You can make an original and interesting craft on a winter theme by using various materials at hand. There is a great variety of educational and fun activities for children.
Any of them contributes to the understanding of kids around the world, creative imagination and the development of fine motor skills.
You can do plasticine sculpting, make beautiful applications, paint. Or you can combine all the skills into one master class on making children's crafts on the theme of winter.
Snow cap
The main attribute of winter creations is a snowball made from natural materials. Bulky hats will give a festive mood and expectation of a miracle.
You can make a wonderful headdress from ordinary cotton wool and thick paper. To create a snowball, you can use:
- Stationery glue;
- Medical cotton wool;
- Granulated sugar;
- Salt, rice grits;
- Paper napkins.
Work progress:
- To make a snowball from cotton wool, add a little glue to a container of water.
- Next, moisten small pieces of cotton wool in the resulting solution, squeeze them thoroughly, gently straighten and stick to the cap.
- In the same way, snow is made from snow-white paper napkins.
- The made winter craft should be smeared with office glue and sprinkled with granulated sugar or rice, as well as silver sparkles.
- Such a coating will not be voluminous, unlike the version with cotton wool, but it will fully convey a fabulous atmosphere.
- After finishing work on the winter crafts for school, it must be dried within 3-4 hours, and it is better to leave it overnight.
Winter forest
Panel making is the most common type of creativity. In most cases, a natural theme is offered, and the child comes up with his own story.
It makes more sense to start by making a simple, creative piece of work on the theme of a winter landscape.
Required:
- Stationery glue;
- Blue cardboard;
- Green dye;
- Rice groats;
- Medical cotton wool;
- Simple pencil;
- Colored paper.
Work progress:
- A line is drawn on a piece of cardboard to mark the line between the blue sky and white snow.
- Then they draw diagrams of oval or triangular trees, similar to a Christmas tree.
- Next, you need to mix a small spoonful of water with a drop of green dye and pour the resulting pigment into a bag.
- Half a glass of rice is poured into a bag with pigment and mixed until a uniform color is obtained. Each part is greased with glue.
- After that, the green mass is laid out on the schemes of trees and left to dry completely.
- All that remains is to glue cotton pieces that imitate snow and cut the bright sun out of bright yellow paper.
The winter forest craft is ready!
Pig - piggy bank
Among the many variations of crafts in the kindergarten on the theme of winter, there are those from which it is impossible to take your eyes off, it is so amazing. It's about a piggy bank.
You will need:
- Acrylic lacquer;
- Plastic bottle;
- Scissors;
- Pink paint;
- Bushings for creating legs;
- Scotch;
- Brush;
- White paint;
- Stationery glue.
Work progress:
- The top and bottom of the container are cut off from the plastic bottle with scissors, they are fastened to each other with tape;
- 4 sleeves are glued to the bottom of the bottle with a glue gun to create legs, which can be made of foam balls or large beads;
- On top with a hot knife, a slot is made for coins and holes for attaching the pig's ears;
- The ears are cut out according to a pre-made stencil from the bottle, inserted into the slots and fixed with glue;
- To make a ponytail, you need to cut a thin strip of plastic and glue it to the right place;
- The pig is painted first with white and then pink acrylic paint, left for a while so that the thing dries up and at the final stage it is varnished;
- Pig eyes and a pig's patch are drawn with a felt-tip pen.
Winter craft for the kindergarten is ready!
In children's institutions, thematic contests are constantly held. Winter is in full swing and children continue to create crafts on this topic.
Winter fairy tale panorama
You will need:
- Bulk box;
- Ceiling tiles;
- Artificial snow;
- Baking soda;
- Foam sponge;
- Spruce cone;
- Foil;
- Batteries;
- Plaster mix;
- Gouache;
- PVA glue;
- Skewers;
- LED bulbs;
- Broom;
- Electric garland;
- Wires.
Work description:
- A birch trunk is formed from several pieces of metal wire by twisting, then twigs are created from the remaining pieces. Also, the tree needs roots. For their manufacture, when forming the trunk of a birch, you need to make 3-4 branches.
- PVA glue is mixed with white acrylic paint and the resulting tree is covered with the resulting composition. It remains to apply black gouache strokes across the trunk to make the plant realistic.
- Similarly, you need to reproduce the effect of a snowy tree. The branches will be powdered, and the trunk will be a dark shade.
- The process of twisting spruce is the same as that of birch trees. The difference is only in the design of the appearance. When the trunk and branches are made, it must be painted with brown gouache, and the needles must be made from finely chopped green sponge.
- Next, a natural landscape is created. To do this, you need to mix water with dry gypsum, mix thoroughly until a homogeneous consistency and distribute over the surface, fixing the trees, a glued house made of tiles and a fence with a gate. It is advisable to cover the free area so that a realistic picture of a real snow-covered path and swirling snowflakes is created.
- Mix baking soda with glue and cover the snow with this solution to achieve a greater whiteness effect. The lake is made of foil, and reeds are made of branches from a broom. Lanterns are formed from cocktail straws, into which you need to insert wires, and attach LED bulbs on top.
- The bridge is made of wooden skewers, and the Christmas tree is decorated at your own discretion. It is advisable to transform a wonderful craft with a garland with backlight.
- A wonderful craft on the theme of a winter fairy tale to school is ready for display at the exhibition.
With the onset of winter, winter fantasy is born. The world of children's creative work is huge. The main thing is to choose the option you like and create unique things on your own or together with your parents, at the same time helping adults return to the world of childhood!
Photo of crafts on the theme of winter
