Many do-it-yourself parents love to work with their children with creativity, developing a sense of beauty, artistic vision and fine motor skills, perseverance and attentiveness. And it is not necessary to buy expensive sets - you can use any junk material, which is abundant in every house. For example, you can make hand-made articles from cotton buds, which everyone uses as a means of hygiene. This is a very good material that will not cause even the smallest child any harm, and at the same time the kid will look at the usual things from the other side.

Dolly Sheep

Cotton buds can be made very cute items, such as this Dolly lamb. For the production of such materials:

• cotton buds;
• cardboard;
• pair of clothespins;
• adhesive;
• scissors;
• felt-tip pen;
• ribbon for decoration and thread with bells( optional).

Instruction:

From cardboard we cut out 2 oval billets: larger for the trunk and smaller for the head.

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

Using PVA, glue the extremities of the rods to the base step by step until the entire trunk is filled.

Five more heads are glued to the head: two of them will be the ears of the lamb, and three - the bangs.

With felt-tip pens we will draw a smiling face, we will tie a ribbon in a bow and also glue it.

The next step is to attach the trunk to the head with PVA as well.

The clothespins are glued so that the sheep comfortably stands on their feet.

That's it, the lamb is ready.

Panda

Lovely panda bear is like a lot of kids. He - one of the most beloved cartoon characters, and in the zoo to these unwieldy fat men certainly build a line. You can also make a child's pet from simple cotton buds. How - we look in the master class.

Materials:

• cardboard;
• adhesive;
• scissors;
• cotton wool;
• markers.

Instruction:

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

Next, cut the ends of the sticks from both sides.

We prepare them so much that it's enough to cover the whole surface of the body.

Having prepared all the materials, we start creating a toy. Starting from the bottom, row after row glue the stick heads to the bear's body.

Please note that the sticks are in staggered order.

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

With scissors we cut out the body. From the remnants of paws, eyes and nose, dyed them with a black felt-tip pen.

Here's a toy that turns out. You can paste it on the cardboard and hang it in the nursery, use it for a collage, like a Christmas tree toy or a gift box decoration.

In the same technique you can make your own hands with other crafts made of cotton buds, the master class will not be too different. The main thing is the form of the base, which is pasted. Therefore, if the parent has at least a small drawing skills, you can use such creative ideas.

Poodle

See the video for a detailed process of making this charming pet.

Bows

Flowers

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

Materials:

• polystyrene beads;
• cotton buds;
• scratch paper;
• wire;
• stationery knife;
• gouache;
• brush;
• scissors;
• glue PVA.

Instruction:

First of all, we cut a foam ball into two halves by a knife. If the child is too small, it can be done by mom or dad.

Gouache color the half of the ball - it will be in our mid. Here you can make children's fantasies about color, but we chose a bright, rich yellow.

Next, cut the sticks into two parts.

We stick them in polystyrene in the form of petals, for greater strength we glue with glue. Wands can also be painted in any color to choose from.

From the wire we make a flower leg, centered in the middle. Also sizing. From the paper, cut the leaf, string it on the wire.

Here is a flower obtained.

Video selection

Various master classes can be found in our video selection.

Chamomile: