In 3-4 grade
Simply gluing pieces of paper onto paper will no longer captivate ten-year-old children. The tasks need to be more challenging and creative.
The most popular options:
- modular appliques - complex silhouettes from parts;
- mosaic of geometric shapes;
- ornamental panels with a selection of colors;
- 3D applique craft made from leaves folded into a cone.
Combined techniques can be proposed in one work. Joint creativity will also arouse interest - a proposal to implement one idea together or three. This activity will also teach children to negotiate and work in a team. Gluing corners for a voluminous appliqué will promote perseverance and develop fine motor skills.
Dress for a doll
Children can make a dress for a girl even in kindergarten, so in elementary school the task needs to be complicated. It is necessary to convince children in advance that the dress must have an original cut, details, and accessories. Children can already come up with and depict the silhouette of the Queen of Autumn on their own.
Another complication of the topic is three-dimensional work. Old Barbie will probably be found in any family with girls.
Procedure for working on a three-dimensional model:
- Sketch, selection of material.
- Making a base from fabric or paper napkin.
- Gluing the leaves to the base.
Accessories can be chosen from natural or doll-like ones. For a formal outfit, sparkles, beads, and beads are useful. In addition to the dress, you can come up with a spectacular umbrella, fan, and hat. The doll itself will not suffer from such work.
Beauty Autumn
Children in grades 2-3 can also draw a face on their own. It is proposed to use the leaves to create a hairstyle and accessories. Despite its apparent simplicity, the work requires a creative approach, selection of colors and shapes. It is worth discussing in advance how students see this person - a fairy fairy in a light dress, a girl wrapped in a collar, or a queen in a ball gown.
Other photo ideas
The teacher planning the lesson needs to take into account that the leaves brought by the children may be of the same type - collected in the yard next to the school. To have a larger assortment of shades, you will have to take care of unusual colors and textures personally, starting the collection in the summer. To prevent crafts made from natural materials from losing their shape, finished works can be sprayed with hairspray.
In 1st-2nd grade
In kindergarten, applique of autumn leaves most often consists of complementing a ready-made figurine proposed by the teacher. The main goal of the lesson is to develop fine motor skills and develop skills in working with glue.
For school classes, the difficulty needs to be increased:
- abandon template solutions, allow children to find their own way to depict a face or background landscape and choose the right tones and shapes;
- give the opportunity to work with symmetry and reflection, showing examples of work in this technique;
- to focus on working with scissors, to complicate the silhouettes of the works proposed for repetition.
You can base your work on meeting exotic fauna or fantastic creatures. Perhaps children will be more interested in composing a scarlet flower or a firebird, a chameleon or a dragon, rather than the hedgehogs and bunnies that have been boring since kindergarten.
Tree
By the age of 7-8, children already understand the difference between oak and birch and can describe their appearance. This should be reflected in appliqués made of autumn leaves.
The teacher only suggests the corresponding thought with suitable associations:
- oak is strong, knotty;
- birch is thin, flexible;
- Weeping willow, hanging branches over the water.
Children draw the trunk, emphasizing its characteristic features. And the leaves peek out, choosing the appropriate colors and sizes.
Vase
Children usually make autumn leaves not into the vase itself, but into its filling - a bouquet. To simplify the task, a symmetrical vase is cut out of colored paper, folding the sheet along the axis.
Working step by step:
- Studying possible options and shapes of the vase. Cutting out.
- Gluing the vase onto the background.
- Adding a bouquet of leaves.
Additionally, you can add small larch cones or beads imitating berries to the bouquet
For children 10-12 years old, you can offer to decorate the vase itself using the mosaic technique. To do this, segments are cut from leaves of different colors, and then laid out end-to-end, secured with glue on the background.
An applique with a basket is created using the same principle. To complicate the work, you can invite children to place not just leaves, but flowers made from this material in a basket or vase. The variety of colors of the material allows you to create complex compositions.
