The execution of interesting and simple crafts from natural materials brings not only a lot of positive emotions, but also contributes to the development of fine motor skills, thinking and imagination in your children. The use of cereals and seeds for making applications is always popular with children and allows them to seriously enrich and diversify the leisure time of the baby without special material costs. Of melon, pumpkin, watermelon seed and a variety of cereals are really very bright and beautiful work. The main thing is to show a little patience, accuracy and perseverance, so that the result of creativity will please you. In this article, we will tell you how to make original and simple even for preschoolers handicrafts of cereals and seeds. We hope that our advice will help you, and together with your child, make original and interesting interior decoration.
Crafts from cereals and seeds by own hands - a cheerful sunflower
To produce this bright application you will need the following materials and tools:
- Sheet of cardboard;
- PVA glue;
- Brush;
- pencil;
- Cereals (green and yellow peas, mung beans, corn, black peppercorns).
First you need to draw a sketch of a sunflower on a sheet of cardboard. If you can not do it yourself, you can translate the picture from a postcard or an existing illustration using a "copy". After the sketch of the sunflower is ready, you can proceed with the design of the crafts. Begin to work from the core of the flower. Apply glue on it with PVA and gently fill in the pea of black pepper. Do not allow too large gaps between the natural material, otherwise the product will not look very attractive. "Distribute" peas can be using a match or a stack for modeling. Now in a circle, mold the core of the sunflower with yellow peas. Petals of a flower make of corn, leaves and a stem - from green peas and masha. Try not to rush and perform all the operations consistently, letting every detail dry up. After making up the entire pattern, leave it alone for a day or two. As you can see, there is nothing complicated in making crafts from seeds and cereals, the main thing is to be extremely attentive and accurate. Tip: If the cardboard starts to curl during drying, put it under oppression. After drying, the product can be placed in a frame and hung on the wall.
Crafts from cereals and seeds by own hands: a charming butterfly
To create a charming butterfly you will need a sheet of cardboard, seeds, cereals, paints, markers and PVA glue. Take a sheet of cardboard of any color. Draw on it with a simple pencil outlines of a butterfly. When the sketch is completed, you can start working with seeds and cereals. Your craft can be any color: yellow, green, orange, red - so pick up for its design cereals of the right color. For example, yellow wings can be zadekorirovany fennel or corn kernels, white - rice, red - lentil, etc. Your butterfly can become very elegant and festive, if you make her wings, body and head are colorful. How to make an article from cereals: gently apply PVA glue with a brush to separate sections of the picture and paste on them a rump of a certain shade. The trunk and the antennae of the butterfly can be made brown using buckwheat. The inner parts of the wings should be decorated with white rice, glue millet and lentils around them. To not crumble, it is desirable to distribute it in one thin layer. Each element of the drawing must be able to dry out. Decorate the wings can be large pumpkin seeds, and the ends of the antennae decorate with sunflower seeds. After doing the crafts of cereals and seeds with your own hands, let it dry thoroughly. This bright and cheerful product can be inserted into the frame. Now you know how to make a craft from cereals - a bright sunflower and a charming butterfly. Such applications will be a wonderful decoration of the home interior and will please your household.