Cars and tanks, airplanes and soldiers - all these toys are in the arsenal of every boy of preschool and primary school age, and spending time playing with them is one of the most popular leisure activities for children. The modern market offers a huge variety of toys for boys, the range of which includes products of various sizes and a wide variety of functions.
However, you can not only buy toys, but also make them yourself. A wide variety of materials can be suitable for this, and plasticine is no exception. Due to its excellent processing flexibility, this material makes it possible to create a wide variety of crafts, including those with a large number of small elements of complex geometric shapes. So, having very little free time at your disposal, from this material you can make figurines of a wide variety of equipment, for example, a tank, toy models of which are especially popular among boys.
However, before answering the question of how to make a tank from plasticine, it is worth noting that such a craft contains many small elements, which means it requires a special approach to manufacturing. In order for the resulting toy to please your baby, you must:
So, let's look in detail at how to make a tank from plasticine.
We’ll start making the craft by sculpting caterpillars for the future toy, namely, we’ll prepare 7-8 flattened circles of various sizes. Let's put them in a row, as in the picture below, and then using a stack we will draw a kind of web, in the center of which we will insert small balls of the same color as the caterpillar.
Roll out the mass into a thin long sausage and frame it with a caterpillar.
Let's repeat the previous operations in order to make a second tank caterpillar.
Now it's time to start sculpting the body for the tank. The blank for it can be molded from a multi-colored mass, consisting of all the colors you don’t mind, and then cover its top and sides with a thin layer of green.
We attach the chassis to the body of the combat vehicle.
We cover the top of the tracks with a thin layer of green, and then make a round base for attaching the tank turret.
The round-shaped tower itself can also be made from a material of any color, and then simply open it with a layer of green plasticine.
The tank is almost ready, all that remains is to supplement its hull with some essential attributes of combat vehicles, namely:
They will also all be green.
We complete the image of the combat vehicle with an observation window, which we place in the front part of the hull under the cannon. To imitate glass we use blue color.
Sculpting military equipment from plasticine is incredibly exciting. Boys are fans of menacing tanks and heavy guns.
If we are talking about girls, then they will be happy to make such a craft for their dad or grandfather.
It’s not difficult to mold a tank from plasticine with your own hands; all children know its distinctive features: a long barrel, no windows in the cockpit and massive tracks as a means of transportation.
Allows you to feel like the creator of fascinating designs. Young creators will be interested in admiring their masterpiece themselves, and the praise of others will encourage them to new achievements and add enthusiasm.
1. The most rational way to create a believable tank is to use brown, black and green colors of plasticine from the kit. These shades can be used separately and mixed with each other. If a child wants to create a brighter toy, you should not convince him otherwise, because he should be interested in doing this type of creativity. Also, to create relief details, stock up on a triangular spatula.
2. Mix brown and a little black material, but not completely, you should get a light marble effect. Divide the resulting piece into two parts, form them into long, flat pieces.
3. Make 8 wheels from black plasticine. Try to keep them almost the same size.
4. Make dents on one side of each wheel with the corner of a spatula.
5. Lay out 4 wheels in a row and wrap them in a long, flat piece of dark brown plasticine. It should look like a caterpillar. On its outer side, make many longitudinal cuts with a spatula to obtain a believable relief. Do the same with the remaining wheels.
6. Make the platform of the tank from a matchbox, covering it with brown plasticine on top. Place tracks with wheels on both sides.
7. Place the cabin on the platform. This could be an oval piece made of brown plasticine.
8. Add the muzzle to the center section of the cockpit and various small parts. Cover a small pencil with brown plasticine and attach it to the craft. Don't forget about the round hatch.
9. If desired, the tank can be decorated with a red star or native flag.
That's all, now you know how to make a plasticine tank for a game or for dad as a gift on February 23rd.
In Soviet times, almost all boys preferred to play with plastic or tin soldiers, tanks, guns and other domestically produced military units. But today, imported goods predominate on sale, and sometimes young military leaders are not in the mood for them. Remembering their childhood, parents can suggest creating an artillery piece from plasticine, especially since it will be doubly pleasant to play with such an object, since the craft will be made with your own hands.
In this lesson we will tell you how to make a cannon from plasticine. Such a product will also be in demand on the eve of February 23, because all children at school are given the task of creating a gift for dad and grandfather.
1. You should not limit your child when choosing shades for modeling a cannon from plasticine. Even if he wants to make a colorful craft, do not dissuade him. So, you can choose bright or dark colors to work with.
2. Choose your favorite color for sculpting the barrel. In this case, it is an orange block. Knead the plasticine and roll it into a ball.
3. Place the workpiece on a hard surface protected with cellophane, press it with your palm and begin to make oscillatory movements, pressing on the plasticine. You need to get a sausage, one side of which will be slightly wider than the other.
4. Insert a pencil or pen into the wider part to create a deep hole.
5. Improve the appearance of the barrel with transverse stripes.
6. To sculpt the platform, knead a little brown plasticine, roll it into a sausage, then press it with your fingers to a flat surface and bend it as shown in the photo.
7. Place the finished barrel on the base.
8. Roll two large black wheels and score the circle with a triangular spatula.
9. Attach the wheels to the craft.
10. Our cannon is ready, all that remains is to add a few cannonballs in the form of gray plasticine balls to complete the composition.
The final look of the craft. Photo 1.
The final look of the craft. Photo 2.
The final look of the craft. Photo 3.
We hope the entire male half of the family will like this souvenir. Experiment with the size and color of the parts to create an arsenal of heavy weapons. For an interesting war game, we recommend that you make a believable origami tank from green paper.
Every child should definitely develop fine motor skills. Experts consider plasticine modeling an incredibly exciting and convenient method. Kids love to sculpt everything: koloboks, ballerinas, soldiers, weapons. Today it has become quite fashionable to create computer heroes with your own hands. Many parents are interested in how to make Minecraft from plasticine.
Modeling crafts from Minecraft plasticine will be a wonderful hobby for all family members. After all, fans of computer games will be able to create their favorite Minecraft characters with their own hands.
Cute square minecraft shapes will help kids:
Modeling is both entertainment and an incredibly useful lesson for a child. The process develops fine motor skills and coordination of movements. In addition, while playing, the baby learns shapes, colors, and masters proportions.
To create your favorite Minecraft characters, you will need:
It is better to start sculpting from simple plasticine, since the craft can be easily corrected or improved. As soon as your baby’s hands get used to working with light material, you can use a self-hardening mass. Crafts made from such material will be more durable and comfortable to play.
To create Steve you will need blue plasticine. Three squares should be molded from this plasticine: one large and two small. The large square will serve as the body, the small shapes will serve as the shoulders. Then they make a square purple block and carefully separate it with a knife to make trousers. The bottom of the trousers is complemented with small cubes - these are shoes. The hero's head and arms are made from brown material. A small black rectangle will act as hair on the character's head. Using a toothpick on the head, Steve's mouth and eyes appear. The second Minecraft figurine is created in a similar way - the green Creeper.
Boys in games need an arsenal of weapons of different models and calibers, similar to those used by heroes in computer games or films. It takes a long time to find a gun that fits the dimensions you want. The solution to the problem is simple: make a weapon out of plasticine yourself.
It is incredibly easy to create an arsenal of weapons from such a malleable material as plasticine. You can start sculpting with simple, easy crafts. It just takes a little time and perseverance. You just have to show your child once how to make a weapon out of plasticine. In the future, the child will be able to independently create any model of the machine.
Before you start creating a weapon from plasticine or other material, you should carefully study the photo of the weapon. Then learn how to make a pistol or other weapon from plasticine and only then carry it out step by step, strictly following the advice. As a result, you can get a beautiful craft.
To make an anti-tank gun, perform the following steps:
This craft will be relevant for Victory Day. It will be a wonderful gift on February 23rd.
Every boy in the game needs a weapon in order to be a winner in battles over the enemy. The child will be able to mold the machine on his own. And of different sizes. For work, you can use leftover plasticine of dark colors. Roll a black piece of material into an oblong cylinder. This part will serve as the body of the small arms. Using a knife, the part must be processed so that it looks like a block.
Each side of the case is equipped with stripes, buttons and a shutter. A brown handle is created and attached to the body. For strength, a piece of a match is used. The opposite side of the body is equipped with a black butt of the machine gun, made in the form of a curved semi-arc. Don't forget about such a detail as the trigger. A barrel is sculpted from brown material.
In order to hold better, the barrel is placed on a piece of a match and secured to the body. The craft is ready, it should be sent to a cool place to harden.
Today we invite you to learn how to sculpt a very realistic tank from plasticine. You can prepare such a craft for Victory Day or February 23rd. Creating a plasticine souvenir will take no more than 15-10 minutes. And children over 3 years old will be able to repeat all the steps described below on their own.
We will need:
Step 1. To sculpt the tank, you need to create a special mass of three shades. Mash half a block of green, beige and brown plasticine. Create flatbread pieces from the pieces. Connect them together and roll them out in your palms. 
As a result, the mass will acquire a beautiful shade with a marble effect. 
Also, the mass for creating the tank body can be created from the remaining pieces of plasticine of different colors. Knead the mixture until thin veins of different shades form.
Step 2. Cut a piece of tri-color mass into two parts. From the first you need to form the base of the tank, and from the second - small parts: a turret, a cannon, hatches. We give the first piece the shape of a rectangle with a cut corner. 
Step 3. We stick a tower in the form of a flat drop or washer onto the top of the base. 
Step 4. Next, cover the toothpick with plasticine. Glue a small ball to the front of the tower and insert the created cannon into it. 
Step 5. Roll a sausage out of black plasticine and flatten it. Using a plastic knife, we create many shallow cuts on the surface of the strip. 
Then we create eight small wheels. 
We connect them together in four pieces. Using the end of the stacks, we create a texture on them and wrap them with a piece of black stripe. 
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The tank tracks are ready. Glue them to the sides of the tank base. 
We attach wide strips to the top of the caterpillars. 
Step 6. Glue pieces of sausages of different diameters onto the wings of the tank. And at the top of the tower we create three hatches of approximately the same size. 
