You need to do scrupulous but interesting work. It is important to find the most suitable card possible and print it. There are many ready-made globe layouts on the Internet. An old political map will also work.
When making a paper globe with your own hands, make sure that the scale of the map and the base on which the map is glued match. You can make the base in several ways.
Globe mockup made from cardboard blanks
For such a globe, you need to patiently and correctly make several pentagonal cardboard blanks. This is the most difficult and responsible part of the work. Their number will depend on the size of each of them. You need to complete the elements according to the diagram.
What to do next, how to make a globe with your own hands from these strange elements? Cut the map into the same elements and glue it with PVA glue onto the cardboard parts of the future globe. You should have a construction kit that can be assembled using spare parts, and which can later be disassembled if you notice that some part has been glued incorrectly. Take your time. All elements must then be assembled in strict sequence so that the copy of the land is correct.
The task is not as difficult as it seems. But, naturally, the child will need the help of an adult to create this interesting model.
How to make a globe with your own hands based on a finished ball
Another blank can be made from a regular old soccer ball. Just cover the ball with newspaper and apply several layers of paper with glue. Then you can choose one of the options:
1) Glue on the marked and painted globe blank.
2) The child can independently paint the globe.
Suitable for making a globe is any other ball-shaped object you find at home. It could be a toy rubber ball, or a small ball that was a Christmas tree toy. Whatever you want, let the child show his imagination and make a globe with his own hands. Surely he will be proud of this.
Copy of land made of paper
You can also make a globe with your own hands using photo paper. This model will be the most plausible. It will consist of 2 parts: the hemispheres of the North and South. They are then glued together using a strip of hard cardboard paper, which will be the equator.
On good photo paper, print out the full layout of the globe. Preferably with all the continents, with the names of the countries. Cut straight down the center. Then you need to carefully cut out the elements. Their number is 24, in accordance with the number of meridians. Cut out each meridian very carefully so that the globe does not turn out crooked. We begin gluing the sheets at the top, that is, from the poles. The sheets are glued together from the inside. When you connect all 24 sheets in the center, bend them and secure them to the “equator”. Be sure to number all the sheets on the inside of the paper with a pencil.
When you have completely made the globe with your own hands, come up with a stand for it, and you will have a wonderful copy of the original globe. It is best to cut the stand out of wood. Make the semicircle supporting the axis of the ball thin and not heavy; the stand for it needs a thicker one to support the weight. Make sure that the semicircle is the right size.
Origami globe
Any experienced origami lover can make a globe with his own hands. A master class on making a paper copy of a globe using this technique can be given to a child by a parent.
There are several globe layouts using the origami technique. But most often they make a globe craft in the form of a square “ball”. After all, this craft serves only as a funny decoration, a trinket. There is no respect for scale here. Origami globes are folded for fun.
You can make a real round globe if you make a craft from paper modules. More than 1 thousand modules need to be prepared for the globe. It's much more complicated, but modular origami looks very nice, and your Earth will really be spherical.
Globe for the little ones
Try making a globe for your little child with your own hands from plastic plates. It's very simple and won't take much time. Just cover 2 plates with patterns and glue them together.
But if you don’t find such a layout, then download the usual one, which only shows the meridians. And then glue the cut out continents on top. On the continents, your child will draw whatever he wants. This is a “trial version” to show your baby what the planet looks like. You can even not glue the meridian layout, but simply glue blue paper depicting the oceans. You can also recommend that your child make continents from plasticine and use superglue to attach them to the plates in the places you indicate.
All the given copies of the Earth are made in order to interest the child and spend time with him. But such a globe, made with your own hands, will not be educational material. These crafts are low-precision models. But at the same time, making an entire globe with your own hands - who wouldn’t be interested?
Do you love geography or dream of going on a trip around the world? We suggest making a globe with your own hands using the papier-mâché technique. The history of this technique goes back to one of the most romantic countries - France. Papier-mâché was first used to make dolls, and the technique was widely used at the end of the 17th century. The range of products made using the papier-mâché technique has become stunning: frames, boxes, toys and even furniture. At the moment, there are three papier-mâché techniques, one of which you can learn from this article.
Materials for making a globe craft:
- a balloon made of thick rubber;
- newspapers;
- acrylic paints;
- cling film;
- PVA glue;
- scissors;
- a simple pencil;
- a sheet of cardboard.
Stages of work on making a papier-mâché globe:
1) Inflate the balloon to the desired size. We tie it well so that it does not deflate.
2) Wrap the ball in cling film.
3) Cut newspapers or pages of old books into strips.
4) Place the balloon on the bowl to make it easier to cover the surface.
5) Then coat the prepared ball with glue and apply strips of newspaper. So we cover the entire surface. To make the globe durable, glue newspapers in several layers.
6) Drying process. The paper can dry in half a day, but it is better to leave the ball for a longer time.
7) Make a cone from a sheet of cardboard and glue its edges so that it does not unwind. This will be a stand for the globe.
8) When the workpiece has dried, draw the contours of the continents on it with a pencil.
9) Now let's start decorating. Try to paint in several layers so that the globe becomes rich in shades. In order to convey naturalness to the globe, remember the depth of the oceans and seas, forests and mountains are always darker. Don't forget to let each layer of paint dry. You can also decorate the stand.
10) All that remains is to fix the finished globe on the cone. The tip can be trimmed or hidden when gluing the ball onto the cone.
DIY globe craft ready! Using the example of a globe craft, you can see that the papier-mâché technique is simple and safe. Now you can clearly help your child master geography and study the structure of our unique planet. This will be a good and sought-after school gift for your favorite teacher or will simply be a decoration for your office.
Master Class. Globe "Planet of Knowledge"
Making a globe with your own hands using the “Spiderweb” technique. Master Class
The master class is designed for children of secondary school age, as well as their parents and teachers.
Every year on the first Saturday of October we celebrate such a wonderful holiday as Teacher's Day. And every year the same question arises: “What gift should I give to my favorite teacher?” Every child wants to please their teacher with something special. Children love making homemade gifts for their teachers. And it is right! Someone will write a poem, someone will draw a still life, and someone will make a postcard with tender wishes. And for those who could not decide which gift is best to make, we present our master class on making a globe with your own hands, using the “Cobweb” technique. First, let's remember what a globe is?
The ball on the stand is a miracle,
Colorful and beautiful.
You can’t count all the colors,
What is on the ball?
There are mountains and seas there,
The ball is magic, they say
Oceans and forests
Such miracles!
And there are many other miracles
I saw it on the ball.
For example, if you want,
You can spin the ball!
On the magic ball
We all have our own home,
Everyone has a route.
The ball's name is GLOBE.
So that you could imagine,
The globe is a copy of the earth!
Well, now I propose to proceed directly to making our miracle gift.
For this we will be needed : crepe paper (blue, green), velvet colored paper, threads (blue, light blue, green), a cup of sour cream, a ball, “Crystal” glue, PVA glue, skewers 6 pcs., alabaster, cotton pad 2 pcs. , button 2 pcs., padding polyester.
To make the “body” of our globe, we will need PVA glue, an inflated ball (medium size), a needle and thread of three colors. We thread a thread into a needle (first blue, then blue and green), pierce a bottle of glue, and stretching the threads through it, we begin to wrap our ball (previously lubricated with Vaseline or any other cream).
After which we need to let our “ball” dry thoroughly.
While it's drying, we'll start making the mount for our globe. To do this, we will take the wire and form it into a frame of the shape and size we need. And then we wrap it tightly with woolen thread.
Our base is ready, which means it’s time to make an “axis” around which everything will revolve. To do this, we will need 6 skewers glued together with “Crystal” glue and wrapped with woolen thread to match our mount.
After complete drying, you can start making the “body” of our globe. The first thing we must do is to remove the ball we do not need, to do this we pierce it and carefully remove it. Next, fill the “ball” with padding polyester as tightly as possible. We glue the “continents” cut out of velvet colored paper using “Crystal” glue.
We glue the cut-out cotton pads to the places of the supposed “poles”. We also use Crystal glue.
So, all the parts are almost ready, you can start assembling. We put the “body” of the globe on the “axis”, fasten it to the base and secure it at both ends with previously prepared buttons.
Now let's start making the base in which we will subsequently secure our globe.
To do this, wrap a sour cream cup in crepe paper and decorate it with woolen thread.
Well, our wonderful globe is ready!
You can proudly give it to your favorite teacher!!!
The word globe comes from the Latin globus, which means “ball”. For modern people, of course, it is no secret that the earth has a spherical shape. But it was not always so. The history of the origin of the model of our planet and how to make a globe from plasticine with your own hands will be discussed in this article.
Globe history
Back in the 3rd century BC, ancient Greek scientists established that the earth has a spherical shape. The first globe is mentioned in history around 150 BC. Its creator was Crates of Mallus. His model was depicted as a single continent, furrowed by rivers. The oldest globe that has survived to this day is considered to be the globe of the German cartographer Martin Beheim. He made his model by stretching tanned calfskin over metal ribs.
Of course, the New World had not yet been discovered in 1492, so it was not on Benheim's world map. They used Ptolemy's maps as a basis. Taking this model as a basis, cartographers subsequently made changes related to new geographical discoveries. After this, the globes spread throughout Europe. They were given to high-ranking persons and even monarchs. Actually, in our country the globe appeared as a gift to Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov from the Dutch ambassadors. Later this globe passed to Peter the Great. Nowadays the globe is considered a symbol of enlightenment.
Citrus option
Try making a model of the globe from plasticine with your child. Why plasticine? This material is ideal for children's crafts. It is very flexible, convenient and safe to work with. Modeling classes help train fine motor skills of the hands, which contributes to the development of speech, because the speech center and the center responsible for coordinating the fingers are located nearby in the brain. Thanks to modeling, attention and memory are trained, and making crafts that are close to real models helps to better understand the essence of things. And of course, the child’s imagination develops and the child’s creative potential is realized.
The master class with photos below will help you create a globe with your own hands.
So, to make a three-dimensional model of the globe, you will need:
- Grapefruit or large orange;
- Ball pen;
- Plasticine of various colors;
- Stack;
- A real globe.
Prepare the base by thoroughly washing and drying the fruit. Using a ballpoint pen, draw the outlines of the continents onto the orange. This can be done by attaching tracing paper to a real globe and redrawing the outline of the land onto it. Then cut out the pattern and trace it on the orange with a pen. Or you can draw continents from the globe by eye.
Most of the globe is occupied by oceans. This is where you need to start making the model. Next, mark the continents in green.
Don't forget that Antarctica and Greenland are covered with snow, they will be white.
Now you can apply the hills. Looking at the actual map, apply yellow clay where needed.
The next color to apply is orange. Don't forget to check the map.
Mark the highest places on the globe in brown.
Add deep areas in the ocean with dark blue clay.
Look how bright and beautiful the globe turned out.
On a stand
The next master class is perfect for children.
To make a globe on a stand, you only need plasticine and a real globe. It is necessary to correctly position the continents and mountains in the vast expanses of the oceans of our planet.
Make a large ball out of blue plasticine.
Draw the poles using white plasticine.
Then, after carefully looking at the world map, make cakes from green plasticine and, using a stack, give them the shape of the continents of the Eastern Hemisphere - Eurasia, Africa and Australia. Don't forget to add the island of Madagascar.
Place them in the right places on the layout, focusing on the real globe.
Let's move on to the Western Hemisphere. North and South America are located there. Form them from plasticine and place them on the model.
Now you need to put deserts and mountains on the globe. Make them using orange and brown plasticine.
To make the footrest, make a ball and flatten it. The second part can be made by forming a roller from plasticine. Flatten it slightly and bend it into a crescent shape. Place the globe on a stand. The craft is ready.
On a stick
For another option for making a globe, see the next master class.
To make such a model of the Earth you will need:
- Plastic or foam ball;
- Thick wooden skewer;
- A glass of sour cream;
- Plasticine;
- Colored paper;
- Buckwheat and semolina;
- A real globe.
You need to make a hole at the base of the ball and connect it to a wooden skewer using plasticine. The lower part of the skewer needs to be strengthened in the cup also with plasticine. The side walls of the cup can be covered with colored paper or painted with acrylic paint. Apply blue plasticine to the ball in an even layer. Coat a wooden stick and the bottom of the glass with white plasticine. Based on a real model of the Earth, make continents from rolled out green plasticine. To do this, you can use their patterns. Using yellow and brown plasticine, mark the hills and mountains. Sprinkle the places where the glaciers are located with semolina, and the places where the highest mountains are located, encrust with grains of buckwheat. The globe on a stick is ready!
It is most convenient to visually study continents and bodies of water with a model. However, not everyone has the opportunity to purchase a ready-made globe. Then you can feel like a creator and make a miniature planet yourself. Moreover, it can be made in several ways. Let's look at how to make a globe with your own hands from paper.
Preparatory stage
Cover the table on which you are going to make crafts with newspapers, waste papers or special oilcloth. Prepare all the necessary materials so as not to be distracted by searching for them during the process.
You will need:
- pots;
- glass containers;
- spoon;
- water - five glasses;
- flour - one cup;
- newspapers or consumer paper;
- balloon;
- primer;
- tassels;
- paints (acrylic or gouache diluted with PVA glue);
- scissors;
- hot glue;
- toilet paper roll;
- plastic plate (cake stand).
The globe needs a base. Therefore, you need to figure it out. Ideally, you need a round balloon. Choose the diameter with which you want to make the globe. Inflate the balloon and tie tightly. Place it on a glass or any other convenient container that can serve as a stand. If you want to make the most realistic model of the planet, then try to achieve a slightly flattened shape. If you only find a standard oval balloon, just inflate it lightly.
Cooking the paste
Before you make a globe with your own hands from paper, you need to prepare a binding solution - a paste. Pour four glasses of water into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Meanwhile, in another container, mix the flour with the remaining liquid. As soon as the water boils, gradually add the resulting mixture into it, stirring constantly.
Reduce heat to low and cook for a couple more minutes. Don't stop stirring otherwise it will burn. The finished paste can be placed in a cool place so that it cools faster.
with your own hands
Tear the newspaper into small strips or squares with your hands. Lubricate with oil or Vaseline. Place a pan with a binding solution in front of you. Dip newspaper pieces into the paste and apply to the ball. So make several layers. Don't forget to leave a small hole through which you will then remove the ball. Cover the remaining paste with a tight lid or plastic bag. Leave the workpiece to dry for a day.
Warm up the adhesive mixture and repeat the entire process. That is, wrap the ball in pieces of paper and let it dry. In principle, you can stop at this stage. But the more layers of paper, the stronger the ball will be.
We are already getting closer to how to make it. From paper we did not make a completely closed blank, but with a small hole. Puncture a balloon through it or untie the tip and deflate. Don't let go of the tail, hold it with your fingers. Remove the balloon. The result was a hollow piece of papier-mâché in the shape of a ball.
We paint and create continents
Cover the future globe with primer and let dry. Now paint the ball blue. This is how we simulate oceans and seas. Draw the continents with a pencil by hand or using stencils. Paint them with green, brown, yellow and white paints, based on the real layout. If desired, sign the names of continents, bodies of water, islands, and so on. Now all that remains is to make a stand to make a tabletop globe. But first, let's look at how else you can make a world map.
Other options for creating continents
Paint the globe blue. We cut out the finished continents from paper and glue them to the ball. The map can be left white so that during the learning process the child himself can paint the continents and bodies of water in the desired colors. Or you can completely cover the globe with blue paper, and then apply the continents.
The easiest way is to transfer a ready-made world map. Some craftsmen process the image in a graphics editor: enlarge it, stretch it, and then print it and glue it. Or you can do it even simpler - take a ready-made paper globe model as a basis. For example, you can use the image above and resize it to the size you need.
Globe stand
Take a toilet paper roll, make a cut on one side and bend it over. Apply hot glue to them and attach them to the middle of the plastic plate. You can use the bottom of a round cake box instead. If necessary, widen the hole in the globe. Insert the other side of the sleeve into it, pre-lubricated with glue. The tabletop globe is ready. If the papier-mâché workpiece turns out to be quite heavy, then weight the stand with plaster or use a container with sufficient weight instead of a plate.
How else to make a base for a globe
- Simply crumple up the newspapers and wrap the paper in several layers until you have something that looks like a ball. The method is simple and fast, but not neat.
- Buy a ready-made foam blank.
- Use Christmas balls if you want to make a small globe.
Take a volleyball, football, gymnastics or other ball of suitable diameter as a basis. You can immediately draw or stick continents on them. You can also use them as a form for papier-mâché. Only the paper blank will have to be cut to remove the ball. But you can attach loops to the halves and turn the model of the planet into a box.
Now you know how to make a globe with your own hands from paper. Try making it with your children, they will definitely enjoy this exciting process.