Paper crafts with a 2 year old child. Why do children need educational toys and how to make them with your own hands. Does a child need educational toys?

Recently, educational toys have appeared on the shelves of all stores. “What would it be like without them?!” - the teachers exclaim. Let's figure out what an educational toy is.

As the name suggests, this is a toy that develops something in a child: fine motor skills or some kind of knowledge. By and large, all toys are educational: a rattle teaches a child to control his hands (grab, move from hand to hand, throw). And yet, educational toys are usually called those that allow a child to learn something in a playful way. You can make many of these toys with your own hands.

The main stages of child development

Before you start making a toy, determine what age it will be designed for. Obviously, it will not be of interest to a five-year-old. It is also important what the child is interested in. It depends on what shape your toy will be and what plot it will be combined with.

I would like to remind you that everything is individual. Perhaps your child has already mastered some skill ahead of time, perhaps not.

0- 3 months

The child lies on his back most of the time. It is necessary to develop the ability to focus your gaze.

Types of toys: mobiles, bright rattles, garlands, beads.

Requirements for toys: different textures, lightness of toys, simple shapes. The colors are bright, but not variegated. Preferably no more than 5 items.

3 - 6 months

The child moves more and puts all objects in his mouth. Learns to roll over from back to stomach. It is necessary to develop coordination of movements, hearing and vision, and grasping skills.

Types of toys: tumblers, rag beads, toys with a mirror, rattles - dumbbells, rings. Educational mats with arcs. Rag balls, button bracelets.

Requirements for toys: bright, different-textured toys that make different sounds.

6 - 9 months

The child learns to crawl and recognizes loved ones. For some time he is able to entertain himself. It is necessary to encourage motor and speech activity, as well as develop the ability to grasp an object not with the whole hand, but with two fingers.

Types of toys: educational mats, sorters, pyramids, nesting dolls, musical toys with buttons.

Requirements for toys: bright, sounding toys should differ in shape, weight, and method of use.

9 - 12 months

The child learns to walk and talk. It is necessary to develop motor and speech activity.

Types of toys: educational rugs and picture books, rolling toys, dolls with pronounced facial features, glove and finger puppets, pyramids, cubes, sorters, variants of boxes, buckets, baskets (insert toys).

Requirements for toys: toys consisting of different parts that can be assembled and disassembled. Toys that reflect real world situations.

1 year - 1 year 3 months

Active development and exploration of the surrounding world begins. The child shows a desire for independence. It is necessary to develop motor and speech activity, as well as thinking operations: comparison, generalization, analysis.

Types of toys: pyramids, cubes, insert toys, musical instruments.

Requirements for toys: toys consisting of different parts that can be assembled and disassembled.

1 year 3 months - 1 year 6 months

Development of speech, encouragement of speech activity, development of fine motor skills (unfastening - fastening in various ways). Development of the operation of thinking.

Types of toys: educational mats and books, cubes, toys with a surprise (secret), sorters.

Requirements for toys: toys that allow you to generalize objects based on similarity, size, color. Names of animals, plants, clothes, etc.

1 year 6 months - 1 year 9 months

Active knowledge of the surrounding world. It is necessary to develop the active use of objects for other purposes, independent play, and understanding of emotions.

Types of toys: toys that reflect real situations and objects of the surrounding world, animals.

Requirements for toys: subject games (story, construction, etc.). Toys that require you to show and name colors, shapes, and choose an action.

1 year 9 months - 2 years

The child is undergoing active social development. It is necessary to develop an understanding of shape, color, size.

Types of toys: sorters, pyramids, cubes, books.

Requirements for toys: toys that can be grouped by shape, color, size.

2 - 3 years

The baby’s active social development continues; he already knows how to interact with other children. It is necessary to develop fine motor skills, as well as the ability to distinguish shapes, colors, and sizes.

All types of toys. Crafts made from natural materials, paper, plasticine.

Requirements for toys: toys for subject, role-playing games.

35 years

Activity, the ability to independently organize your play activities. These skills need to be strengthened.

Types of toys: children's lotto, puzzles. Games for learning the time of day and seasons. Learning the alphabet and numbers.

Materials for making educational toys

There are a huge variety of materials for making educational toys, most of them are found in every home!

Remnants of fabric

Educational toys are good because you can use leftovers that every needlewoman has for them. For example, the remains of various fabrics, felt, fleece, knitwear. Different textures are welcome!

Want to make your life easier? Use small pieces of fabric that are applied to new suits.

Those who know how to knit can use squares that are knitted to calculate the stitches.

Everything is used: laces, ribbons, buttons, beads, zippers, buttons, drawstrings, latches, adhesive tape, buckles and much, much more! And small thermal applications may well play the role of a secret hidden behind a curtain or in a pocket.

Furniture fittings

Latch latches, hooks, keys with locks and threaded screws can be used, for example, when “building” a house.

Rustling elements

The rustling of one or another element is achieved by placing a crumpled cellophane wrapper from tea or a box of chocolates inside.

Rattle elements

The rattling elements provide a huge scope for imagination. Place inside a plastic container from shoe covers or a plastic egg from Kinder Surprise, into which some cereal (rice, peas, buckwheat, small pasta), salt, dry cherry pits or acorns are poured.

Ringing elements

Most often they are a small bell, bought for little money in a souvenir shop or fishing store.

Shiny and transparent elements

These include pieces of thick foil, the inside of juice or milk packaging, as well as packaging from toys or bedding.

Opening elements

Children usually really like them, especially if someone is hiding under them) Options: window, pockets, curtains. Or you can use these regular water or juice caps.

Old clothes

Some craftswomen use children's clothes for their babies, which are already too small for them.

Fillers

Synthetic padding polyester, foam rubber (then your cube will keep its shape) or polystyrene foam are usually used as soft fillers.

However, I am sure that if you think about it, you will definitely come up with something of your own!

What types of educational toys are there?

On the Internet you can find a huge number of educational toys made by yourself: books, cubes, panels and rugs, pillows, stands, houses, animal figures, etc.

Developmental mat

The plots are also varied. It could be some kind of children's fairy tale or just a picture with a plot.

Remember, for example, what your boy is interested in: cars or trains?

Variants of books “about a baby” are interesting - they not only develop motor skills, but also help the child to better know the world around him.

Or maybe it will just be a cube with some elements? The choice is yours.

All toys can be divided into 2 large groups: those with whom the child can play independently and those for whom need help or presence of an adult. Typically, the first category includes entertaining toys for children in the first months of life, as well as toys that develop fine motor skills. After several demonstrations, the child will be able to independently unfasten a zipper or button, unscrew the cap, etc.

The presence of an adult requires toys that develop the ability to count; find more-less, right-left, up-down; name colors and geometric shapes, parts of the body or animals, explain the rules of behavior or traffic, etc.

Options for toys and the skills they develop

This bracelet will be useful for a very small baby (from 2 to 4 months). It will contribute to the development of the baby's hearing and vision, as well as coordination of movements.

Beads (sling beads)

Sling beads develop color perception, tactile sensations, and teach the child to sort out and roll small elements. In addition to beads, you can attach several small knitted animals or fruits.

Pillow with buttons

Despite its apparent lightness, the toy is quite interesting. develop the baby's tactile perception. Take it with you on the road and ask your child (depending on his age) to find all the buttons of a certain color, count them (on the entire pillow, in one row or column), find the largest or smallest button of a certain color in a row or on the entire pillow, show which button is to the right of the small blue one, etc.

Book

Develops fine motor skills, teaches you to name animals, allows you to study colors and geometric shapes.

Stand with locks

I'm sure the boys will be absolutely delighted! After all, there is so much that can be opened, unfastened, turned and pressed. Making a development stand is quite simple; most of the elements can be found in any man’s pantry.

Rug - fairy tale

The rug develops the child's speech and imagination. Simple guiding questions from parents will help the child quickly master these skills (Can you imagine that Kolobok turned the other way? Who will he meet? Etc.)

Greetings, dear parents!

If your baby is one year old, or already one and a half, or maybe already two, then it’s time to interest your little one in creative works. First crafts with 2-year-old children, what could be more touching and exciting?

We will introduce the children to new materials, such as colored paper, cardboard and of course glue.

But many parents are interested in the question: at what age should one start creating?

There is no definite answer here, since each baby is unique and can begin to engage in creativity even at 1.5 years old. Another kid won’t even want to at two.

In any case, over the age of one year, the task of parents is to offer their child this type of activity and not expect great results from him.

Someone says that their child sat down the first time and was interested, but another needs to be taught in small steps every day so that he can at least stay in the chair.

In any case, do not force the child, but interest him, otherwise you will discourage him from engaging in this type of creativity at all.

I offer simple types of crafts with templates that you can play with your baby.

1 point:

Of course, in order to fully engage with the child, the mother needs to prepare materials for classes in advance. Why in advance?

If you sit your baby next to you and cut out pictures that need to be glued, then your baby will either disturb you, or will drag and tear everything from your hands, or will leave the workplace altogether.

You know that children at such a young age cannot stay at the table for a long time, they need to run, run!

And if you have everything prepared in advance: they sat the child down and started playing with him, we take out the ready-made paraphernalia and tell us what should be and where. This course of events would be more suitable for the baby.

Although, if your baby can sit quietly next to you and watch you cut something out, then of course so be it. In general, look at your child.

2nd point:

Then you can complicate the task: you need to place the elements only where they should be:

We need to dress Masha. Mom cuts out clothes for Mashenka: a hat, overalls, mittens and boots separately. The baby must glue everything.

From torn scraps of colored paper

Here the mother does not need to prepare elements for work; it is recommended to tear up the pieces of paper together with the child.

After I cut out various shapes from colored paper, I don’t throw away the scraps. They can also be glued to the applique.

Like these ones:

From torn pieces of colored paper we make the following craft plan:

Little house. Here we use pre-prepared rectangles.

Pyramid. Here we studied geometric shapes, pronounced the name and colors.

Crafts made from paper and plasticine

Here we have a background and complement it with plasticine elements. To make the plasticine softer, you can leave it in the sun in the summer and on a radiator in the winter, but not for long!

Fairytale house. The house is cut out of cardboard and a window is made with a razor. Everything else is decorated with plasticine balls. Teach your child to flatten them.

Sunflower

Why does a child need to play?

Dear moms and dads, don’t forget that play is a need for a growing child’s body. The game develops cognitive mental processes: perception, memory, thinking, attention, imagination, speech; curiosity and mental abilities develop; primary intellectual skills. Children of this age actively explore the world according to the principle: “What I see, what I act with, that is what I learn.”

Children develop simple forms of visually effective thinking, the most primary generalizations, directly related to the identification of certain external and internal characteristics of objects. It is by playing with a child that you can develop all the necessary skills, abilities and knowledge.

Games for children 2-3 years old to develop tactile sensations.

The first game " Guess without looking" or "Magic bag"

Required equipment: a wide variety of objects differing in size, shape and material from which they are made.

• Ask your child to close his eyes and guess what is in his hand. Let him comment on his feelings.
• You don’t have to close your eyes, but hide the object in an opaque bag, ask the child to put his hand in there, feel the object and guess what it is.
• Let the child guess the object by feeling it with both his right and left hands. This will allow you to develop tactile sensitivity in both hands equally.

Second game "What is the difference?"

While walking, collect a variety of items in a bucket: stones, branches, leaves
trees, cones. At home, empty the contents of the bucket and look at everything carefully, comparing the items with each other.

When looking at objects, explain to your child that the stone is heavy and the leaf is light.

Weigh objects in your hands and feel them. This way the child will be able to get acquainted with the concepts of “heavy”, “light”, “hot”, “cold”, “smooth”, “rough”, “prickly”.

Third game "Guess what it is?"

Required equipment: cans of cereal.

• The child’s task is to lower his hands alternately into containers with different cereals. Be sure to name the cereal and compare the sensations.
• After some time, when the child has a good understanding of the grains, ask him to identify them at random with his eyes closed.

Game four "Touch and tell"

Required equipment: thick paper, various cereals, pieces of fabric of different textures, glue.

• It is necessary to cut out small squares from paper (with a side of about 10 cm). Glue cereal, pieces of fabric or textured colored paper onto the squares.
• You don't have to cut out just the squares. Make circles and triangles as well. Store this teaching material in a separate box.
• Let the child take the card, touch it and talk about his feelings.
• Help him by using as many definitions as possible.

Also great rump drawing game, semolina is very suitable for such a game.

Experiments and experiments for children from 2 to 3 years old.

"Water Transformations"

The game introduces the properties of such a substance as water.

Required equipment: shaped molds and ice molds.

• First, tell your child that water placed in the freezer freezes and turns into ice.
• Then demonstrate it clearly.
• Show your child the ice figures, draw his attention to the fact that the pieces of ice repeat the shape of the vessels that you filled with water.
• Watch the ice melt.
• By adding paint to water, you can get multi-colored ice and make beautiful patterns out of it.

"The Invisible Letter"

The game will introduce your child to the properties of a substance such as iodine.

Required equipment: paper, lemon, iodine.

• Use lemon juice to write your child's name or draw a simple picture on the paper and let it dry.
• Then dilute iodine in water and wet a sheet of paper with a brush - the design will appear.

"Poured and poured"

The game promotes the development of coordination of movement, expands the understanding of the properties of the substance - water.

Required equipment: container with water, one large and one small glass.

• Place a bowl of water in front of your child. Show how you can scoop up water in one glass and pour it into another.
• Give your child freedom of action.

"Wring out the washcloth"

The game promotes the development of fine motor skills.

Required equipment: two containers, a foam sponge.

• Fill one container with water. Show your child how you can use a sponge to transfer water from one dish to another.
• Offer to try to do the same yourself.

"Water-Carrier"

The game will introduce the concept of volume and promotes the development of coordination of movements.

Required equipment: a bowl of water, two or three jars, wooden sticks.

• Place a bowl of water in front of your child. Place a teaspoon, a tablespoon, a ladle, a strainer, and a sponge nearby.
• Invite your child to scoop water from the basin with different objects and pour it into different jars.
• Compare which jar contains more water.
• You can measure the depth of water in jars the way sailors once did: by lowering a wooden stick into the jar.

"Through the Sieve"

The game introduces the purpose of objects and the properties of the substance - water.

Required equipment: glass, sieve.

• Place a bowl of water in front of your child. Let the baby pour water from a glass into a sieve.
• Explain to him why the water flows away.

And for variety, you can put different objects in the water and use a sieve to catch them.

"Swim or sink"

The game promotes the development of observation, fine motor skills, and the development of object classification skills.

Required equipment: objects that sink in water (pebbles, spoons, screws, buttons), and objects that do not sink in water (ball, wooden planks, plastic toys), a container with water, two empty buckets.

• Place a bowl of water in front of the child and lay out all the items. Let the baby throw objects into the water one by one and watch them.
• Then take the items out of the water and put them in different buckets - in one, everything that did not drown, in the other - what was at the bottom.

DIY games for children.

Do-it-yourself games for children are very simple to make, they can always be made from available materials, and the ideas presented will help the development of your little one.

A selection of DIY games for children:

1. “Pictures with lacing”

For this game you can use pictures - sun, cloud, flower, car.

In order to make such a toy you will need: white and multi-colored plastic; awl or screws; scissors; fishing line; yellow lace.

Once you make the game, show your child how to weave the lacing correctly. Your baby will love these educational games.

2. “Windler games”

I think you all understand perfectly well that it is useful to constantly teach your baby new skills, new movements of hands and fingers. This has a beneficial effect on the child’s speech formation, and on development in general.

The next game is designed to teach the baby to better coordinate the movements of both hands.

During this game, the child learns to wrap a rope or ribbon around a stick or ball. Generally speaking, winding on a stick is much easier, so it’s better to start with it. A drumstick, pencil, or even a stick from the street will do. You need to tie a small piece of string, thick yarn or ribbon to it.

In order to increase the child's interest in playing, you can attach a small soft toy to the end of the tape. With each new turn, the toy will crawl closer and closer to the baby. It will be very exciting!

3. “The game of making soap foam”

For this game, prepare a whisk. Then, together with your child, pour water into a bowl and add a little shampoo. Show your baby how to get a rich foam by whisking vigorously. Usually kids are simply fascinated by this educational game; it’s almost like a magic trick - water turns into foam. My daughter loves this game. 🙂

And after playing with the whisk, we begin to blow soap bubbles through the straw. Usually, for the first time, it is difficult for babies to understand that they should not drink water through a straw, but rather blow it out, so if you have never tried to create a storm in a glass before, first experiment with ordinary water and make sure that the baby does not drink the water. And only then move on to playing with soapy water. In this case, the bubbles are even more spectacular than with a whisk.

4 . “We transfer the pieces of foam rubber using clothespins”

For this game, cut a foam sponge into small pieces in advance. Together with your baby, imagine that these are pies, cookies or potatoes - in general, something edible. Mashenka has lunch soon, so we need to put all the food on her plate. True, the food is hot, so to avoid getting burned, you need to use a clothespin. My daughter loves to cook and feed her toys, so this game really captivates us.

5. “Playing with tweezers”

This game is similar to the previous one, only here we will use tweezers instead of clothespins. First try practicing with sponge pieces. When this works out well, you can also transfer small beads with tweezers. This task is, of course, more difficult, but a two-year-old child can already do it.

I would like to note that games with clothespins and tweezers wonderfully develop fine motor skills, coordination of movements, and hone tool skills.

6. “Playing with nuts”

For a variety of tactile sensations, as well as to enrich knowledge about the world around us, it is interesting to play with nuts. To do this, buy 4-5 types of nuts in shell (5 pieces of each type). We played with walnuts, pine nuts, hazelnuts, almonds, and peanuts.

Nuts can be used in role-playing games by distributing nuts to toys while pronouncing and remembering their names.

You can also sort nuts by type, again repeating the names (Katya the doll loves walnuts, and Olya loves peanuts).

Finally, you can place the nuts in a small, opaque bag and feel the nuts out of the bag.

7. « Lay out the pasta"

I propose another game that can be made in 2 minutes using available materials. This game helps improve motor skills and, of course, accuracy.

So, the child’s task is to carefully lay out the pasta along the drawn paths. Buttons will also work. If you use materials of different colors, then for each track you can define its own color, thereby adding color sorting.

Tip: to make the activity more interesting, place small toys along the edges of the paths, and explain that your mission is to build a pasta bridge for the toys, otherwise they will never meet.

8. “Playing with a pipette”

Another simple toy that is always at hand and that can capture children's attention for a long time is a pipette. If your baby is not yet familiar with this device, then it is better to start with larger bulbs and dispensers, and at the same time simply pour water from one dish to another. Well, when the child already understands the sequence of actions (press - lower the pipette into the water - unclench his fingers, etc.), then you can already offer more difficult tasks. For example, pour water into the cells using a small pipette.

Lego pieces or mini bathing mats are ideal as cells. It is advisable to tint the water for this developmental activity with gouache, this will make it easier to see which cells are already filled and which are not yet.

For those who have already gotten the hang of it, we can offer an advanced option - alternating the color of the water when filling the rows of cells.

9. “Playing with kinetic sand”

Recently, kinetic sand has become quite popular and, in general, deservedly so: it is an excellent alternative to regular sand in the cold season, captivates children for a long time, and develops motor skills and imagination with a bang.

Despite the fact that kinetic sand looks similar to wet river sand, its properties are significantly different. It is less crumbly and has a sort of cohesive mass (at the same time, it is not as flexible as play dough or plasticine). In addition, kinetic sand has “fluidity”. So, a tower made from it, after standing for a few minutes, will slowly begin to creep away, while a tower made of ordinary sand can stand for at least the whole day until someone destroys it. However, all this does not mean that kinetic sand is worse or uninteresting to play with!

In the game we use ordinary sand molds, build castles for princesses and zoos for animals, but most of all, perhaps, we love to cook various pies and sausages with our hands, decorate them, cut them with a toy knife and treat them to everyone.

Educational cartoon for kids. Learning colors.

Of course, there are a lot of educational games for children that you can play with your child at home, I told you about those that my child loves.

And also, during the breaks between games, we came across one very educational cartoon “Little Kids”, take a look, maybe your little one will learn from it. 😉

It's time to finish my article. I would be very glad if you share your ideas for activities with our children in the comments. And remember, everything depends on yourself, on your desire, on your imagination. Good luck to you!! While playing, develop yourself!!

Sincerely, Tatyana Kashitsina.

Developmental activities should cover absolutely all spectrums of child development and upbringing. In particular, it is imperative to conduct classes aimed at developing the child’s creative abilities. And today we invite you to find out how you can develop the creative inclinations of a 2-3 year old child at home.

Modern mothers are mostly progressive. They understand that their child will be able to succeed in life only if he is engaged in his development from a very early age. And this, first of all, is their task, and not a kindergarten teacher or beloved grandmother. In addition, it has been proven that classes between a baby and his mother are much more effective than similar classes with a certified specialist. And all because children under the age of 3 draw the parallel “I trust - I adopt,” so they perceive information from unfamiliar people more weakly, are often distracted and do not want to make contact with them.

Let us note that developmental activities should cover absolutely all spectrums of child development and upbringing. In particular, it is imperative to conduct classes aimed at developing the child’s creative abilities. And today we invite you to find out how you can develop the creative inclinations of a 2-3 year old child at home.

Features of activities aimed at the creative development of the child

What basic mental processes is it based on? development of children's creativity this age group? Psychologists identify five main mental processes on which the development of natural creative abilities in children 2-3 years old is based:

1. Imagination
2. Perception
3. Thinking
4. Attention
5. Memory

Therefore, educational games with parents should help form the listed processes. Each lesson, game or exercise should be organized taking into account the age and individual characteristics of the baby. To make the lesson as effective as possible, you need to pay attention to the following points:

• The duration of the game should be 10-15 minutes. Of course, if a child has a desire to continue, then there is no need to besiege him or force him into another activity.
• Choose didactic material for exercises according to age. All educational toys(including their parts) should fit comfortably in a child’s hand, be safe, bright and versatile, as well as accessible for various types of manipulation. It must be taken into account that excessive brightness and volume of the didactic material used can frighten the child. It should be remembered that children 2-3 years old may still try to bite off a piece of the offered toy, so you should not leave your baby alone with a toy that has small parts or defects (for example, a torn seam through which the child can pull out the filling).
• During creative activities create a positive emotional background. It is very important to support the child at every lesson if he does not succeed in the proposed action. Switch his attention, calmly explain again, help, sympathize. The main thing is that the little man maintains a positive mood throughout the lesson. At the end of the game, be sure to praise him and tell other family members about his achievements. You can set up a small stand at home for crafts and drawings. It will remind the child of recent creative successes and push him to new achievements.
• Conduct your classes systematically. For obvious results, it is enough to play one game a day. However, it is not necessary to be tied to a specific time. Better rely on your baby’s individual biorhythm.

Games that promote creativity

All games to develop creativity Children aged 2-3 years can be divided into 4 groups.

Let's draw

You can outline the outline of a famous object not only with the help of traditional pencils and paints. You can draw on the sand, on a foggy window, on a tray of flour, etc. Here you can organize a spontaneous lesson without preliminary preparations and devices. Is there some porridge left on your plate after lunch? Draw a house or a car with a spoon. Are you cleaning? Draw geometric shapes on the floor with a wet cloth.

This also includes playing with coloring water in a glass, working with coloring books, or games that involve connecting contour dots. Drawings based on the imprint of a child’s hand are very popular now. To create such drawings, you need to purchase good quality finger paints and several large format sheets. By the way, as an easel on creative activities a part of the wall may protrude, specially covered with washable or inexpensive wallpaper, which you don’t mind re-pasting often.

Let's sculpt

At 2 years old, a child can already knead plasticine and, imitating an adult, roll it out or roll it down. You can squeeze out figures using existing molds, for example from a logic cube, or make three-dimensional objects.

An excellent alternative to plasticine can be salt dough, which is easy to prepare at home (to make salt dough you will need flour, water, salt and vegetable oil). Preparing salt dough is so easy that you can involve your baby in this process, thus also developing the child’s fine motor skills. You can add natural dyes to the ready-made dough, which will significantly diversify the lesson and contribute to development of imagination baby.

Be prepared for the fact that systematic drawing and modeling with plasticine or dough can lead to the child getting his hands into a plate of porridge or painting the walls with your favorite lipstick. Don't rush to scold him for this. It is possible that he simply saw new possibilities for sculpting or painting. Remember, the floor, table and walls can be easily washed later, but reinstilling an interest in spontaneous creativity will be much more difficult.

Cut and glue

Of course, scissors are a dangerous tool. But there is no need to rush to abandon applique classes at such an early age. Prepare stencils of the details of the future application in advance. Then cut out each detail in front of the child, explaining to him how the scissors work. Now you can entrust the scissors to your baby: with minimal guidance of the child’s hands, help him cut out simple geometric shapes. Remember that scissors are a great tool for development of fine motor skills. If you are of a suspicious nature, then you can buy special children’s scissors with which the child will not be able to cut himself even with all his desire.

You shouldn’t limit yourself to just creating paper applications. To make colorful and voluminous crafts, you can use any available materials (it is best to use voluminous parts (buttons, beads, caps, etc.), which can be combined with fabrics of different textures and colorful paper). Most often, it is precisely such creative activities that children show the greatest interest in. After all, a child with his own hands can turn the most ordinary objects and materials into fairy-tale characters or fantastic creatures.

We design

You can design not only using the details of a ready-made construction kit, instructions and a drawing that shows the final result. You can use even the most ordinary household items to create different looks. For example, using clothes and a shoebox, a child can build a cake. And if you stick cocktail straws into the holes of the colander, you will get a beautiful hedgehog.

The main condition in such activities is to show the child the versatility of every object that catches his eye, and not limit the flight of his imagination.

Remember the process formation of creative inclinations children aged 2 to 3 years requires a painstaking and systematic approach. Many psychologists advise mothers, first of all, to use their own imagination, experience and creativity. Therefore, before starting creative activities (or in parallel with them), parents should work on developing their creative streak. And the result of such efforts will certainly be the revelation of the child’s talents, the originality of his thinking and the formation of a successful personality.

Do you still buy toys in the store? After reading this article, you will want to make toys for children with your own hands.

In order for children to be smart, quick-witted, and cheerful, parents must organize conditions for play and creativity. In the process of playing, the child learns everything that surrounds him in life. While playing, the baby perceives information faster. A happy childhood without toys is impossible. Let's talk about how to make your own toys for children of different ages.

DIY toys for children under one year old

You can find many educational toys on store shelves. But let's clarify what an educational toy is.

A toy with the help of which a child learns something new is considered educational. We can say that every toy is educational.

After all, even the simplest rattle will teach the baby to control his hands and understand where the sound is coming from. To develop your children's abilities, you don't have to buy expensive entertainment. You can make simple and useful toys. For example:

• Educational cube. Each side of such a cube is made of different surfaces: smooth, rough, rustling, fabric, yarn. You can add flowers, pockets, appliqués, whatever your imagination suggests. The cube will be interesting for children under one year old

• Figures. You can make a toy with figures from cardboard and colored paper. The child will become familiar with colors and shapes. Finger motor skills also develop. Toy from one to two years

• Development board. Children from young to old will like it. Thanks to her, logic and fine motor skills develop. The baby can be carried away for a long time by studying all the details of this wonderful device.

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Select toys according to age. Just as a two-year-old baby is unlikely to be interested in rattles, a baby under one year old will not like more intricate toys that require ingenuity.

What toys are suitable for children under one year old? The simplest ones:

• Little books
• Cubes
• Textile balls
• Toys with mirror

Basic requirements for toys:

1. Safety. Small parts must be well secured. At this age, children put everything in their mouth.
2. Brightness. Variegated colors are recommended by psychologists for such an early age
3. Simplicity. The toy should not be complicated. A baby at this age needs up to five different textures.

DIY paper toys for children

• Draw a sun, a hedgehog, a ladybug. Then decorate them. You can print ready-made figures. Glue onto cardboard. Now you can put on the clothespins. An excellent toy for fine motor skills, developing perseverance, learning colors

• Cut out many different shapes: heart, square, triangle, circle. On the container, mark a cell for each shape. Let your baby learn to sort. Logic develops during this game

• Lacing toy. Suitable for children from two years old. At this age, the child will be able to attach a mushroom to a hedgehog and then tie it with a string. Develops logic, motor skills, coordination of movements

DIY wooden toys for children

Wooden toys are environmentally friendly. Wooden toys cannot be called simple, because their manufacture requires skill and special tools. But if dad or grandpa has golden hands, then wooden toys will live on the shelf in your nursery.

Wooden toys seem uninteresting to many, but if you decorate them, they will turn from boring into bright and cheerful.

Below are ideas for making wooden toys.

DIY cardboard toys for children

If you arm yourself with cardboard, glue, scissors, colored paper and limitless imagination, you can create entire masterpieces. An example in the next photo.

It seems that cardboard is a fragile material, so toys made from it are short-lived. However, if you use cardboard correctly, add other elements, you will get a pretty durable toy.

From cardboard you can make trains, animals, cars and other toys that your baby will love.

DIY boxed toys for children

Children love to play in the houses. Their whole life is in full swing there. There they put the dolls to sleep and almost live on their own. There they cook food for their toy friends. You can make a house out of a large cardboard box.

In addition, you can make a children's kitchen.

Many people wanted to be on TV as children. You can give your children this opportunity by making a cardboard TV.

DIY thread toys for children

If you know how to knit, then be sure to knit a soft toy for your child. A handmade product is especially expensive. Maybe this will be the child's favorite character.

Or just funny little animals.

It is not necessary to knit animals; you can knit soft balls. Place buckwheat or beans inside.

To make a toy out of threads, you don’t have to know how to knit. You can make dolls from threads.

Interesting: when there was not such a variety of toys as now, children played with dolls made of thread.

DIY sock toys for children

To create toys with your own hands, any available materials, even socks, are suitable. It would seem, what toys can be made from socks? But you can make very beautiful and interesting toys from socks.

DIY pompom toys for children

Toys made from pompoms are soft and pleasant to the touch. You can easily make them yourself. Make a toy out of a pompom with your child; children from two years old will love this activity.

You can buy ready-made pompoms or make them yourself from yarn.

Pictures of DIY toys for children

With the help of educational cards you can learn colors, shapes, animals.

Making your own cards is very easy. Print ready-made templates, color and study.

You can print ready-made pictures.

You can make puzzles.

DIY toy craft for children

If you want to make an original toy with your own hands, make a bright book with different textures.

Necessary materials:

• Scissors
• Threads
• Scraps of fabric
• Buttons
• Accessories
• Sintepon, foil

Master Class:

1. Decide on the size and quantity of your book. Cut two rectangles from the same fabric
2. Sew the edges, do not sew one edge yet. Insert a piece of padding polyester or foil inside. Then sew the last edge. This will be one spread of your book.
3. Do the rest of the pages
4. Fold them into a book and stitch in the middle
5. Decorate the pages as you wish: sew on rustling elements, soft pieces of fabric, buttons or other elements

A simple DIY toy for children

If you don’t want to do complicated work, you can make a very simple but useful toy.

Necessary materials:

• Two pieces of felt
• Scissors

Master Class:

1. Draw different shapes on one rectangle of felt
2. Cut out the same shapes from another piece of felt

The educational toy is ready. Ask your child to find a match.

DIY soft toys for children

If you have small pieces of fabric, dispose of them wisely.

For example, sew simple soft toys with your own hands.

A soft big owl can be not only a toy, but also a pillow.

Before handing the finished toy to your child, check again that all the parts are firmly sewn and there are no elements that could cause injury. Play with your children and develop your child's personality.

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