Stencils for applique: rules of work and instructions for creating beautiful crafts

Simple stencils for paper and fabric applications can make the educational process more interesting. Working with templates facilitates the creative task - the images turn out proportional, "live", recognizable.

Through collage, children discover the world around them, they actively develop and acquire useful skills. Children learn to select appropriate materials in color and texture.

A simple stencil of a rabbit or a cat for applique gives an idea of composition and proportionality, proportionality of the body and head.

Rules of working with stencils

Stencil for collage is a template image of a basket, a flower, a living object or an entire composition. Depending on the pedagogical task, themes accessible to the child of a certain age are selected.

A child of 3-4 years of age will find it difficult to reproduce a human stencil drawing from colored paper for collage, this is work for younger students.

It is much easier for a preschooler to work on a stencil with a schematic image where the face is closed with balloons, a bouquet of flowers or a hat.

The simplest stencils can be geometric shapes from which a recognizable object can be arranged:

• a Christmas tree - from triangles;
• Caterpillars - from circles;
• Houses - squares, rectangles and trapezoids.

Tip! Allow your child to be independent, let him choose the color and location of the image fragments. He is able to complement the overall composition with a sun, clouds, grass or flowers.

A good way is to offer collective creativity. For example, invite a group of children to assemble an application in the form of a large aquarium using a fish stencil. Let them supplement it with natural materials at their discretion:

• plants;
• seashells;
• colored stones.

Two or three groups of children can compete who has a better applique. Collaborative work fosters a sense of teamwork, develops organization and mutual respect.

Stencils of insects.

Children like to make familiar objects using stencils. At 3-4 years old, they already know many insects, are able to vary the color if it's a paper applique, or pick up a flap with a matching pattern.

Teachers distinguish between several types of stencil applique:

• plot (from a fairy tale or cartoon);
• thematic (on a given theme - time of year, holiday, landscape);
• subject (to depict a recognizable object or subject);
• decorative (applique as part of a postcard or a panel in the interior).

Small children unmistakably recognize butterflies and caterpillars, bugs and spiders. These objects are easy to make from a template, working with scissors on colored paper.

Note! On the same stencil you can perform flat and volumetric applique. "Fluttering" moths or beetles with open wings are able to give dynamics to a flat format.

Some of the steps an adult should do on their own, and the most accessible part should be assigned to a child. First, you need to print out a stencil for applique on the printer - the tulip and ladybug the baby is able to cut out on the circled template.

Caterpillar .

The simplest technique is applique from colored circles. It helps a small child to realize a unified whole, consisting of identical fragments.

Pay attention! Psychologists point out that application of circles from stencils is accessible to children 2.5-3 years old. The way in which a child perceives an abstract image can be used to judge his or her creative talents and intellectual development. Even if a child is lagging behind in speech development, one can make sure he or she is thinking clearly, if there is a holistic perception of individual fragments.

Depending on their age, adults can choose any way of doing the "Jolly Caterpillar":

• with a body in the form of an "accordion";
• from flat colored circles;
• with a "walking" body made from a template.

To complicate the task, offer to supplement the picture with a story - "communication" with a beetle, spider or butterfly. Allow a child to independently choose what color the flowers and bugs will be. Then the cute-eyed insects will bring your child maximum enjoyment.

Butterfly

Bright images help to develop a child's color perception, so at preschool age children are often offered a stencil of butterfly wings for applique from fabric or paper.

Important! It is not difficult for a child of 3-4 years to perform work on a template. By instilling skills of working with colored paper, offer safe tools - with blunt-edged scissors and a glue stick.

When making a story picture with insects, select elements of simple shape. Openwork wings of butterflies with elements of poking out is better to offer older preschoolers. Kids are better tasked with making a butterfly with symmetrical triangular wings of rounded shape.

Small children should not be instructed to perform applique with butterfly wings of large size - their hands are not so skillful to perform the task extremely accurately.

Useful tip: Show your child in advance how the completed work should look like. Place the stencil on a sheet of colored paper, folded in two. Show your child how to trace the pattern. Then let him do the rest on his own.

Ants

Working on cutting out applique pieces from a ready-made outline is the easiest thing to offer children. However, kids at 2-3 years old may not know what ants are.

Offering to do work with unfamiliar bugs will not cause enthusiasm. Offer to watch some cartoon about ants to inspire your child:

• "Antz Antz;
• "The Ant's Journey."
• "The Adventures of Flick."
• "Dragonfly and Ants."
• "Bugs. Adventure in the Valley of the Ants", etc.

Offer to perform the image of the main character of the cartoon in the simplest presentation, but let the child find a place for each pattern.

Task can be complicated, if the child is not very small - let him complete the application with other objects from your favorite cartoon. Paws and antennae can be made from yarn or finished off with a marker.

Snail

Children 4-5 years old often know what a snail is, so they are eager to do the application. A shy character with horny eyes hides in a spiral house, which children cannot always draw accurately on a pre-prepared stencil.

The simplicity of the object is that the snail has only 2 parts - a spiral shell and a body consisting of a sole-foot and a head. This is an amazing animal that looks like no one else. Therefore, it is worth having a preliminary conversation about cognition of the world around. The child should understand the purpose of the snail's body parts.

Attention! Within the cartoon genre snails are often "humanized. They separately portray horns and eyes, nose and mouth. Of course, it makes the snail cuter, but children must understand the difference between the real structure of the "strange" mollusk and the schematic image of the "character-sympathetic.

A simple snail stencil for applique, consisting of a body and a shell, is easy to make cute with large eyes with eyelashes. The spiral shell can be further colored with cross strips.

Great creative range - a general composition with a snail. It can crawl around an aquarium or seabed, wander among flowers, or communicate with a moth, sitting on a mushroom cap.

Animal stencils

The most interesting applications turn out with animals - this is one of the ways children learn about the world. Every child has a favorite toy with a cute face.

Adults can pick up a stencil of a favorite rabbit or bear cub for applique from fabric to decorate the pocket of a jumpsuit or the back of a child's jacket.

Templates with animals vary in complexity, but there are universal objects, such as an image of a fish. The child is able to outline the contours on paper himself, vary the tail, eye and fins.

A small child's first creative experience will seem difficult, so it is advisable to help him do some of the work. To outline a goldfish or a violet tail will not be difficult.

Underwater picture complete octopus, jellyfish and starfish. At the same time repeat the "math lesson", counting from 1 to 10.

Performing animal applique on the stencil by hand:

1. Print the outline and auxiliary pieces of the image.
2. Place the template on the back of a sheet of colored paper and help your child carefully trace it with a simple pencil.
3. Cut out the main parts and lay them out in the order in which they will be superimposed with glue. Perhaps there will be variations of the layout.
4. The child should understand with which part the work begins. Usually the appliqué starts with the torso or head of the animal. The auxiliary parts are attached to the finished base.
5. Eyes, mustache, nose and other small details can be finished drawing or cut out of strips of dark-colored paper.
6. Completion of the work is decoration of the overall composition.

Depending on the complexity of the stencil and the age of children, some tasks can be complicated - make some parts three-dimensional. Show a child how to twirl a strip of paper on a pencil, that it is beautifully wrapped.

Suggest clothes and additions for some characters - an umbrella with rain drops, a purse, a basket or a bouquet of flowers. This develops the child's creative talents.

Panda .

One of the most favorite characters is the bamboo bear. A contrasting image is easy enough to make if you have the right stencil. For a contrasting image - you only need white and black paper.

Important! Older children can cope with making a template for a panda by themselves, if there are samples. It develops observation and a sense of proportionality of proportions.

The pear-shaped detail of the torso is complemented by a large head and slightly bent paws. The important thing is how cute the bamboo bear's face will look - help bring it to life.

Fill a playground with colored balls where 2-3 pandas can play. They can easily be made from a common stencil for applique made of fabric or paper. Finish up the small details with a black felt-tip pen.

Elephant .

This animal is familiar to many children. There are versions of solid images on the side, to which you have to attach only the elephant's ears.

If it is a cute elephant sitting in a pool, most likely, the head and trunk will have to be glued separately.

It would be interesting to look applique made of fabric in the form of a motley colored Indian elephant. Such an image on a ready-made template will be interesting to perform in a family where people are fond of Indian culture.

Pay attention! The workpiece for children's art is easy to make with your own hands - the elephant stencil is simple enough, but it is important to ensure the proportionality of the legs, head and torso. Ears and eyes are applied with PVA.

Options for completing the composition - from the trunk come out not drops, but notes. It turns out that the elephant sings. Soap bubbles, a ball, a bouquet of flowers or even a balloon in which the elephant sits - whatever the child wants.

Stencil a basket for applique with a balloon and print it additionally. Other funny animals can also be "seated" in it.

Horse, pony, or deer

In creative classes, children love to reproduce their favorite characters - Horses, Ponies and Unicorns, which will be performed according to a single stencil.

Helpful hint: The Unicorns made of velvet paper will look the most interesting.

Several options for pattern applique are suggested. The tail and mane are better made from cut yarn or hair of a broken doll. It is better to finish drawing small parts, and the saddle made of colored fabric.

Turtle

Everyone's well-known sea character is often found in cartoons. Take in the work a stencil corresponding to the image of the turtle of their favorite fairy tale or cartoon.

Templates to suit all tastes - Golden Key, Underwater Bratva, In the Peeps of Nemo or The Little Mermaid. Invite your child to think about the overall picture. The shell can be made of mottled fabric, even if the base of the applique - colored cardboard or paper.

Frog .

Funny frogs - an interesting idea for applique. Several "frogmen" can be depicted in a puddle, hunting for butterflies and dragonflies. Curled tongue is one way to give the frogs volume.

Giraffe

A cute little Giraffe's face can quickly win a child's heart when they choose a stencil for applique. The child is able to do most of the work himself, but it is better to help him do the details of the muzzle.

From the characters suggested in our selection, you can assemble a fun zoo.

Lion cub

Characters of the cartoon "The Lion King" remain one of the most favorite with children. You can pick up a stencil of Simba for applique or other cartoon characters.

There may be difficulties with the imposition of details, for example, the multi-layered shaggy mane of the lion cub and the design of the face - adults should help.

Bear

One of the first animals with which young children are acquainted are bunnies and bears. There are quite a few options for templates to perform fabric and paper applique from different cartoons.

Tip! Allow a child to choose which Teddy bear would be more interesting to work with.

Let it be the Umka polar bear or Teddy Bear, it's not so important which character is chosen. In the pedagogical process, the priority is to develop fine motor skills, creativity and children's curiosity.

Bird stencils

For the development of children's creativity, any simple images that children easily recognize are suitable. Applique is a multifaceted process, where different types of learning are intertwined. It is simultaneously a fine art, labor training, mathematics, natural history and zoology lessons.

We offer a whole selection of templates on the theme of "birds", which will be interesting for children's creativity at the age of 4-6 years:

1. Chicken.
2. Easter chicken in an egg.
3. A chick in a nest.
4. Crow
5. Owl
6. Cockerel.
7. The hen with chicks.
8. Duck.
9. Goslings.

Stencils of animal faces

Applique is a visual activity with elements of creativity. It can be returned to in home practice and educational process. Through this type of children's art it is easy to identify children with artistic talent.

Mastering different types of applique, it is important to show the child the finished result on a photo of the finished work on a stencil, giving freedom of creativity.

We offer a selection of animal faces, which can be used not only for paper and fabric applications, but also to "enliven" handicrafts made of natural materials.

Photo stencils for applications