Every interested parent goes through the experience of decorating children's themed corners with their own hands. The pets themselves and teachers participate in the creation of this mandatory element of the interior in preschool and school institutions.
The items that make up the composition can be crafts made during classes or specially selected items (souvenirs, printed materials) that have developmental significance.
In kindergarten and elementary grades, parents can also be involved in equipping the corners. Their indirect participation is also implied at subsequent stages of study, when students, having received an appropriate creative task, turn to family members for help.
Interior features in kindergarten
Decorating rooms for games and activities allows you to zoning the space and optimally use visual attributes in the process of raising and developing a child.
In addition to permanent corners with toys, construction sets and materials for manual labor, stands and shelves with children’s work are organized, which are periodically updated.Thematic exhibitions with crafts and drawings complement the theme of the matinees; they can change in accordance with the seasons and holiday dates.
To create an exhibition board for drawings, the most suitable material is considered to be a lightweight cork sheet on which the paper can be fixed using buttons. It can be rectangular or with a curly cut.
The cork board is installed on a wooden, plastic or aluminum frame, which is firmly fixed to the wall. The surface of the stand can be painted or decorated with figures made of self-adhesive paper.
To create a display board, the content of which is updated daily, you can use a frame with stretched fabric, while the drawings are secured with safety pins.
Making your own passe-partout and special pockets for paper is an integral part of decorating corners in kindergarten.
The ability to abandon buttons and other metal fasteners will protect children and they will be able to change exhibits on their own.
To place bulky crafts, it is convenient to use narrow wall shelves. You can creatively add images of fairy-tale characters in poses supporting stands for figurines made by children into the background of the design.
In addition, in a corner of nature in each group it is necessary to have:
- Natural vegetables and fruits, or their dummies.
- Sets of pictures depicting animals, birds, insects and more.
- Albums "Seasons"; books with illustrations depicting animals; paintings by famous artists.
- Children's drawings about nature and crafts made from natural materials.
- Material for labor. Aprons, watering cans, spatulas, loosening sticks, and rags are useful for caring for indoor plants. Brooms and dustpans - to maintain cleanliness in a corner of nature and a group.
- Equipment for experiments. Molds, funnels, shovels, sieves will be needed for playing with sand. To play with water, you can use pipettes, disposable syringes, and containers of various shapes. To make crafts, you need natural and waste materials (shells, pebbles, pine cones, acorns, chestnuts, twigs). For children in the preparatory group, working with a magnifying glass, microscope, and scales will be interesting.
- Didactic games with natural content “Who eats what?”, “Whose house?”, “Whose baby?” and others.
Filling the corner of nature with the necessary material will depend on the age of the children and the requirements of the Education Program.
A corner of nature is necessary not only for observations. It also contributes to the formation of labor skills. Already from the younger group, children are involved in carrying out individual work assignments. And from the senior group, duty in a corner of nature is introduced.
A corner to connect with nature
The concept of decorating a corner of nature with your own hands depends on the age group and the ability to regularly care for the exhibits.
If the exhibit will be within reach of children, it should include only harmless items.You can create a model of a farm or savannah with plastic figures. Nearby you can place cards with images of animals, insects and plants.
For children who can take part in watering and care, you can create a picturesque corner with climbing and exotic plants.
Nearby on the windowsill you can set up an indoor vegetable garden for germinating seeds.
As additional attributes, you can use temperature and humidity sensors, spray bottles and water containers, special cloths for cleaning plants, and spatulas for loosening.
You can use tree bark, pine cones, and herbariums to decorate the corner. In the common playroom, if regular specialized care is possible, you can also place an aquarium with fish.
Permanent inhabitants of this corner of nature will be indoor plants:
- In the younger group of indoor plants, 4-5 types of unpretentious plants are recommended. These are plants that bloom beautifully and for a long time, with distinct stems, leaves and flowers. For example, ficus, primrose, balsam, coleus, geranium.
- In the middle group, the number of indoor plants increases to 5-6 species. These will be plants with different shapes and sizes of leaves. For example, asparagus, agave, chlorophytum.
- In the older group, 6-7 plant species, 2-3 specimens each, with various stems (climbing, creeping), having bulbs and corms are placed in a corner of nature. For example, tradescantia, ivy, amaryllis and others.
- In the preparatory group, 6-7 species of plants are placed in a corner of nature, which reproduce in various ways: by bulbs, viviparous. As well as flowers with different growing conditions. For example, bryophyllum, saxifrage, cyperus.
Rack for sports equipment
Decorating a sports corner with your own hands is done in the active games area. For bright hoops, clubs, balls and jumping ropes, it is necessary to organize aesthetic and convenient storage with special holders, nets and shelves.
To equip the corner, you need to use the safest plastic or fabric products.
The contents of the exhibition can be supplemented with homemade items, such as fake fishing rods or other devices for developing dexterity.
Information board in children's institutions
When decorating a corner for parents with your own hands, the overall aesthetics of the institution are preserved. The composition, as a rule, is placed in the reception area, the most optimal place is above the changing lockers or at the entrance to the room.
A section of the wall is decorated with bright, cheerful drawings or wall relief figures, the details of which can be supplemented with seasonal or festive elements.
Subject developmental compositions in kindergartens
Exhibits with special paraphernalia on traffic rules, hygiene and healthy eating, shelves with musical instruments, books or pencils are also located in separate areas with a thematic design.
According to the requirements of modern pedagogy, privacy zones can also be created in playrooms and classrooms - houses, tents, curtained areas with upholstered furniture.
In the process of decorating corners with your own hands, you can use photo collections with successful solutions.
Home Garden Ideas – Create an Elegant Nature Corner in Your Home
Very often we want to bring a piece of nature into our homes, offices and apartments. Plants have always been and remain faithful green companions of humans.
Decorative gardening is developing rapidly in our time, unusual forms and styles are being created, embodied in the interiors of houses, which often do not have sufficient space for growing a real garden. But you can always find the opportunity to plant trees or other areas in the house, which will significantly transform the interior.
There are many possibilities for designing spaces using living plants. Now more than ever, the art of gardening is adapted to the interiors of small spaces with balconies and terraces. Small spaces encourage many creative ideas.
Are you looking for an opportunity to add some greenery to your windowsill? It's not a problem! Do you want to grow emerald weed indoors? Then read on...
The size of the green corner in the room can be very different. Plants can even be placed in small pots. However, they all look very beautiful and stylish!
We invite you, our dear readers of the Design Museum, to enjoy viewing ready-made design solutions from which you can draw inspiration for your own original ideas for creating a green corner. And it will change your home beyond recognition.
Plant collection
Do you want to feel the grand impact of a garden created indoors? We'll start by presenting an interior photograph from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Barcelona.
Here the entire room is filled with tropical greenery. Palms and ferns growing in pots evoke an indescribable feeling of unity with nature. An additional sense of beauty is created by pots of plants hanging throughout the space. Notice how wonderful they look against the background of the white palette of the room. Thus, if you want to favorably emphasize the greenery in the interior, then choose a very light background for it.
Below, take a look at the image of one residential project. A collection of three plants with long leaves is located in deep rectangular pots in a rather original way.
Particularly striking are the ceramic pots, created in collaboration with designer Jason Lane. They have an otherworldly appearance, which is especially noticeable when they are grouped. Using creative vases will help you perfectly decorate your personal green space.
Another residential project showcases placing tall plants on either side of floor-to-ceiling glass doors, creating a visually smooth and invisible transition from room to room.
For growing grass that needs a lot of light, a window sill is ideal. To give a vintage look to the landscaping, large tea boxes were used, into which the grass was sown.
Vertical gardens created against the background of a snow-white wall are an ideal option for those who are friendly with bright spaces. If you don't want to create such a garden from scratch, check out a modular green wall.
For another original version, you can use small closed containers with soil. Fill empty spaces with plants of your choice. By placing the drawers vertically, you will create a miniature green wall.
Unusual creative pots
Succulents are most often used as an ideal option for indoor landscaping, especially since they can be chosen from many interesting varieties. They can be combined in individual creative containers or arranged separately in an unusual way. This brings a unique charm to modern, bright spaces.
The composition below is central to the design of this residential project. She gives your creativity a boost by arranging these succulent plants on plain white bowls or plates. Feel free to turn your plants into true works of art by adding glass beads, driftwood, shells, rocks and other eye-catching trinkets.
Succulents love sunlight very much. Therefore, the best place for their location may be aluminum gutters located on the sunny side along the window opening. Sometimes just a few types of individual potted plants can create an original indoor garden.
Using a set of small pots in your room will add some coziness and depth to your green space. Containers in pastel colors and shades of jade, mint or rose are the perfect complement to these original plants.
Display your luxurious indoor garden on floor-to-ceiling shelves. Try placing pots of succulent plants interspersed with various decorative items such as vases and sculptural balls.
Terrariums
We couldn't finish our little review of home gardening without mentioning the latest design solutions - terrariums. They are a kind of mini-gardens, enclosed in open or closed glass containers, and add personality and special appeal to the premises.
Often this effect is enhanced by grouping them against the background of one window. Designers also add small animal figurines to them, adding originality to their creations. If you look closer at the photos, you will notice the presence of plastic dinosaurs in the containers.
Everyone can create a small garden that will become the central element of the interior in your room with their own hands. Clear pots (glass bowls) always look great and are becoming increasingly popular. A row of pots placed in the center of the table shows the successful use of uniform containers and a variety of plants in the design.
The designers used very original solutions, creating true mini-worlds with miniature people, which are located in stylish glass containers. These humorous scenes from life are a new level of organization of closed terrariums.
Unusual mini-gardens floating in the air can be created by hanging pots at different levels. This compact and ultra-modern design is ideal for rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows.
And we will finish by introducing you to a giant terrarium from architectural designer Emmanuel Moureaux.
The images above are proof that there is no space too small for an indoor garden. Let it be very simple for now, consisting of only a few pots. But maybe then you want to go further and organize chic vertical or hanging gardens.
Most importantly, don't be afraid to experiment and be prepared to make small mistakes. Don't be discouraged if some of your pets are thriving while others are struggling. It is in your power to fix everything and create comfortable conditions for their growth.
If at first it doesn't work out, try again. Remember that the unique conditions of your home may be home to many rare collections of living plants...
