The use of applique is a great way to develop a child's orderliness, sense of color and imagination. Most kids just love to cut out colored paper or cardboard figures, and then glue them on a sheet of paper, creating a variety of pictures.
In this article, we will tell you how to make a thematic application with a child - a spaceship or a rocket made of colored paper.
How to make a rocket out of paper?
To make an application of a rocket made of paper, you will need:
- a sheet of thick paper or paperboard;
- colored paper for application;
- pencils or markers (for marking outline shapes);
- scissors;
- adhesive for paper;
- Brushes (for glue and paints);
- paint for the background (if the cardboard or background paper is not colored) and the capacity for their dilution;
- foam sponge.
Progress
- Take a thick sheet of paper or cardboard. It is best to take a dark blue or black background. If you only have white or gray background paper - paint it in blue or black with paint and a foam rubber sponge. Do not over-moisten the cardboard so that it does not get wet and lose shape.
- While the background dries, consider the location of all the details of the application on the sheet. Draw on the colored paper the rocket details (or print them from the template) and cut them with scissors.
- Glue the details of the rocket to each other, trying to do it as accurately as possible. Draw on paper and cut out planets, asteroids, make from a gold or silver foil of a star. If desired, all the details of the heavenly space - planets, stars, etc. You can not cut out paper, but just draw on the background sheet using pencils or markers. You can entrust this to the child. To the kid it was not difficult to draw circles (for planets), use improvised materials as templates. These can be cups, saucers, jars from creams or toys with a round base (pyramids, designers).
- Lay out all the elements of the future composition on the background. See how well everything looks and change what you do not like.
- After the location of all elements of the application is approved, glue them to the background with the help of glue. Note that the first glued objects that should be in the background of future applications - planets, asteroids, large stars. That which is located in the picture closest to the viewer, must be pasted in the last place.
- A ready picture can be made in a frame, pasting on the perimeter of the background straw or narrow strips of colored paper (having deviated from the edge by 1-1.5 cm).
- Put the ready application under a small load (for example, under a book whose size is equal to or larger than the size of the background sheet) and leave to dry.
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We offer one more master class on creating a rocket application. You can print out a template, cut it out of colored paper and paste it on a pre-prepared background. This will be a rocket.
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And here are the simplest examples of missile applications that will be under the power of babies of a very young age. Parents can cut out figures from colored paper and invite children to make applications themselves
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If instead of a rocket from colored paper you want to create an alien spaceship or a meeting of astronauts-earthlings with representatives of other civilizations, you will need to think out the appearance of aliens and their vehicle and cut it all out of colored paper. The overall sequence of work does not change. In the gallery you can see examples of applications on the space theme.
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To encourage the development of creative thinking, allow the kid to draw a rocket or spacecraft in the porthole, and also take into account the wishes of the child regarding the appearance and color of the spacecraft, planets, aliens, etc.
During work, allow the child to perform feasible operations - spread the details with glue, choose the location of the planets, rockets, stars in the picture, etc. tell the child about the cosmos, our galaxy, planets and stars, about interplanetary travel and the history of space flights, explain why cosmonauts need spacesuits, who are Yuri Gagarin, Valentina Tereshkova, Neil Armstrong.
After the application is ready, play with a crumb of cosmonauts, let the kid picture with the help of gestures and sounds the launch of a spaceship and come up with a story about brave cosmonauts.
Such pastime will become for you and your baby not only a pleasant entertainment, but also a useful developing activity that shapes the worldview of the child's thinking and his imagination.