VIDEO: Crafts with chestnuts for toddlers

Tinker chestnut men with small children

There are no limits to your imagination! Since no two chestnuts are the same, the result of the figures is usually just as individual as their appearance.

1. To make a male out of chestnuts, your child chooses two slightly larger chestnuts. One chestnut serves as the head and the other as the body. These are put together with the help of a toothpick. There should be a small gap between the two chestnuts for the neck. If you always prick the holes, your child can put his own male together.
2. Next, attach four equally long pieces of toothpicks for the hands and feet. To do this, you can cut a toothpick in half and use it as arms. Do the same with the legs of the chestnut man.
3. Afterwards, a small chestnut is attached to the toothpicks as hands and feet.
4. Of course, you can also use other natural materials such as beechnuts, acorns or rose hips.


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5. With a beechnut on his head, the male gets its final touch and will soon develop into a popular children's toy.

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Tinker horse out of chestnuts with small children

Making a little horse out of chestnuts is particularly suitable for toddlers. It is easy to put together and at the same time promotes fine motor skills in the child.

1. Take a chestnut and drill the holes as follows: One hole on the rear part for the horse's tail, two openings each in the front left and right for the front legs, two more holes in the back left and right for the rear legs and another one on the front in the middle for the Head. So in total you will drill six holes.
2. Cut off the tip of five of the six toothpicks on one side and shorten them so that the horse will have a firm stance at a later point in time. Leave the sixth toothpick as it is.
3. Now your child can insert the toothpicks into all of the pre-drilled openings. Now the horse has two front legs, two back legs, a tail and a neck.
4. Attach a chestnut to the horse's neck.
5. While the toddlers let their creativity run free and the self-made horse eyes, nose, mouth and maybe even hair you can put the figures you have already made on a solid cardboard box and cover them with moss, fruits, nuts and other natural materials decorate. A real playground for the little ones!