Appliques from napkins for children: examples, photos

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-07 12:45

Appliques are a kind of crafts that especially captivate children, because to create their own "masterpieces" you can use a lot of improvised items available in any home. Applications from napkins are very simple and diverse, children get a special pleasure in creating their own works from this material.

How creating applications is useful for children

Each child from an early age shows interest in the world around him, in learning everything new. Applications enable children to develop their imagination, fine motor skills of hands, explore different textures, shapes, color palettes, get acquainted with new objects, animals, birds and insects, expand their horizons. In addition, with applications, the child develops his imagination, can develop a storyline, and so on. Parents who work with their children develop perseverance, attentiveness, and accuracy in them.

Types of applications

There are a number of criteria by which applications are divided, for example, they canbe flat or bulky. It can be divided into types according to the subject - plot, decorative, subject. But most often they are divided by material:

• napkin applications;
• made of paper;
• from plasticine;
• of leaves;
• from cereals;
• from fabric;
• from seeds;
• cotton pads or pieces of cotton, etc.

Appliques of beautiful decorative napkins with a pattern or text

Today, in stores you can find a wide selection of napkins, from the simplest white or plain, to decorative, made from a denser material, having several layers, and usually decorated in a bright color palette, drawings for the holidays, cartoon characters, flowers and more. They are well suited for creating interesting crafts.

So, for example, you can make interesting applications from napkins with your own hands with children of different ages. For this you will need:

• A4 size white paper.

• Decorative patterned napkins.

• Felt-tip pens or pencils.
• Scissors.
• Glue.

Let's say dogs or cats are depicted on napkins. Invite the child to create a storyline, cut out these animals, stick them on a sheet of paper and supplement the application with your imagination, finish drawing some objects, or roll up balls from the remaining piece of napkin and stick them onbasis by making a bright colorful background of your crafts.

How to use doilies for crafts

Napkins are an excellent material for applications, firstly, they have a different color palette, from bright tones to pastels. Secondly, they are very soft and easily amenable to various changes - cutting, rolling, etc.

Applications from paper napkins are very spectacular and beautiful. How can you use napkins for creativity?

Children of different ages associate napkins with snowflakes, which can be used to decorate windows, a Christmas tree, and prepare the whole house for a wonderful holiday - the New Year. In order to get a patterned snowflake, it is enough to fold the napkin in half, now we take scissors and, based on our own imagination or the examples below, cut out future patterns. After that, carefully open the napkin and get an unusual snowflake.

Volume applications - "magic lumps"

This type of activity is designed for children of different age categories, for a younger age it is recommended that parents prepare the material, while the older ones will be able to do all the work on their own. Required for work:

• Paper napkins (various colors).
• Glue for paper.
• Scissors.
• Cardboard.
• Colored paper.
• Pencil.

In order for the application of napkins to turn out beautiful, you need to circle the pattern or drawon a sheet of cardboard, an object (a house, a ball, an umbrella) or an animal (a dog, a cat, a tiger, an elephant), flowers, birds, anything that will later turn into a three-dimensional picture.

After preparing the napkins, each must be cut into small squares, or torn into strips, which are then cut into squares. It is not necessary to use scissors, the napkins can be torn into small pieces, after which each must be rolled into a separate ball - in the future this will become the material for the application of napkins. When all the colors needed for the craft are ready, let's start gluing each element on the template. The photo shows options for applications from "magic lumps". This kind of beautiful napkin appliqué is well suited for younger groups of gardens, because rolling balls is a very fun and easy process.

Paper napkins for creating individual items

Children from older groups of kindergartens and elementary grades will be interested in using napkins to create individual elements. For example, pompoms can be made from plain paper napkins. For this you need:

• Plain paper napkins in different colors.
• Scissors.
• Threads (rope, ribbon, fishing line).

We take about 5-8 napkins in expanded form, fold them on top of each other, and then bend them in the shape of an accordion, it shouldget quite dense, then in the middle we tie it with a dense thread or rope. The edges of the napkins can be rounded or cut off with a corner. Next comes the most interesting process for children - separating each napkin from the other on both sides of the rope. After separating each napkin and its layers, the pompom must be gently shaken, holding the middle, so that it finally fluffs up.

Flagella from paper napkins

Paper napkins make beautiful flower petals. To do this, you need to roll a napkin into a flagellum, while leaving one corner even, after which the flagellum is bent and a petal is obtained - in the middle of it is a smooth flat napkin, and the edges are voluminous - this way you can create a beautiful application of fabulous flowers.

Children 5-7 years old will be interested in pasting different templates on cardboard with flagella from napkins. You can depict objects, flowers, animals, birds, anything. After that, napkins rolled into a flagellum are glued along the contour, starting from the outer part, ending with the inner one. By the way, with such flagella, children can not only create beautiful crafts on paper, but they can also paste over various volumetric objects - caskets, vases and other decorative elements. Such creativity is suitable for primary school children.

Appliques from napkins for children is not just an exciting activity, but also a multilateral development. Despite the fact that paper napkins are such a simple material, you can create a huge variety of materials from it, fromwhich come out stunningly beautiful applications. Napkins are easy to cut, wrinkle, roll, they are easy to stick. It is important for a child that classes with any crafts are fun and easy. Applications from napkins are just the same option. Cultivate a love of creativity in children from an early age.