Cutting out shapes and shapes from paper helps young children develop fine motor skills in a fun way!

How to teach a child paper cutting?

First of all, your baby’s hands should be ready to learn the skill of cutting. Best exercise for a baby - squeezing water out of a simple sponge, it trains the necessary muscles.
Then show your child how fun it is to tear old newspapers and pieces of paper into pieces - this will teach him to hold the paper in his hands without dropping it.
Now you can learn paper cutting using special materials for children! Start by cutting out straight and wavy lines, then teach your child to cut out shapes before introducing pictures to cut out.

Important! Remember to take breaks if your child is tired or bored. Be sure to encourage your child verbally, praise him, and try to interfere less with the cutting process itself.

Safety when cutting from paper

Before you begin, show your child how to hold scissors correctly and talk to him about using scissors safely. The child must clearly understand that:

You need to cut in the direction away from the body and fingers.
You can't play and fool around when you have scissors in your hands.

At what age should you start learning to carve?

All children develop differently. The age limits below should be used as a guide, taking into account the interests, temperament and attention span of individual children.

2 years: Children at this age will enjoy tearing paper into small pieces and cutting things out only by repeating after adults;

3 years: at this age you can try to cut out any shapes with your child, sitting next to him and continuously watching the process;

4 years: the child is able to cut out simple lines and shapes himself with a little help from an adult;

from 5 years and older: the child should easily cut out the pictures and even glue them onto paper, making appliqués.

Nowadays you can buy any toys in stores, but handmade paper crafts do not lose their relevance. Despite their primitive appearance, the process of making them will please the baby and will help develop his perseverance and fine motor skills.

Do-it-yourself paper toys are made using the following tools and materials:

Various papers (thin, thick, metallized, colored).
Paper napkins.
Cardboard.
Wallpaper scraps, foil, various candy wrappers.
Fabric for decoration.
Glue pencil.
PVA glue.
Stapler.
Scissors are small and medium with rounded ends.
Ruler.
Toothpicks.
Awl.
Pencil.

Volumetric paper toys

To develop creative abilities in children, it is worth making voluminous paper toys together.

Cat Matroskin

To make Matroskin the cat out of paper, you should transfer the proposed template to a landscape sheet, print it, then paint the picture with the desired colors, and then cut it out along the contour lines.

Print and cut out the toy from paper, glue it and get a sailor cat

In places where the dotted line is laid, it is necessary to bend parts of the product inward and form the figure of an animal. The folds on which the pink dots stand should be glued together.

Dog

To design the product, you should print out the given pattern and color the figure at your own discretion. Then, along the dotted lines, you need to bend the parts of the template and glue them in those places where the unpainted parts of the layout are located. After the paper craft is ready, glue the tail to the back.

Butterfly

When creating three-dimensional multilayer butterflies, several pieces of the same configuration are cut out of paper material (the size and color scheme may be different). After this, the parts need to be stacked on top of each other and connected with glue, and the wings be bent at different angles.

A beautiful effect can be obtained if you make moths of the same shape, but from paper of contrasting colors or different shades. Make some of the blanks openwork, and the rest simple. Then they need to be combined by placing the link without a pattern down.

Dymkovo toy

To make a Dymkovo toy, you can use templates in the form of a laying hen, lamb, horse and cockerel. The fragments should be printed, colored to your liking and cut out along the contours.
To add brightness, it is better to choose a color scheme in which blue, scarlet, green and yellow shades predominate. The parts that need to be glued together are indicated by arrows.

Cardboard house

The house can be built from cardboard.

Step-by-step design:

First you will need to print or draw a pattern and cut out cardboard elements according to its outlines.
Then the blanks should be traced on the fabric, leaving an allowance of 1.5 cm. In the cut out fabric fragments, you need to cut the corners.
In the window area, the material should be cut in the shape of the letter X on the fabric, then fold the resulting shreds inside and glue them.
When all the parts of the cardboard house are ready, they are glued together.

Airplane

To create an aircraft, the following steps are provided:

Ship

Step-by-step process for making the simplest paper boat:

Fold a rectangular piece of paper in half.
Bend the upper corners towards the center at a right angle.
Bring the corners of the base of the figure together to form a square.
Fold the bottom corner points on both sides upward, a triangle should emerge.
Connect the corners of the resulting figure together to form a square. You need to hold it by the upper corners and spread them to the sides until a boat is formed.
Align the figure so that it becomes stable.

Volumetric toy made of colored paper

Step-by-step production of a lion cub:

Paper car models

DIY paper toys that boys prefer to make are various cars.

Race car

Kids can make their own racing car.

Technology of its design:

Cylinder from used toilet paper Cover it with paper material of any color and draw numbers with a felt-tip pen.
Using a compass, draw 4 black circles and 4 white circles of slightly smaller diameter, cut out and glue the smaller parts onto the larger ones.
In front and behind the cylinder, use a pin to pierce holes for the axle made from a toothpick.
Place the roll on the toothpicks and secure the wheels on both sides.
Use scissors to make a semicircle in the upper part and bend its outer fragment in the form of a windshield.

Fire engine

The proposed fire truck template should be enlarged and cut out along the contours.
Then decorate the model, bend it into in the right places and glue PVA.

Truck models

The recommended diagram must be drawn according to the specified dimensions and the parts cut out. You can decorate it at your own discretion or as indicated in the picture. Bend the paper along the drawn lines and form parts of the machine. Connect the darkened areas with glue.

Police car

Enlarge the model of the police car, then print it out and decorate it. Cut along the outer lines, then fold the model and secure with glue.

Sports cars

Print the car pattern and cut along the contour borders.
Decorate the layout as desired, bend the parts to form a machine and fasten with PVA.

War vehicles

Transfer the military truck template onto a piece of paper and preferably print it using a color printer. Cut out the sample and glue it in the area of the white parts.

Other paper car models

The car can be made in origami style using the diagram below.

Paper toys based on templates

You can make paper toys with your own hands using different methods. This will require perseverance and attentiveness in correctly folding the paper sheets.

Giraffe pattern

The giraffe is easy to glue using this template. It needs to be printed on a printer or drawn by hand, then decorated with paints or pencils and cut out along the contours. In the places of the dotted lines, the workpiece should be bent and the body of the animal should be formed. Then you need to coat the white areas with glue and fix the model. Separately glue the head and tail of the giraffe.

Pet templates

Pets are easy to make using the origami method from a colored paper sheet.
In this case, you must follow the step-by-step technology shown in the picture.

Fruits

Fruits can be created using the templates below, which are formed by transferring to paper, decorating, cutting, shaping and gluing.

Here it is better to choose the following color scheme for the fruit:

Little gremlin

To make a small gremlin, you need to enlarge the recommended pattern, make a blank out of paper and color it. Then you need to fold the figure and glue it in the gray areas.
There are stripes on the body of the creature, the arms and beard should be glued to them, and the legs should be attached below.

Kitty pussy

Kitty's pussy can be made using the template provided. The craft is made by enlarging it, printing it on paper, and then cutting it out. The layout needs to be decorated, all parts of the body must be formed separately and glued to one another so that the indicated icons match. Finally, glue all the parts together.

Olaf

Olaf is made in the manner indicated in the previous paragraph.

Elsa

Other cartoon characters and animals

In a similar way as given in the previous paragraphs, you can create a bird, a princess and a teddy bear.

Paper weapons

Do-it-yourself paper toys involve making weapons, which will become good choice for boys.

Kunai

Step-by-step method for making a kunai blade:

Prepare 2 thick paper squares of dark color. One of them should be smaller.
For a smaller piece, bend one corner to the opposite edge to create a triangle. Fold the resulting shape in half to create another triangular shape.
Open the end fold.
Bend the short base of the figure towards the center so that the side line coincides with the line from the fold in the middle. Make a fresh fold on the paper.
Using 2-3 folds, you need to wrap the remaining piece of paper around the resulting narrowed triangle. Push the protruding ends inside.
Press down the product from the sides and press additional bends so that the blade of the weapon becomes tetrahedral.

The handle should be made in the following way:

Roll a thin tube from a large square and secure it with tape.
The tube must be inserted into the hole of the manufactured knife.
Take the roll protruding from the tip in your hands and flatten the excess paper.
Using bends on the flat edge of the handle, make a ring and secure it with tape.
Connect the blade and handle with a stapler.

Dagger

Making a dagger by gluing the material:

Nunchakus

To make nunchucks, follow these steps:

Roll the album sheet along the narrow edge like a cylinder. The diameter should be 5 cm.
Secure the edges of the part with tape.
Form a similar cylinder from rolled old waste paper and insert it into a paper blank.
In a similar way, make part 2 of the nunchuck.
Wrap the resulting sticks with twine, at the same time fixing the thread with hot glue, and attach the ends with tape.
To secure, the cord must be pulled along the entire length of the weapon.
Insert the twine into the cylinder and secure it to the outside knot. Do this process with 2 parts.

Spear

Paper spear design technology:

Morgenstern

Morningstar manufacturing process:

Crumple a ball from newspaper and cover it with colorless tape.
Attach the ball to the stick (length 20 cm) using adhesive tape.
Wrap the newspaper sphere in corrugated paper and secure it at the base with tape. Trim off excess paper pulp.
Make paper blanks in the form of small cones with a base for glue.
Roll up the parts and bend the legs inward.
Apply glue to the support and glue them to the base.

Paper katana for children

The proposed diagram needs to be enlarged and cut along the contours. The white teeth should be bent and the layout should be glued along them.

Gun

To design a pistol you need to follow these steps:

Christmas paper toys

Christmas tree decorations are made from paper with your own hands. Such crafts are inexpensive, but look original and elegant.

New Year's ball

Method of making a New Year's paper ball:

Volumetric snowflake

Step-by-step production of paper snowflakes:

Paper candies

Step-by-step execution of paper candy:

Cut a piece measuring 30x30 cm from colorful packaging material.
Place a cardboard toilet paper tube in the middle of the edge of the segment and secure it with tape.
Wrap the cylinder in wrapping paper and secure the seam with tape.
Tie the edges of the resulting part with ribbons, the length of which is 40 cm.
Downside Using scissors, curl the ribbon on both sides.

Flashlights

To decorate a New Year's lantern you need to follow these steps:

Garland

Creation method New Year's garland:

Draw stripes on multi-colored sheets (width from 1 to 5 cm, length from 7 to 15 cm).
Coat the ends of the fragment with glue and connect to form a ring.
Then thread the strip into the ring and glue the next ring.
In a similar way, form a garland of the required length.

Paper rainbow toy

To make a paper rainbow, follow these steps:

spinner

Spinner manufacturing technique:

Fold 2 multi-colored squares (19x19 cm) towards the center of the edge to form a narrow triangle, then bend the strips in half.
On each of the bottom strips, bend the corners towards each other, and turn the top corners in different directions.
Perform addition in opposite direction. The formed blanks need to be turned inside out and folded one on top of the other.
Place the corners in the pockets of each part to secure them.
The workpiece should look like a star with 4 ends.
Then, using an awl, punch a hole in the center and insert a toothpick there so that it does not touch the walls of the product.
Shorten the toothpick to 1.5 cm, secure it with beads on both sides using glue.
The spinner needs to be spun with your fingers, while holding it by the beads.

Yula

Step-by-step production of a spinning top:

Pinwheel

Step-by-step methodology for decorating a turntable:

You need to prepare 4 yellow and 4 red squares from paper.
Fold the red shape in half, then unfold it and fold the side edges to the center line.
The straightened square should be divided by kinks into 4 longitudinal strips.
Such folds should be made across. As a result, the figure will be divided into 16 squares. In one of them (located in the second bottom right row) diagonal bends should be made. Make symmetrical bends on the left side.
Bend the side corners at the bottom.
The right edge of the part must be bent back, while its lower segment must be at an angle.
Do similar actions with the left half.
Bend the top of the module back (to the width of 1 square).
Complete 7 more similar modules.
To connect, take 2 fragments, and place the protruding segment of one of them in the pocket located on the reverse edge.
Connect all the parts in a similar way and close them into a ring.

Boomerang that returns

A cardboard boomerang is made like this:

Kite

Technology step-by-step production kite:

Place an A4 sheet of paper vertically and bend it in half so that the fold is at the bottom.
Place a dot at a distance of 5 cm from the edge on the left side of the fold. Place another mark 5 cm from the first, on the same line. They are needed to attach the thread.
To fix the wings, you need to bend the upper left corner of the paper to the first mark. Do a similar procedure with the bottom of the paper so that both halves of the product are symmetrical. Fix the corners connected together with a stapler at the location of the first point.
Cover with tape the area where the thread is attached in the area of the second point. Use a hole punch to make a hole in the craft above the pencil mark.
Thread a thread into the hole of the kite and tie it with a strong knot.

Giving gifts made with love with your own hands fascinates with its uniqueness, even if they are toys made of paper. Crafts made together with your child will help show your childish creativity, will unite relationships and bring a lot of positive emotions.

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Video about paper crafts

Making a face-changing cube out of paper:

And again, voluminous paper crafts - forest animals: hare, fox, owl, monkey and squirrel. The author illustrated very cute forest animals, the design is quite simple, but the model diagrams themselves will still require some perseverance in assembly.

Gluing three-dimensional paper figures is very interesting and completely uncomplicated. Together with your children, you can collect and glue a lot of funny little animals, and then populate a whole paper forest with them. In addition, collecting such models is useful for children’s development. fine motor skills hands

Paper animal diagrams

All children love making, cutting and gluing fun crafts. But working on three-dimensional toys contributes to the development of a child’s spatial thinking. I suggest you join the children and get creative with them.

Using ready-made diagrams that can be downloaded on the Internet, it’s easy to make a lot of original three-dimensional figurines of forest inhabitants together with the children. This entertainment will keep your child busy and provide many hours of useful and educational activities.

To complete this work, we will need to download the diagrams and assembly instructions and print them on a color printer. Then, using scissors, cut out all the parts and, according to the instructions included, assemble and glue three-dimensional figures of animals or even a whole tree.

Let's start by making a cunning fox out of paper.

After we print out the sheets with the parts, we take scissors and cut them out taking into account the gluing allowances. Then we bend the parts along the dotted lines and glue them together according to the instructions and diagram. We glue on the ears and tail and as a result we get a real red-haired rogue.

As we remember from fairy tales, the fox always hunted a bunny and a paper bunny will keep our fox company.

The algorithm for creating a three-dimensional paper bunny craft is the same as for creating a chanterelle. ,

We print it on a printer, cut it out, bend it along the marked lines, glue it together and assemble the little animal toy.

The forest is home to not only the hare and fox, but also various birds. A voluminous paper bird is made in the same way as

And of course, what is a forest without trees? and collect it as described above.

It is very exciting to watch how an ordinary piece of paper turns into a dragon, an owl or a funny hedgehog. What about Maleficent?

The art of paper crafting originates from Japan and is somewhat reminiscent of origami, but requires cutting and gluing pieces. Everything you need for making papercraft toys, is a color printer, thick paper, scissors and a glue stick. Print the blank, cut out the parts and glue them in the right places - the figure is ready!

You can take a paper toy outside or on a visit. And it’s not at all scary if she suddenly gets lost. Making a new one will be even more interesting! And if you try: you color the craft with pencils, add details or make a cozy house for it - feel free to take the product to an exhibition in a kindergarten or school.

Paper animals using papercraft technique

Colorful paper animals will decorate any interior and will be a great gift for a friend. Choose the layouts that you like and create a little zoo in your room. Pustunchik has prepared for you templates for making a tiger, kangaroo, owl, cow and others. Each toy will take no more than 15 minutes to make. Forward!

Remember! To make the toy neat, carefully cut out the parts so as not to make unnecessary cuts. When bending the paper along the dotted lines, be sure to use a ruler.

Cartoon and fairy tale characters using papercraft technique

Imagine: a superhero from your favorite cartoon is visiting your home... It’s easy to make your dream come true. Make a character using papercraft technique- he's so much fun to play with! Boys will certainly love the Spider-Man and Batman figures, and girls will be happy to play with a smaller copy of Hello Kitty or Maleficent.

A simple papercraft style car

Replenish your fleet with wonderful paper cars and invite your friends to play with new toys from your collection. The art of papercraft is simple and accessible, which is why it is so easy to create new heroes to play with every day!

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Volumetric crafts made from colored paper have been and remain the most popular view children's creativity. Paper is one of the simplest and cheapest materials, often used in kindergartens and school groups. You can interest your child in paper crafts by choosing a theme that is interesting to a particular child. In addition, even from paper, crafts can be made using different techniques: scrapbooking, origami, three-dimensional appliqués, quilling.

Volumetric crafts - paper animals

If we talk about paper crafts for children 4, 5, 6 years old, then one of the popular topics for creativity is animal world. Three-dimensional animals made of colored paper, birds, insects and fish seem to come to life, acquiring not only bright colors, but also a bizarre shape.

We have selected voluminous paper animal crafts, master classes, templates and step-by-step instructions especially for you.

In this article we will look at not just examples of finished works, but also templates for three-dimensional crafts, which can be printed directly from the site.

In addition to the paper and cardboard itself, we will also need scissors, a glue stick (or PVA), a simple pencil, some additional parts, for example, toilet paper rolls and doll eyes. By the way, you can make toy eyes yourself by cutting out a small circle from white paper and drawing a dot on it with a black marker.

Please note that some instructions contain not only colored paper, but also cardboard, paper cups or disposable paper plates and napkins, but voluminous paper crafts made with your own hands from these improvised materials look no less impressive.

An original solution would be a voluminous paper craft for a preschooler, made by hand, as a gift or small present. close relative(grandmother/grandfather/father). This could be a themed figurine for one of the holidays or some memorable day. Thus, 3D animals, the diagrams and templates of which we will now consider, are a huge success among children.

This simple craft made from colored paper is not only easy to make, but also fun. Any child can cope with this task in 15 minutes. For a paper shark you need a sheet of double-sided blue or blue paper, white and red, scissors and a glue stick. We will work according to the following scheme:

Another interesting work is a voluminous giraffe made of yellow paper. To work you need a yellow sheet and a brown strip. Cut and glue as follows:

The following three works are performed using approximately the same technique - a paper caterpillar, a mouse and a bird. Blanks of the required size are cut out of the sheets, folded and then glued together.

A butterfly made from colored paper can be interesting in terms of making - this is where a child can show all his imagination and imagination. The wings of a butterfly can be completely different, and a colored sheet is taken as a basis, and different patterns can be glued onto it or simply painted.

A voluminous fish made of colored paper - such an interesting and simple craft will keep a child busy for 15-20 minutes:

Funny elephant made from black velvet paper - a simple craft that will require some participation from an adult. In order for a child to make an elephant, an adult must draw an outline on black paper for it, along which the outline of the animal must be cut out:

And we will make this elephant from a toilet roll (it’s also made of paper) and cover it with green paper (you can take any other color:

Another funny creature made from a paper roll is a chicken:

For voluminous animals, paper is not the only possible material. This original craft can also be made from paper cups:

Templates for three-dimensional paper crafts can be printed on white office paper, cut out and colored, but if we are talking about a specific living creature with a certain color (a frog, for example), then it is better to print the blank on paper of a specific color (in the case of a frog - green). Check out these paper animal templates for children aged 4 years and older: