Needlework
07/17/2018 Anastasia Prozheva
The first toys for a child are always chosen with special excitement. After all, you really want your baby to see only everything cute and exciting. And in addition to this, the toy must only bring benefits. Any mother is capable of bringing joy to her baby with something unusual and unique. For example, a DIY rattle will be very useful and fun.
Rattles from scrap materials, which are usually simply thrown away, are the easiest to make, and most importantly, children like them. More attention is often paid to such toys than to beautiful purchased options from factories. Below we will look at several master classes on creating such rattles.
Plastic product
Light and cute rattles can be made from a bottle or plastic jar.
It is strictly forbidden to use glass, because it can break and injure the baby with fragments. It is best to choose transparent vessels.
Inside the selected bottle we pour a variety of beads and sparkles of different colors. A very important and responsible stage in creating the product has arrived - attaching the lid. It needs to be twisted as tightly as possible so that even for a needlewoman it is difficult to give in, then the child will not be able to open it. But adhesive substances cannot be used, because the baby may lick or chew the toy. You can secure the lid by melting it with a fixing ring. Sheath or tie it. Create a case exactly to size and tighten it after the lid, this rattle will be the safest option.
When choosing a material, you need to pay attention to the plastic, whether it is strong and thick enough, if so, then it will withstand compression and shock well.
Simple crafts. DIY rattles
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Simple DIY rattles
Many parents have probably noticed that children are not always interested in and quickly get bored with expensive, bright, cleverly designed toys. But sometimes an object that is completely unnecessary and has no value for us or very simple crafts will interest the child so much that it cannot be taken away. Maria Nikitina will share her experience of creating rattles with her own hands.
“Creative young mothers often ask themselves the question: “ How to make a rattle with your own hands?” " There are many options. If you don't know where to start, watch your baby. For example, our daughter suggested the idea for the first rattle herself. Her husband showed her a plastic bottle of vitamins. Our baby tried to shake it and liked the sound. They took the bottle away with difficulty through tears. After this, the bottle was emptied and they decided to make a toy.
For such a toy you need a plastic vitamin bottle (we took it from Complivit). Several large beads or dry peas. You can also take rice or buckwheat, but the sound will be quieter than from peas. You will also need Moment glue.
Removes the label from the bottle. Then wash the bottle and cap thoroughly with soap. After this, the bottle and cap must be dried. When they are dry you can add filler. After this, the outside of the bottle neck should be lubricated with glue and the cap should be screwed on tightly. Let the glue dry. If you do not lubricate the neck with glue, water will get inside when washing the toy (the filler may become damp). The toy is ready.
The baby will decide for himself how to play with such a rattle. Our daughter initially just shook the rattle. After some time, she began to roll it around the table and floor, and a little later the toy turned into a rodent.
For the second rattle toy you will need a small transparent plastic bottle with a screw cap, multi-colored plastic beads and seed beads, and water.
Peel off the label and wash the bottle and cap with laundry soap. It is better to choose beads of different colors and sizes, then the toy will be more interesting. Then pour beads and beads into the bottle and pour water. Enough water is needed so that the child can lift the toy. I took a 0.5 volume mineral water bottle. My daughter got the toy when she was 7 months old and at that time the bottle was filled 1/5 with water. There is no need to glue the lid on this toy. Firstly, water becomes cloudy over time and must be changed periodically. Secondly, the baby’s strength increases every day and the volume of water must be gradually increased.
With such a toy there can also be several options for games. It is interesting for a child to shake the toy and watch bubbles pop up and beads float. The baby can happily roll the bottle in front of him and crawl after it. It is also convenient for the child to chew on the bottle cap. With such a toy, the baby will be able to train his hands. The thickness of the bottle changes along its entire length, and the child learns to grab and hold an object with different diameters. These simple crafts can be done by anyone. Children really like them, and they don’t require any special expenses from parents.”
You can also see how to knit baby sling beads here.
Here’s a small video riddle about what our ancestors made rattles from, giving you a few seconds to think about it
