Crafts on the theme of winter - a selection of interesting master classes for children with photo examples

Children's winter crafts

People of all ages associate winter with the expectation of a New Year's fairy tale and magic. Kids catch the holiday spirit floating in the air, and with interest dive into the preparations.

Their task is simple, but the most responsible - to make winter crafts and give them to mom, dad, grandma and grandpa. In kindergarten almost every day educators occupy kids interesting tasks from safe materials.

Mittens from paper and felt

Mitten craft in the technique of applique is the easiest and suitable for children aged 3-4 years. An adult cuts out an outline from colored paper according to the child's hand. The child has to glue a flap of absorbent cotton at the base of the mitten and decorate it with buttons, fragments of colored paper (circles, stars).

The mitten can be made of felt and a ribbon loop sewn onto it. You will get a beautiful toy for the Christmas tree.

If you glue the appliqué "mitten" to a sheet of paper folded in half, you will get a New Year card. On the reverse side you can write a kind wish.

Salted dough mittens

You can make a wonderful mitten from salt dough. For this you will need materials:

• purchase mitten mold, if you do not have a mold at hand, you can cut a mitten on a template downloaded from the Internet;
• dough;
• rolling pin;
• Decor elements (ribbons, beads, glitter).

Salt dough is easy to prepare: mix one cup of flour, one cup of extra salt, half a cup of warm water. The mass is thoroughly mixed, the dough is ready to work.

The master class includes the following steps:

1. With a rolling pin, roll out the dough to a thickness of 7-8 mm.
2. Press out the outline with a mold, or cut out on a template using a stack.
3. Remove the excess dough. Use your fingers or a stecker to neatly trim the edges of the workpiece.
4. To make a fluffy ruffle for the mittens, you need to take a small piece of dough, roll it into a ball, form a sausage. The width of the sausage should be equal to the width of the base of the mitten.
5. Flatten the sausage slightly and glue it to the mitten. Place glue wet with water.
6. To give the fluffy texture of the mitten you need, with a toothpick to trace strokes of the dough.
7. Then paint the mitten with red gouache. The fluff can be left in white.
8. If the idea is to make a magnet, then the back surface is left flat, if a pendant, a small hole is made in the base of the mitten.

To dry the handicraft is placed on a flat surface, such as a book, and put on the battery. After it dries, you can further decorate it with sequins, ribbons, artificial snow.

The Snowman

The classic hero of all winter crafts is the snowman. It can be made literally from any materials you can find at hand. For example, from toilet bushings. The work plan is approximately as follows:

1. Paint the cardboard sleeve with white paint;
2. Cut out orange felt triangles-noses and glue to the hub;
3. Draw eyes with marker pen or glue purchased toy eyes;
4. Out of satin ribbon or crochet braid to create a scarf;
5. Use decorative pompoms and chenille wire to make earmuffs.
6. On the body of the snowman attach a row of three buttons.

Funny, fashionable snowman ready. You can give him to family and friends in the garden or school. The image of the snowman with headphones will evoke positive emotions in everyone.

Younger preschool children can be offered to make a "snowman" applique. The task of the kid will be as follows:

1. On a sheet of paper, glue cotton disks on top of each other;
2. Glue felt circles (prepared by an adult) in place of the nose;
3. Use a black felt-tip pen to draw dots for eyes and an arc for a smile.

You can place two snowmen on the sheet. The cute composition with a winter theme is ready.

A traditional material for making a snowman is plasticine. Working with it develops fine motor skills in children, trains assiduity and bringing the case to the final result

At the heart of the handicraft are three balls of different sizes. The kid should roll them between their hands, making a circular motion, and then connect them to each other. An adult, parent or teacher helps decorate the handicraft. On thematic resources posted on the Internet, published many photos of options for crafts with children, from which you can learn something interesting for lessons.

Souvenir "snow globe"

Expecting the New Year and Christmas holidays, all the stores fill the shelves with a New Year's souvenir - a snow globe. It is a glass ball with a Santa Claus, a snowman, or other themed silhouette inside. When you shake the ball, snow or shiny snowflakes start spinning in it. You can easily buy the ball in any store, but it's much more interesting to make it yourself, with your own hands.

The process takes little time. For work you will need a simple, budget-friendly set of materials:

a container of transparent glass with a tightly closing lid (you can from under the baby puree);

• Decorative New Year figurines - a Christmas tree, a snowman, a sleigh, a reindeer, little people;
• sequins, artificial snow;
• water;
• glycerin;
• hot glue.

Decorative figures must be of such a size that they can easily fit inside the jar, and on top there is still room for free floating sequins.

Master class for creating a ball:

1. Drop a little glue on the bottom of the jar and glue the prepared figure;
2. Mix water and glycerin in equal proportions, pour the resulting solution into the jar;
3. Add glitter or artificial snow;
4. Drop a few drops of glue on the lid and screw tightly on the jar.

If you have a nice glass jar, you can do without the glycerin solution. The craft will look incredibly beautiful.

Winter crafts from cones

Cones are recognized as an excellent natural material for winter crafts. If you include imagination, you can make out of cones A lot of fun souvenirs. For example, the snowman in the new image of the skier.

To do this, you need to do simple steps:

1. Paint a cone with white paint;
2. Cut out pieces of felt mittens and a scarf;
3. As the head to use a small ball of any available material. Harmonious for this handicraft will look felt head, but are acceptable foam, wooden.

The new snowman-skater can be an original gift for friends and family, or as an independent element of decor will decorate the holiday interior of the house.

Winter crafts can dilute family leisure time. The creative process captivates both children and adults. Working together on a craft, the family experiences good positive emotions, which is later pleasant to remember.

Photo ideas for crafts with a winter theme