Plasticine art for children 2-3-4-5-6-7-8 years old. What is it, templates, stencils on the theme of autumn, winter, spring, summer, animals

Plasticine art classes are not only an effective method for developing fine motor skills in children, regardless of their age, but also allow primary school children to get rid of physical and mental stress.

Modeling from plasticine can also help a child adapt to kindergarten, becoming a favorite hobby for the growing person, with the help of which he can express the emotions that accumulate during the day, relieving the central nervous system and preventing the occurrence of neuroses.

Benefits of plasticineography

Plasticineography is a creative process in which children create three-dimensional pictures from plasticine., without using the classic drawing tools - brushes, paints or pencils. For the working surface, sheets of paper, A3 format and larger, or thick cardboard are usually used.

Regardless of how old the child is, 2 or 8, the type of decorative and applied art in question has a positive effect not only on his mental but also physical development:

• fulfilling the cognitive needs of children (especially relevant for children from 2 to 4-5 years old);
• acquisition of the ability to navigate in the horizontal plane;
• formation of the creative component of the personality of a growing person (awakening interest in creativity, understanding the algorithm of the creative process, and so on);
• development of fantasy;
• development of fine motor skills of the hands (positively affects the child’s speech and overall development);
• broadening horizons;
• increasing the sensitivity of tactile perception;
• expanding vocabulary (if the child can already speak) or stimulating speech (if the child does not yet speak due to age or developmental delays);
• instilling perseverance, accuracy, and independence in a child during the work process.

Objectives and tasks

The goals and objectives of plasticine art classes vary depending on the child’s age and the characteristics of their development.

At the age of 2-3 years

Plasticine art for children 2-3 years old should be aimed at developing fine motor skills. This will help the child not only to develop physically correctly, but also stimulate his speech skills.

Adults, when asking children to create pictures from plasticine, should not just give the task, but use various methods to awaken the child's creative abilities and his interest in the work process (for example, come up with a fairy tale, including in the plot an object that the child will then mold.

It could be a flower, an axe or a hat – something that consists of a minimum number of parts and does not require a lot of time to create).

Since children at an early age are not able to independently come up with a task for plasticine art, and quickly lose interest in the work process if they understand that they are left to their own devices, an adult should set a clear task for them at the beginning of the lesson.

Control and assistance from an older friend should be aimed at developing the child’s accuracy, perseverance and concentration on the sequence of actions.

With the help of plasticine art, you can also teach your child to navigate on paper., each time describing the location of the next detail of the object being created. For example, it is important for children 2-3 years old to say where the left side is and where the right side is, to prompt and direct their hands to the desired edge of the work surface.

When the young creator begins to better navigate the horizontal plane, the adult should begin to give instructions verbally, giving the child the opportunity to independently determine the place where the next detail of the final image needs to be placed.

4-5-6 years

Plasticine art for children aged 4-5-6 years should be aimed at improving the skills of working with plasticine. At this age, the younger generation develops an interest in visual arts.

If parents support their child in a timely manner and take steps to reveal his creative potential, they will not only be able to strengthen the psycho-emotional connection with their child, becoming his support and support, but will also give him the opportunity to try himself in art.

Modeling with plasticine for children aged 4-6 is also useful because it effectively develops the eye and improves hand-eye coordination. This not only makes the child more physically developed, but also has a beneficial effect on the formation of neural connections in his brain.

At this age, children prefer to work collectively, which means that plasticine art for them in this case will become an opportunity to improve their communication skills with other members of society - it will teach them to explain their intentions, prove their rightness or correctly express disagreement.

7-8 years

The main goal of plasticine art for children aged 7-8 is to teach younger schoolchildren new modeling skills – pressing, smearing, rolling, squeezing out of syringes.

Already possessing the basic skills of creating images from plasticine, young creators will be carried away by the process, discovering new facets of a familiar form of creativity.

This will help them to distract themselves from negative thoughts, get rid of stress and release emotions associated with joining a new group at school, as well as with accepting great responsibility and demands placed on them by teachers and parents.

At the age of 7-8, children prefer to work individually. Creating pictures from plasticine will become an effective method for them to develop their imagination, as well as a bright way of self-expression.

It is not necessary to give younger students a clear plan of action; it is enough to simply limit them to a theme, for example, “Golden Autumn,” allowing them to independently come up with an idea and the main stages for their further work.

General recommendations

It is possible to correctly organize plasticineography classes for children only by taking into account general recommendations:

• the total time for modeling with plasticine should not exceed 30 minutes (otherwise the child’s attention will be scattered, and productivity will decrease accordingly);

• It is necessary to create pictures from plasticine in a well-lit place, in a comfortable environment for the child, excluding the presence of distracting objects nearby, such as a smartphone, computer, tablet, TV or toys;
• when working with children aged 7-8, it is recommended to use thick cardboard, as regular paper will deform when using the techniques of spreading, rolling and smoothing plasticine;
• It is recommended to cover the work surface with transparent tape before starting to model (this will eliminate the possibility of greasy stains and streaks from the plasticine);
• to ensure that the final image retains its original appearance for as long as possible, it is recommended to cover it with clear varnish in 2-3 layers;
• During the creative process, the child should have within reach not only the main working tools for plasticine painting, but also wet wipes, a knife or scissors, and sheets of thick paper (with its help, you can correct the plasticine image).

Materials for work

Proper organization of a plasticine painting lesson requires the presence of a basic set of working tools:

• Thick cardboard or a large sheet of paper.

Depending on the age and practical skills of a particular child or group of children, an outline of an object can be drawn on the work surface, the interior of which the child will then fill in.

• A set of multi-colored plasticine. It is not recommended to provide a child with more than 7-8 colors of plasticine, as this can contribute to the scattering of attention. The need to obtain a shade that is not in the presented set will stimulate the imagination of the young creator, and also encourage him to experiment, mixing the viscous mass.
• Hand wipes and sanitizer. Necessary for removing plasticine residue from the skin of the hands.
• Stacks. Special small plastic knives designed for working with plasticine.
• Modeling board. On a separate wooden surface, the child will create a specific detail of the object by rolling, cutting, and smearing plasticine, which will then be transferred to cardboard or paper used as a base.
• Original image. If a child is given the task of creating a specific picture, he should be provided with a final image, demonstrating what he should receive as a result of his creative activity.

Methods of plasticineography

The methods of plasticine painting in the creativity of a specific child or group of children should be selected taking into account the skills of young creators, as well as their abilities and developmental characteristics.

The most commonly used of these are:

• Strokes. A small amount of plasticine is placed on the pad of the index finger or a special plastic spatula, after which it is applied to the work surface in the desired place with sharp, randomly directed movements.
• Plasticine balls. Typically used to place accents on a flat image (for example, the center of a flower) or as basic shapes to fill the inner surface of an object schematically depicted on the working plane.
• Flattening the rolled balls. When flattening the balls, it is not recommended to use much force. Otherwise, the resulting figure will be deformed, thus losing its clear rounded shapes.
• Smearing on the surface. This technique is used to create a background or fill the inside of a figure with colored material.
• Scratching patterns on plasticine. The patterns are created on a flattened piece of plasticine using a special plastic knife or tools with pre-formed carvings.

• Rolling plasticine sausages. You can roll sausages either for placing them on the final image or for using them as a blank.
• Squeezing plasticine from a syringe. For extrusion, it is recommended to use a special syringe, which allows not only to easily extrude thin strips of plasticine, but also to extract the remains of the working material from the main body of the tool.

Master class on plasticine painting on the theme "Seasons"

Plasticine art for children aged 2-8, regardless of the age-specific development of the young creator, can be devoted to the broad theme of “Seasons”.

Autumn

Autumn pictures made from plasticine can be:

Example of a painting made of plasticine	Creation algorithm
	Find a fallen leaf with a clear outline on the street. Wash it, then let it dry, avoiding the formation of creases and tears. Visually divide the surface of the sheet into 3 parts. Place a small amount of plasticine in the lower right corner. Rub it over the entire area of ​​1 of the 3 sectors. Repeat step 3, using plasticine of other colors to fill the other 2 sectors. Having smoothed the surface of the resulting craft as much as possible, cover it with 2 or 3 layers of colorless varnish. Let it dry. If necessary, glue the sheet to paper or cardboard used as a working surface.
	Using a pencil, draw the outline of mushrooms, grass and a snail sitting on the cap of one of the plants. By squeezing plasticine out of a syringe, create several thin sausages, which later need to be placed along the contour of the main objects. Fill the inside of the objects with small balls rolled from multi-colored plasticine.

Winter

Plasticine art on the theme of "Winter" may look like this.

Example of a painting made of plasticine	Creation algorithm
	Roll out 1 long brown sausage (tree trunk), 5 shorter ones and 8 short brown sausages (branches). Place the sausages in the shape of a tree on a sheet of paper or thick cardboard. Roll out 3 white sausages of different lengths (the outline of a snowdrift). Arrange the white sausages in semicircles and draw the outline of a snowdrift at the bottom of a sheet of paper or thick cardboard. Additionally, roll out thin white sausages in a quantity equal to the number of branches on the tree. Place additional white sausages on the tree branches (snow). Having formed many small balls from white plasticine, arrange them evenly over the entire working surface, in a chaotic order.
	In the center of the sheet of paper, draw the outline of a Christmas tree with a trunk and a star at the top of the crown. Rub the green plasticine to evenly fill the inner surface of the tree. Similarly, paint the tree trunk with brown plasticine and the star with red. Roll out long thin sausages from green plasticine. Place the sausages in a zigzag pattern along the edges of the tree and between the levels of the crown. Roll out any number of small balls from multi-colored plasticine. Flatten them with a light finger pressure. Place the balls in a random order (Christmas tree decorations). Place the remaining balls on both sides of the tree (festive fireworks).

Spring

Plasticine art on the theme of "Spring" may look like this.

Example of a painting made of plasticine	Creation algorithm
	Rub green plasticine (grass) into the bottom of a sheet of paper or thick cardboard. Along the upper border of the grass, using a brush stroke, draw green vertical lines of approximately equal length (flower stems). On both sides of the vertical lines, from their base, draw 1 diagonal line using green plasticine. Roll out small balls of multi-colored plasticine in a quantity equal to the number of stems. Using light finger pressure, slightly flatten the ball while maintaining its shape. Place multi-colored circles at the ends of the green lines (flower buds). On the top of the sheet of paper, rub blue and yellow plasticine, creating the outlines of clouds and the spring sun.
	Roll out 3 long sausages from green plasticine. Place them in the center of a sheet of thick cardboard, bringing the bases together at one point (the stem of the snowdrop). Using light finger pressure, slightly flatten the sausages. Rub white plasticine at the base of the sausages, thus creating an oval (snow). Make a snowdrop bud from 3 oval-shaped petals using white plasticine. Attach the bud to the end of one of the stems, placing it diagonally downwards.

Summer

Plasticine images on the theme "Summer" can look like this.

Example of a painting made of plasticine	Creation algorithm
	From brown plasticine, mold several sausages of the same length (tree trunk). Place the brown sausages in the center of a sheet of paper or thick cardboard, close to each other. Roll 10-15 thin sausages from plasticine of different colors. Roll the colored sausages into circles. Place colored circles above the trunk so that the border of the crown is a semicircle. Roll several small balls from colored plasticine. Place the balls at the bottom edge of the paper. Press lightly with your finger to make them flatter.
	On a sheet of paper, draw the outline of a tree (trunk and crown). Rub the brown plasticine evenly, thus filling the inner surface of the trunk drawing. Similarly, paint the tree crown using green plasticine. Roll several small balls from yellow and red plasticine. Place them randomly on the crown (tree fruits). In the upper right corner, roll out yellow plasticine in the shape of a circle (the sun). If desired, add rays to the image (sausages made of yellow plasticine of approximately the same length). Rub green plasticine (grass) into the bottom of a sheet of paper or thick cardboard. If you wish, you can refine the image by creating flowers and rocks from plasticine.

Flowers

The easiest way to make a flower using plasticine painting:

• In the center of a sheet of paper or thick cardboard, draw the outline of an open flower (the middle and the petals).
• Using a small amount of yellow plasticine, spread over the center of the flower, paint the inner area of ​​the bud.
• Rub the red plasticine evenly, covering the inside of the drawn petals, without going beyond the middle.

• Roll up a few sausages from blue plasticine, then use them to mark the borders of the flower. As an alternative to sculpting additional elements to create borders, you can simply rub blue plasticine along the contour of the image with your finger or a special spatula.
• Cover the image with 2 layers of clear varnish, then let it dry on its own.
• From the center of the flower, draw several thin lines by rubbing a small amount of plasticine, directing them towards different petals.

Space

The following version of creating an image of space using plasticine is suitable for children of any age. For children up to 3-4 years old, it will become a full-fledged craft, while for older children, such a picture will become a background, implying further refinement of the drawing with details.

Step by step execution:

1. Using light blue and deep blue plasticine, make multiple strokes over the entire surface of the sheet of paper so that they look like a single whole.
2. Roll small balls from white plasticine. Place them randomly on a blue-light blue background, then flatten them slightly with your finger (celestial bodies).

Animals

To create an image of an animal using plasticine, children will need pre-prepared templates. The inner surface of the drawn animal is filled with plasticine balls (the color of the working material corresponds to the shade of the animal's skin), placed tightly, or painted over by rubbing it evenly or creating numerous strokes.

Classes on creating images for children from 2 to 8 years old using plasticine should be regularly held under the supervision of parents or teachers of preschool and school institutions.

Plasticine art helps representatives of the younger generation to reveal their creative potential, develop taste in art, improve physical development indicators, and also, at the same time, normalize the state of their own nervous system, thereby minimizing the occurrence of depressive mood.

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