Developing crafts with a child 3-4 years old

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Unlike many adults, young children never sit still. They just can't stand boredom and want to do something all the time. One way to keep your little one busy is to make crafts with them. With a child of 3-4 years old, you can create whole works of art, the main thing is patience and the ability to captivate the baby. The New Year holidays are approaching, which means that the topic for creativity suggests itself.

What a baby can do by himself

Even the simplest crafts with a child of 3-4 years old should be made under the supervision of an adult. To control does not mean to do everything for him, but only to patiently observe. Help is also needed, but the main thing to remember is that the process itself is much more important than the result.

At this age, the child already knows the basic colors, distinguishes between geometric shapes, can cut paper with scissors, paint pictures, so along the way you can train existing skills and get new ones.

Cheerful Santa Claus

Required materials:

• disposable plate;
• 2 sheets of colored paper in white and red;
• cotton balls;
• eyes (store-bought or homemade);
• red pompom for nose;
• glue;
• scissors.

First, let's make blanks. From white cardboard we cut out a U-shaped figure for a beard, and from red - a cap and lips. The width of the workpiece should match the plate, because it will play the role of a face.

Coat the beard cardboard with glue, and then attach cotton balls to it, add lips and leave to dry.

Glue the blank in the form of a cap with cotton balls along the bottom edge and at the tip, dry it.

Let's take care of the face, for this we turn the plate over, glue the eyes and nose in the center. You can use purchased products, and if there are none, then make it yourself.

Plastic eyes can be replaced with a piece of cluster packaging from pills glued to paper, and small black plasticine balls can be placed inside instead of pupils. Such blanks can be made for future use, because crafts with a child of 3-4 years old have to be made almost every day. You can also make your own red pom pom with thread.

Combine all the blanks together and get a funny Santa Claus who pleases his creator and everyone around.

Christmas wreath

Required materials:

• cardboard;
• green paint;
• felt in different colors;
• glue;
• scissors;
• satin ribbon.

Christmas wreaths are perhaps the simplest crafts for children 3-4 years old. From cardboard, you need to cut out the base for the wreath, everything else can be entrusted to the child.

To begin with, the cardboard blank needs to be painted green, and while the paint dries, cut out various geometric shapes from felt. Next, glue them with glue to the base, add a ribbon - and the craft is ready. Hang your child's creation on the door of the children's room. This will be another reminder that the holiday is near.

Christmas tree from an old puzzle

In the arsenal of toys of every child there is a puzzle with which he no longer plays, because the picture is tired or not all the pieces are in place. Using fantasy, you can give this thing a new life. In the technique that will be described below, it is permissible to make a variety of crafts with a child of 3-4 years old. Consider the example of a Christmas tree.

Required materials:

• unnecessary puzzle pieces;
• green and red paint;
• sequins;
• rhinestones;
• beads;
• line;
• glue.

Details need to be painted with green paint and immediately sprinkled with sparkles so that they stick. Using glue, glue the pieces together to make a Christmas tree. For reliability, you can use a hot gun (in this case, the mother does this part of the work on her own, without the participation of the baby). You can add a Christmas tree trunk, forThis half of the puzzle piece needs to be painted red or brown and then glued at the base.

When the Christmas tree is assembled, it needs to be decorated. Adhesive rhinestones of different colors and sizes are perfect for this.

This toy can be hung on a real Christmas tree, for this you need to make a loop of fishing line with beads.

Fun crafts for 3-4 year olds

Autumn is the favorite time for all lovers to collect natural materials and create masterpieces from them. In winter, the situation is different - all materials have to be bought in the store. We offer a budget option for crafts that are easy to make and look spectacular.

Required materials:

• two disposable plates of different diameters;
• cardboard;
• brown paint;
• eyes;
• pompom;
• glue.

On the cardboard we trace the outline of children's hands 4 times, cut it out and paint it brown - the horns are ready. We make blanks for the ears.

Disposable plates are painted and glued to make a deer head, as in the picture. Add all the necessary parts: eyes, nose, ears, horns. A wonderful Christmas deer is ready! If you make a few, you get a whole team.

Such educational crafts for children 3-4 years old help the baby to use his imagination, have fun with his mother, create a festive mood in the house.