One of the most common materials for children's creativity is paper... Paper crafts for children is one of the entertaining activities for both children and parents. Co-creation unites and develops creativity.

Paper handling:

• develops fine motor skills in children;
• promotes concentration of attention;
• develops imagination;
• forms an artistic taste;
• develops an eye;
• stimulates the development of memory;
• activates thought processes;
• develops patience;
• contributes to the creation of game situations.

There are all kinds of paper handling techniques:

• Application. It can be cut or cut, flat or voluminous, made of paper or napkins.
• Quilling is one of the types of application. A drawing is applied to a thick paper base. The image is filled with elements from narrow strips of paper curled in a special way.
• Mosaic (from French: folded from pieces) - an applique made from geometric shapes.
• Paper and plastic - art modeling from paper.

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Crafts from paper for preschool children

From an early age, children enjoy doing lungs. dIY crafts especially paper.

Butterflies

Butterfly 1

To cope with such a craft and two year old child... Of course, you cannot do without your help. Fold a sheet of white paper in half and draw a half of a butterfly. You can choose any shape and size of the wings. It is advisable to make the butterfly big.

Then the butterfly needs cut and unfold... Give your child some finger paints and have them paint on one side of the butterfly. While the paint is still wet, fold the butterfly so that the unpainted part rests on the painted one. Press and unfold the butterfly, let it dry.

Such a paper masterpiece can decorate your baby's room.

Butterfly 2

You can make a butterfly out of prints of children's pens... Such a craft can be done with a child of 3-6 years old. To do this, you will need the following materials:

• sheets of colored paper;
• a sheet of white cardboard;
• scissors;
• glue;
• marker, felt-tip pens, sequins, stickers and other elements for decorating a butterfly.

On a colored sheet of paper, with a simple pencil, trace the outlines of the baby's right and then left palm. Cut out the resulting patterns twice. There will be four wings- palms of different colors.

Glue the cut wings onto a white sheet of cardboard. On colored paper, draw an oval for the body of the butterfly. Have the child carefully cut it out with scissors and glue it to the junction of the wings. The eyes of a butterfly can be made in different ways: draw with a felt-tip pen or stick two small white circles, in the center of which put dots with a marker. You can also glue on the finished eyes. Draw the antennae and mouth.

Invite your child to decorate butterfly wings. Let the kid show imagination. For decoration, you can use sequins, stickers, or just paint with markers.

Mom will definitely keep this paper butterfly with the palms of her beloved child.

Butterfly 3

To make this beautiful, paper, airy butterfly with your own hands, you need the following materials:

• paper (thin or napkins, plain colored or for origami, you can use sheets from a glossy magazine);
• wire or thread;
• scissors;
• glitters or other decoration materials.

Draw two squares 10x10 cm and 8x8 cm on paper. In the future, you can make any size of the squares. To make the butterfly look beautiful, make the square for the upper wings 2-3 cm larger than the square for lower wings.

Invite your child to cut out these squares.

You fold one square diagonally with an "accordion", and with the second, let the child do it. You can choose any width of the folds, the narrower the folds, the more magnificent the butterfly will turn out.

Press the resulting blanks of the wings with ears to each other and fasten by tying them thread or wire.

The abdomen, head, and antennae can be made from paper, wire, or beads. With the help of scissors, you can round the wings. The resulting butterfly is an elegant craft that can decorate a baby's room. It will look even more impressive if you decorate it with sequins or other decorative materials. The craft is suitable for any competition in kindergarten.

Mosaic applique

This type of crafts will be interesting for children of any age, although a three-year-old child will cope with this work. To create a mosaic applique, you need the following materials:

• rectangular sheet of white cardboard;
• colored paper;
• scissors;
• simple pencil;

On a white sheet of cardboard, draw with a simple pencil the outlines of a fish, mushroom, sun or other simple object that would have enough space inside for gluing mosaic elements.

From colored paper, cut strips about 2 cm wide. Then, from these strips, invite your child to cut out small squares, triangles or other geometric shapes. With the resulting mosaic elements, let the child glue the inner space of the drawn figure. In this case, you need to glue the elements of the paper mosaic close to each other. This craft can be an original gift for mom or grandmother.

Volumetric ladybug applique

A child of 4-5 years old can make such a craft. The main thing is to correctly tell the baby the sequence of actions. It is even better if, together with him, you do this craft, showing how to correctly perform each action.

First, prepare circle templates with diameters of 10 cm, 5 cm and 1 cm, colored paper, a white sheet of cardboard and glue.

Let the child use the template to draw two large circles on a red sheet. On a black sheet of paper, circle one large circle, one smaller and 6 small circles.

With your own hands, using scissors, let him cut out all the circles drawn.

Now in the middle of the white cardboard will stick a large black circle - the body. The circle, which is smaller, must be glued so that it goes a little over the big one. This will be the head.

Now let him decorate the wings with black small circles, gluing them with glue.

Having learned how to make such a craft, a child can diversify his work by seating a ladybug on a leaf or flower.

Paper crafts for primary school children

Nose bookmarks

This craft is very easy to do. A preschooler can also cope with it, but it will be especially pleasant for a first grader to make such a bookmark for his first textbooks.

This will require the following materials:

• colored cardboard;
• scissors;
• ruler;
• chenille (fluffy) wire;
• glue;
• eyes.

Cut a 6x12 cm rectangle from a sheet of colored cardboard.

Step back one and a half centimeters from the sides and draw two parallel segments 8 cm long. Make a cut with scissors along the marked lines.

The middle stripe will serve as the nose. At the bottom on it, draw a rounding with a simple pencil and cut it out with scissors.

Now glue the eyes (if there are no ready-made ones, you can draw them).

Punch one or two holes at the top of the head with a hole punch. Pass chenille wire through them and give it the shape of horns or tendrils.

Having shown imagination, the child with his own hands will be able to make bookmarks of different shapes and sizes, as well as decorate them at his own discretion. The main thing should remain unchanged - this is a long nose at the bookmark.

Younger schoolchildren are especially delighted with volumetric paper toys. It's easy to make them. You need to print the templates, cut them out and glue them. Children like it very much. And then they are happy to play with toys that they made with their own hands.

Here are some papercraft style schemes for your favorite cartoons.

Papercraft style diagrams

Paper crafts for middle school children

For children of middle school age, it will be interesting to make a puppet toy with their own hands. To make one toy you will need:

• roll of toilet paper;
• rope or twine;
• two plastic bottle caps;
• awl;
• scissors;
• glue;
• stick (control bar);
• acrylic paint;
• fishing line.

To make this craft you need:

1. Paint the lids and toilet roll with orange paint.
2. For the arms and legs, make four holes with an awl on the sides of the roll.
3. In the center of each cap, make a hole with an awl.

Cut off two small strings of equal length. Tie a knot at the end of each. From the inside of the roll, thread the free ends of the ropes into the hand hole and tie knots at the ends. The handles are ready.

Make the legs in the same way. Only the strings need to be cut to length and the ends are threaded into the hole of the covers, fixing them with a knot.

On a piece of paper you need to draw the head and tail of the fox. If you don't know how to draw, you can use a template, paint them with paints and cut them out. After that, glue them to the roll-body.

Now it remains to tie it to the legs and head (roll) along the fishing line and fix them on the control bar.

Origami lotus

Children can give this simple and original hand-made craft to their mother or grandmother. You can simply make it both at home and at school.

To make a lotus, you need green, white and yellow origami paper. Scissors and strong thread or wire.

Cut 5 rectangles 7.5x15 cm green and 10 similar rectangles white, as well as 3 rectangles 4x10 cm yellow.

Let's figure out how to assemble a lotus flower step by step - this wonderful paper craft.

Fold the green rectangle in half along the long side. Unfold the paper and fold the triangles towards the center on one side and the other.

Bend both long sides to the center alternately.

Make 5 green blanks like this.

Now fold the white rectangle in half along the long side. Flip it upside down and fold the triangles as you did in the green rectangle.

Bend the long sides towards the center, then bend them in half. You should get a boat.

Repeat all actions with the remaining white leaves.

Fold the yellow rectangle in half lengthwise and across again.

Use scissors to cut into narrow strips, but not completely, so that you get a fringe. These will be stamens. There will be three such blanks.

The video shows step by step how these fakes are made.

Now you can collect the flower. Fold the green blank in half and alternately put two white blanks on it. We attach a yellow stamen on top. Repeat these steps two more times. As a result, you will get three sets, each of which consists of green, two white blanks and stamens.

Assemble the remaining two sets according to the same scheme, but without the stamens. Now collect the blanks. First take a set with stamens, then without yellow stamens, again with stamens. Lay the resulting sets on top of each other, alternating sets with and without stamens. Take the set with yellow stamens first. Tie all these blanks in the middle with threads or wire. Now bend the blanks to the sides.

To collect the flower, start with the stamens. In those petals where there are stamens, bend them so that the "tails" are looking up. Now lift up and spread the white petals through one. This will create the first row of petals. Assemble the second row. Lift the remaining petals up through one. The third row is similar to the first and second.

Lift up the last row of petals and finally spread the green leaves. Your original lotus is ready.

Everyone knows how to work with cardboard. In kindergarten, beautiful paper crafts teach how to create the smallest children. Later, the skills are consolidated in elementary school, and older children learn from each other and make cool figurines, delicate flowers and valentines, postcards and cardboard panels with their own hands. Among the techniques for working with paper are applique, and quilling, and origami, which allows you to create volumetric 3D crafts, and design.

Everyone knows how to work with cardboard. In kindergarten, beautiful paper crafts teach how to create the smallest children

For paper craftsmen, sophisticated tools are not needed. The most basic things can be found in any home, and what is not there can be easily bought at the nearest stationery store. So, you will need:

• paper of various grades and types (white, colored, corrugated, etc.);
• cardboard (thin, for child labor, toilet paper rolls, postcards, etc.);
• scissors;
• wire;
• stationery knife;
• simple pencil;
• paper glue (silicate, PVA, starch or other).

You can decorate paper crafts with your own hands with beautiful ribbons, beads or rhinestones, and sparkles. Paints with a brush can also come in handy. As colored paper, you can use pages of glossy magazines or napkins of different shades. If you need to cut a lot of the same parts, it is best to prepare a template from thin cardboard in advance.

We do paper crafts ourselves (video)

Paper flowers

They can be useful for decorating postcards, creating bouquets and compositions, for decorating other crafts. Flowers are the most irreplaceable element of any holiday and a special category in paper-making. They can be made from almost any type of selected material.

For those who like to work with their own hands, a master class on what roses can be created from double-sided colored paper will be very interesting. You will need circles of different diameters: the larger the blank, the more magnificent and larger the rose will come out. You should not try to cut a perfectly correct figure. An uneven edge will give the flower petals a natural look.

Cut the finished circle in a spiral, moving from edge to center, leave a small circle in the middle. The resulting strip must now be rolled into a roll, also starting from the edge. Make the first few turns tight, and then wind the rest of the strip around this core, aligning the bottom edges of the paper. In the process, you can lightly fasten the turns with glue, especially if the material is dense and rigid. After finishing twisting, glue the bottom edge of the roll to the circle remaining in the center.

You can make a panel with flowers from such roses. If you stick flowers on a cardboard heart, you get a beautiful "Valentine" or postcard. By attaching roses to natural branches, you can arrange a composition in the style of ikebana.

Origami leaves and flowers

The Japanese art of origami allows you to make bulky paper crafts on a variety of topics. Flowers and leaves can be made from modules that are held together with glue. For Women's Day or another spring holiday, you can quickly make a souvenir in the old Japanese style.

A whole basket of snowdrops can be presented to someone even on New Year's Eve, if you follow the instructions. This requires only white and green paper, a basket and wire. Origami snowdrops need to be made step by step from the Shamrock modules:

1. For each flower, you need to make 3 modules of white paper, as follows from the diagram (top, left).
2. Grease one of the leaves with glue, it is shaded in the photo on the right, above. Insert a piece of paper into a pocket on another module, from the inside of the same sheet.
3. Also glue the 3 trefoil, and then connect the extreme modules in the same way. A hole will remain in the center (photo above, in the lower left corner).

It remains to make the stem and leaves of the snowdrops. To do this, wrap the wire with thin paper (corrugated paper or napkin). Leave a free end about 2 cm long. Make a thickening around it by winding a little more layers of paper. Pass the free part of the wire through the hole in the flower cup, make a ring inside it and bring the remaining tip to the stem. Wind up a few more layers of green paper to form the base of the flower. Glue long narrow leaves, bend the stem and make a few more snowdrops.

Other examples of crafts in the photo below were created from the same modules: for a water lily, you need to assemble a base of 7 green modules, connecting them in the same way as for a snowdrop cup. The white flower consists of 3 rows with a gradually decreasing number of modules (from 6 to 3). For the petals, you need to place the elements with the wrong side up. Craft "Bouquet of fuchsia" consists of flowers made in the same way as snowdrops, but from 2 tiers - white and pink. Using origami modules, you can make other crafts from colored paper, combining them in different quantities according to the same principle.

Origami leaves are made in another way. How to make different types of paper out of paper in stages:

1. Draw a flat pattern of the sheet. You can do this on paper folded in half so that the halves are symmetrical. If the material is not painted, then a brush and gouache will come to the rescue.
2. Fold the finished sheet unfolded "accordion", placing the folds parallel to the lower, long side of the pattern.
3. Squeeze the folded workpiece in the middle and bend it so that the halves of the long side are side by side. Glue these parts together.
4. The stalk can be made from a twisted rope of paper or wire. A small hole remains at the fold of the folded reamer. You need to thread the finished element into it and glue the end.

Flowers and beautiful autumn leaves can be combined in a wide variety of compositions. But interesting ideas from paper do not stop there.

Gallery: beautiful paper crafts (25 photos)

Fun bookmarks for books

Another area of \u200b\u200bapplication of skills in papermaking is making simple but necessary things. These include DIY crafts such as bookmarks. It's nice to pick up a book or notebook in which funny cartoon characters, a funny monster or cute animals will look out from the right page.

The easiest way is to make bookmarks with slotted parts. For their manufacture, it is better to take thick paper or thin cardboard. Diagrams can be enlarged and printed, or you can make the desired drawing yourself. Further work is very simple: along the edge of the colored face of the chanterelle, on the border with the gray stripe, you need to make a through slot. A clerical knife will help with this.

All the bookmarks in the photo below are made according to the same principle. To decorate the elements, you can use movable eyes and decorative wire ("brush"), applique and paints. The imagination of the master can suggest the most incredible ideas based on the products already presented. Figures of birds and animals can also be used to decorate homemade postcards, cutting holes along the contour of a branch (for an owl and a bird), depicting a snowdrift from behind which a fox's face will look out, etc.

Corner bookmarks

Another option for bookmarks is a corner. To make such gizmos, you need to make a pattern, as in the photo. To create such a scheme, you need to draw a square, and then add 2 more of the same shapes to it on adjacent sides. Draw diagonals in the side pieces.

Then you can act in different ways. Stopping at step 1 and cutting out a polygon consisting of a square and 2 triangles, the craftsman will be able to make a bookmark with a large backdrop (nibbler or angry bird). Continuing to draw, lengthening the lines formed by the hypotenuses of the triangles and connecting their extreme points with a straight line, you can make a bookmark with a slightly protruding backdrop (bunny or flower corner). In any of the options, you need to fold the pattern along the sides of the triangles. Connect the triangles with glue. Between them and the back of the bookmark, there is a pocket into which you can insert a page of the book. Glue additional details and decor separately.

Another option for bookmarks is a corner

The corner can be done differently:

1. Cut 2 parts from a postcard, a beautiful candy box, velvet paper. It can be a heart or some other figurine.
2. Sew the sharp corner of the heart with a contrasting thread.
3. Decorate, if necessary, the front side of the romantic bookmark.

For those who have not yet used books on their own, ideas for creating toys will come in handy. The child can even do some of them with his own hands under the guidance of elders.

Paper flowers (video)

Paper toys

Almost regardless of age, children love to play with building models. They build houses from cubes, boxes, any material at hand. Then these structures are replaced by the houses of Barbie and Ken and their many friends.

Back in the 18th century, the art of making toy houses out of paper and cardboard was widespread. These models were quite expensive and only available to wealthy families. Nowadays, when materials can even be junk, all parents can afford to make a paper house for a child.

To create a fabulous log cabin, you need paper tubes. They can be made by folding thin cardboard, Whatman paper or similar material according to the template (on a pencil). The edges need to be coated with glue and connected. From ready-made "logs" you can fold a fairy-tale house together with your child, glue windows with shutters, a roof and doors to it.

Another option for crafts made of cardboard or thick paper is models created from sweeps. This can be a model of Baba Yaga's hut, your own house, a castle, or some kind of fictional building. It is desirable that its walls are interconnected. The unfolded pattern should resemble an unfolded box: with only 1 seam for joining the sides. Glue the base and roof separately. By cutting out a paper fence, you can enclose such a house with a hedge.

It is very convenient to make round towers of locks from cylindrical sleeves from towels, toilet paper, cling film, etc. For them, you need to make a roof in the form of a cone, rolling it from a circle cut along the radius. Having understood the principle of constructing such patterns, everyone will be able to independently create paper houses of a more complex design.

Near the house you can always find some kind of animals: cats, dogs, and if it is a fabulous forest hut, then a deer or even an elephant. Children are very fond of such paper figures. Older children are happy to create them on their own, and the younger ones need to show how to make the desired animal out of paper:

1. Draw the torso and head.
2. Draw legs or feet in a symmetrical shape. This can be an arch, corner, etc.
3. Make cuts on the body where the legs should be located.
4. Insert the parts of the paws into the slots, securing them perpendicular to the plane of the body.

To make a baby elephant, the legs need to be drawn and cut out along with the body. He will be able to stand leaning on huge ears. This detail is also made symmetrical, and you can insert it into the slot on the head of the elephant figure.

As a basis for figures of people and animals, you can use cardboard sleeves. Having painted or pasted over them with colored paper, you need to cut and attach details of the face or muzzle, headdress, hair, ears and horns.

There are many options for making various paper crafts. Craftsmen with an artistic streak create real masterpieces, collecting three-dimensional paintings from carved parts. But even children can begin to acquire skills in handling cardboard and paper, develop spatial imagination and hone their taste.

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Those who love paper products can use them in room decoration and interior design so as not to spend a lot of money. Paper crafts can create unique and highly stylish home interiors. Find out what can turn your apartment into a real treat. More details on this later in the article.

Material features

This is a trend that allows material to be recycled to create:

• unique furniture;
• attractive wall decorations;
• lighting devices;
• mirrors;
• picture frames;
• window curtains;
• decorative vases.

Paper is a material that has several uses, it is easy to work with, it is environmentally friendly, cheap.

Paper home furnishings and wall decorations are reminiscent of origami-inspired artwork, thus adding incredible detail to contemporary interior design, decoration. Therefore, instead of destroying unnecessary paper, consider turning it into art and furnishings.

You will be amazed at how much plain paper can transform your space.

Design ideas and crafts

Interior design ideas made from paper, such as wall decorations or lamps, have the ability to significantly transform, decorate your interior. Various voluminous and fantastic 3D shapes for decorating walls, ceilings, stairs, home furniture can also be made of paper.

Having a delicate exclusive look, paper products add beautiful accents on:

• chandeliers;
• desk lamp;
• frames and doors;
• window curtains;
• decorative vases.

Decorations can be in the form:

• paper flowers;
• birds;
• butterflies.

They will add a romantic and interesting touch. Paper products produce a different effect in interior design, depending on the idea - it can be unusual, amazing or beautiful, impressive, stylish, modern or retro modern.

The paper flower design looks amazingly fabulous. They look like beautiful pieces of art that inspire paper recycling and eco-friendly interiors.

To do this, you can dilute this natural material with traditional brick, wood, producing paper structures on the walls and ceiling.

Change your wall, ceiling design every year to keep your decor fresh, using paper for modern interior design, wall decor and unique ceiling designs. There are many ideas, places and items where this trend can be used.

So if you are a handicraft enthusiast, then why not try your hand at paper for finishing designs? For interior designers and artists, this universal means of art has become a familiar thing, and they offer their best practices for your creativity.

But more importantly, remember that you are doing more than decorating - you are helping to reduce recycling and saving the environment from clogging.

Newspaper is a great material for work

The newspaper is the element that becomes completely useless the very next day after its release, and the endless advertising products in the form of newspapers in our mailboxes are even more depressing with their generosity.

Thus, we always use it as a garbage object in our home.

But did you know that this particular waste paper can be used as a wonderful component for making beautiful wall decorations or beautiful home decor items!

I wanted to choose for you the most interesting products that you can easily do with your own hands, namely from newsprint, in order to combine business with pleasure - to improve the ecological situation on the planet, to create a beautiful product for your home. Check it out - it's very simple.

Wall decor

• To make a volumetric wall hanging step by step, roll several newspapers into a thin tube.
• Now glue these rolled sticks on the cardboard, let the glue absorb well.
• After that, use scissors to cut out any selected shape from these glued paper rolls, such as a heart shape or a flower shape, or choose a doll shape.
• Make sure that you cut the large object identical to the smaller ones (it is best to make the shapes from a template).
• Now take some string with beads and make 5 strings of different sizes by attaching their bases to a paper craft.
• Now choose the color in which the product will be made, come up with some interesting ornaments on top of the base to make the pendant more beautiful.

Volumetric pendant made of newspaper tubes in the shape of hearts - beautiful and romantic

How to make a gift bag

The choice of handmade gift bags with elements of old newspapers will be the solution that will reveal in you an extraordinary daring personality. After all, it is not easy for our mentality to make a gift in the newspaper, like our grandmothers and grandfathers did in the pre-perestroika era. Such a solution not only leads us to a way of processing things, but at the same time, it fulfills all the necessary transportation requirements usually imposed on packaging - that is, it is still a very good option.

The gift bag can be decorated with a lace napkin - this will make it more festive.

Papier-mache bowl

You can also make a daily newspaper basket or giant dry storage bowl.

Beautiful decor

DIY vase

Roll them up tightly as in this video, bend them according to the shape requirements. One of the great things about these newspapers is that the product will be amazingly flexible, so you can create several useful items by rolling them according to your desire.

Furniture items

This product is made according to the quilling principle - wind rolled sheets of newspaper around a pen or pencil using glue, and then paint them in your preferred color. The building material for a decorative vase is ready.

Twisting newspaper sheets into bundles is the best way to use newspaper for DIY crafts. With these tubes, you can decorate a modern flower vase by gluing strips horizontally or vertically, as well as make more complex shapes like a mirror frame, photo or wall plates, etc.

Handmade vase

While the recycling process can be tricky, the end result is great material from which to make great postcards. Items can be made from such paper. You can make this vase out of any paper you like.

Step by step guide

• You will need 12 sheets of 25x25 cm. At the end, it is important to assemble the elements correctly. Always use three elements to combine.
• When you have formed a ball from 12 pieces of figures, take out one block in one place.
• The released two tabs are folded and glued. Repeat the same procedure on the bottom side.
• If the stable base is not handed over from the bottom, the vase may tip over, so the bottom hole is also necessary.

How to make tropical paper orchids

Tropical orchids are quite expensive, but you can make them out of paper if you love these flowers but don't want to waste your money.

The tools you need:

• orchid pattern;
• desktop printer;
• scissors;
• glue;
• paper.

STEP 1

Print and cut out all the orchid petals shown in the template to the color of your choice.

Then print out, cut out the center of the orchid on a second colored paper, a sheet template on green paper. Cut out two sets of petals, one center, two leaves for each flower.

STEP 2

Use the edge of the scissors to twist each petal and center piece. Fold the leaves in half. Fold each petal backwards to form a bowl. Roll both sides over the leaves.

STEP 3

Attach each layer with hot glue. The largest of the three petal shapes is located at the bottom with curved petals up, followed by glue the two-piece petal in the center and central part over the two layers of petals.

STEP 4

Attach the sheets by flipping the flower over and placing two sheets in the back.

STEP 5

To make a hair clip, bracelet, or gift wrap, glue the fastener to the back of the flower.

STEP 6

Attach the trunk. For an orchid on a stem, bend the end of the wire at an angle. Cut out a small leafy shape, making a one-third cut in the center and drawing a corner of the wire into this fold. Glue the petal and wire on the back of the orchid.

STEP 7

You can use ready-made orchids not only in decor, but also to make a gift, a bouquet, wear them on a sweater or in your hair.

STEP 8

These orchids can be a great alternative to a bridal bouquet or decoration.

Flower garlands

Create a playful mood with these easy-to-make paper flowers.

You will need:

• glue gun;
• scissors;
• glue stick;
• decorative tape;
• colored paper.

STEP 1

Choose colors

Choose a matching color for a balanced color scheme. For a monochromatic approach, consider layered shades and shades of the same color. For a more multicolored effect, mix together those shades that differ in contrast.

For a more feminine look, stick to muted colors and pastels mixed with neutrals such as dark brown, brown, or soft gray.

STEP 2

Fold in half

Use square sheets as the rosebuds are perfectly round. Rectangular papers should be cut to a square shape. The first step in this process is to fold each piece of square paper in half.

STEP 3

Fold in a quarter

After everything has been evenly folded in half, fold it back in quarter.

STEP 4

Turn a square into a circle

With a quarter folded, use scissors to round the edge.

STEP 5

Unroll the circle

Expand to open the form. Once you've managed to create the perfect sphere, it's time to move on to the next step; however, if the result is oblong or oval, it is best to repeat the previous step until a perfect circle is created.

STEP 6

Starting at the outside edge and working your way towards the center, cut out solid circles in a spiral.

STEP 7

Form the center of the flower

As you reach the end of the circle when cutting the spirals, leave an oval tab at the end with a diameter of about 2 cm. This is the part of each paper bud that will hold the spirals together with the glue.

In modern schools and preschool institutions, much attention is paid to working with paper. Both toddlers and schoolchildren love to create original paper crafts. Working with her, the child develops his imagination, learns to think creatively, and also develops fine motor skills of his fingers.

Simple volumetric gift boxes or volumetric numbers can be made by hand by drawing a diagram on a piece of paper. Many crafts are almost impossible to fold without diagrams. Thanks to templates, you can create complex volumetric fakes from colored paper or cardboard. Beautiful knick-knacks, furniture models and much more - within the power of any lover of creativity.

To do this, you need to find on the Internet, for example, on the Country of Masters website, any template you like. Animals, birds, toys - everything can be created using ready-made templates and diagrams.

Each template is accompanied by instructions on which you will need to collect the craft. The template must be downloaded, printed on a printer, and a figure cut out along the contour. Each figure on the template will have dashed lines along which to fold the model. Glue the finished model with glue.

Easy paper crafts for toddlers

Children have shown an interest in paper since childhood. To instill a love of creativity, parents should enthrall their child by creating a variety of paper crafts. You can make a beautiful bright hand-made bird that the child can play with or use it to decorate the bedroom.

Simple cardboard bird:

1. Cut out the shape of the bird according to the template, draw the beak, feathers, tail.
2. Fold an accordion out of a square sheet of colored paper.
3. Make a hole and fix the wings in it.

If you cut out a few birds, you can make a Chinese feng shui breeze. Hanging the birds on a wooden stick, such a craft can steal the entrance to the nursery.

All cutting work must be carried out by adults or under their close supervision!

After working with the paper, the child should put the entire tool in the box. This is how neatness is developed.

Stylish crafts from cardboard and paper: volumetric paintings

Applique is considered the simplest paper crafts; it is often studied in elementary school. A beautiful three-dimensional picture of bright flowers will be an original gift from a child to a mother or grandmother. Flowers can be made from white toilet paper or napkins.

If you take toilet paper for crafts, it is better to use an expensive white paper with perforation, which can then be slightly painted over.

Working with napkins is very simple, but you need to be careful not to accidentally tear it. Therefore, you should be especially careful when creating such crafts.

Progress:

1. Fold the napkin in four, fasten with a stapler in the middle. Cut a circle out of a napkin
2. Lift each layer of the napkin in turn, forming a lush flower.
3. Cut 6-7 leaves out of green paper according to the template.
4. Cut a basket out of brown paper, stick it on a thick red sheet of cardboard. Place flowers and leaves in the basket.

The basket can be made of corrugated paper of any color, but it is advisable to stick it in a couple of layers. Instead of paper, you can use baking foil or chocolate.

Interesting paper crafts: weaving

There are a lot of ways to weave paper crafts, this is a very interesting and original way to create crafts.

The simplest thing is to braid strips of paper in a checkerboard pattern, creating an object. A more complicated method is weaving from paper rolled into tubes.

Depending on which paper you choose, your craft will have special properties.

There are several options:

• Newspaper;
• Glossy magazine;
• Cash register tape;
• Plain paper.

Note that it is easier to work with paper that is durable - the craft will accordingly come out more durable. An original drawing will be released from glossy magazines.

Do not weave different types of paper together. Thick paper may not intertwine with thin paper, and sometimes it can tear it.

Finished products can be decorated with ribbons, beads, quilling flowers, whatever your imagination is capable of.

How to make a craft out of paper: preparing paper tubes

Weaving from paper tubes is a very interesting creativity. You can make tubes from magazine sheets - the material is quite dense and bright pictures will become an original drawing on the basket.

For manufacturing you will need:

• Paper;
• Scissors;
• Pencil;
• Ruler;
• Glue;
• Knitting needles.

First, we will prepare the tubes. We simply wind tapes 90 mm wide of any length on a knitting needle. We glue the edge, take out the knitting needle, leaving a couple of centimeters inside the tube, glue the second edge.

It is desirable to wind tightly, the accuracy of the product depends on it. Do not be distracted by extraneous matters, so the progress of work is lost.

By gradually pulling out the knitting needle and building up the paper on it, you can lengthen your tube to the desired size. To weave a basket, the length of the tube should be such that it is convenient for you to bend it.

Beautiful basket: paper crafts in stages

So, we made the blanks, in addition to this, you will need a piece of durable cardboard, scissors and glue. The bottom of the future basket needs to be cut out of cardboard. To do this, cut out two cardboard circles according to any template.

Now you can start weaving the basket:

1. On the first cardboard circle, glue paper tubes around the circumference. Glue the second circle on the tubes.
2. Lift the tubes up and fasten them with an elastic band.
3. Glue the end of one tube to the base, then grasp the standing tube from the outside, lead it inside and grasp the second tube from the inside.
4. We alternate "outside-inside" until the tube ends.
5. To lengthen the tube, you need to insert a new vine at the end of the previous one.
6. In order for the basket to have a certain shape, it is better to insert a bottle or jar inside when weaving.
7. We weave all the rows to the required height.
8. If there is a piece of vine left, do not cut it, it is better to fix it inside the already finished basket. For fidelity, you can glue it to one of the tubes.
9. The frame tubes can be glued to the sides of the basket.
10. We paint the finished product with acrylic paint, wait for it to dry completely and paint over again.

The decorative basket is ready, you can put a small artificial flower there or adapt it for hairpins and rubber bands.

Simple paper crafts: an angel on a Christmas tree

For the New Year, I really want to decorate the house with beautiful decor. The easiest way is to make beautiful paper crafts yourself with a little effort. Even a child of 4-5 years old under the supervision of parents can make an angel's craft.

How to make a Christmas angel step by step:

1. Cut two 10x10 cm squares out of colored paper. Fold them like an accordion.
2. Make a bend on the accordions, stepping back 3 cm from the end. Bend one accordion to the right, the second to the left.
3. Glue the folded fold to the bottom of the fan.
4. To make the head, you need to cut 4-5 strips of paper as wide as the ribs of the fan. We wind the strips on top of each other, forming a tight circle. Fix the head size with glue.
5. Direct the remaining piece of paper down.
6. Glue the halves together. The angel is ready.

If you want to decorate the Christmas tree with an angel, you can tie a serpentine to the halo and hang the craft on a branch.

You can also plant it on top of a tree. To make it stick, just attach the craft to the branch with a regular clothespin.

Crafts from white paper: voluminous snowflake

Volumetric snowflakes look impressive, moreover, they can decorate an apartment before the holiday and decorate a Christmas tree. To create such a craft, you will need paper, scissors, glue.

How to make a voluminous snowflake step by step:

1. Cut 6 squares from sheets of paper.
2. Fold the square in half to make a triangle. Make cuts from the bottom fold towards the top corner. The cuts should not meet, you need to leave a small gap between them. In this way, make 3 triangular cuts.
3. Expand the sheet and put it in front of you in the form of a diamond.
4. Fold the first inner row of strips together, fix with glue.
5. Turn the craft over, repeat step 4 with the following strips.
6. Flip over and staple all remaining strips.
7. In a similar way, make 6 pieces of a snowflake.
8. Fasten together in 3 parts with a stapler.
9. Glue the two ready-made halves together.

When working, it is better to use glue with a brush or glue stick.

If you place a loop-ribbon in the center when gluing, the finished craft can be hung anywhere.

White and colored paper is suitable for work. A paper snowflake will look very unusual, where one side is colored and the other is white.

The simplest children's paper crafts without scissors

Easy and beautiful craft for kids - "Universe through the eyes of a child." The figure can depict a month, stars and other celestial bodies. This craft can be done without cutting.

To work, you will need very few materials - glue, confetti (or small pieces of torn paper) and a dark blue sheet of cardboard.

How to do:

1. Collect confetti from firecrackers or cut a bunch of small circles out of multi-colored paper with a hole punch.
2. Take a stencil and apply a drawing on a sheet - a crescent moon, stars and planets.
3. Paint over the drawn figures with PVA and until it dries, sprinkle with ready-made confetti.

The finished picture can be decorated with a shiny frame, for it you need to finely chop the New Year's rain and stick it along the contour of the picture in the same way.

Work with such a craft can be carried out even with preschool children - in kindergartens or early development circles.

This method can also be used to decorate appliques. By decorating, for example, a Christmas tree cut out of a green leaf, you can make a beautiful New Year's craft.

Fun Paper Crafts for Kids: Movable Toys

Such toys are very interesting for children. You pull the thread, and the arms and legs of the animal or doll move. In fact, making such a figurine is pretty easy.

An entertaining puppet toy can also be made of plywood, but since cardboard is more malleable to manufacture, let's analyze this option better.

For work, you will need cardboard, a couple of buttons, thin wire, scissors, strong thread and bars.

How to make a puppet dog:

1. We draw moving parts (paws and tail) on cardboard separately and cut out.
2. Subsequently, at these points we make fastenings using wire or studs-bards. Buttons can be used as a stopper.
3. Glue the body and head with tape or glue to a bamboo stick.
4. We insert into the pre-made holes in the paws along the mount and align with the body. We tie the legs together with a thread or elastic band. To do this, we make two additional holes in each foot so that they are closest to each other, and the thread is not visible from the front side.
5. In the same way we attach the tail and connect it to the hind leg.
6. After we tie another long thread to the one between the legs, it will set in motion all the moving limbs.
7. The final stage is painting, at your discretion.

Having completed a cat, a fox, a hare using a similar technology, you can arrange a puppet theater for kids. A performance based on a favorite fairy tale with the participation of animals will appeal to every child.

Crafts from paper without glue: the simplest origami for kids

The origami technique is quite complicated, but you really want to make your child an interesting volumetric toy with your own hands.

This chicken is one of the most interesting and relatively simple crafts. The sheet of paper should be square.

Tip: If you walk around while tearing off to avoid severely torn edges, fold the sheet in both directions.

For cutting, you can use scissors or a ruler with a sharp clerical knife.

Origami chicken step by step:

1. Fold the square sheet diagonally. Expand, fold in half.
2. Having expanded, we bend the left and right corners of the square inward, combining them in the middle of the square. It turned out to be a pentagon.
3. Bend the top of the cone in the middle. Then we bend the same cone in the opposite direction, so that a small angle protrudes beyond the border of the sheet - the future beak.
4. We combine the left and right sides of the entire craft, put it so that the beak is on the left.
5. Bend the upper right corner into the middle of the product.
6. The lower right corner, it consists of two sheets, we bend them outward of the product. We do this by combining the lower sides, while we draw out a small corner beyond the extreme left border - these are the chicken legs.
7. We turn out a small corner-tail.
8. Lower the beak down a little. Can be painted over with regular red pencil for more realism. Draw the eyes.

Such a craft can surprise a child, intrigue him. By arousing interest in the toy, you can involve your toddler in helping you create a similar origami next time.

Master class: DIY paper crafts (video)

In fact, you can make so many crafts out of paper and cardboard that you can't even list - animals, birds, cars, dolls. They can be voluminous or plain, colored or white. The richer your imagination, the more interesting the craft turns out.