Walking along the winter streets, probably everyone, both children and adults, have seen beautiful birds with a reddish breast pecking at rowan trees. It was bullfinches! So why not, sitting in a warm room, recreate what you saw? An excellent option for this purpose would be the applique “Bullfinch on a Rowan Branch”.
Creating an application: who is interested?
Even the smallest child can make a winter-themed applique, although he will need the help of an adult. But such an activity will not require too much effort from the student, and the time will be spent interestingly. It is worth noting that making an applique on this topic can be interesting for adults as well - the main thing is to correctly determine the goals and select the materials.
So, with the help of fabric applique you can decorate a pillowcase, children's pajamas or any other thing. And from paper of various textures and colors you can create a whole picture called “Bullfinches in winter on a rowan tree,” which will be an excellent addition to the interior of a child’s room, living room or kitchen. However, no matter what kind of applique you decide to make, the ideal option is for a child and an adult to work together.
Preparation of materials and tools
Work on creating any application, be it fabric, paper or any other, begins with organizing and collecting materials. This case is no exception. The paper “Bullfinch” applique requires the following materials and tools: cardboard, colored paper, standard white sheets, napkins, or the favorite glue stick of little craftsmen, scissors, a simple pencil, and a ruler. You will also need felt-tip pens if you plan to finish drawing some elements of the applique (for example, the eyes of a bird, paws).
If you are going to make a fabric applique, then you need to stock up on fabric of the required colors, a needle, thread and scissors. As for the colors of the main material, you can deviate a little from the usual image of a bullfinch and use not red fabric for making its abdomen, but, for example, white polka dots, orange or pink. As for the wings and head, it is better to leave them black with small accents of gray, so the bird will be more similar to its prototype.
Creating templates for the applique “Bullfinch on a mountain ash”
So, you have decided that your craft will be a bullfinch - a paper applique. Templates for creating this bird should be made immediately after all the materials and tools for the work have been collected. After all, thanks to them, all further work on the applique, be it fabric or paper, will be significantly simplified. As for making templates, the easiest way is to use those given below. However, if you are good at drawing, you can create unique patterns yourself.
If the decision is made to use the submitted option, then the sheet will need to be printed, transferred to thick cardboard, traced with a simple pencil and cut out. It is worth noting that the denser the templates are, the more convenient it will be to work with them. Next, the resulting blanks must be installed on paper or fabric of suitable colors, outlined, cut out, placed in the right places, and soon you will have the applique “Bullfinch on a Rowan Branch”. You can also use bullfinch to create templates, but more on that below. As for the details for the rowan branch, they will be small circles that will replace the berries, and long narrow rectangles to create the branch itself. By the way, rectangles can be cut out of brown paper without any templates - it’s more convenient and faster, but you’ll have to tinker a little with the berries.
Children's applique "Bullfinch on a rowan branch"
It is advisable that an adult prepare the templates described above in advance. The applique “Bullfinch on a Rowan Branch” may seem a little difficult to complete for a preschool child. Next, you will need to cut out the body of the bird and rowan berries from red paper, the wing and eyes from black paper, the paws and beak from gray paper, and the branches of a bush from brown paper. The most suitable background for the applique will be blue or white paper, but you can use any other.
When all the parts are ready, you just need to glue them in place. First, the body of the bird should be placed in the middle of the sheet, then the wing, beak and eye. Then glue the main branch a little lower and only after that attach the bird’s legs slightly overlapping. This procedure is needed to create the impression that the bullfinch is sitting on a bush. Lastly, you will need to “assemble” a rowan branch from parts prepared in advance.
Fabric applique
The applique “Bullfinch on a Rowan Tree”, made of fabric or felt, can be an excellent decoration for children’s clothing or To make it, you can use the templates provided above, however, this time you will need to cut out the parts from fabric. This application is much easier to make than it might seem at first glance.
First, you need to cut out all the necessary parts from a suitable fabric and use a needle to sew them in the same order as a paper applique is made to the product. And if you also own a sewing machine, then this one will take you very little time. It is worth noting that entire pictures can be made from fabric to decorate the interior or give to someone as a gift; all you need to do is place them in a frame.
Winter applique - paper mosaic
Very easy to make, but no less interesting in appearance, and perhaps even more so, is the winter applique in the form of a mosaic. To make it, you can use the same template, or you can draw a bullfinch on a sheet of white paper using the diagram below.
Regardless of whether you use a ready-made template or draw the bird yourself, it is important that it is in the center of the sheet. Next you will need to create a winter background. To do this, you need to tear or cut many small pieces of paper of different textures, white, blue, etc. This can be standard sheets, corrugated, colored or wallpaper paper.
It is worth noting that this work does not require great care, which, of course, appeals to little craftsmen. The fact is that the prepared pieces do not need any orderly and even gluing. They can be attached in any position, side by side or overlapping, gluing them completely or leaving protruding ends - this will only make the finished applique “Bullfinch on a Rowan Branch” more interesting.
When the background is completely ready, you can move on to making the bird itself. The area of the wings, tail and legs must be covered with black and gray pieces of paper, the abdomen with red and pink, and the branches with brown. The fully finished application must be left for several hours to dry.
Bullfinch made of geometric shapes: interesting application
Another interesting one could be a bullfinch made from geometric shapes. By the way, it is an excellent way to introduce a child to geometry. Of course, such a bird will look more like a cartoon character, but children will definitely love this bullfinch (paper applique). It is not necessary to prepare the templates in advance; you can draw the necessary shapes immediately on the sheets of color you need.
So, you will need a large black circle for the body, a red oval for the chest, 2 small red circles for the cheeks, 2 white ovals for the eyes, 2 small black circles for the pupils, a small orange triangle for the beak, 3-5 narrow black ones ellipses - for a shaggy hairstyle, 3 black ovals - for the tail, 2 gray ovals - for the wings. When all the parts are cut out, you just need to assemble them. It is more convenient to draw a rowan branch and a bird’s legs with a brown felt-tip pen, but you can also cut it out of paper.
Winter picture made from plain paper and napkins
If you need to keep several children busy at home or in kindergarten, you can invite them to create a whole applique painting on a winter theme. By the way, there is also something for adults to do in this matter, because someone needs to coordinate the actions of children, as well as make parts that are too complex for them.
You can make a bullfinch stencil for applique yourself using the template provided above, or you can try to buy a ready-made one. Since it is planned to create a whole picture, there should be several birds. They can either sit on a bush with rowan trees, or jump on snowdrifts, or peck grain in a feeder - it all depends on the wishes and imagination of the children.
The bullfinches' bodies must be cut out of black paper, and the breasts must be made from small lumps of red napkins, which will take children a lot of time to make. When the lumps are ready, they need to be glued onto a black template in the abdomen area; in a similar way, you can create snow, however, from white or blue napkins, rowan - from orange, branches - from brown. This winter applique will help children spend their leisure time in an interesting way and will be an excellent decoration for any room!
Winter felt applique for elementary school children
Application "Winter forest. Bullfinches"
The work was carried out by Arina Fedoseeva, a student of class 1 “A” at MBOU gymnasium No. 69 in the city of Krasnodar.Description: This master class is designed for children of preschool and primary school age, teachers and parents. The applique is made of felt and velvet paper using natural materials.
Purpose: Interior decoration, applique painting can be used for winter exhibition.
Target: make a winter applique of bullfinches sitting on a branch using felt, paper and natural materials.
Tasks:
1. Learn to cut out parts, trace a stencil; glue parts;
2. Develop compositional and aesthetic feelings in the design of the application;
3. Develop fine motor skills and creative imagination;
4. Cultivate accuracy when working and perseverance.
Winter is the time for bullfinches! Near the house the garden, like a crystal palace, sparkles in the sun. Each tree is decorated with openwork fringe, the trunks are covered with frost. And brooding birds, bullfinches, sit on the branches with bright red buds. They are fluffy, in soft red colors, and have black caps on their heads. They sit and preen themselves. Illuminated by the rays of the sun, against the backdrop of dazzling snow, they seem like fairy lights and present a delightful sight. Don't take your eyes off it - admire it!
Materials and tools required for work:
- White cardboard
- Blue cardboard
- Felt in red and gray colors
- Black velvet paper
Brown corrugated paper
- Simple pencil
- Glue
- Beads for eyes
- Natural material - dried twigs with fruits.
First we'll make bullfinches. On a sheet of white cardboard, using a simple pencil, draw a sketch of the details of two bullfinches. One bullfinch will be slightly smaller than the second. For each bullfinch we draw a body (black), a breast (red), a wing (black), a wing (gray).
We cut out templates for each bullfinch.
We attach the cardboard templates to red, gray felt, black velvet paper in accordance with the signatures on the templates, trace and cut out the details of the bullfinches.
Glue a red breast onto the black body of the bullfinch.
Glue the gray one onto the black wing.
We glue the wings onto the body of the bullfinch.
Using a hole punch, cut out two circles from white paper and glue the bullfinch's eye in place.
Glue small black beads onto the white circles (you can use allspice peas).
Now let's start making the branches. From brown corrugated paper, cut out a rectangle 18-20 cm long and 10-12 cm wide. Cut the rectangle lengthwise into 2/3.
We twist the cut strips, and then twist the base of the branch.
We made the second branch into a triple branch, having previously cut it lengthwise into three strips.
Now we take blue cardboard - this is the basis of the applique, and glue our branches on the sides.
We attach our bullfinches to the branches with glue.
We found some pretty branches of red-brown fruits, dried in the fall, and we added them to our composition.
This is the kind of winter applique we came up with with bright bullfinches.
Birds on frozen branches -
Tiny little ones.
Very bright, with blush,
The jacket has a glossy finish on the back.
I'll feed them lunch:
I'll treat you to rowan berries and bread.
Let them burn like lanterns
Miracle birds... Bullfinches.
T. Lavrova
Olga Samusevich
Target: Practice using the template;
Develop the ability to fold a sheet of paper in half;
Strengthen the ability to use scissors;
Cultivate accuracy when working with paste.
This bird is not simple,
Waiting for the winter harvest.
Pecking at rowan berries,
She is not afraid of winter.
A red belly will flash
And it will fly to its chicks.
As it turned out, the children of our group had not seen bullfinches. And, to be honest, I saw these amazing birds when I was a child. So we decided to make a red-breasted bird with a bluish-gray back. Children love to cut out and so it was decided to make it out of paper.
Children drew a circle using a stencil on red paper (torso) and black circle (wings). The red circle is larger in diameter than the black one.
The circles were folded in half and got double-sided wings and a body.
On black paper, using a stencil, we drew a rectangle, cut it out and also folded it in half - this is the tail.
Glued the tail to the inside of the body.
They greased the wings on the inside and glued them to the body.
The tip of the ponytail was cut off slightly at an angle. The final touch remains - cut out the eyes and sharp nose. The nose is a black triangle folded in half, the eyes are two small circles with pupils drawn inside.
Our bird is ready! Bullfinches keep in small flocks of 7-10 birds.
Do you know bullfinch trusting and sociable bird. If one of the flock falls into a trap, the rest will rush to help.
Publications on the topic:
Considering that there was severe frost outside at the beginning of January, my children and I watched winter birds from the windows of the Center.
Photo report collective work applique "Bullfinches on branches" Purpose: to teach children to convey the image of a bullfinch and the features of its form in the applique.
In the painting "Bullfinches" all elements are made using the quilling method. The following materials were used for production: - strips of quilling paper.
Summary of continuous educational activities on yarn applique “Bullfinches on a branch” State budgetary preschool educational institution of a combined type in the Krasnogvardeisky district of the city of St. Petersburg.
The craft was made by the small, magical hands of my student Samarina Nadya with my help. I helped her just a little) We took it.
Topic: “Wintering Birds” Before making drawings, a conversation was promised with the children, demonstration material was shown, depicting various birds.
Cardboard craft. Bullfinches
Materials and tools
■ Packaging cardboard
■ Colored corrugated cardboard
■ Colored cardboard
■ Wrapping paper
■ Scissors
■ PVA glue
Making an applique
1. Using a stencil, cut out semicircles from red corrugated paper - the bodies of bullfinches (Fig. 1).
2. Cut out 3 heads, 3 backs and 3 wings from black cardboard (Fig. 1).
3. Take 3 strips of white paper 5 cm long and glue them to the wings as shown in the picture (Fig. 2). After the glue has dried, trim the white edge so that you get a thin white line that is even in width.
4. Glue strips of thick cardboard to the underside of the wings and attach the wings to the body of the birds.
5. Glue pieces of thick cardboard to the wrong side of the bullfinches.
6. For the top bullfinch, cut out the head, wings, and tail using a stencil from black corrugated cardboard, and the body from red cardboard (Fig. 3). Glue white strips of paper to the wings and trim them to create thin white edges.
7. Connect all the parts of the large bullfinch and glue a piece of thick cardboard to the wrong side.
8. Take blue A4 cardboard and wrap it in transparent wrapping paper. Connect the layers (Fig. 4).
9. Cut out a branch of any shape from white cardboard and glue it to the background.
10. Cut a 1 x 12 cm strip from cardboard and glue it to the background. Glue a thin rope 20 cm long to the ends of the strip. Make a small hole between the branches, pull the rope through it and secure it on the back side of the cardboard (Fig. 5). The feeder is ready.
11. Glue the birds to the background.
The “Bullfinch” applique will help decorate a baby’s clothes, a sofa cushion, a case for a phone or glasses, wallpaper on the walls of a children’s room, and even make a postcard for any winter holiday. After all, this beautiful bird delights the eye with its red breast in the harsh winter, bringing great joy to both adults and children. And the “Bullfinch” applique is quite simple. This will be discussed in this article.
The third version of the applique is gluing the full contour figure of a bird in black so that the red breast, beak, eyes and wings are already placed on it.
There is a fourth option for doing this job. It consists of making an applique of geometric shapes. The body itself is made from half a red circle and a gray triangle.
Then a black circle is glued on - the head, and a small triangle is attached to it - the beak.
A larger black triangle will imitate the tail of a bullfinch.
The wing is made from half a black circle, inside which part of a gray circle is placed. The eyes are made from two circles - white and gray.
The twig can be drawn with a brown felt-tip pen, or you can also cut it out of paper and stick it on. Red or orange circles will represent rowan berries.
Cool bullfinch made of geometric shapes
The “Bullfinches on a Branch” applique is perfect for a winter card. It can be done without a template using geometric shapes. True, the bird will turn out to be symbolic and quite cool. By the way, this applique “Bullfinches on a branch” can be used both for clothing and for decorating wallpaper. Here are step-by-step instructions for performing one bullfinch. The second bird can be made in a similar way, placing it asymmetrically so that they look at each other.
- Select the background for the postcard.
- A black circle is glued - the body of a bullfinch.
- There is a red oval on it - the breast of a bird.
- You can make cheeks out of two red circles, but this is not necessary.
- The eyes are made of white paper. They can be either round or oval; they can be the same size and shape, or they can differ from each other.
- The pupils can be drawn with a felt-tip pen. But even if desired, sticking black circles inside the eye whites will not spoil the work at all.
