Hand-crafted wares from different materials

An oddity on a military topic may be of interest not only to the boy, but also to the adult man. The mock-up of military equipment is a chic gift, replenishment of the collection and, of course, an excellent specimen for an exhibition in a kindergarten or school. Any boy likes to play "war", so making a layout will do with pleasure. If you approach seriously the process, but with imagination, you can get a very naturalistic object!

Where to begin?

Of course, an early child can not do something very realistic with his own hands. Therefore, you need to start small. Any child likes to play with a paper airplane, but not everyone knows that this is a real piece of art on a military theme. With your hands, your baby can turn it into a combat aircraft carrier. Give him a piece of paper and gouache. Let him paint the paper in the color of camouflage (familiarize the child with military equipment in advance). Also here you can depict stars or some other symbolism. Let the sheet dry out. Then collect the airplane from it and hand the baby. His first work on a military topic is ready!

Tank from a sponge for washing dishes

The most frequently used material for crafts is paper, cloth, cardboard or clay. But you can show your imagination and make a tank, for example, from the most common foam sponge. It must have a hard layer.

We start with the rounding of the sponge. Draw a felt-tip pen on the half-round corners on the side of the sponge and cut them. After that, cut the foam over the entire surface. The sponge should become semicircular (hard layer on top). Then, from the top, cut a small piece of foam to make a protrusion. The hard part of the sponge should protrude over the soft one. Now draw two lines with a black marker on the bottom of the tank, imitating caterpillars. Include a hard protrusion along these lines. An oddity on a military theme goes realistic. The middle part after incision is easily bent, it should be glued to the sponge. On the side, draw circular track vehicles.

How to make a tower for a tank?

When the tank of foam sponge is ready, you can only make a tower for it. Take a small jar or bottle (for example, from under the cream), better than a green shade. You can take a jar of any color, pre-paint it with green acrylic paint, pasted with self-adhesive or coated with clay. Then take the green paper, roll a tube out of it and glue it to the jar with plasticine. Glue the jar to the tank from the sponge. From plasticine with paper, build a hatch for your military equipment. A remarkable tank came out to the tower, muzzle and hatch. Such an article is great for holding a master class in a kindergarten, children of older groups will cope with work with pleasure.

How to make a tank in a quilling technique

Children's crafts on the military theme can be very beautiful and realistic. Try to make a tank in the quilling technique with a junior high school student. From green corrugated cardboard it is necessary to cut out several strips. Make two strips 2 cm wide, ten strips 1 cm wide. Each part must be twisted into a non-coarse wheel and secured with glue. You will get several wheels of different diameters. Glue the three wheels of larger diameter together, on the sides attach small parts. Cover the bonded elements along the edge with a strip of plain green colored paper. This is the caterpillar of the tank. Another big wheel is the hatch. You need to stick a muzzle of twisted paper to it. Then place the caterpillars of the tank to the required width and glue a sheet of cardboard on top. Connect the muzzle and the hatch, attach to the tank. An oddity on a military topic is almost ready, it remains to decorate it. You can glue a red star to the tank turret. Also from the toothpick and red paper you can build a flag.

Postcard on the military theme

Craftwork on a military theme, photos of which you see in the article, can be different. Children can make a beautiful postcard in the uniform of a colored paper. From white paper, you need to cut out a rectangle, make cuts from the upper corners and collapse all in the shape of a collar. From black paper cut out a suitable size tie. Glue the shirt and tie. Then proceed with the manufacture of the uniform. Rectangle of green paper folded three times and bend the edges. Cut out epaulettes from yellow paper, glue or draw a star on them. Also glue the buttons to the uniform. It remains to paste the shirt and uniform to each other and write inside the congratulation on the holiday.

What else can you make an article on a military topic?

• Looks great star from a spoiled music disc. First, you need to cut out a big star from a red cardboard. Then glue the top and decorate it at will
• From nuts, bolts and screws you can make an original postcard. For example, glue the inscription of bolts on the cardboard, paint with acrylic paint. This article looks beautiful and very original
• From cardboard and foil, you can make an order, which the child will reward his father or grandfather
• Many people at home are full of containers from under the kinder-surprises. Take one of them. From plasticine, roll the ball and glue it to the egg. This is a tank and a tower. Roll a plasticine in a tube or take a wand from "Chupa-Chups". It was the barrel of a tank. Now blind ten small balls and a little flatten them - these are the wheels of our tank. Glue five wheels on each side of the body. Now roll the caterpillar sausages and glue along the contour of the wheel. This craft is very easy to create, but she will really enjoy the kid. Crafting a military theme with your own hands is a great pastime!