Giving gifts is very nice. And they don’t necessarily have to be expensive in monetary terms. An original, hand-made, even a small souvenir can bring joy and convey your warmth. Such an unusual surprise for the holiday of March 8 could be this openwork number “eight” cut out of paper.
It can be given as a greeting card, to decorate the interior or a holiday table.
2. You can decorate our figure eight with openwork butterflies. For example, like this.
3. You need to cut out two numbers of the same size. Carefully cut out the design first.
4. Then the internal contours.
5. And finally - via external lines. You get two parts.
6. To make butterflies, you need to print their templates of the required size on white paper. Then use a stapler to attach them to yellow and green half-cardboard. And cut.
7. We connect the two blanks together, mark the places for attaching the butterflies and glue them.
8. We decorate butterflies with half beads or rhinestones.
9. Side view.
10. The lower connection is fixed well, but the upper “hooks” are constantly coming apart. This can be avoided by gluing them together. Or secure the connection with a silk ribbon by tying a bow on the “top” of our figure eight.
11. If necessary, the lower clamps can be disconnected. In this form, the openwork gift can be easily transported.
An openwork beauty, cut out of paper, assembled and dressed up!
And ready to give joy! It turned out to be festive, feminine and a little mischievous.
These are the knives used for cutting paper:
1. An ordinary stationery knife. It is advisable to break off the blade after each work. The figure eight is not difficult - you can cut it out with this knife.
2. Knife for creative work. Very convenient, good for cutting out small parts. The blade is enough for 5-6 jobs. The cap covers the blade. There are different ones.
On the eve of the wonderful holiday of the Eighth of March, representatives of the stronger sex prepare unusual, pleasant gifts for their beloved women: mothers, sisters, girlfriends. And what could be better and more expensive than something created by yourself. From plain paper you can make an original openwork figure eight - a symbol of the approaching women's holiday.
To work you will need:
sheets of thick paper,
stationery or breadboard knife,
scissors,
stapler,
carbon paper or tracing paper (you can also use a printer),
pencil.
First you need to print or redraw the blank for the future eight.
Using carbon paper or tracing paper, you need to transfer the template drawing onto double-sided colored paper. But if you have a printer at your disposal, then it will be much easier to immediately use it and copy the figure eight.
You need to fasten the two sheets with a stapler, and then carefully cut out all the internal patterns. This is the most painstaking and difficult part of the work. This will require all your patience and perseverance. You can cut out patterns using a stationery or breadboard knife.
But if you do not yet have the skills to work with these tools, then it is better to use nail scissors, thanks to which you can quickly and easily complete this labor-intensive work. But you should remember, in order to avoid damage to the working surface, it is better to place something under the paper, for example, a wooden cutting board. All that remains is to cut out the outer contours
Now fasten the two parts together using the bottom and top clasps. This will give the figure eight stability and volume.
The craft is ready. This voluminous card can be given to a loved one or used as a holiday decoration for your interior.
Very often we have to prepare advertisements, posters, applications that involve numbers. It can be difficult to do this yourself without the help of stencils. On our website we offer stencils of numbers for cutting out from 1 to 9, which can be downloaded for free. The stencil must be printed to be used in your work.
Templates
Individual numbers
Video “How to cut correctly?”
Where can they be used?
Firstly, stencils of numbers from 1 to 9 will be useful to teachers and educators of child care institutions who often have to prepare various wall newspapers, printed advertisements, and posters with their own hands. If you have stencils for cutting, this will be easy to do. All you have to do is download the stencil, print it, attach it to the base, trace it and cut it out. The number 8 is especially difficult to write: it can be easily made using a stencil. So, the numbers are ready.
Stencils of numbers from 1 to 9 can be very helpful for schoolchildren. It will not be difficult to cut out the number 8 with their help.
Schoolchildren also have to do a lot with their own hands: prepare holiday performances, decorations for concert halls, and just paper crafts. A stencil can help them at the right time. All you have to do is download the stencils from our website.
Stencils for cutting out numbers from 1 to 9 will be useful for kindergartens and child development centers. In preparation for school, children study numbers from 1 to 10. The teacher can invite the children to make numbers with their own hands. To do this, the teacher must download the stencil, print it and offer it to the children. Children trace it on the back of colored paper and cut it out. You can cut out the number you are studying each time or give your children homework to cut out the number they have learned using a stencil. The prepared preparations will help children study tens and hundreds in the future.
The cutting process is extremely useful for preschoolers to memorize the shape of the number itself. In addition, fine motor skills are developed, children become more diligent and attentive. So, if we take the number 8 as an example, it turns out that it is easy to remember, but quite difficult to cut out. In the number 8 you will have to cut twice inside the outline, which requires special attention and accuracy. Therefore, for children, the seemingly simple number 8 is by no means simple if you have to cut it out using a stencil.
And, of course, not only educators and teachers can use stencil blanks. Parents can also study numbers with their child by cutting them out of colored paper or coloring them along the outline in different colors. Of course, this requires constant supervision of children, since they cannot be left alone with scissors. But you will get the long-awaited result. You, dear parents, just need to download the stencil and print it on paper. Then invite your child to place the number on colored or white paper, trace along the outline and then cut off the excess to create a number. You will see how delighted your child will be with the opportunity to make a number with his own hands. You will learn numbers very quickly, and use the resulting blanks to study mathematical operations, making up examples from them.
Thus, the number stencils offered on our website can be useful for both adults and children. They can especially help in the development of children if adults take the time to work with children on making numbers.
Once again we congratulate all the beautiful ladies on International Women's Day! And for the wonderful spring holiday of March 8, we offer to please your family and friends with an interesting and very delicate craft that you can quickly cut out with your own hands. Today's master class will be in the kirigami technique - that is, paper cutting. Shall we get started?
In order to complete such an interesting craft by March 8, you will need the following materials:
- an openwork figure eight template printed on A4 sheet;
- stapler;
- sharp stationery knife or breadboard knife;
- surface on which to cut (clean wooden board, cutting mat, cardboard);
- a little time and inspiration.
In general, the craft is very simple to perform, and you can easily do it even on March 8th.
So, first you need to print out the template of our figure eight on one side of A4 format (you can take larger paper).
So your simple white eight will sparkle with new bright facets. In this master class, beautiful textured rice paper was used.
Fold the sheet in half and fasten the two halves with a stapler to make cutting easier and easier, since you will have to do this on two layers of paper at once. That's almost all the preparations. All that remains is to carefully cut out small parts from the printed template using a knife. Straight lines that are located at the base of the craft can be cut using a ruler.
After you cut out all the parts, you have two identical eights with bases. It's time to assemble the craft. Fasten the parts at the base and top, and then flatten the craft a little so that the eights look voluminous. That's all - the wonderful paper eight is ready for the holiday!
Any woman is pleased to know that her holiday table is decorated with dignity. This openwork figure eight can be an excellent decoration for your dishes on March 8th.
Finally, our hands “reached” the openwork eight of Zulfiya Dadashova. If for some reason you still don’t have such a miracle among your paper creations, immediately start cutting it out. After all, a magnificent, airy and very feminine figure eight will be a wonderful decoration for any holiday table. For almost two years I looked closely at her and sighed. Yes, there was no time. Besides, I'm not good at cutting with a knife. And this year I decided to give it a try.
Making decorations for March 8
To make such a decoration for March 8, you will need two A4 sheets of fairly thick paper of any color, a knife or scissors for cutting and patience.
You can download the full-size printable template by clicking on the thumbnail image below.
There is no need to spend too much time fiddling with the decoration. The author has already done this. We simply print out a template stencil and cut out the small parts first, and then the large ones.
There are two ways to make an openwork figure eight. Or print the figure eight twice and cut out each piece separately (which is what I did). This is, of course, a painstaking task and takes a lot of time. Or you can, as the author recommends, fasten two sheets together with paper clips and cut out two layers at the same time with an art knife. In the second case, you will actually spend less time, but only if you have a good command of the cutting technique. Inexperienced cutters are likely to encounter an unexpected problem: the top layer is cut, but the bottom layer (especially small parts) is torn.
In my opinion, the process is not that important. The main thing is the result, and the result is two beautiful eights. The matter remains small. First, we connect the lower parts of the parts, inserting the pointed ends into the slots, and then we connect the upper hooks together. The openwork eight made of paper is ready! Of course, you can further decorate it with beads or small flowers. This is where your imagination runs wild. The main thing is not to “overload” it with decor, otherwise the decoration will lose its lightness.
Happy carving!