a result, he will not see a beautiful application, he will be upset.
At 4-5 years of age, children have a first transition period, so psychologists do not recommend choosing tasks that can injure the child. Having experienced failures at this time, he will not be able to tune in to positive growth, to be motivated by the manifestation of creative abilities. The application of the scrap pieces of paper “Autumn Tree” is a great chance to avoid the failures associated with the use of scissors in the work.
Example of tear-off technique
Have you decided to spend a free evening with your child, prepare a present for your dad for his birthday? In this case, choose the option of the picture, stock up with colored paper, cardboard, glue in the form of a pencil and start creativity. We offer a work scheme for those who decide to create a “color masterpiece”.
At the first stage, you need to choose a background of thick cardboard. If the application will be associated with autumn, you can use blue, white, gray dense material. Pay particular attention to its density, since when working with glue, the base will be impregnated with it and will not be able to withstand the entire application.
Now you can proceed to the selection of a picture for future applications. Decided to make a picture devoted to late autumn? In this case, a tree or flowers can be used as a base picture. First, it is important to draw the outline of the future picture on the base with a pencil. For example, when choosing an autumn theme, you can outline a tree trunk, branches, a place for leaflets on cardboard. If the application is performed by a schoolchild, in addition to a tree, the base depicts birds flying to the south, the contours of clouds.
The algorithm is similar to coloring different images in a coloring. But working with pieces of paper does not involve painting, but sticking a piece of paper with the desired color. In the first work, parents or the teacher can help the child, prepare colored pieces of a certain size for him, show the baby how to properly paste them into the contour.
First, large pieces are selected, each of which is glued separately. Then use small pieces, they fill the rest of the space in the circuit. Do not forget while working that it is important to select fragments not only by parameters, but also by color. The task of adults is to ensure that during work the baby does not go beyond the boundaries of the intended contour. Otherwise, the application will turn out untidy and ugly.
Where to get the templates
The easiest option is to independently draw on the cardboard contours for future applications. In addition, you can use ready-made templates by buying a special set. Such kits include not only a few dense bases with printed pictures, but also sheets of colored paper, glue.
If you wish, you can also print pictures using a computer and printer. The guys themselves can also take part in the manufacture of the contour of the future application.
No difficulties with tearing paper will arise, you can turn this lesson into an exciting game. If you carefully consider the finished work, it looks like a mosaic. School children when gluing small pieces of paper practically do not leave empty spaces between them. Therefore, their work looks like a real work of patchwork art. Kids do not immediately learn the basics of this interesting work, but parents or carers can always come to the rescue.
Conclusion
What is the significance of this type of activity? If applications are created in the family circle, such joint work brings together family members, helps to establish normal relations between children and adults. In kindergarten and elementary school, a similar technique is used to develop fine motor skills of the fingers. Performing such work, the guys show their creative abilities. Even with the same initial patterns, their applications are significantly different from each other.
In a similar technique, Koreans create real pictures. The technique is different in that, with apparent simplicity, it requires logical thinking. The kid should first think about which pieces of paper they will use, what color they should be. And only after that he can begin to implement his plans, to create an application. Understanding that the picture should have the maximum resemblance to reality, your little one will learn accuracy, thinking, logic.
According to the new federal state standards, in many preschool institutions, the creation of such applications has become one of the areas of preschool child’s self-development. In technology lessons in elementary school they also widely use a similar technique, but use a group form of work. Joint projects created by individual teams demonstrate to parents at meetings and classrooms.