Choosing plasticine
When purchasing plasticine, you need to carefully read the instructions from the manufacturer and make sure that it is appropriate for the child’s age and suitable for modeling purposes.
Classic hard plasticine is a durable material, crafts made from which are durable, but this property can also be a disadvantage, since very young children may not be able to handle it.
Light plasticine is a soft, bright material with natural dyes, easy to clean, suitable for children of any age;
The modeling compound is a very practical and easy-to-use material, it doesn’t stick, it retains its plasticity for 12 hours; the downside is the high price.
Ball plasticine is an excellent material for small children’s hands; it is often used for additional decoration of ready-made figures; it is fragile, but due to its characteristics, the child must be under the constant supervision of adults while sculpting.
Floating plasticine will give children a lot of pleasure, as it is soft, does not stain hands and clothes, and figures made from it float on the water.
Modeling paste - resembles clay, ideal for creating solid figures, since parts made from paste do not stick to each other, suitable for painting.
Thus, for playing with children, it is better to take light plasticine in bright colors, as well as hard material to create more durable and long-lasting crafts. You should not choose sets with strong flavors and artificial colors - they can cause allergies.
Pets: how to make a dachshund, cat, cow, pig
Plasticine animals can be very funny and bright. The process of making them is always accompanied by positive emotions. Even pet animals made from this material become an excellent decoration for a child’s room.
Plasticine dachshund
In order to make such a dog, you just need to follow the diagram exactly:
- Roll the black mass into a ball and stretch it out into a long, narrow droplet shape. This part will later become the body of the dog.
- From the wide side, lift the part up.
- Apply the brown mass to the abdomen in an even layer.
- Form a small protrusion - you get a neck.
- To make a head, you need to roll a black and brown ball.
- Extend the black element into the shape of a drop, then stick the brown part to its lower part and extend it a little.
- Using your finger, pull the black material a little onto the nose and highlight the eyes with a stack.
- Now add the pupils and form the ears.
- Attach the head to the neck using a match.
- Make the upper parts of the paws from black material and attach brown elements to the bottom.
- Attach the legs to the body.
- Roll up a thin tube and stick to the abrasions, lifting them up a little.
How to blind a cat
If you follow simple instructions, you will be able to quickly and easily make a funny cat - one of the most beloved pets.
If you follow simple instructions, you can quickly and easily make a funny cat
Progress:
- Using a stack, divide the block of plasticine into three equal parts.
- Roll two parts into balls, and divide the third into six more parts.
- Roll four small pieces into sausages for future legs.
- Roll another small piece a little thinner to make a tail.
- Divide the remaining small part into a couple more identical pieces and make ears from them.
- Form the head and body, then connect these two elements with a match.
- Attach the tail and legs to the body.
Blind the eyes and tongue.
Cow: how to make it with your own hands
The cow sculpting scheme is quite simple and comes down to the following steps:
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- Roll the brown and orange material into balls and connect them together.
- Attach the eyes, make slits in the form of nostrils, and make a smile with stacks.
- Make horns and attach them to the head.
- Attach ears to the future cow.
- Make an oval out of the brown mass and squeeze it a lot, stretching the neck.
- Make legs and attach hooves made of gray material to them.
- Make an udder from the beige mass.
- Make a tail and then connect all the parts.
Piggy: modeling in stages
This funny pig is easy and quick to make. You just need to strictly follow the instructions:
- Shape the body into a barrel shape.
- Roll four balls and attach them to the body.
- Roll another, but larger ball and also attach it to the body.
- Form a snout and ears.
- Use a match to draw the nostrils and eyes.
Plasticine animals can be very funny and bright
Attach a ponytail wrapped with a crochet hook.
Crafts from photography
If you have a photo of a craft made by a specific animal, for example, from a book or the Internet, you can try to make the figurine you like with your child. It could be a panda - a cute two-colored bear. The panda has many elements:
- A white head with a small white muzzle and a black nose, black circles around the eyes, white eyes and black pupils, and black round flat ears on top.
- One elongated part is made from black plasticine - the upper part of the body plus two legs on the sides.
- An oval white part is attached below - this is the lower part of the body.
- Finally, two small black balls are attached to the lower white part of the body - the second pair of paws.
This is a complex figure due to the abundance of elements, but the result will please you.
Funny animals from the zoo: monkey, snake, sloth
You can create your own zoo from ordinary plasticine. A variety of forest, wild and domestic animals will happily settle in it. Modeling will bring a lot of fun, and the made figures will be excellent toys for kids.
How to make a monkey: step-by-step instructions
An unusual monkey is made from brown and yellow plasticine mass.
It is molded according to the following scheme:
- Prepare a part for the head from a brown mass and a couple of small yellow elements to form the face.
- Attach yellow cakes to the head, placing them as closely as possible to each other.
- Draw eyes, mouth, nose and wrinkles in a stack.
- Make ears.
- Make a body in the shape of an egg and stick a yellow cake to it.
- Using a match, connect the body to the head.
- Make four long tubes from the brown mass.
- Attach yellow circles to each of the tubes and make cuts on them in a stack.
- Attach the monkey's limbs to the main part.
Monkeys come in different colors
Finally, attach a long tail to the animal.
Snake: sculpting in stages
A very realistic snake is made according to the following instructions:
- Roll the plasticine mass into a sausage of the required length.
- Select the head, giving more volume in this place.
- Draw the eyes and nostrils.
- Make slits along the entire back in a stack - you get scales.
- Attach a long red tongue to the front of the head.
- Bend the snake's body.
You can apply an additional pattern to the snake's body
Tip: to make the snake's body flexible, you need to lay wire inside.
How to make a sloth from plasticine
Sculpting a sloth comes down to the following steps:
- Form the head and body of the animal.
- Sculpt the paws and claws.
- For the future face and tummy, roll into balls and flatten them into flat cakes.
- Make eyebrows in the shape of droplets.
- Make eyes and a nose from small pieces.
- Assemble all the design details together.
- Draw a mouth in a stack.
