Crafts made from cotton buds

For the development of imagination and fine motor skills, many parents regularly conduct home classes with their children. One of the most exciting and useful is the manufacture of handicrafts from various materials. Handy tools for needlework can be found in any home. These can also include ordinary cotton swabs, which are designed for hygienic purposes.

Crafts from ear sticks: how to make?

Flowers from the sticks

You will need:

1. Polyfoam ball;
2. Thick wire;
3. Tape tape;
4. Food coloring or watercolor;
5. Cotton buds for the ears;
6. Scissors.

Instruction:

• First prepare the chopsticks. To do this, cut them in half. Insert the sticks evenly into the foam ball. It is best to start from the middle, moving in staggered order to the top of the ball.
• To give your flower brightness, color them in your favorite color or color that is in harmony with the interior. To do this, dilute food coloring or watercolor. Carefully immerse the sticks in the paint and leave to dry. You can first paint the sticks, and then insert them into the ball.
• Now it remains to attach the ball to the wire or branch, wrap it with tape and put it in a vase. Thus, you can make as many colors as you need.

Panda from cotton buds

You will need:

1. Cotton buds;
2. PVA glue;
3. Thick white cardboard;
4. Colored cardboard;
5. Satin Ribbon;
6. Scissors;
7. Marker.

Instruction:

• First make the panda's torso. To do this, draw on a thick cardboard body contour, like an egg. From 2 sides cut cotton swabs, leaving only the heads. There should be enough such blanks so that you can cover the entire surface of the body of the future panda.
• When all the blanks are ready, proceed to filling the body. Begin to stick cotton buds from the bottom one behind the other.
• Glue the entire body of the panda along the marked contour. The finished body neatly cut along the contour. Cut out the colored cardboard nose, mouth, feet, ears, tail. Eyes can be made from buttons or beads. Attach the details.
• A panda made of cotton sticks is ready. It can be made of any size, put in the nursery, used as a Christmas tree toy or for decorative decoration of gift boxes.

Lamb of cotton buds

You will need:

1. Cotton buds;
2. Marker;
3. Scissors;
4. 2 clothespins;
5. Cardboard;
6. PVA glue;
7. Scissors;
8. Satin ribbon.

Instruction:

• On the cardboard, draw the torso and head of the future sheep. Cut out the details along the contour. Using a felt-tip pen to draw a muzzle. If you want the sheep to be more interesting, the details of the muzzle can be cut out of colored cardboard or colored paper.
• Cut from the cotton buds heads. Gently glue them in rows to the body of a sheep, not forgetting to leave room for the head. Decorate the head with improvised wool from the sticks, glue the ears.
• Turn the clothespins upside down and glue them to the body. These will be the legs of a sheep, with the help of which it can stand steadily. You can decorate the finished sheep with a satin ribbon bow by attaching it to your neck.

Drawing cotton buds: rules

Small children find it very difficult to properly hold pencils in their hands and draw with brushes. It is much more convenient for them to take a light cotton swab and write pictures. Drawing with such a tool is ideal for kids who are taking the first steps in the visual arts. At first, the child will need the help of an adult.

You need to start drawing with something simple. For example, ask the child to draw geometric shapes or letters of the alphabet (if he already knows it). You can ask to draw a bunch of mountain ash, a flower, a tree or a house. If the baby doesn’t succeed, show him an example.

You can draw 2 giraffes, one by painting with specks, and others to entrust to paint the child. The process of drawing with cotton buds should be reduced to the fact that the kid is offered a sheet with a ready-made outline drawing, and he is already finalizing and painting it.

First, it is better to use paint of the 1st color, so that the child does not have the temptation to arrange multicolored sprays and random mixing of paints. It is better to learn to draw a point.

With the help of dots you can draw almost anything: fish, fruits, vegetables, animals, insects, etc. The monotony of color can be diluted with glitter, which easily fall on the wet paint, and do not peel off after drying. When the paint is dry, frame the picture or attach it to the refrigerator with a magnet. So the child will be more proud of the work done.

Cotton buds - this is a great help for crafts and drawing. Showing imagination, they can be used to create incredible souvenirs and paintings. Be sure to connect to the creation of the work of their young children to develop their memory, imagination and fine motor skills of hands.