In the latest episode of the Happy Base Camp program, there is such a pair of skillful father and son Meng Wuxing and his son Little Star shocked me, because the DIY toys of father and son are so interesting, these toys even made Xie Na shout “I want to buy it”, let’s see a few daddy DIY toys first!
Children’s intelligence is based on play, DIY is of great help to the comprehensive development of children’s mental abilities!
DIY can help children happily learn to read, count, distinguish colors, coordinate hands and eyes, and train fine hand movements. Older children can also learn logic, reasoning, expression and concentration from complex board games.
Today, intimate I will provide you parents with the above DIY production tutorial, although it seems complicated, in fact, as long as you follow the production method of this article, let you harvest the children’s eyeballs in minutes and become wise parents!
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Tetris in its light
Preparation materials:
Cardboard, paint, utility knife, ruler, white latex, pen, color brush
Step1：
Crop the base plate and border.
Dimensions: bottom plate 20 x 28 cm, short bezel 20 x 2 cm, long bezel 28 x 2 cm
Step2：
Draw squares on the base plate with dimensions of 2 x 2cm.
Step3：
Paste the border strip on the base panel, taking care to paste it slightly outward so that the puzzle area in the middle is slightly larger.
Note: After pasting the border, the size of the puzzle area in the middle is 16 x 24 cm (8 x 12 tiles).
Step4：
Draw 2 x 2 cm squares on another piece of cardboard and crop the squares according to their shape, for a total of 24 pieces. There are many combinations of blocks of various shapes, as long as they fit perfectly into an area of 16 x 24 cm.
Step5：
Color the squares. Leave it for a while, wait for the paint to dry, and then put the blocks into the baseplate. Finish!
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02
Shooting machine
Cardboard, pencils, rulers, glue, leather bands, colored cardboard, colored pencils, transparent plastic sheets, small balls
First, apply hot melt adhesive or glue to the pieces of paper and paste them into a three-dimensional “shooting machine”.
Image source: Web
Make a shooting table for the “shooting machine”, surround it, decorate it with drawn paper, and finally paste the “basket”.
Wrap an “pinball machine” around an ice cream stick and rubber band and paste it to the shooting table of the “shooting machine”.
After debugging, you can put on the ball and play with the child~
03
The night the comet came
Colored cardboard, pencils, markers, pens, scissors, round molds, glue guns,
Parents first print the planet on this picture, cut it out, and then fill in the name.
Use the marker to write START on the first circle, FINISH on the last circle, and write the star features.
Follow the path drawn in advance, start drawing circles according to the circular mold, and mark the opposite planets. After making the board, you can start the game and learn the secret of the operation of the planet with your child~
04
Run, marbles
Large cardboard boxes, popsicle sticks, scissors, hot melt adhesive, paper cups, tape
Tape the cardboard on both sides to get a large slab. Cut off the edges of the cups and glue them to one side of the cardboard.
By gluing popsicle sticks to cardboard with hot glue, you can discuss with your child how to design a route, for example, you can make two short sticks to make it a bit like a plinko game.
Reclining the finished slide on the sofa, you can put the small marbles one by one, and finally ask the child to count the number of small marbles in each paper cup, compared to which one is the most.
05
Non-Newtonian fluids that cannot be penetrated
Cornstarch, water, containers
Mix the cornstarch with water in a 3:1 ratio and stir well
Let your child scratch it with his hand and see that the mixed cornstarch flows down the gap between his fingers like water. That’s when you’re done.
06
LEGO snowflake crystal ball
Lego, round cups, sequins, glue, sealing cloth, deck
Fix the LEGO Villain and repaint it.
Glue the LEGO base to the cap and let dry.
Pour the shiny crystal fragments into a bottle and fill it with water.
Tighten the lid and finish.
How, doesn’t the DIY above all seem super simple and fun?
The famous educator Tao Xingzhi once proposed
“Children need to be creative”
Through the DIY of parents and children, on the one hand, the child’s small muscle groups can be exercised, on the other hand, it can cultivate the child’s creativity and let the child build self-confidence.
In short, children’s interests need to be guided, discovered, and cultivated by parents, if parents can spend some time with their children to do some creative DIY activities, which can not only exercise children’s hands-on ability, but also bring the relationship between parents and children closer, why not?
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Planning: Nurtured
Written by: Lynn
Edited by Lynn
Vision: Autumn and autumn
Image source: Mango TV, Twitter, Ins, Internet
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