Board games on the street with their own hands. What to do with children at home: we make games from improvised materials

Board games are a useful invention that will help a child of any age to spend time with benefit. Such activities will give a lot of positive emotions to the whole family. With their help, the kid will increase his intellectual abilities, learn to think logically and learn a lot of new and interesting things.

There are countless desktop entertainment in stores, but this is not a reason to refuse to make games with your own hands. Today we will tell you about some interesting and easy-to-use options with which you can make board games for kids.

DIY board games for children

Walker-walker

Such entertainment is perfect for kids 5-6 years old. The child, together with you, can take part in creating the necessary elements for this game. Classes perfectly develop fine motor skills, imagination, help the baby to reveal their creative potential. The game will bring a lot of positive emotions, teach kids to count, concentrate and be organized.

What elements will be required to make a walking walker and what can they be made of?

• Field.

As a field for basis you can take a regular cardboard. Draw on it with pencils or paints the route for the game. It can be circles or any other shapes of various colors. If you are not confident in your artistic abilities, use applications. Cut out the necessary elements from colored paper, fix them on cardboard with glue.

For the game to be fun, you need a little of it. complicate. To do this, draw arrows from one element to another, with the help of which, during the game, the participant will return a few circles back or vice versa, forward.

Highlight a couple of other details with a certain color or draw some kind of sign on them. These elements will be with surprises. When the player is on them, he will become the owner of the prize.

Decorate the remaining voids of the field with little animals, draw a forest, houses, etc. Turn on your imagination, but do not overdo it so as not to overload the game.

Rules of the game develop yourself. Come up with an interesting story, you can in the format of a fairy tale. For small children, choose simple plots, for older kids, complicate the task.

PECULIARITIES! Teach your child not to despair and to accept defeat in games with dignity, and most importantly, continue to believe in yourself.

• Cube.

You can use a ready-made cube or cut it out of cardboard according to a template, indicating the necessary numbering on each resulting square.

• Task cards.

Cards are needed when hitting a particular cell. Cut out rectangles of the same size from cardboard, write a task on one side, for example, “skip 2 moves”, “return to the start” or more creative ones: “jump up as many times as many steps in the game you went through”, “eat candy” and etc. Let your kid take part in the process of creating cards, because this is a very exciting activity that will develop fantasy and imagination. If you do not have drawing skills, then try to make DIY printable board games for children by designing cards using a graphics program on a computer. All materials will only be printed.

• Chips.

To make chips, use felt of different colors. Sew 2 circles together, fill with filler. Or, make a cone out of plain paper by folding it into a bag, and then cutting off the excess at the bottom. This craft is stable and easy to perform, you can decorate it as you wish.

Products from puff pastry in the form of various little animals can also be used as chips. All participants will enjoy the process of their production.

Puzzles

This game is loved by many children. And it’s not at all necessary to spend money and buy it in a store, because making puzzles with your own hands is much more pleasant. Classes with them are suitable for children over 1 year old. They will help develop perseverance, accuracy, imagination, mindfulness, fine motor skills. In addition, the baby will learn to distinguish colors and think logically.

Of course, you can take a ready-made template on the Internet and print it out by cutting it into squares along special lines. But we will make felt puzzles. This material is durable, pleasant to the touch and completely safe for children, in addition, it is a pleasure to work with it.

What you need to make a puzzle?

• Felt in different colors.
• Threads.
• Scissors.
• Needle.
• A bar of soap.

PECULIARITIES! To make a puzzle, choose felt of good density.

Work order.

• First, decide what kind of puzzle you will make. Use patterns from the Internet or specialized magazines.
• We cut out the necessary details of the application (in our case we will make a duck), and then the base-square.
• Now we attach the body of the duck to the base and sew it with small stitches along the edge. You can use a sewing machine or you can do these steps manually. Choose a needle that is not too thick so that there are no ugly holes from the stitches.
• Thereafter sew on beak to the body in the same way.
• We embroider an eye. Or you can cut a small circle out of felt and sew or glue it to the duck's head.
• We apply the puzzle pattern to our base. Outline gently with soap or a pencil.
• Cut out details.
• And now, in order to give the toy a finished look and ensure good structural strength, we retreat from the edges of the resulting elements by 1-2 cm and lay a line. Or we take a piece of felt, attach the details to it and lay a line along their edges, then cut off the excess.

The board puzzle game is ready.

By the same principle, you can sew more complex puzzles, consisting of more parts.

IMPORTANT! Already at the stage of making a board game, a child can gain invaluable experience, prove himself as an artist, designer, reveal his creative abilities and unleash creativity.

labyrinth

One more interesting game do-it-yourself for children. To make a labyrinth, you will need a lid from under the box, glue or a glue gun, scissors, a pencil, a ruler and cocktail tubes.

Work order.

• Draw with a ruler and a pencil inside the lid lines for the future labyrinth. You can come up with it yourself or take a template from the Internet as a basis.
• Cut the tubes to the required size.
• Apply glue to the lines and fix the tubes with it on the line. You can use double sided tape instead of glue.
• Everything, the toy is ready. It remains to take a ball (bead) that will pass through the maze.

If you have never made board games for children at home, hurry up to try it, because this is a simple and very exciting activity.

How to make a board game for kids: Poleznoe video

Do not know how to make board games for children to do it yourself? Watch a master class on making an exciting board game:

Marina Suzdaleva

It is difficult to overestimate the benefits of board games for the development of a child. After all, this is the development of attention, memory, thinking, fine motor skills, perseverance, speech, and not rarely the emotional sphere. But what can compare with a board game made by yourself for a child or directly with him, and taking into account the interests of the child, his hobbies and the best ways to perceive information. The participants made 14 boards for their children and share their ideas with us, and some of the materials for printing (links in the text), so that you can quickly play exciting games with your kids.

The idea of ​​the game came by itself, it’s still too early for us to walk, but we are already playing lotto and memory. I chose pictures of animals and insects that live in the ground. Some we know, some we just met.

The list includes: a mole, a shrew, a ground squirrel, a jerboa, a hamster, an earthworm, a May beetle larva, a bronze beetle.

I chose real pictures. I wanted to give the child an idea of ​​​​what these animals look like. Printed in 2 copies, pasted on cardboard, cut out and play. While all the pictures at once are difficult for my daughter, we play 5-6 pairs.

Tatyana Golovanova, Moscow region.

My daughter and I made a walking game. I only helped her draw the outlines of the Earth and the contours of the continents, she did the rest.

Of course, the game turned out to be simple, but my daughter made it herself and even signed the rules herself and drew arrows. And now it's her favorite board.

Gudimova Olga and daughter Varvara, 5 years old.

Production: I took 4 A4 sheets, lined them with 2x2cm squares, glued the sheets together. Draw the continents.

The game itself: we arrange the “precious stones”, take the figures according to the number of players and put them in Europe, we live there. In turn, we take a card and begin to move, whoever collected the most stones won, if he went out of the field, you stand at the beginning.

Ekaterina Adnodvortseva and children Vanya 4 years old. 8 months and Nastya 3 years old. 3 months, Moscow.

Adventure game "Earth is our home"

I wanted to tell Anyutka about the peculiarities of our planet. The game is made as a route (to enlarge the picture with the board game or the rules - click on the photo).

It leads from our bus stop, through the city, village, forest and field, the railway bridge over the river, lake and swamp, through mountains, plains, cliffs, gorges, rocks and canyons ...

Next, we will learn the continents, seas and oceans, and climatic zones. There is also a desert where a lizard runs, a caravan moves sedately and cacti and olive trees grow, there is a savannah with a lion, a giraffe and a zebra, there are tropics and a temperate continental climate. The island of Madagascar, where the lemur lives and the hoopoe flies, where the limestone mountains and the suspension bridge over the canyon are located. There is also Antarctica with penguins, seals and glaciers. The ocean where jellyfish, starfish, shell, blue whale, hammerhead fish, urchin fish, octopus, dolphins live, algae grow.

The game will also tell about people who explore and study the earth. There is also a climber conquering the top of the mountain. And a surveyor measuring land on a plain. And a diver diving into, where an electric stingray, swordfish and shark live. Archaeologists are excavating, miners descend into the mine, the fisherman catches fish.

Stages of work on the game:

• The players take turns throwing the dice, rearranging their figures by the same number of points as the number of points on the dice;
• Black circle - skip 1 move;
• Red circle - a few steps back;
• Green circle - a few moves ahead.

The winner is the one who first travels around the Earth and gets to. It is he who symbolizes the connection with the very center, the core - the heart of the Earth. Having passed all the stages of the route, travelers will get acquainted with the features of our planet, and will be able to look into its depths.

Elena Semenova and daughter Anya, 2 years 1 month, Nizhny Novgorod.

I suggest you play miners. Our mine is not ordinary, but multi-level, and on each floor various minerals are presented.

I drew the field (mine and minerals) on A3 paper. In addition, cards were prepared with the number of moves +/- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... and cards with the names of the fossils presented in the game.

Initially, I planned to go down into the mine, but I realized that for our age there would be confusion with +/- signs. Therefore, our numbering of the floors of the mine begins in the very depths, from where the game begins.

I see several options for the game:

1. The heroes take cards with numbers one by one and start moving along the mine, getting fossils from the floors they stopped on (here you can also use a cube, but then the movement will only be up). The game can be played until one of the participants reaches the surface, or you can immediately specify the number of horses. During the game, you can discuss what we will do with the resources received.
2. We draw out the name of the desired mineral and play until someone mines it.
3. We draw out the name of the desired mineral and independently determine how many floors you need to climb / descend.

Kudryashova Nadezhda and Anya, 4.7 years old, St. Petersburg.

Since Vladik loves to play checkers very much, we had no doubts about what kind of board game we would make with him. We decided to make mountain checkers.

In the course of the game, the daughter specified the shades of colors of what was invented or said like this:

• We remember what is yellow and she says: “Bird, she has a yellow breast!”
• And also says: “Do you know when there is green water? When there are trees around, they are reflected in the water!”

Memory "Mole"

And I already came up with another game alone - an interesting surprise for Yana. This is the "Krotik" memorial. On the first sheet of the picture it is easier - for small children, then it is more difficult to remember - for older children.

You can download the "Krotik" memorial by.

Larisa Fedotova and daughter Yana.

Daniel and I made a board game - a walker. Very simple - this is our first experience. The game was called "Journey to Africa".

An elephant, a giraffe and a monkey lived in the same zoo. They missed their home and decided to go to Africa. They had to travel along the road in transport (land), cross the mountains - fly by helicopter and plane (air) and sail on the sea (water).

Tired of the mess in the nursery? Tired of endlessly collecting toys for the child?

We glued the road, stickers with different types of transport, a giraffe, an elephant, a monkey and the mainland Africa.

Defined the rules:

• black arrow - go back 2 cells;
• white - go 2 cells forward;
• we fall into the circle - we take a card and complete the task.

They came up with different and serious questions concerning the earth and air, and funny ones - jump on one leg, clap your hands, portray how a monkey jumps, and even “wash your hands”, etc. Questions can be changed, added. We took a cube, chips from another game and played today with great pleasure for about an hour.

Daniel said that he would paint Africa later. Thanks for the challenge, I wouldn't have risked doing it myself.

Daniel 5 years 3 months and grandmother Shatalova Lyudmila.

Our expedition on the topic "Earth" has ended, and in order to consolidate the knowledge gained, I decided to make just such an uncomplicated game. You can download the game from .

It can be used both as a lotto, and as “Find a Pair” (picture-drawing correspondence), and as a memory ... We remembered again the structure of the earth - we laid out the soil-sand-clay-stones in order. Played "Where can I find it?" Desert sand; stones - the sea; soil - a field ... We remembered that stones are precious and ordinary, that salt is a mineral ...

Since our printer is black and white, we played with black and white pictures.

Baibulatova Rezida and children Tolstikova Angelina (5 years old), Tolstikova Dina (almost 4 years old), Orenburg.

Anya is also fond of the cartoon "Thomas and Friends", so for our walker we took the map of the island of Sodor (the scene in the cartoon) as a basis. The map of the island can be downloaded from. Printed it on 2 sheets of A4, pasted them on a sheet of A3. We drew a route for the trains: from the depot through the stations, a stone quarry, a castle, a clay quarry, docks, a sawmill and a lighthouse to the finish line.

The rules are standard. Getting on the red one, you need to skip a move, on the green one - make an additional move, on the shaded one - change the route, i.e. move on or take a detour along a longer path, or vice versa cut off along a short path. We drew arrows when you need to "accelerate" - move forward, or move back.

We also glued images of different engines at different places on our route, marking them with question marks. When you get there, you need to "talk to the train" - to guess the riddle. Riddles I picked up on the theme "Earth". You can download by . Subsequently, I plan to make cards with a large number of riddles, questions or tasks on various topics.

Ksenia Tsyurupa and daughter Anya.

Walker "Adventures of the Mole"

For the game we need a cube and chips.

The game provides:

• skips (when the mole needs to harvest and when the mole finds a treasure chest) - yellow circles;
• additional moves (when the mole meets a shrew and when he crosses the underground lake on a boat) - green circles;
• move forward along the arrows (when the mole finds another move) - green arrow and backward (when the tunnel collapsed) - red arrow.

The one who gets to the mole hole first wins.

Anastasia Zotova and sons Grisha 4 years old and Andrey 1 year old. 3 months, Vladivostok.

How to make a game We draw a circle with a compass - this is our land. We make another circle around. Between the circles draw circles with numbers. We mark the start, finish. From each number we draw an arrow back. The base is ready. It remains only to find a cube and figures that we will walk with (we had from another game, but you can take chess pieces and toys from kinder surprises, for example, and make a cube yourself).

The essence of the game: we roll a die, walk with our figure, stop at a circle with a number and take the top card with a question about the earth and everything connected with it. If the answer is correct, then we make the next move from this place, but if the child has forgotten something, then be sure to remind him and help him answer, but move the chip one step back along the arrow. The one who gets to the finish line first wins. You can play several times until the children learn the material in full, make new questions to make it more interesting. At the same time, you can repeat in practice some experiments and experiments.

If there is one child in the family, then you can play with a grain of sand or any toy. And sometimes, on her behalf, forget the answer or speak incorrectly, let him help her and at the same time train her attention and memory.

Sample questions:

• is there water in the soil? How to find out?
• is there air in the soil? How to find out?
• what is sand?
• what is clay?
• what are the stones?
• why is the mole blind?
• who lives underground?
• Which plant fruits ripen underground?
• What are the layers of soil?
• What is the order of soil layers (bottom to top)?
• what fertilizes the soil?
• what is the use of soil?
• who explores the soil?
• draw the layers of soil.
• what does soil do for plants?
• what do animals do for the soil?
• how do people use the land?

Older children can make questions more difficult.

The game was drawn by Yakovleva Nastya, 6 years old.

Game "Adventures of worms"

The idea for the game came about after Tim was trying to get a couple of earthworms out of the bottom of a foundation pit.

We needed:

1. a piece of thick paper about A3;
2. gouache paints and brushes for them;
3. colored paper;
4. foil cardboard;
5. 3 buttons;
6. glue, scissors;
7. a piece of polyethylene or a new bag.

First, draw a slice of the earth on paper, add grass, sky and the sun. Then we cut out circles from colored paper the size of a 5-ruble coin - 25 pieces of the main color, 3 red, 4 yellow and 6 blue. The choice of the number of circles depends on the scheme of movement.

Now lay out the circles according to the invented scheme. We have been doing this for almost three years, so the scheme turned out to be non-standard and we had to adjust by drawing arrows of movement.

We are preparing the players. We cut out three worms from foil cardboard and glue each of them on a button for ease of movement.

Again, for convenience, we “laminate” the playing field with a piece of film, or tape, or a new transparent bag, or stationery film. You can play like this, but the buttons cling to the circles and roughness on the wallpaper (we have a wallpaper with a three-dimensional pattern that imitates the heterogeneity of the earth).
We come up with the rules of the game and write them down on a sheet (the picture will enlarge if you click on it). Let's play!

We made this game for Tim with his middle son Artemy (2 years 9 months)

Anna, Timofey and Artemy Vernyaev, Meget village, Irkutsk region.

Did you like board games with your own hands? Save it for your wall to make one of them and delight your child with a new desktop!

Unfortunately, in our time, both children and adults prefer to spend all their leisure time sitting at a computer: playing computer games, surfing the depths of the Internet or communicating on social networks. Board games are a great way to bring the whole family together for a common activity. And it will be even more interesting to get together for a board game, independently invented and made by yourself.

How to make a board game with your own hands?

Making a board game at home is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. First of all, you need to come up with a plot for the game. It can be an exciting "walker" with many obstacles, or an ingenious strategy, or a game of logic. The main thing is that it should be interesting for all players. Having made a "pilot" version of the game, it is necessary to collect as many participants as possible and conduct testing, during which all existing shortcomings and miscalculations will appear.

DIY board games - ideas

Idea 1: Journey Board Game for Toddlers

For the game we need:

• an empty cardboard box of cheese;
• button chips;
• glue;
• game cube;
• colored pencils, felt-tip pens or markers;
• White paper;
• scissors.

Getting Started

1. Let's draw the playing field. To do this, draw a circle on a sheet of paper along the diameter of the box. Draw a spiral inside the circle and divide it into small sectors.
2. We will color each sector of the playing field with bright pencils and apply conditional marks indicating the conditions. For example, the "+1" mark will mean that the player who has landed on this cell has the right to advance one more space, and the "0" mark will make him skip a move.
3. You can also make a playing field with the letters of the alphabet in each cell, and then the person who got to this cell will have to name a word starting with this letter.
4. Glue a bright picture on the lid of the box so that nothing distracts from the game.

Idea number 2: board game "Fun Zoo"

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This game will not only help to have fun, but also develop the creative abilities of children.

For the game we need:

• cardboard;
• colored paper;
• chips;
• cube;
• pencils or markers.

Getting Started

1. Cut out a playing field from white cardboard. On each side, draw it into six squares.
2. The corner squares will be assigned to the cells "Start", "Eraser", "Brush", "Rainbow".
3. Color the intermediate squares red, yellow, green and blue. This can be done with felt-tip pens or by sticking squares cut out of colored paper on the field.
4. We will prepare 10 game cards of each color, on each of which we will designate a part of the animal's body on the reverse side.
5. The rules of the game are as follows: first, all players line up their pieces at the start. Throwing a die and hitting a cell of a certain color, the player takes the corresponding card and draws the corresponding part of the body to his animal.
6. When hitting the "Eraser" cell, the player skips a move, while hitting the "brush" cell, he moves to the "Eraser" cell. The "Rainbow" cell allows the player to take a card of any color of their choice. The game is considered over when all players have completed three full circles.

Idea No. 3 board game "Sea Voyages"

For the game we need:

• blue plastic tray
• plasticine;
• cork or foam;
• toothpicks;
• colored paper.

Getting Started

1. We blind 7 islands from multi-colored plasticine according to the scheme and place them in the sea-ocean so that they do not overlap each other. The role of the sea-ocean is played by a plastic tray filled with water.
2. From corks and colored paper we will build small boats. For each player, cut out 7 flags from colored paper.
3. The goal of the game is to visit all the islands and set your flags on them, without touching the boats, but only blowing on them.

Making board games with your own hands is not only cheaper, but also much more interesting than buying ready-made sets in stores. After all, you can change the plot, add new rules and "chips" - whatever your heart desires. The main thing is not to overdo it so that the participants do not get completely confused.

Board games for children

Before the era of computers and tablets, many families had a tradition of gathering in the evenings for exciting board games. It promotes live communication between parents and children, helps to strengthen relationships and just have a great time.

Here is a small selection of games that you can make yourself.

"Treasure Hunt"

Making such board games with your own hands is an incomparable pleasure. The plot of “walkers” can be anything: if you want, go on a trip around the world, if you want, live your favorite fairy tales.

Board game "walker" for children | Lady Of Rain

The size of the playing field, the number of cells and the complexity will depend on the age of the child. To make it more interesting, try to make several cells with bonuses or “tricks” - for example, stopping at a cell, the participant must skip a move or move forward 3 cells. The winner is the one who first gets to the last circle.

"Alias"

Alias, aka “Say Different” is a wonderful educational game for children, although many adults are also happy to join the process. The essence is simple: pull out a card with some concept and explain it in other words so that other participants can guess. This is quite a fun activity, besides, it contributes to the development of speech and vocabulary.

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For each age, a set of cards can be different: from the simplest (“House”, “Tree”, “Cat”) to absolutely crazy ones that are more suitable for an adult party (“Audit”, “Invasiveness”, “Allegory”) . The main thing is to draw word cards beautifully.

For convenience, you can draw a playing field with cells, each of which will have the number of the card that the participant must take. To move the figures, you can again roll the die.

"Marrakesh"

Another great DIY board game. It is somewhat reminiscent of Monopoly, but much more fun and dynamic. The plot develops in the Turkish carpet market (try to find as brightly colored fabrics as possible to make shreds).

Board game "Marrakesh" | LiveJournal

You need to play with three or four people. Each player owns 15 or 12 rugs of a certain color. You also need to prepare coins - you can take the usual 10- and 1-kopeck coins, 20 pieces each, a large wooden cube with sides 1-2-2-3-3-4 (as an option, stick the desired numbers on a regular dice) and any toy figure - this will be our host of the market, Assam.

Players take turns rolling the die and moving Assam the required number of squares straight, right, or left (no back!). If you land on someone else's carpet, you must pay the owner.

DIY Board Games: Best Party Ideas

If you want to throw a truly unforgettable party, invite your guests to play the most popular board games. A sea of ​​impressions, laughter and vivid emotions is guaranteed!

"Monopoly"

Eternal classic. Monopoly is enjoyed by adults and children all over the world. Deciding to make this game with your own hands, you can use the districts and streets of your city - this will be even more interesting.

Board game "Monopoly" do-it-yourself | No advice

Choose a bright color for each area and figure out how to arrange the streets on the field. Try to keep real estate prices in line with real rates (more expensive in the center than in residential areas, etc.). Some rules can be changed (for example, it is forbidden to take loans from the bank), but it is better not to get carried away and keep the flavor of the original game to the maximum.

The most interesting thing is to come up with tasks, cards of Chances and the Public Treasury. The closer they are to reality (for example, “pay Beeline for using a mobile phone”), the steeper. It is most convenient to print money on a computer, and figurines of hotels and houses can be made from polymer clay or a designer. It is in your power to make your DIY Monopoly board game even more exciting than the original.

On special sites you can find and download many variations on the theme of "Monopoly" - for example, in the style of the distant future or based on the world of "Harry Potter".

"Colonialists"

Making board games with your own hands at home is always interesting, but in the case of the "Colonists" - it's generally something fantastic!

The board game "Colonialists" can be made by yourself | Tavika

To start playing, you will need hexagons depicting the terrain (forest, desert, sea, etc. - they make up an island), resource cards, development and construction prices, chips to indicate cities and roads, tokens, dice and a figure. All this can be done with your own hands from paper and cardboard. You can even add new types of resources or development options.

"Mafia"

Strictly speaking, this is more a psychological than an entertaining game. But that doesn't make it any less exciting - especially if you're in a big group.

DIY Mafia game | "Miraya"

All you need to do is draw character cards. There are several main types of roles in the game:

• civilians;
• mafia members;
• sheriff;
• mafia don.

These are basic roles, but you can also introduce other characters: for example, a doctor or a maniac. At the beginning of the game, each participant learns his role, the mafia plans murders with “their own”, and then, during the discussions, civilians try to figure out which of those present at the table is the mafia.

Print & Play

If you do not have time to draw the field and make cards, you can simply print out the board games with your own hands. Ready-made sets of cards and other materials can be found on special resources.

The Province

PrintGames.ru - a large selection of stories for children and adults. These are mainly popular games such as Munchkin or Monopoly, as well as their variations - for example, Vampire Munchkin. All materials are downloaded in a convenient PDF format - you can immediately print them on your computer.

PrintPlay.ru - convenient navigation by categories will allow you to easily find the right games. The section with educational board games for kids is well presented - in a large collection you will definitely find something that your child will like.

Clothespin games are perfect for developing fine motor skills. Unfortunately, few parents know why to develop fine motor skills at all. The thing is that the speech and motor centers are located side by side in the cerebral cortex, hence the connection between touch and the development of speech follows. The more your baby touches objects (preferably of various shapes and textures), the less likely he is to have speech problems.

In addition, by developing fine motor skills in a baby, we simultaneously develop his creative potential. And after a while you will notice that it is trying to construct complex models, draw three-dimensional elements, unite and fasten what cannot be fastened by definition. Together with fine motor skills, the logical thinking of the child develops.

With clothespins, you can experiment and come up with different ones on the go.

For the game you will need, first of all, of course, ordinary clothespins. In addition, cardboard figures (rectangle, circle, square, triangle) may come in handy.

Show your baby how to hold the clothespin with three fingers, squeeze and unclench it several times with your hands. Then put the clothespin in the baby’s hand, holding it with your fingers, help them learn how to open and close the “mouth” of the clothespin.

If the baby has learned to deftly handle clothespins, invite him to try to make something from clothespins (if the baby is confused by such a proposal, try to portray a man or something else with clothespins). With a little imagination, you can make interesting toys out of clothespins, for example, an airplane. By attaching one clothespin to the ends of the clothespins, and one more clothespin to the ends of these clothespins, etc. you will get a plane. By placing three clothespins in a row on the table one after the other and pushing them, you will get a completely “real” train. Fantasize with your child, and you will get no less pleasure from games than your baby!

And, of course, let the baby help you hang handkerchiefs after washing and secure them with clothespins. This is a simple task, even for a kid who has played with clothespins more than once, perhaps it will not be so simple.

Attention!

When playing with clothespins, make sure that the child does not pinch his fingers or other parts of the body. It must be remembered that fine motor skills of the hands are a very important process that should not be ignored. Choose clothespins that open easily! And they won't hurt you!!!

Draw sea creatures - a starfish, an octopus, a crab, but only do not draw tentacles for a jellyfish, and paws for a crab. Let the child mark them with clothespins. It's also great to make such hedgehogs without thorns and the sun without rays))

There are many games with clothespins. With their help, you can develop not only fine motor skills, but also learn to count, develop imagination. Today we will play some of them.