What can be made from thermomosaic: crafts and souvenirs

What are the advantages of thermomosaic

Thermal mosaics are bright beads that are placed on the board in a special way according to a ready-made scheme or following intuition. Under thermal influence, the picture turns into a solid panel. These games are usually fun for children. No wonder. Besides being interesting, it is also useful. Collecting mosaics, young children are excellent at learning colors. Everyone develops imagination and logic. But it is useful not only for children, for example, classes that develop fine motor skills, are useful for children and people of age as a prevention of mental degradation. Working with small details like thermo mosaic beads simply calms, develops perseverance and reduces stress.

Thermal mosaic: work process

The process is really simple. The set includes beads and a box with "carnations", you need to put the first on the second according to a given pattern, which also happens in the set. When the drawing is ready, you should iron it through paper, tracing paper or special film with an iron. The beads will stick together and you will get a whole panel.

Which thermomosaic to choose

Knowing the age of the person who will have fun with the mosaic, it is easy to choose the right set. They differ in the size of the beads and the complexity of the pattern. There are very small beads a little more than two millimeters, such schemes are usually more complicated and it will be difficult for a small creator to cope with them. The size of the beads reaches one centimeter and such a set can already be offered to a four-year-old child.

The bases on which the beads are strung are transparent, and the scheme is placed directly under it. This option is suitable for the smallest. It is worth remembering about safety precautions and the child should be under the supervision of an adult so as not to swallow or inhale the bead. It is better not to trust the child in the iron, firstly, it is dangerous, and secondly, the beads stick together very quickly so that they do not stick to the base, you cannot linger.

The theme of the sets is huge, it can be just a flower, or it can be a complex scheme with a cartoon character. Here you just need to know the tastes of whom the game is presented to.

Crafts from a thermomosaic

At first glance, it seems that there is only one options for using thermomosaics - according to the scheme. This is not so, in fact, thermomosaic is a new way of creativity and is still only gaining momentum. But already now a lot of everything is made of it. For example, you can string beads on a fishing line or string to create a choker or beads. You can move away from the scheme and make your own ornament, it can be not only flat, but also three-dimensional. Thermomosaic beads can be used in the manner of rhinestones in decorating postcards, albums, diaries, smartphone cases and anything else you can think of. Bags, caskets, wallets and a bunch of other interesting things are already made from such beads.

The beads can be used to play with very young children. For example, sort them by color, arrange in boxes, transfer from container to container using tweezers.

Features of children's age groups

Children under three years old will most likely find it difficult and uninteresting to play with the mosaic for its intended purpose. And from the age of three it is already possible to involve the child in creativity, to develop his imagination and perseverance. It is important that creativity takes place under the supervision of adults. For children three to five years old, it is better to choose sets with large beads about a centimeter. So they will be able to pick up the beads with their children's fingers. To make the painstaking work fun, for kids the tablets are made in interesting shapes, bright with the image of the diagram right on them.

Children from the age of five can already do all the work with large and medium beads themselves. The only thing, when it comes to ironing, is better not to trust them. The iron for such babies is dangerous with burns and electric shocks. But children of primary school age will already cope with the smallest beads of two and a half millimeters in size. They will already cope with the iron under the supervision of an adult. Children of this age are already able not only to work according to the scheme, but also to come up with their own mosaics.

Thermal mosaic for creativity

In stores with children's goods and goods for creativity, you can find ready-made sets for any need. These sets are perfect for a child's gift. And for those who are older or for themselves, it is better to purchase separately a large set of beads and one large board. In this case, you can use cross-stitch patterns as patterns; they also range from very simple ornaments to huge paintings, including reproductions. And there are resources on the Internet with which you can develop an individual scheme from any picture, including a photo.

Where and how to use a thermomosaic craft

Apart from small souvenirs, beads can be used to make serious things. By using an iron, we very tightly solder the parts. Thanks to this property, in addition to paintings and panels, you can make large toys. You can make a dollhouse, furniture for it, a garage, a parking lot and car models. It will be very interesting for children to play with such toys and show off to friends what they have made themselves.

Small ready-made schemes are great for younger children. They will not have time to get tired of the lesson, they will quickly see the result. Small mosaics can be used as decoration, keyring or pendant.

What are the tablets

Boards for laying out beads are called tablets. They are small in the form of geometric shapes, animals, flowers, fairy-tale characters. There are large, versatile tablets. Some of them have a diagram immediately. Some are made of transparent material, and the circuit can be placed underneath, making it easier to work with.

Thermal mosaics and thermobeads: Brief characteristics of popular manufacturers

This type of creativity is quite accessible. For example, Ikeevskaya mosaic costs around three hundred rubles per liter capacity. Twelve thousand beads from SES cost five hundred rubles, this set has a lot of different colors and there is a line of beads that glow in the dark, they make very interesting works. The Danish company Hama produces a set of beads in which there are three sizes at once. This set is suitable for playing with young children, for sorting, learning colors and sizes. The Russian company era makes sets with fairy-tale characters, and the tablets are made of transparent plastic. Children love these sets.