Crafts: do-it-yourself birds. Children's crafts

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Making crafts from various materials is a great way to keep your child busy both at home and in an educational institution. This type of activity well develops thinking, imagination and fine motor skills of hands in children. Today we want to invite you to start making another interesting craft - a bird. These fauna are of great interest to kids, so they will definitely be delighted with the opportunity to make one or more of them with their own hands.

Owl from geometric shapes. Preparatory stage

Owl is an excellent prototype for making children's crafts. There are a wide variety of birds in nature, but not every one of them can be made by a child. Fortunately, this does not concern the owl, and even a very young master can make her application, however, with the help of adults.

So, for work you need to prepare the following tools and materials: scissors,cardboard, colored and white paper, a simple pencil, a compass, a ruler and glue. You will also need templates for a number of geometric shapes, since they will serve as the basis for the manufacture of this bird craft. It will be much easier for a child to make this application with his own hands if he has all the necessary figures at hand, however, an older baby can be offered to do this on his own. That is, draw all the shapes with a ruler, pencil and compass, and then cut them out.

Making an owl appliqué from geometric shapes

So, making an owl from geometric shapes should start with the eyes. In the upper part of the cardboard base, it is necessary to place and glue next to each other two blue circles of the same diameter, and in their center along a green circle, but of a smaller size. In the middle of both green circles, you will need to draw pupils with a black felt-tip pen. Further, right-angled triangles must be placed above both "eyes" - these will be the "ears" of the bird.

Isosceles triangles should be used to make the body of an owl. To do this, they need to be placed next to each other a little below the circles. To make the body, you will need about 3 rows of five triangles, 1 out of four and another 1 out of three. The beak will be a yellow rectangular triangle located with the hypotenuse up and pasted in the middle and below the circles, slightly overlapping the “body” of the bird. At the final stage, you can draw a contour around the owl with a brown felt-tip pen and cut it out, thanks to this, ready-made craftsbirds look more realistic.

Volumetric birds: creating blanks

Based applications are not the only possible paper crafts. Birds from this material can also be voluminous. To make them, you will need double-sided colored sheets, scissors, toothpicks, glue and a clothespin. These birds will consist of the same elements as many others - bodies, heads, tails, beaks and eyes. However, in the manufacture of parts has its own characteristics. First you need to prepare strips of certain sizes, depending on which part of the bird they will be used to make. So, for the body you will need 5 paper strips 2.5 cm wide and the following lengths - 7.5; ten; 12.5; fifteen; 17.5 cm. For the head, two strips of the same width, the length of which is 6.25 and 8.75 cm, and for the beak, the strip should be 5 cm long. For the tail, it is necessary to prepare 5 strips, 3.75 cm wide, the length of which will be 5; 7, 5; ten; 12.5; 15 cm. Two circles should also be cut, with a diameter of 1 cm - these will be the eyes of the bird.

Collection of voluminous birds from paper strips

The blanks are at hand, and you are probably already eager to learn how to make a craft. A bird from paper strips can be made as follows: blanks for the body should be twisted into a circle and the ends glued together. Then put all the circles into each other and glue at the base. Until it dries completely, it is better to fix the bonding point with a clothespin. Similar actions should be done with blanks for the head. When both parts of the bird are readythey need to be connected and started making a tail.

The strips for the tail should be triangular with scissors and curl the wide ends a little. Next, lay the parts on top of each other and glue from the narrow side, and then attach to the body. The beak and eyes remained. To make the first one, you need to fold the strip in half, then bend the corners from the side of the bend and fold them inward. Eyes are made by winding a small circle around the tip of a toothpick until a ball is obtained. Now you need to attach the last two parts to the appropriate places - and the craft is ready.

Blue bird from an egg: unusual DIY crafts

It will be interesting for a child to know that an egg can be used not only for eating, but also for making bird crafts. With your own hands, for this you will need to thoroughly wash and dry the egg. Then, with a thin needle, make a hole on both sides of it and “blow out” the contents into the bowl. Next, the egg must be given a blue color - this will be the body of the bird. This can be done with the help of both special paint and watercolor.

When the workpiece dries, it should be placed horizontally and glue the wings to the “back”, and the tail to the back. To make these parts, you will need strips of blue chiffon or mesh fabric. The beak must be cut out of yellow paper and glued to the appropriate place, as well as draw two eyes with black paint. Pass the fishing line through the holes made earlier in the egg and tie its ends - this will allow you to place children'scrafts. Birds made from eggs by your children will be able to decorate any room in your home or educational institution.

Carton tube eagle

The eagle is one of the most majestic birds, so why not invite the kids to make one? Moreover, this work will not require any special materials, the main thing is to print the templates below in advance. In addition to them, you will also need a cardboard tube from toilet paper or kitchen towels, scissors, glue, colored markers, pencils or paints. If the child will color the eagle with pencils, then it is better to do this before you start making the bird, painting the patterns on another sheet. If felt-tip pens or paints are used for this purpose, then it is better to do this after making paper crafts. Birds will then look neater.

So, all the materials and tools are at hand. First, the tube must be pasted over with white, and preferably with brown paper, - then you do not have to paint it. Then, turning the workpiece vertically, attach an oval in its lower part - the “belly” of the eagle. The paws should be glued to the lower front part of the tube, and turning the “body” of the future bird backwards, the tail. Above the abdomen, it is necessary to attach the head in such a way that it only overlaps with the lower part of the tube. Wings should be glued to the back of the eagle and you can start painting the bird crafts if you did not do this at the beginning.

Migratory birds: applique with elementsdrawing

The most famous migratory birds for children are storks, so their silhouettes will form the basis of this application with drawing elements. It is worth noting that in this work, children will need not only basic skills in handling scissors and other tools, but also a fantasy, thanks to which they can imagine an autumn day and flying storks. The craft "Migratory Birds" should be made on the basis of children's ideas, so do not limit the little craftsmen in their aspirations. All that is required from an adult in this situation is to print the bird silhouette below and give it to the child as a template.

Possible variations in the manufacture of migratory birds

Storks can be cut out of white or black paper, depending on the weather conditions that the child will depict in their work. In addition, ready-made templates can be folded in the center in half, creating a new bird silhouette, or the bird can be glued to the sheet only by the central line, and the wings can be left “flying”. In addition to storks, all other elements: trees, clouds, falling autumn leaves, rain, sun, a child can draw with paints, felt-tip pens or pencils. Therefore, make sure that in addition to scissors, cardboard, a simple pencil, glue, white and colored paper, he has tools for drawing.