Wooden crafts - typical and unusual materials for making crafts

Already from an early age in kindergartens, and later in schools, children begin to learn different types of handicrafts. In order for this activity to be not only developmental, but also educational - teachers combine needlework with lessons about the natural environment.

In order to make children aware of the importance of nature conservation, educational institutions hold competitions for children to make handicrafts on the topic of protecting the forest or pollution of the planet.

Materials for making crafts: natural and artificial

Any material can be used to make children's crafts, but most parents prefer natural materials. In addition, collecting natural material together with a child, you can once again talk about the importance of preserving a clean environment.

Walking through the woods you can gather a lot of material for creativity, for example:

Cones and acorns;
Leaves and twigs;
Rowan berries;
Interesting shapes of snags.

However, not only natural material is good for making handicrafts. Artificial materials will also be great helpers in the preparation of interesting work.

In order to create an unusual handicraft, you can use:

Unwanted boxes;
Garbage bags;
Plastic bottles;
Plasticine;
Disposable dishes.

For crafts with children, it is necessary to use different types of material so that the child is introduced to non-standard ways of doing creative tasks.

Crafts on the theme "Preserve Nature".

Making crafts on the environmental theme is a very exciting activity that does not require a lot of money. In some cases, making a craft on the theme of the forest and nature, will be a great opportunity to get rid of unnecessary junk accumulated at home.

Ideas for children's crafts in a sufficient volume can be found on the Internet or in children's educational books. And crafts such as posters with slogans, wreaths or applications of natural materials can be made without special skills and knowledge. Only imagination and improvised materials are useful here.

Drawing with the theme "Ecology"

Perhaps the simplest craft that is not only easy to do, but also lets your child's imagination play out is a forest-themed drawing.

Let the child draw a glade of trees on a sheet of paper. On one side of the paper depicts a blooming green forest, and on the other side a lawn with a couple of trees surrounded by trash. You can complement the craft drawing with a slogan that will display the importance of keeping the forest clean.

Save the Forest" Poster-Applique

When making a collage with the forest theme it is possible to use all available means. Volumetric details can be made of natural materials, for example, acorns or branches can be used to make people and animals, and trees, bushes, rivers and clouds can be made of plasticine.

It only remains to choose the situation that the child will depict in the application. Perhaps it will be a fire in the forest, with animals running away and people extinguishing the fire.

Earth Globe" crafts

There are several ways to make an "Earth globe" craft. The easiest way is to use an old ball of small size, which should be covered with blue plasticine. On one hemisphere depict with green material clean and healthy earth with animals, and on the other brown earth with fires. On both sides of the handicraft, glue paper hands that hold the ball.

The same idea can be done with paper, a balloon, paints, and disposable gloves.

Making a globe with his hands shows that the future of our earth depends entirely on how each person treats his environment and nature.

Campfire" craft.

The image of the fire is the most popular symbol, which clearly reflects the meaning of children's crafts on the topic of fire in the forest. In addition, for the crafts it is not necessary to use just paper, cut out in the form of autumn leaves. You can use natural leaves collected in the autumn forest.

To make a leaf bonfire you need:

Leaves, of different colors and sizes;
Several branches to represent the logs;
Glue and a cardboard base.

To complement the craftwork, you can cover the finished fire with gold sequins.

Wood in a jar "Take care of the forest" handicraft

Another unusual idea that carries an important meaning, namely, it symbolizes the problems with the protection of forests.

To implement this original idea, you need to make several steps:

Prepare a small jar with a twist-off lid and a tree-shaped branch that fits the size of the jar;
Prepare small colored leaves, better if the leaves are made from artificial material such as foil;
Glue the branch to the lid with a glue gun and let the piece dry;
Glue a few petals to the branch to form a visual tree;
Place glycerin diluted in water in the jar;
Carefully place the tree in the solution, and pour the remaining leaves into the jar (in the future, they will float nicely in the jar);
At the end, tightly screw on the lid, pre-lubricating it with a strong glue.

Such a product would be a great solution for the exhibition of forest crafts in the older classes at school.

Crafts on the theme of the forest will always be relevant. It is important, during the manufacture of products to tell children about how important it is to protect the environment.

There are many ideas, but their main point is one - to involve the child in a fun process, while explaining the importance of preserving the purity of nature.