A piece of sponge cake. Master class "Sponge cakes

Irina Kirsanova

Finally, spring has come! And very soon the most important holiday - "International Women's Day March 8". There is very little time left to cook for your beloved mothers and gifts for grandmothers. After all, you always want to please with something special, necessary and, of course, made with your own hands. I suggest with the children to make a very useful thing - « needle bed» . It is made very simply, the main thing is that the foam rubber does not need to be painted! Needle beds decorate not only the interior of my mother's and grandmother's room but will be very helpful!

How many stars are in the sky!

These stars to mom

I will give again.

And one morning

Looking at me

Mom will smile: "My little star!"

So we need: Sponges for washing dishes of different colors, colored paper, colored cardboard, scissors regular and curly, a napkin, PVA glue or stationery, any ribbons or laces, gouache paints, a brush, a napkin, a jar of water.

Let's prepare the base first. Take colored cardboard and cut out a square from it, cut out a smaller square from colored paper with curly scissors. We glue a small square in the middle of a large square, take a string or ribbon and glue a loop on the other side. We fix it with a square of cardboard. For strength, you can also fix it with tape. Got a loop. The base is ready.

Let's get to the needle bed. We take dish sponges. We cut some in half, cut off the corners of others, make a circle. We cut everything out depending on what we want to do. Foam rubber is very easy to cut, no special efforts are needed, and the guys will be very interested.

I propose to do « Needle bed - Fly agaric» . We glue all the cut parts with the hard side onto the base, we make grass from scraps, notching the edges. Now, we draw peas on a hat with gouache.

« Pincushion - Ladybug» . Cut out the leaf with curly scissors and glue it on it "Ladybug". We paint over the head with gouache, draw spots and paws.

« Pincushion - Chicken» . Sponge divide in half and cut out circles, cutting off the corners. The beak, tail, scallop and wing are cut from scraps. We draw the paws with gouache, glue the grass.

« Pincushion - Sunshine» . We take sponge, cut out a circle, complement and cut out the nose, mouth and bangs from foam rubber, draw eyes and rays.

« Pincushion - Apple» . We cut out the apple stick from the remnants of the hard part, draw a leaf.

« Needle bed - Vase» . Cut out the vase, cutting off the top corners towards the bottom. Cut out flower circles from scraps, glue and decorate with white gouache and draw leaves.

Here are 11 unconventional uses for an old sponge.

Sponge wall painting

Children are especially fond of painting with a sponge, but sponges will come in handy for a more serious art project! For such work, it is better to take a natural sponge, or one that imitates natural fibers. It is easy to apply paint with such tools without fear of streaks and drops. You can use several colors by overlaying them in layers.

Removing old wallpapers

The process of removing old wallpaper is sometimes very tedious. It can be significantly accelerated. To do this, you need to dip the sponge in hot water with the fabric softener added to it and wipe the wallpaper with it. Dried glue will be easier to lag behind the walls and the work will go much faster.

Protecting wood surfaces from scratches

Getting rid of scratches on wooden furniture or on the floor is sometimes not easy and costly. To protect wooden surfaces, cut small pieces of sponge and glue them to the base of all objects in the house: flower pots, chairs, etc.

Extending the life of a soap bar

It's amazing how quickly a piece of toilet soap melts! But it can last much longer if you arrange a sponge for it.

Make a nail polish remover

Cut the sponge into small pieces and place in a glass container. Pour in nail polish remover. Now you can get rid of the old manicure much faster.

By cutting the sponge into small squares, you can do a pedicure

Mosquito repellent

Soak a sponge in your usual mosquito repellant and wipe the furniture on the veranda or patio. Insects will stay away from your company, and the skin will not be harmed by chemicals.

Pincushion

Foam sponge is an excellent base for needles and pins. You can decorate it or use it as is.

Helps keep vegetables crispy

Humidity in the refrigerator can cause vegetables to wilt. Put a few sponges in the chamber and they will absorb excess water.

Protecting fragile products when carried in boxes

If, for example, bubble wrap is not at hand, sponges will do a great job if you need to pack a fragile item for shipment.

Eliminate bad odors in the refrigerator

After cleaning out the refrigerator, sprinkle some baking soda on the sponge and leave it in the refrigerator overnight. In the morning, unpleasant odors will disappear.

The leading activity is play. In preschool childhood, much attention is paid to the development of play activities in role-playing games. The children of the older group and I decided to make a confectionery and began to make attributes for it. I came across a master class “Sponge Cakes” in a magazine and decided to make them without fail.

In order to make cakes for the game "Confectionery" you can use a regular sponge for washing dishes. I found large sponges, or you can take a regular dishwashing set and cut nothing out, but leave the cakes rectangular. If you take such a package, then the top of the cakes (icing) will be green and you will only have to decorate the way you want.

How to make sponge cakes

Work materials

• sponge,
• ribbon of a suitable color,
• felt,
• buttons or beads for decoration.

Manufacturing sequence

Step 1.
Make blanks, cut out triangles and rectangles from a large sponge.

Step 2
Cut out the appropriate details from felt and decorate as you wish with braid and beads (napkins for washing dishes of any colors are also suitable).

Step 3
Sew a wavy braid to the sponge so that you get two cakes and a cream.

Step 4
Connect all the details together.

Appetizing cakes are ready! Cakes are light, safe and very beautiful. My kids liked it so much that we decided to make more cakes, but from a fitness mat. Interesting? Then read my article “Attributes for the role-playing game “Confectionery”.

A great idea for crafts that will suit absolutely all preschoolers, starting from two years. It's great that making such "cakes" and playing with them later is equally interesting, and besides, they will certainly become favorite "treats" in the doll's kitchen!

How to make these crafts (clickable)

A brand new dish sponge is a very attractive object in itself: bright, dense, elastic. Well, why not a cake! Here is such a wonderful set of cakes made by a teacher from Armavir Tatyana Kiryushatova.

Pay attention to how simple the craft technique is: small sponges do not need to be cut, and anything is suitable as a decor - broken hairpins, pieces of braid and buttons. The main thing is to glue them more securely.

” A set of "cakes" is very resistant, and if necessary, they can be ... washed!

Variations on the theme of the previous craft: Anna Pristash did not use a sponge for dishes, but a two-color washcloth with a relief surface, the result was a real “cake with cream”.

” In general, pieces of the "cake" can be easily obtained by cutting the sponge into triangular pieces. This task is best handled by the mother. Well, then with such a blank, you can do anything!

For example, you can glue a multilayer "cake" ( innerchildfun.com).

You can paint the "cake" with any colors - it will be a multi-colored "cream". It is easy to paint a sponge, and, of course, if necessary, you can always rinse it thoroughly and return it to its original state ( oneperfectdayblog.net).

You can decorate the "cake" with pompoms, beads, sparkles, buttons, you can draw a pattern with paint.

And here on the site sugarspiceandglitter.com they offer not to make accessories for the game, but to arrange a real training camp for young housewives! As a cream - shaving foam with food coloring, decorations - groats dyed with food coloring. Of course, such a creation will not last long, but the technique of applying the cream can be perfected to automatism!

It is easy to make crafts from sponges for washing dishes, since the material is soft, has a flat surface, cuts well with scissors, perfectly takes the necessary shape with the help of threads or thin ribbons. Sponges are foam rubber and in the form of washcloths with large holes, they are harder and hold their shape well.

In the article, we will consider options for making crafts from a sponge with our own hands, which preschool children can do together with their parents, children in the older group of kindergarten in manual labor classes. You can play with them, use them to draw and print with stamps. Photos of samples will help you understand what result should be obtained in the process.

sailboats

The simplest option for sponge crafts is a boat with a sail. This is something even toddlers can do. The sponge can be left in its original form by adding a stem from a cocktail tube and a paper sail in a triangular or square shape. Older children will be able to shape the craft more like a real boat.

You can not only cut corners in front, but also create a recess along the entire boat. This is convenient for different games, for example, you can ride a Lego man or a plastic soldier on such a sailboat. With a hand-made toy, you can play in the bath or take it with you to the river or lake.

From a yellow kitchen sponge, it's easy to create your favorite cartoon character - Bob - Square Pants. You need to make crafts from a sponge using the application method, since the shape of the product already corresponds to the chosen hero. The nose is made from half a plastic bag from a chocolate egg, and all other details are cut out from bright cardboard.

Attach the parts to the foam rubber with PVA glue. You can make additional wire arms and legs.

Stamps for drawing

Crafts from sponges for dishes can act as seals or stamps to make the same details while drawing. The photo below shows that the washcloths were shaped with scissors into an egg shape. Then they dip it into a plate with diluted gouache paint and apply it to work; in our sample, an Easter basket with eggs of different colors was made using this method.

If you draw a tree trunk and foliage, and cut out the shape of an apple or pear from a sponge, then in a couple of minutes you will fill the entire leaf with bright fruits growing on the branches. An autumn tree with the same printed leaves will also look interesting. Some make out the background image using crafts from sponges of various configurations, and after the paint dries, they draw the main plot or ornament. Here you can fantasize in different ways.

colorful balls

If you take several dense multi-colored sponges and cut them into identical strips, you can make multi-colored balls, as in the photo below. Before making such a sponge craft, prepare a nylon thread to tie all the parts together, you can use a thin elastic band. Before tying the strips together, they are laid 5 pieces in two rows next to each other and mark the middle.

If, after connecting them together, it turned out that the sticks are all of different sizes, it’s not scary, they can be trimmed with scissors. You can play with such soft balls even in a room without fear of breaking windows. It is good to throw them into the water, they will not sink, because they have many holes filled with air.

If you attach such crafts from dishwashing sponges to a stick or wire and add a leaf, you will get spectacular flowers. They can be made both from plain stripes and different ones. Using scissors, the shape of a tulip or flower with rounded petals is cut out of a whole thick sponge according to a template.

small house

From several different colors of sponges, you can make a house, as in the photo below. It is interesting to build any structure, it all depends on the amount of material and color. Moreover, the sponges themselves will not suffer at all from such work, and they can be used for their intended purpose even after the construction has been completed. To fix the parts take wooden toothpicks.

If you have a large supply of kitchen sponges, then if you wish, you can build a whole city, and by adding wheels from broken cars, you can make transport.

Furniture for dolls

If your daughter is growing up, then there are always dolls in the house, and the child always asks for new toys for games. With creative thinking and skillful hands, you can make a whole house with furnishings for dolls. It is easy to make upholstered furniture from kitchen sponges - armchairs, a sofa or a bed, placing them on a prepared base made of cardboard or plywood.

On the sample above, the sponges were connected together even without support, secured between them with a furniture cover sewn from fabric. In addition, pillows-rollers made of hair were made. Such furniture will last a long time, and the cost of it is minimal, unlike purchased furniture for Barbie.

bear

A rectangular sponge can be given any shape by tightening the foam rubber. For example, such a cute bear was made quickly. The upper corners were tied with a golden rain - ears turned out. The head was marked with a wider ribbon of the same color. The rest of the details of the muzzle were simply drawn with markers.

In the article, we examined in detail how to make crafts from a sponge. It is not difficult at all, because the material lends itself to all types of processing. Sponges are sold in sets, so choosing the right color for work is not a problem. A variety of crafts depends on your imagination, because you can create anything, from technology to furniture. Be sure to involve children in joint work, this develops the motor skills of hands and fingers, creative and mental abilities, which will later be useful to the baby in school.