Children's developing mat with their own hands: photos and videos how to make

Every mother dreams that her child would develop properly, be smart, inquisitive and able. To do this, now the industry produces a huge number of educational toys. But there is nothing better than the toys that mom made herself. Such toys include a children's developing mat, with their own hands, which is made not only simply, but also very interesting. The main idea of ​​such a rug is to connect in a small area a lot of different details, different textures, shapes. For example, doors that are fastened and unfastened in many ways. In order to attract the attention of the child, the mats should also be as bright as possible.

Suitable for children of all ages - from birth to 5-6 years:

Children from birth to six months develop their fine motor skills on the rug. Feeling the small details of different textures on the rug, he also develops his tactile ability. The child, trying to reach the toy of interest, develops the coordination of pens and legs, learns to concentrate his eyes on objects.

From six months to one year old the child develops his logic and thinking, unbuttoning and buttoning zippers, buttons, pressing buttons to get sound.

Older children are already playing story-role games on the developing mat. After all, all the characters on the mat are easily detached and can move either into the house or boat, depending on the imagination. If the child has grown enough and interest in the rug is minimal, then it can be used as a mat for playing on the floor.

We make a developing mat with our own hands

Here in detail it is described how to make a developing mat with your own hands, the photo of the process will maximally reveal all the secrets. The main materials for making the rug are:

• Base of the rug;
• Closure and decoration material;
• Additional elements for creating visual and sound effects.

First you need to create a sketch of the future rug, think what elements will be present on it. It is ideal to design a future mat on paper, detailing every detail. Then it will be clear how much and what will be needed in the course of the work, what materials, what size and color, what hardware will be useful in the course of the work.

The next very important issue is the choice of fabric. Closure fabric is better to choose a natural. Ideally for this purpose cotton is suitable. Further, for manufacturing the elements of the rug, it is better to choose a different fabric for the development of the tactile ability of the child. It can be:

• Cloak fabric;
• Atlas;
• Silk;
• Jeans;
• Velvet;
• Corduroy, etc.

The fabric should be diverse not only in texture, but also in color. It is not necessary to run behind the cloth to the store. You can go over the wardrobe and find unnecessary things.

For making the basis of the rug it is better to use foam rubber, baby blanket, sintepon, so that the child would be comfortable lying on the cold floor. It is recommended to sew the wrong part of the base from a dense fabric that will not slide, for example from Jeans.

Then comes the time to do the most interesting - to translate the fairy tale from the project on a piece of paper into life on the mat. To create additional items on the mat you may need:

• Different shapes and colors of the buttons. Sewing them must be strong enough that the child could not tear it off and take it into his mouth;
• Multicolored threads;
• Zippers in several colors. Here you also need to take care of the safety of the baby, check if the lightning is sewn tightly. A lightning dog should not be acute;
• Various ropes, elastic bands, braid;
• Velcro;
• Noise and musical elements - rustling paper, bells, etc.;
• Beads, rattles, plastic wheels and much more that will come to the mind of the needlewoman.

Any mother is able to create such a bright and colorful rug for her baby. Moreover, this is done for the development of their own children. Before you make a developing mat with your own hands, the video will be useful to see any mom-needlewoman for inspiration and perhaps for new ideas.