
The theme of spring is in modeling classes for children and the creation of thematic handicrafts.
Thematic modeling is a great way to developchild. And the seasons, and in particular spring, contain a lot of ideas for creating crafts with your own hands. Spring – it's time for nature to renew and flourish. With the arrival of this wonderful time of year, not only the earth wakes up. Fantasy awakens from hibernation and blues, creative impulses and inspiration blossom. When you hear the word spring, the first flowers peeking out from under the snow, tender green grass, and swollen buds on the trees immediately appear before your eyes. Spring is a wonderful time of year and a time to create crafts with your own hands. Modeling is perfect for making themed items. There are a great variety of materials for this type of creativity. This can be plasticine, clay, dough, plaster and much more. Each of them has positive features that are unique to them. Anyone, both a beginner and a highly qualified master, can choose the material to their liking. There are practically no age limits for modeling as a form of creativity. Both kids and adults enjoy sculpting. Spring made of plasticine.Modeling from plasticine is usually done by children.It is easy to knead, it is flexible and has bright colors. By diligently rolling out plasticine with their fingers and palms, children develop fine motor skills, memory, imagination and fantasy. Very often you need a theme for sculpting, and spring is perfect for this. The easiest way for children is to sculpt what they see, what surrounds them. The easiest way to make a plasticine craft on a spring theme is on cardboard. Just knead and smear the plasticine on the white side. Let the little one come up with the picture himself, or create it during the modeling process. This will help develop imagination and unleash the creative potential of the baby. If a child finds it difficult to create a complete image, adults can help him by drawing outlines with a pencil, and the baby will only have to color them. Only instead of paints there will be multi-colored and bright plasticine. There is no need to limit your child's creativity to a rectangular piece of cardboard. You can cut out an oval and depict on it a lake with water lilies that bloomed in the spring, or turn a round piece of cardboard into a stump and “plant” it. on it is a ladybug, also made from plasticine. Make a butterfly, “crouched” to a blossoming flower, this is a new level of skill. Creating a three-dimensional figure is more difficult. Several of these products can be combined into a composition. For example, make several spring flowers and put them in a plasticine vase. Or you can combine. On one piece of cardboard, depict a clearing with green grass and snowdrops, and fasten the second piece of cardboard vertically, creating a background.
Spring made from dough.
One of the most popular and environmentally friendlymaterials for modeling is dough. You can buy it in specialized craft stores or create it yourself at home. Both adults and children enjoy sculpting with dough. The simplest recipe includes only three components. Flour, water and salt are available in every home. This dough can be given to children for work without fear; even if they taste it, nothing bad will happen. Adults can add wallpaper glue, starch, dyes and much more to the dough to create their own creations. Dough products are dried in the oven or in the fresh air. They can be coated with glossy or matte varnish or decorated with paints. Basket with flowers made from salt dough.
This craft can be created together by adults and children. To prepare the dough you will need:
- Flour 2 cups;
- Salt 1 glass;
- Water ¾ glasses.


- Self-hardening;
- Baked.
Self-hardening – hardens onair during the day. This clay is plastic, stretches easily and rolls out very thinly. Thanks to these properties, it is popular when creating flowers and dolls. This clay should be stored in airtight packaging. The disadvantage of such clay is the fragility of the finished products and deformation from contact with water. Crafts made from this clay require careful care. Baked polymer clay hardens when heated to a temperature of 110 – 130 ⁰С. You can use the oven or “cook” it. a product made from such clay in water. Thermoplastics are temperature sensitive. In a cool room it will take longer to knead. Old hardened thermoplastic can be softened with special products or regular vegetable oil. Thermoplastic products are durable. Thin parts can regain their shape after deformation, they are very flexible. It is better for small children to work with natural clay. This material is environmentally friendly and easy to handle. Kids can, for example, make a gift for their mothers on March 8th – clay beads and paint them with bright colors. Clay beads. To prepare you will need:
- Clay;
- Paints, acrylic;
- Bamboo stick;
- Thread or string for stringing beads.


The gift for mom is ready. These are just a few examples of children's creativity. Let the kids sculpt, imagine and create masterpieces.</ li>