Simple paper applique ideas for little ones
A good idea for a child’s first job is cutting out various geometric shapes from colored paper and chaotically gluing them onto a sheet of cardboard. This is how the child can begin his acquaintance with this creativity. While working, he will slowly learn to hold scissors correctly, how to use them, and understand how to handle glue correctly. After this, it will be easier and easier for the child to make such crafts and improve them every time.
A fairly easy applique - a Christmas tree with toys.
To begin with, you should draw a Christmas tree on a colored sheet of paper or use a template. Cut it out and glue it onto a piece of cardboard. To decorate the Christmas tree, cut out circles from paper of different colors and glue them in random order onto the forest beauty. Cut out a star from red paper and glue it to the top of the tree. This simple applique can become a decoration for the New Year holidays.
Instead of a Christmas tree, you can create other trees, for example, fruit trees with fruits: apple, cherry, pear.
An interesting applique option is a caterpillar.
To create it, you need to cut out a circle with a diameter of approximately 6-8 cm - this will be the head of the caterpillar. Cut out smaller circles, but you can use different colors and a sufficient number - this will be the body of the caterpillar. First glue the head onto the cardboard, and then the parts of the body, circle by circle. Using felt-tip pens, draw: horns, eyes, nose, mouth.
Applications made of cotton wool and cotton pads
On the Internet you can find a variety of photos of crafts made from these materials, and applications are quite common. These can be works on different topics, of varying complexity and of varying volume. Children's hands enjoy working with such materials; for them it is unusual and interesting at the same time. With the help of cotton wool and cotton pads it is interesting to create a bunny, a ram, a dandelion, trees in the snow, a snowman, snowflakes, clouds...
An interesting application on a winter theme - a snowman.
To create it you need to prepare: a sheet of cardboard, cotton pads, a felt-tip pen, colored paper, glue, scissors, a pencil. You need to glue 3 cotton pads onto a sheet of cardboard in the shape of a snowman. Draw a bucket on colored paper, cut it out and glue it just above the top ball of the snowman. Using a felt-tip pen, draw eyes, nose, mouth and buttons for the snowman. The background of the fake can be supplemented with small pieces of cotton wool, so to speak, to depict a snowball.
Applications from cereals, plant seeds, pasta
Such materials can be found in every home, and no additional money is required. The child will only be happy to work with a variety of cereals, seeds, and dipped products. Often used for applications: semolina, rice, sunflower seeds, peas, beans, buckwheat, small pasta... Using these materials you can create various crafts using this technique: animals, trees, a vase with flowers, an aquarium with fish, transport...
It's easy and simple to depict a bunny using rice.
To do this, you need to draw a bunny on cardboard, you can print a template from the Internet and use it. Next, glue the grains of rice along the contour, and then fill the entire base of the animal with rice. Instead of eyes, glue small black beans or you can take a bead. Instead of a spout, glue halves of peas or buckwheat.
Plasticine applications
Almost every little craftsman loves to work with such a soft, flexible material as plasticine. With its help you can create such type of crafts as applique. The basic principle of operation is to smear plasticine over the base of the application with your finger. For the first works, it is better to choose such images that you only need to use one color of plasticine, after which you can take blanks for several colors. You can depict almost any object, the main thing is to choose one to your liking.
To get acquainted with this technique, a good applique option is chicken.
You need to draw a chicken on cardboard. Take yellow plasticine, pinch off a small piece, roll it into a ball and place it in the center of the chicken. And gently spread it into a thin layer with your finger. And thus, gradually fill the entire base of the chick. Make the eyes from small grains of black plasticine, and also make the beak from plasticine. Using a felt-tip pen, draw the paws.
Children's applications are a type of craft that captivates children of all ages. There are a lot of materials, techniques, online lessons and diagrams for this work. You just need to allocate time, stock up on materials and you can create masterpieces on various topics.
