For the successful all-round development of a child, activities to develop fine motor skills are of great importance. One of the types of such activities is applications made from colored paper, templates for which were developed by methodologists taking into account the characteristics of the age groups of preschoolers.
It is important that the complexity of the task corresponds to the age of the child, that classes are carried out systematically, gradually becoming more difficult, and are carried out under the supervision and assistance of adults.
Paper applications- a creative process through which children learn about the world around them and acquire many skills. In addition to the development of fine motor skills of the hands, this includes coordination of movements, the study of colors and their combinations, the concept of composition, familiarity with various materials and textures, the development of observation, imagination and fantasy.
Working on an application in a team promotes organization, restraint, and accuracy. It is also necessary to note the development of spatial imagination: when doing appliqué, children create a whole from several components and, conversely, learn to divide the whole into parts.
Scientists have proven that in the cerebral cortex, the center responsible for fine motor skills is located next to the speech center and contributes to the development of speech skills.
Types of applications according to the template
There are three main types of application:
- subject - the cut out parts have a simple, clear shape and proportions, an image is created that is not associated with any plot;
- plot-thematic - correspondence to a certain plot (taken from a fairy tale or invented independently);
- decorative – decorating postcards and photo frames with patterns of geometric shapes.
Simple applications for children 2-3 years old
Simple applications made from colored paper using templates can be practiced from the age of 2. However, some experts believe that children as young as 1 year can perform feasible tasks.
Initial lessons involve gluing pieces of paper onto a sheet in any form. At this stage, the child must understand and remember the basic actions: spread, turn over, apply, smooth. Kids are still attracted to the process itself; they will strive for the result later.
At the second level of complexity, templates are used. The child must place the elements also chaotically, but within the contour, and a certain image appears.
Application template from colored paper “Hedgehog” A template is a schematic image of a future picture, drawn or printed on a printer. Simple templates for applications made from colored paper can include, for example, a Christmas tree with balls, a tree with apples, and others.
For such work, you need to prepare elements: balls, apples, etc. The child must determine for himself how to arrange them on the templates.
Palm tree applique template 
Flower applique template For small children, it will be interesting to perform a simple cut-out appliqué. The child watches the adult tear the paper into long strips, then tears them into shreds himself. These pieces need to fill the outline. 
If the child wants to tear the paper himself, then these uneven, awkward strips can also be used to create an applique, for example, grass. Ants are drawn using finger paints.
Further, the task becomes more complicated: you need to hit the element on a specific place in the template or drawn outline. So, using cut out circles, an image of a caterpillar is created. At this stage, children are no longer interested only in the process, but also in the result. 
When making appliqués from colored paper using templates and contours with children under 3 years of age, prepared cut out elements are used.
A three-year-old child can already be taught the skills of working with scissors with rounded ends.
At the same time, it is necessary to explain how to properly hold scissors and paper so as not to get hurt. You need to start with straight cuts, then work on bends and roundings.
At this age, children are already able to create simple plot pictures. Elements pasted onto the template allow you to create a specific image.
The background for the application can be a drawn outline with partially drawn elements. For example, children can populate a template aquarium with algae and stones at the bottom with inhabitants: fish, jellyfish, etc.
An interesting activity can be connecting and gluing a cut picture. If a child copes with such a task easily, it is recommended to complicate it: add raindrops to the umbrella, glue windows to the house with an attached roof. Such activities develop imagination, observation, and a sense of proportion.
Applications for children 4-5 years old
At this age, colored paper applications and templates for them become more complex. By preparing, together with an adult, elements for a future picture, the child shows more independence: cuts, selects colors and, thus, gains an understanding of composition.
This activity develops logical thinking and allows you to show creative inclinations.
For children 4-5 years old, a fun activity is making cards, which they then give to their parents and friends.
The base is folded in half and elements are glued inside the postcard to form a plot picture.
The templates developed by specialists are only examples indicating the direction of work.
Parents and educators can contribute their ideas. For example, using a cut out outline of a baby’s palm in an applique – such pictures evoke amazement and delight in children.
Applications with palm The technique of appliqué using only circles reveals for the child the relationship between the parts and the whole.
When developing a child’s creative imagination, you should show him various techniques for working with paper: for example, folding it in the shape of an accordion. For such a picture you need to prepare a base and draw contours. The gluing process also becomes more complicated. 
Complex applications for children 6-7 years old
Children of senior preschool and primary school age already have certain skills.
Practicing appliqué work from colored paper using templates during this period helps further develop fine motor skills, thinking, memory and concentration, and develops the ability to plan one’s activities.
An important circumstance is that the child foresees the final result of his work. 
At this age, children develop the skill of cutting out individual parts and solid silhouettes, symmetrical elements from paper folded in half, as well as the ability to create compositions and correctly arrange their individual parts on a base.
At this stage, children study color combinations, analyze and compare details. The texture of the material also becomes varied: in addition to ordinary colored paper, creped (“crumpled”), streaked (glossy), textured (embossed or imitating velvet), and foil are used.
During this period, you can move on to volumetric symmetrical compositions. 
To complete this task, templates (clouds, balloons) are cut out in the usual way. Next, two identical templates are folded in the center and fastened together (can be sewn). The prepared elements are glued to the base.
To make a three-dimensional bird, the template is folded in half and glued together, except for the wings, which are folded along the dotted line. 
The resulting result can be pasted with one side and a wing onto the base (in the form of an applique) or turned into a craft by tying it to a thread and hanging it on a branch. 
Having mastered the basics of composition at the previous stages, children aged 6-7 years are able to create entire paintings - landscapes, still lifes, using ready-made templates for appliqués from colored paper or making them with the help of a teacher or parents.
Applications using a disposable plate
Disposable plates are a convenient material with which you can create original and beautiful compositions. Made of polystyrene or cardboard, of different colors, with different embossed patterns, they can be both the basis for an applique and elements for it. 
You can involve children from a young age in making applications from colored paper on a disposable plate using templates. On a prepared colored background, children arrange simple elements in the form of a pattern.
A more complicated option is to use two or more colors for the background and more complex elements. Children 6-7 years old create thematic compositions on plates or use them as material for individual elements.
Examples of gradually more complex appliqués on plates: 
Combined applications
When making appliqués from colored paper, the patterns can be diversified by combining different materials.
Cereal applications
This type of application can be done even with small children. The algorithm of work is as follows: an adult applies glue to the prepared drawing, the child sprinkles cereal on it and lightly presses it with his finger. 
The remaining grains that are not glued need to be shaken off. This activity instills attentiveness and accuracy in the child.
Older children can use different types of cereals. In this case, the glue is applied one by one to individual areas. To make the picture more colorful, it is recommended to first tint the cereal with gouache in different colors. You can use your child’s own drawing as a template; this will stimulate him and inspire him.
Button applications
To perform such an application, preliminary preparation is necessary. After studying the drawing and choosing colors, the child, with the help of adults, selects buttons that match the color and size. Then you should lay them out in a picture to visualize the desired result, and begin gluing. 
For younger children who do not yet have the necessary skills, you can apply a drawing according to a template on a layer of plasticine - the child will attach the buttons by pressing. This technique is also applicable when working with cereals.
For combined applications, cotton wool, napkins, eggshells, natural materials - leaves, petals, seeds and much more are also used.
Multilayer applications
Multilayer (overlay) applications made of colored paper or other materials are made using templates designed or made independently.
This kind of work develops spatial imagination and cultivates aesthetic taste. They are made from paper, fabric, leather, felt - the main thing is that the edges of the material do not fray. 
Multilayer applications, like other varieties, come in varying degrees of complexity. For little ones, this is a simple matter of gluing parts on top of each other. By fastening elements only on one edge, you can create a three-dimensional effect.
More complex appliqués have more details and require good scissor skills and a sense of proportion and color.
Older children, with developed fine motor skills and the skills to make complex parts, create real works of art - unusual compositions and even portraits. Light and shadow effects give them special color.
Multilayer appliqué is a truly creative process in which the child’s imagination and artistic abilities are revealed. It is necessary to think through the image, color scheme, and sequence of action, so this type of work requires a certain level of intelligence.
Piece applications
Appliqués made from cut or torn pieces of colored paper using templates are quite simple and can be done even by small children. You need to apply a drawing to the base sheet. In addition to ready-made templates, you can use children's coloring books or come up with a sketch yourself.
The production of appliqué elements is carried out together with the child - small children happily tear the paper into pieces. If you already have skills in working with scissors, you can allow these elements to be cut out.
An important detail: the younger the child, the larger the fragments should be.
Having selected the desired colors, you can begin gluing. The glue is applied not to small parts, but to the template, in sections.
When working with children, this process is carried out by an adult; older children themselves apply the glue with a brush. When gluing pieces of paper, the child must accurately fall into the outline.
A type of appliqué made from pieces is trimming. This technique is quite complex, but children 6-7 years old are quite capable of it, especially when working in a group.
To master the trimming technique, teachers and parents are offered master classes on this topic.
Autumn themed applications
The bright colors of autumn make it possible to create colorful pictures of autumn nature. For applications on this theme, both colored paper and natural materials are used: multi-colored leaves, petals of late flowers, seeds, spikelets, twigs and other objects. 
When making autumn-themed applications from colored paper using templates and in a free composition, the main attributes are preserved - flowers, mushrooms, fruits, acorns, and tree silhouettes are cut out and painted. An obligatory component is autumn leaves.
When working with natural material, you need to prepare it. The collected leaves must first be leveled and dried under pressure. If the leaf needs to be given any shape, then a fresh leaf is used for this, which is then dried.
For collages and mosaic paintings, you can prepare cardboard templates onto which the elements are glued. 
Autumn nature is fertile ground for the flight of children's imagination. Leaf applications placed in a photo frame will decorate any interior.
Autumn lanterns will also be a spectacular decoration. To do this, the outside of the glass vessel is covered with multi-colored leaves (paper or natural), and a small candle is placed inside.
Winter themed applications
To create winter and, in particular, New Year's applications, any of the described techniques is used, depending on the age of the children.
The most common type of winter applique is snowflakes - this is a subtype of silhouette type applique. It is recommended to fold the sheet correctly, trim the edge and sharp corner, and make cuts on plain paper first - this is how the skill is developed.
In addition, pendants made of such snowflakes decorate the room. Thin, airy snowflakes can be glued to windows and other surfaces. 
For small children, it is better to prepare templates (circles with an outline) and make a broken snowflake from pieces. For flat, voluminous, multi-layer snowflakes, you need to prepare patterns for cutting.
To make a traditional Christmas tree, kids use triangles from green paper, a snowman is made from white circles, and a teacher or parent helps add details to the applique. 
Older children can be asked to make a Christmas tree from strips of paper or create a picture of a winter forest using templates using small pieces of paper or cotton wool. 
A Christmas tree made of paper balls looks bright and voluminous. For this purpose, a template and elements are made from crepe paper. The main color is dark green; multi-colored balls are made for the garland.
An interesting applique depicting winter accessories allows children to show their creative imagination.
The hat and mittens can be decorated with any ornament, animal figures, winter pictures, beads or rhinestones.
Cotton wool is used to imitate fur. 
Using a disposable plate, you can make a polar bear mask craft. Holes are cut out in the plate for eyes, the surface is covered with pieces of paper, and a disposable cup is used for the nose. 
Senior preschoolers and elementary school students are able, under the guidance of adults, to create complex winter landscapes using mixed techniques. 
Spring themed applications
Snowdrops and lilies of the valley, starlings and flowering trees - these signs of spring are traditionally used in children's applications made from colored paper using templates. The little ones perform simple tasks, placing prepared elements on the contours. These same images can be complicated by adding pictures of spring nature. 
More complex compositions - voluminous, multi-layered, with a large number of elements - are created by children who have the skills to work with glue, scissors, a brush and use different techniques. 
Lilacs in a vase made of cereals, a spring picture using drawing and appliqué techniques - these and many other ideas are offered by experts to parents and educators for educational activities with children. 
Applique is a visual activity. Having achieved the desired result, the child experiences aesthetic pleasure, thereby joining the world of beauty, the world of art. A simple and accessible way for children to create artwork makes appliqué one of the favorite types of educational activities for children.
An applique house made from colored paper, cereal and corrugated cardboard will take its rightful place in your child’s creative collection. Added with a few interesting touches, it looks much more interesting,
than regular paper appliques.
To work you will need:
corrugated cardboard from which the house will be made;
a sheet of gray or blue cardboard;
white paper (for window frames);
brown or red colored paper (for the roof and door);
brown and green paper for wood;
millet or pearl barley;
regular and zigzag scissors;
stationery knife;
The application “House” begins with the creation of the house itself. To do this, we cut out a rectangle or square from corrugated cardboard, which will fill most of the space of the gray cardboard sheet. The more space left around the house, the more additions you can come up with to this picture. And vice versa - the larger the house in the picture, the fewer auxiliary parts we will need.
Now, using a ruler and a utility knife, we cut four windows in this square. When making a cut, place an unnecessary soft box or board under the cardboard - the work will be much easier.
We cut out thin strips of white paper and lay out cross-shaped window frames with them. We attach the frames to the back of the windows.
We cut out a triangular roof from brown paper and glue it to the main cardboard above the walls of the house.
From the same paper we cut out a door with zigzag scissors and glue it. The unusual shape of the edge of the door will give the picture a certain charm. We use a black marker to mark the door handle.
Now we sprinkle the space around the house with cereal, representing sand or stones. The role of sand is played well by millet, stones (cobblestones) by pearl barley.
Sprinkle the cereal onto the glue, applied in a fairly dense layer.
Our “house” applique is almost ready, all that remains is to apply a few more strokes.
To do this, we cut out the trunk and branches of a tree from brown paper.
Glue a green crown to them. You can make it from a green napkin or crumpled corrugated paper - then the tree will gain volume.
Crafts made by children are the best decor for a room. The "House" applique can become a painting, a cover for a notebook, or a gift for grandma.
The benefits of crafts
Creativity for a child is an important element of his development. Crafts involve imagination, fine motor skills, and teach how to use scissors and glue. Emotionally, creative children develop much better.
At these moments, parents will be able to establish contact with their child and have a pleasant time during the process.
House made of colored paper
A craft for a child should be simple and easy. The application will help your child learn colors and geometric shapes. If a child does not yet know how to use scissors, parents should help him. First, let's prepare materials for creativity:
- white and colored paper;
- pencil;
- scissors;
- glue.
Get to work in a good mood! So, how to make a house:
- On a white sheet of paper we draw the outlines of the house. We draw the roof, window, doors. You can “plant” a tree nearby.
- Using scissors, cut out shapes that fit the shape from colored paper. The roof is a triangle, the base of the house is a square. Imagine with your children.
- Then we glue the blanks along the contours of the drawing. Let the application dry.
- We complete the necessary elements with a pencil.
Winter craft
Application in the younger group of kindergarten is characterized by ease of implementation and availability of materials. Children must cut out the pieces and glue them on themselves. For crafts in the form you will need:
- white and colored paper;
- cotton wool;
- scissors;
- glue;
- sparkles and rhinestones optional.
Manufacturing process:
- Let's take a white sheet and draw a schematic picture.
- We begin to cut out the roof of the house, the base, the crown and trunks of trees, the sun and clouds, one by one, from colored paper.
- Glue all the elements and give them time to dry.
- Then we make snow. The first method: cut a lot of white pieces and stick them chaotically on trees and the roof of the house. Second: divide the cotton wool into small pieces, roll into balls and glue them.
- If desired, we decorate with sparkles; you can make stars from rhinestones.
The "House" applique is very simple to make. Using your imagination, you can make a series of pictures based on the seasons.
Felt house
The nursery is made quickly and easily. Felt is a very soft material with a rich range of colors. To make the “Colored House” applique neat, prepare the following:
- felt of various shades;
- scissors;
- glue;
- cardboard;
- any decorative elements.
How can you make such a house with your children? The process is very simple:
- The cardboard will be the basis for the picture. For small children, you can draw the outlines of the house with a pencil.
- We cut out geometric shapes from felt - squares, triangles, rectangles. They will become parts for the “construction” of the house.
- We glue each element with glue. Older children can sew felt to cardboard with thread.
- We decorate the picture with clouds and sun if desired.
Any crafts are aimed at the development of children. Applique is the easiest and most understandable way for kids to learn how to use scissors and glue.
House in the forest
Crafts should be varied. Application in the younger group - This is an integral part of the educational process. At any time of the year you can make a house in the forest. The following materials are prepared for its manufacture:
- colored paper;
- white cardboard;
- scissors;
- pencil;
- glue;
- various additional materials, such as pieces of fabric, thread, buttons.
The application "House" is very simple:
- On white cardboard with a simple pencil we draw a house, the sun, trees, clouds.
- Select the paper colors you like and cut out the details for the applique.
- Glue all the elements to the drawing.
- We make rays of the sun from threads, from red buttons we make apples on a tree, pieces of fabric can become grass.
Each craft will have its own personality. In the process, the child will be able to learn colors, geometric shapes, fruits and berries, and seasons.
Materials for children's creativity
Products for children must be of high quality and safe. The most popular materials for children:
- Colored paper. It has a wide range of colors, a fairly low price and is suitable not only for appliques.
- Felt is a very soft material. The rainbow of colors makes it perfect for kids' crafts.
- Buttons develop fine motor skills and help learn geometric shapes.
- Threads, yarn, ribbons. These available materials can complement any children's applique and make it come alive.
- Corrugated paper is suitable both for gluing individual elements and for creating flowers and trees.
- Glue is an important element in children's creativity.
- Pencils, paints, and felt-tip pens will help complement the drawings and make them brighter.
The "House" applique is a good opportunity for children to develop creatively. It's quite simple and easy to make. Even children in the younger group of kindergarten can handle making a house. Older children can complement their pictures with more complex elements and additional drawings.
Paper appliqué can be an excellent decoration for the home where a child lives. Paper applique is an accessible and exciting creativity that both children and their parents can do. After all, making things with your own hands for children, and especially when there is a restless little helper nearby, is pleasant and fun. This can become a joint family hobby.
Paper applications are in demand now. Both in kindergarten and in development centers, where parents rush to send their babies almost from the cradle, they are engaged in appliqué. And they do it right.
After all, it is the manual production of all kinds of crafts and applications that have the best effect on the mental activity of the baby. It has a beneficial effect on its development.
It’s not for nothing that directors and employees of Silicon Valley giants: eBay, Google, Apple, Yahoo, Hewlett-Packard send their children to school without computers. This school has a very simple, old-fashioned look - blackboards with crayons, bookshelves with encyclopedias, wooden desks with notebooks and pencils. For learning, they use familiar tools that are not associated with the latest technologies: pens, pencils, sewing needles, sometimes even clay, etc. And not a single computer. Not a single screen. Their use is prohibited in classrooms and discouraged at home.
We need to do the same, do more handicrafts, crafts, appliques, drawing and so on with children. To do this, on our website we tried to make and select interesting “developmental games” for you and your children.
This publication invites you paper applique house . This applique is for children aged 5-6 years, primary school students who know how to handle scissors and glue fluently and can easily make an applique. To make such a craft for kindergarten, for younger children, of course you need the help of adults.
How to make a paper house applique.
All you need to do is download and print the applique templates, cut them out and paste them onto the background image. The background can be anything you want.
Good luck and interesting discoveries to you and your kids!
Applique paper house for children
Applique paper house for children
Gohar Galstyan
Lesson summary for the application “Colored House”
Program content:
Continue teaching children to use scissors - "approximately" cut wide strips of paper into cubes ( "squares") or bricks ( "rectangles").
Show the technique of dividing a square diagonally into two triangles to obtain the roof of a house.
Arouse interest in creating a composition from self-cut elements.
Developed eye, sense of form and composition.
Develop independence, confidence in your skills, and accuracy.
Materials, tools, equipment:
For the teacher: Options applicative compositions« Colored house» from "cubes" And "bricks", scissors, glue, a sheet of paper for the background, wide strips of miscellaneous paper colors(width 3-4 cm, length 12-15 cm, paper napkin and cloth.
For children: Wide strips of miscellaneous paper colors(width 3-4 cm, length 12-15 cm, sheets of paper of different background colors, scissors for child labor, glue and brushes or glue sticks, paper and cloth napkins, oilcloths.
Progress of the lesson:
1. The arrival of a game character with a request. (pig)
Preliminary conversation.
I'm looking for a sandbox...
I'm dragging you by the rope
Truck full of nails
Cubes and bricks.
I will build a dacha
On the hot sand.
The piglets ask us to build them houses from cubes and bricks. We have nowhere to live, we are very cold.
2. introductory conversation with examination of samples and illustrations.
What is a house made of? What is it like? Why do we need a house?
3. Demonstration of execution techniques.
Take two strips of different paper colors. Let's use this for our own house cubes, and from this bricks. We cut one strip into approximately equal cubes,
And the second for bricks. Fold in half and cut along the fold - bricks.
Fold the short strip in half. Cut along the fold into cubes.
4. Physical education moment.
"Smile"
Children pronounce words in chorus and perform the corresponding movement:
Quickly stand up, smile,
Stretch higher, higher.
Well, straighten your shoulders.
Raise, lower.
Turned left, right,
Hands touched knees.
Sat down - stood up, sat down - stood up
And they ran on the spot.
5. Independent work:
Cut out cubes and bricks
Lay out the details. Admire what happens
Perform gluing
LET'S GET TO WORK
Individual showing:
1. Show children an illustration
2. Demonstration of execution techniques
Individual advice.
The teacher approaches the children and gives individual tips and advice.
Showed it only on my piece of paper.
Playing off the results obtained.
The piglets are very happy. Now they live in a safe place house.
