People come up with new ways of using long-known products. For example, cereals are now - not only a food ingredient, but also an improvised material for creating crafts, paintings and decorative elements. The process of creativity is of interest to both adults and children. So what kind of hand-made articles of cereals can be made at home?
What attracts croup for creativity
The grain of any cereal is a wonderful material for crafts. Croups have a different color, so they are used in the original form to create colorful paintings, in extreme cases, paint in the required color. They are different in size, some easily interspersed, like a manga, while others must be taken separately, for example, large beans. Especially useful are classes with cereals for children, as they contribute to the development of fine motor skills of the fingers and hands, which, in turn, stimulates speech and interhemispheric interaction. This process is interesting, it helps to relieve tension and lethargy, soothes and normalizes the mental state. Children are able to create crafts with their own hands from cereals in the form of appliqués, small paintings. More complex work on the production of voluminous figures should be carried out not only under the supervision of adults, but even, most likely, by their forces.
Applications from cereals and pasta
The simplest and at the same time popular method is to make an application. To do this, you need to select the drawing you like, transfer it to thick paper, cardboard or cut out the silhouette and paste on the substrate. Pencil draw borders between elements of different shades. Glue the area with the glue, which will be colored in one color, pour on the rump, remove the excess. Each area is filled separately, large items such as pasta and beans, glued one at a time. As a basis for the work, some use illustrations from old torn children's books. You can print the workpiece from the computer or draw a path yourself. Small applications, crafts from different groats are a suitable developing activity for kids, and we propose to adults to create real pictures-panels using the usual peas, beans, lentils, buckwheat, corn, millet and other cereals that have an expressive color. Any picture created by yourself will become a decoration for your home or a small gift for your family.
Crafts from plasticine and groats
As a connecting element, it is not necessary to use glue, try to take clay. It is suitable for creating applications, postcards, and for three-dimensional figures. Surely children will like the hedgehog, made from a bottle. To do this, you need to cut the plastic container of 1.5 liters in half, insert the bottom part into the top one, so that the lid acts as a spout. The whole construction is coated with a layer of plasticine so that it does not appear translucent. From large grains or other improvised materials make eyes, and the back of the animal is covered with sunflower seeds. Seeds should be stuck as close as possible to each other, so that the hedgehog looked like real. You can revive a children's fairy tale with many heroes: "Repka" or "Teremok". To make figurines of animals out of plasticine , to clothe them with groats: the bear will be brown, like buckwheat, a rabbit - white, like rice, mouse - grayish like millet. Ready-made toys will become your favorite heroes for baby's games, and if you put them on a stand and decorate - you will get a beautiful product for the exhibition in the kindergarten.
The most simple and beautiful crafts
Very handsome from the groats make very attractive ornaments 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 need a transparent glass bottle or a jar with a lid. In it layer-by-layer poured grains of different colors, close and decorate the top if desired. Such bottles look great in the kitchen. Spaced neatly on the shelves, they evoke interest in the owners and appetite for the dishes they cooked.
Lessons for kids
The youngest kids will like to draw with their fingers on semolina, poured a thin layer (no more than 5 mm) on the tray. To enthrall the youngster, it is recommended to tint it with iodine, zelenok or pencil shavings. If your child has time to study the alphabet, the cereals will act as assistants in this process. You will need a large sheet of cardboard. On it you need to write large letters and invite the child to spread them on the lines with the help of various grains. So it will be easier for him to memorize both the form and the meaning of each symbol. Girls, lovers of jewelry, suggest creating crafts from cereals for children in the form of beads or bracelets. Paint a few pasta feathers in bright colors and let the child thread them on a string. 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 on the glue, covered with varnish or special aerosol enamel. Such a framework for drawing or photography you just will not meet with anyone.
Crafts for adults
Older people are able to create real masterpieces, large and spectacular crafts. Pictures made of cereals, made with jewelry precision, look like works of art. They decorate the walls of apartments and offices, drawing attention to the unusual nature of the material. It is also popular to decorate bottles with champagne pasta. You can glue the surface in the form of a tree, if you use halves of bows, lay out an unusual composition of flowers and leaves, and on top to cover with enamel or paint from the can. Some craftsmen create frameless bulky items, for example, inflate an air ball, overlay it with macaroni, 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, decorating the interior.
As an improvised material often use overdue cereals, although you can buy them in the store - it's not so expensive, but how many pleasant moments will give you and your children a passion for creativity, creating a unique crafts with their own hands from cereals.