How to mold a horse from plasticine?

Many parents of kids aged 1.5-2 years are wondering - is it time to learn how to sculpt from plasticine? And often leave this thought, presenting with what delight the child will pull sticky mass in his mouth and smear on the carpet and furniture. And on the boxes it says "For children from 3 years". Therefore, with a clear conscience, you can postpone acquaintance with this material before the kindergarten. And in vain, because molding from plasticine is not only fascinating, but also extremely useful. It strengthens the muscles of the hands, develops small motor skills (which is directly related to the speech function), shapes the child's ideas about the world, promotes the development of imagination and artistic instincts.

In addition, now you can buy high-quality plasticine, which will please not only with bright colors, but also with safety. Such clay is made on a plant basis, does not contain harmful additives and toxic dyes. A big plus for scrupulous moms is that it does not leave greasy stains, it is easily washed from clothes and washed off from various surfaces.

Classes of modeling for the carpoys of the "vexatious" age should begin with elementary operations: tearing off small pieces and gluing them to the surface, rolling balls, rollers, flat cakes. Older children are already able to sculpt real crafts from plasticine, for example, a horse, at first, of course, not without the help of parents. We offer you a step-by-step instruction on how to mold a horse from plasticine.

There are a lot of options for how to make a horse out of plasticine, so before you start, you should decide which horse is interesting to the child - a thoroughbred steed, a funny pony or a cartoon pegasus. A plasticine horse is not a simple task, and in order to achieve results, a lot of zeal and patience should be shown. Therefore, if the child is still small, it is better to dwell on a simple, schematic version, which does not require the elaboration of small nuances and details. We bring to your attention an uncomplicated master class with which a beginner sculptor can easily cope.

So, for modeling horses from plasticine we will need:

• plasticine of 2 colors;
• several toothpicks;
• 2 artificial eyes.

1. We take 4 identical pieces of plasticine and roll 4 sausages from them, slightly expanding downwards. It will be the legs of the horse. For durability we insert in each on a toothpick.
2. We sculpt the trunk of a horse. To do this, take a piece of plasticine, roll a thick "sausage", one edge bend upward, slightly narrowing at the end (this will be the neck). In it, too, insert a piece of toothpick.
3. We sculpt the head of the horse, also slightly narrowing at the end.
4. We connect the head and trunk. That's what it turns out!
5. We attach the legs of the horse to the body.
6. Proceed to the muzzle of the horse. Of the 2 small flattened balls, make the nostrils.
7. We take 2 small balls of plasticine, flatten and insert in them artificial running eyes, bending around the edges of the clay. If they are not, then we insert just 2 black flattened pupils of the pupil.
8. We make the ears, for which we take 2 pieces of plasticine and form small droplets. We also make 4 hoofs from a flattened and truncated ball.
9. We strengthen our eyes and ears. From the flattened plasticine tape, make a mane. And that she was fluttering in the wind, neatly stack we do notches on the edge.
10. The final touch is the tail of the horse. "Pop" horses can be decorated at will, for example, with asterisks. Beauties the horse is ready!

From plasticine you can dazzle not only the horse, but also any other animals, for example, a hare or an elephant .