Crafts made from geometric shapes allow you to realize your child's creative potential. An exciting lesson is useful for the development of logical thinking, fine motor skills, contributes to the development of the eye.
Children in a playful way get acquainted with the basics of geometry, learn to work with color schemes.
Geometric crafts: benefits for the child
This type of work can be done even by younger preschoolers. In elementary school, crafts from geometric shapes are performed in technology lessons. Children are always happy to be involved in the creative process.
This type of application:
- Promotes the development of fine motor skills;
- Improves attention;
- Develops perseverance;
- Skills of lateral thinking appear;
- The child develops an interest in learning and creativity.
By folding patterns from simple shapes, children in a playful way learn the basics of design, learn to embody fantasies in crafts.
Materials and tools for work
In the process of making crafts, you will need consumables:
- Paper. Thick cardboard is used as a base for crafts. Geometric paper shapes are cut from thinner colored sheets.
- Glue. The most suitable option is a glue stick. The chances of getting your hands dirty in this case are minimal. For older children, it is preferable to use liquid PVA glue. In this case, you will need a brush to work, which requires accuracy and patience.
- And for babies, it is better to cook the glue mass from starch. The paste is brewed from a tablespoon of starch and 200 g of boiling water. The mixture will not harm babies, even if they swallow it or lick their fingers.
- Additional materials. For decoration, beads, buttons, feathers, threads, rhinestones, tinsel, pieces of fabric, trimmings of braid and fur are suitable.
For some work you will need paints, pencils, felt-tip pens. In the process of work, it may be necessary to color the elements of the applique or to finish drawing some elements.
The main tool for creating geometric shapes is scissors. The main selection criterion is safety. Requirements for scissors for children's creativity:
- Rounded ends;
- Ease of movement;
- The blades should not be more than 10 cm.
Patterns of applique elements can be created using special rulers with stencils.
Important! Before starting work, children need to be told about the rules of safe work with materials and scissors.
It is convenient to construct geometric paper crafts on a special plastic mat. It fits snugly against the countertop, does not slip, and is easy to clean and clean.
How to organize the process
Appliques from geometric shapes do not require artistic abilities from an adult. It is enough to be a creative person. You can pick up photos of geometric crafts in various manuals or use Internet resources.
The task of the teacher or parents is to find the right materials, organize the workplace and ensure safety.
The organization of the process depends on the age of the child.
- Toddlers up to 4 years old. For successful work, children can be offered cut-out blanks and shown the sequence of actions. For the first work, it is better to prepare a base with a marked drawing scheme. They should be simple figures. For example, a fruit dish, an ornament made from a sequence of elements.
- Children from 4-5 years old. Basic work skills have already been formed. The process needs to be complicated. Children must learn to work with scissors. For them, templates are prepared with clear contours of figures.The child's task is to carefully cut out all the figures, arrange them on the base according to the pattern, and then glue them. At this age, an element of a complex shape cannot be cut. You need to start with triangles, squares or rhombuses.
- Age 6-7 years old. Children can create the details themselves. For work, you can use a ruler with stencils or prepare a template from thick cardboard. Older preschoolers not only prepare the template on their own, but also make up the color scheme.
- Younger schoolchildren. Children not only draw figures for the applique themselves, but also create and develop a plot, select a color scheme. Such work promotes perseverance, develops accuracy and patience. The works are more complex in creative and technical terms. Children can do not only application on a plane, but also a volumetric geometric craft. For example, flowers with voluminous petals or leaves.
Ideas for creativity
Applique balls for friends. Suitable for babies up to 4 years old. Children are given a white paper base with drawn templates and 3 circles of different colors and sizes. The child must find a place for each ball and then stick it on.
Children get to know the concept of "circle", repeat colors and sizes. You can ask questions about what color is the largest circle and the smallest.
- Children 4-5 years old can collect up to 10 elements on one base. For example, the application "Baba Yaga's House". Kids will be able to cut some of the figures themselves.
- Older preschoolers create more complex compositions. Popular topics are cars with a trailer and cargo, a Christmas tree, a train, a forest glade, and various animals. You can complicate the work with volumetric elements.
- Younger schoolchildren perform whole compositions from geometric shapes. These can be complex ornaments or mosaics of small details or compositions on the proposed themes. For example, a circus show, pets or wild animals, holiday themes, seasons, or seascapes. You can include volumetric details in compositions. For example, a Christmas tree with volumetric ball toys, a fruit basket made in the form of volumetric figures, a seascape with volumetric ships or a city with cube houses.
Fantasy has no boundaries. Children are happy to create geometric crafts with their own hands. This is a creative process, so you should not criticize young designers.
They need to be prompted how to correctly perform this or that element, praise for the accuracy and high-quality performance of the work.
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