In communication and interaction with nature - alive and lifeless children comprehensively develop, learn its laws, develop observation and analytical thinking. In addition, nature helps creative development, inspiring the creation of all kinds of applications, compositions, paintings. A wonderful form of children's creativity are crafts made of chestnuts.
Crafts made of chestnuts made by own hands can become not just a toy, but also a pride of crumbs. In addition to stimulating fine motor skills, flexibility and dexterity of fingers, imagination, they help to form a careful attitude to nature and initial labor skills.
In order to make the products beautiful, neat and stored for a long time, you should follow a few simple recommendations:
- for the manufacture of artifacts from chestnuts for children, it is best to take those that have only fallen to the ground - they are softer, they are easier to pierce and cut;
- Chestnuts are a rather heavy material, so you need to use strong fasteners to attach parts of the craft: toothpicks, wire. In any case, the chestnut should be pre-pierced with an awl or a thick needle;
- Keep crafts should be in a moderately humid room - from a high level of humidity chestnuts become moldy, and from too dry air - dry up and harden;
- To place a hardened chestnut, you can put it in water for several hours.
We bring to your attention a few ideas about what can be done from chestnuts.
Caterpillar from chestnuts
In order to make a cute caterpillar, you will need:
- chestnuts - 6 pieces;
- plasticine color;
- matches.
Manufacturing
From plasticine we roll a small ball and from both sides press it, flattening it, with chestnuts. From the matches and plasticine balls make horns. The muzzle is also molded from plasticine. It turns out that such a caterpillar.
Piece of chestnuts and acorns "Bear cub"
For crafts you will need:
- chestnut large - for the trunk;
- chestnut medium size - for the head;
- two small chestnuts for the ears;
- plasticine.
Progress
With the help of plasticine, attach the bear's head to the body, and the ears to the head. From plasticine vyleplivaem eyes, nose, mouth. Hats of acorns attach as paws. The bear is ready.
Hedgehog from chestnut
We will need:
- one chestnut with a shell;
- several berries of mountain ash;
- several leaves from the tree;
- plasticine - brown, black and white.
Progress
Cut out about a third of the green envelope of chestnut, with the help of clay, we attach it to the chestnut. We mold a muzzle from plasticine. As a final touch on the "needles" our hedgehog pierce the prey - leaflets and ashberry.
