Types of plasticine, designed for children's creativity
Today in the market of children's goods the widest assortment of the most various plasticine is presented. What is the best plasticine for your child?
Familiar to us since childhood brusochki not the most vivid colors are still quite popular. Advantages of such plasticine can be called its low cost and ubiquitous availability. But there are also disadvantages. This clay is not too plastic, so it can only be made from children older than 3 years old. Children of younger age simply can not properly stretch pieces of such plasticine.
But the wax clay can be successfully used in the creativity of children from 1 year. Soft, plastic, painted in bright colors - this plasticine is sure to please the kids. Due to the wax introduced into its composition, this clay is easily kneaded even in weak children's handles, and the details of the figures are perfectly fastened together.
Foreign producers produce plasticine on a plant basis. This clay is considered the safest for young children. Pieces of different colors are easily mixed together to obtain new shades, and the fluorescent colors of such plasticine will certainly bring the child to delight.
Children older than 3-4 years will like and freezing clay. After some time in the air, it hardens, and the child can play with his handicraft on a par with other toys. There are several types of hardening plasticine. Ball-like clay, as its name implies, consists of small foam balls, connected together by a substance based on glycerin. From such plasticine it is possible to do volumetric hand-made articles and panels. More pleasant in the work is a homogeneous freezing clay, it helps to realize the most difficult ideas and allows the child to feel like a real sculptor.
Floating clay has no special advantages in comparison with other species. Except for one: figures made from it can float. From such plasticine, you can fashion a toy for evening bathing, send a flotilla of boats to go swimming, or run a flock of swans in a basin of water.
Whichever plasticine you choose, always carefully study the packaging of the proposed product. The box should contain at least the following information: shelf life( if available), the age at which children can sculpt from this plasticine, the composition.
Molding from plasticine develops small motor skills, various finger movements help the development of the brain, and the creation of three-dimensional figures forms the spatial thinking of the baby. Therefore, molding from plasticine - the occupation is not only pleasant, but also very useful!