Applications of woolen threads for children - simple master classes for kindergarten and school

Applique is one of the most popular and interesting crafts for children of all ages. Quite often children use non-standard materials for their creation, such as threads.

With thread you can easily create an original and beautiful applique on any subject, and there are several ways of creating them.

Threads for applique

It is worth noting that you can use any type of thread, it all depends on the craft itself. Most often use threads for knitting or embroidery, they are denser, stronger and more voluminous, which allows you to fill the space faster.With simple sewing threads you can emphasize some elements or lay out details.

Tips for creating appliqués with thread

Experienced needlewomen give some good recommendations for creating a beautiful applique from thread:

Applique from thread on cardboard is much stronger than those created on a sheet of paper.
To work out more accurate, it is recommended to use templates for the applications of thread on cardboard. They can be made on their own, printed from the Internet or cut out from drawings ...
For this craft, it is best to use PVA glue.
If you plan to fill the pattern completely, it is worth picking up more voluminous thread.
If the pattern will be filled with pieces of thread, the optimum length of the segments of 5-10 mm.

Applique with thread for preschoolers

Applique from thread in kindergarten made most often from cut thread or twisted into a spiral, laid out in a snake, lines. Kids do the work depicting some items or simple compositions:

vegetables;
fruits and berries;
flower bouquets;
fairy tale characters;
transport;
landscape.

Chamomile

Chamomile is one of the first flowers that children depict at an early age. In the form of applique from threads you can make this flower, it is only worth preparing:

a sheet of cardboard;
pencil;
woolen threads of white and yellow;
PVA glue.

Step by step plan of action:

In the center of the cardboard, draw a daisy, quite large in size.
Cut the yellow thread into small pieces.
Glue the cut thread to the center of the daisy.
With white thread, circle each petal of the flower, gluing it firmly.
Cut into small sections of white thread and glue them into each petal, filling the entire space.

Orchard

To create an orchard applique, prepare embroidery threads of different colors, PVA glue, a pencil, a sheet of cardboard, scissors, colored pencils.

Step by step work plan:

On a sheet of cardboard, draw 3 trees in a satisfying order.
On the crown of one tree, draw small balls - this will be a cherry, on the other a little more - apples, and on the third draw pears.
Take threads of brown color and cut into pieces, about 0.7-1 cm.
Glue the threads as the trunk of all the trees.
Take a dark green thread and glue it around the rim of the crown of each tree.
Cut the light green thread into 0.5 cm pieces and glue them all around the perimeter of the trees.
Cut threads of red and yellow into small pieces. Lay out apples with red ones and pears with yellow ones.
Use colored pencils to finish drawing the sun, clouds and grass.

Lamb made of woolen thread

An interesting applique from woolen threads looks like a sheep. This handicraft is not complicated and it can be made by both schoolchildren and preschoolers, the main thing is to prepare a neat template or you can print it out from the Internet.

Also need woolen threads, scissors, PVA glue, a sheet of cardboard, two black beads.

Work plan:

Cut out a drawn or printed drawing of a sheep.
Cut the woolen thread into small pieces.
Glue the thread to the template, a little hand press. If there are gaps, fill them with pieces of thread.
Glue the blank to a piece of cardboard.
As the eyes glue 2 beads.
Hands a little smooth out the application, so the sheep will be more voluminous and fluffy in appearance.

Snail made of twisted thread

It is considered one of the most popular and at the same time uncomplicated applications of twisted threads - a snail. For this handicraft, it is best to choose threads for knitting or embroidery, as well as a sheet of cardboard, glue, pencil, felt-tip pens.

Step by step master class for creating such an applique:

On a sheet of cardboard, draw a fairly large snail.
Prepare yellow thread, carefully untangle it so that it is not tangled and too crumpled to look.
Place the tip of the thread in the center of the snail shell and carefully place in circles (spiral), tightly enclosing each other and gluing well.
Snail horns glue pieces of thread, the remaining parts to color with felt-tip pens.

Applications of thread and nails

Applications that are created with threads and nails are very original, three-dimensional and interesting looking. It is worth noting that such work is better done by older children, so as not to be injured by nails.

As a rule, this type of crafts are used as decorations or for photo sessions. For the basis it is better to use not cardboard, but plywood, a thin sheet of wood.

The main principle of such work is to put a drawing on the base and hammer in nails along its contour, at a small distance from each other. Next, on the hammered nails need to pull thread, the order of pulling can be thought up independently.

Christmas tree of thread and nails

To create a handicraft of this nature, you should prepare:

threads for embroidery of green color;
nails and a hammer;
A thin sheet of plywood;
glue;
pencil;
beads of different colors.