The best crafts on the theme of winter in kindergarten

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

All parents understand the importance of involving their child in the creative process, which provides an incredibly powerful developmental impetus. It is necessary that the child does needlework not through pressure from adults, but with great desire, and even enthusiasm.

Handicraft contests held in kindergartens are an excellent stimulant, in which the child must certainly take an active part.

The task of the parents is to help the child to carry out crafts on the theme of "winter" in the kindergarten. In addition, by personal example, parents will be able to interest the child as much as possible by following a detailed step-by-step description of the process. This selection will allow you to make a choice of interesting crafts that you like, which you will do with your child with great pleasure.

Children's winter crafts with their own hands - the best master classes

The world of children's crafts is huge, the most successful craftsmen in this business heartily share a detailed description of the manufacturing process with others. Our task is to select the most interesting options for creativity and provide them for your convenience, which we did with great pleasure.

House of Santa Claus

We will need:

• white foam ceiling tiles with an interesting pattern - 1 pc.;
• scissors;
• glue gun;
• adhesive-based finishing strip;
• pliers;
• ruler;
• pencil;
• New Year's silver tinsel.

Step-by-step actions:

• On the reverse side of the foam tile, lay the bottom two times 15 cm horizontally, measure from these points a height of 20 cm and draw vertical lines.
• At a height of 20 cm, measure horizontally the midpoints of the resulting rectangles and put them up 7 cm.
• We draw the lines of the roof on two details of the house, then we draw a window, from the bottom it will be at a distance of 6 cm, as seen in the video.

• On the empty spaces of the foam tiles, we draw the side walls of the house, for which we draw two rectangles measuring 20 cm * 15 cm.
• On one side surface we draw exactly the same window as on the front wall, putting aside 6 cm from the bottom, the window should be placed taking into account that there will be a door next to it.
• We draw the door on three sides, the fourth side remains and is subsequently strengthened.

We cut through the windows and the door using any tool at hand, glue the prepared decorative foam tape on an adhesive basis

Using a glue gun, glue all parts of the winter-themed craft. We cut out two more rectangles for the roof of the house, measuring 22 cm * 12 cm, glue the details, decorate the house with tinsel

We use the remaining foam as a stand for the composition, and also cut out, glue and install a table in the house with household items glued to it, a chair and a picture on the wall

We cut out and glue a bright "carpet" from a paper serving napkin to the floor, decorate the space in front of the house with tinsel, install a Christmas tree and Santa Claus, pre-printed and glued from paper.

Santa Claus from a fairy tale

We will need:

• foam cone;
• wire of medium thickness;
• two types of fabric, a knitted section for a hat and any other for a fur coat;
• glue gun;
• scissors;
• a piece of faux fur;
• decor elements.

Step-by-step actions:

1. We insert the wire into the top of the cone with our own hands, as shown in the photo.
2. We cut out a trapezoid from the main fabric, the dimensions of which will completely cover the surface of the cone, and glue it.
3. We cut out and cut out another trapezoid from knitted fabric, the size that allows you to close half of the cone and plus the length of the wire, which will be the frame for the long narrow hat of the stylized Santa Claus.
4. We glue the "hat" by making a lapel. At the very top of the narrow hat we attach any decorative element, bell, pompom, etc., and we also decorate the hat from below.
5. We cut out a long beard and mustache from faux fur, having previously drawn a stencil, which is very simple to do.
6. We glue fur parts in places of crafts in kindergarten, glue eyes - beads and a nose (the smaller part of the container from the toy "Kinder - surprise").
7. Several such figures can be performed to obtain a large company of the main characters of the New Year.

Original crafts on the theme "Winter" with your own hands for a kindergarten

It is safe to say that all hand-made crafts are original. However, there really are those that are simply impossible to look at without pleasant surprise.

Pig - piggy bank from a plastic bottle

We will need:

• plastic bottle 1.5 l;
• acrylic paint white and pink;
• scissors;
• Scotch;
• glue gun;
• brush;
• acrylic lacquer;
• leg bushings.

Step-by-step actions:

1. Cut off the top and bottom from the plastic bottle, connect them together with tape.
2. On one side of the bottle we glue 4 legs from any available material, small foam balls, large beads or lids from the container of the toy "Kinder - surprise".
3. With a sharp knife or soldering iron we make a hole for coins, and also cut out slots for the ears.
4. We cut out the ears according to a stencil prepared in advance from a plastic bottle, insert in place and secure with glue.
5. We wind a thin strip from a plastic bottle on a thin stick, we get a tail, which we also insert into a pre-made hole, fix it with glue.
6. We cover the pig-piggy bank first with white acrylic paint, and then pink, let it dry and cover with acrylic varnish.
7. We draw the eyes and nostrils with a black marker, additionally decorate, the craft on the theme of winter in kindergarten is ready, we must take a photo as a souvenir.

snowman

We will need:

• foam balls of various diameters;
• glue gun;
• felt of any color;
• orange or yellow felt (small section) or orange sisal and foam cone;
• scissors;
• a piece of thin foam;
• the eyes are semi-beads.

Step-by-step actions:

1. We make flat cuts for fastening on foam balls, coat with glue and connect. On the large lower ball, we also make a flat cut from the bottom for the stability of the figure.
2. We cut out small rounded parts from polystyrene - handles.
3. Cut out a long strip of felt, cut a fringe at the ends, tie the resulting ball onto a snowman for a kindergarten competition.
4. We also cut out a rectangle from the same piece of felt, the length of which is equal to the circumference of the upper foam ball, cut a fringe from one edge, glue the cap and glue it in place.
5. We also cut gloves out of felt onto the handles, glue them to the “handles”, which in turn are also glued in place.
6. From orange felt we make a nose - a carrot and glue it, we also glue the eyes - beads. If you have prepared a sisal and a small foam cone for the nose, then first glue it over with yellow sisal, then glue it in place.
7. We finish the mouth with a black marker, cover the cheeks with a blush, using shavings from the lead of a red pencil. DIY crafts on the theme of winter in the garden, as shown in the step-by-step photos, are ready.
8. You can put any additional items into the snowman's handles: Christmas tree decorations, a gift box, a broomstick, all this should be done additionally, which is not difficult at all.

Winter applique - senior group

For the older kindergarten age, it is quite possible to offer for making those versions of applications that are supposed to be performed by primary schoolchildren. So it will be much more interesting for children, especially since the creative process takes place under the control of parents.

Father Frost

We will need:

• colored paper: red, pink, black, white;
• scissors;
• stapler;
• glue.

Step-by-step actions:

We fold the red paper with an accordion, determine the width of the stripes yourself, make two such parts, glue the extreme sides

We collect the accordion in a strip, tie it in the middle and unfold it, glue the sides of the accordion on both sides, get a circle for crafts on the theme of winter

We do the same thing again, only now we glue one red accordion, and the other pink, cut off the ends of the resulting two-color strip to get a circle of a smaller diameter

We connect two circles with a stapler, with the pink side in the middle

Cut out the edge for the hat, pompom, mustache and beard from white paper, glue it in place

From large oval parts and small black balls, glue the eyes of Santa Claus, glue them in place

Cut out and glue the nose out of red paper - a small circle and the mouth - a semicircle, which we glue on the border between the mustache and beard

Cut out a circle from black paper - a button for a suit, which we glue in the center of the red circle

Below the center we glue a black strip - a belt with a white buckle cut out of white paper. It turned out to be a very nice craft for kindergarten

Application - postcard "Christmas tree"

We need:

• colored paper: white, blue, green, brown;
• pencil glue;
• scissors;
• colored rhinestones on an adhesive basis;
• red foil or glitter paper for gifts;
• two colors of paper for gifts, stripes for decor.

Cut out all the elements for the applique:

• from green paper - three strips, sizes: 12, 10, 8 cm * 2.5 cm, crown;
• cut out a trunk from brown paper - a cone for a Christmas tree;
• from red foil - a star;
• of the other two colors of wrapping paper for gifts - two rectangles of different sizes - gifts under the Christmas tree.

Step-by-step actions:

1. We make the postcard itself, for which we glue half a sheet of blue paper on the front side of a double folded sheet of white paper, cut off at the edges by 1 cm.
2. We glue the trunk of a Christmas tree on the postcard, glue a star to the top, continue the process of making crafts on the theme of winter in kindergarten.
3. For all green stripes, bend the edges by 7 mm, glue them along the curved edges, placing them in the place of the tree crown.
4. We glue two gifts under the tree, having previously decorated them with ribbons and a bow.
5. Glue multi-colored rhinestones on the green strips.

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Application - postcard "hare"

We need:

• white paper, blue, pink, black;
• pompon;
• double sided tape;
• braid;
• scissors;
• figured hole punch;
• glue.

Step-by-step actions:

• We make the postcard itself in the same way as in the previous description, with the only difference that curly holes are pre-punched on blue paper along the edges, if there is no such a hole punch, you can decorate the edges in a different way.
• Cut out a circle from pink paper with a diameter of 8 cm, glue it in the center of the postcard, in the middle of the circle we glue two white circles - a muzzle.

• We glue the ears on a craft for a kindergarten for a competition, first large ones, cut out of white paper, on them we glue the same, but small ones made of pink paper.
• We glue the eyes: white circles, in the center of which we place small black circles.

We make a mustache from a strip of black paper, cutting the strip on both sides with thin elongated threads. We give the strip a curved shape and glue it in place

Glue a pompom and a ribbon bow on double-sided tape

Christmas tree 2

We need:

• yellow colored cardboard;
• brown colored paper cone;
• green paper;
• double sided tape;
• snowflakes;
• a circle of red foil;
• sequins;
• scissors.

Step-by-step actions:

1. Cut out 2 circles from green paper, 8 cm, 6 cm, 4 cm in diameter, bend each in half and glue to each other at an angle.
2. On yellow cardboard, cut to the desired size of the postcard, we glue the pre-made trunk, then place it on and glue three levels of the crown made of glued green circles.
3. On top of a craft for a kindergarten on the theme of winter, made for the new year with our own hands, we glue a circle, we glue rhinestones on green circles.
4. We glue the snowflakes at our discretion onto double-sided tape.
5. If desired, all postcards - applications can be decorated additionally.

Winter applique - middle group, step by step execution with photo

We offer several master - classes of applications for kindergarten, which are most interesting for this age group.

Application "Herringbone" from the cells of egg trays

We will need:

• cardboard egg tray;
• colored cardboard;
• PVA glue;
• green paint;
• brush;
• corrugated cardboard;
• small foam balls;
• scissors;
• golden and silver cardboard.

Step-by-step actions:

1. We cut the tray into strips of cells, cut out 4 cells, 3 cells, 2 cells and one cell.
2. We paint the cells green, let them dry, while making a star at this time.
3. The star will consist of glued three stars of different sizes in descending order, the two outermost of which are cut out of golden cardboard, and the middle star is cut out of silver cardboard.
4. Cut out the trunk of the Christmas tree from corrugated cardboard, a small rectangle.
5. We glue all the parts in places on colored cardboard, decorate the empty spaces with foam balls, which we also glue to simulate snow.
6. We decorate the Christmas tree for the kindergarten competition with any shiny or multi-colored decor elements.

Christmas tree in the window

We need:

• colored cardboard yellow, red;
• colored paper;
• double sided tape;
• scissors;
• black felt-tip pen;
• glue;
• the buttons are white.

Step-by-step actions:

1. On the yellow cardboard, draw two curved lines on top - the location of the future garland.
2. Cut out a window from red cardboard, having previously drawn it with a pencil.
3. We also cut out two strips of yellow paper 5 cm wide, and the length of the strips should match the length of your red cardboard - the window.
4. We fold the strips with an accordion, for which we bend them in half along the length, and then, turn each half in half again, iron the creases.
5. We prepare the layout of the Christmas tree, cut out a cone from green cardboard, place a red circle on top and glue the brown trunk. We choose the size of the tree so that it is proportional to the window and everything is visible through it.
6. We glue colored balls on the Christmas tree, previously cut out of colored paper.
7. We prepare squares and rectangles - gifts made of shiny cardboard and decorated with colored ribbons and bows cut from paper.
8. We glue all the gifts on a strip of cardboard using double-sided tape.
9. We cut small circles of multi-colored paper, glue them on the drawn lines for a garland.
10. Glue the corrugated strips along the edges of the yellow cardboard.
11. On double-sided tape we glue the Christmas tree and gifts to the cardboard, glue the window on top, the volumetric craft is ready.

Application "Winter forest"

We need:

• colored cardboard blue;
• White paper;
• shiny little stars or sequins;
• white yarn;
• pencil glue;
• PVA glue;
• scissors;
• pencil.

Step-by-step actions:

1. On paper, we draw a very simple landscape of a winter forest, three spruces of different sizes, large snowdrifts, a bunny. If drawing does not work out at all, then you can download such a landscape from the Internet.
2. We coat the template made of white paper with glue and glue it on the bottom of the blue cardboard.
3. We cut the yarn into separate threads, collect them in a small bundle and cut them very finely with scissors.
4. We grease the entire winter picture with PVA glue using a brush.
5. Sprinkle the drawing, smeared with glue, chopped yarn, lightly press down, shake off the excess.
6. We decorate all the free space on the cardboard with shiny stars or sequins. If desired, you can additionally decorate the applique with other elements.

Winter applique - junior group

Applications for this age group are the easiest to make; excessive complexity should not scare a child away from the creative process. However, it is still necessary to make with the child the craft that interested him, we offer several interesting options.

Winter city

We need:

• colored cardboard;
• colored multi-colored paper;
• scissors;
• glue;
• cotton pads.

Step-by-step actions:

1. We cut the strips from colored paper in such a way that we get 4 long strips, the length of which coincides with the length of the cardboard - the base, and the width is calculated so that when glued to cardboard, there were gaps of 2 - 3 cm between them.
2. We coat the long strips with glue and glue, between them we glue shorter multi-colored strips of different lengths and widths, sticking them on long strips.
3. We cut the cotton pads in half and glue them on the roofs of "houses", then glue the pre-cut squares and rectangles made of multi-colored paper - the windows of the houses.
4. At the bottom of the crafts for the kindergarten competition, we also glue the halves of cotton pads - city snowdrifts.

Application "Piglet"

Would need:

• colored paper of pink and brown colors;
• light pink colored cardboard;
• part templates;
• colored pencils and markers;
• glue;
• scissors.

Step-by-step actions:

1. We cut out printed templates from paper: the body of a pig, a dress, ruffles, a patch and a flower for decoration.
2. Put the pig's body template on cardboard, circle and cut out.
3. Cut out a dress and a patch from pink paper, and cut out ruffles and a flower from brown paper.
4. On the details of the ruffle, draw pink peas with a felt-tip pen, draw the exact same pea on a flower.
5. We glue the dress to the body of the pig, from below we glue the ruffles and a patch on the muzzle.
6. Draw hooves, holes on the nose and ears with a pink felt-tip pen.
7. Draw a smile and eyes with a black felt-tip pen, apply blush on the cheeks with a light pink pencil.
8. We glue a flower decoration on the pig's head, the applique is ready.

Such an application can be presented to a kindergarten in its original form, or you can stick it on colored cardboard of any shape and decorate with New Year's decor elements.