Handicrafts on the subject of traffic: paper traffic light, mini-town, road signs with their own hands

Playing is recognized by modern educators as a very effective way of providing children with the information they need. Working together with them turns lessons into a fun process.

We offer several techniques for making handmade crafts on the subject of traffic rules in kindergarten are good to instill a culture of safe travel on the street. In addition to the road signs with children, you can make a mini-city filled with model cars and traffic lights.

Simple ways to make traffic lights

In older preschool age, you can safely make crafts with the use of electrical components. A very original version - a traffic light out of plastic bottles. Suitable are 2-liter dark bottles. They are cut into three windows with scissors or a cutter. In each of them put a light bulb, connected by batteries and equipped with a button switch.

To install the traffic light near the intersection, set it on a portable PVC tube. Cover the windows with colored glass or film. Put the regulating device in working order by pressing the desired button.

Making a paper traffic light

A very simple but interesting handicraft is made in the technique of applique. The form of the traffic light is created from black cardboard. On one side three white circles are glued. Colored signals in the form of dog faces will be created from red, yellow and green paper.

Cut out a square of paper and fold it diagonally. Fold in half again. We received a triangle fold down the top corners, so that traced ears. They can be long or short. For each muzzle cut out of white paper circles for eyes.

Draw eyebrows and smiles in accordance with the color of traffic lights. On the red, yellow or green smiles should be appropriate.

Instead of cardboard, you can use a natural juice or milk carton, pasting it with black paper.

Creating a mini-town for studying traffic rules

The layout has a complex design. It will be large and voluminous, but it requires little material. This handicraft on the subject of traffic rules will be a good didactic material. The mini-city is made of cardboard and colored paper using watercolor paints, brushes, scissors and glue.

The technique of making a model of the city

Prepare cardboard boxes of different sizes. Cover them with colored paper and decorate the windows cut from plain white paper.
Cut off the top of a large box and arrange its bottom according to the plan for the future city.
If the project includes a river, paint it blue or blue.
Paint the road black and mark it white.
Cut circles out of cardboard and draw traffic signs on them. To install next to the road, glue on a stand of wire.
Traffic light is created from cardboard rectangle, which glued colored circles: red, yellow and green.
Through the road you can pull the wire, which will serve as a wire for the suspension of traffic lights. Its ends are glued over the houses.
Make trees, bushes and flowers from plasticine. Create additional elements: benches in the yards, a bridge over the river, a fountain.

Such a craft will not only help you learn safety rules, but also colors. To make the model more realistic, use Lego figurines and toy models of cars.

Public or specialized vehicles can be created from matchboxes with glued to them colored paper. Instead of headlights on boxes glued small buttons.

Model of a city for the game

Instead of a large city, you can create a small construction for the game of traffic rules, which is suitable for children of preschool age:

Cut out a playing field from a large cardboard box, put houses and signs on it, and put crosswalks across the road.
Come up with an interesting task for the pedestrian.
You can use the figures as characters from the Kinder.
Cut out and glue together a cube for the game, putting on each side the desired number of dots from one to six.

Have a good trip and have a good time!

Poster

A wall newspaper helps to consolidate knowledge and will serve as an excellent craft on the topic of road safety. For young intellectuals, it can be decorated with a crossword puzzle or a tea puzzle. It can be filled with information about traffic rules competitions or about the subtleties of the work of a road policeman at a crossroads.

Master class for making a wall newspaper

Take A1 size Watman and measure its length and width.
Prepare plywood and trim it to the given dimensions, then fasten it to the wall.
Mark out places for the main headline, thematic sections and articles on the piece of cotton paper.
Fill the wall paper with the necessary material, using paints, brushes, felt-tip pens, and pencils.
Take the buttons and fix the bulletin board to the plywood.

Our didactic material on the topic of road safety is ready. The teaching staff can propose a competition for the creation of wall newspapers between the school classes. A stand with a colorfully designed wall newspaper is perfect for a themed event.

Road signs for yard games

You will need to take white plastic and cut out of it the shape of a road sign: round, square or triangular. Preferably the image of the sign found on the Internet and printed on a printer. After that the picture should be transferred to the adhesive paper from which the stencil will be created.

Cut out the places that need to be painted. Glue the remainder onto the plastic. Paint the cut out areas with acrylic paint, forming the center elements. Allow the paint to dry completely, then remove the stencil.

To disguise the cut of the plastic, attach a plastic profile around the edges of the sign. It will form a neat white border.

Secure the blank to the wooden rail with the crossbar fixed at the bottom.

Photo ideas for traffic rules

The photo of the crafts shows other interesting ideas on the theme of traffic. Here are options made entirely of plasticine or textiles. The photos show different ideas from plastic and other materials. For example, a child's backpack can be decorated with a decorative element in the form of a traffic light, woven from beads.