What to do on a rainy or windy evening with your baby? Of course, creativity! We share ideas for quick crafts for autumn evenings.
Even if you are the busiest mother in the world, do not forget that it is very important for your child to spend time together and engage in interesting joint activities.
Nothing brings people together like solving problems and spending time together. A win-win option - hand-made. By making small crafts, you can analyze your child’s behavioral patterns, evaluate abilities and give the most important thing for any person on the planet - communication.
We have made a selection of the most simple crafts and quick crafts that you can do together with your baby. Even if you hated labor lessons at school, here you will definitely find something to your liking.
1. Multi-colored pebbles
If in the summer you collected not only shells, but also pebbles from the sea, it’s time to decorate them.
What you need: acrylic paints, pebbles, water and a brush, a sippy cup.
2. Bottle with sand
Making another beautiful piece of furniture together is very simple.
What you need: colored sand (you can take colored crayons, rub them on sandpaper and mix with fine sea salt), transparent dishes.
N.B. In order for the bulk mixture to fall directly into the narrow neck of the bottle, you need to make a small cone with a hole out of paper.
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What you need: A4 paper or cardboard, scissors, apples and pears, gouache, brushes.
Cut out the shape of a jar from cardboard. Cut apples and pears in half. Using a brush, apply gouache to the cut halves and press them down to leave imprints on the cardboard. We complete the bones, leaves and tails after making the prints.
You can also make such an applique using leaves. Apply to one side of a leaf or flower with a brush and gently press onto colored paper for imprint.
4. Craft “Kapitoshka”
(or Christmas tree toy
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What you need: colored cardboard, an inflatable ball, PVA glue, a small container in the form of a bowl, thread.
Inflate the balloon and tie it. Pour PVA glue into a small bowl, coat the entire length of the thread in glue and wind it in a chaotic manner around the ball. Let it dry and burst the ball, decorate it with different details - nose, eyes, hairs.
5. Developmental toy for hand motor skills
What you need: Flour, watering can, balloon, marker, multi-colored thread.
Using a watering can, pour flour into the ball and compact it. We tie the filled ball, add eyes, and tie a thread in the shape of hair.
6. Butterfly — pin
What you need: A4 paper or multi-colored cardboard, pencils, clothespin.
We cut out “wings” from paper in the form of two figure eights: one larger, the second smaller, and clamp them closer to the base of the clothespin.
7. Underwater world
What you need: Paints (acrylic or gouache), colored cardboard, scissors, disposable plates, imagination :)
8. Mouse on a plate
What you need: Paper, markers or paints, disposable plate, scissors, thread.
First you need to cut a circle out of A4 paper, paint it one color, roll it into a cone and glue it. Cut out, paint and glue the ears. Cut out eyes from cardboard. Glue the thread like a tail.
9. Crafts from disposable cups
What you need: Disposable cups, colored paper and cardboard, glue, scissors (additional needle and thread) .
10. 3
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What you need: An old box, threads, shells, scissors, colored paper, regular tape, double-sided tape, PVA glue, felt-tip pens, paints (gouache or acrylic), you can additionally take cling film to “close” the aquarium.
At the “bottom” of the box, using felt-tip pens or paints, we draw the “background” of the underwater world. Cut out fish, seahorses, and seaweed from colored paper or cardboard. We hang fish from the “ceiling” of the aquarium on strings. We glue “algae” to the opposite edge. We glue shells to the bottom with double-sided tape. Wrap the aquarium in cling film.
11. Lamb from napkins And cotton wool
What you need: Cotton wool or napkins, divided into small pieces, one sheet of cardboard, colored paper, PVA glue or glue stick, felt-tip pens.
12. Handmade jewelry -made
What you need: Threads, a set of large beads (can be found in Montpasier stores), cardboard and scissors.
13.
Feeder
What you need: Plastic bottle, two tablespoons, thread and knife
We all know that with the onset of cold weather, birds have nothing to eat. With older children, you can make such a feeder at home and hang it in the park near your house.
14. Bookmarks
What you need: Floss threads, colorful cardboard, stickers, rhinestones, felt, colored paper, scissors and glue.
You can make bookmarks like these for your favorite books and teach your child discipline from childhood.
15.
Mask
What you need: colored cardboard, scissors, glue stick or double-sided tape, needle or hole punch, rubber band.
You don't need a reason to make masks. A mask can be a great excuse to have a masquerade!
16. Angel
What you need: Napkins for glasses, wooden beads, scissors, wool threads, floss threads, PVA glue
We cut out the napkin in the shape of a “candy”, as shown in the picture, make small cuts in the form of unfinished triangles and a hole in the center of the circle. We bend it in half and get the body of an angel. We take 6-8 pieces of thread, tie them together in the middle with floss threads, which we throw to one side, string a bead on them and thread them through the hole in the center of the circle. We tie a knot. We stretch another thread through the bead so that you can hang the toy.
17. Christmas tree made of wine corks
What you need: wine corks, paint, glue, paper.
To make a Christmas tree from wine corks, you need to prepare a cone shape, drape it with colored paper and stick wine corks on top, which will act as “needles”.
18. Button applique
What you need: A lot of multi-colored buttons, double-sided tape, PVA glue, threads, cardboard, colored paper, glue stick.
19. Chest of drawers with a secret
What you need: matchboxes, PVA glue, markers, colored paper.
We glue together 4, 6 or 8 matchboxes (9 or 10 are possible, the main thing is to get a rectangular shape), wrap the fixed part and glue colored paper onto it. We draw decor with a felt-tip pen - handles, coils, flowers, etc.
20. Hedgehog
What you need: plasticine, sunflower seeds
We sculpt a small oval and press it on one side to form a “muzzle”. Using the sharp end, we insert the seeds in rows into the hedgehog’s body. Don't forget about the eyes and nose.
Depending on the time of year, you can also consider certain types of activities. In the fall - collect and dry a herbarium together, cut out or paint a pumpkin for Halloween. In winter, cut out snowflakes or garlands, decorate Christmas balls, and sculpt a snowman. Decorate in spring Easter eggs, plant seedlings or just small flowers. And in the summer...Imagine what you can do together in the summer.
Almost every woman should know the basics of needlework. Every girl should make homemade jewelry, and her mother can teach her how to do it. The main thing here is to show your skills and creativity, as well as the ability to create an attractive decoration or an original decorative detail. Crafts for girls are very cute and attractive, and most importantly, they become an entertaining activity.
The material for making crafts for girls with your own hands can be all kinds of pieces of fabric, a varied number of beads and seed beads. Usually they start with simple details.
Advice! First, you need to purchase beads or large seed beads from a specialized store so that your child can work with them comfortably.
Let the main material for this be fishing line, as it is safer than thread and needle.
A bright bracelet made by yourself will certainly become a source of pride.
A girl will like a variety of beads, because a bracelet made from them or beautiful beads that she made herself will become a reason for pride and the child will be able to present such jewelry to friends or relatives with pleasure. Also, the girl will be able to show or give her craft to her friends.
With the help of various patterns, you can create a unique accessory and, perhaps, in the future, beadwork will be her main hobby.
To make it you will need: colored paper, pencil, string, scissors and glue.
First, sketch out the outline of the face of any animal with a pencil. There should be two parts. Next, cut out the ears and nose. Apply glue along the edge and connect them so that the pocket comes out. Use a hole punch to make two holes. Then we glue the ears and nose to the places where they should be. We draw in a ribbon by which we will hang our craft.
Owl-shaped pocket is perfect for storing small items
The pocket is perfect for storing all kinds of hairpins, small combs or office supplies. This craft can be made from paper, fabric and leather.
What girl doesn't love wearing jewelry? Let's make a paper craft for girls. Mom's old magazines will do. Let's see what we can do.
First you need to cut strips and elongated triangles about 1 cm wide. Then wind the blanks onto the wire and glue the ends of the paper - these are your beads for the necklace.
Make a certain number of beads so that you have enough for your decoration. Next, take a needle and thread and thread them onto the thread. It turned out to be a very cute necklace that you can give to your best friend.
Every girl dreams of becoming a fairy-tale princess. And there are no princesses without a crown. Let's build this cute cardboard accessory to make your daughter rejoice and laugh with happiness. After all, there is nothing more expensive than a child’s smile!
For this craft for a girl we will need: cardboard tubes, gouache, hair hoop, colored paper, scissors, elastic band, glue.
Every girl dreams of becoming a fairy-tale princess, and you can’t do it without a crown.
First, cut out a crown from cardboard. Let's paint the blank with any shades using gouache. Next, you can decorate the crown with beads, ribbons, and laces. Then we make holes on the sides to thread an elastic band that will help hold the crown on the child’s head.
Advice! An ordinary hoop decorated with colored paper and rhinestones can be a wonderful decoration for a princess.
Quilling has gained quite wide popularity and is in high demand. For this you will need paper and imagination. Over time, you will gain experience and be able to create entire paintings. However, first, teach your child to make ordinary flowers, which can later develop into beautiful bouquets. Quilling can be used to create cards, for example, for the New Year, or you can decorate hairpins and hoops that are made of fabric or leather.
A bouquet of flowers has always been and will always be a wonderful and universal gift for a birthday. However, we want to offer you not an ordinary bouquet, but one made from marmalade. A craft in the form of a bouquet for girls for a birthday can also be made from lollipops.
A birthday bouquet for girls can be made from lollipops
This craft for girls can act as decoration for a sweet table at a children's party.
To complete this we need medium shaped marmalade of different colors and shades. The more varied the color scheme, the better and more beautiful our flowers will be.
Place one marmalade on a wooden skewer. Next, we place six other marmalades around it, having previously placed our future flower on film. We form a flower. Then we wrap the bag and wrap it around a skewer. We will repeat these steps several times to form a complete bouquet.
For such children's party Just like a birthday party, a craft made from marmalade will be a wonderful decoration and will delight the hero of the occasion.
We can offer you a rather interesting game for girls by making a craft with your own hands. Paper fortune tellers are a game during which questions are asked and funny and exciting answers are found. In the picture below we will show you an example of the design of this game.
Instructions for making origami are given below.
During the game, children ask questions, and the answers that you can come up with yourself will be their solutions. Of course, this is all a fictional game, but it is very fun and exciting to play.
If your gift is intended for a girl, then this craft made from diapers for a girl can be decorated with bows, beads, and various decorative elements.
This gift will be very similar to a whipped cream cake decorated with strawberries.
To begin with, we roll up the diapers into a tube and place them in a circle. We insert a baby bottle in the middle. We secure everything with ribbon. We decorate with booties, rattles, bows. Your “cake” for the princess made from diapers is ready!
An original diaper cake as a gift for a young princess
This craft for a girl will please her parents and create a good mood. First, we roll up the diapers into a spiral. One large spiral will be the body, and two small ones will be the eyes. We secure everything together with a napkin, an elastic band and tape.
From time immemorial, women have done handicrafts. Every little girl learned from her mother and grandmother. On our website you will find many photos of crafts for girls that you can make with your own hands. Making these cute little things will not only bring you a good mood, you will need crafts in the future. They will serve you as decorations and organizers, and will remind you of important dates.
Creativity is always a multifaceted process, and children's imagination has no boundaries. For the manufacture of beautiful crafts for girls, absolutely any material is suitable.
These can be all kinds of natural materials:
Any waste material will do:
You can make homemade little things from plasticine or salt dough, cardboard or colored paper. It is difficult to list everything that might be needed, what materials and ideas for creating crafts will be useful in one case or another.
What can be made from original craft girl, you can decide together, based on the purpose of the craft.
But one thing is certain. A self-made item can serve as a gift or decoration, help organize space and complement an existing item. She will delight you and your loved ones for a long time.
Before asking the question of how to make a craft for a girl, you need to understand what exactly this thing will be intended for. The method of its implementation and the components of the craft depend on this. Let's look at this topic in more detail:
Holiday and gift items are made for a reason, but for a specific reason. For example, to congratulate your brother on his birthday or his mother on March 8th. Therefore, this craft must correspond to the holiday and contain congratulations.
Themed souvenirs are created to commemorate a summer vacation, a visit to a winter forest or a trip to an exotic place. Of course, material related to this topic will be used in their production.
All girls love jewelry, which means they love to create beads and bracelets, hairpins and brooches. Here it is important to pay attention to the strength of the material so that your craft will last a long time.
Despite the adult word “decor”, all girls know how to do it. Decorate yours or your mother's room, what could be more pleasant? It is very important to think through all the little details so that the element you make yourself fits into the overall outline of the decor.
Children love to play, and our needlewomen can easily make a board game or a soft toy.
The undoubted benefits of creativity have been known for a long time. In addition to creating a good mood, a creative approach is required in any field of human activity, from cooking to creating space rockets. As for children, at each age, the benefits of creating crafts will manifest themselves differently:
Starting from the age of three, modeling and working with pencils and paints develops fine motor skills. This, in turn, creates the prerequisites for successful speech development.
From four to six years old, the child actively masters the world around him. And making a variety of crafts helps him remember the names of flowers, plants, animals, and geometric shapes.
Primary schoolchildren love to create crafts and greetings and give them to loved ones.
DIY crafts for girls allow young fashionistas to create a huge number of accessories for their outfits.
Older schoolgirls love to decorate their room with original ideas and small decorations; they successfully use any material. As a rule, at this age, they already find ideas and instructions for making crafts on their own.
The undoubted benefit of needlework is bringing together and strengthening trust relationships between all family members. Remember the pride of your parents when they see your souvenirs. Demonstrate this to your children and they will respond with the most sincere love.
Let's look at a few master classes on crafts for girls different ages. If you like it, you can find new ideas on our website yourself.
Origami “piano” is a fairly easy craft and is suitable for teaching your child at the initial stage. It can decorate a dollhouse or serve as a “reminder” for important matters:
A homemade vase made of autumn maple leaves will make you work hard. Despite this, the result will exceed your expectations.
It will make a wonderful gift. Let's start:
In conclusion, I wish you creative success. Remember, the one who walks will master the road. Detailed instructions on our website will help you and your children. Have a successful creative process. All the best.
The idea of making a bouquet of paper flowers is very good. To make paper crafts, we will need to purchase colored paper, cardboard, markers, a stationery knife, tape, scissors and PVA glue.
First you need to make three blanks for each flower, two of which should be the same color, they should have six petals.
Place one blank in front of you and glue a circle on top of it.
On the mug, first make holes for the eyes and mouth in the form of a smiley face.
After gluing the mug with the flower, you need to color the eyes with a black felt-tip pen, and then bend the petals inward.
The next step is to cut out the stem, which we then attach to the flower, and on the other side of the flower we need to attach the same blank.
You can also make leaves for the bouquet, which can be made from green paper.
First you need to draw an oval and cut it out, and then use scissors to make notches.
In order for individual pieces of paper crafts to become a single whole, tie the flowers with ribbon or some other fabric to decorate the bouquet.
This bouquet will never fade and will be an excellent decoration for your home.
The simplest crafts for children include bottle crafts.
For example, from a bottle you can make a piggy bank, which requires only a marker, a stationery knife, dice (4 pieces), a small bottle, glue and colored paper.
The first step is to cut a straight line, the width of which can be 5 centimeters, and the length of this line should be enough to encircle the bottle.
We draw eyes with a marker, and draw nostrils on the bottle cap. Using a utility knife, cut a hole for coins.
As legs for the pig, you need to attach the dice using glue.
This craft develops a child’s imagination and is also useful in everyday life.
The craft can be used as a lampshade for a lamp or simply hung as a decoration.
A ball of thread is made very simply; to make it you will need colored threads, a ball, and transparent glue.
First, we need to inflate the balloon and tie its tip so that the air does not escape.
Then you need to wrap the inflated ball with threads, then apply glue to the surface of the ball and wait until it dries.
Now you need to separate the ball from the threads, to do this, just pierce it with a needle and the craft is ready.
As a simple DIY craft, you can make a gnome. For the craft you will need a pine cone, light-colored plasticine, pieces of fabric, glue and a brush.
First of all, the child should roll a ball out of a piece of plasticine, after which, using a brush, they need to make indentations for the nose, eyes and mouth on the ball.
At the next stage of our craft, we need to attach the resulting head to the top of the cone.
Then the child must cut out a triangle from the fabric and glue it on the sides, resulting in a cone. The cone will act as a hat for our character.
Finally, you need to make mittens from fabric, and then attach them to the pine cone using plasticine and our gnome from the pine cone is ready.
As a simple craft for kindergarten A paper bookmark is perfect. For children to be able to make this simple craft, they will need a pencil, ruler, colored paper, scissors and glue.
To begin, children must draw a square measuring 20 by 20 centimeters.
Then divide the resulting square into 4 equal parts using a pencil and ruler, resulting in 4 squares measuring 5 by 5 centimeters.
The second step is to divide the upper right and lower left squares in such a way as to obtain triangles, that is, you need to draw a line diagonally from the upper corner to the lower corner.
We don't need the triangles with the outside and can cross them out.
Then you need to cut out a figure from paper without taking into account the crossed out triangles.
The top triangle needs to be trimmed. If everything is done correctly, the paper will be in the shape of a diamond, to which two triangles are glued.
The next step is to fold all the triangles in half, and then one by one place them on the tip of the rhombus. You should end up with a pocket that fits over the tip of the book page.
To make a bookmark original, you can advise children to cut out some kind of applique from colored paper.
Making various crafts for children with your own hands together with your child is an exciting activity that significantly contributes not only to the development of the child, but also to strengthening your relationship with him. Any child will be very happy if he has the opportunity to do something beautiful with his parents. Therefore, even in the busiest schedule, try to set aside a piece of time to devote to activities with your children. The sections of our article will provide useful recommendations on how to make crafts with your own hands from various materials, taking into account the age characteristics of children.
The most commonly used material for applied arts is, of course, paper. Moreover, it is worth paying attention not only to the usual color sets, but also to its other types: corrugated, velvet, designer. You can create crafts with your own hands for children from paper, either flat (appliques) or voluminous, using various techniques. For example, having learned to fold a flower using the origami technique, to form a beautiful bouquet of tulips.
For those who are just starting to teach their child arts and crafts, we advise you to start with the simplest solutions, making easy crafts for children with your own hands. You might like examples of caterpillars made from paper rings, an applique of colorful fish, or funny little mice on a piece of cheese.
Cardboard is an easily accessible material that can be easily cut, bent, painted, and is often used in children's creative works. In addition to a set of cardboard purchased in a store, cardboard boxes, disposable tableware, cereal packaging, egg “honeycombs”, as well as sleeves from toilet paper. In our photo catalog you will see what craftsmen make from cardboard for children. For example, a stand for pencils, funny animals, boxes.
Cardboard houses are made to suit any size - it all depends on their purpose. Perhaps it will be a large structure the size of a child, a “home” for dolls, or a DIY “house” craft, made as a New Year’s decoration, gift wrapping. In any case, the manufacturing technology is the same, the differences will be in size and design. We have prepared some sketches from which you can make blanks. If you are making small structures, PVA glue and tape are enough to hold the parts together. When building a large house, it is better to use a heat gun for reliability. New Year's craft The “house” with your own hands is complemented with decor that imitates snow on the roof (cotton wool, foam balls), and the gift wrapping must have at least one opening flap, for example, a door, a roof slope.
Wonderful DIY crafts and toys are sewn using fabric. Moreover, not only a single piece, but various shreds, household napkins and even socks. Look at the photo, isn’t it true, the cute bunny came out of a sock? An older child will be able to do it on his own, but the baby will have to help. Make the necessary cuts and seams, and instruct the child to tightly stuff the figure and also draw a face.
You can also sew crafts for children with your own hands, which will become not only a decoration, a toy, but also a useful thing, for example, a large soft duck-ottoman, a photo of which is in our catalog, or a star pillow.
Felt is a wonderful, comfortable fabric that comes in a vibrant range of colors. It allows you to sew a variety of DIY crafts for children, and then decorate the children's room with them. Household napkins (usually sold in a set of four colors) will help replace the fabric. These toy crafts are sewn together with your own hands, without the help of a sewing machine, by hand.
In anticipation New Year's holidays, children's matinees, rooms are decorated everywhere, lush Christmas trees are decorated. It’s quite possible to make a lot of interesting symbolic additions yourself without spending money on purchases. These can be the most original Christmas tree balls, garlands, and other decorations that a child can easily make.
The snowman is a unique symbol of winter and, naturally, his presence will come in handy for the New Year’s interior. The photographs of our selection show options on how to make such crafts with your own hands step by step, using foam balls, socks, and pom-poms. A larger figure, decorated with thread, balloons, and glue, is suitable for a kindergarten matinee. Inflate five balloons of different sizes (two of the same size for the handles). Wrap each of them with a thread dipped in glue (PVA is quite suitable). When the workpieces are completely dry, the balls need to burst and be taken out from the inside. The finished balls are fastened together. The DIY “snowman” craft is almost ready. All that remains is to decorate the eyes (beads, buttons), the mouth from thread, and the carrot nose (sew from fabric). Traditionally, the head is complemented with a bucket, and the neck is decorated with a scarf.
IN New Year's interior You can't do without Santa Claus. The easiest way is to make it out of thick paper (cardboard). Use a ready-made template, or make a cone-shaped shape from a sheet, which you then “dress” with the help of multi-colored paper, shaping your face, beard, and hands. Similar children's crafts at New Year They make it with their own hands using fabric (you will find examples of patterns here), plastic bottles, and other improvised means.
Various creative works for young children of kindergarten age should differ in simpler techniques and materials. The child is just beginning to learn how to do something beautiful on his own, so you need to choose the simplest but most interesting options.
The most common way to teach children to create pictures is through appliqué. Such crafts for kindergarten with your own hands (photos are presented below) can be constructed not only using colored paper, you can also take thick fabric, artificial leather, velvet paper, improvised materials (cotton pads, cereals, etc.), natural raw materials (leaves, seeds) . Children of older groups can begin extensive work, for example, making an applique in an “aquarium” box with hanging representatives of the aquatic world.
Often, especially in the fall, exhibitions of works are held demonstrating do-it-yourself crafts for kindergarten from natural ingredients. Chestnuts, acorns, pine cones, sunflower seeds, pumpkins, colorful autumn foliage - all this provides great soil for the development of children's imagination. To make various figures and compositions, plasticine is additionally used to hold the parts together or form the base. Pictures of DIY crafts using natural raw materials are presented in our photo selection. Feel free to try using them by making a chestnut caterpillar, a hedgehog, and other samples.
School work varies in complexity. While DIY crafts in elementary school have simple forms, high school students with sufficient skills are able to create more complex compositions, for example, a bouquet of roses from maple leaves, a cardboard town, or a paper basket with asters.
DIY crafts for school, photos of which are posted below, involve the use of a large selection of raw materials, including all sorts of improvised means (plastic dishes, DVDs, matches, buttons).
Crosscutting is a fairly entertaining creative process that is suitable for children of different ages. It allows you to create “fluffy” pictures that will decorate the room, as well as an original gift relatives. Do-it-yourself crafts in elementary school have simplified versions until the child acquires certain skills. For example, in this way you can design only the outlines of a drawing.
To make a lush applique you will need corrugated paper, scissors, glue, match or toothpick with a blunt end, sketch drawing on cardboard. Before making the craft with your own hands, we cut the paper into small squares (0.5 cm), which we sort by color. Lubricate the sketch with glue. We place the match in the center of the square, turn it (so that the corrugation is fixed to it), then glue it with its end to the sketch. Thus, we decorate the entire drawing using the necessary colors of corrugated squares.
Learning to create beauty yourself is The best way development of the child's creative abilities. DIY children's crafts significantly develop imagination, giving the joy of interesting time spent together with adults.
DIY crafts for children: a selection of 50 ideas with step-by-step examples updated: May 2, 2018 by: Kyiv Irina
