Groceries are by all means present in every home; this is a favorite, affordable and cheap material for making homemade accessories that decorate the interior or display at exhibitions in schools or kindergartens.
Such an activity calms down, develops fine motor skills of the hands, promotes the stimulation of logical thinking and artistic taste in children of different ages. In addition, spending time together brings family members closer, uniting them with a spiritual bond.
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Crafts from cereals for children are the simplest large drawings with a theme that they understand. Applications of animals, landscapes, still lifes or abstractions are in demand, first from one and then from several cereal varieties. This could be:
- Teddy bear;
- Kitty;
- Bullfinch;
- Butterfly;
- Flowers;
- Turtle.
Adults draw the outlines of the future picture on cardboard, and the child lays out the selected raw materials on the glue, without going beyond the line.
The work can be characterized by monotony or multi-color. After five hours of drying, the necessary small parts are marked on it and covered with transparent varnish.
The boletus mushroom is lightweight. The hat is made of red lentils, and the leg is made of semolina. The pea bottom imitates green grass; a whole mushroom family can grow from it.
The sunflower is gorgeous on a yellow disposable plate, which is collected on plasticine. In the middle are sunflower seeds, and pumpkin specimens will serve as petals.
A simple variation is to sculpt a plasticine hedgehog and stick sunflower seeds into it, with the tip up, getting a voluminous believable figure.
Frames for photos
A cardboard frame structure is cut out and filled with cereal details, as a result, a one-color or multi-colored copy is obtained, if you glue a magnet from the inside out, the model is hung on the refrigerator.
It is not forbidden to work with ready-made picture frames and mirrors.
Topiary
With the help of a master class on creating crafts from cereals, you can decorate the kitchenette outside the box. You will need a styrofoam ball dyed to match split peas or corn.
The adhesive is applied to a part of the base and coated with the selected product. They act in a similar way until the entire surface is filled. The next day, the subject is examined, identifying voids and eliminating them.
The stick-barrel is attached to the left hole. The pot is filled with floral foam or alabaster and a tree is inserted into it, hiding the docking point with greens or moss.
A wreath woven of straw is processed in the same way, which will take its rightful place on the front door.
Bird Feeders
To provide the birds with feeding in winter, they make original elements in the shape of stars. Step-by-step instruction:
- Add gelatin to boiling water.
- After boiling for 5 minutes, remove the saucepan from heat.
- Mix contents with purchased poultry food.
- Fill the molds with the mixture by inserting the hanging twine.
- After holding for half an hour in the freezer, remove and leave overnight.
In the morning, hang on the trees and wait for the arrival of the birds, who will enjoy your treat with pleasure.
Coloring technique
White rice, beans, pumpkin seeds are well stained.
- You will need a plastic bag, food or acrylic dye, dishes for subsequent drying.
- Two material is poured into the bag, adding vinegar (4 tablespoons) or alcohol (2).
- Pour in streams of dye and shake thoroughly to distribute it evenly.
- After that, they are laid out to dry.
New Year decoration
Surely old toys for the tree are gathering dust in the home pantry. They can be given a new life by rolling the faded balls in grains. The advice on how to make such a cereal craft so that it looks presentable is as follows.
If rice raw materials are taken as a basis, two layers are used, a single-layer coating is enough for buckwheat. Samples are decorated with bows, ribbons, burlap.
Decorative foam balls, pasted over with convex beans and painted in various shades, look no less interesting. Placed on a glass dish, in the company of cones, dried branches, candles, they have a spectacular festive look.
Having cut out the cardboard configuration of the snowflake, it is filled on both sides with any product, using a patterned and ornamental application. You can spray gold or silver spray on top. A snowman or a Christmas tree is made in the same way.
Pendants and beads will act as additional decor.
There is no limit to imagination
Exquisite serving rings are made from the toilet sleeve, cut into pieces and decorate them, following your own taste. Cereal craft ideas include decorating Easter eggs. They are dumped in the material completely, funny hats are recreated, painting on the face.
Use pasta, spices to display mosaic patterns and ornaments.
An extraordinary look in bean images with alternating white and black varieties in contrast. Silhouettes of seals look colorful and expressive against the background of the circle of the sun, and experienced craftsmen are able to reproduce even realistic human portraits.
Coffee and cinnamon products, in addition to visual delight, will bring a divine fragrance into the room.
The kitchen will be refreshed by a panel on plywood, divided into compartments by thin slats. These cells are filled with diverse elements that noticeably enliven the atmosphere, giving the interior a stylish fresh touch.
Photos of cereal crafts show that containers filled with grains of different colors or covered in layers, alternating with colors, perform the same decorating function. This is not only a base for candles, knives, cosmetic attributes, but also a colorful, completely self-sufficient accessory.
Kids like to work with light versions in the form of carrots, sun, fish, when the results of labor are quickly realized in reality and you can brag about your homemade product to your family and even give it as a present.
Psychologists argue that children engaged in creativity are more inclined to learning, perceiving information, differing in perseverance and hard work.
Ordinary food, becoming handicrafts from cereals with your own hands, will contribute to the disclosure of the child's creative potential and distract him from computer games.
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