An important share in the development of the child (or even equivalent in importance with a logical component) is creative activity. That is why for children from childhood buy a lot of bright toys, books with pictures, coloring books, materials for drawing and modeling. Older children can double the benefits of creativity, combining mental work with needlework, thereby also developing fine motor skills. And the best option for such a combination is children's applications on the theme “Spring”, “Home”, “Toys” and so on, the main thing is that the task is familiar to the child and extensive for imagination.
First idea: birdhouse
Children from a young age get acquainted with the seasons, absorbing the concepts suitable for them and associating certain processes and images with them. Therefore, such a topic will be the easiest for the child, even if he is just starting to work with such a kind of creativity as application. And since in this case you have to work with paper, scissors and glue, it is better not to leave your child unattended, but it would be very good to help him. To get started, to create an application on the theme of "Spring", you need to choose the most simple methods. The best option would be a simple composition with birds on a tree branch and birdhouse, made of paper. You can also implement this idea from fabric to get a
voluminous applique on the theme of "Spring", but this is already a task for children who are much older. So that the child in the process also works with paints and creatively approaches the choice of color, we make colored paper on our own: for this, first draw everything on a sheet, then cut out the elements and colorize it.
Preparation and process
To create such an applique on the theme of “Spring”, we need a dense Whatman paper in A3 or even A2 format, brushes (can be replaced with a sponge), watercolors, felt-tip pens, scissors, pencil and paper to cut out all elements of the composition. So, we put a sheet on the Whatman paper and draw on it all the details: on the left side is a tree, on the right side there is a birdhouse on supports, and in the empty place there are six birds in the form of a curved droplet, half-circle wings and leaves. Now we spread a newspaper or oilcloth on the table and paint all the elements to our taste, not forgetting to constantly change the water in the glass to rinse the brush so that the paints do not mix and become dirty. Then we wait 15-20 minutes until they dry well. To speed up the process, you can use a warm hair dryer or put all the painted elements on a well-lit window sill.
Completion
At this time, we are also processing the Whatman paper: you can depict heaven and earth on it, that is, divide it horizontally in half and paint the upper half in blue and the lower half in green, or can be monotonous, in any gentle shade. Again let the paints dry. Now, in turn, glue all the elements on the prepared base, placing the birds and wings on top of them in random order. And to complete our application on the theme of “Spring”, with the help of a felt-tip pen we finish the sun and, for example, a cage in empty spaces. And to the birds we add legs and beaks from white paper and draw up our eyes. You can also circle all the elements with a marker so that they stand out against the general background, and depict veins on the leaves. That's it, work is done!
Idea Two: Alley
Older children for the development of abstract thinking can also take the idea more complicated. So, the application, the middle group, the theme of "Spring". You can execute it not just from colored paper, but from cut sheets of old newspapers and magazines in suitable colors. This will require enough time and talent, since it is very important to cut pieces of different sizes and arrange them so that they clearly create the image of trees in the alley. This is a rather difficult job, because it requires increased attention and concentration on the general vision of the future picture, and therefore only children with developed creative thinking will be able to make an application on the theme “Spring”. Parents can actively help in this process: cut together with them journal sheets, come up with a common idea for a future picture, because they can also strengthen their relationship with their children.
Preparation
To simplify the task, select sheets of three colors: blue (for the sky), gray or lilac (for the track) and green (for trees). For the last elements of the application, you will need paper of different shades, and it is better to arrange all the pieces on the working surface in separate piles according to the palette: darker ones for trunks and branches, lighter ones for leaves. To create an application on the theme "Spring", you need to start gluing the details in the correct order. To simplify this task, with a simple pencil and a ruler, we draw the base (whatman) into parts: having retreated 1/5 of the sheet width from the lower side, draw a horizontal line. This is the horizon. Next, divide it in half, and from the obtained point we draw arcs diverging downward, indicating the approximate boundaries of the track.
Create a composition
Now we depict the approximate outlines of trees: to create the effect of a diminishing perspective, they should be located opposite each other on both sides of the alley, and the thickness of their trunks should gradually decrease towards the horizon. So, now we cut the magazines: the path and the sky can be made of larger parts, by the way, we glue them first, but for the branches and leaves you will need small pieces and thin (straight and curved) stripes. In addition to paper in green shades, you can use plain white, with text printed on it, this will dilute the vibrant composition and make it more interesting. The main rule of creating such an application is to constantly imagine the big picture, and then everything will succeed.
The third idea: a picture of flaps of fabric
A very colorful idea will be the applique on the theme “Spring has come”, made of bright flaps of fabric on a neutral color cloth. You can use this technique both for creating a wall picture, and for decorating bedding, bedspreads, towels and even clothing items. As the main idea, you can choose a composition in the form of flowers and birds. To do this, you need to collect various scraps of fabric in green shades for the image of stems and leaves, yellow-orange - for the center of the flowers, and any others - for the petals. It is not at all necessary to select plain patches, on the contrary, the picture will look much more interesting if its elements contain their own small drawings. It can be patterns in the form of lines, stripes, small peas, that is, such that they do not take over the main attention and do not particularly stand out against the general background.
Create applique
First, with the help of a piece of chalk on the fabric on the selected shreds, we will depict all the necessary elements: small whole flowers and individual large petals, leaves of various shapes, stems in the form of straight and curved stripes. You can also cut one or two birds in the form of a simple silhouette in profile with a wing on its side. Now we lay out everything on the canvas so that the composition looks finished and harmoniously combines colors, we outline all the contours with chalk so as not to forget the arrangement of the elements. Next, you need to sew them all on a typewriter using a seam-zigzag. First of all, we fix the stems and leaves, then the petals and whole flowers, and we finish everything with yellow circles in their center, then iron the picture with an iron in steam mode. So, our picture in the patchwork applique technique is ready!