How to make a dog out of a ball quickly and easily

A variety of crafts from balls - this is one of the most wonderful and unusual ways to entertain your child. Tutorials (so officially called The art of creating any figures from inflatable balls) develop small motor skills, imagination, the child's logical thinking , and, most importantly, bring a sea of positive emotions. After all, from this material, you can create anything, from fictitious animals and plants to decorations for little princesses. Learn how to make a ball of a dog and other animals, every child dreams.

The skill of twisting has a long history. But this extraordinary form of art gained special popularity in the nineties of the twentieth century. In Germany, in 1998, a whole conference was organized on twisting, which invited both professional craftsmen and ordinary people who wanted to learn how to make figures from balls. There is even such a thing as "twister design". It includes the creation of balls of designer dresses and costumes. These clothes look original and beautiful.

Below you will find a step by step guide on how to make a dog out of a ball. It will help you and your child to master the art of twisting.

1. To begin with, you need to pump the ball with a special pump, leaving an unadulterated tail with a length of 6-7 centimeters. Thus, we will be sure that he will not burst in the process of work. To begin to twist our ball it is necessary from that edge where the knot is fastened.

2. Next, measure from the edge of the ball, on which the knot is tied, about 20 cm. This will be the bend site. Bending it in half, divide by eye the smaller half into two approximately equal parts. There it is necessary to press down the two halves of the ball, making sure that the fingers touch each other. Turn the loop turned 360 degrees - so we get the muzzle of our air dog.

3. From the place of the last squeezing retreat into the eye about 20 cm - it will be
Point of the fold. Part of a ball 20 cm long is divided visually into two equal parts. At this point, we again tighten the fingers until they come in contact, and again rotate the resulting loop by 360 degrees. Here are the front paws of our dog!

4. We almost learned how to make a dog out of a ball, - only the tail and hind legs remained. For the latter it is necessary to retreat from the other end of the ball (where we left the "tail" with air) about 25 centimeters. Remember this point - there will be a fold. A piece of a ball with an edge is divided into two equal parts, in the center we press on two parallel "pieces" of the ball, until the fingers touch, and again turn the loop formed 360 degrees. So the hind legs together with the tail are ready.

The dog is almost ready, it remains to draw an eye, a nose and a smile for him.

In order for you to be able to teach your child how to make a dog out of a ball, one should know several twisting rules. Correctly twist need sharp enough, fast movements. It is better not to tie the twisting points with threads - they can cut the ball and it will burst.