How to spend a holiday on the theme "Our home is the planet Earth", sew a monkey costume, an alien for this performance. How to make a globe for a child. For children to love their homeland from an early age, celebrate World Earth Day with them. Come up with interesting quizzes on the topic, make a globe, make costumes.
A little about the holiday World Earth Day
World Earth Day was established in 1971. Since then, various events have been held in the spring that urge people to be more attentive to the environment of our planet.
Initially, this holiday is celebrated on the day of the vernal equinox. Also, promotions take place on April 22. This date is also considered to be Earth Day. Currently, initiative groups and participants call for and conduct various events dedicated to this holiday during the summer solstice. This is done in order to use the free time of the participants and the coming warm weather.
It is important to explain to children that we must not harm the environment, but must protect nature, preserve peace. The guys make crafts these days, adults develop a celebration program, include games and contests in it.
World Earth Day Crafts
Let the child show his perception of our planet by making its prototype. Give him:
- balloon;
- glue;
- threads;
- newspapers;
- toilet paper;
- paints;
- cotton wool;
- simple pencil.
First you need to inflate the balloon, set it on a stand to fix it during operation. Now let the child tear the newspapers and paper, glue the pieces to the surface of the ball.
When the glue dries, the beloved child will paint the surface with white paint.
You yourself will pierce the ball at the top. Take it out, and this hole must also be sealed with paper.
If the child is small, let the parents themselves draw continents on the ball, and he will paint them green, and the planet itself blue.
Here are some other earth day crafts. The child will create a thematic panel with his own hands. Prepare for him:
- cardboard;
- stationery knife;
- simple pencil;
- cotton wool;
- plasticine;
- multi-colored tape;
- matches;
- ruler.
Cut a circle out of cardboard, have the child glue the edges with yellow tape. Together with your beloved child, think over what will be depicted on the panel.
It can be:
- birch;
- Christmas trees;
- lake with ducks;
- sky;
- grass;
- Sun;
- House.
And now you need to "paint" this picture with the help of plasticine. For the sky, it is good to mix blue and white. The child will make reservoirs from blue plasticine. Birch trunks are made out in white; you need to stick a few pieces of black plasticine here.
The house is decorated in brown. Then you need to attach matches in the form of logs to it, with the help of them a fence and a path from the reservoir to the house are made.
Create geese from white plasticine, and waves on the pond with cotton wool.
For the next Earth Day craft, you will need:
- glass;
- wax crayon;
- Toothbrush;
- gouache;
- album sheet;
- ice cream stick for splashing paint.
Have the child draw a circle on the glass with crayon. The wax will keep the paint from flowing outside of it.
Now you need to moisten the glass with water, apply paint here to make the circle look like our planet. A landscape sheet is placed on top, you need to press on it with your fingers so that the ink imprint remains here.
Next, the resulting contour on paper is outlined in black gouache. Then you need to paint over the entire background with this dark tone.
Have your toddler run the toothbrush over the white paint. Place this device near a black background, with the help of a stick you need to make such splashes, which will become stars and the milky way.
Here is such a wonderful planet Earth in the drawings. Plasticine panels look interesting and mysterious.
My Planet - World Earth Day Competition
The above and the following crafts are suitable for him. If you want to make a volumetric one with your child, take:
- low box;
- watercolor paints;
- strong white threads;
- plasticine;
- toothpicks.
Then follow the instructions:
- The box inside and outside must be covered with blue paint, when it dries, round planets and stars are drawn against this background using white paint. A little yellow around these objects will add a glow to them.
- To make the other main planets, the child blinds them with plasticine of the corresponding color. He will make a ring near Saturn, and stick toothpicks into the yellow sun as rays.
- Now you need to attach the threads to the planets, fix the upper edges in the holes made in the cardboard at the top, tie them to a knot, and glue them.
To ensure that the threads are well fixed in the plasticine planets, tie a small piece of paper to these strings from below.
The next application is also suitable for the Green Planet competition. The background needs to be made of brown paper, glued to cardboard. Stars of multi-colored paper are glued here. To make earth, you need to cut a circle out of cardboard, draw continents and water on it, paint. All that remains is to glue the earth on the panel, as well as a spaceship made of colored paper and cardboard, and you can refer the craft to the "Planet through the eyes of a child" competition.
The next work will certainly take its rightful place in the competition.
For it you will need:
- thick foam ceiling slab;
- plasticine;
- thin colored paper or napkins;
- glue;
- trimming stick or pencil;
- ceiling skirting boards;
- panel glue;
- dye.
First, make a frame for the panel. To do this, cut the ceiling skirting boards at a 45 degree angle and glue them along the edge of the Styrofoam board using special panel glue. Paint the frame the color you want.
Using a simple pencil, draw a circle in the center of the paper using an object of this shape, such as a plate or lid. From blue napkins or thin paper of this color, cut into squares with sides of 1.5 cm.
Using a trimming stick or sharpened pencil, wind the workpiece around these devices, then poke a small hole in the foam with a stick, insert the trimmer here, fixing it with a drop of glue.
Thus, fill in the entire background, and make the stars out of white paper, cutting out details with sides of 2 cm. Cover the circle on top with plasticine. Draw with a stick where the continents end and the seas begin. Decorate the continents with green endings, and the seas with blue.
If you are familiar with the quilling technique, then bring a craft to the "Planet through the eyes of a child" competition, made in this style. On a foam ball or ball, you need to glue paper blanks, twisted in a certain way. You will make flowers, a butterfly out of them.
How to make a globe for World Earth Day?
If the child begins to tinker with you, then he will learn the name of the continents, seas, he will know how the globe works.
Children will surely enjoy the following option for making a model of the Earth.
Place next to them on the table:
- grapefruit;
- ballpoint pen;
- plasticine green, blue, light brown, orange.
Place a real globe next to the child, let him look at him and draw outlines on the grapefruit with a ballpoint pen. If the child is small, then do it yourself for him. But the baby can also glue the model over with plasticine.
Let first fill the surface of the fruit with blue plasticine, and draw up the continents with green. Looking at the globe, he will understand where on the continents you need to add yellow and light brown, and in the ocean? white.
If you want a child to learn the structure of the Earth, to understand where the core, mantle, and crust are, then let a ball of red plasticine be blindfold first? it is the inner hard core. From above, he will attach orange plasticine, completing the liquid outer core. Next comes the mantle. On this model, it is yellow. The child will make the bark from black plasticine.
Attach green and blue plasticine on top, creating seas and continents.
And here's how to make a globe with your own hands using the papier-mâché technique. Put in your workplace:
- newspapers;
- black marker;
- PVA glue;
- brush;
- balloon.
Having inflated the ball, you need to glue it with scraps of newspaper using PVA glue. When the layer is sufficient, you need to remove the workpiece in a warm place so that the glue dries faster.
Pop the balloon through the small hole you want to keep free of dirt. A ball is pulled out through it, taken out, it is not required.
Now you need to cover the surface with white paint, when it dries, draw the outlines of the Earth. Here's how to make the globe next. With the help of green and blue paint, the children will paint the blank of the Earth.
If you have a map of the world, then you need to cut it in the way shown in the photo and stick it on the papier-mâché blank.
Then these two halves are glued together. If you want the globe to rotate, then insert a PVC tube into the Earth's axis, put another smaller one at its end. You can take a semicircular tube, attach it, and glue the globe to the CD disk.
If you glue the trimming to the round base, you get a beautiful volumetric globe.
You can use quilling elements to make another interesting layout of the globe.
Craftswomen can embroider the layout with beads, it will turn out beautifully and unusual.
Scenario "Our home planet Earth" for World Earth Day
After studying it, kindergarten teachers will take on board some ideas on how to spend this holiday. Parents will know which heroes are involved to make themed costumes for children.
For this holiday, the guys will bring crafts for the competition, which were described earlier. So the holiday begins.
In advance, the teacher must prepare a map of the solar system, tell the children about it. At the holiday dedicated to Earth Day, he will ask the children what is depicted on it, ask them to show the earth, the sun and other planets. Let the children tell you which planets are hottest (Venus, Mercury). Then follows a short story about the Earth, about the fact that there is a comfortable temperature, there is air, fresh water, what is needed for life.
Now we need to turn on space music. Holding a flying saucer in front of him, an alien appears. He greets the guys and says that he flew in from Mars, where it is very cold, there is no air and water. It is impossible to live there, and he decided to move to a suitable planet. Venus is very hot, so the alien flew to earth. The conditions are good here, but he does not know where to settle.
The teacher says the guys will certainly help and introduce the alien to our planet. All together go on a journey into the forest. Here they are met by three animals hiding behind a tree.
A funny song about hares "We don't care" sounds, three eared ears run out from behind a tree, begin to dance to this music. The guys and the alien join them.
The first hare
: we are glad to welcome you in our forest, we are here very well, in the summer we feed on leaves, grass, tree shoots.
Second hare
: in winter we have a difficult time, but we gnaw on tree branches, especially aspen ones. From enemies: foxes, wolves, bears, we hide under the roots of trees, under bushes.
Third hare
: but still we love our forest home very much, so stay with us, dear alien.
Alien
: yes, it's good in your forest, but I want to see the whole planet Earth.
Everyone goes on the road again, the songs of "Chunga-changa" are played.
Educator
: guys, tell our dear guest, where did we end up?
Children
: in Africa!
A monkey appears. She asks who is it to us? The guys tell why they came, ask the beast to tell how life is in Africa.
A monkey
: very good, look how beautiful I am, how wonderful and wonderful around. Many animals live here. Guys, do you know what animals live in Africa?
Children answer the question, list the animals in these areas. The monkey says that he loves fruits and plants that grow in Africa, asks the children if they know which ones? Children list.
The monkey invites the alien to stay with them to live, He thanks her, but replies that he would like to visit other parts of the Earth. The guys stand around the globe, hand in hand, singing the song “I'm lying in the sun”.
They ended up in the desert. The teacher asks questions:
- what the desert is made of;
- what are the names of the sand hills;
- how often does it rain here;
- are there many plants here;
- what kind of plants they are;
- what animals live in deserts.
The guys see a turtle, she invites the Martian to stay warm here, but the journey is not over yet.
A song about a polar bear sounds, everyone ends up in the Arctic.
A polar bear comes out to meet, he asks the children the following questions:
- what the weather is like here;
- is there often sun;
- Do the rays warm the earth;
- what other animals live here;
- why are not bears freezing in such cold weather;
- what polar bears eat.
This character also invites an alien to settle in this corner of the Earth, he thanks politely, but wants to see the sea. The dolphin helps in this next journey, it is this character that is met by those present. He asks them questions about the sea, the children prepared in advance must answer them.
The alien thanks everyone, says that he really liked the planet Earth, he will stay here.
The teacher sums up this journey, asks the children if they liked it, is our planet beautiful? He says that we must cherish and protect her so that she flourishes.
Here's what a scenario called “Our Home? planet Earth . For the action, you need to create costumes for some characters, they can be made quickly from scrap material. If someone does not have the appropriate outfits, the child can take a toy animal in his hand, speak for him, it will be clear what character he represents.
Alien costume for World Earth Day
Option 1
In this reenactment, an alien emerges from a flying saucer. You can quickly make it and the outfit of this character if you take:
- cardboard;
- scissors;
- Scotch;
- several rolls of foil;
- a head hoop with antennas and eyes at the top.
- If you have a large box, cut an outer and inner circle out of it to fit the baby inside. If several are small, then cut them into sectors, glue them together with adhesive tape to get such a wide hoop. You need to wind foil on it, fix its edges on the cardboard with tape.
- This round hat is made of papier-mâché. To do this, a ball is peeled off with pieces of newspaper or toilet paper, which then needs to be burst and removed. The mask must be cut to the size of the child's head, shaped like a helmet. You need to make two holes in it at the top, bring out the antennas with eyes here, and put the hoop on your head under a mask.
- If you have a silver turtleneck, it will work great here. Gray gloves will complement the overall picture.
It is better if the gloves are large for the child, then you put foam rubber in their ends, bandage the places so that the Alien gets unusual long fingers.
Option 2
If you need to quickly make an alien costume, then take:
- a cardboard shoe box;
- cardboard;
- thick wire;
- foil.
- At the box, you need to cut off the lower small side, through this hole the child will put it on his head, it will be located in the neck area. Cut a strip from the rest of the cardboard, glue it at the bottom of the front on the box. This part will cover the neck. Glue the foil onto this spacesuit.
- Cut a circle out of cardboard, thread two wires here, tie them at the top and bottom with a loop. The lower one will hold the wire on the cardboard, and the upper end will mark the round tops of one and the second antenna.
- Wrap this helmet with foil, gluing it. You will mess with clothes much less. It will be necessary to wrap the legs, arms and body of the child with foil in several layers. It will take no more than 10 minutes, you will get a wonderful alien costume.
There are other ideas for making this outfit.
Option 3
You can make a blank from papier-mâché on a round object, take only half of the product from dried paper. She is wrapped in foil, like the arms, body, legs of a dressed child. Dark narrow sunglasses will complement the mysterious look.
They can be large. Make a shiny foil neck collar, and make a mask out of cardboard, you need to make two slits for the eyes and one for the nose, glue the foil here. The DIY alien costume is ready to be displayed.
Option 4
The next alien outfit is very simple to make. Take:
- disposable jumpsuit made of nonwoven fabric;
- foam rubber;
- mesh for windows;
- plastic balls.
First of all, you need to sew a suit to the size of the child. Having shortened the sleeves and legs, elastic bands need to be sewn into the bottom of these parts. To make eyes for an alien, cut a 20 cm circle out of foam rubber, sew it along the edge with a basting stitch, and tighten the thread.
Put this blank in the window mesh, sew it on, having previously inserted a plastic ball into the upper part. The mesh under it must be sewn on the hands to indicate this pupil.
Sew the resulting eyes onto the hood. Sew the rest of the green window mesh to it from the side of the face at the top so that, when necessary, lower this part. You can diversify the Alien costume if you sew a green mesh in the form of wings on the back of the jumpsuit. By attaching it to the inside of the legs, you will make the suit more breathable so that the child does not get hot in it.
To add some extravagance along with it, cut out two blanks for hands from cardboard, glue them with the remnants of a mesh and scraps of a disposable painting suit. Here is such an outfit for the matinee, for the holiday of Earth Day.
Option 5
The next outfit will require sewing skills and a shiny fabric.
The layout plan and the outline of the overalls are given in the following pattern. You need to cut two pieces from the fabric for the back, front and two sleeves.
Sew 2 pieces of backrest at the back, 2 pieces of shelves at the front, then sew these pieces on the sides. It remains to arrange the crotch seam, sew in the sleeves, process the neckline, bend and hem the bottom of the sleeves and leg.
Reflective tape can be glued to the suit for finishing.
How to make an alien mask?
It's easy to make from foil. To do this, put several layers one on top of the other, place it on your face, press slightly in the places where the eyes, nose, mouth are. Remove the mask, cut holes here, as well as in the places where the elastic will pass, which will help the product to stay on the face.
Here are how many options for how to make an alien costume. Other characters also take part in the earlier action described. You already know how to make a hare costume, see how to make outfits for other characters.
How to make masks, outfits for creating animal images?
If you do not have enough time or materials, then you can not make animal costumes, but dress the child in the color scheme of the animal he represents. A felt mask will help to complement the look.
If you need to make a character's outfit, then you can make an outfit in a short period of time.
Turtle costume
The outfit of this reptile was presented above. To recreate it, you need:
- green sweatshirt;
- yellow jacket or pullover;
- light green raincoat fabric;
- a piece of white and black fabric;
- green gloves.
All you need for the sweatshirt is the hood and sleeves. If you do not have green gloves, then sew them from the scraps of the sweatshirt. The triangle of fabric from it will turn into the tail of an animal.
To make a shell, cut an oval out of a light green raincoat fabric, sew a dark green braid here, or glue an insulation tape or tape of this color. You can simply draw these patterns on the shell with a marker.
Cut the yellow jacket on the back. Make the edges semi-circular. Sew a yellow jacket to the shell from the shoulders to the bottom of the armpits. Sew on top of these details the hood from the sweatshirt, cut out on the forehead with a "nose". Glue or sew on eyes in white, pupils in black. Dark trousers and boots will complete the picture.
Polar bear costume
To make a polar bear costume, cut and sew a vest for a child out of faux fur of this color. From the same material, create shorts, a mask that can only cover the space around the eyes or put on the head.
How to make a monkey costume?
- Faux fur, but brown in color, will also help you make it quickly. Sewing a vest for a child will not be difficult. If you do not have this item of clothing, then take the shirt of your favorite child, tuck the sleeves in, cut out 3 parts, attaching the shirt to the fabric. This is 2 sticks 1 back.
- Sew these blanks on the shoulders and sides, sew the lining. Shorts are made in the same way. As a pattern for them, you can use the child's shorts or his trousers.
- Sew a tail for this character and a hat from the remnants of the fur. You can make a felt mask.
- If you have a panama of a suitable color, then sew monkey ears and light eyebrows to it.
The way out of the situation will be brown face painting, which is applied to the child's face in order to make him look like this animal for a while.
If mom or grandmother knows how to knit, then you need to braid the hoop with a thread, dial the required number of loops here. Ears of beige and brown yarn are crocheted separately and sewn onto this base.
If you do not know how to knit, but you can sew two round blanks out of fur, then stitch them onto a hoop, and you will have a wonderful mask for a monkey costume.
If you need to make a monkey mask, then enlarge the next photo to fit the child's face. Place the paper template on the cardboard, cut the mask along it.
Make holes here on both sides for threading the elastic.
To fix the holes where the elastic will be tied on the mask, pre-glue here on the back and front sides with tape. Tie the elastic in place, then you need to color the product and start creating the next monkey accessory. This is the tail. To do it, take:
- thick wire;
- stocking;
- the cloth.
Wrap the cloth over the wire several times. Put on a stocking on this blank, twist the resulting parts in the shape of a monkey's tail.
It is put on the child's belt with a belt or a strip of brown fabric.
You can also use an elastic band, and make a mask from a hoop and fabric.
Here's how to make a monkey costume, and if you need a dolphin outfit, check out the options for making such an outfit.
Do the following if you have:
- blue suit for a boy;
- soft toy dolphin;
- Velcro;
- blue fabric.
Sew a hat like a helmet out of blue fabric, sew a stuffed dolphin toy to it. The blue suit will be complemented by a bow tie and a silver shirt.
Silver and blue fabric will also make a good outfit for a sea dweller.
For a girl, you can sew a dolphin costume from blue fabric with sequins like a jumpsuit, and at the bottom, sew long ruffles from blue satin onto trousers.
All these characters will help children to play a performance on the theme “Our home? planet Earth”, it is good to perform at the matinee. If you still have questions regarding how to sew a monkey costume, then watch the video. It shows you how to make a mask for this animal.
If you want to see how to make a globe, the next video covers this issue. You can make a small prototype of the Earth from an ordinary plastic bottle.
