Kinder crafts with their own hands - practical master classes and original ideas for children in kindergarten and school

At some point in life, children learn about the existence of Kinder Surprises. Many at first rejoice in a sweet egg, but then comes a real "Kindermania".

In anticipation of a miracle and the hope that the next time you find an interesting toy, the house is not only collecting toys, but also plastic capsules from under them. Sometimes they are mercilessly thrown away, unaware that they are a real treasure, a great material for crafts and decor.

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Kinder egg craft ideas

What not only do not make of these magical plastic boxes!

They can serve as:

The basis for children's toys and crafts;
ornaments for Christmas trees;
material for a massage mat or a massage cape for a driver's seat;
garlic pendant for children against viruses;
travel jars for creams, shampoos and other cosmetics;
salt shaker, pepper shaker, and spice box;
toothpick holder;
moisture-proof container for matches;
pincushion;
a case for headphones;
a mini pot for sprouts or small flowers;
smartphone holder;
a case for a travel toothbrush;
candy container;
piggy bank for small coins.

There are a lot of ideas to implement, you just need a little imagination and desire to create.

Creating crafts from this versatile material will be especially interesting for children.

For them it is not just the development of their imagination, but also a lesson that many items that were destined to end up in the trash can be given a second life.

Practical crafts from Kinder Surprise

Handicrafts do not have to be just beautiful. They can also be made functional.

Pouch for headphones

The length of headphone wires is on average 139 cm. Scientists have derived a theory: subjected to shaking and wearing in the pocket, on a long cable knot formed spontaneously.

They call this phenomenon the "spontaneous agitated string phenomenon." However, how to solve this domestic problem, which brings great inconvenience, have not invented. But folk craftsmen have found a way out of the situation.

Wrap the wire with the headphones neatly around two fingers, and place it inside a Kinder-surprise capsule. This case will not only prevent you from tying knots on the wires, but also protect your gadget from dust and moisture. It is compact, takes up little space in a bag or pocket.

Candy pouch for baby

All children love caramel candy on a Chupa Chups stick. They sell lollipops in sealed bags with different fruit flavors.

Most often, children do not finish it until the end, ostensibly leaving it for later. And then it turns out that the candy is covered with dust, lint and other debris, and the paper is not handy, neither in your pocket or bag it will not put. You have to throw it away.

And then, the child is sure to want to continue to eat candy. To avoid this situation, you can make a case for candy and carry it in your bag.

To do this, you need to make a hole in the egg capsule, so that it fits snugly candy sticks. In such a container, the candy will be saved until the next time, without the risk of contamination.

Christmas tree garland

Christmas tree garland is an indispensable attribute of the New Year's holiday. Although there is a large variety of decorations in stores, these decorations, made by your own hands, will always stand out for their uniqueness.

A child can make the simplest garland himself. It's enough to buy the thinnest satin ribbon of the required length:

Chocolate egg cartons can be turned into animal figures or simply painted. Leave this to the children.
After the blanks dry, open each capsule and slam the ribbon between the two halves.
Stretching the ribbon, repeat this with each container, distributing them at the same distance.
With the help of adults, you can make a real luminous multi-colored garland by screwing an LED light bulb into each capsule. Wires are connected in a series circuit.

If the adult is good with electricity, he can make flashing lights.

Even the most ordinary store lighted garland is very easy to turn into a fun and exclusive.

To do this, make a hole in the capsule the diameter of the LED, slip it inside, planting it on the glue. Decorate the capsule as desired.

Rattle

The first toy in the life of a baby is a ringing rattle. For him, it serves as a guide to the world of sounds, color, shape and size.

A properly selected rattle develops the muscles of the eye, hearing, stimulates sensory development and coordination. Plastic containers left over from chocolate eggs make wonderful rattles. After all, they are made with love.

Even if there is no creative streak, an ordinary container can be used to make an elementary rattle:

On both sides of the capsule, make holes through which to pull a ribbon.
Inside the box put some cereal of any kind, close it, and tape the halves together, so that the container will not open accidentally. Such a rattle is tied with a ribbon to the baby's arm or leg.

Mothers or grandmothers who know how to knit, from a container and a bamboo stick from sushi, can create a colorful rattle. To do this, the container and the stick should be tied with colored threads. Such containers can be used to make a mobile for the crib.

Bills for children

Preschoolers will be interested in learning arithmetic actions, with the help of Kinder-counts. For the smallest ones, it is enough to make counters from ten containers.

For complete counting, you need to assemble 30-50 boxes, make holes on both sides and string them on thick fishing line or wire:

In each row, highlight the two middle containers with a different color.
For the side supports, make a wooden frame, on which to fix the fishing line (wire) with nails.

Such counters can be installed at home or at the cottage, in the yard. With minimal effort, you get a very useful educational toy.

Handicrafts for the Christmas tree

Every year in kindergarten or school, children are asked to make New Year's decorations for the Christmas tree. Sometimes there are contests for parents for the most creative toy. Chocolate egg cartons are perfect for this.

Snowman

You can make a snowman together with your toddler:

On the top side of the container, make a hole, and on the inside pull a ribbon through, make a knot and close it.
Smear the entire surface with PVA glue, stick absorbent cotton on top.
Cut out colored paper eyes, buttons.
Carrot for the nose is made from a rolled-up paper cone.

Santa Claus

What a New Year without Santa Claus! To start, make a hole with a ribbon, just like for the snowman:

Stir in a small amount of PVA glue pink paint, and paint part of the container with it. This will be the face.
Glue a beard, moustache, eyebrows from absorbent cotton.
The eyes can be drawn or made from colored paper.
Paint the cheeks in red.
Hat cut out of red paper, roll it up with a cone, through the top pull a ribbon.

Simple toy

Also, as in the previous toys, prepare a ribbon, so that it can be used to hang the toy on the Christmas tree.

Before you paint the capsule, cover it with PVA glue, so that the paint can be applied well.

After drying, paint the toy in the desired color and glue the decorations on it - sequins, beads, beads, whatever you have on hand.

Original Kinder crafts

Such crafts can be used for decorating interiors and even presented as gifts.

Wreath

Kinder-surprise capsules will make a beautiful decoration that will decorate any holiday. Children will be happy to participate in a joint craft:

To create a wreath, you need to open all the capsules. The lid of the second box to close the first, the third - the second and so consistently connect them.
For a wreath with a diameter of 25 cm, you will need 16 containers. Depending on the holiday for which the wreath is made, it is decorated differently.
For the Easter wreath, the boxes can be turned into chickens.
Use acrylic paint to paint beaks in red and black eyes.
Glue the paws to the bottom of the containers. They can be made of paper, cardboard, plastic, fabric.
String a knitting thread to wrap 2 fingers, making 4-5 turns.
Remove from the fingers, tie in the middle, fold in half and fasten on one side. On the second side of the cut threads.
We got crests, which glue on the head of the chicken.

Christmas wreath decorated with pine branches, cones, Christmas decorations. For the spring holiday of March 8, the wreath is decorated with artificial flowers, greenery.

Bee

To make a bee, the container must be pierced through on the side of the lid and bottom:

Insert a toothpick into the holes so that, on one side, the end of the toothpick is shorter than on the other.
From self-adhesive black tape or duct tape, cut three narrow strips equal to the circumference of the capsule.
Glue them around the perimeter at a distance from each other.
Cut wings from a plastic bottle and glue them to the top of the body.
Paint mouth and eyes with acrylic paint. Make antennas from wire.

You can make a swarm of these bees and decorate your garden with them.

Duckling

A container and clay can be used to make a cute duckling:

Roll a slightly elongated ball of yellow plasticine, this will be the head.
Make the neck in the form of a small flagellum. It should not be thin, as it will hold the head.
Give the neck a slightly curved shape on both sides (letter S).
Capsule put horizontally and one end of the neck glued to the underside.
Attach the second end of the head.
Cut a piece of orange or red plasticine, roll a small oval and flatten it. You have a beak, which should be attached to the head.
You can use small beads instead of plasticine eyes.
Roll two balls, flatten them into an oblong shape (like a leaf). Attach the wings to the body.
Make two drops of orange plasticine, flatten.
With a stencil to make incisions and cut out two triangles, indicating paw paws. Attach to the bottom part.

Chicks

For a scallop-chicken, roll three balls of red clay of different sizes:

Press them with your finger and join them together in ascending order, large, medium, small. Attach the resulting scallop to the top of the capsule with a stack.
Roll a beak of orange plasticine, attach it to the side of a small scallop ball and sharpen.
Make eyes from two small black balls.
Paws molded from brown plasticine.
Roll six small sausages, two of which are slightly longer than the others.
Join them together 3 at a time, on one side, so that the longer flagellum is in the middle.
For the wings, roll two balls, flatten into a cake and give them a drop shape. Attach the wings to the sides, with the sharp end down.

Hummies

Simple human beings are made from containers, string, plastic bottle caps or wooden beads:

Holes are made in the container for arms, legs, and hair.
Ropes threaded through the holes serve as arms and legs, and beads or caps, with holes in the middle, are tied on the ends.
As hair attach thick threads.
If you make a lot of holes for hair, you can make different length hairstyles, even braids. You can create different characters from your favorite fairy tales.
Cut clothes out of fabric and glue them to the people.

Piglets .

For the piglets, you need to cut out a rectangle from pink corrugated paper and glue the capsule with hot glue:

Make notches on the ends so that the paper does not tear.
From pink felt cut two triangular ears and attach them. Twist a thin strip of the same felt into a roll and glue the heel.
Of corrugated paper to cut strips of width 1 cm and 5 cm long.
Roll them also into rolls, it will be the legs.
From a thin strip of felt to make the tail. To make it a ring, tie it.
On the heel glue two black beads. From the same beads make eyes.

Minions .

Although Minions are considered minions of villains, they don't actually do anything bad on purpose:

The big-eyed or one-eyed little creatures, simple-hearted, with sincere smiles, speaking an incomprehensible language, are beloved by many kids.
The capsules from the Kinder Surprises are ideal in shape to create a whole army of Minions. With them, and especially do not need to do much.
Draw with a felt-tip pen or glue on the toy eyes.
Blue jumpsuits to make from duct tape, paper, fabric.

The mischievous Minions will cheer up anyone.

Once you know what you can do with the freed boxes from under the chocolate eggs, you no longer want to throw them away. After all, they can do many interesting and useful things.