DIY paper crafts instructions. DIY crafts from colored

Nowadays, paper is the cheapest and most affordable material. What can be done from paper with your own hands? The first thing that comes to mind is, of course, a postcard.

DIY gift

Creative with love

A postcard has long been a companion of any gift for a celebration, and in some cases a wonderful independent gift. A good example is valentines. Thick paper or cardboard, various colors, scissors, glue - this is the minimum set of tools that is needed. The easiest option is to fold the sheet in half and decorate with appliqué. Any decorative material can be used: pieces of fabric, lace, ribbons, buttons, and so on. The possibilities are only limited by your imagination. If you have a child - connect him to this activity, he will be delighted. A little patience, and you can get a great author's work.

From two layers of paper you can make a three-dimensional postcard. To do this, a pattern is applied to the inner layer and cut out along the contour in a certain way. Using the game of two colors, you can get such wonderful postcards.

Postcards made by you will leave the brightest memories of you

Scrapbooking technique

Postcard decoration techniques are widely used in another type of paper craft - scrapbooking.

is the production of family or personal photo albums dedicated to any event: wedding, birthday, travel, any event that can be told about with the help of a photo collage. Scrapbooking has long gone beyond photo albums, and today many things are decorated with this technique: boxes, packaging, pictures, calendars.

Children's photo album

Although you can buy the necessary materials for this exciting activity in specialized stores, there are many recipes on the Internet on how to make special paper or scrapbooking embellishments yourself. In particular, paper is made from newspapers, wrapping paper, perfume boxes or even egg boxes, with the addition of grass, thread, sequins or confetti.

Like postcards, scrapbooking uses half-beads, ribbons, braid and lace for decorations. In addition, paper decorations made according to the technique are used. parchment and quilling

Pergamano technique

- embossing technique on parchment paper. A professional tool is successfully replaced with a regular pin with a round tip or a crochet hook. Nail clippers and the same pin will come in handy for making holes. And the old computer rug will serve as a substrate. Patience and imagination will help you create works of art.

Pergamano was invented in Europe by nuns during the Middle Ages. Thus they designed the pages of Holy Scripture.
It is believed that they were the first to use another technique - quilling: this is the art of making applications from twisted thin strips of paper. The nuns wound thin paper strips with golden edges around a bird feather and used the resulting spirals to decorate books, medallions, and frame icons. Today, quilling masters widely use it in decorating and interior design.

Pergamano "With the newborn!"

The simplest elements of quilling can be mastered even by a child of primary school age. This activity will help develop creativity and imagination in your children.

Various paper applications

Sweet home

Origami - paper crafts

Origami called the art of the whole sheet, because the classical technique forbade not only cutting the sheet, but even tearing it. Children are happy to fold paper figures, this activity will help to cultivate hard work, perseverance and creativity in your child. With the help of origami, you can not only have fun, but also create an amazing item for, for example, a children's room.

White paper butterflies

Large colored butterflies fan out

You can decorate a chandelier on the ceiling with paper products

Paper decorations for any occasion

You can make fan decorations from gift or colored paper.

paper flowers

Draw, cut and round.

From paper with your own hands, you can make not only cute trinkets, but also very useful things in everyday life. Everyone in the house has a stack of old newspapers and magazines. We shift the growing pile from place to place, in the closet, on the balcony, in the garage, until we finally decide to take all this stuff to the trash. In the meantime, you can create such miracles from old newspapers and magazines.

Products from newspaper tubes, twisted in a special way and painted with acrylic paint, cannot be distinguished from wicker products from a vine.

Cardboard furniture

House for children

Cardboard creative

Try to do something with your child, and warm memories of this event will forever remain in his soul.

Good afternoon, today I decided to collect in one article all ways make paper crafts that kids can do. For the DIY season of 2017 - it turned out to be a decent photo piggy bank of ideas that a child can make out of paper with their own hands. These paper crafts can be used for kindergarten or school (grades 1-5). There will be easy crafts for preschool children(from 3 to 7 years old) - for the younger, middle and older groups. And there will also be crafts and more complicated ones that require more long school hours(for 45 minutes) - suitable for labor lessons for children in grades 1, 2, 3, 4. As well as heads of creative circles "Skillful hands" kindergarten or school will find many useful paper craft ideas for themselves.

• We will do flat crafts-applications.
• Volumetric crafts from colored paper and corrugated cardboard.
• craft toys from cardboard or thick paper.
• crafts using various techniques(half disks, fan, symmetrical fold, postcard).

At the moment, we already have thematic articles on the site with paper crafts,

And also a lot of ideas for paper NEW YEAR crafts in the article:

And in this article - we will look at different techniques that can be used for paper crafts for children of different ages.

So let's see what paper crafts I have collected in this piggy bank.

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In the technique of HALF DISK.

Colored paper crafts that we meet in kindergarten and at school most often look like applications. I myself really like effect applications 3D. There are quite a few ways to create bulges on the application.

In this article, I want to highlight a technology that is interesting in its graphics - these are crafts from round paper discs. When all the work is laid out in the form of whole or folded in half paper rounds.

Such a mosaic applique of round pieces is suitable for children 3-4 years old. It is just right for them in terms of pedagogical tasks of this age, when children still do not know how to work with scissors, but are already happy to glue ready-made template modules from colored paper.

Such crafts-appliqués look bright and unusual due to PARTIAL GLUE of modules - we put only half of the disk on the glue, and its second part sticks out in a fold.

And from circles or ovals bent in half, you can make not only flat applications, but also paper crafts-toys. Here's one for inspiration caterpillar of ovals bent in half- children from 3 years old cope with this task, if you help them fold the ovals in half. Children 4 years old will fold the ovals themselves, and even cut out a few of them. And for children 5 years old, you need to distribute colored rectangles, they themselves will cut the corners of the rectangles, thereby turning them into ovals, they themselves will bend them in half and fold them into a caterpillar.

Be smart and think WHAT ELSE can be constructed from paper semi-circles or semi-ovals. Surely you can make a frog, a panda, a giraffe, a hippopotamus, a penguin from such half-discs of a round or oval shape.

VOLUME application

From paper blades.

And here is another technology for convex paper applications. When the parts are glued in advance into the BLADES, and then such a bladed paper craft is glued with its blades onto the application cardboard.

Blades are obtained if Bend 3-4 identical parts in half, and then the bent walls of adjacent parts are glued to each other.

For example, the ladybug in the photo below consists from three paper circles. Cut out three circles, bent them in half. First, glue the halves bent in half on the left and right. And then the third kruglyash lays down like a book on the protruding halves of the glued kruglyash.

Craft "Ladybug" is suitable for children 3 years old. And the craft "Balloon" with a large number of blades is suitable for children 4-5 years old.

Any form of paper can be turned into a paddle part, the number of blades and the splendor of the part depends on how many parts you use in your bulk gluing.

In the same way, you can do paper crafts in three-dimensional form (in the form of objects) with your own hands - like these paper fruits in the photo below. Watermelon is suitable for crafts in the older group of kindergarten.

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ON SPRINGS.

And here's another paper craft with a bulging effect. Here, the volume of the application is transmitted by embossing a strip of colored paper bent into three folds. This autumn application is easy to do with your own hands - suitable for children of the middle and older groups (5, 6 years old).

In the center of the upper fold, we cut a hollow and place the silhouette of an owl inside. To make the owl hover at a distance from the back wall of the hollow, you need to stick a paper spring on the back of the owl. How to make a spring you will now understand, using the example of the following paper craft with a three-dimensional effect.

Here below we see a BEAR paper craft. The bear's paws are also glued at a distance from the body. And this distance between the paws and the body is achieved by sticking paper springs. Everyone in childhood made such spring worms. Below we see a master class that shows the process of creating such a paper spring and the whole craft as a whole.

The BEAR craft is suitable for children 3-4 years old (if all the details are already cut out and the springs are folded). Children 4 - 5 years old you can slowly cut out the silhouettes yourself. Children 5-6 years old already able to fold the springs themselves (and the lesson can be divided into 2 parts- in the first lesson we make springs and cut out part of the silhouettes - in the second lesson we cut and assemble everything together.

In the same way, you can do any craft. Below we see that the crown of the tree is made according to this principle. But with the same success, you can do bunch of balloons on a greeting card. Or bouquet of flowers from paper, where each flower will be at its convex level.

You can highlight with a bulk spring any details of paper crafts - bird wings, tiers of thorns on a hedgehog (photo below).

Or hares in thick grass (spring crafts in the photo below).

You can also make this paper craft using springs inside. It turns out a beautiful effect. And also legs-stands for multi-layer applications can be made not from paper springs, but from purchased thick double-sided tape. Such a plump adhesive tape is for sale - it has a thick, as it were, foam tape and it is sticky on both sides. It can be cut into stumps and glued between layers of crafts.

From such springs, you can make not only applications, but also independent paper crafts. Make a spring and beat it with other paper parts. For example, attach an oval muzzle, round ears, paws at the bottom and a long stripe-tail - and now it all starts to look like

But paper penguins crafts based on the same spring. Or crafts-bugs. There is always unused black paper in the kindergarten in a set of colored paper - you always don’t know what to make of it - but here you are, black bugs, penguins and little crows.

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WITH FAN.

A paper fan is often used in children's crafts as a way to quickly create the desired shape of a part. Most often, a gluing fan is used as a tail for paper birds (or as wings).

The spreading fan blades may remind you of bat wings. Children's crafts for middle age (4-5 years).

The fan is similar to the lampshade of a table lamp - which means it will make an excellent do-it-yourself lamp craft (craft for children from 3 years old)

The fan can become the basis for children's crafts in the form of fairy-tale characters - friends of penguins or northern bears (crafts for children 5-7 years old).

If we fold the fan in half - and unbend its blades into 2 semicircles - and glue the semicircles that meet with glue, then we will get a ROUND FAN.

From such a blank, you can make a lot of paper children's crafts. The simplest and fastest are apples (add a stalk and a leaf) or birds (add a wing, an eye and a beak).

Ready-made blanks of round fans are used in classes with children 3-4 years. And aged 5 years the child is already given the task of creating such a round fan out of colored paper.

By adding various details to the paper fan, we can get the image of any paper animal (a black cat, or a red, white bunny (as in the photo with children's crafts below).

You just have to teach children how to make a fan with their own hands, practice several times. Then teach them to bend the fan in half and unfold both halves into two semicircles - and glue these semicircles with a glue stick. And then the children themselves will surprise you, they will throw up more and more new ideas for crafts, turn a round paper fan into a snowman, then into a mermaid bra, into a round red nose of a clown.

And if you make several round fans of slightly different diameters at once and string them on a wire, then we can get a voluminous spherical paper craft. The fan ball can become an apple, a pumpkin, a snowman, a sheep, a white rabbit and any other children's character.

Children's crafts

on an accordion stand.

There is another original way to make paper crafts for children. Below we see the principle of creating such crafts. From cardboard, we fold an ordinary accordion. And we use it as TIERS for sticking paper parts.
In the photo of the children's crafts below, we see how the accordion turned into a cake craft. Each row of an accordion is a tier of a cake with candles.

Note, the side high part of the craft in the photo below (where the balloons are) is not necessary.

In the same way, according to this principle, we can use the rows of an accordion like rows of Christmas trees in a forest. And between them put a deer or a snowman, or hide a bunny.
Rows of pots can be used as streets on which to place houses.
Or the rows of such a stand can be folded from blue paper and designed as SEA WAVES, and then it remains to stick dolphins or rows of boats on them. Or peeping sharks.

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on a flat cardboard template.

And now we will see crafts for children, where all the elements are pasted on a silhouette cut out of thick cardboard.

For example, we take cardboard and draw a silhouette of a shark on it. Any child from 4 years old is already learning to cut with scissors - he cuts out the silhouette himself with his own hands, slowly crooked, but he should already myself cut along the line holding the scissors in a stationary hand, and rotate the sheet of cardboard as the cut line rotates along the silhouette ..

When the silhouette of a shark is cut out of blue cardboard, we give the child a round blank of white paper - the task of the child is to cut it into teeth (just stuff the triangles obliquely with scissors, and then bend every tooth so that it protrudes inside the general circle. And this paper mouth remains to be glued onto the silhouette of a shark. And we'll get awesome crafts for children 4-7 years old. Sharks are great crafts for boys. Little brave men will be happy to tame a dangerous sea predator.

Application details do not have to be from colored paper. For example, a scarf on a polar bear below is cut out of a cover from colored paper (the cover was in a box). And the carrot on the craft with the hare is white cardboard, which was previously painted with gouache (they painted yellow-orange-red stripes).

You can peep ideas for the same applications on a cardboard silhouette in children's cartoons, or see them on a children's coloring book.

Such paper crafts for children 5 years old can become the basis for a children's theater. If you stick on the back of each craft long handle made of thin wooden lath(you can buy it in the building department of the store) - or the pen can be rolled up from a sheet of paper and wrapped tightly with tape for tightness.
Children, hiding behind a screen and holding their characters on sticks, can put on performances entertaining parents, grandparents with homemade reprises of famous fairy tales.

And you can also cut round holes for children's fingers in such a craft - then you can already play the scenes of the TABLE THEATER. Here in the photo below we see a sheep and a hare made of paper with such slots for fingers.

Also, your paper characters can have a special PAW GRIP, and you can insert a candy or a pencil and a small gift for someone into this grip.

By the way, here's a good idea - such a character can be pasted on a postcard and give him a paw rolled up 100 dollar bill- you get a gift card with money for a friend's birthday.

Such flat cardboard crafts can be supplemented with FOLD elements (as in the bunny in the photo below), or TWIST elements (as in the snail below). Or additional ENTOURAGE elements (as with the cat below).

Children's crafts

with paper stripes.

Also, the application can be made voluminous if you use LOOP FROM PAPER STRIPS. Colored paper is cut into strips, and each strip is smoothly folded and glued at its ends. Such curved stripes can be the petals of a lush aster or a modest chamomile.

Or such paper loops can serve feathered swan- left photo below. This craft is suitable for children ages 4 and up. They themselves glue the already cut strips into loops and stick them in rows on the tail of the swan.

But the peacock (in the right photo above) is already craft for older kids. For grades 1-2 - because in a lesson in kindergarten, children in 25 minutes will not have time to make a peacock from start to finish. But in 45 minutes of a school lesson, children will just cope with this task.

Please note that the peacock is made of paper from strips of different lengths. The yellow strip is the shortest - it is the first to bend into a loop. Then the green strip is glued to the loop with one edge and also bent to the place where the yellow loop-strip is glued. Then we do the same with a slightly longer blue stripe.

Thus we get EIGHT THREE-COLOR LOOP for the peacock tail. They all stick together ribs to each other- in one bunch-bouquet. And at the junctions of their gluing, we attach peacock spots. Then we attach to the back cardboard silhouette of a peacock. Great creative piece.

Below we see how flower crafts are created according to the same principle. In the same way, we make a tail for our peacock from the photo above.

Or a paper craft for girls - SHOES-SANDALS - here the strips serve as straps to create a woven toe of paper flip flops.

And if you cut strips of the SAME LENGTH, then it is convenient to make a spherical braid out of them. Such a braid in the form of stripes crossed in a circle can serve as a shell for a turtle, a balloon, or the middle of a lush flower or a snowball from a snowman.

Or it can be a delicious apple bitten off the side (left photo below). And inside such an apple, you can put a worm from a paper spring (see above for the method with a spring).

If you glue the strips crosswise in the center ... and pierce holes from the ends with a hole punch ... and lift these ends with holes up ... and collect them on a thread, then we will get a paper pear craft (look at the right photo above).

What if take NOT SEPARATE strips - but cut a sheet of paper into strips NOT CUT TO THE EDGE - like a long fringe. And then arrange this long striped fringe in the form of a paper craft-hat.

By a similar principle, beautiful paper crafts are made in the form bird cages. Such a craft only at first glance seems complicated. But in fact, everything is available for children from 4 years old. And even a child of 3 years old can cope with the help of an adult who will show, then smear with glue and where to stick it.

Below we see this cage in the blank (photo-master class). First, these are paper strips on a wide strip of the base. Then we wrap the base in a ring. And we bend the strips sticking up into an arch, each relative to each other. Quick and easy craft. It remains only to make a paper bird and hang it on a string under this paper roof.

That is, such a craft is easy to do with your own hands for children even 3-4 years old.

And you can also make paper children's crafts based on a BALL from strips. A ball of stripes is collected on a needle and thread. Since you can’t give a needle to children, you can go the other way and make holes in three places of each strip in advance with a hole punch - along the center and along two edges.

The strips are folded crosswise onto the central hole - a thread is threaded into it from a suspended bead from below. A large bead at the bottom prevents the strips from slipping off the thread. Next, a few more beads are strung on the thread (see carefully inside the lamb, they are visible in the photo). And then the same thread is threaded into all the holes at the ends of all the strips - THIS IS THE BALL. If anyone does not understand, there is a photo-master class in

You can attach any details to such paper balls, turning them either into frogs or hares (as in the photo of children's crafts below). With your hands and your imagination, you can make a variety of animals.

These are the chickens and the hen made by craftswoman Tatyana. What characters will you invent? Such crafts from stripes can be done in the 1st, 2nd, 4th grade of the school. And it is also suitable for diligent children of 5-6 years old.

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in the quilling technique.

And paper strips can be wrapped in a tight roll-twist. Then give this twist the shape of a petal or a leaf and make paper applications of flowers with such twists. The technique is quite well-known, called quilling. The technique is suitable for children from 5 years old, when the fingers are already dexterous enough to hold the twist on the holder rod.

Below we see how the usual round twist is given different shapes (they pinch it with a finger from the right sides) and the twist becomes tear-shaped or cup-shaped, or triangular. And from such twisted modules we add a quilling application.

Below we see children's crafts made of colored paper using this technique. You see, paper consumption does not have to be large - the craft itself looks miniature and can decorate a handmade postcard. The child will be pleased to give his mother a handmade card.

Within the framework of a school or kindergarten, the time for doing such crafts is limited - and we can only make a few of these modules. The process is laborious for children's fingers and takes time. You can break the craft into 2 classes - on the first we make modules, on the second we form crafts.

Children's crafts in the form of a cupcake are very popular with girls.

A cupcake and a bird is a very quick craft because it does not require many twists. Such crafts can be done by children in grades 1 and 2 - slowly, gently twisting and gluing the twist tails.

But a bear or a bunny is already a paper craft for children who have gotten their hands on simple quilling tasks. For grades 3, 4, 5 - this level of complexity of do-it-yourself crafts is just right.

By the same principle, you can make larger twisted crafts - if you take not a thin cut strip, but a folded sheet of paper. The thick folding of the sheet will allow you to get large twisted parts and you can make a large appliqué out of them - for example, such a penguin or an owl made of paper.

And also large twisting crafts are obtained from corrugated cardboard. Due to the ribbed relief, such a corton forms wide volumetric parts and can be used to make 3D paper toys. Craft for the older group of kindergarten or for school (grade 1,2,3,4).

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based on the CONUS.

A paper cone is also a good base for children's craft ideas. We all made a Christmas tree from a cone in kindergarten with our own hands. And now we can already make any character out of paper in the form of a cone craft.

So that the cone is not too wide and not too narrow - its razmerka (flat pattern) should be an angle of more than 90 degrees - usually 120 degrees (as in the photo below) - that is, a third of a full circle.

For a giraffe, you can make the cone thinner and sharper. Then we need a quarter of a circle (that is, not 120 degrees, but 90 degrees is enough).

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folded in half.

But children's crafts that are made from a sheet of paper that was bent in half and cut out the silhouette - as a result, we got a double-sided craft with the same symmetrical sides.

And paper birds can also be made using the same technique. In the bird (pictured below), we see that the wings are a fan made of paper or napkins. And in the fold of the upper part of the bird, we make a slot and insert the fan there.

For animal crafts, elephant ears can be inserted into such a slot. And also, for example, a lion's mane made of cardboard or thick paper.

To such BENDING CRAFTS, you can attach not only wings, but also a head - which will be perpendicular to the body. See the photo below with an example of a children's craft "Black Cat" made of paper.

The head of this cat is attached according to the same principle as the wings-fan of the bird above - ALSO IN THE SLOT. If you look closely, you will see that the head has fold too, which divides the head into 2 planes (posterior and anterior).

THE BACK PLANE OF THE HEAD continues with the ears, AND THE FRONT PLANE OF THE HEAD contains the glued eyes and whiskers of the cat.

A slot is made in the back of the cat (as in the bird above for wings) - and the BACK PLANE OF THE HEAD is inserted into this slot. And the front plane simply hangs in front and is not inserted into the slot.

A very simple paper craft for older children (age 5-6 years). And for children in grades 1-2, it’s also great do-it-yourself work.

It is possible to provide for such a craft scheme addition in the form of a tummy- like these hares below. To do this, you just need to draw additional processes of paper in the abdomen area, which then, after the silhouette is folded, WRAPPED WITH A ROLL and fastened with a stapler or glue.

You can slightly modify this principle of crafts - leaving between the two halves-bochins the UPPER BACK PLATFORM. That is, at the top of the part, make not one fold, but two folds at a distance of 1-2 cm from each other - this is how we get the back.

These bears made of cardboard (or thick paper) have just such a back.

And these paper birds (pictured below) also have a back. And thanks to this site, we were able to provide for the tail part (it became a natural continuation of the dorsal part of the bird).

I specially drew a diagram of the birds - so that it becomes clear for you how to add a back-platform to your craft. Here in the diagram below - the back area is highlighted with a purple dotted line. Along these lines is the fold of our craft.

Both birds and bears according to this scheme can be drawn in advance on a template made of paper, then circle this template on a sheet of cardboard by drawing in advance the internal fold lines (those that go along the back). And the task of the child is to cut the silhouette of the template and bend it along the internal lines. That is, the craft is available to children from 5 years old, and is suitable for middle and older groups of kindergarten and for school lessons of creativity and labor.

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SIMPLE ORIGAMI.

For young children, it is difficult to make multi-step origami crafts. Therefore, it is better to start with simple schemes, which are then supplemented with cut out elements, giving them a resemblance to the intended character. So we get easy crafts.

You yourself, with your own hands, you can experiment with a sheet of paper - fold it this way and that, and then think about what this folding sheet might look like ... but what if ears are here, eyes are here, and nose is here .... wow, this looks like a great MOUSE.

Here's another simple folding of paper along diagonal lines that makes it possible to get a fold for the Ladybug craft. Spots and a muzzle can be drawn with a marker or cut out of colored paper.

The simplest thing a small child can do is fold a sheet of paper into two folds and get base-blank for a character made of paper, whose mouth opens, and therefore you can make him not only a muzzle, but also a mouth with teeth and tongue.

This children's craft is suitable for classes in paper design in kindergarten. She needs double-sided colored cardboard or the same thick paper. It is good to buy office colored paper for such crafts - it has a higher density than standard children's colored paper.

Or children can make their own hands like these easy folding bed crafts. To do this, a sheet of paper (A4 format) is cut along a beveled diagonal. And then it folds into 2 folds (to get 3 parts). The wide side of the folded paper is not glued onto a sheet of colored cardboard and then decorated according to the design of the sketch.

Children's paper crafts.

DROP template.

If we roll a wide strip of paper with the ends together, then we get teardrop-shaped twist.

On the basis of such a simple blank, you can also make a variety of craft designs - a blue paper whale, a ladybug (glue wings to a drop).

It is convenient to make mice or a hedgehog from a paper template in the form of a drop.

Can i to such drop-shaped details add on top round paper roll- to make a head. So even more options for simple and easy crafts - bunny, duckling, swallow.

Turn on your imagination and multiply ideas.

And if you connect a whole series of strips together like CHAIN ​​LINKS, then you can get such a green crocodile from paper loops.

And here are some more simple crafts based on a wide strip, bent into a ring or into navicular shape.

In the craft with the boat - we first do holder at the bottom of the boat- it's just a small rectangle of paper, which has small sides bent on both sides. And then we glue the REAL BOARDS OF THE BOAT FROM BLUE PAPER to these bent sides. Rectangle with edges in the center will not let the sides of our boat collapse towards each other.

The craft is suitable for children from 5 years old.

And here is a children's paper craft, where white paper strips also imitate the body of a swan. Here the form holder is a roll of white paper twisted into a long tube. Craft for children 5-6 years old.

Crafts-postcards

from paper.

And of course, if you like to make children's crafts from paper and cardboard, then opener cards are a suitable topic for children from 3 years old. Ideas for opening crafts can be very different. For example, an aquarium with a fish. Or craft-valentine with spring birds.

You can make a simple children's craft in the form of a castle - the gates of which will be opened for boys by knights and soldiers, and for girls by beautiful princesses hidden inside a paper bastion.

Crafts-postcards can be a great gift for March 8, made by hand. For example, here is a cup with tulips. The handle for the cup can be cut out as a separate piece and glued to the side of the mug.

Or you can make an apron craft with carved paper lace (lace can be obtained from ready-made paper napkins, or cut a snowflake out of paper, cut off its lace edge and we will get a border for the apron.

You can cut out the silhouette of the can on the craft - seal it with a thin layer of the file (on double-sided tape). And also stick a paper pocket (the back wall of the craft) and put hearts in this transparent front pocket.

Here is another technique VOLUME POSTCARDS. She is simple. Fold a piece of paper in a fold. And on the edge of the bend we do 2 notches scissors (any length and width). And then we simply push the place between these incisions with a FINGER into the postcard - and it BUGS out in the form of such a rectangular stand.

And now we stick any element on this stand. For example a cupcake.

If you make three pairs of such cuts - push them with your finger inside the postcard, then you can stick a cupcake on each of them. And checkboxes on top. Here is a simple children's craft and ready. Interesting and non-standard.

To get started, practice on a piece of a regular sheet - bend in half, cut it twice and push the incised part inward. You will see that it is simple.

And you can show your kids the same way. And then on such a stand (already pushed inside the postcard) you will stick any craft (butterfly, dinosaur, rocket).

Any original ideas can be realized in this technique of voluminous postcards. That is, this is another field for children's fantasy paper crafts.

The longer you make paired cuts, the further the strip-stand will be curved inside your postcard. You can see this in the example with the postcard craft in the photo below.

Crafts openers can have a surprise in the form of a folding fan. Under such a folding bed, you can arrange a peacock with a magnificent tail.

Of course, such a complex carving (as in the photo below) is difficult for a child. But for children, you can simplify any idea - let the fan be not carved, but simply cut out the peacock spots separately and stick them on the fan blades.

Or a cot inside the postcard can be in the form folding chain of symmetrical elements- butterflies, flowers (that is, the main thing is that there is a symmetry of the folds).

We cut out any identical details - butterflies, flowers, hearts. The main thing is that the left half and the right one should be like a mirror image of each other. And then these parts can be glued in halves to each other (not all the halves should be smeared with glue, but only the outer edges). And then we get a multi-colored accordion of parts. And paste this accordion into a postcard. Also a beautiful craft - night butterflies, bright but against the background of a dark sky.

These are the ideas I collected and systematized - for your future paper crafts. I am sure that now you will not only be able to repeat the crafts presented here with the children, but also CREATE YOUR OWN AUTHOR'S WORKS for each of the proposed METHODS.

After all, when you understand the method, and when you see that it allows itself to be widely interpreted - multiplying the same technical idea in the form of a variety of crafts - then you just have to CONTINUE THE CHAIN ​​OF IDEAS.

And I wish you the most original creative finds. And the children will be very happy to implement them in the most diligent and inspired way.

Good luck with your children's crafts.
Olga Klishevskaya, specially for the site

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Paper crafts can be made both for yourself and for sale In modern schools and preschool institutions, much attention is paid to working with paper. Both kids 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 fingers.

Simple voluminous gift boxes or voluminous figures can be made by hand by drawing a diagram on a piece of paper. Many crafts are almost impossible to put together without diagrams. Thanks to the templates, you can create complex voluminous fakes from colored paper or cardboard. Beautiful knick-knacks, furniture models and much more - any art lover can do.

Schemes and templates for creating paper crafts can be purchased online or at a craft store.

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

Each template comes with instructions on how to assemble the craft. The template needs to be downloaded, printed on a printer, cut out a figure along the contour. On each figure on the template, dotted lines will be drawn along which the model should be folded. Glue the finished model with glue.

Easy paper crafts for kids

Children show interest in paper from childhood. To instill a love of creativity, parents should captivate the child with the creation of a variety of paper crafts. You can make a beautiful bright bird craft that a child can play with or use it to decorate a bedroom.

A simple cardboard bird:

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

Paper craft in the form of a turtle is good for children

If you cut out a few birds, you can make a Chinese breeze according to Feng Shui. By hanging the birds on a wooden stick, you can steal the entrance to the children's room with such a craft.

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

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

Stylish cardboard and paper crafts: three-dimensional paintings

Application is considered the simplest paper craft, 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 expensive white perforated paper, 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.

A volumetric castle made of paper is a great toy for a child.

Progress:

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

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

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 plait strips of paper between each other in a checkerboard pattern, creating an object. A more complicated way is weaving from paper twisted into tubes.

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

Thanks to paper, you can make a practical chessboard

There are several options:

• Newspaper;
• Glossy magazine;
• Tape for cash registers;
• Plain paper.

Note that it is easier to work with paper, which is durable - the craft, respectively, will come out more durable. An original drawing will come out of glossy magazines.

Do not intertwine different types of papers. Thick paper may not be intertwined with thin paper, and sometimes it can tear it.

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

How to make paper crafts: preparing paper tubes

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

For manufacturing you will need:

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

To prevent paper tubes from tearing, thick paper should be used in their manufacture.

First, let's prepare the tubes. Ribbons with a width of 90 mm of any length are simply wound 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 this. Do not be distracted by extraneous matters, so the progress of work is lost.

By gradually pulling out the needle and building 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 blanks, in addition to this, you will need a piece of durable cardboard, scissors and glue. From the cardboard you need to cut the bottom of the future basket. To do this, according to any template, cut out two cardboard circles.

Now you can start weaving baskets:

1. Glue paper tubes around the circle on the first cardboard circle. Glue the second circle onto the tubes.
2. We lift the tubes up and fasten with an elastic band.
3. Glue the end of one tube to the base, then grab the standing tube from the outside, lead it inward and grab 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, when weaving it is better to insert a bottle or jar inside.
7. Weave all 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 finished basket. For fidelity, you can stick to one of the tubes.
9. Frame tubes can be glued to the walls of the basket.
10. We paint the finished product with acrylic paint, wait for complete drying and paint over again.

A paper basket is a great decor element for any room.

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 can make an angel craft under the supervision of their parents.

How to make a Christmas angel step by step:

1. Cut out two squares of 10x10 cm from colored paper. Fold them like an accordion.
2. Make a bend on the accordions, stepping back from the end of 3 cm. Bend one accordion to the right, the second to the left.
3. Glue the bent 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 edge of the fan. We wind the strips on top of each other, forming a tight circle. Fix the size of the head with glue.
5. Place the rest of the paper down.
6. Glue the halves together. Angel is ready.

Using paper, you can make original decorations for the Christmas tree in the form of angels

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

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

White Paper Crafts: Volumetric Snowflake

Volumetric snowflakes look spectacular, besides, 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 three-dimensional snowflake step by step:

1. Cut out 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. Thus, make 3 triangular cuts.
3. Unfold the sheet and place 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. Turn over and fasten all remaining strips.
7. In a similar way, make 6 parts of a snowflake.
8. Fasten together in 3 parts with a stapler.
9. Glue the two halves together.

Volumetric snowflakes made of white paper are well suited for decorating a house for the New Year.

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

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

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

The easiest children's paper crafts without scissors

Easy and beautiful craft for kids - "The Universe through the eyes of a child." The figure can depict the 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 crackers or cut out a bunch of small circles of multi-colored paper with a hole punch.
2. Take a stencil and apply a drawing on a sheet - a crescent, stars and planets.
3. Paint over the drawn figures with PVA and, until it is dry, 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.

There are a wide variety of paper crafts you can do without scissors.

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

Applications can also be decorated in this way. Decorating, for example, a Christmas tree cut out of a green leaf, you can make a beautiful New Year's craft.

Fascinating paper crafts for children: mobile toys

Such toys are very interesting for children. You pull the string, and the animal or doll moves arms and legs. In fact, making such a figure is quite easy.

An entertaining puppet toy can also be made from plywood, but since cardboard is more malleable in manufacturing, we will analyze this option better.

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

Movable paper toys are a great gift for a child.

How to make a puppet dog:

1. Moving parts (paws and tail) are drawn on cardboard separately and cut out.
2. Subsequently, at these points, we make fastenings with wire or bards. Buttons can be used as a stopper.
3. We glue the torso and head with adhesive tape or glue to a bamboo stick.
4. We insert into the pre-made holes in the paws along the mount and combine with the body. We tie the paws together with a thread or elastic band. To do this, we make two additional holes in each foot so that they are located closest to each other, and the thread is not visible from the front side.
5. In the same way we fasten 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 of painting, at your discretion.

Having performed a cat, a fox, a hare using a similar technology, you can arrange a puppet theater for kids. Every child will like a play based on their favorite fairy tale with the participation of animals.

Paper crafts without glue: simple origami for kids

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

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

Tip: if you go when tearing off to avoid severely torn edges, fold the sheet in both directions.

When choosing a future composition for creating origami, you should choose crafts without complex elements

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. Unfold, fold in half.
2. Having unfolded, we bend the left and right corners of the square inward, combining them in the middle of the square. The result is a pentagon.
3. We bend the top of the cone in the middle. Then we bend the same cone in the opposite direction, so that a small corner protrudes beyond the border of the sheet - the future beak.
4. We combine the left and right sides of the whole craft, put it so that the beak is on the left.
5. We 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 bring a small corner beyond the extreme left border - these are the legs of the chicken.
7. We turn out a small corner-tail.
8. We lower the beak a little. You can paint over with a regular red pencil for more realism. Draw eyes.

Such a craft can surprise a child, intrigue him. Having aroused interest in the toy, you can enlist the baby to help create a similar origami next time.

Master class: do-it-yourself paper crafts (video)

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

Colored paper and thin cardboard are the first material from which children begin to make flat or three-dimensional figures. Children's paper crafts develop creativity, spatial thinking and fine motor skills of fingers. This is the simplest way to keep kids entertained in their free time. They will be carried away by the creative process at any time of the year, especially in inclement weather. The ideas, schemes, instructions and templates offered in the article can be used not only by teachers, but also by parents of preschoolers and children of primary school age.

Making simple paper crafts on your own is fun and affordable. Every year, experts offer new ideas and work techniques that inspire exclusive decor in the interior.

Paper does not mean what can be done, thrown away and forgotten. If you prepare correctly and do everything extremely carefully, paper decor will not look cheap and trivial. From thin colored cardboard and thick office paper, you can make a lot of beautiful and useful household gizmos with your own hands. They are suitable for updating the design in the children's room or decorate the whole house for the holiday:

• for the New Year;
• for Easter;
• by March 8;
• for Valentine's Day;
• for the birthday of each member of the family.

Designers use three-dimensional figurines for interior decor in various styles. For example, branches of delicate sakura with voluminous pink flowers made using the origami technique from modules are a great idea for a Japanese-style bedroom.

A panel with voluminous butterflies, applications in the form of birds or autumn leaves, a tree with owls - a simple and unique decor for a country-style hallway or dining area.

Paper Christmas decorations are the best preparation for the long-awaited holiday.

Enthusiastically use all your boundless imagination:

• openwork snowflakes on the window glass, planted on soap;
• christmas angels;
• moon and planets;
• garlands with colored paper additions;
• Santa Claus, snowmen, hares and other winter characters;
• voluminous and flat Christmas toys.

Children of different ages, girls and boys, are willingly involved in the work. Older students, having practice, on behalf of their mothers, become "instructors" for kids. They can make a complex base in the form of an accordion, fan, flower stem or supporting parts.

Tip: Teach your child to be careful when working with glue so as not to make stains and sagging. And before you cut something, let it measure with a ruler, mark and make marks with dots. The lines from the pencil should go into trim, and not into the main details. Under this condition, all work will be done masterfully, and not like beginners.

Knowing how to make spherical tulips, voluminous daffodils, roses and other flowers, older children are able to make a gift for their mother or grandmother with their own hands. One of the parents will give the child an idea and teach the basic skills of working with scissors, glue and thin cardboard.

A beautiful paper bouquet in an impromptu vase will stand on the window for more than one month, reminding you of the holiday. And for parents there will be another reason to praise their children for their patience and perseverance, to remind them when something does not work out.

It is better for beginners to master various techniques and craft according to the easiest schemes. Simplicity and affordability are the secret of the popularity of crafts made from the cheapest material.

You can start with children 3-4 years old or when the baby begins to show interest.

About how to make interesting paper crafts with your own hands using various techniques, our experts will share their secrets.

Invite your students to watch a video tutorial on creating three-dimensional paper flowers.

How to make easy paper crafts using various techniques?

1. Making cardboard toys according to a template is the easiest way, especially if the elders do the difficult work for the baby.

Hares in the grass is a simple toy, it can be made "animated" if the characters are not fixed, but made in slots on sticks.

• Cut out one hare (head and shoulders) as a template and multiply with a child who can circle the cardboard blank with a pencil several times. Do not forget to teach your baby to save paper - apply templates tightly to each other.
• These bunnies will need the plastic "moving eyes" that are sold in the craft department.
• On the cut out faces, it remains to glue the eyes, finish the nose and mouth. If you depict them in different ways, you get bunnies with a different facial expression.
• The length of the ears can be varied or even screwed onto a pencil to lower.
• Next, you need a strip of cardboard with grass cut out in 1 or more rows.
• Behind the grass, it is necessary to cut holes along the width of the hare's body so that they "sit" tightly there. And the bunnies themselves are best attached to sticks or paper tubes in order to control.

The toy is ready, now it can be used - the hares will tell the child a story before going to bed on the edge of the back of the bed. At the same time, mom will move these bunnies in turn. To complete the plot, you can make a wolf or a fox so that the bunnies hide in the grass (we lower or take out the templates).

In a similar technique, do-it-yourself any flat animated crafts made of colored paper. For example, in the window of a house carved according to a template. You can put a doll or a storyteller there. Stories or poems for children can be read at night by a grandfather and a woman with a samovar (other characters). Use an easy plot, understood by children, with famous fairy tale characters.

A dog and a whole family of puppies will look out of the booth, which are driven out by a cat or a rooster. If you manage to make a tower of a “stone” castle, let a princess and a dragon appear in the window with your dialogues - children love to watch this.

1. Twisted paper figures are an easy way to add dimension to paper crafts. Experts suggest mastering this at an elementary level, and in a few weeks the baby will make a whole animal world in the children's room.

The easiest way to make paper rings and cylinders:

• Bunny.
• Curl bird.
• Chicken.
• Kitten.
• Puppy.
• Frog.
• Owl.

The paper cylinder is the torso, depending on the design of the toy, it can be positioned horizontally or vertically. Attach the ponytail and paws cut out of paper to this base. It is most responsible to make a head or a muzzle - flat or voluminous (your choice).

If you make birds with a child, then it is better to open the beak. Use chicken feathers or down - this will make the chicken or cockerel more attractive. Eyes can be drawn or glued, for this use:

• halves of peas or beans;
• "shifting eyes";
• black allspice;
• flat beads;
• black sequins.

In addition to the toy itself, it will be interesting for children to make the “habitat” of the character out of paper: grass, a lake, a house, a hollow, a tree, etc. If you are not too lazy, a lot of crafts will come out in a few days on one topic - a whole zoo or heroes of the fairy tale "Teremok" . This story can be memorized and shown in roles to guests on the child's birthday.

1. Paper doll dress up is a popular game for girls. You can buy them ready-made or make your own. For those who do not know how to draw, it is easier to cut out Barbie in a swimsuit from the "coloring book" and stick it on a cardboard base.

Outfits are made from:

• white paper and decorate with pencils or markers;
• thin colored cardboard;
• velvet paper;
• foil;
• magazines (illustrations with the texture of fabric or fur).

If a mother or a girl has artistic skills, then a fashionista doll can be drawn independently or copied from a sample you like. Such paper crafts are decorated with paper and fabric appliqué, feathers and flower herbarium. A little more difficult level - puffy dresses made of voluminous elements and pleated skirts made of folds like a fan.

Tip: Do not forget that each outfit should have holders (elements at the edges of the outfit) to cling to the shoulders and waist of the doll. An advanced level is to fix a flat magnet inside the cardboard template, and glue a light metal plate or a shoe stud without a hat under each outfit. Usually, for such help, they turn to dad or grandfather.

Add a Girlfriend and a Prince for the doll, a house or a whole street for walking. If we limit ourselves to only one "fashionista", she needs a box or cardboard box in any technique. It is no less interesting to weave a basket of twisted paper for a homemade doll and make a rug.

This is one of the easiest ways to create color patterns. Even a child of 3-4 years old will master the braided rug step by step.

With this technique, you can do:

• basket;
• bookmark for books;
• patterned rug for paper toys.

Several color combinations have been developed. For those who are interested in what crafts can be made from paper, it is enough to master three:

• monophonic weaving;
• two-color;
• multicolor patterns.

The lightest is braided, where stripes of two close or contrasting shades alternate.

For the doll rug you will need:

• scissors,
• glue;
• ruler,
• pencil;
• 2 squares of colored paper.

We mark the back sides by 1-1.5 cm, but do not cut to the end - a centimeter border is needed along the edge. You should get one form with not completely cut edges on both sides, the second - on one side cut to the edge. These strips will simply run through the first pattern step by step. Then the ends need to be glued. Finish with a border, curly or openwork edges of a different color.

Rolled paper or newspaper toys

Another novelty for those who are not familiar with this technique.

True hand-made craftsmen use this technique to weave wicker and rattan furniture, and interior baskets from newspaper tubes. Easy crafts from twisted white paper start with blanks, then weave according to the pattern.

Rolled-up newspapers will also become products: after painting with an aerosol, letters and photos will not be visible, but the secondary material will become a useful decor for the apartment. According to the general scheme, for example, you can weave baskets for old flower pots and flower pots that need updating.

Another interesting idea is a stationery basket on the computer desk to put small items in there for general organization.

Newspapers are cut with a sharp knife and wound on a thin long knitting needle, after which the edges need to be fixed with glue. From one sheet of newspaper you get 4 tubes, if you fold it in half twice and cut it into 4 identical parts.

It is proposed to weave:

• A vase for dry flower arrangements or paper flowers.
• The casket.
• Plafond for the kitchen.
• Frames for family photos.
• Stands for hot glasses.
• Interior inserts, etc.

In Russia, this type of needlework is not yet as popular as abroad, but the number of admirers of the technique of working with paper is growing rapidly. This is the twisting of long narrow strips to create three-dimensional images. They are combined into three-dimensional images or pasted on postcards.

The examples show how to make paper crafts using this technique.

To begin with, make the easiest patterns with your child - a bird or a flower. It will be something new and surprising for him, then his fantasy will develop. First, children need to be told the density of the twist and the need for creases in certain places. Soon they will begin to understand and make new models from "paper filigree" on their own.

In this technique, they make full-fledged souvenirs or decorate the base. Most popular:

• postcards and invitations;
• photo frames;
• earrings;
• gift packages;
• Christmas tree decorations;
• interior decor.

In needlework stores, you can find ready-made quilling kits, cut colored stripes for do-it-yourself paper crafts, diagrams and templates.

Facing

Another original way to create three-dimensional figures, which requires the same soft paper templates. They are connected and unfolded, getting three-dimensional figures that can be used to decorate the interior or make a festive decor in the house.

Iris Folding

A new type of work with paper for Russia, which develops creative potential. In principle, nothing new - paper spirals are twisted in a special way, which are used to lay out patterns. If you carefully consider the pattern and shades, you get masterpieces that have a place in a frame on the wall.

Invite your daughter to make a young lady in a magnificent dress, but help complete the most difficult stages of work.

Papier mache

This is the oldest technique that periodically comes into fashion and is forgotten again. To some, it will seem new, but to someone it is known for the surprise balls that are hung up for the holidays. They are filled with sweets and various sweets, and the birthday boy must knock down with a bat, releasing goodies.

A lot of interesting paper crafts were made by craftsmen from glue and torn newspapers. Translated from French, papier mâché is “torn” or “chewed” paper. Applying layer after layer of glue-based scraps, it is easy to get any shape.

The same "surprise balloon" is easy to make by wrapping a large balloon with thin paper or newspaper and applying layers of papier-mâché. When the layer is ready, the ball is blown off, and the form remains. It is filled with sweets, and the hole is closed with the same “chewed paper” on glue. Decorated with colored blocks, foil stars on top. This is a popular entertainment at Mexican-style parties.

If durable figures and sculptures are created, gypsum or starch is added to the base. In this technique, it is easy to do anything - from fake hats for a party to decor items in the interior.

Piggy bank in the form of a pig can be made in this simple technique under the original painting and varnished. It can be filled for years, and then broken, and with this money the family can go to the sea.

Layer-by-layer pasting of an object - “mashing”. To remove the finished papier-mâché, you need to carefully cut it, and close the seams using the same technique. Sometimes they make a liquid mass based on shredded paper, which is squeezed out and made into a shape.

Toys based on "accordion"

For children, this is a more difficult level, but a great base for the torso of crafts. Two strips of paper are placed in a square on top of each other alternately at a right angle until an elastic accordion comes out. It remains to glue the paws, tail and muzzle of funny animals to this base.

Try to make easy three-dimensional paper crafts with your child: a caterpillar, frogs, or a arched, yawning cat hiding in the grass.

Paper origami is the most popular technique for children's creativity

Many models do not involve working with glue and scissors - the figures are folded according to a certain pattern.

Advanced level - modular origami of triangular elements. Children with spatial imagination lay out entire zoos and cities in this way. Start with the simplest by watching a video tutorial on how to make paper crafts using the modular origami technique:

To consolidate the acquired knowledge, we propose to do:

Bud of paper (TULIP) step by step

• Fold a square of red paper (preferably two-sided) diagonally.
• Bend the second diagonal (see photo).
• Collapse into a triangle.
• Wrap the corners to the center and top, as well as from the back.

Colored paper is an excellent material for crafts. You can make applications, various figures and many other creative things from it. In this article we will consider: how to make crafts from colored paper for primary school children with their own hands.

You will need: thick colored paper, glue gun, ruler, scissors, adhesive tape, stationery gum, pencil, pen spring.

Master Class

1. Take a sheet of paper and a pencil, twist the tube diagonally from the corner, then fix it with tape and pull out the pencil.
   
   
2. Twist the second sheet of paper around the first tube, then pull them apart. The second paper tube should be slightly larger in diameter than the first so that it can be fired from in the future.
3. Fix the second tube with tape, then cut off the edges.
4. Twist 2 more paper tubes in the same way.
5. Cut the tubes into segments of this length: trunk - 2 tubes 15 cm long; handle - 7 tubes 5 cm long; trigger - 1 tube 8 cm long.
6. Glue 5 cm tubes diagonally to make a handle.
   
   
7. Glue the 8cm tube on top of the handle so that the remaining 3cm protrude to the right. This is a trigger.
8. Glue two 15cm tubes together and glue to the top of the gun as a barrel.
9. Twist two thin tubes from yellow paper.
10. Bend the thin tube into a "U" shape and insert one end into the trigger and the other end into the top tube of the handle. Cut off the excess. This will be the trigger.
11. Make a trigger guard from the second thin tube. To do this, place one end of the tube in the handle (in the second tube from the top) and glue the rest of the tube to the bottom of the barrel.
    
    
12. Twist the pink paper tube, flatten it and tape the handle as shown in the image. It is worth noting that the rear hole in the trigger must be open.
13. Remove the trigger from the top tube of the handle and insert the spring. It is worth noting that the spring should rest against the tube covering the back of the handle. Reinsert the trigger.
14. Twist a thin thick tube of yellow paper, secure with tape and cut off the edges so that they are even.
    
    
15. Bend the edge, put on an elastic band and fix with glue.
16. Insert the tube with the rubber band into the down tube of the gun barrel and pull the rubber band forward, hooking it between the two tubes.
17. Roll up bullets out of paper, load the gun and shoot.

You will need: colored cardboard, scissors, glue stick, cotton wool, stapler.

Master Class




The rainbow in the clouds is ready!

Binoculars

You will need: yellow cellophane, scissors, adhesive tape, black paint, brush, green and black paper, glue, rubber band, wine cork, string or elastic band.

Master Class

1. Cut out 2 circles of yellow cellophane and stick with tape on the circumference of the bushings as binocular lenses.
   
   
2. Paint the circumference of the wine cork with black paint and cover it with green paper.
3. Tape the sleeves with green paper and glue the black stripes as shown in the image.
   
   
4. Glue the bushings together and fix by putting on a clerical gum. After a while, remove the gum.
   
   
5. Glue the glued cork between the bushings.
   
   
6. Prepare an elastic band or rope of the desired length, make a hole on the side of the bushings and fasten the elastic band.

Binoculars are ready!

Origami rose

You will need: double-sided colored paper, scissors, a simple pencil.

Master Class

1. Fold a sheet of colored paper diagonally as shown in the photo and cut off the excess strip to make a square.
2. Bend the square to form a second diagonal.
   
   
3. Bend the square in half to form lines like a snowflake.
4. Move the sides of the workpiece in this way: the top - from the right side to the left, and the bottom - from the left to the right, to make a triangle.
5. Bend all 4 peaks to the middle and run your fingers along the folds.
6. Expand the workpiece to a double triangle and fold the top corner back.
   
   
7. Spread the bud and bend the folded corner inward.
8. Gather the double corner back and run your fingers through the folds.
9. Raise 4 side corners to the top.
   
   
10. Flip over, then fold each side to the center to the middle. You should get a blank with a hole at the bottom.
11. Blow strongly into the hole from below to straighten the bud.
12. Twist the petals using a simple pencil.
    
    
13. Take the strip of paper cut off at the beginning.
14. Fold the stem and insert it into the bud.

The origami rose is ready!

Moving 3Dfish

You will need: colored paper, scissors, glue, pencil, black felt-tip pen.

Master Class

1. Take a sheet of blue paper and make a square.
2. Fold the sides to the fold line, then open the paper.
   
   
3. Fold the paper in half in such a way that you get a triangle, as shown in the image.
4. Make cuts along the fold line, then open the paper and glue the overlapped parts that are not cut.
5. Flatten the fish's face by cutting off a corner.
   
   
6. Cut out the fins and tail from the pink, then draw stripes with a felt-tip pen.
7. Cut out the eyes from white paper and draw the pupils with a black felt-tip pen.
   
   
8. Glue the fins, tail and eyes, also do not forget to draw eyelashes.
   
   
9. Cut out an elongated semi-oval and glue it as the lower jaw.

You will need: a sheet of colored paper, a felt-tip pen and scissors.

Master Class

1. Fold a sheet of colored paper in half.
2. Place your palm on the piece of paper so that the thumb and forefinger touch the edge of the piece of paper, thereby forming a half heart.
3. Circle your palm.
4. Cut out the palm and unfold the craft.

The heart in the hands of colored paper is ready!

You will need: colored paper in white and yellow, a simple pencil, ruler, glue, coin or compass.

Master Class

1. Cut 9 strips of paper to the same size.
2. Make 2 circles on yellow paper.
3. Cut them out.
4. Glue the ends of the strips to form petals.
5. Glue the petals to the yellow circle, then glue the second circle on top.

You will need: red colored paper, a simple pencil, scissors, a round object.

Master Class

1. Trace a round object on colored paper.
2. Draw a spiral in the circle.
3. Cut out the circle.
4. Cut the spiral in such a way that you get a "spring"
5. Twist the rosette, in the same way make the desired number of roses.

Original colored paper roses are ready! I recommend watching the video tutorial!

You will need: double-sided colored paper, glue gun, stick or skewer as a stem, button.

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A creative flower made of colored paper is ready!

You will need: 4 sheets of colored paper, double-sided tape.

Master Class

1. Fold each sheet into an accordion.
2. Fold each harmonica in half to form a fan.
3. Glue 4 sheets together in such a way that you get a circle.

A fan flower made of colored paper is ready!

You will need: colored paper, stapler, cut out butterfly (from a magazine, notebooks, pictures), felt-tip pen.

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A case for surprises made of colored paper is ready!

You will need: colored paper in black and yellow, a simple pencil, scissors, ruler, glue, compasses, sequins.

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Colored paper owl is ready!

You can also make a cute bunny out of colored paper, but see how in this video!

colored paper sisters

You will need: paper of two colors, 2 wooden sticks, buttons for the eyes, rubber bands or ropes for hands, pencil, glue.