The best surprise for the most important holiday of all mothers, of course, will be crafts that children can make in advance with the participation of other adults - older brothers, sisters, dad or kindergarten teachers.

In this case, you can use a variety of materials for creativity. For example, it is easy to make very interesting crafts for Mother's Day.

The simplest version of salt dough crafts is a beautifully designed cast of a small children's hand.

For its manufacture you will need:

• flour;
• salt;
• measuring cup;
• water;
• deep bowl;
• rolling pin;
• a glass or a deep round cup;
• paints and brush.

Let's get started.

In a bowl, dissolve one portion of salt with warm water, gradually add two portions of flour to it. Add more water or flour as needed to get the right consistency. You can add a little vegetable oil, which will make the dough more plastic.

We leave our basis for creativity for some time on the table so that the gluten of the flour breaks up well. During this time, we prepare the work surface - remove all unnecessary, wipe it.

You can start the most interesting!

We roll out a layer of sufficient thickness - about two centimeters.

With a glass or a cup, cut out round cakes from it.

On each cake, we offer the baby to put the print of his palm, pressing it well against the dough.

We immediately make holes for the tape - it is convenient for this purpose to use a case from an old ballpoint pen or a straw for a cocktail.

We dry our blanks at room temperature, if necessary, covering them from dust with a thin cotton towel that allows air to pass through well.

When the plates dry, all that remains is to make the contours of the print brighter by covering them with paint. If desired, you can paint the entire medallion.

We attach a ribbon or satin ribbon - and the craft is ready!

And from in the form of medallions with handprints will help mothers keep valuable memories of the childhood of their babies, and therefore will become a truly priceless gift.

In this article, you will learn how to make your own salt dough and how to dry it. Many photos and step-by-step instructions will help you make a dough craft for any holiday.

For modeling with young children, it is better to use salt dough or Play Doh plasticine.

How to make dough for crafts: recipe

You can make your own dough with just a few simple ingredients: flour, fine salt, citric acid, vegetable oil and water.

Mix first 1 cup of flour with 0.5 cups of salt and 2 teaspoons of citric acid. Pour into a saucepan, add 1 tablespoon of oil to the dry mixture. Place over medium heat, gradually add water and stir. Water should go no more than 0.5 cups. When the mass lags behind the walls of the pan and becomes one lump, remove the pan from the heat. Take out the mass, put it on a board sprinkled with flour, and, like a regular dough, knead with your hands.

If you want to make colored dough for modeling, you first need to dilute dry food coloring in water. You can also add a little gouache to the finished dough and knead it well so that the color becomes uniform.

How to prepare salt dough for modeling?

Prepare salt dough. Color it in different colors, depending on what you want to mold. The dough can be made uncolored, divided into balls and a little gouache of the desired color can be added to each and kneaded. It is better to make a dough of regular colors, and then mix them to achieve the desired.

Keep the dough in a bag, or wrap it in cling film, you can put it in a closed container so that it does not dry out. If it still dries out, add a little water, and if it is too wet, add a little flour.

1. Make the dough thinner and just spread it on the base of the craft, so you can make butter on a slice of bread, or make chocolate icing for a cake from brown dough.
2. Try on food you've made with toy plates that you'll play with later to match.
3. To stick pieces of salt dough together, use a wet brush. Spread the junction with a brush, and stick the parts to each other
4. When sculpting food for dolls, it is very important to make the dough the same color as the original as possible, for example, carrots should be orange, not yellow or red.
5. So that the colors do not fade, open the craft with varnish. For classes with children, you need to use special harmless varnishes, they do not have an unpleasant odor, because they are made on a water basis

Drying figures from salt dough for modeling

There are two ways to dry salt dough crafts.

1. Air dry crafts. It is best if you put them on a smooth surface and leave for a few days. When the craft is dry, turn it over or lay it on its side so that it dries on all sides.
2. Baking in the oven. Preheat the oven well, put baking paper on a baking sheet, lay out the crafts on top, put in the oven and turn off the heat. The oven must be closed and not opened until completely dry. You can also bake crafts at a temperature of 100 ° C, but in this case, you need to watch them so that they do not burn.

These two methods can be combined, for example, dry for an hour in the oven, then leave in the air, after a while still in the oven, and so on until it dries.

Of course, if there are other decorations (beads, beads) in the craft, you need to dry it in the first way.

New Year's crafts from salt dough

The child will really like to decorate the house before the New Year and do crafts with their own hands together with their parents.

Christmas tree toys made of dough

Salt dough can make great Christmas decorations, and even toddlers can handle making them.

1. Prepare dough for modeling in different colors or uncolored
2. Roll out a cake from it and squeeze out a figure, you can use cookie cutters
3. Make a hole with a cocktail tube so that you can hang the figurine on the Christmas tree
4. Decorate the toy as you and your child want: stick colorful balls on the Christmas tree, make a garland for it, let it rain, add white snow to the toy
5. Uncolored dough can be dried first, and then painted with paints or markers
6. Dry the dough or bake in the oven
7. Pass the ribbon through the hole and hang the toy on the Christmas tree

You can make a lot of holes in the figures.

Or stick beads, beads and other beautiful pebbles into the dough, but in this case, these toys cannot be baked in the oven.

You can decorate toys with ribbons or decorative strings.

After the dough dries, apply PVA glue to it and sprinkle the figures with sparkles.

Color the uncolored dried dough with a permanent marker.

Cut out a mitten-shaped figurine, make it a beautiful colored ribbon from colored dough and decorate it with a homemade button. This figurine can be baked in the oven.

Print the baby's palm and draw Santa Claus in it - it will not only be a wonderful toy for the New Year tree, but will also remain in memory.

You can also make just such a toy-Santa Claus. To give him a beard, use a garlic press.

Make these brown dough gingerbread toys.

We sculpt a New Year's candle from dough

To mold a New Year's candle, you will need dough for modeling in different colors, a cardboard cylinder, for example, from a roll of paper napkins and red and yellow napkins.

• Let the child roll up colorful sausages.
• Wrap them around our cardboard base

• Decorate it with colorful balloons
• You can simply stick around the cardboard cylinder with one color and then decorate it

• Make a fire out of napkins and fix it at the top of our candle

Christmas tree made of dough

• First make a blank for the Christmas tree, for this you will need a cardboard box of juice or milk. First cut off its top, cut along the side folds, open. From the rectangles you need to cut off the excess so that you get isosceles triangles. See how to do it in the diagram below.

• Glue the cardboard base for your Christmas tree

• Now let the child decorate it: let it stick around it with green dough - you will get a Christmas tree. It remains only to add balls, a garland, a star to it, and do not forget about the gifts under the Christmas tree

Can you make a tree like this?

Easter crafts from salt dough

For Easter, you can make the following crafts from salt dough:

• Decorated eggs from pastry

• Bunny figurines cut out of salt dough.
• Decorated easter egg

• Egg stand

Easter eggs from dough

Even a toddler can handle this task.

• Take the dough, make an egg-shaped figure out of it.
• Decorate it however you and your child like.

You can use mixed dough of different colors for the base, you can make the base from unpainted and then paint with paints or markers. Open the eggs with glue and sprinkle with cosmetic sparkles. Glue multi-colored balls, for this, moisten the junction with a wet brush. Press beads, pasta, cereals, and other decorations into the eggs. Make prints with different objects.

In general, fantasize!

Dough egg holder

To do this, you will need a cardboard cylinder, dough and paints.

Cover the cut circle of cardboard with unpainted dough, blind its tail, head and other parts, as shown in the diagrams below.

Do not forget to close the stand on all sides with dough.

Decorate the craft as fantasy tells, you can use gouache or watercolors.

Open with a water-based varnish to make the colors brighter and keep the craft longer.

Crafts from the test for February 14 for Valentine's Day

What does everyone associate with this wonderful holiday? Of course the heart! Let's make a festive heart with a child and give it to parents.

Salt dough heart

Here, as everywhere, we first make the base, in our case, the heart, and decorate it!

You can decorate with roses, it will be very beautiful. How to sculpt roses, see step-by-step instructions with a photo below.

You can make such a keychain with paws.

These cute couples are made very quickly and simply.

You can make many of these heart figures, make holes in them and make a garland out of them, which will decorate the wall in the house.

Dough photo frame

Make an empty heart, decorate it and use it as a frame for a family photo, fasten it with colored cardboard on the back.

salt dough decoration

Here is such a fish in love that will definitely suit mother's outfit on this holiday.

Crafts from the test for March 8

On March 8, you can make such flower keychains for mothers, grandmothers, aunts and sisters. They can be made with younger children. You can use multi-colored dough or unpainted, and then decorate it with paints.

You can make such a flower candlestick as a gift.

Make such interesting medals with your children, and most importantly, everyone is different. Let the child give them himself.

Blind figures in the shape of a figure eight and decorate with flowers, stones, beads, in general, what is enough imagination.

Make a pendant with your child, for example, in the shape of a heart and decorate it: make flowers, leaves, decorate with paints, sign a congratulation.

Salt dough roses

• We take the dough for modeling, you need colors
• We sculpt a cone

• We roll the ball, flatten it gently into a round cake
• Glue the ball to the cone

• We make the second ball and glue it on the other side - we have a bud
• We make a few more balls and also sculpt petals from them. We chain them around

• We bend the upper edges of the petals back a little, and press the sides to the center

• We make a few side by side, depending on how lush you want to get a flower

The rose is ready!

If necessary, make leaves from green dough, push the veins with a toothpick. Make legs out of sausages. Connect all the details in one flower.

Crafts from the dough by February 23

Here's a medal you'll love.

Airplane - salt dough craft

A wonderful gift for dad or grandfather would be a salt dough airplane.

• Roll up the base for the figure - this will be the body
• Bend one side of it a little - this will be the tail. Attach the remaining parts to it

• Roll up the wheels for it and the fender liner

• Walk with a wet brush and attach the parts to the body

• Blind and attach wings in the form of triangles on toothpicks

• Make a propeller and use a toothpick to also attach to the body

• Let the figurine dry for a few days.

• Paint an airplane with gouache

Crafts from dough for Maslenitsa

Maslenitsa is an ancient holiday with many symbols and traditions. Crafts for this holiday are very diverse, you have plenty to choose from.

For the smallest, you can offer to make the sun, which symbolizes the onset of spring.

Here is such a sun for older children.

Invite your child to make their own salt dough pancakes.

Keychain pancakes

Salt dough panels and pictures

With older children, you can make a picture from salt dough.

For example, it could be a fruit basket. Follow the step by step photo instructions below.

• Roll out the uncolored dough to a thickness of about 0.5 cm.
• Prepare a basket template and, attaching to the dough, cut out a basket from it
• Squeeze out the dough with a garlic press, twist it into flagella, stick it, moistening the junction before that, on the handle of your future basket. You can add flagella to the rim

• Using a stack or a knife, push through the lines imitating basket weaving

• Squeeze out a few leaves from the rolled dough with a mold or cut out a few leaves according to the template. Sell ​​them veins
• Stick the leaves on the basket

• Now prepare fruits: apples, plums, grapes, etc. Roll them into balls of different sizes and give them the desired shape. For apples, in the place where the dried inflorescence should have been, stick a clove seasoning, the apples will look like real ones
• Connect everything in one picture

• Leave your craft to dry for a few days, preferably naturally.
• Decorate as you wish

Here is a simpler picture you can make with smaller children.

1. Draw a background for it
2. Draw the outlines of the character figures
3. Ask the child to stick the dough without going beyond the contour.
4. Leave the painting to dry
5. When it has dried, invite the child to decorate the characters with paints.
6. Draw small details
7. Open the picture with varnish, put it in a frame and you can hang it on the wall

Step-by-step dough crafts

Below are a few step-by-step instructions with photos for modeling salt dough with children.

Salt dough beads

1. We take colored dough, it can be the same color, it can be different
2. We roll balls out of it, preferably evenly and of the same size. Can be sized in descending order
3. We pierce the balls carefully in the center with a toothpick
4. Let them air dry for a few days. Flip them over from time to time.
5. When the balls are dry, carefully remove the toothpicks
6. The resulting beads are strung on a cord or ribbon.
7. You can paint the beads with paints or markers

Salt dough horseshoe

1. Roll out the dough into a cake, 1 cm thick
2. Attach a horseshoe template and cut out a figure with a knife
3. Blind the leaves, cut off the excess, push the veins on them
4. Blind the berries and flower, use a toothpick to make holes in the berries and stripes on the flower
5. Lubricate the horseshoe with water and stick all the details
6. Use a toothpick to make holes around the perimeter of the horseshoe. Make two holes through the top to hang the figurine on a string.
7. Leave the horseshoe to dry completely or bake in the oven
8. The dough can initially be taken in a certain color for each detail, or you can decorate it with paints at the end

test star

1. Roll out the dough into a layer about 1cm thick.
2. Cut out an asterisk or other figure with a cookie cutter
3. Lubricate the corners gently with a wet finger so that they are smooth
4. We decorate the figurine: we make her eyes, mouth, nose, pierce holes with a toothpick, add decorations
5. Bake in the oven or air dry
6. We open with varnish

Dough caterpillar

1. We roll sausage from green dough
2. Cut it into equal circles, roll them into balls
3. We stick the balls together, do not forget to moisten the junction.
4. Making a caterpillar face
5. We pierce the figurine with a toothpick or a pin in the place where we will attach it to the ring
6. We dry our craft

salt dough apple

1. Roll out a ball of dough in the form of half an apple. To make the cut even, press it against some even surface.
2. Adding a Flat White Center
3. We roll seeds for an apple and a tail from brown dough. We make leaves from green
4. We collect the figurine and dry

Salt Dough Crafts - Hedgehog

• Form the body and head of a hedgehog from uncolored dough.

• Make him a nose and eyes, you can use black dough or peppercorns

• Cut the dough with nail scissors, making needles, slightly lift them up. Cut the second row in a checkerboard pattern, and so on until the end

• Leave the hedgehog to dry. When it is completely hardened, you can decorate it with paints and sprinkle it with varnish.

Salt Dough Crafts - Animals

From salt dough with children, you can sculpt many animals. Below are some step-by-step instructions with photos.

Dough sheep

1. Roll 4 balls - these will be the legs of the lamb. Place them in a square, pressing them tightly against each other (see photo)
2. Roll up a piece of foil and place it inside the pastry. Roll a ball out of it - this will be the body of a lamb
3. Add a sheep's head, blind balls-eyes, horns and ears from sausages
4. To imitate wool, make many small balls and wrap them around the back of the figure, pressing them down a little
5. Dry your craft and decorate with paints and/or markers

Salt Dough Owl

1. Roll out the dough into a round cake
2. Use a cap from a felt-tip pen to push through the waves, imitating plumage
3. Wrap the sides inward - these will be the wings
4. Wrap the upper part towards the center too, stretching it out a little on the sides - this will be the head and ears
5. Stamp the eyes with the cap and add the beak with a toothpick
6. Dry and paint

Dough elephant

1. Roll up the ball, pull it out a little - this will be the body of the elephant
2. Make 4 thick sausages - these will be the legs
3. Blind a trunk from another one
4. Make a ponytail from a thin sausage
5. Roll out two cakes, put plates of a smaller diameter and pink color on them - you will get ears
6. Collect everything in one figure and don't forget about the eyes
7. Dry the elephant and open with varnish

Dough crafts - cat

• Cut out the cat template from cardboard

• Roll out the dough with a layer of 0.5 cm
• Attach the template and cut out the cat from the dough

• Let the dough dry
• Use sandpaper to sand around the perimeter of the figurine.

Paint the cat with a pencil and then with paints, let dry

Frame the panel

Sculpt fish from salt dough

1. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 0.5 to 1 cm
2. Cut out the fish according to the pattern.
3. Decorate it: make voluminous eyes, fins and tail, imitate scales with felt-tip pen caps or other improvised means

Let the mushroom dry and decorate it




Dough Crafts - Fruits and Vegetables

Many different vegetables and fruits can be molded from salt dough, with which you can then play and feed the dolls.

Remember that the colors of food for dolls should be matched as closely as possible to the original ones.




Following step-by-step instructions and photos, you can make interesting figures from salt dough, which you can then give to friends and family for different holidays. We hope you found a lot of interesting works and useful information in this article. Have fun and beautiful crafts!

VIDEO: Craft from salt dough "Owl"

A gift to mom from loved ones and close people is always perceived as something amazing and unique. Even if you present an old toy from your immemorial childhood, she will be happy to hold it in her hands and remember the fleeting nights spent near the crib.

And after all, so many different things can be given to mom, and dad, that just thoughts scatter - what a gift for mom to make with your own hands with your own hands.

Any gift from a child to a mother will be the best, even if he makes it clumsily, with his own hands, or creates a masterpiece from improvised means (see). There are a lot of ideas on the Internet that can help in creating an individual presentation. The following photo selection will lead you to think about choosing a suitable and affordable present.

Even children can repeat such a present - all you need to do is use paints and dad's help to insert the picture into the frame. Children of different ages can make such a gift to their beloved mother - both 3-year-olds and elementary school students.

The present is easier, but requires good hand motility. Small movements will help kids to engage in interesting processes, creating a work of art before their eyes. A gift application for mom from dad and kids will decorate the nursery or the parents' bedroom.

A similar gift for a nursing mother can be prepared within a few hours. Just imagine, she is already tired of the hassle and everyday affairs, does not have time to cook or clean somewhere, she is always busy with home and family.

And by accepting such a surprise, you can replenish her lost strength and breathe in a breath of air. After all, children grow up so quickly, and a nursing mother, under the influence of hormones, is even more moved.

Such applications are suitable for working with children of the older kindergarten group. There they have already learned how to work with plasticine, they know how to select details, they carefully handle small objects. And the perseverance and attentiveness of children will allow them to create a gift for a young mother.

This kind of crafts can be done by older children who know how to mix colors, work with food dyes. Below is an instruction on how to make exactly the same surprise using bread and food additives.

A similar gift for a 64-year-old mother is easy to make from simple cotton buds that are inserted into plasticine. The stems of the flowers will serve as candy sticks or tubes from balloons. You can take straws to make it easier to install them in a pot.

A simple patchwork flower is sewn in a few minutes. The price of such a gift will be low, and the emotions received from giving it will be maximum. A young or experienced mother will be pleased to see a panel created by the hands of a child, no matter how old he may be.

Plasticine, convenient in consistency, is suitable for sculpting crafts, as well as for finishing and decorating interior items. We will do without a video in this article, and below is also another master class on how to make decor for vases from a similar material.

Many people know such a thing as chewing gum for hands. It is used for modeling, and its second name is hendgam (translated from English - chewing gum).

In composition and consistency, it is softer than plasticine, heats up faster, is more plastic and easily lends itself to creating extraordinary figures. Well takes the form of any objects, without deforming after removing the surface from it.

An ideal gift for an elderly mother who will keep even a small beeswax figurine. And why?

The fact is that it is very difficult to work with such material, and having made one present, the second may not work. Therefore, with good skill, it is better to make one detail that will be so loved by the heart of a mother or grandmother.

You can also make a more complex surprise for mom in terms of the manufacturing process. Thanks to the existence of different techniques, an amazing result can be achieved - homemade desserts (see), interesting decorative elements and even unique paintings that capture times. It will be the most precious thing, because memories store things, not memory.

Creative gifts for mom and dad

Let's not forget about the father, who deserves respect and love no less than mom. Parents can also make a joint gift that will suit both of them.

Below we have prepared several master classes to visually show what parents can cook. And then according to the plan - a selection of photos and ideas for choosing a presentation.

Mom also sometimes wants to look through an album with photographs that will reflect her life inside and out. A photo book for mom as a gift will be a wonderful present, both for a birthday and for an international women's holiday.

A simple bracelet, in the likeness of which other crafts will be made below, can be presented to mom for an anniversary or a new year. Let it be too fragile and delicate for everyday wear, but it is guaranteed to please with its performance and appearance.

A small talisman will appeal to those mothers who are still trying to please themselves with new accessories. Any objects can be depicted on the front side, it is better to choose a joint photo or a picture with the impersonation of the mother.

Both dad and mom can be presented with a simple souvenir pot. By the way, you can also make it yourself by choosing simple light mixtures of gypsum or cement powder as materials.

For those who like to watch the dough rise in the oven, we suggest preparing a gift. It will be a pity to eat it, but my mother will definitely take a couple of pictures as a keepsake. You look, and your grandmother will have a picture of your creation hanging in her room.

Indeed, why buy presents at high prices when you can make such a surprise yourself. Such a beaded gift for mom will take several hours to make, but it will please the eye for several more years.

And now we come to the final part of the ideas for choosing a gift. As promised, we tell you what can be made for this or that occasion for a celebration or a simple festive evening.

Surprises for beloved parents

If you are preparing a gift for dad and mom, proceed from their common preferences. It can be both edible and decorative options for presents.

Above we talked about baking. So, from homemade puff pastry, you can make completely inedible memorable gifts. And from children's plasticine you can create a stunning updated decor for the hall or bedroom.

Modeling from puff pastry

Mom and Dad will like the next gift from salt dough the most, because it will display the most important element of their life - the development of the child, captured in a mold. And it is not the appearance that is important, but the materiality of the object - they will always be able to touch it and remember how beautiful that infancy period was, and how quickly time flies.

	To prepare the dough you will need: Salt; Flour; Dry yeast; Water; Milk.
	Knead the dough, bringing it to a homogeneous consistency.
	Tear off a large piece from it so that the impression is distinct and large.
	Apply chilled dough (not cold, not ice cream) to your baby's foot or hand. You can make several casts for grandparents, or, if there are many children, for each child separately.
	Put the dough with the imprint in the freezer for 15-20 minutes, then leave it in the refrigerator overnight. The freezer will hold the workpiece together so that the dough does not have time to deform, and the refrigerator will allow you to keep it for several hours.
	These are casts of legs and arms. In the future, you will have to process the edges and grind the surface.
	Casts of pens should be imprinted more strongly, since excess remnants will have to be removed between the fingers. It is easier with legs - fingers are always together.
	After removing the casts from the refrigerator, let them warm up. They should not be cold and soft, the temperature should vary from +12 to +23 degrees.
	To make all the cracks and lines of the palms visible, fill the molds with a solution of gypsum.
	Remove the molds and assemble the plaster crafts. Some may break, so you can make several of the same options.
	If there are older children in the house, they can help with the cleaning. Mom from the son of a gift of this kind will be very pleasant.
	Paint the resulting casts in any desired color.
	Decorate the frame and place the casts on the glue in the center of the picture without glass.

Tip: if you are unable to make such casts the first time, purchase a ready-made gypsum mixture for sculpting figures. It is perfect for a latex base to make it easier to get rid of grouts and unnecessary details.

Decor of interior items

The same plasticine is the basis for creating a masterpiece. will definitely be to your liking.

	As a platform, take glass cones or vases of small medium sizes.
	Buy a ball-type playdough, or make one with styrofoam and hand-held sculpting gum.
	Stir the entire mixture from the jar. Degrease the glass so that the plasticine does not come off after drying.
	Spread the mass around the circumference of the surface. Watch for joints between lumps - if empty spaces form, try to hide them first, and then move on to the next "naked" spot.
	Align the joints and remove excess pieces from the neck.
	Rub the balls, dispersing them into open small areas.
	Squeeze the excess with your hands, they will come to the surface. You can remove them with your fingers.
	Only after that proceed to the decor of the bottom.
	Having closed the joints between the sides and the bottom, dry the plasticine on a radiator or in the sun.
	If you have several colors of plasticine, create some decor for the vase.
	Mix the available colors, make several blanks.
	Put the rest in a jar with a tight lid so that the plasticine does not dry out.
	Using acrylic paints, draw images on the vase.
	Plasticine of a different color can be useful to create a second layer of decor.
	Use silver professional paints as a decor for patches.
	This is how you can decorate or change the appearance of a vase or cone for flowers.

Tip: Mom can give a set of glasses with a similar decor as a gift. Come up with a presentation theme, use all the necessary elements and details, as well as plasticine - it will look elegant on any surface.

Master classes on creating surprises

Since above we talked about presentations from improvised materials, we cannot help but talk about them in detail in the headings below. Of these, you can make a gift to dad and mom with your own hands thanks to simple methods and knowledge.

Crafts from bread and paints

A great alternative to bouquets will be flowers made from bread and paints. We will make another do-it-yourself gift to mom for mother's day in a matter of hours.

	For work you will need: Food dyes/dyes; Crumb of bread;
	Put the crumb of bread, paint and glue into a bag. Food coloring can be any color.
	Add corn starch if you want the flowers to last longer.
	Mix the mixture, it will turn out in consistency, like dough. Leave in the refrigerator for half an hour.
	Next, make roses by tearing off pieces of dough and squeezing them with your fingers. Glue the petals with food glue.
	Use this guide as a guide.
	Clothespins can be glued or painted in advance.
	Glue the foliage, use hot glue or food glue.
	Next, plant flowers on each petal.
	Such a craft will play the role of decor, as well as a useful gift for clamping small details. For example, they can pin a note or create a bookmark in a book.

Tip: To make the flowers last longer, moisten them with vegetable oil or honey mixed with vodka. So they will shine and retain a fresh original look.

Crafts from woolen threads

The next promised master class, which involves creating a presentation for any themed celebration. Such a do-it-yourself gift to mom can be presented just like that, for no reason, not for a holiday, but from the heart.

	For work you will need: Glue; Wool threads.
	Inflate balloons, prepare glue and threads. Tie the balls tightly so that air does not escape during the wrapping process. Otherwise, before drying, the whole craft will deteriorate.
	Wrap each ball tightly, make sure that the thread does not slip. To do this, change the direction of the thread at an obtuse angle.
	After winding, glue all the threads with glue. PVA glue will not leave marks, only shine.
	Let the balls dry. Place them on a radiator or in the sun (weather permitting). Remove the balls with a needle, after carefully peeling them off the threads.
	Decorate the balloons with ribbons or other decorative items. A similar DIY gift for mom and dad will be a nice addition to something homemade.

Tip: It is better to use woolen threads - the fibers that have separated from the string will block the free places of the ball. So the area covered by the threads will be larger, which will allow you to create a strong frame than from thin threads.

If you can’t buy a gift for mom, make it yourself or with the help of adults. Grandparents can also be involved - they will be pleased to help you. In the same way, you can enrich your surprise with a purchased gift. And do not forget that memories will always be in front of your eyes if something in the house evokes them.

Video compilation

Salt dough box. Master class with step by step photo

Author: Nazarova Tatyana Nikolaevna, Teacher of additional education, MOU DOD House of Childhood and Youth, Millerovo

Master class "Box for mother's beads" in the technique of modeling from salt dough.

Any mother will be delighted to receive a gift from her child. Yes, if this gift is also made by the child himself, with desire and love.
Purpose: such boxes can be given on March 8, Mother's Day or just a gift for no reason.
Dear Colleagues! I offer this master class for technology teachers, primary school teachers, teachers of additional education, as well as for educators of preparatory groups for school. Maybe the master class will seem simple to you? This is wrong. In our work we use subtle elements and sometimes it is not easy for children to cope with such a task.
Target: make a bead box using the salt dough modeling technique.
Tasks:
- encourage the desire to make handmade gifts for loved ones;
- develop students' creativity, imagination;
- instill a love for modeling from salt dough.
Stages of work:

To make the box, we need: an empty jar of face cream, PVA glue, “cloves” seasoning - seeds, a stack, a rolling pin, a thin brush for glue, a “flower”, “leaf” cut for marzipan, salt dough.
Salt Dough Recipe:
Flour - 1 tbsp. salt "Extra" - 0.5 tbsp. water 0.5 tbsp. Pour salt into a bowl and fill it with cold water. The salt will dissolve a little, and immediately add a little flour. Sprinkle flour as needed. Knead a tight, elastic dough. While working, store the dough in a plastic bag so that it does not dry out.

Take a small piece of dough and roll it out 2-3 mm thick. Cut out 13 leaves with a leaf cutter.

Dust the table with flour and lay out the squeezed leaves. Leaves will not stick to the table. With a stack on the leaves, make notches as if you were drawing a Christmas tree.

Now we need to glue these leaves to the jar. It is desirable that your PVA glue be thicker. Lightly dip the brush into the glue, and lubricate the jar in the place where you stick the leaf. Try not to smear the jar strongly with glue, the leaves can “float” down. Thus, glue all the leaves. Excess glue can be wiped off with a dry brush.

Take a small piece of dough the size of a pea and glue it to the leaves. In this case, you do not need glue, it is already enough at the edges of the leaves. Now take the seeds of "carnation", cut off the ponytails with scissors so that the carnation is shorter. Press a clove lightly into the center of a small lump. Thus, the berry will stick to the leaves, and the leaves will hold on to the jar more firmly. So just glue a berry to all the leaves.

Let's start decorating the lid. In a way already familiar to us, we cut out 9 leaves, make notches on them. Let me remind you once again, when you stick the leaves, do not lubricate the lid heavily with glue. Leaves and so after drying will hold firmly. Leaves are glued on.

Take a small lump of dough, roll it out with a rolling pin 2-3 mm thick. Cut out a few flowers with a flower cutter.

Place a flower on each leaf, and press down with the back end of the brush in the center of the flower. Get the center of the flower. We do not use glue. The flower will hold up well. When pressing the flower, hold the brush carefully so that it does not slide on the lid, not a careful movement can ruin the whole composition. Remove excess glue with a dry brush or cotton swab. Even if the glue is visible somewhere, do not worry, after drying it will not be visible.

This is how the box should turn out. Now our task is to carefully transfer it to the place where you will dry it. Dry on a sunny windowsill. Drying will take approximately 6-7 days. It is better not to rush, but to dry the box well.

The box is dry. Paint it with paints, and after the paint dries, cover it with a colorless acrylic varnish. Varnish will keep your work for a long time. Here is our box and ready.
By the same principle, the children and I decorated food jars in which you can store raisins, or any seasoning. The mothers were happy. Here's what we got.

I wish you and your children creative success!

Salt Dough Candlestick

Circle work on testoplasty "Tili, tili dough"

The topic of the lesson is “Gift for Mom”. The session is dedicated to Mother's Day.

Educational area:"Artistic Creativity"
Direction: artistic and creative development
Preparatory group for school, children aged 6-7 years.
The content of direct educational activities is determined by the Federal State Educational Standards to the structure of the main general educational program of preschool education.
Preparatory age for school is very important in a child's life. This is a bright period of discoveries, surprises, curiosity. The potential of preschool children is growing and taking on new forms, the desire to learn coincides with intellectual capabilities, which means a favorable time for development and preparation for schooling. It is very important during this period of preschool childhood not to let the child get tired of learning. We must not forget about his need for movement, a change of activity within the framework of the lesson.
Target: creation of conditions for the artistic and creative development of children through testoplasty.
The lesson is built taking into account the principle of integration of educational areas in accordance with the age characteristics of pupils:
Tasks:
Provide conditions for children to get acquainted with the technology of making a candlestick from salt dough.
To promote the study of various methods of working with salt dough, economically consuming material.
To promote the development of children's creative abilities in the manufacture and decoration of dough crafts.
To promote the development of artistic taste, creativity and imagination of children.
To develop in children attention, memory, perseverance and fine motor skills of hands.
Cultivate the desire to create a gift for your loved ones, to fulfill it neatly, beautifully.
Develop independence and hard work.
Methodical methods:
Verbal: teacher's story, conversation on questions, reading poems.
Game: game - physical education "It's easy fun ...", warm-up with massage balls, finger gymnastics "Warm-up for the test."
Equipment:
Small massage balls Stacks, modeling boards, salt dough.
Preliminary work:
A conversation with children about caring for loved ones, about the fact that the most valuable gift is the one that is made with one's own hands. Examination of various souvenirs. Learning poems for Mother's Day.
GCD progress
Organizing time:
Educator -
Hello guys!
Children -
Hello!
Educator -
Look, a fairy-tale tree has grown in our group, at first glance it is the most ordinary, but its leaves are magical, they are with riddles. As it should be for all trees in autumn, it also shed its leaves and only one leaf continues to hang on the branches. Guys, do you like to solve riddles?
Children -
Yes!
Educator -
Then let's tear off a piece of paper and find out about what we will talk about today. And Masha will help me with this (for example). Masha, tear off the leaf and read the riddle to the children.
Masha reads a riddle:
Who washes, cooks, sews,
Tired at work
Waking up so early? -
Only caring...
Children -
Mother.
Educator -
As you guys guessed, we will talk about our mothers.
The main part is the activation of mental activity.
Educator -
In all languages ​​of the world, crossing the oceans, the first word of a person is the word Mama...

As you may have guessed, guys, we will talk about our mothers. And who will tell me what holiday we celebrate with you this week?
Children -
Mothers Day.
Educator -
Mother's Day is a holiday while young,
But everyone is happy with him, of course, -
All who are born under a lucky star
And mothers of guardianship of the heart!
We are on the wild run of the bustle of the city
Sometimes we forget about mom
We hurry, dissolving in the mass of people,
Getting serious about business...
And mom is waiting for us, and does not sleep at night,
Worrying and thinking often
"Oh, how are they there?" - and the heart hurts,
And groaning, and torn to pieces ...
S. Khmelevskaya

On this day, it is customary to give gifts to mothers and say how much we love them.
Children recite verses:
(1)Mom means tenderness
This is kindness, kindness,
Mom is serenity
This is joy, beauty!
Mom is a bedtime story
It's morning dawn
Mom - a hint in difficult times,
This is wisdom and advice!
Mom is the green of summer
It's snow, autumn leaf,
Mom is a ray of light
Mom means LIFE!

(2) I love my mother.
Mom brings me
toys, candy,
But I love my mom
Not for that at all.
funny songs
She sings
We are bored together
Never happens.
I open it
All your secrets.
But I love my mom
Not only for this.
I love my mom
I'll tell you straight
Well, just for
That she is my mother!
L. Davydova

Educator -
I suggest you make a gift with your own hands, a real decoration of the festive table is a candlestick.
What is a candlestick?
Children -
A candlestick is a stand for a candle.
Educator -
Candlesticks are metal, wooden, glass. Candlesticks can not only be bought in the store, but also made by hand. From natural material, from spruce or pine twigs and cones. Clay and salt dough make beautiful and interesting candlesticks. They can decorate any interior.
I suggest you make a candle holder out of salt dough.

It will serve as a decoration on your holiday table. This will be an unusual candlestick. Such an original candlestick can be large or small, decorated with leaves, flowers, fruits.
We have already worked with you with salt dough. Let's remember what we know about this material? Tell me, please, what is salt dough made of?
Children -
Salt dough is made from flour, salt and water.
Educator -
In Russia, for a long time there has been a custom to sculpt bread figurines for fun for themselves and children. What were the names of products made from salt dough in Rus'?
Children -
Products made from salt dough in Rus' were called flour salts.
Educator -
What is made of salt dough nowadays?
Children -
Nowadays, photo frames, jewelry, and souvenirs are made from salt dough.
Educator -
Before we start making our gifts, I suggest you take a little physical education minute.
It's easy fun
Turns left and right.
We all know for a long time -
There is a wall, and there is a window.
Children perform body turns to the right and left.
Educator -
We squat quickly, deftly.
Here, the trick is already visible.
To develop muscles
You have to sit down a lot.
Children do squats.
Educator -
And now walking in place
This is also interesting.
Children walk in place.
Finger gymnastics with a ball.
Children repeat words and movements after the teacher.
Educator -
I roll the gingerbread man with my hand(I roll the ball on my left palm with my right palm)
Back and forth I drive him.
I will stroke their palm, as if I were sweeping a crumb.(We stroke the ball with the palm)
And I'll squeeze it a little, like a cat squeezes its paw(squeeze and unclench the ball)
I will open the gingerbread man and start with the other hand
Our gingerbread man will rest and start playing again(repeat the same with the other hand).
The teacher invites the children to take their jobs at the table.
Educator -
In order for the dough to be plastic in work, it also needs to be kneaded (children prepare salt dough for work).
Shifting and squeezing the dough in the palms;
Rolling a kolobok in the palms;
Rolling the kolobok on the table;
Pressing on the bun - getting a cake;
"Spiders" ran over the cake;
The “mice” came and began to dig minks;
The “geese” flew in and began to pinch the dough;
A "bear with a clubfoot" came and began to stomp on the dough;
The "elephant" came and with knives according to the top-top-top test;
the dough hid in the house - it turned out a bun.
We kneaded our hands and prepared the dough for work.
The candlestick will consist of a stand for a candle and is decorated with two leaves and a rose.
Children work together with the teacher.
1. Roll up a ball the size of a snowball. Roll it out so that it is smooth.

2. Attach to the finished template and make a cake out of it, gently leveling the entire surface with your fingers. Make sure that the dough does not extend beyond the edges of the template.

3. Determine the middle of the candlestick, mark with a stack. Step back from the center about 1 centimeter to the side.

4. Insert a candle.

5. Roll out the sausage.

6. Divide it into three equal parts.

7. Roll each piece into a ball.

8. Make small cakes from two balls.

9. Squeeze the circle on one side to get pointed leaves.

10. Stack the edges of the sheet.

11. Apply veins to the leaves.

12. Gently attach the leaves to the surface of the candlestick.

13. Roll out the dough with sausage.

14. Flatten it into a small strip.

15. Flatten the resulting strip on one side again.

16. Take a strip and, spreading it in the palm of your hand, roll it into a cone.

17. Fold back the petals.

18. Gently attach the flower to the candlestick.

19. Add decorative elements in the form of small balls.

20. Using a pencil, make small indentations in the balls.

Final part
Educator -
What material did we work with today?
Children -
Today we worked with salt dough
Educator -
Did you like what you did today?
Children -
Yes!
Educator -
Guys, look at what wonderful candlesticks we fashioned from salt dough. But this is only the first stage in our work, as soon as our work is dry, we will color it.
Well done. Thank you for your work.

During the physical education session "It's easy fun ...", musical accompaniment was offered (from the movie "Mustached Nanny") to increase interest in exercises and create an emotional mood. With the help of finger gymnastics “Kolobok I roll with my hand” with massage balls, we not only contribute to the development of fine motor skills and prepare our hands for work, but also affect the nerve endings of the fingers. During the lesson, another finger gymnastics “Warm-up with salt dough” was proposed, which in a playful way prepares our dough for work.
There are two points to note during the course. This is reading poems about mother, which creates an emotional mood in the course of all directly educational activities. The second point is making gifts with your own hands for the most beloved, closest person - for mom. With what love children make candlesticks.
1 stage of the lesson. Organizational:
Task: organize children, attract attention, arouse children's interest in the lesson.

Methods: verbal - talking with children, solving riddles. Familiarization of children with the topic of the lesson.
2 stage of the lesson. Motivational.
Didactic task: to ensure that children accept the purpose of the lesson, to update existing knowledge.
Form of organization: frontal
Methods:
verbal (talking with children, reading poems about mom)
- visual (examination of candlesticks).
During the conversation with the children, we set a goal to make a gift with our own hands. Reinforced knowledge about salt dough.
Stage 3. Consolidation and creative application.
Didactic task:
- to consolidate children's ideas about salt dough and its properties.
The children were asked to work with salt dough - to make a candlestick. Tell about its composition, remember the history.
4 stage of the lesson. Final.
Didactic task: to arouse in children a positive attitude towards the results of joint activities.
In addition to all the above methods throughout all stages, I try to use the method of stimulation and motivation: emotional methods, the method of verbal encouragement. I believe that all these methods and techniques used during the lesson contribute to the emotional response of children, the development of attention, thinking, memory, and imagination.