Coloring pages for cut out applique. Application by tearing paper. Mastering complex techniques
Many parents know very well how useful it is to engage in creativity with their children from early childhood. The easiest activities like finger painting or paper appliqués can develop both children's imagination and fine motor skills, which are known to contribute to the development of a child's speech. Those children whose parents managed to work with them at home before kindergarten feel more confident. They know how to use scissors or how to glue paper pieces.
Even the smallest children can make paper appliqués. Applications for kids must have the following qualities:
for the smallest children, the details should be large and clear in shape;
the colors of all details should be very bright and saturated;
The process itself should bring joy to your baby.
With all this, you should never leave your child alone with scissors and glue.
What benefits can appliqué classes bring to a child?
There are a lot of nerve endings on the palms of any person, and they have a direct connection with the brain. By forcing the child to work with his hands, you massage his palms, and all the nerve endings that are located there become irritated.
Irritated nerve endings send peculiar signals to the baby’s brain, not allowing him to rest. The brain is at work, and irritation of nerve endings leads to its development and improvement.
Moreover, how many joyful emotions a baby can get by gluing colored pieces onto a paper base. Children can spend a lot of time doing such activities.
The main task of such lessons is to compose drawings from individual paper parts.
By practicing appliqué with your baby, you influence the development of your baby’s compositional skills. These lessons teach you how to lay out identical shapes in one row or place parts of different sizes in different orders. The child tries to creatively process the impressions he receives; while working, he is persistent and extremely focused.
Working with applications teaches children endurance, perseverance, independence and accuracy. Children begin to understand what symmetry and harmony are. Their eye functions are improved, they acquire the skills of assessing and correcting mistakes made, which are identified during the analysis.
But before you start appliquéing with your child, you should dwell on the types of work, materials and tools that may be needed.
What materials will you need?
To do applique, prepare materials and tools:
for the background you will need a sheet of thick paper or cardboard;
Colored paper is also required; individual parts of the applique will be made from it. Prepare scissors, it is advisable to have a tool with blunt ends;
PVA along with a brush, but all this can be replaced with a glue stick. To remove excess glue, prepare a napkin in advance.
During introductory classes, it is better to use the simplest variations of applications; they can be performed even without certain skills. Creative stores are ready to offer their customers many different templates. Such sets contain outlines of the drawings, as well as colored parts that are printed separately. You can make these templates yourself.
Colored paper is an excellent material for creative activities with children. It is easy to cut and glue, and the bright colors will always interest the child. The kid will be delighted to cut out all kinds of circles, squares and triangles. The work process becomes exciting, even when your little one sticks all sorts of colored pieces in a chaotic order onto a piece of paper.
Creation of complex applications
If your baby is a little older, then you can find more difficult types of work for them. Working with corrugated and velvety paper will be useful and also interesting. This will develop different tactile sensations.
You must understand that applique can be called a picture drawn with paper on a paper base. Therefore, do not get hung up on the simplest geometric shapes. You can cut out a wide variety of patterns of any size and shape from colored sheets of paper. The more complex the shape, the faster the child will learn how to use scissors and develop manual dexterity.
Types of applications
There are several types of applications:
Broken applique
There are types of applique when the sheets of paper are not cut into separate parts, they are simply torn off by hand. And all sorts of designs are made from small multi-colored pieces.
This method can perfectly convey the texture of an image, for example, if you need to draw a furry animal.
Children very often love to tear paper, but even this desire can be put to good use - get creative with your child.
Let your baby tear the paper into different pieces of any shape and size. And you will need to glue them together onto a pre-selected background. In this way, the child not only creates, but also frees himself from accumulated stress.
Overlay applique
You can make the most unimaginable painting with your own hands using a wide variety of templates and colored paper. Using this method, small ones are glued onto larger parts.
How to make a hedgehog applique using a template
This picture template will help you make a colorful applique. In addition to the template, prepare colored paper, paint, scissors and glue. First, cut out all the parts according to the prepared diagrams, after which all the parts will need to be glued onto a base, for which it is best to choose thick paper or cardboard. First of all, glue the hedgehog's muzzle, then its body and finally its nose. Use a black marker to draw spines, eyes, paws and a mouth on the picture of the hedgehog. To make the composition complete, cut out an additional apple and a leaf from colored paper.
Modular application
This type of work involves creating many figures of the same shape, and only after that one complete picture is created from such details. As an example, we present to your attention the process of making a ladybug.
Applications of this kind are similar to a construction set. The child not only learns to cut and connect parts, but also to assemble images from identical modules. But to successfully do this, the child must show imagination and imagine the end result.
To make ladybugs with your child, prepare two red circles with a diameter of 8 cm, as well as two black circles, but the diameter of one should be 5 cm, and the other 7 cm.
For the base, prepare paper and glue a black circle on it, the diameter of which is 7 cm. It will serve as the body of the bug. The second black circle will become the head. To do this, bend the circle in half and glue it to the body as illustrated below.
The wings will be made from two red circles. Also bend them in half and glue them to the body, but only for those halves that are lower. You can see the result in the photo.
All that remains is to make the eyes or glue ready-made ones from plastic. Draw paws, antennae, and dots on the back with a marker.
Now the ladybugs made using modular appliqué are ready.
Symmetrical applique
Such applications are great for creating any images or entire compositions. Symmetrical appliqué is used for those figures that have a symmetrical structure or if you want to create perfectly even outlines. Draw a shape on paper, bend it in half and, holding the fold, cut out half of the piece along the contour.
Ribbon applique
The ribbon type of applique is slightly similar to the previous one. However, in this case, using appliqué you can get not two identical figures, but many. They can be interconnected or, on the contrary, separate. Ribbon applique is good for making various patterns on napkins, bookmarks, etc.
Silhouette view of the applique
Use this type of applique with children who have a well-developed imagination. Draw a variety of images that just need to be cut out along the contour.
Volumetric applications
Volumetric paper applications are a unique type of children's creativity, which definitely needs to be discussed in more detail. Using it, you can create a wide variety of three-dimensional figures. These can be cartoon characters, letters of the alphabet, flowers and much more. But to make them work, you must definitely use various templates in your work.
Although volumetric appliqué sounds unusual, it is not very difficult to do. You need to print out the templates (you can redraw them), bend them along the lines and glue them together.
Many of the templates can be found immediately in different colors. But there are also black and white diagrams, so you can offer your child to color the craft initially.
Pyramid
First, try making the simplest of three-dimensional applications in the form of a pyramid:
How to make a three-dimensional colored toy
You just need to print the diagram on a color printer:
Sky-high volumetric applique
Well, who doesn’t want to fly into the sky as a child? Help your baby talk about his deepest dream, and colored paper will help do this. The templates below will help you do this. The picture can be pasted on the wall in the nursery or given to grandparents as a souvenir.
Print or redraw the cloud and balloon templates, fold them according to the accordion pattern and cut them out.
Now glue all the volumetric blanks onto a previously prepared blue background. Your results should look like in the photo, only the balls will be the same color.
Application for first grade children
This application is not easy, so suggest it to children who are already going to school. The main difficulty in this work will be the careful cutting of the side parts of the flowers (here it is very important not to touch the middle of the flower).
You, of course, can make the work easier for the kids by making not 5 colors, but 3. However, you need to make more of them to make it more convenient for the kids to work.
First of all, cut two shades of blue paper into separate squares: there will be two of them. The sides of the large square will be 6 cm, and the small one - 5 cm. For each cornflower you need two of these squares.
Fold the square in half diagonally, then again and in half again.
Take your scissors and start cutting. First, round off the wide part of the triangle, then cut out the teeth on the edge of the flower. As a result, you need to cut out the side parts, just look carefully at how this is done in the picture.
Unfold the paper and the cornflower is ready. Such flowers need to be cut out from all the prepared squares and glued in pairs.
Take yellow cardboard - it will serve as the base. Cut out the background from orange construction paper and glue it on top. Place all the flowers on top of the background and mark their place with a pencil.
Cut stalks about 0.5 cm wide from green paper. They need to be glued to the applique, but only in two places: where there are pencil marks and at the bottom, where the flower will begin. Glue cornflowers on top of the stems.
Now make the leaves using the symmetrical appliqué method. For these purposes, cut out a rectangle measuring 12x4 cm made of green paper, bend it in half and draw on it the contours of the future leaf.
Cut along the contours and the leaf is ready. You need to make 4-5 of these.
Glue the leaves onto the base, and the “Cornflower” applique is ready.
You must understand that not only cardboard and colored paper are used to create applications. Give your child freedom, let him dream up. It is not forbidden to experiment with different textures and colors. You can use a variety of fabrics, beads, buttons, sequins and anything else you have on hand.
If you don't have colored paper on hand and need something to keep your child occupied, then you can use gift wrapping. It is always very bright and has many colorful patterns. If this is not in your home, then any glossy magazines will do. They are also convenient because you can cut out images of people, cars, etc. from them.
Using colored napkins, you can create many cut-out appliqués. Napkins are best used to display fluffy surfaces, this can be cat fur, dandelion, etc. Applications turn out to be very beautiful if you additionally use buckwheat, rice, semolina, etc. Cereals give individual items in the composition relief.
Allow your child to personally figure out exactly how to create such applications. But always stay close to support and help your child in time. Discover different appliqué methods for your child gradually. Finished works can be used to create all kinds of paintings, as well as gifts for loved ones. The usefulness of applications simply cannot be overestimated.
Appliqué translated from Latin means “attachment”. This is a very ancient form of art, an interesting type of artistic activity, when figures are cut out of pieces of leather, fabric or paper and then pasted onto a base - a background. In this case, the base material is wood, thick paper or cardboard. Applique belongs to the arts and crafts. “Applique - making a design from glued or sewn pieces of colored paper or fabric.”
- What technique was used to perform this work?
From the history of the application
People have been using appliqué for a long time. It appeared as a way of decoration:
Household utensils and tools, the interior of your home
Ancient nomads used felt appliqué to decorate travel bags and horse harnesses.
Residents of the North made birch bark appliqué on their yurts
Women's Tatar boots were decorated with colored leather appliques
Breast pattern of the women's Chuvash national costume: fabric applique
Man's clothes. Cotton fabric, silk. Embroidery, applique. Udege people.
In the recent past, applique cut out of black paper was very popular in Russia.
Is the same material used to make the applique?
(natural material)(cotton wool)
Foil, colored paper, fabric
Look at the works posted on the slide. Is the same material used to make the applique? What did you use to complete the work? Studying types of mosaics.
Types of applications:
An object applique represents individual object images pasted onto a background, conveying a generalized, conventional image of surrounding objects.
Plot. They consist of several different figures, often in motion, and are used to create panels and paintings.
Ornamental. Used to decorate albums, invitation cards, and decorate clothes.
Font letters are letters that are used for headings of wall newspapers, writing slogans, and posters.
Symmetrical - represents images of objects with a symmetrical structure pasted onto the background. Images of objects can be made using the technique of folding paper in half or several times before cutting out in order to simultaneously convey the shape of the repeating parts
Flat. Images of objects are attached to the plane of the entire background.
Volumetric applique provides that images of objects or their parts are attached to the background only part of the plane, creating the appearance of volume.
Cut. It is made from paper in the traditional way - by cutting.
2. Depending on the technique in which the work was performed:
Paper crafts using the accordion technique
- “Star” - made using the “mosaic” technique.
In this lesson we will get acquainted with an interesting and unusual type of applique: “Break applique”.
How are such applications made?
How to get jagged edges?
Let's look at a sample
What features did you note in making the applique?
How should you position your fingers so that the cutting follows the drawn line?
Let's practice
Take a small piece of colored paper and tear it in different directions (lengthwise and crosswise).
What happened?
If you tear the paper along the grain, the edge will be smoother; if you tear it across, it will be more “spontaneous”, with a white halo.
Application by tearing paper
If your child is already three years old, but does not yet know how to cut beautifully or handle liquid glue correctly, a paper cut applique will successfully help show the child’s creative abilities.
The technique of cut appliqué is very simple. If a regular applique requires cut-out templates, then here pieces of colored paper are torn off and glued to the outline of the design.
Even a 3-year-old child can cope with this task. The big advantage of this technique is that there is no need to use scissors.
The child does not yet know how to hold them and may get hurt. In cut-out appliqué, everything can be done by hand. To prevent your child from getting dirty with glue, take the pencil version: it does not get dirty, does not spread, and glues the paper no worse than liquid glue.
The general scheme for making a broken appliqué will look like this.
1. Choose cardboard or thick colored paper for the base. The background must be denser, otherwise it will become saturated with glue and will not withstand the load of the applique.
2. Apply a pattern or design to the background. The technique is very similar to coloring, in which the outlines are given in advance, and you just need to paint them with a certain color. Only in the case of applique, we will not decorate it, but cover it with scraps of colored paper.
3. Prepare pieces of paper of the desired color. They can be of different sizes, but it is advisable to first help the child determine the size of the pieces of paper and show exactly how to carefully tear the paper.
4. We begin to fill the space inside the outline with pieces of the desired color. We start with the large ones and end with the small ones. We glue each piece of paper separately.
5. Make sure that the baby does not crawl out beyond the edges of the outline, otherwise the applique will turn out ugly.
Templates for applications can be taken from anywhere. You can print them from the Internet, use your child’s old coloring books, or draw them yourself. Children can become the creators of such patterns themselves. Tearing paper for a picture is also not difficult: the main thing is to convince the child that this needs to be done carefully.
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Those parents who consider cut-off appliqué useless for the baby are far from right. Although there is no work with scissors, cut appliqué is indispensable for the formation of creative thinking. The child learns to place the drawing on the picture, to see what color the outline should be painted over.
At the same time, you shouldn’t let your toddler’s creativity run its course. He must understand that the colors in the picture must be close to reality, and that the gluing must be done carefully and evenly. These factors discipline the process of fantasy and thinking. At the very beginning, an adult should act as an organizer of the technical side of working with the application. And only when the preparatory stage is completed, you can start working!
Any mother is interested in the comprehensive development of her baby. You can do this in games or through joint creativity. Paper applique is one hundred percent suitable for this. Children of any age enjoy creating their own crafts from various materials. In our article we will look at the stages of working with paper - volumetric appliqué.
Interesting three-dimensional applique templates for children
Let's divide paper crafts into 2 groups.
1. Flat work with convex elements
These are all kinds of postcards and panels. The easiest way to create something interesting with your baby. This will be a revelation for the little man. And for the relatives of a growing child, the best gift.
In such work, the plane is the background.
- For example, flowers in a vase . We will draw a table, glue a vase from cardboard, and make buds from corrugated paper (using a petal blank) or from multi-colored leaves crumpled into balls. Or you can simply glue one bud onto a mini-card.
- Butterflies, dragonflies They will also look great in the meadow. They are very easy to make using a template.
- Cut out a variety of leaves .
Plants catch our eye every minute, and often we do not notice their beauty. You can transfer the original lines onto paper and use these elements in various decorative works. Paper leaves are interesting and unusual and perfectly enrich compositions.
Now on the shelves of stationery and bookstores you can find many offers with blanks. We used these with our eldest son, but it’s great to come up with something ourselves!
Planar work with three-dimensional elements is perfect for joint creativity with a preschooler.
Do not forget! Working with a young child should not be filled with small details. All preparation will rest on the shoulders of a caring mother.
But the older child can be trusted with more independent activities. Let him participate in all stages of manufacturing the final product. This will emphasize the significance of the child’s endeavors. Will increase the offspring's self-esteem.
2. Volumetric compositions
This image includes crafts that can be placed on a table or hung (on a Christmas tree, on a chandelier, etc.)
- Crafts in which the template is "circle" .
This decoration can be hung as a toy on the Christmas tree if you add a string.
- Figures consisting made of two mirror halves . An older child already has the skill to use scissors. We bend the sheet in half, apply a design and cut it out together with the young master. We expand it and get the whole piece. You can add details at the discretion of your dreamer.
We tried making piglets and a giraffe.
It is important to take into account the balance in crafts - the heaviness of the front and back parts of the figurine. To prevent animals from falling, you should bend your neck, head, and legs correctly.
- The shapes are interesting using cones . These are balls, flowers and animals. You can use individual elements in the form of round pointed pyramids. Or cones glued together on a circle-shaped base.
Many of the most complex and beautiful works are based on simple patterns.
Tools and necessary materials
We will need some items without which we cannot make a craft.
- Colored plain, corrugated or printer paper.
- Glue (I most often use stationery in the form of a pencil).
- Scissors, if children are small, are best used with rounded edges.
- Ruler.
- A simple pencil.
- A stem for a flower; when working with boys, I use straws for cocktails or children’s straws for juices. The bend of the tube can be interestingly played out or cut.
How to make a volumetric applique: step-by-step instructions
"Ladybugs"
This option is perfect for children three to four years old. Mothers should take an active part in the process. We did this work twice with our youngest son. And both times it caused a storm of positive emotions.
Materials:
- red and greenish paper;
- scissors;
- glue stick;
- paint black, white (preferably gouache).
Materials for application
Step 1
Take a red square and bend it along one diagonal, then along the second.
Step 1. Making diagonals
Step 2
Fold the workpiece in half once.
Step 2. Bend the square in half
Step 3
We wrap the opposite parts of the workpiece inside our insect along the fold line. The result is a triangle.
Step 3. Wrap the opposite parts inside
Step 4
Cut off the excess. Give the bug a rounded shape. We cut the upper wings.
Step 4. Trim the excess in a semicircle
Step 4. Expand, and this is what happened
Step 5
We invite the child to draw dots with black paint. You can do this with your finger or a cotton swab if you don’t want to get dirty (my son prefers the second option). And the eyes will be white to stand out brightly and enliven the picture as a whole.
Step 5. Use black paint to add dots.
Step 6
We will need another smaller red square for the neighbor. We perform all actions in the same sequence. We get a smaller God's creation.
Step 6. In the same sequence, create another ladybug
Step 7
Let's work with a leaf, the basis of our composition. Fold the paper in half along the long side and cut out a leaf of any shape. The size of the base must be suitable for placing the heroes.
Step 7. Cut a piece of paper folded in half into a leaf shape.
Step 8
Let's put our ladybugs on a leaf and glue it on. Our composition is ready. It looks unusual. My little son was very happy with the result and showed it to his dad.
Step 8. Glue ladybugs to the leaf
If your child is a little older, then you can entrust him with the responsible tasks of independently cutting out a leaf and giving the greenery a more interesting look.
You can make folds on a piece of paper
This is what an unfolded leaf looks like, more realistic
Looks much more presentable. If this work is a gift, we will add a pre-prepared inscription.
We collect all the details of the application
My eldest son, 6 years old, and I decided to give one of our grandmothers a “bouquet of hyacinths” as a gift.
"Bouquet of hyacinths"
What we needed:
- xerox paper in yellow and soft lilac (I like to use this because there is a choice of color and tone, the shades are more delicate);
- green corrugated paper (2 tones);
- toothpicks (2 pieces);
- glue stick;
- medium-diameter cocktail straws (5 pieces);
- scissors;
- cardboard cylinder;
- satin ribbon (thin).
Materials for application
Step 1
We are preparing future inflorescences. Divide each sheet into 3 parts along the long side. Cut into strips.
Step 1. Divide the sheet into three equal parts
Step 1. Cut each strip with scissors
Step 2
We cut flowers. Take a colored strip. We show the child how to make cuts. The width of the petals should be average (5-7mm).
Step 2. Making cuts
Step 3
Twist the cut flower parts. To get a more beautiful curl, we do this with a toothpick (on the sharp side, having previously split the very tip of a wooden stick in half).
Step 3. Twist the cut strips
Step 4
We form an inflorescence. Gradually wind the prepared strip onto the straw.
Step 4. Wind the prepared strip onto the straw
Step 5
The plant stem should look natural. To do this, wrap it with a strip of green corrugated paper. We used dark green and light green leaves. Glue the beginning of the tape at the base of the flower and wind it with tension. And fix the end of the strip with glue to the tube. Leftovers can be wrapped inside a straw.
Step 5. Wrap the flower stem in green paper
Step 6
We collect the flowers into a bouquet and place them in a vase. If your creative impulse is associated with some event, you can pack flowers or tie them with a ribbon. We placed our artwork in a cardboard cylinder. Decorated with a thin pink satin ribbon. You can use a tall glass jar of baby puree as a vessel.
For the successful all-round development of a child, activities to develop fine motor skills are of great importance. One of the types of such activities is applications made from colored paper, templates for which were developed by methodologists taking into account the characteristics of the age groups of preschoolers.
It is important that the complexity of the task corresponds to the age of the child, that classes are carried out systematically, gradually becoming more difficult, and are carried out under the supervision and assistance of adults.
What are the benefits of template applications for development?
Paper applications- a creative process through which children learn about the world around them and acquire many skills. In addition to the development of fine motor skills of the hands, this includes coordination of movements, the study of colors and their combinations, the concept of composition, familiarity with various materials and textures, the development of observation, imagination and fantasy.
Working on an application in a team promotes organization, restraint, and accuracy. It is also necessary to note the development of spatial imagination: when doing appliqué, children create a whole from several components and, conversely, learn to divide the whole into parts.
Scientists have proven that in the cerebral cortex, the center responsible for fine motor skills is located next to the speech center and contributes to the development of speech skills.
Types of applications according to the template
There are three main types of application:
- subject - the cut out parts have a simple, clear shape and proportions, an image is created that is not associated with any plot;
- plot-thematic - correspondence to a certain plot (taken from a fairy tale or invented independently);
- decorative – decorating postcards and photo frames with patterns of geometric shapes.
Simple applications for children 2-3 years old
Simple applications made from colored paper using templates can be practiced from the age of 2. However, some experts believe that children as young as 1 year can perform feasible tasks.
Initial lessons involve gluing pieces of paper onto a sheet in any form. At this stage, the child must understand and remember the basic actions: spread, turn over, apply, smooth. Kids are still attracted to the process itself; they will strive for the result later.
At the second level of complexity, templates are used. The child must place the elements also chaotically, but within the contour, and a certain image appears.
Application template from colored paper “Hedgehog” A template is a schematic image of a future picture, drawn or printed on a printer. Simple templates for applications made from colored paper can include, for example, a Christmas tree with balls, a tree with apples, and others.
For such work, you need to prepare elements: balls, apples, etc. The child must determine for himself how to arrange them on the templates.
Palm tree applique template 
Flower applique template For small children, it will be interesting to perform a simple cut-out appliqué. The child watches the adult tear the paper into long strips, then tears them into shreds himself. These pieces need to fill the outline. 
If the child wants to tear the paper himself, then these uneven, awkward strips can also be used to create an applique, for example, grass. Ants are drawn using finger paints.
Further, the task becomes more complicated: you need to hit the element on a specific place in the template or drawn outline. So, using cut out circles, an image of a caterpillar is created. At this stage, children are no longer interested only in the process, but also in the result. 
When making appliqués from colored paper using templates and contours with children under 3 years of age, prepared cut out elements are used.
A three-year-old child can already be taught the skills of working with scissors with rounded ends.
At the same time, it is necessary to explain how to properly hold scissors and paper so as not to get hurt. You need to start with straight cuts, then work on bends and roundings.
At this age, children are already able to create simple plot pictures. Elements pasted onto the template allow you to create a specific image.
The background for the application can be a drawn outline with partially drawn elements. For example, children can populate a template aquarium with algae and stones at the bottom with inhabitants: fish, jellyfish, etc.
An interesting activity can be connecting and gluing a cut picture. If a child copes with such a task easily, it is recommended to complicate it: add raindrops to the umbrella, glue windows to the house with an attached roof. Such activities develop imagination, observation, and a sense of proportion.
Applications for children 4-5 years old
At this age, colored paper applications and templates for them become more complex. By preparing, together with an adult, elements for a future picture, the child shows more independence: cuts, selects colors and, thus, gains an understanding of composition.
This activity develops logical thinking and allows you to show creative inclinations.
For children 4-5 years old, a fun activity is making cards, which they then give to their parents and friends.
The base is folded in half and elements are glued inside the postcard to form a plot picture.
The templates developed by specialists are only examples indicating the direction of work.
Parents and educators can contribute their ideas. For example, using a cut out outline of a baby’s palm in an applique – such pictures evoke amazement and delight in children.
Applications with palm The technique of appliqué using only circles reveals for the child the relationship between the parts and the whole.
When developing a child’s creative imagination, you should show him various techniques for working with paper: for example, folding it in the shape of an accordion. For such a picture you need to prepare a base and draw contours. The gluing process also becomes more complicated. 
Complex applications for children 6-7 years old
Children of senior preschool and primary school age already have certain skills.
Practicing appliqué work from colored paper using templates during this period helps further develop fine motor skills, thinking, memory and concentration, and develops the ability to plan one’s activities.
An important circumstance is that the child foresees the final result of his work. 
At this age, children develop the skill of cutting out individual parts and solid silhouettes, symmetrical elements from paper folded in half, as well as the ability to create compositions and correctly arrange their individual parts on a base.
At this stage, children study color combinations, analyze and compare details. The texture of the material also becomes varied: in addition to ordinary colored paper, creped (“crumpled”), streaked (glossy), textured (embossed or imitating velvet), and foil are used.
During this period, you can move on to volumetric symmetrical compositions. 
To complete this task, templates (clouds, balloons) are cut out in the usual way. Next, two identical templates are folded in the center and fastened together (can be sewn). The prepared elements are glued to the base.
To make a three-dimensional bird, the template is folded in half and glued together, except for the wings, which are folded along the dotted line. 
The resulting result can be pasted with one side and a wing onto the base (in the form of an applique) or turned into a craft by tying it to a thread and hanging it on a branch. 
Having mastered the basics of composition at the previous stages, children aged 6-7 years are able to create entire paintings - landscapes, still lifes, using ready-made templates for appliqués from colored paper or making them with the help of a teacher or parents.
Applications using a disposable plate
Disposable plates are a convenient material with which you can create original and beautiful compositions. Made of polystyrene or cardboard, of different colors, with different embossed patterns, they can be both the basis for an applique and elements for it. 
You can involve children from a young age in making applications from colored paper on a disposable plate using templates. On a prepared colored background, children arrange simple elements in the form of a pattern.
A more complicated option is to use two or more colors for the background and more complex elements. Children 6-7 years old create thematic compositions on plates or use them as material for individual elements.
Examples of gradually more complex appliqués on plates: 
Combined applications
When making appliqués from colored paper, the patterns can be diversified by combining different materials.
Cereal applications
This type of application can be done even with small children. The algorithm of work is as follows: an adult applies glue to the prepared drawing, the child sprinkles cereal on it and lightly presses it with his finger. 
The remaining grains that are not glued need to be shaken off. This activity instills attentiveness and accuracy in the child.
Older children can use different types of cereals. In this case, the glue is applied one by one to individual areas. To make the picture more colorful, it is recommended to first tint the cereal with gouache in different colors. You can use your child’s own drawing as a template; this will stimulate him and inspire him.
Button applications
To perform such an application, preliminary preparation is necessary. After studying the drawing and choosing colors, the child, with the help of adults, selects buttons that match the color and size. Then you should lay them out in a picture to visualize the desired result, and begin gluing. 
For younger children who do not yet have the necessary skills, you can apply a drawing according to a template on a layer of plasticine - the child will attach the buttons by pressing. This technique is also applicable when working with cereals.
For combined applications, cotton wool, napkins, eggshells, natural materials - leaves, petals, seeds and much more are also used.
Multilayer applications
Multilayer (overlay) applications made of colored paper or other materials are made using templates designed or made independently.
This kind of work develops spatial imagination and cultivates aesthetic taste. They are made from paper, fabric, leather, felt - the main thing is that the edges of the material do not fray. 
Multilayer applications, like other varieties, come in varying degrees of complexity. For little ones, this is a simple matter of gluing parts on top of each other. By fastening elements only on one edge, you can create a three-dimensional effect.
More complex appliqués have more details and require good scissor skills and a sense of proportion and color.
Older children, with developed fine motor skills and the skills to make complex parts, create real works of art - unusual compositions and even portraits. Light and shadow effects give them special color.
Multilayer appliqué is a truly creative process in which the child’s imagination and artistic abilities are revealed. It is necessary to think through the image, color scheme, and sequence of action, so this type of work requires a certain level of intelligence.
Piece applications
Appliqués made from cut or torn pieces of colored paper using templates are quite simple and can be done even by small children. You need to apply a drawing to the base sheet. In addition to ready-made templates, you can use children's coloring books or come up with a sketch yourself.
The production of appliqué elements is carried out together with the child - small children happily tear the paper into pieces. If you already have skills in working with scissors, you can allow these elements to be cut out.
An important detail: the younger the child, the larger the fragments should be.
Having selected the desired colors, you can begin gluing. The glue is applied not to small parts, but to the template, in sections.
When working with children, this process is carried out by an adult; older children themselves apply the glue with a brush. When gluing pieces of paper, the child must accurately fall into the outline.
A type of applique made from pieces is trimming. This technique is quite complex, but children 6-7 years old are quite capable of it, especially when working in a group.
To master the cutting technique, teachers and parents are offered master classes on this topic.
Autumn themed applications
The bright colors of autumn make it possible to create colorful pictures of autumn nature. For applications on this theme, both colored paper and natural materials are used: multi-colored leaves, petals of late flowers, seeds, spikelets, twigs and other objects. 
When making autumn-themed applications from colored paper using templates and in a free composition, the main attributes are preserved - flowers, mushrooms, fruits, acorns, and tree silhouettes are cut out and painted. An obligatory component is autumn leaves.
When working with natural material, you need to prepare it. The collected leaves must first be leveled and dried under pressure. If the leaf needs to be given any shape, then a fresh leaf is used for this, which is then dried.
For collages and mosaic paintings, you can prepare cardboard templates onto which the elements are glued. 
Autumn nature is fertile ground for the flight of children's imagination. Leaf applications placed in a photo frame will decorate any interior.
Autumn lanterns will also be a spectacular decoration. To do this, the outside of the glass vessel is covered with multi-colored leaves (paper or natural), and a small candle is placed inside.
Winter themed applications
To create winter and, in particular, New Year's applications, any of the described techniques is used, depending on the age of the children.
The most common type of winter applique is snowflakes - this is a subtype of silhouette type applique. It is recommended to fold the sheet correctly, trim the edge and sharp corner, and make cuts on plain paper first - this is how the skill is developed.
In addition, pendants made of such snowflakes decorate the room. Thin, airy snowflakes can be glued to windows and other surfaces. 
For small children, it is better to prepare templates (circles with an outline) and make a broken snowflake from pieces. For flat, voluminous, multi-layer snowflakes, you need to prepare patterns for cutting.
To make a traditional Christmas tree, kids use triangles from green paper, a snowman is made from white circles, and a teacher or parent helps add details to the applique. 
Older children can be asked to make a Christmas tree from strips of paper or create a picture of a winter forest using templates using small pieces of paper or cotton wool. 
A Christmas tree made of paper balls looks bright and voluminous. For this purpose, a template and elements are made from crepe paper. The main color is dark green; multi-colored balls are made for the garland.
An interesting applique depicting winter accessories allows children to show their creative imagination.
The hat and mittens can be decorated with any ornament, animal figures, winter pictures, beads or rhinestones.
Cotton wool is used to imitate fur. 
Using a disposable plate, you can make a polar bear mask craft. Holes are cut out in the plate for eyes, the surface is covered with pieces of paper, and a disposable cup is used for the nose. 
Senior preschoolers and elementary school students are able, under the guidance of adults, to create complex winter landscapes using mixed techniques. 
Spring themed applications
Snowdrops and lilies of the valley, starlings and flowering trees - these signs of spring are traditionally used in children's applications made from colored paper using templates. The little ones perform simple tasks, placing prepared elements on the contours. These same images can be complicated by adding pictures of spring nature. 
More complex compositions - voluminous, multi-layered, with a large number of elements - are created by children who have the skills to work with glue, scissors, a brush and use different techniques. 
Lilacs in a vase made of cereals, a spring picture using drawing and appliqué techniques - these and many other ideas are offered by experts to parents and educators for educational activities with children. 
Applique is a visual activity. Having achieved the desired result, the child experiences aesthetic pleasure, thereby joining the world of beauty, the world of art. A simple and accessible way for children to create artwork makes appliqué one of the favorite types of educational activities for children.
