Sculpting lesson. How to mold a minion from plasticine

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

Have you still not watched the cartoon "Despicable Me"? And you have no idea who the minions are? But your child is already well aware of them. He pesters with questions: "When will you buy this home. What to do?"

Minion, who are you?

For starters, let's understand what kind of cartoon this is - "Despicable Me". It is currently very popular with the youth of America. It is also very popular with adults.

The main characters are special creatures - minions. They have a short yellow body, shaped like a chicken egg. They look at the world through a lens with one eye. They work for the evil Gru. They are distinguished by special innocence, they are not at all conflicting, but they do not have a great mind, which is probably why they work for such an evil creature.

In their work, these beings are very diligent and can be quite useful. The cartoon describes the working life of the minions in a very colorful way.

Problem Solving

So, to summarize the above: we need a yellow "little man" on short legs with oneeye. Now that we know at least approximately who to look for, we will act. Gotta go buy.

But it wasn't there. Due to the low popularity in our country, buying such a toy in a store, if there is an opportunity, is rather rare. What to do if the child is just delirious with at least one minion, but it is better to have a crowd of such creatures? There is a way out: you have to do it yourself. The most accessible material for us to work with is plasticine. So how to make a minion out of plasticine?

Steps of work

Let's try to consider this option in detail. So, we sculpt a minion from plasticine. Although it can be made from other relevant materials (clay, modeling masses, etc.). The service life of the finished product will depend on the properties of the material.

But this is all superfluous, it's time to answer the question of how to mold a minion from plasticine. We take a board for modeling, stacks and plasticine. If you copy the original, then you need to take plasticine in yellow, blue, black, gray, white and brown.

Stage one

How to mold a minion from plasticine? First, shape his body. We take a piece of plasticine, warm it up in our hands and form something that resembles a plastic box in shape, which can be found in any kinder. The kids have definitely seen it. If you want to do it like in a cartoon, then you need to use yellow plasticine for the body.

Stage Two

Making panties. We take plasticine of a different color (we will have blue) and from two flatstrips form a jumpsuit to our being. Glue the strips to the bottom of the body. Take the made rectangle and attach it there, but in a different direction.

We continue to make out the jumpsuit. We take two plasticine sausages, they will serve as straps. In place of the tummy we make a pocket. Then we “sew” black buttons. One - in place of a pocket, two smaller ones - in place of fastening the straps. With a sharp object (awl, needle) we make small indentations along the edge of the pocket - we create the appearance of a seam.

Stage three

Making arms and legs for our minion. Do not forget that he should have three fingers on his hands, as in a cartoon. We make handles from the same color as the body. Legs made of black plasticine.

Stage Four

Making out the face. We sculpt eyes (you can also make one-eyed) from brown plasticine with a black pupil. We make the temples of glasses from black sausages. We attach to a white lens, bordered by gray plasticine.

Let's take care of the minion's facial expression. We draw him a crooked smile. We take a sharp stack and push a slightly uneven bend in the place of the mouth.

Stage Five

In conclusion, let's make a haircut for our hero. We sculpt a long thin sausage from black plasticine. We divide it into six equal parts. Although more is possible. It all depends on your desire to work on the density of the hair. Further on the head, in the holes made, we plant the resulting hairs, as it were.

Conclusion

Here our cartoon character is ready. And now you have learned how to make a plasticine minion. You can repeat this process if you wish. Get a whole army of minions. You can show your child how to mold a minion from plasticine. He will surely enjoy participating in the making of a new friend.

If the product is made not from plasticine, but, for example, from clay, you can get a souvenir. Gift it to friends and family. And if necessary, then teach them how to make a minion out of plasticine.