Applique "matryoshka": recommendations for work with children of preschool age

Nesting dolls, long ago become history and part of Russian traditions, can decorate any house. Applique "matryoshka" will help to decorate an original notebook, notebook or casket. But to make such objects with young children, they first need to explain how to work with templates to create bright and original handicrafts.

The advantages of making appliqués in the form of nesting dolls for children

Classes for the production of nesting dolls from paper and fabric set themselves some tasks that accompany the development of the child:

1. Teaching. Children get acquainted with a folk toy, learn to distinguish colors, patterns and distinguish individual elements of Russian folk clothes. In addition, children try to carefully cut and paste individual elements, and they develop aesthetic taste.
2. Educative. Children are introduced to the traditions and get acquainted with the toy, which is a symbol of Russian folk art.
3. Developing. The application of the "matryoshka" in the younger group and work on it helps to develop attention, speech, memory, observation, and fine motor skills among children. In children, there is an interest in applications, to the compilation of all kinds of compositions.

Necessary materials

To make an application from colored paper with a child at home, you need to prepare such materials and tools as:

• White, colored paper, patterned sheets of origami paper, as well as cardboard;
• Knife and scissors;
• Substrate for excision;
• Ruler, pencil and glue stick.

Applique "Matryoshka" from colored paper: step-by-step instruction

First you need to prepare templates. They can be found in the thematic literature and increased with the help of a copier to the required sizes. There is another option: they can be made independently (for example, to draw by hand).

Next, when the template is on paper, it must be decorated. For this purpose, not only colored paper or scrapbooking paper is suitable. In the work you can even use candy wrappers from sweets, lace or sequins. Separately cut out a piece of handkerchief, a face.

You can make a matryoshka costume yourself without using patterned paper. The body pattern is cut from a white album sheet and decorated with colorful flowers and petals, also carved from paper.

In order for the usual application of the "matryoshka" to turn into a beautiful composition, you can make several figures of different or equal size. In addition, it is necessary to cut out a strip of cardboard and glue it with multi-colored paper or wrappers from sweets. Finished matryoshkas are glued in turn to a strip, which as a result is bent by an accordion, on the folds of which incisions are made.

Applique "matryoshka" from the fabric: what you need to work

For the manufacture of crafts, you need to prepare cardboard, multi-colored pieces of fabric, pencil, scissors, markers and additional decorative elements (sequins, braid, beads, etc.).

Step-by-step instruction

The application of the "nesting doll" in the preparatory group is an excellent activity that will help preschool children learn how to work with patterns and acquire skills in handling textiles and other materials.

Fabrication of the application of fabric - a simple work. First of all, children should prepare their jobs, removing all unnecessary and leaving only the necessary materials and tools on the tables. Using a template, it is necessary to cut out a piece of matryoshka from cardboard.

Next, you need a cloth. Using a template, the costume of a matryoshka doll is cut out of it and glued to the base. After this, it is necessary to cut out the head and also glue it to the base. Separately cut out a round face of light fabric. Felt-tip pens on it draw eyes, a nose, a mouth, ruddy cheeks and stick to the base. In addition, the craft can be decorated with braid, sequins, paillettes, etc.

Matryoshka dolls in the technique of kinusayga

Japan gave the masters of needlework a lot of interesting techniques, and kinosuha - one of them. Its essence lies in the cutting of the furrows in the foam and the passage in them of pieces of tissue. This technique is more complicated than the previous ones, so it is possible to offer it to older children of school age.

For stronger fixation, the center of the flaps is glued to the foam with glue. This technique is an excellent way of decorating a casket. Polyfoam with the finished grooves along the contour of the pattern is glued to the cardboard base or directly to the lid of the casket. Then, according to the drawing, pieces of cloth are inserted and decorate the product with ribbons, braid or beads.

Decoration of the cover in the form of nesting dolls

Applique "matryoshka" can be an excellent decoration of your favorite notebook or diary. To decorate it, first you need to cover the cover with a cloth. On it in the future, and will be glued to individual parts of the Russian folk toys, cut out in advance prepared templates.

You can do it differently, having stitched all the details to the base, and then pasting everything to the cover. It does not matter in what order to do the work, the main thing is that the result is neat and pleasing to the eye.

The toy in the form of a nesting doll is original and bright, it does not resemble any toy in the world. Applique "matryoshka" will help introduce young children to Russian folk art, customs and traditions. Moreover, such activities allow the kids to receive spiritual education, to form and develop a creative personality, aesthetic taste, imagination and the ability to compose a lot of compositions from different patterns. The involvement of children in their native culture and folk art makes it possible to form spirituality in them.