How did develop a board for a child

Layfhaker divided instructions on how to use the usual stuff, glue, tools and imagination to make interesting and useful toy.

Developing board (or bizibord from English busy board) is needed immediately for three reasons.

1. A child playing with objects, learning to handle them properly.
2. Develops fine motor skills of the child.
3. Child minding my own business, and gives parents a break.

This stand - it's part of the developing environment which promoted the Maria Montessori. Its meaning is that the child needs to create the conditions for self-education, and then he will cope with everything. Bizibord just introduces a child with complex and fine details, which are found in any home: locks, clasps, doors. When a child plays with a switch on the stand, you can not be afraid for his health.

Anna Ozyakova

To begin, gather the materials. Not necessarily be purchased in stores for creativity, good enough to rummage in the pantry, in the attic or in a country house: where do you have stuff "just in case".

So here's what is useful for developing the board.

• Smooth surface. This may be a sheet of plywood, an old countertop or cabinet door, even the old interior door, if you have somewhere to put it.
• Wooden sticks, sticks. They can saw off from the main surface or get it separately.
• Paints and brushes - in any case, the surface is necessary to clearly paint.
• Window Hinges, locks, chains, latches, door handles, latches. Any furniture accessories, which can be a long time to tinker child: something to open and close, and move to click. Fit the levers and switches on the panels of old appliances, carbines, old telephone wheels and buttons, bicycle bell, valves, taps and conventional buttons.
• Fabric, ribbons, beads, thread, Velcro and zippers - to decorate the board and training of the child.
• Clay (better to take a carpenter or liquid nails) and elements for mounting parts, tools: sandpaper, nail file or a jig saw, a hammer. Remember that if you use nails and screws, all sharp ends have to bend or cut.

When you have collected everything that can be placed on the board, make a plan, either lay objects on the basis of a free order or come up with a plot. For example, conventional houses.

When the plan is ready, cut the base boards. It should be smooth, including the edges, to protect the child from the splinters. For this is useful to sandpaper and primer paint. Those to detail the requirements that you will add to the board: they need to be clean and secure.

After that the board needed to paint. If in doubt about their artistic abilities, buy in the store near the children's stickers, board of this does not become worse. On the background ready to add new elements.

In our example we have cut out of plywood models of houses with doors. Sami door planted on Window Hinges.

Board is created for children, but older children can take part in painting. For example, boards used to acrylics, but will approach or even gouache finger paints. In this case, the paint can and small children, leaving imprints on the board.

When the drawing is complete, cover the board with varnish and let dry: as pictures will remain for a long time, the child does not get dirty, and the board can be wiped and cleaned. Add on board all the elements that you want to place. For doors and windows can hide photos and pictures.

Take the board from the fact that you know how. If you do not like carpentry, but it is well shote, make unusual fabric toys. In this example, the cloud - a pocket with a zip, which is hidden inside the rain. In the role of drops appear colored ribbon and string of beads. Sun - is a mini-diode lamp on batteries, is activated by pressing. You can hang a simple flashlight to captivate a child playing with the light.

The board does not have to do in one day, add game elements gradually. The child is interested in even unfinished toy.

Actually, that's it. general advice, but two identical boards does not happen: it all depends on your imagination and set of toys that you have.