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Cotton pads can be used not only for cosmetic purposes, but also to create beautiful applications and crafts.

They make beautiful Christmas crafts and postcards, as well as original flowers - daisy, rose, lily other.

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2. Fold each cotton pad as shown in the image and use pins to attach each folded pad to the cone.

* If desired, the Christmas tree can be decorated with braid, garland, tinsel and other decorations.

Crafts from cotton pads to kindergarten: a postcard with a snowman

You will need:

2 cotton pads

colored paper

Scissors

Marker (if needed)

Colored cardboard (for a postcard) or adhesive film (for decorating a window).

1. Using scissors, cut one cotton pad so that it is smaller than usual - this will be the snowman's head.

2. To make eyes and buttons, you can cut out two small circles from colored paper and glue them, or you can draw with a marker or buy small stickers that resemble eyes.

3. From colored paper, cut out a hat, scarf and nose (orange like a carrot).

4. Take a sheet of colored cardboard and fold it in half - this will be a blank for a postcard.

5. Glue both cotton pads to the workpiece. Glue the small disk a little over the large one.

6. Glue the hat, scarf and nose.

* To decorate the window with this snowman, use adhesive tape.

Crafts from cotton pads for children: application "Snowman"

You will need:

cotton pads

colored cardboard

Decoration elements ( colored paper, buttons, pompoms, ribbons).

1. Glue two cotton pads (one end over the other) to a sheet of colored cardboard - this is the body of your snowman.

2. Cut out a hat and buttons from colored paper and glue them on.

3. Make a scarf for the snowman from the ribbon.

DIY crafts from cotton pads: snowball

You will need:

cotton pads

Thread or ribbon.

1. Fold all the desired cotton pads into a quarter and add glue at the tip of the resulting figure.

2. Glue together 4 folded cotton pads. Glue only the tips, not the whole shapes. Let the glue dry.

3. Bend the glued parts so that you get half the ball.

4. Repeat steps 1-3 to make the second half of the balloon and glue both halves together.

* You can stick a ribbon or thread so that the ball can be hung.

Cotton pad flowers: daisy

You will need:

cotton pads

yellow watercolor

Colored cardboard or yellow felt (optional)

Scissors.

1. First you need to make the petals. To do this, take one cotton pad and twist it from the bottom, as shown in the image. Tie the twisted part with thread.

2. Make 8-10 similar petals and lay them in a circle to form a flower (see image).

3. Making the center of the flower. Take one cotton pad and dye it in yellow and glue it to the petals. Or you can cut out a circle from colored paper or colored cardboard and glue it.

Such a flower can decorate any postcard or use it in an application.

Children's crafts from cotton pads with their own hands: an angel

You will need:

cotton pads

Sequins.

Crafts from cotton pads and sticks: lily flower

You will need:

cotton pads

Cotton swabs

Corrugated paper or colored paper (color: green)

Cocktail straws (preferably green)

Yellow marker or paint.

1. Take a piece of green crepe paper and cut out a leaf from it (see image).

2. Cook one or more cotton buds and paint one end yellow.

3. Insert a cotton swab into the tube with the unpainted end down.

4. Wrap the cotton swab around the cotton pad as shown in the image.

5. Make 3 such blanks and wrap them with a leaf that you cut out of paper. Secure the flowers and leaf with transparent tape.

Crafts from cotton pads (photo): Christmas wreath

You will need:

styrofoam ring

cotton pads

Needles or pins.

1. Fold several cotton pads as shown in the image.

2. Use pins to attach all of the cotton pads to the foam ring.

Cotton pad roses

You will need:

cotton pads

Corrugated paper (color: green and brown)

Scissors

PVA glue

Foam sponge.

1. Apply PVA glue to the tip of the skewer, put a cotton pad on it, wrap it around the skewer and press it so that it sticks well.

2. Apply a little glue to the outside of the already glued disk, attach another disk to it and stick it.

3. To make a bud, you need to stick another 6-7 cotton pads in a checkerboard pattern.

4. To make green sepals, like a real rose, you need to cut out a figure resembling a fence from corrugated paper.

5. Apply PVA glue to the figure and wrap it around lower part bud.

6. Now you need to make a stalk. To do this, cut a long narrow strip of brown corrugated paper, apply glue to one end and wrap the skewer in a spiral. At the end, add glue to the tip of the strip to secure it.

7. We make a leaf. Draw the leaf shape on the green corrugated paper and cut it out. Glue this sheet to the stem.

Do-it-yourself application "Rainbow over the clouds" from cotton pads

You will need:

cotton pads

Paints and brush

Paper plate

Scissors.

1. Cut off a little more than half of the paper plate. You will use the most.

2. Draw rainbow colors on the plate. you can use different colours, shades and even draw something interesting. Let the paints dry.

3. Put a drop of glue on each cotton pad and start sticking them to your rainbow.

* You can attach the craft to the wall with double-sided tape, or attach a ribbon or rope and hang it.

Many parents love to engage in creativity with their children, developing a sense of beauty, artistic vision and fine motor skills hands, perseverance and care. And it is not at all necessary to purchase expensive sets - you can use any waste material, which is in abundance in every home. For example, you can make toys from cotton buds with your own hands, which everyone uses as a hygiene product. This is very good material who won't even hurt himself little child no harm, and at the same time the baby will look at familiar things from the other side.

Sheep Dolly

You can make some really cute crafts out of cotton buds, like this Dolly the Sheep. For the manufacture you will need the following materials:

• cotton swabs;
• cardboard;
• a pair of clothespins;
• glue;
• scissors;
• felt-tip pen;
• a ribbon for decoration and a thread with a bell (optional).

Instruction:

We cut out 2 oval blanks from cardboard: a larger one for the body and a smaller one for the head.

On both sides we cut the heads of the sticks as in the photo.

With the help of PVA glue the extreme parts of the sticks to the base step by step until the entire body is filled.

We glue five more heads to the head: two of them will be the ears of the lamb, and three will be the bangs.

With felt-tip pens, draw a smiling muzzle, tie a ribbon into a bow and glue it in the same way.

The next step is to attach the body to the head also with the help of PVA.

We glue the clothespins so that the sheep comfortably stands on its feet.

That's all, the sheep is ready.

Cotton Swab Crafts: Panda

A lot of kids like the cute panda bear. He is one of the most beloved cartoon characters, and at the zoo, these hulking fat men are sure to line up. You can also make a children's pet from simple cotton swabs. How - we look in the master class.

Materials:

• cardboard;
• glue;
• scissors;
• cotton swabs;
• markers.

Instruction:

First of all, on thick cardboard, draw the outline of the body of our panda, resembling an egg.

We prepare enough of them to cover the entire surface of the body.

Having prepared all the materials, we proceed to create a toy. Starting from the bottom, row by row, glue the heads of the sticks to the body of the bear.

Please note that the sticks are arranged in a checkerboard pattern.

So we fill the entire surface of the workpiece along the contour.

Cut out the body with scissors. From the remains we will make paws, eyes and a nose, painting them with a black felt-tip pen.

Here is such a toy. You can stick it on cardboard and hang it in the nursery, use it for a collage, like Christmas tree toy or gift box decoration.

In the same technique, you can make other crafts from cotton buds with your own hands, the master class will not differ too much. The main thing is the shape of the base, which is pasted over. Therefore, if the parent has at least some drawing skills, such creative ideas can be used.

Poodle

Crafts from cotton buds: bunnies

Flowers

The next option on how to use hygienic sticks is to make flowers out of them, which can then be put in a vase or presented as a gift.

Materials:

• foam balls;
• cotton swabs;
• scrap paper;
• wire;
• stationery knife;
• gouache;
• tassel;
• scissors;
• PVA glue.

Instruction:

First of all, cut the foam ball into two halves with a knife. If the child is still too small, mom or dad can do it.

Master class with step by step photos for the manufacture of New Year's crafts from improvised materials for kindergarten"Waiting for Miracles"

educator of the first qualification category Lebedeva Elena Evgenievna.
This composition is made mainly of cotton swabs. It can be easily performed by both parents and teachers, as well as children of an older preschool age with the help of adults. When performing the composition, no specific materials are required, which greatly facilitates the preparation of its components.

Materials used: cotton buds - white; white cardboard base for the roof; one layer of plasticine, preferably white; the basis for the composition - in this case, a part from a candy box was used; colored cardboard - to design the basis of the composition; hard base for a Christmas tree - a stick or a short pencil; decorations - a star for a Christmas tree, a bell for a house, a gift; transparent glue moment, ruler, pencil, scissors

Manufacturing process:

HOUSE
The walls of the house consist only of cotton buds. First, 2 sticks are placed parallel to each other. Small drops are placed with glue where the cotton wool begins (for better bonding). Two other walls are placed perpendicularly on top of the glue.

The height of the walls is adjustable at your own discretion, in this case it is 8-9 sticks per wall.

Then, white cardboard is taken for the base of the roof. the width of the roof should match the width of the house. In this case, the size of the plate was 7 * 16 cm. We bend the cardboard in half, imitating the shape of the roof.

We coat the edges of the cardboard with glue and put cotton swabs side by side, parallel to each other along the width of the entire roof

Then we attach the roof to the walls and lubricate the points of contact with glue.

CHRISTMAS TREE
We take a small pencil and form clay in the shape of a triangle

We wrap the pencil with plasticine and roll it on the table, forming a cone.

We take cotton swabs and cut off the ends, leaving sticks 1-1.5 cm long, stick them along the bottom of the base, pointing upwards with sticks

Then we begin to stick cut cotton buds in a circle in rows (lower rows with longer sticks, the higher the row, the shorter the sticks)

BASIS for composition
We take the lower part of the candy box (with wide sides) and colored cardboard. Cut cardboard into strips. The width of the strips should correspond to the width of the surface that we are going to glue.

Thus, we glue all the visible places of the base with colored cardboard.

COMPOSITION COLLECTION
We decorate the house with a bell, the Christmas tree with a star using glue. We glue a house, a Christmas tree and a gift to the base.

This is so wonderful christmas composition we got out!

New Year's Miracle, slowly stepping,
Along the ledge into the window and jump, quietly, from the edge ...
Sheltered in an apartment to come true in time,
So that there is something for us to be surprised!

I really hope that this master class will help you create a small Miracle !!!

For most people, cotton pads and ear buds are just hygiene items for cosmetic care. But not everyone realizes that if you show imagination, then from these improvised materials for creativity you can create original crafts, with which you can decorate the interior or present as a gift to loved ones. Let's take a look at what you can do with cotton swabs and disks with your own hands.

original ideas

Crafts from cotton pads with their own hands are so easy to perform that even kindergarten children can make them. It can be applications, panels, flowers, animals or New Year's toys.

Creating flowers

To create a rose, you need to do the following:

That's all, the rose is ready.

For making bulk dandelion you need to stock up on the following materials:

First of all, it is necessary to cut all the sticks with cotton wool into two parts. Then each blank needs to be stuck into a foam ball so that the area with cotton wool is outside. Do the same with all ear sticks. Then dilute the paint in a small amount water and dip a dandelion from cotton swabs into it.

To protect hands from paint You can use rubber gloves. The stem can be made from a wooden stick or skewer, pre-painted in green color, or from wire wrapped in green floral tape. Such crafts made from cotton buds can be used to decorate a home interior or brought to competitions for children's crafts.

The floral ball can be replaced with a round plasticine blank. But then the halves of the ear sticks must be painted in advance, and only after that they should be stuck into a plasticine ball.

Pictures and postcards

With the help of cotton swabs, you can bring ideas for paintings to life.

Required for work:

First you need to glue green paper on a sheet of cardboard, and depict the sky on blue, then cut it out and glue it at the top of the picture. Then cut out a house from brown paper. In order for the building to become log, use hygienic sticks for the ears. At the location of the walls, stick them horizontally, and at the top, repeat the outlines of the roof. It remains only to glue the windows - and the original picture-house is ready.

But this work is not over yet. Put two cotton buds together, two more need to be cut in two - they will be used as the hands of a little man. Now you need to attach the parts to each other with yarn, while decorating upper part body in the form of a sweater, and the bottom - in the form of a skirt. Wrap a little cotton wool on the tops of two sticks - to give volume to the face. Use yarn as hair Brown. Arrange the glued strands of thread in the form of a tree, and use yellow for the sun. It remains to glue the little men from cotton buds, decorate the work with beads. 3D picture ready.

To create an application from swans with your own hands you need to prepare:

1. Blue cardboard;
2. White, green, brown, blue, yellow paper;
3. Red and black paint;
4. Cosmetic discs.

You also need scissors. With them, cut out the head and neck of a swan, wings from the disks at the same time. If there is only white cardboard, then you need to stick a sheet of blue paper on it and dry it. The result is colored cardboard.

The lake is cut out of paper in a contrasting color so that it stands out against a blue background. Glue it on cardboard, and fix the body of the swan from a cotton pad on top. Glue the wings and head along with the neck to it. Cut out reeds from brown paper, and leaves and stems from green. Attach them to the picture, and to the sky - the sun. Waves can be made from blue paper or depicted with paint of the same color. Draw the eyes with black paint, and the beak with red paint. That's all. Work completed.

From simple cardboard and cosmetic discs, you can make a beautiful postcard, for example, to express sincere feelings to a native person - heart shape with roses. Necessary materials:

1. Red cardboard;
2. Paper;
3. Cotton pads;
4. Pencil;
5. Scissors;
6. PVA glue.

Progress:

Fold the paper sheet in half. Draw a half heart and cut it out. Take cardboard and circle the heart template with a pencil - on the wrong side. Divide the cotton pads into two parts. Using scissors, cut the disks in a spiral. Then twist the blanks in the shape of a rose. The number of flowers can be absolutely anything. At the end of the work, it is necessary to glue the roses with glue along the edge of the heart.

Various animals

Crafts from cotton pads and sticks can be made in the form of animals. It can be a cat, a hedgehog or a monkey. For the monkey in addition to the standard set of materials you will need:

1. Plastic eyes for crafts;
2. Any black pen.

Course of action.

Paint over one cotton pad with brown paint and let it dry. Then cut out the following details: torso, head, tail, muzzle, two ears and four paws. Glue all the details on the base of colored cardboard. Then attach the eyes and draw the mouth and nose.

Thus, using ordinary cosmetic discs and cotton buds, you can easily make original crafts in the form of panels, postcards or animals - to decorate any room. It just takes a little imagination.

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Master class on making a funny panda

Master class "Among the bamboo branches a white beast lurks ..."

Durasova Elena Nikolaevna - teacher of MBDOU kindergarten No. 2, town. Novozavidovsky, Konakovsky district, Tver region.

Recommended for production with children of preschool age.

Target: Learn to make your own panda out of cotton swabs and cardboard.

Tasks:
1. To promote the development of creative abilities in preschoolers;
2. Develop fine motor skills of hands in children;
3. Stimulate the development of imagination and fantasy in the child;
4. To instill in children patience, work and a sense of composition.

How did the idea come about.
At one of the classes devoted to the study of the animal world, it became necessary to create a vivid association with one of its representatives, so that the children more successfully perceived the proposed material and better remembered the information received. To solve this problem, a panda and a poem by S. A. Antonyuk dedicated to this amazing animal were chosen:

He's not scary at all.
He is a bamboo bear
Very cute, not dangerous
He loves to sit funny.

In the foot of the stem, as if in a pen
From bamboo he will take
And at least ten things in a row
He gnaws with gusto.

And then go for a swim
And splash like an elephant
He loves to play very much
And he is very cheerful.

Children go to the zoo
Visit the panda. They are not lazy.
Well, the panda comes out to them,
Makes them happy all day long.

Thus, all this spurred me to create crafts.

For work you will need:
1. Cardboard template;
2. Glue;
3. Scissors;
4. Cotton swabs.

Progress:

1. First of all, we cut off both ends from each cotton swab so that it is enough to cover the entire body of our panda;

2. Then, using glue, apply the cut ends of cotton buds to the cardboard template and place them close enough to each other;

3. At the same time, we place the tips of the cotton swabs from the edges to the center;

4. We apply each next layer so that the sticks are located between the sticks of the previous row;

5. In the center, place the sticks vertically to add volume to the panda's body;

6. Then in the same way we place the tips of the cotton buds on the rest of our template;

7. We observe the previous sequence - layer by layer we move towards the center;

8. Do not forget to place the sticks in the center vertically;

9. Then cut out 4 ovals from black cardboard - for the paws, 2 smaller ones for the ears, as well as 2 small ones for the peephole and, finally, 1 for the nose;

10. After that, with the help of paints, we apply a small spot on the abdomen and two just above the eye;

11. Finally draw the mouth and our funny panda is ready!

The result is such a funny panda.

And in conclusion, I would like to quote the words of Woodrow Wilson: "We ourselves must believe in what we teach our children."