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 the spring, contain a lot of ideas for making crafts themselves. Spring is the time of renewal and the flowering of nature. With the advent of this beautiful time of the year, not only the earth wakes up. Awakening from the winter hibernation and spleen fantasy, bloom creative impulses and inspiration. At the word spring in front of the eyes immediately appear the first flowers, peeping through from the snow, tender green grass, swollen buds in the trees. Spring is a wonderful time of the year and time to create hand-made articles. For making themed objects, modeling is perfect. There is a great variety of materials for this type of creativity. It can be clay, clay, dough, gypsum and much more. Each of them has positive, peculiar only to them, features. Anyone, both novice beginner, and high-end master can choose the material to their liking. Age limits for modeling, as a form of creativity, practically does not exist. With pleasure both children and adults mold. Spring from plasticine. 
The molding of plasticine is usually done by children. It is easy to knead, it is plastic and has bright colors. Diligently rolling plasticine with their fingers and hands, children develop fine motor skills, memory, imagination and imagination. Very often you need a theme for modeling, and spring is great for this. It's simplest for children to sculpt what they see, what surrounds them. To make a craft of plasticine on the theme of spring is easiest on cardboard. Just stretch and smudge the clay on the white side. Let the little one come up with the picture itself, or create it in the process of modeling. This will help develop the imagination and reveal the creative potential of the baby. If a child finds it difficult to make a holistic image, adults can help him by drawing contours with a pencil, and the kid will only have to color them. Only instead of colors there will be a multi-colored and bright clay. There is no need to limit the creativity of the baby with a rectangular piece of cardboard. You can cut an oval and depict on it a lake with water lilies that blossomed in the spring, or turn a round piece of cardboard into a stump and "plant" a ladybird, also made of plasticine, on it. To blind a butterfly, "crouched" on a blossoming flower, is a new level of skill. Create a voluminous figure is more difficult. Several such products can be combined into a composition. For example, dazzle a few spring flowers and put them in a plasticine vase. And you can combine. On one piece of cardboard to represent a clearing with green grass and snowdrops, and the second piece of cardboard to fix vertically, creating a background. 
Spring from the dough. 
One of the most popular and environmentally friendlymaterials for modeling are dough. You can buy it in specialized shops for needlework or create your own hands at home. From the dough with pleasure mold both adults and children. The simplest recipe includes only three components. Flour, water and salt are in every house. Such a dough can be safely given to work for kids, even if they taste it, nothing bad will happen. Adults, to create their creations, can add wallpaper paste, starch, dyes and much more. Dough products are dried in the oven or in the fresh air. They can be covered with glossy or matte varnish or painted with paints. Basket with flowers from salted dough. 
Such crafts can be created together with adults and children. To prepare the test you will need:
- Flour 2 cups;
- Salt 1 glass;
- Water ¾ cup.
Spring is made of clay. Clay is a natural product formed during the destruction of rock. It can be of different colors - green, blue, white. For modeling, clay, bought in a special shop for needlework, is best suited. Sold in powder or ready. The molding from the so-called polymer clay is more attractive and simple, due to the absence of the need for firing the product. Before you start modeling, clay, like clay, and dough, you need to stretch. At work it is better to use both hands for symmetrical registration of the right and left side of the product. In the modern world, more and more applications are found just by polymer clay or, in other words, plastic. By the method of solidification is divided into:
- Self-hardening;
- Baked.
Self-hardening - hardens in air induring the day. Such clay is plastic, easily stretches and very thinly rolled. Thanks to these properties, it is popular when creating flowers and dolls. Keep this clay in a sealed package. The downside of such clay is the fragility of finished products and deformation from contact with water. Handicrafts from this clay require careful care. The baked polymer clay solidifies when heated to a temperature of 110 - 130 ° C. You can use the oven or "weld" the product from such clay in the water. Thermoplastics are sensitive to temperature. In a cool room, it will need to be kneaded longer. Old hardened thermoplastic can be softened by special means or ordinary vegetable oil. Products made of thermoplastics are strong. Thin details can restore their shape after deformation, they are very flexible. It is better for small children to work with natural clay. This material is environmentally safe and easy to handle. Kids can, for example, make a gift for their mothers by March 8 - beads from clay and paint them with bright colors. Beads made of clay. For cooking you will need:
- Clay;
- Paints, acrylic;
- Bamboo stick;
- Thread or string for stringing beads.
A gift for my mother is ready. These are just a few examples of children's creativity. Let the kids mold, fantasize and create masterpieces. </ li>
