Application "Squirrel": step by step instructions, choice of materials and tips

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

In many educational institutions, such as schools and kindergartens, various mosaics and constructors are used to develop fine motor skills in children. The difference between the application is that it is completely made by hand.

This contributes to the comprehensive development of the child, the knowledge of the world around him. In the process of making a squirrel application, you can give the child information about this animal, its habitat and nutritional habits. A fun and entertaining DIY applique creation can be turned into a simple but interesting lesson.

What is an applique?

Such a product is a picture made up of various pieces, the materials for which can be selected in a variety of ways. Applications are made not only by children, but also by adults, since this type of work is often used in arts and crafts. They can be flat, made of paper or cardboard. And they can be convex, made of natural materials, beads or othermaterials.

Selection of materials

You can choose anything to do the job. We will consider several options for making squirrel applications. For the simplest, you will need the following materials:

• Colored paper.
• Scissors.
• Glue.
• Blue or green cardboard.
• Stencils.

The next option we will consider is a leaf squirrel. The application will be more complex and require more materials. For her you will need:

• Leaves, approximately the same color (oak, birch, rowan).
• Thick cardboard.
• Super glue.
• A few rowanberries.

And the last, most difficult option is the application of a squirrel with a nut. It will be voluminous. It will require the following materials:

• Colored paper.
• Acorn.
• Thick cardboard.
• Super glue.
• A ribbon of any color.
• Leaves, if desired.

Now we can start creating our application.

Step by step instructions

Let's start with the simplest option. You need to prepare all the necessary materials and follow the instructions.

1. Take colored paper in the colors you like. You can use pre-made stencils or cut shapes of any size. For the body of the squirrel, you need to cut a triangle. For the head - a circle. For the ears - small triangles. For the tail - an oval. The eyes and nose need to be made small, from black paper. AtIf desired, you can cut clouds, the sun, mushrooms or trees.
2. Further, all the details must be glued in stages onto a sheet of thick cardboard. It is advisable not to glue paper parts with liquid glue, it is best to take a glue stick.
3. Let the product dry.

Done!

Applique the squirrel from the leaves will be a bit more difficult as the leaves may crack or stick poorly. To avoid such problems, you need to use super glue. Before crafting, the leaves do not need to be dried, otherwise they will crack very badly. The step-by-step instruction will be as follows:

1. Spread the collected leaves in front of you. For the body of the squirrel, we will use a birch leaf, it should be larger than the rest. For the tail, it is better to take an oak leaf, it will give the effect of fluffiness. All paws will look organic if rowan leaves are used for them. Squirrel eyes can be made from rowan berries.
2. Next, you need to start gluing the leaves to thick cardboard. They need to be glued only in the center so that other parts of the squirrel's body can be placed underneath.
3. Next, you need to give the product enough time to dry.

The product can be considered ready!

The most difficult option would be to make a squirrel appliqué with bulky parts. For such a product, you will need to perform the following steps:

1. Cut out the body parts of the squirrel from paper.
2. Stick them on thick cardboard.
3. Bpaws of the animal you need to glue the acorn. To do this, use the glue "Moment".
4. From the ribbon you need to make a bow for the squirrel's neck. With the help of rhinestones, beads and natural materials, you can decorate the resulting squirrel. The voluminous appliqué will turn out to be very beautiful and interesting.

Product completed!

Interesting ideas

The following ideas can be considered as unusual options:

• A squirrel appliqué enclosed inside a large sheet. On the street in autumn, you can find a beautiful and large maple leaf. Inside it you need to glue a circle of cardboard. The squirrel itself will be in this circle. A paper appliqué will look much more interesting if you design it this way.
• Squirrel with a voluminous tail. For such a product, you will need to use brown or orange paper, which should be cut into long strips of 2 centimeters. These strips are glued ends to each other. It turns out a beautiful volume.

You can use your imagination and create your own unique and original applications.

Tips

To make the product beautiful, you need:

• carefully cut out details;
• do not use liquid glue (it will only warp thin paper);
• glue bulky parts with super glue.

Before gluing all the details, you need to try them on a sheet of cardboard in advance. If something looks sloppy or unnatural, then it is better to fix it in advance.