Among the abundance of toys in the store today you can see children's stamps. In large numbers, they offer to make them and Internet sites. What are these - stamps for children, are they really necessary for kids and can they be made independently - this will be discussed later.
Methods for organizing the activities of children
The fact that children are very fond of drawing is no secret. That's just for a baby 3-4 years old, this does not always work out successfully. Alternatively, you can use children's prints. Those bought in the store look like real ones, which in itself arouses the interest of children. Here are just the resulting drawings turn out to be the heroes of cartoons and fairy tales, parts of a single picture, such as a landscape, the realities of our world, with which the crumbs are just getting to know (vegetables, animals), funny emoticons, etc. A set of stamps can be selected or ordered individually for each child, depending on his age and interests.
Another thing - do-it-yourself children's stamps. After all, if you initially involve the guys in this process, the prints will turn out exactly the way they want to see them.
From what is
If it is not possible to buy or order children's stamps in the right amount or want to get something special, you can make them yourself. The most suitable materials: eraser, foam, thick cardboard, vegetables, etc. Here are options for how to do this.
- Prepare the details of the old designer. Cut from thick paper, and preferably from thin plastic, squares equal in size to the base of the parts. Glue them together. From foam - suitable food tray-container - cut the necessary figures. Here you can use ordinary paper stencils. Only a little remained: with the help of double adhesive tape, stick the figures to the cube from the constructor. Homemade stamps are ready. Similarly, they can be made from bottle caps (it will replace the designer part) or caps from drinking yogurt and foam rubber.
- Make the necessary inscriptions (numbers, letters, whole words) or drawings on a piece of cardboard and coat with glue. On top lay a dense thread pre-selected in size and impregnated with glue. Allow to dry. The original stamp is ready.
- It is very easy to make any convex impression on the eraser, polystyrene foam and even potato. First, you need to draw the desired pattern on the surface - the potato will need to be cut in half beforehand, then processed with a sharp knife. Then everything is as usual - dip the print in ink and transfer the print to paper.
In general, anything can be used: buttons and a roller for cleaning clothes, real leaves and garden flowers, vegetables and children’s toys, even baby’s hands and fingers. For example, from a cut stalk of Peking cabbage you will get a beautiful rose, from the bottom of a plastic bottle you get a graceful flower, and under the rolling pin with specially pasted prints a whole composition will be born. Parents only need to show imagination, listen to their children and, most importantly, not to be afraid of the fact that they get dirty.
Game children's stamps
Now about where and how to use purchased or home-made stamps.
All of them can be divided into 2 groups: gaming and for business, or functional.
The first, as is already clear from the name itself, will help to organize leisure activities for kids. So, with the help of game dies for children, you can create a real picture on paper. You just need to show the baby how to do it right. First dip the print in ink, then determine the desired location on the sheet. Finally, carefully attach the stamp to the paper and carefully lift it - the drawing is ready.
With training stamps, you can learn numbers, letters, colors, geometric shapes, animals, and more.
Older children like to copy the work of teachers, doctors, directors, etc. They will definitely like the prints like in adults, which will be a great addition to role-playing games.
What gives the use of such stencils?
First of all, this is a very exciting activity for kids, which will help organize their leisure for a fairly long time. With children's stamps, children will learn the realities of the world, develop imagination and creative thinking, learn communication. It is also important that presses contribute to the development of fine motor skills, coordination of movements, and are taught to plan their activities.
Not only for the game, but also for business
There are functional children's stamps that really help in life, but for adults. For example, parents sending their children to kindergarten, school, camp, often embroider a surname on their clothes and a name - a kind of identification mark. This need can be eliminated for many years if you order a print with the data of the child. Using it, he put a mark on the wrong side of the clothes - and the child will always be able to identify his pajamas or blouse.
A children's stamp will also help the teacher or primary school teacher. After all, they usually evaluate the work of their wards with the help of drawings or funny faces. And with such an assistant, it will be much easier and faster to do.