Useful tips
Paper crafts with children is a wonderful way to spend free time with your family.
Do different crafts with children, and everyone will be very happy, not only with the result, but also with the process itself.
Take advantage of our tips and ideas to improve your skills in making crafts and acquire new ones.
DIY paper crafts. Wicker heart.
This beautiful heart is very easy to make. It can serve as both a decoration tool and a beautiful addition to a gift, especially if you made it for a loved one.
You will need:
2 sheets of A4 paper (colors: blue and red)
Scissors
Ruler
Pencil
1. Fold the sheets in half and cut them into 2 halves (the cut should be made perpendicular to the bend).
2. Take each half and make 2 or 3 cuts on the fold side.
3. Start weaving a paper heart.
Insert the blue stripe into the red one and the red stripe into the blue one.
Alternate all the strips until the end.
Trim the ends to give the piece a heart shape.
4. Glue a strip to the paper heart so you can hang it.
* The simplest option is a heart made of two stripes on each leaf. The more cuts, the longer it takes to weave, but the craft itself will look more beautiful and interesting.
* You can put sweets, a card or other surprise in your heart.
Paper crafts for children. Toys.
You'll need:
Old newspaper or paper
PVA glue
Paints (gouache)
1. First, prepare some newspaper and shred it. Children can help you with this, and such an activity will be interesting even to the smallest. You should not cut newspaper with scissors.
2. Pour hot water over the mixture of crumpled newspapers and leave for a few minutes.
3. Now mash the paper pieces into a homogeneous mass. If you want to speed up the process, you can use a mixer.
4. Drain off excess water and squeeze out the paper pulp. You should end up with a lump of wet newspaper from which you can sculpt figures.
5. To start sculpting from a lump, you first need to make it elastic.
For this:
Prepare the glue and start adding it to the mixture little by little, remembering to mix thoroughly
The process of adding glue and mixing must be continued until the mass begins to resemble plasticine.
* It is worth noting that you do not need to overdo it with glue so that the mass does not turn out to be very liquid.
6. Now you have material for modeling. You can, for example, sculpt cars and airplanes for boys or dishes for dolls for girls.
7. After you have molded the desired toy, leave it to dry.
8. When the toy has dried, you can start painting it.
Crafts made from colored paper. Cylinder hat.
You will need:
Colored cardboard (or colored construction paper)
Colored paper
Dishes
PVA glue
1. Place a large plate on the paper and trace it. Cut out the circle.
2. Place a small plate in the middle and circle it. Cut out the middle. It is advisable that the circumference of the small plate is approximately equal to the circumference of your head.
3. Prepare a large piece of paper (or glue several small ones together) and cut it so that its circumference roughly matches the circumference of your head. Next, make several cuts along the edges.
4. Roll the sheet into a tube and glue it together.
5. Insert the pipe into the fields and attach it to the circle by folding the edges and gluing them.
6. Glue the small circle that you previously cut out to the top of the future hat (i.e., to the top of the tube).
How to make a paper craft. Apple with a worm.
You will need:
Colored paper
Scissors
Pencil
1. First you need to think about what color your apple will be (yellow, red or green).
2. When you have decided on a color, you need to crumple a sheet of newspaper into a tight ball, then wrap it in a sheet of the color that you have chosen.
* To prevent your apple from unraveling, apply glue to the protruding edges of the paper.
3. Prepare a small rectangular brown leaf and roll it into a tube to make an apple tail.
4. Prepare a green sheet of paper and fold it in half, then cut out the blanks for the apple leaf.
5. Using a pencil, mark the hole in the apple. After this, you can glue the tail and leaves.
6. Prepare black paper and crumple it into 6-7 small balls, from which you will then make a worm. Make one ball larger than the rest - this will be the head.
7. Start gluing the balloons onto the apple. First, it is advisable to apply glue and wait a little, then press the balls.
Crafts made from cardboard and paper. Magic castle.
This fairytale castle is made using cardboard and cardboard toilet paper cylinders. The author of this project is Australian and mother of two children. She is the author of several books, the main theme of which is paper crafts.
You will need:
8 cardboard toilet paper cylinders
Cardboard box
4 straws
Colored cardboard
Scissors
Markers
1. Preparing the main castle building
Prepare the box and cut off the top flaps. Next, cut out the lock teeth around the perimeter.
2. Making towers
You need to attach a paper cylinder (aka “tower”) to the corner of the box so that it (the corner) is approximately in the middle.
Use a marker to mark where the walls of your castle meet the edge of the "tower".
In the marked places, make shallow cuts - about 3cm.
Repeat the process with the remaining three castle towers.
3. We attach flags to the towers
Prepare colored cardboard and cut out triangles from it. Next, glue the triangles to the straws using tape. After this, glue (also using tape) the straws to the towers.
4. We make windows and doors
For windows and doors you will need paint - just draw windows and doors on colored cardboard and glue them to the front of the castle (you can use glue or tape).
5. Green surroundings
Prepare a sheet of green cardboard and draw 4 tree crowns on it. Take 4 loose cardboard cylinders from toilet paper and make two cuts - opposite each other, then insert the crowns into the trunks.
That's all!
DIY paper crafts for children. Owl family.
All you need is a cardboard base from paper towels or toilet paper and paint.
1. First, paint each cylinder a unique color. Leave to dry after painting.
2. Fold the top of each piece as shown in the image and you will have owl ears.
3. You can draw eyes or glue plastic blanks.
4. Cut out wings and a beak from paper of a different color, which you then glue to the owl’s body.
Paper crafts (diagrams). Snake.
Using the paper accordion method you can make this cute snake.
1. Prepare a sheet of paper and cut two strips of the same length.
2. Fold these strips into a shape resembling the Latin letter L.
3. Start folding one strip over another one at a time. In the end, you should end up with an elastic, elongated accordion.
4. Draw a funny snake face on colored cardboard and cut it out.
5. Glue the face onto the end of the paper accordion.
Paper is a malleable material. It can withstand torsion, folding, is easy to cut and takes on almost any shape. Every adult in school or kindergarten made paper crafts without glue, using popular arts and crafts techniques. You can use them to decorate your home, make cards and souvenirs.
Most manufacturing techniques came to us from Asia, like paper itself.
The most popular types of art of creating crafts from multi-colored sheets are:
These techniques allow you to do without glue or use a small amount of it. Classes on making crafts using this technique can be conducted with children over 5 years old and teenagers. Adults really like creating modular compositions.
Any origami does not tolerate fuss and requires accuracy and extreme precision. This activity helps you relax, be alone with your thoughts, and develops spatial imagination.
Symmetrical cutting
Everyone has come across crafts without glue, made using the symmetrical cutting technique. The most famous are the snowflakes that decorate the walls of apartments and various institutions in December. To make them, you need to fold a square sheet so that you get a corner.
Basic rules for symmetrical cutting
- Try to make more layers of paper so that the pattern repeats more often.
- The corner can be cut in different ways. If you cut it at an angle, you will get a beautiful star in the center.
- The more excess you cut off, the lighter the snowflake will turn out.
- It is better to draw the outline with a simple pencil and think carefully so as not to cut off the excess.
Most children come up with patterns for snowflakes on their own. During this work, mistakes are possible, try not to pay attention to them so that the baby does not get upset. You can cut out snowflakes from the age of 4-5, as soon as the preschooler masters scissors.
For the first samples, fold a sheet with a side of 20 centimeters 8 times. Give your child scissors and let him show his imagination.
Kirigami is used for small crafts. With its help you can make an unusual card from thick paper.
You will need:
- white sheet folded in half;
- colored pencils or markers;
- ruler;
- scissors.
The simplest card inside will be decorated with gift boxes. To make it, you need to make several horizontal slits at the bend to make 3 squares.
Unfold the card and push the squares inward to make them three-dimensional. After that, all that remains is to color and sign the postcard. You can make the card more complex and stronger; for this you will need: cardboard, colored paper, scraps of paper ribbons or serpentine.
Glue the white paper blank onto colored cardboard with the same slots; it is important that the distance between the cuts and their sizes match. Decorate the inside of the boxes with colored paper and ribbons, and make an applique on the outside of the card. This craft is suitable for kindergarten. It is made in the senior or preparatory group to give to parents.
Weaving
You can get acquainted with simple wicker crafts at a very early age. To do this, you will need two squares of contrasting colored paper with a side of 15 centimeters. On one, cut the strips so that there are 5 millimeter allowances at the edges. For children 2-3 years old, make the width of the stripes about one centimeter. Cut the second sheet into the same strips, but to the end.
For activities with children of primary school age, make stripes on both squares of 5 millimeters.
To make a craft, it is enough to intertwine the stripes on the main square with those that are cut to the end. The principle is the same as for fabrics. Pass the strips one at a time. Older children can intertwine the strips to create a pattern or simple picture on the base. To prevent the pattern from shifting, glue the edges of the strips.
Bird toy
Continuing the theme of New Year's decorations, you can make an unusual craft. For it you need:
- sheet of cardboard;
- stationery knife;
- hole puncher;
- scissors;
- ribbon;
- self-adhesive colored paper and double-sided.
Today we will learn to do interesting and original paper crafts with or for children.
First, let's see what we need for this:
To create crafts we will use different types of paper and cardboard:
napkins for decoupage on boxes;
newspaper for creating papier-mâché balloons;
old magazines for crafts with beads;
crepe and wrapping paper;
colored double-sided paper;
corrugated and regular cardboard;
paper plates, cardboard tubes, various boxes and much more.
For creativity, a child will need such basic materials and tools as scissors, glue, paints and felt-tip pens.
Does it ever happen to you that you collect a lot of small necessary items, but have nowhere to put them? Let's make a fun pocket that will hold everything and hang it in a visible place.
Paper crafts for children: USEFUL POCKET
What you will need:
colored paper
pencil
lace scissors glue
Sequence of work:
Draw the outline of the face of an animal, such as a bear.
Cut out two such shapes along the contour. Make details for the ears and nose as shown in the photo.
Apply glue along the edge, connect the parts to make a pocket inside. Make two holes with a hole punch.
Glue on the ears and nose. Pull in a ribbon that you can use to hang it.
This pocket is perfect for storing small things: hairpins, combs or stationery.
Paper crafts for kids: RACE RACE
Did you know that you can make unusual racing cars with your own hands? Let's create them and have a real race. I wonder what car number will win?
What you will need:
cardboard paint tubes, markers
colored paper, cardboard
scissors glue
Sequence of work:
Color the straws in bright colors.
Cut out parts for cars from colored and white paper (for wheels, it’s better to use black cardboard - then your “car” will stand firmly). Use a felt-tip pen to draw what you need.
Make a hole in the tube as shown in the picture (you can ask an adult to help).
Now glue all the parts. Wait until it dries, and go ahead, play!
Paper crafts for children: PAPIER-MACHE BALLOONS
Who doesn't dream of flying in a hot air balloon? Someday you will definitely do it. Now let's try to make an unusual balloon from an ordinary newspaper.
What you will need:
glue ball
needle knitting needle
cream paint
Sequence of work:
Inflate the balloon and coat it with any cream. Prepare newspaper for the craft - to do this you need to tear it into small pieces. Wetting them in water, glue the ball so that there is no gap.
Now apply a layer of glue to the ball and paste it again with pieces of newspaper soaked in water - this way you need to make 2-3 layers. You may need the help of an adult.
When the ball is completely dry (you will need to wait 1-2 days for this), pierce it with a needle - we don’t need it now - and cut the ball as shown in the photo.
Now color the ball with paints.
Now let's make a basket. To do this, divide the newspaper sheet into 4 parts to make rectangular blanks. Then, starting from the bottom corner, use a knitting needle to roll the newspaper into a tube and glue the tip.
Take 5 tubes and place them side by side, and stretch the sixth across under the first, over the second, under the third, etc., alternating. The next tube needs to be woven in reverse: what was below will be on top.
To secure our base, take one tube and weave it around, also passing it between other tubes through one.
Now you can make the basket itself: to do this, bend all the ends up and start weaving them around in the same way as you did before. Weave 4 rows.
Weave the unnecessary ends on top and glue them, some you can simply cut off. Paint the basket with gouache.
Make holes at the bottom of the ball and secure the basket with thread. The balloon is ready!
FUNNY ANIMALS
It turns out that you can quickly and easily make yourself a striped friend. And so that you can play with friends, let's find out how to make not only a tiger, but also other animals.
What you will need:
colored paper
scissors glue
Sequence of work:
Take a sheet of colored paper and fold it as shown in the picture. Glue the ends together to make a strip.
Bend the strip like an accordion in three places to form the letter “M”.
Cut out blanks for the animal from colored paper.
Glue the blanks onto the base. Ready! You've got a tiger.
HOME THEATER
What if you set up a real theater in your home? It will be possible to invite adults to the performance and show them some fairy tale, for example “Kolobok”. I think they will definitely appreciate your skill!
What you will need:
colored paper compass scissors glue
felt-tip pens
Sequence of work:
Draw a blank on a sheet of colored paper as shown in the photo.
Cut out the blank and glue it.
Cut out the base for the animal from colored paper
Glue the parts onto the base. Look who we got
Take your favorite fairy tale with animals as a basis and make all the characters out of paper. If you glue sticks to the blanks, you can show the performance from behind a screen, like in a puppet theater.
Paper crafts for children: FUNNY CATERPILLARS AND SPIDERS
Have you ever seen a real spider? What about the caterpillar? Let's make funny animals with furry legs out of a cardboard egg box. They will look like the real thing!
What you will need:
egg carton
scissors glue
colored paper
wire
Sequence of work:
Cut out blanks from a cardboard box: three cells for caterpillars, one for bugs and spiders.
Paint the blanks with gouache.
Prepare parts for the animals: cut out eyes from colored paper, make legs from fluffy wire.
Make holes in the blanks and insert the legs. Then glue on the eyes.
Try to make them exactly the same.
AMAZING MASQUERADE
You can celebrate your birthday in an unusual way by throwing a masquerade party. Invite your friends and let everyone make an animal mask for themselves. It will be fun!
What you will need:
cardboard plates
colored cardboard and paper
scissors rubber band
Sequence of work:
Paint the plate blue.
Cut out the ears and color them too.
Prepare parts for the bunny from colored paper.
Cut out holes for the eyes and glue the parts as shown in the picture.
PAPER BEADS
What girl doesn't love jewelry? Let's try to make beads from old magazines. You will get bright ones that you can wear with your favorite dress or give to your mother.
Sequence of work:
Cut out details from a magazine sheet: strips approximately 1 cm wide and elongated triangles.
Wind the blanks onto a knitting needle - these will be paper beads. Glue the tip well.
Make enough beads to fill the entire decoration. Take a needle and thread and carefully thread all the beads onto the thread.
This is how you can easily make unusual ones: original multi-colored beads, bright bracelets. You can even give them to someone: what girl would refuse such beauty?!
Paper crafts for children: JEWELRY FOR PRINCESSES
All girls dream of becoming real princesses. What princess is there without a crown? Let's make it from a regular cardboard roll.
What you will need:
cardboard paint tubes
colored paper
scissors rubber band
Sequence of work:
Cut a crown from the roll. You can make several.
Paint the blanks in different colors.
Decorate the crowns. For this you can use beads, ribbons and laces.
Make holes on the sides and thread the elastic through so that the crown can be worn.
You can make a decoration for a real princess from an ordinary hoop: use colored paper to turn it into a beautiful tiara.
Paper crafts for children: TOY LOCKER
Probably, like all children, you have a lot. Sometimes there are so many of them that it becomes difficult to stack them neatly. Let's make a beautiful cabinet for storing small toys.
What you will need:
boxes of different sizes
white gouache
napkins with a pattern
stationery knife
pen tassel
Sequence of work:
Paint the boxes white so that the pictures and text on them do not show through.
Cover the box on all sides with a napkin. To do this, place it on the box, pressing it along the edges, and using a brush, apply a thick layer of glue on top so that it sticks.
Cut out the doors with a stationery knife - here you will need the help of an adult. Glue the handles with superglue and fasten the boxes together to create a cabinet.
All! Our chest of drawers is ready. Now you can put your toys there. Mom will be happy when she sees how tidy you are!
CREATIVE BOX
Do you like to draw? Or maybe you like to cut or craft something? This is cool! Let's make a creative bag-box where you can put everything you need for creativity.
What you will need:
shoe box
wrapping
colored paper
glue lace
Sequence of work:
Cover the box and lid on all sides. If you find it difficult, ask an adult about it.
Make blanks inside the box. At the bottom of a sheet of colored paper folded in half, make a cut to the middle, as shown in the photo. Cut two identical blanks as long as the width of the box from top to middle.
Insert the blanks into each other and place them in the box - these will be the compartments of our bag.
Make holes on the sides of the box: they should be located at such a level that the box can be closed with a lid. Make handles of the same length from the cord so that the box is comfortable to hold in your hand.
HANDMADE PHOTO ALBUMS
Where did you go on vacation last time? Maybe it was a trip to the sea with your parents or a vacation in the village with your grandmother? Surely you still have memorable photographs. Let's make a photo album for them in the form of a suitcase.
What you will need:
colored paper and cardboard
hole punch scissors lace
Sequence of work:
For the cover of a photo album, take a sheet of colored cardboard and fold it in half.
For the pages, take sheets of double-sided paper of different colors and also fold them in half.
Now connect the cover and pages together: to do this, fold everything together and use a hole punch to make holes on the side. Tie the sheets with rope or string.
Cut out the parts for the suitcase from colored cardboard and glue them to the photo album.
Paper crafts for children: FUNNY BOOKMARKS
What's your favorite book? Or maybe there are several of them? It's great that you love to read. Let's make an interesting bookmark.
What you will need:
colored paper
Sequence of work:
Using a ruler, draw three squares on a sheet of colored paper, as shown in the photo. You won't need the triangles that are shaded.
Cut out the workpiece.
And it, as shown in the photo: first bend it to the inner corner, then another one on top of it. Glue them together. Cut out parts from colored paper.
It turned out great, didn't it? Now you can easily find the place in the book where you finished reading. You can also make a bookmark in the form of another animal, for example, a dinosaur with sharp teeth.
CARDBOARD BAG
Do you know how you can make a bright bag from an ordinary box? Very simple! Let's get creative and make a handbag that you can take with you outside in sunny weather.
What you will need:
breakfast cereal box
colored paper
scissors glue
Sequence of work:
Paint the box with gouache.
Cut out a bag with handles from the box. An adult's help may be needed here.
Cut out a strip and a circle from colored paper - this will be the core of the flower. Fold the strip like an accordion and glue the ends together. To keep the flower in place, stick it on a small square. Glue the core on top.
For butterflies, cut out blanks from 1 colored paper. To make the figure three-dimensional, you need to make 5-6 identical parts. Glue them together in the middle. Glue all the parts to the box.
DIY paper crafts: pencil holder
Do you want to give a gift to a friend, but don’t know what to choose? Don't worry, I have an idea! Make an original stand for stationery out of an ordinary cardboard box. Your friend will definitely like this gift!
What you will need:
boxes
same width
white and colored paper, cardboard
glue tape
Sequence of work:
Make a ship out of the boxes: cut off the lids and trim them to height. Make the bow of the ship and pipes from cardboard.
Cover each piece with colored paper inside and out.
Cut and glue the windows, lifebuoy, steering wheel, anchor.
Glue the boxes together and glue them to the base cut along the contour.
APPLICATION WITH PUZZLES
Do you have unnecessary puzzles in which many parts have already been lost? I have an idea how they can be used. Let's make an amazingly colorful applique with autumn leaves.
What you will need:
unnecessary puzzles crepe paper
paint glue
Sequence of work:
Color the puzzles in the colors of bright autumn leaves: yellow, orange, red.
Cut out a brown rectangle from crepe paper - this will be a tree trunk - and make green grass.
Glue the brown blank in the shape of a trunk: to do this, you need to compress the paper in layers somewhere, and straighten it somewhere.
Make a tree crown from the prepared puzzle pieces. Also glue several layers of grass to make it look voluminous.
Paper crafts for children: 3D PICTURE
Do you want to make a volumetric applique? It's not difficult at all! You will get a real painting that you can give to your grandparents.
What you will need:
candy box
corrugated cardboard
double tape glue
Sequence of work:
Cut out the necessary details for the picture from corrugated cardboard.
Glue the first layer of applique to the bottom of the box - what will be in the background.
Glue other parts on top.
What a beauty! The result was a real three-dimensional picture. In this way you can make a city with cottages and high-rise buildings, or an underwater world with shells, algae and fish.
BOUQUET IN A CARD
Do you want to give your mom unusual flowers? Let's make a bouquet card from colored paper. Believe me, she will like it.
What you will need:
double-sided colored paper
scissors ribbon
Sequence of work:
Draw a blank on a sheet of colored paper as shown in the picture.
Cut out the blank and a separate triangle.
Glue the small triangle on the bottom and fold the larger piece as shown in the picture.
Draw and then cut out flowers of different sizes and colors. Make leaves for the bouquet.
Glue flowers in the form of a bouquet inside our card and tie it with a ribbon at the bottom.
3D POSTCARD
You've probably watched a cartoon in 3D and noticed how the characters come to life in three-dimensional images. It turns out that making objects three-dimensional is quite simple. Let's try to make a postcard with a 3D effect.
What you will need:
colored cardboard, double-sided colored paper
scissors ribbon
Sequence of work:
Take two sheets folded in half: one of cardboard, the other of colored paper.
On a sheet of colored paper, make cuts on the fold side, as shown in the photo. You should get 3 even squares of different sizes.
Now push what you cut forward and inward. You should end up with a ladder, as if made from boxes.
Glue the blank onto a sheet of colored cardboard. Decorate the boxes: glue colored paper and ribbons.
Using this principle, you can make a postcard with balloons
CARD WITH PALMS
Do you want to make another unusual card? You don’t need anything special for this: just a sheet of colored paper and cardboard, scissors, glue and your wonderful pens.
What you will need:
colored cardboard and paper
Sequence of work:
Trace your palm on a piece of cardboard.
Cut out the workpiece with scissors. You will need two of these parts.
Cut a strip out of colored paper and fold it like an accordion.
Glue one edge of the accordion to one “hand” and the other to the other. Cut out a congratulation from colored paper or write with felt-tip pens.
ENVELOPE
Do you know how to decorate a small gift? You don’t have to be an adult to do this and you don’t need any special equipment. Repeat after me, and you will definitely succeed!
What you will need:
colored paper glue
ribbon
Sequence of work:
Draw 4 identical circles on a sheet of colored paper. This is easy to do if you take a mug, put it upside down and trace it.
Cut out circles and fold them in half.
Glue the circles together as shown in the picture.
Bend the loose circle halves so that one is on top of the other. Then take the bottom one from one side to the top.
SWEET GIFT
Have you ever seen a gift shaped like a candy? Maybe they gave you something similar? Let's make this a surprise, and you can “treat” someone with it.
What you will need:
cardboard tube
wrapping paper glue
scissors ribbon
Sequence of work:
Cut out a square from wrapping paper. It should be larger in size than a cardboard tube.
Cover the tube with paper. Tie a ribbon on one end of the candy.
Fold the candies into a gift and tie the other end.
3D FIGURES
Have you ever wanted to decorate your room in an unusual way? Let's make three-dimensional decorations from colored paper. They can be placed on a nightstand or hung on a thread from a chandelier.
What you will need:
colored paper glue
scissors ribbon
Sequence of work:
Draw half an apple on a sheet of colored paper folded in half, as shown in the photo.
Cut out the blank and, using it as a template, make 5 such copies. Additionally, cut out the details for the apple.
Glue the blanks together as shown in the photo.
Glue the remaining parts.
Fruits and vegetables can be anything!
Crafts from cardboard and paper: bright flowers
Do you want to grow bright flowers on your window? Let's make them from cardboard tubes, but so that no one will guess what material they are made of.
What you will need:
cardboard paint tubes
colored paper glue
scissors skewers
Sequence of work:
Make cuts on both sides of the tube so that they do not reach the middle.
Color the tubes in different colors.
When the blanks are dry, straighten the petals as shown in the photo.
Glue the centers cut out of colored paper.
Cover a skewer with colored paper and cut out leaves.
Connect all the details. Use a skewer to make a hole in the center of the flower.
This flower can be placed in a vase and given to someone.
FRAME OF UNUSUAL FLOWERS
Do you have a boring monochrome frame at home? Let's make a real masterpiece out of it!
What you will need:
egg carton
scissors glue
Sequence of work:
Cut out petal blanks from the cells of a cardboard box, as in the picture.
Color them one color. You should have 15-18 such sets of different colors (depending on the size of the frame).
Glue the petals together in the middle, press carefully and let them dry.
Glue the flowers to the frame. You won’t be able to attach everything at once, so do it in stages and wait until everything dries.
The frame is ready. Now you can insert your favorite photo into it.
CUTE CACTUS
How do you like such a cute cactus? It is completely safe for children, because the thorns are painted on it. Let's make a cactus like this and put it on the windowsill.
What you will need:
felt-tip pens
Sequence of work:
Draw a cactus in a pot on cardboard.
Color the picture on both sides and make another one exactly the same.
Make cuts: on one cactus from bottom to middle, and on the second - from top to middle.
Insert the blanks into each other. The cactus is ready.
You can make a rocket or a bear cub using the same method.
COLORED LANTERNS
Is it your birthday soon and you want to decorate your room to make it festive and beautiful? Then let's make unusual colored lanterns.
What you will need:
toilet paper tubes
crepe paper
ribbons
scissors glue
Sequence of work:
Cut out a square of crepe paper and glue one side of the tube.
Make blanks from crepe paper: cut out strips and make cuts on one side along the entire length.
Start gluing the tube from the bottom. You should end up with a skirt like in the photo.
In this way, cover the entire flashlight. Make holes on the top sides and thread a ribbon through them so that the craft can be hung.
Such lanterns can be not just decoration, but also a useful thing. For example, at a party you can arrange a game with prizes: hang lanterns on a rope and put something valuable in them, gluing the bottom. Each blindfolded guest must use scissors to cut off a gift for themselves.
ROOM DECORATION
Do you dream of having a bird? Of course, nothing compares to the real thing, but still, an unusual and beautiful bird can be made from ordinary colored paper. See how it's done.
What you will need:
double-sided colored paper
crepe paper scissors
ribbons
wire
Sequence of work:
Draw silhouettes of birds on a piece of paper.
Cut them out. Make several of these. They must be different colors.
Make wings from crepe paper: to do this, cut out rectangles of different colors and fold them like an accordion.
Make cuts in the bird blanks and insert the wings there. Tie ribbons to the figures and hang them on a circle prepared from wire.
Paper crafts are something that can be made quickly and easily for the New Year of the Dog as a gift to loved ones or just to decorate your home. There is always paper in the house and it’s fun to make crafts with it! We offer the best paper crafts for the New Year 2018 that you can make with your own hands using step-by-step photos and videos.
In addition, let’s look at what else you can do for the New Year with your own hands at home from what you have on hand. For such crafts, you do not need to spend money on purchasing materials, and the result is interesting and does not at all look like completely unnecessary things were used. Let's look at several master classes, from which everyone will choose what suits them.
? Important! Each description shows the colors of materials and a set of decor for those crafts that have already been made and shown in the photo. But you don’t have to choose the same shades and the same decor. You can take the materials for New Year's paper crafts 2018 that you have at home.
PHOTO: Paper garland for the New Year
Several options for a decorative paper Christmas tree
It’s impossible without a decorated Christmas tree for the New Year. Of course, the main character of the holiday is a large fluffy live spruce or pine tree in the center of the room, or an artificial beauty, dressed up with garlands and colorful toys. But you can also make small decorative Christmas trees with your own hands from paper and decorate with them for the New Year a table or shelf in the office or at home. Below are two master classes on creating such paper beauties.
For each of them we will need:
- A sheet of thick paper for the cone.
- Paper napkins of any color, you can combine several colors.
- PVA glue or pencil.
- Scissors.
- Stapler.
- Pencil or any wooden stick.
- Christmas tree decor. Whatever you find at home: sequins, small beads, bells, ribbons, and so on.
Now let’s take a look at both options for Christmas trees made from paper napkins.
Option 1 – Christmas tree made of paper roses
- make a cone out of thick paper. Glue it together with glue or a stapler.
- Now we make roses from napkins. To do this, fold each napkin in half and then in half again, and secure it in the middle with a stapler.
- cut out a circle.
- We have a multi-layered circle and we need to take each subsequent layer on top and twist it tightly. We do this with all layers.
- When all the layers are twisted you need to straighten the rose a little. This is how we make all the flowers.
- We cover the cone with roses. It’s better to start from the bottom in a circle and work your way up.
- The roses should be glued close to each other so that there are no gaps.
- After the entire Christmas tree is “dressed” in roses, you can decorate it with any decorative elements by simply gluing them randomly on top of the flowers.
This DIY paper craft for the New Year 2018 is very easy to make, even a child or teenager can handle it, and it looks very impressive and beautiful.
Option 2 – Christmas tree made of paper napkins using the cutting technique
A similar very simple version of the Christmas tree. Everything that is needed for it is listed above, let’s prepare everything according to the list and proceed:
- you need to start from the bottom. Thus, we place all the twisted squares tightly, as close to each other as possible.
When we cover the entire Christmas tree with twisted squares, we get a fluffy beauty that can also be decorated with any decorative elements.
Using these techniques (roses from napkins and trimming), you can create postcards by gluing elements onto a base with a drawn outline of a Christmas tree or other design, a snowman, for example.
PHOTO: DIY paper Christmas tree
You can make Christmas trees out of paper using other techniques. Simply by gluing colored paper circles onto a cone, or cutting out outlined palms from green paper. You can also make loops from strips of paper and stick them on the cone.
Very beautiful Christmas trees are made from paper using the weaving technique. To do this, you need to fold a sheet of paper in half, draw an outline according to the template and cut through all the necessary places. Do the same with the second sheet. Then connect the 2 sheets together at the fold.
In general, a Christmas tree made from a paper cone can be decorated with anything. The idea is to make a cone out of construction paper and decorate it.
For decoration you can use:
- threads for knitting, simply wrapped or cone;
- buttons;
- tinsel and sweets, gluing them in alternating rows;
- petals made of crumpled paper;
- pasta;
- coffee beans and jute rope.
This Christmas tree can be decorated with everything you can find at home. Afterwards, you can cover the resulting creation with golden paint or artificial snow, or leave it as is.
Paper crafts for the New Year in the form of a Christmas tree:
Decorative paper candles
As surprising as it may sound, you can make candles out of paper. They, of course, will not glow, but they can decorate a Christmas tree or New Year's table.
PHOTO: Craft in the form of paper candles
Let's prepare everything you need for your work:
- colored thick double-sided paper.
- scissors;
- glue stick;
- ruler;
- marker or felt-tip pen.
When everything is ready, let's proceed:
- Cut colored paper into strips. The strips can be taken of any width, optimally 3 - 4 centimeters. To do this, you need to make marks on one and the other side of the sheet, draw lines along a ruler and cut. For one candle you need 2 strips. They can be made in one color or two shades.
- Take 2 strips and glue the ends together as shown in the photo.
- Now we make weaving (see photo) and secure the ends. This is how the candle itself turned out.
- Cut out a circle-shaped stand from paper. Glue the wicker post onto it.
- Cut out a candle flame of any shape with a rectangle at the bottom, behind which the flame will be glued to the post.
- Draw the wick on both sides with a felt-tip pen, bend the rectangle and glue it to the post.
Step-by-step photos for making a paper New Year's candle
The finished candle can be glued to a clothespin and decorated with a Christmas tree, or you can leave it like that and place several of these candles on a shelf or on the New Year’s table. You can make such a craft for the New Year 2018 from paper with your own hands for school or kindergarten for a competition!
Santa Claus and Snow Maiden made of paper
The main characters of the New Year - Father Frost and Snow Maiden - can also be made of paper. Let's try to make them with our own hands for the New Year of the Dog 2018!
Let's prepare for the creative process:
- We will need colored thick paper in blue and red for the cones.
- White paper for finishing.
- Beads, any decor.
- Paints and brushes.
- Glue.
- Scissors.
- Thread (you can take cotton for knitting).
Now let's get started:
- The description is for Santa Claus, the Snow Maiden is made in exactly the same way, but you can change the color of the base and the decor.
- We make a cone out of thick red paper.
- We cut out several (2 or 3) semicircles from white paper and cut them so that we get terry. This will be a beard. We glue it in several layers onto the cone. You can also use cotton pads for your beard.
- You can paint the eyes and nose with paints or glue beads: black for eyes, pink or red for nose.
- Now you can make the cap. For it we will make a small cone of red paper and glue a white strip along the bottom. Put the cap on Frost and secure it with a drop of glue.
- You can draw or stick any decor on the figurine.
- You can glue a thread to the top of the head, with which we can hang Frost on the Christmas tree, or attach a white pompom to the tip of the thread.
This craft is something you can do for the New Year with your own hands and give to your mother, friends, and relatives.
Using this technique, you can also make penguins, snowmen, deer, and any New Year-themed figure.
Santa Claus, reindeer and snowman made from paper towel rolls
For such beauties, you can use regular paper towel rolls or make a roll of any diameter and height yourself from thick paper.
Before we begin the process of creating Santa Claus, let’s prepare everything that will be useful in our work:
- Roll for base.
- Felt or colored paper in red, white, light brown, black and yellow.
- PVA glue.
- Blanks for eyes, they are sold in any craft stores. Or you can use half beads, buttons for the eyes, or, in the end, just cut out circles from black paper or felt.
- Scissors.
Now let’s start making paper crafts for the New Year 2018 with our own hands!
First we make Santa:
- We cut out a strip of red felt whose width is equal to the height of the roll plus 2 cm, and the width is equal to the diameter of the roll.
- Cut out a semicircle from light brown felt for the face and glue it on.
- We cut out an oval from white felt, cut off an indentation for the face on one side and glue it on top of the face part.
- We cut out parts for shoes from black felt (two ovals connected together). Glue it on the bottom side of the roll.
- We cut out a strip of black felt and glue it in the middle of the roll - this is a belt.
- Cut out a buckle from yellow felt. Glue it on top of the waistband at the front.
- Now we glue the eyes and the circle of the nose.
- We glue the cap on top of Santa.
Now let's make a snowman:
- We cut out a strip of white felt whose width is equal to the height of the roll plus 2 cm, and the width is equal to the diameter of the roll.
- We paste a strip over the roll, bending the ends inside the roll on one side and the other.
- We glue the eyes, nose and buttons - felt circles.
- Cut out a scarf from red felt and cut along the edges, tie it to the snowman.
- Making a cap. Cut out a semicircle from red felt and glue the sides together. Cut a strip of white felt and glue it to the bottom of the cap. Glue a pompom to the tip.
- Glue the cap on top of the Snowman.
Next is the deer's turn:
- We cut out a strip of light brown felt whose width is equal to the height of the roll plus 2 cm, and the width is equal to the diameter of the roll.
- We paste a strip over the roll, bending the ends inside the roll on one side and the other.
- We glue the eyes and nose.
- Making a cap. Cut out a semicircle from red felt and glue the sides together. Cut a strip of white felt and glue it to the bottom of the cap. Glue a pompom to the tip. But here we still need to cut out the horns from brown felt and glue them on the sides of the cap.
- We glue the cap on top of the deer.
Thus, three figures are ready. Such paper crafts can be placed under the New Year tree.
Video of Santa Claus crafts from paper in origami style:
Christmas tree toy made from strips of paper
Among the crafts for the New Year 2018 made from paper with your own hands, you must also make a Christmas tree toy!
Let's analyze a very interesting toy made from strips of colored paper step by step, first prepare everything you need:
- Colored paper. For one toy, use two shades.
- Scissors.
- Needle and thread. You can use fishing line, or you can use regular sewing thread, but thicker.
- A pair of beads.
When everything is prepared, we begin the process of creating a Christmas tree decoration:
- Cut the paper into strips about 10-15 centimeters long and 1.5-2 centimeters wide. For one toy you need 9 stripes of one color and 9 of another.
- Cut out 2 circles with a diameter of 1.5 centimeters.
- Thread a needle and attach a bead to the end.
- Now we add all the stripes, alternating colors into a stack. We put 1 circle on the thread over the bead and a stack of strips from one edge.
- Then we fold the strips in half and thread the entire stack on the thread from the other edge.
- On top is a second circle and a bead. We make a loop and the toy is ready.
You can make several of these multi-colored Christmas tree decorations and decorate your Christmas tree or room with them. This is just one version of a Christmas tree decoration made from strips of paper, but there are a great many of them you can make.
New Year's garland made of paper - video:
New Year's craft ideas for New Year 2018:
And they will be very cheap in cost, and in beauty they will not be inferior to store-bought ones. Moreover, this year the trend is the naturalness and naturalness of materials in decorating the Christmas tree and the room. So a forest beauty dressed up with paper toys will not only be beautiful, but also stylish and fashionable.
Snowman with a broom
Another craft is a snowman, which we will try to make from paper, simply folding it in a certain way.
Let's get ready for work:
- Let's take white, black, orange and blue paper;
- scissors;
- glue for paper.
Now let's begin:
- We make two circles for the snowman's body. To do this, take 2 sheets of a larger format and 2 sheets of a smaller format. We fold them like an accordion.
- Bend the accordions in half. On one side we glue the ends together, we get a semicircle. Glue together 2 large semicircles and two smaller semicircles. Glue the smaller circle on top of the larger one. This is the body of a snowman.
- In the same way, we make small circles for the hands and glue them to the snowman.
- We cut out circles for eyes and buttons from black paper and glue them onto the snowman.
- We make a cone out of orange paper and attach it to the snowman in place of the nose.
- Cut out a hat from black paper, decorate it with a strip of white paper and glue it onto the snowman’s head.
- We cut a long strip of blue paper, cut it along the edges and tie it to the snowman as a scarf.
- All that remains is to make a panicle. We fold the white paper like an accordion and fasten the ends.
- We make an accordion out of orange paper and fold it in half, attach it to a strip of white paper and attach it to the snowman’s handle.
You can decorate a wall in your room with this snowman by attaching it to needles or double-sided tape to the wallpaper.
And if you make this snowman in a smaller format, it will be an excellent decoration for a postcard. Complete the postcard with snowflakes made of paper or a Christmas tree made using the same technique, that is, from sheets of paper folded like an accordion and glued in layers.
To create beautiful crafts for the New Year 2018 from paper with your own hands, use the tips given in the article and add an important “ingredient” - imagination! Then you will get unique crafts with which you can decorate your home and give them as a New Year's gift to friends and family, or send the product to school and kindergarten for competitions!
Video craft options:
Happy New Year! ?
To decorate a Christmas tree with “precious paper stones”, you just need to print ready-made templates, cut them out and glue Christmas tree decorations from paper.
Before completely gluing the craft together, attach a loop from the inside, using which you will then hang the toy on the Christmas tree. Finished paper stones can be coated with glitter for beauty.
Small size templates: template-1 template-2 template-3 template-4 template-5
On the same site you can download a template for another, more difficult to make New Year's paper craft - a paper diamond. It can also be used as a Christmas tree toy or New Year's decoration. Download template >>>>
Print the New Year's diamond diagram on thick colored paper and cut it out. Before gluing the craft, carefully, using a ruler, scratch the fold lines (marked with dotted lines) with a needle to make the paper easier to fold. Note: if suddenly you printed the template from the link given above, but the dotted line is not visible on it, you can use this template. Everything is the same here, only there is no dotted line.
And more New Year's paper crafts from the site www.minieco.co.uk:
New Year's paper decorations
2. New Year's paper crafts. New Year's paper toys
Paper bells
3. New Year's decoration. New Year decoration
The Creative Park website from Canon, probably already known to many, will help you decorate your Christmas tree with handmade paper toys. Christmas tree toys - bells, hearts, candy canes, Christmas tree decorations in the form of New Year's boxes - all this and much more can be found on the Creative Park website.
4. DIY New Year's decorations. How to make New Year's
We invite you to make simple Christmas tree decorations from paper, decorated with photographs of family members. To do this, you need to download the Christmas tree decoration templates from the link, cut out individual squares, bend their corners and glue them together. A New Year's toy made of blue paper needs to be cut and the corners rounded. See photo below.
In the photo below, a New Year's paper toy with the image of Santa Claus is made in a similar way. You can download the template.
5. New Year's ideas. New Year's master class
Another interesting New Year's idea is an origami wreath Christmas tree decoration. To make such a paper wreath you will need to cut beautiful paper into strips 4 cm wide and 8 cm long. A total of 8 strips are needed. Each strip must first be folded in half lengthwise, and then crosswise in half. Holding the workpiece with the open edge up, bend its upper corners down as shown in the photo. See the New Year's master class at the link >>>> From the resulting blanks, assemble a New Year's wreath, inserting them one into the other.
6. Christmas tree decorations made of paper. How to make a New Year's toy
Most people associate ice cream more with hot weather and summer holidays, however, Christmas tree decorations in the form of waffle cups with a delicious delicacy look very festive and original on the New Year tree. To make these Christmas paper toys you will need craft packaging paper (for the cups) and corrugated paper of different colors for the ice cream itself.
Cut out circles from kraft paper and cut them in half. Fold each semicircle into a cone and glue it together. Crumple corrugated paper of different colors into lumps; for one Christmas tree decoration you will need two such lumps. Now you need to string “cups” and “ice cream” onto a thread, making loops on top, for which you will then hang Christmas paper decorations on the Christmas tree. See the New Year's master class at the link >>>>
7. Christmas tree decorations made of paper. New Year's schemes
In Denmark, there is a tradition of decorating the New Year tree with wicker paper baskets in the shape of hearts. The photo below shows traditional wicker paper baskets. They can be hung on the Christmas tree empty or filled with small candies, nuts, and cookies.
To make this DIY paper Christmas decoration, you need to print the following template on two sheets of paper in different colors. Cut them out, fold them in half, make three cuts. You should end up with two pieces like this.
Now you need to weave them together to make a paper heart basket. For a detailed New Year's master class on how to weave a paper basket, see the link >>>>
Here are a few more New Year's paper baskets for the Christmas tree:
With snowflakes
