Autumn is the most magical time of the year, generously painted with gold, red, orange and crimson colors. Autumn is primarily associated with the harvest, yellow leaves on the trees and underfoot, and of course, mushrooms. Now the yard is very, which means that it’s time to acquaint your children with mushroom crafts.
We bring to your attention a developing toy made of felt “Hedgehog with mushrooms”, as well as tell you how to sew such a charm with your own hands. This toy is designed for children aged 3-5 and develops fine motor skills of fingers, imagination, memory, attention to detail, helps them learn to count, forms in children the concepts of what is a lot or a little, big and small, light or dark, teaches you to quickly navigate in space , combine objects on different grounds, develops concepts about the forms of various objects.
To work, you will need a little, only a few sheets of multi-colored felt, as well as Velcro, a zipper, various fasteners, rivets or buttons, and a couple of hours of free time. First of all, you need to buy felt of the appropriate colors, it is better to choose a hard and rather dense material, just one that will keep its shape perfectly, and also, prepare sewing threads, needles, scissors, cardboard for a template, a glue gun. For sewing a developing toy, it is not at all necessary to have a sewing machine, you can use your hands, however, the creative process will take a little longer.
First of all, we create a sketch of the toy and draw a template of details on thick paper, cut out all the fragments, apply the templates to the felt and cut out the details already from felt (two of each). We begin to sew the main, large details of the craft, and in the process of work we fix various types of fasteners on the body of the hedgehog (magnets, decorative buttons, lacing ribbons, carabiners, rivets). Next, we make beautiful fly agarics from felt and other mushrooms, leaves or apples with the appropriate type of attachment.
Separate small felt mushrooms can be a great garland for interior decor. You can give your creations a little volume by using synthetic winterizer, synthetic winterizer, holofiber for filling, or you can leave the figures flat. Next, we fix the mushroom figures to the cord and fasten it to the wall. Also, felt mushrooms look no less impressive in the form of pendants, key rings or fridge magnets. In this case, it is necessary to securely fasten a ribbon, chain or tight cord to the product, and in the case of magnets, look for a miniature magnet.
Together with the children, you can also make a bright, original application from multi-colored paper called “Mouse on a Mushroom”. A charming little mouse gnawing a mushroom will surely decorate a children’s room and bring a lot of positive emotions during the creative process. For work, both colored paper for children’s creativity and interesting, textured corrugated paper in small ribs are suitable, you will also need PVA glue and scissors for cutting out craft details.
All the details of the craft are quite large and even very young children should not have problems with the assembly process.
Create for your own pleasure!