Children's beliefs in adulthood can dramatically change. However, like the man himself. For example, I absolutely did not like to read. I had a lot of girls' chores, and the books lacked patience. It seemed: to sit still for a long time - an impossible torture. Who would have thought that, pregnant, I will be the initiator of buying books and magazines for care, raising children? We studied them with my husband.
And it was the book that awakened in me the need to create for a newborn son. How?
About everything in order
It all began with the fact that before the New Year, I thought about the gift for the child. There was plenty of time - my son was a long time asleep. In these quiet hours I sewed him a holiday cap and ... a huge carrot. The idea arose as if by itself, but the day before I looked through the relevant sections in children's magazines. Apparently, they ignited in me the desire to create with my own hands. And once, walking along the snow-covered city, I went to the bookstore (again books!). The look immediately fell on the set for embroidering a cross for the birth of a child - time to create! I really liked the drawing - a horse in the hearts, and I decided to buy a set. It was approaching Valentine's Day, and the child wanted to please something special.
While sonny slept, colored crosses lay down one by one. Here are the stars in the sky lit, the muzzle of the horse appeared. One heart, another ... Done! From this embroidery I sewed a small pillow. And on a holiday, the son already slept on it, pressing his cheek to the horse.
The Magic Box
Artem has a lot of developing toys. But, watching his games, I found that something was missing. Plus, I read about the need for finger training. So I took a small box and pasted it with relief wallpaper. Then she sewed bags from the tissue into which they had poured grains: buckwheat, rice, mango, and also beans. All this was put in a trunk. She added large seashells, pebbles, a rabbit's foot, and feathers. It turned out an excellent simulator for the development of fine motor skills. The child touched all this, rolled in his hands, shifted from hand to hand, listened to the sensations. He liked it! It is enough to fill the box, close it and give it to the child. Ten free minutes for mom are provided. I could calmly solve urgent matters, and Artem - to sort out my untold treasures. Thanks to the birth of a child - the time to create manifested itself!
Of course, there is a huge number of developing mats on sale. I do not argue, they are bright and multifunctional. Studying one after another, I suddenly caught myself thinking that I could sew not worse than the factory one. In the course went a children's duvet cover, lining fabric of different colors, buttons, Velcro, children's appliqués in the form of various animals. In the middle of the rug I placed a large sun with rays. Two of them were fastened with buttons of different shapes, texture and color (I decided to teach the child how to button and unbutton buttons). Between the beams I sewed ten figures (a triangle, a square, a circle) of various colors. Each numbered (we will master geometry and arithmetic).
The main character of our rug is a caterpillar with the name of my child on its side. There is also a seven-flower color flower with a bee on an elastic band, a small house with a Velcro door, near which a dog sits. Over the house float clouds. On one of them is a pocket where the moon lives. During the day she sits in her dwelling, and in the evening she floats out to the sky. Crawling on our rug and ladybug-lacing. Interestingly, her eyes glow. And to do it was, quite simply. I dismantled the key chain and inserted a mechanism in the head of the beetle. In the body I placed one more, from another toy. Now the ladybird is also talking. As soon as the child wants to play with her, she says: "I love you!"
The tree grows under the sun. On the branches there is fruit (on the buttons), which can be collected in a hollow-pocket. Nearby there is a pond with gold fish under a transparent cloth. Now I'm getting a new project: cards with Russian and English alphabet and seasons. I cut them out and draw animals, transport, fruits and vegetables. From above I put the letter of the alphabet. When I finish, I will not stop there. Already now I'm thinking about a suits-tuxedo for a child. And I'll think of something else or look for ideas in books.