DIY plasticine tank step by step - photo instructions with description, lesson on sculpting a three-dimensional tank for beginners

How to make a tank for a child

For very young children, a simplified version of the plasticine tank (from 3 to 5 years old) is suitable.

You should prepare 3-4 whole layers of green plasticine, since it is from this color that most of the parts will be made.

The tank has the following parts:

• Frame
• Tower
• A gun
• Caterpillars
• Hatches
• Fuel tank

Useful tips and tricks

The technique of modeling from plasticine is quite simple and is suitable even for the smallest craftsmen. It is possible that a child will not be able to make a perfect craft the first time, this is normal and natural. Over time, he will gain experience and all the necessary skills, his models will be realistic and have a high level of skill.

Tips for beginners:

1. 
   For modeling, it is advisable to choose only domestically produced plasticine. It has good quality and all the necessary properties.

2. The tank should have a dull palette, so they use camouflage and mix colors.
3. For greater flexibility and elasticity, plasticine is heated with hot water or air.
4. If it starts to stick too much to your hands and becomes difficult to work with, then it needs to be cooled.
5. It is important to consider that over time the parts harden and become stronger.
6. For very young children, floating types of plasticine are used. It is easy to sculpt various figures and details from them. Products made from such material are short-lived, but they allow the child to develop modeling skills.

Making crafts from plasticine is a creative and exciting process that does not depend on the age of the master. This hobby can be enjoyed by both a child and an adult. Professionals and craftsmen in this direction make real works of art from plasticine. They compete with each other and periodically organize exhibitions of their works. And in fact, making a tank, plane or any combat vehicle is not at all difficult, you just need to have the desire and free time.

Caterpillars

1. First, take a whole piece of green plasticine and cut off one of the edges diagonally with a plastic knife. This will be the bottom of the tank.
2. To create caterpillars you will need a black layer of plasticine. Cut two rectangles from this piece and turn them into two black sausages.
3. Next, you need to crush the two black rollers with your finger. So that they become flat.
4. Next, use a plastic knife to make shallow furrows on the black plasticine sausages.
5. Then you should prepare 10 large balls of the same size and 4 smaller ones.
6. The next step is to crush the balls and make disks out of them.
7. Five large wheels and two small ones should be placed next to each other and a black ribbon should be wrapped around them.
8. This will be the gangway. The same should be done with the second side.
9. Then you need to attach the caterpillars to the green layer of plasticine on the sides from different sides.

Model "Panther"

Children often prefer to make not only a Soviet tank, but also a German one, in order to completely recreate the confrontation between the troops. To make a “Panther” model tank from plasticine, you need to take several blocks of nondescript colors.

Here the wheels and the body itself are made of different shades of brown. Pieces in which the colors are mixed are suitable. They always take on a brown tone.

3 bars are enough for the body, 1 for the wheels, and for sculpting the tracks you will have to prepare a gray color.

Master class on creating a model:

1. Plasticine pieces are combined into 1 large ball. To heat up the hard bars, you need to hold them briefly in your palms. Then make a tube out of them, and then a bun.
2. Take 1/2 of the ball and form a rectangle. Tear off half of the remaining material and make the same rectangle, but smaller.
3. Make a ball from the unused 1/4. Then you form a tower, trying to lightly press down on the sides. The result should be a beveled structure. Attach the tower to the base.
4. The Panther is distinguished by the presence of 4 large wheels on each track and 2 small ones. Balls are formed from brown or brown plasticine
5. The workpieces are lightly pressed down. Take a ballpoint pen and make a hole in the middle of each wheel with the top side.
6. For the caterpillars, a gray block is used. 2 thin and flat strips are sculpted from them. The protector is applied using a plastic knife.
7. Place 4 large wheels in a row on the table, then 2 small ones. They should be surrounded by tracks and attached to the frame.
8. 2 protective screens are constructed from brown or brown plasticine. Attached at the front.
9. For the tower you need to install a barrel made of a thin plasticine stick. 2 small flat “pancakes” will serve as a hatch.
10. Lastly, an antenna is rolled up from the multi-colored remains and fixed to the tower.

Let's make a cannon

In order to make a cannon, you need to make a fairly long sausage and blunt it on both sides.

To prevent the cannon from falling off the rest of the tank, you should insert a toothpick into it. Then attach the resulting cannon to the rest of the tank.

Small tank parts

The final step is to sculpt the fuel tanks, hatches, antenna and red star.

1. Fuel tanks should be made of thick but short rolls.
2. You need to draw grooves on the tanks with a knife.
3. To make the hatches, roll the balls and cut them in half.
4. Make the antenna from black plasticine and thin wire. Glue them to the tank body.

The end result of the plasticine tank should look like the picture.

Heavy-duty IS-7 and IS-6

The IS-7 tank is a heavy tank produced in 1945-1947.

And here are the plasticine models:

The IS-6 tank also dates back to the Second World War. The general appearance resembles the T-34.

How to make these and other tank models can be seen in the video below.

How to make a T-34 tank

The next version of the tank is intended for older children. The T-34 tank is well known to almost all people. After all, it was he who helped make a decisive contribution to the victory.

To create a T-34 from plasticine, the first step is to take a fairly large amount of plasticine and knead it. This will make it more elastic and easier to work with.

German Tiger

For this model, you need to take several pieces of dark plasticine and one light one, which will be used to make stripes. Proceed with step-by-step assembly:

• The body is made in the form of a rectangle. A thinner figure is placed on top of it and the edges begin to bevel.
• 12 wheels are made from flattened balls. A hole is made in the middle of each using a match.
• Long brown ribbons will serve as caterpillars. Protectors in the form of notches are applied to their surface.
• The wheels are wrapped with tracks and secured to the base.
• Thin linings are molded over the chassis.
• The tower is made of black block. For the barrel, wrap a match in the same plasticine.
• From a light block, stripes are glued onto the tank in a chaotic manner. They will recreate the colors of the tiger.

The tank is ready. If desired, additional elements can be attached to the body.

Frame

In order to mold the body of the T-34, you need to take a whole piece of green plasticine.

1. We cut one edge at a greater angle than the other. We also cut off the sides at an acute angle.
2. Thus, you should get a trapezoid. We must remember that all the edges of the T-34’s hull are very sharp, so we must give the sides a pointed shape.
3. Next you should make two long sausages, and then knead them with your finger.
4. These will be the wings that cover and protect the track from tearing.

Bottom and tracks

To create the bottom, you need to take a layer of plasticine and knead it into a fairly thick rectangle.

1. From a black piece of plasticine you should make two black and long sausages.
2. Then you should knead them into a flat shape and connect their ends to each other. Use a plastic knife to make notches on them.
3. For the wheels, make 14 balls. And then shape them into disks.
4. 5 large and two small disks will go on each side of the tank.
5. You need to draw a ladder around these discs.
6. The resulting tracks should be attached to the bottom.

How to make a castle from plasticine.

Modeling is a special process for making any product you like, be it cartoon characters, historical characters and buildings, or all those objects that surround us every day. You can mold anything by adding a little imagination and minimal skills. Modeling will not only give you a beautiful product in the end, but will also help develop your child such qualities as perseverance, attentiveness, and accuracy. Helps the child put together his own picture of the world around him. Today we will try to make a whole castle out of plasticine and learn how to make a fairy tale with our own hands. Such works will perfectly help you spend your weekend with your family. For a beautiful castle we will need:

• blue canvas for painting a castle (cardboard, thick paper);
• plasticine in yellow, blue, red, green, brown, gray and light blue;
• stack.

Let's take the base of our castle. We recommend blue color, since our castle will be located against the sky.

We will make the first oval turret from yellow plasticine. And we will attach it in the center of our canvas, pressing it with our fingertips.

On the right we will make a slightly higher turret from green plasticine.

Let's start transforming the first turret. We will make a gate from brown and blue plasticine. Using a stack we will draw a brick wall on our fortress.

Let's make a beautiful triangular roof for our yellow turret. Let's apply the pattern.

Now, using gray plasticine, we will connect our turrets with a stone wall. Apply the pattern using stacks.

Mix green and gray plasticine and roll small stones. place them along the bottom of the picture.

Make windows for the second turret as shown in the photo. Roll out strips of yellow plasticine and make bars on them and on the gate of the yellow turret.

Use red plasticine to make a triangular roof for a large turret. Apply a slate-like pattern in a stack.

Complete the look by adding a month and small round stars to the background. Make a flag for our castle. The craft is ready, now we have a magic castle, made with our own hands.

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Olesya Selikhova

About the author: Psychologist, specialist in the field of family relationships and raising children. I love drawing, modeling, needlework and any interesting creativity. Mom raising two children and a wonderful wife!

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A gun

To create a cannon, we need one long green sausage, which needs to be blunted on both sides.

1. You need to make a hole at one edge of the cannon using a toothpick.
2. At the other end, insert a toothpick.
3. This is necessary so that the gun holds well and does not fall from any blows or other embarrassments.

The T-34 has a fairly large bump on the front of the turret.

1. In reality, it was needed for the gun to rise and fall.
2. To create this pine cone we need to make a cylinder and then cut it in half.
3. Using a plastic knife, draw two deep lines on the sides of the tower.

Additional tank parts

• Hatches
• Antenna
• Fuel tanks
• Star

Operating procedure:

1. In order to make a hatch for the crew, you need to roll a medium-sized ball. Then you should cut it in half and lightly crush it.
2. To create an antenna, you should tear off a small piece of black and make a very thin and long sausage out of it. Glue to the tower.
3. To recreate the fuel tanks, you need to mold a thick and long roller. One third of the roller needs to be cut off with a plasticine knife.
4. Next, you should draw shallow furrows on it. Attach the resulting tanks to the stern of the hull.
5. To make a star you need to roll a small red ball. Crush it into a cake and cut out a star shape with a plastic knife. Glue it in the center of the tower.
6. Place the resulting plasticine version of the T-34 tank in the refrigerator to freeze for 2 hours.

This method will help the tank harden and not break. After the time has passed, remove the fake from the refrigerator.

The T-34 tank is ready!

Don't forget to take a photo of the plasticine tank as a souvenir.

Military themed crafts

Not only children, but also adults are interested in modeling. In children, it develops motor skills and forms many skills. The child develops perseverance, attentiveness and correct perception of the world around him with all its proportions and features. This activity helps to fantasize and has a beneficial effect on the psychological and aesthetic development of the young master.

Plasticine is the most convenient material for children's creativity. It has environmentally friendly characteristics and is safe for human health and is therefore great for children. Children also like to sculpt. From this plastic material you can make a bunch of crafts: dishes for dolls, a house or a magic castle, soldiers, and even make a tank from plasticine or any other combat vehicle.

Plasticine is especially relevant in military subjects. This is the most convenient and simple material for modeling.

Advantages of plasticine:

1. It can be easily mixed to expand the color range.
2. It has such qualities as elasticity and high ductility.
3. Plasticine is a completely environmentally friendly and harmless material.
4. Suitable for any type of creativity, that is, it is universal.
5. It practically does not stain your hands, which is very convenient.

Sculpting military equipment, especially if you approach it professionally and make high-quality crafts, requires the production of very small parts. If you use clay or gypsum, it is not always possible to achieve the desired result.

Therefore, plasticine is the most suitable material. And besides, once the model is made, it does not need to be further processed or coated with any paints, since this material already contains them, and other colors are not needed.

Photo of a plasticine tank