Paper is the most affordable and diverse material for creativity. Plain white paper and a set of colored paper for appliqué are available in almost all stores. In specialized salons you can find dozens various types papers that differ in composition and texture.
Having decided to make paper counterfeits with your own hands, you can give a second life not only to read magazines and newspapers, but also to written notebooks and notebooks, as well as product packaging.
Using paper as an attribute for educational games with children can train their fine motor skills, the ability to concentrate and develop imagination.
In the content of the creative process of paper crafts for children, you can introduce educational elements of varying complexity, ranging from learning numbers, letters, clocks, arithmetic, names of flowers, animals, etc. - in simple applications and mosaics, and uploading the most complex origami designs for which you need to have an extraordinary gift of spatial imagination and remarkable patience.
Making three-dimensional figures in the origami style, paper models of buildings, cars, ships, and mastering other types of applied paper art, when moving to a professional level, can become not only a lifelong hobby, but also bring considerable income.
For starters, the simpler the better.
When starting to work with paper at any age, it is better to start with easy crafts: simple appliques, openwork cutting and weaving, and also master the basics of origami. It may be interesting to use the papier-mâché technique (multilayer glued shaped paper) and quilling - making figures from twisted strips of paper.
Paper butterflies - endless scope for imagination
Your first experience in making a three-dimensional product could be a butterfly. The basis of this craft is rectangles of paper (equilateral or slightly elongated) folded like an accordion diagonally and fixed in the middle with glue or thread.
You can make the body and legs using wire and the head from beads. The surface of the wings can be painted, decorated with thin openwork cut-outs made of colored paper or beads. By stringing such butterflies on one thread you can make beautiful garlands. Or you can cover part of the wall with such colorful flocks.
The same simple technology for making a butterfly, using a larger number (from 6) layers of corrugated paper, can be used to make decorative balls. At the same time, not only the color and size varies, but also the shape of the balls; you can bend the edges of the workpieces in different ways, rounding and stretching them in the right places.
The basis for such balls can be squares, circles, rhombuses and even triangles, superimposed on each other and fixed in the middle. The silhouette of the product can be changed using blanks of different sizes.
This simple paper craft technology is also the basis for making paper flowers. You can start with simple stylized inflorescences, making applications fixed in the center with circles, and then try more complex ones volumetric models artificial flowers, which are made from special textured paper.
Origami butterfly
In order to learn how to make a craft in the origami style, you first need to remember simple designs: airplanes, boats, frogs, etc., familiar to everyone from childhood.
These traditional models can be given new life, using an interesting texture of paper, decorating products with paints and beads.
We have to admit that nowadays paper butterflies have overtaken the famous paper airplanes in popularity and are an integral decoration of any girl’s room. Here step by step instructions for paper crafts using this butterfly as an example:
- 1. Roll up a paper square horizontally and vertically, then fold it into a diamond shape, two at a time possible options and also make clear internal folds.
- 2. Fold the workpiece into a double triangle with free edges in the shape of a boat.
- 3. Alternately bend the corners of the triangle to the top of one of the sides and bend this side so that you get a wing.
Combined applications - room for imagination
Using glue and scissors, you can make snow from rice, a chicken from threads, a house and a fence from matches, a cat from cotton wool... and this list can be continued indefinitely. The photo shows crafts in which paper appliqué elements are combined with other materials.
Colored paper is an excellent material for crafts. You can make appliqués, various figures and many other creative things from it. In this article we will look at how to make crafts from colored paper for elementary school children with your own hands.
You will need: thick colored paper, glue gun, ruler, scissors, tape, rubber band, pencil, pen spring.
Master class
- Take a sheet of paper and a pencil, twist the tube diagonally from the corner, then secure it with tape and pull out the pencil.
- Twist the second piece of paper around the first tube, then separate them. The second paper tube should be slightly larger in diameter than the first so that it can be used to shoot in the future.
- Secure the second tube with tape, then cut off the edges.
- Twist 2 more paper tubes in the same way.
- Cut the tubes into pieces of this length: trunk - 2 tubes 15 cm long; handle – 7 tubes 5 cm long; trigger – 1 tube 8 cm long.
- Glue 5 cm tubes diagonally to form a handle.
- Glue the 8 cm tube on top of the handle so that the remaining 3 cm protrudes to the right. This is the trigger.
- Glue two 15cm tubes together and glue them to the top of the gun as the barrel.
- Roll two thin tubes from yellow paper.
- Bend a thin tube into a “U” shape and insert one end into the trigger and the other into the upper tube of the handle. Trim off the excess. This will be the trigger.
- 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.
- Roll up the pink paper tube, flatten it and tape it around the handle as shown in the image. It is worth noting that the rear hole in the trigger must be open.
- Pull the trigger out of 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.
- Roll up a thin, thick tube of yellow paper, secure with tape and trim the edges so they are even.
- Fold the edge, put on an elastic band and secure with glue.
- Insert the tube with the rubber band into the lower tube of the gun barrel and pull the rubber band forward, hooking it between the two tubes.
- Roll paper bullets, load the gun and fire.
You will need: colored cardboard, scissors, glue stick, cotton wool, stapler.
Master class
Rainbow in the clouds is ready!
Binoculars
You will need: yellow cellophane, scissors, tape, black paint, brush, green and black paper, glue, rubber band, wine cork, string or elastic band.
Master class
- Cut out 2 circles of yellow cellophane and tape them to the circumference of the sleeves as binocular lenses.
- Paint the circumference of the wine cork with black paint and cover it with green paper.
- Cover the bushings with green paper and glue the black stripes as shown in the image.
- Glue the bushings together and secure with a rubber band. After a while, remove the rubber band.
- Glue the taped cork between the bushings.
- Prepare an elastic band or rope of the required length, make a hole in the side of the bushings and secure the elastic band.
The binoculars are ready!
Origami rose
You will need: double-sided colored paper, scissors, a simple pencil.
Master class
- Fold a piece of colored paper diagonally as shown in the photo and cut off the excess strip to make a square.
- Bend the square to create a second diagonal.
- Fold the square in half to create lines like a snowflake.
- Move the sides of the workpiece in this way: top - with right side to the left, and the bottom one - from left to right to form a triangle.
- Fold all 4 tops over to the middle and run your fingers along the folds.
- Expand the workpiece to a double triangle and bend the upper corner back.
- Straighten the bud and bend the curved corner inward.
- Gather the double corner back together and run your fingers along the folds.
- Bring the 4 side corners up to the top.
- Flip over, then fold each side in toward the middle. You should end up with a blank with a hole at the bottom.
- Blow strongly into the hole from below to straighten the bud.
- Curl the petals using a simple pencil.
- Take the strip of paper you cut at the beginning.
- Fold the stem and insert it into the bud.
The origami rose is ready!
Moving 3D fish
You will need: colored paper, scissors, glue, pencil, black felt-tip pen.
Master class
- Take a piece of blue paper and make a square.
- Fold the sides toward the fold line, then open the paper.
- Fold the paper in half to create a triangle as shown in the image.
- Make cuts along the fold line, then open the paper and overlap the uncut parts.
- Make the fish's face flatter by cutting off a corner.
- Cut out the fins and tail from the pink one, then draw stripes with a felt-tip pen.
- Cut out the eyes from white paper and draw the pupils with a black felt-tip pen.
- Glue the fins, tail and eyes, and don’t forget to draw eyelashes.
- 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
- Fold a sheet of colored paper in half.
- Place your palm on the leaf so that your thumb and index finger touch the edge of the leaf, thereby forming half a heart.
- Circle your palm.
- Cut out the palm and unfold the craft.
A heart in hands made of colored paper is ready!
You will need: white and yellow colored paper, a simple pencil, ruler, glue, coin or compass.
Master class
- Cut 9 strips of paper the same size.
- Make 2 circles on yellow paper.
- Cut them out.
- Glue the ends of the strips together to form petals.
- Glue the petals to the yellow circle, then glue the second circle on top.
You will need: red colored paper, a pencil, scissors, a round object.
Master class
- Trace a round object on colored paper.
- Draw a spiral in a circle.
- Cut out the circle.
- Cut the spiral in such a way that you get a “spring”
- Twist the rosette and make the required number of rosettes in the same way.
The original colored paper roses are ready! I recommend watching the video master class!
You will need: double-sided colored paper, glue gun, stick or skewer as a stem, button.
Master class
A creative flower made of colored paper is ready!
You will need: 4 sheets of colored paper, double-sided tape.
Master class
- Fold each sheet into an accordion shape.
- Fold each accordion in half to form a fan.
- Glue 4 sheets together to form a circle.
The fan flower made from colored paper is ready!
You will need: colored paper, stapler, cut out butterfly (from a magazine, notebook, picture), felt-tip pen.
Master class
The case for surprises made of colored paper is ready!
You will need: colored paper of black and yellow, a simple pencil, scissors, ruler, glue, compass, glitter.
Master class
The colored paper owl is ready!
You can also make a cute bunny out of colored paper, and see how in this video!
Sisters made of colored paper
You will need: paper of two colors, 2 wooden sticks, buttons for eyes, elastic bands or strings for hands, pencil, glue.
Useful tips
Paper crafts with children is a wonderful way to spend free time with your family.
Do different crafts with children, and everyone will be very pleased, not only with the result, but also with the process itself.
Take advantage of our tips and ideas to improve your skills in making crafts and acquire new ones.
DIY paper crafts. Wicker heart.
This beautiful heart is very easy to make. It can serve as both a decoration tool and nice addition for a gift, especially if you made it for a loved one.
You will need:
2 sheets of A4 paper (colors: blue and red)
Scissors
Ruler
Pencil
1. Fold the sheets in half and cut them into 2 halves (the cut should be made perpendicular to the bend).
2. Take each half and make 2 or 3 cuts on the fold side.
3. Start weaving a paper heart.
Insert the blue stripe into the red one and the red stripe into the blue one.
Alternate all the strips until the end.
Trim the ends to give the piece a heart shape.
4. Glue a strip to the paper heart so you can hang it.
* The simplest option This is a heart made of two stripes on each leaf. The more cuts, the longer it takes to weave, but the craft itself will look more beautiful and interesting.
* You can put sweets, a card or other surprise in your heart.
Paper crafts for children. Toys.
You will need:
Old newspaper or paper
PVA glue
Paints (gouache)
1. First, prepare some newspaper and shred it. Children can help you with this, and such an activity will be interesting even to the smallest. You should not cut newspaper with scissors.
2. Pour in the mass from crumpled newspapers hot water and leave for a few minutes.
3. Now mash the paper pieces into a homogeneous mass. If you want to speed up the process, you can use a mixer.
4. Drain off excess water and squeeze out the paper pulp. You should end up with a lump of wet newspaper from which you can sculpt figures.
5. To start sculpting from a lump, you first need to make it elastic.
To do this:
Prepare the glue and start adding it to the mixture little by little, remembering to mix thoroughly
The process of adding glue and mixing must be continued until the mass begins to resemble plasticine.
* It is worth noting that you do not need to overdo it with glue so that the mass does not turn out to be very liquid.
6. Now you have material for modeling. You can, for example, sculpt cars and airplanes for boys or dishes for dolls for girls.
7. After you have molded the desired toy, leave it to dry.
8. When the toy has dried, you can start painting it.
Crafts made from colored paper. Cylinder hat.
You will need:
Colored cardboard (or colored construction paper)
Colored paper
Plates
PVA glue
1. Place a large plate on the paper and trace it. Cut out the circle.
2. Place a small plate in the middle and circle it. Cut out the middle. It is advisable that the circumference of the small plate is approximately equal to the circumference of your head.
3. Prepare a large piece of paper (or glue several small ones together) and cut it so that its circumference roughly matches the circumference of your head. Next, make several cuts along the edges.
4. Roll the sheet into a tube and glue it together.
5. Insert the pipe into the fields and attach it to the circle by bending the edges and gluing them.
6. Glue the small circle that you previously cut out to the top of the future hat (i.e. to the top of the tube).
How to make a paper craft. Apple with a worm.
You will need:
Colored paper
Scissors
Pencil
1. First you need to think about what color your apple will be (yellow, red or green).
2. When you have decided on a color, you need to crumple a sheet of newspaper into a tight ball, and then wrap it in a sheet of the color that you have chosen.
* To prevent your apple from unraveling, apply glue to the protruding edges of the paper.
3. Prepare a small rectangular brown leaf and roll it into a tube to make an apple tail.
4. Prepare green leaf paper and fold it in half, then cut out the blanks for the apple leaf.
5. Using a pencil, mark the hole in the apple. After this, you can glue the tail and leaves.
6. Prepare black paper and crumple it into 6-7 small balls, from which you will then make a worm. Make one ball larger than the rest - this will be the head.
7. Start gluing the balloons onto the apple. First, it is advisable to apply glue and wait a little, then press the balls.
Crafts made from cardboard and paper. Magic castle.
This fairytale castle is made using cardboard and cardboard cylinders from toilet paper. The author of this project is Australian and mother of two children. She is the author of several books, the main theme of which is paper crafts.
You will need:
8 cardboard toilet paper cylinders
Carton
4 straws
Colored cardboard
Scissors
Markers
1. Preparing the main castle building
Prepare the box and cut off the top flaps. Next, cut out the lock teeth around the perimeter.
2. Making towers
You need to attach a paper cylinder (aka “tower”) to the corner of the box so that it (the corner) is approximately in the middle.
Use a marker to mark where the walls of your castle meet the edge of the "tower".
In the marked places, make shallow cuts - about 3cm.
Repeat the process with the remaining three castle towers.
3. We attach flags to the towers
Prepare colored cardboard and cut out triangles from it. Next, glue the triangles to the straws using tape. After this, glue (also using tape) the straws to the towers.
4. We make windows and doors
For windows and doors you will need paint - just draw windows and doors on colored cardboard and glue them to the front of the castle (you can use glue or tape).
5. Green surroundings
Prepare a sheet of green cardboard and draw 4 tree crowns on it. Take 4 loose cardboard cylinders from toilet paper and make two cuts - opposite each other, then insert the crowns into the trunks.
That's it!
DIY paper crafts for children. Owl family.
All you need is a cardboard base from paper towels or toilet paper and paint.
1. First, paint each cylinder a unique color. Leave to dry after painting.
2. Fold the top of each piece as shown in the image and you will have owl ears.
3. You can draw eyes or glue plastic blanks.
4. Cut out wings and a beak from paper of a different color, which you then glue to the owl’s body.
Paper crafts (diagrams). Snake.
Using the paper accordion method you can make this cute snake.
1. Prepare a sheet of paper and cut two strips of the same length.
2. Fold these strips into a shape resembling the Latin letter L.
3. Start folding one strip onto another one at a time. In the end, you should end up with an elastic, elongated accordion.
4. Draw a funny snake face on colored cardboard and cut it out.
5. Glue the face onto the end of the paper accordion.
Probably all schoolchildren love to do crafts at school and at home. It is worth saying that a wide variety of materials can be used for crafts today. But quite often schoolchildren make crafts from cardboard and colored paper. Why does this happen? Yes, then that's what it's all about best material, which is convenient to work with. Today our article will tell you about what paper crafts there are for schoolchildren. You will definitely like these crafts and you will probably want to make them for some holiday or just for a good mood.
Simple paper crafts for schoolchildren
Applications.
First-graders and primary school students, of course, will not be able to make complex crafts. And the teacher should invite them to make easier crafts. For example, you can make cute appliqués that kids can give to their mothers or grandmothers. There can be many options for applications. You should just turn on your imagination and try to make something unusual and at the same time cute. The applications are very easy to make. Just look at the beauty you can create with your own hands.
Figures made of colored paper.
If you would like to see all paper crafts for junior schoolchildren, then this article will help you do it. In addition to paper applications, you can make cute little animals. However, in this case, for decoration it is worth using additional details that will imitate the eyes and other parts of the animal’s face.
And if your child is not yet a first grader, but is just getting ready for school and it is difficult for him to cut out all the parts exactly, then print out a template for him.
You can make caterpillars from strips of colored paper. To do this, use a bright colored paper and create such interesting crafts.
See what funny chickens you can make from bright colored paper.
Flowers made of colored paper.
But to make such a wonderful craft you need to work hard. However, you will definitely like the result. And if you liked this idea, then we will tell you how to make such a craft.
Work progress:
- First, you should prepare several sheets of colored paper.
- After that, you should cut out large and small flowers using the templates.
- As soon as you have selected a pair for each large flower, all the parts are placed on a flexible and hard rod. WITH reverse side The flower should be fixed on the stem so that in the future it does not fly off it.
- And so that your paper flower has become even prettier, it’s worth spraying with perfume.
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Cardboard is easy to bend, cut, paint, glue, stitch and hold its shape, and it is always available. What you need for children's creativity and development fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, logical thinking and imagination! In this material we presented 13 super ideas, 100 photos, 1 step-by-step master class and a selection of video tutorials on making cardboard crafts with your own hands.
Where can I get cardboard?
To make children's crafts, in addition to sheet colored or corrugated cardboard from the store, you can use the following scrap and scrap materials:
- Cardboard boxes (you can ask the warehouse workers at your nearest store);
- Disposable paper tableware;
- Rolls for toilet paper and paper towels;
- Packaging of cereals and sweets, such as corn flakes;
- Egg packaging (it’s good to use cells);
- Packaging of dairy products.
13 ideas for cardboard crafts + Master class
Idea 1. Construction toys
The good thing about cardboard “constructors” is that they are easy to make and decorate, fun to assemble and, of course, play with. You can come up with and design such a toy yourself, or you can make it using a ready-made diagram from our article or found on the Internet.
Click on the photo to download the templates for these figures
Click on the photo to download the templates for these figures
Idea 3. Puppets or just dolls with moving parts
Making a puppet out of cardboard is very easy and at the same time interesting. You just need to draw the details of the man, cut them out and fasten them with mini pins (sold in scrapbooking stores).
- Instead of special fasteners, you can use thin wire (for example, for beading). Simply cut a piece of wire 2 cm long, thread it through the holes of the parts and twist its ends on the front and back sides as shown in the photo on the right. You can also use metal rings as fasteners.
If you want the figurine to become a real puppet, then you can:
- Connect the arms and legs with a single thread, as shown in the photo below, or with two threads (one thread connects the legs and the other - the arms).
- Tie a rope to each arm and leg, then tie all 4 ropes to the ends of sticks folded crosswise. An example of such a puppet is shown in the following photo.
Idea 4. Finger puppets
Finger puppets are made even easier and faster: a small figurine is drawn, then two holes are cut out in its lower part. Woo-ala, the first “actor” for the puppet theater is ready! In the following selection of photos you can get some ideas for finger puppets.
Idea 5. Land, air, water and space transport
A car, plane, bus, ship, boat or rocket made from cardboard is no worse than one bought in a store. After all, making such a toy with your own hands together with your parents already seems like a fun adventure. And when you get tired of the cardboard vehicle, you can use it to make other toys and crafts.
Idea 6. Mini kitchen
If you have a couple of square shaped boxes, why not use them to make a mini stove and sink?
You can make a refrigerator from one elongated rectangular box.
If there is enough space in the room, a washing machine can complement the kitchen.
For a master class on how to make a cardboard craft in the form of kitchen furniture, watch the following video.
Idea 7. Toy equipment and household items
Do you need props for role-playing games or things to decorate a cardboard house? We suggest making them from cardboard with your own hands.
Idea 8. Masquerade costumes
IN kindergarten Or is there a matinee or performance coming up at school? Or does your baby just love transformation? You can make an amazing outfit from cardboard. Here are photo examples fancy dress made of cardboard for boys.
And here are photo examples of cardboard costumes for girls.
Idea 9. Bookmarks
To make bookmarks, it is better to use not too thick colored cardboard, and in order for the craft to last as long as possible, it should be laminated with transparent tape.
Idea 10. Aquarium with fish
Cut off the lids of the cardboard box and paint its inside in blue tones; if desired, decorate the aquarium with applications made of plasticine, glitter, colored paper, etc. Cut 3-5 holes along the top of the box and pass a thread through each hole. Next, cut out 3-5 fish from colored paper. Attach a large button (from the outside of the aquarium) and a fish to each thread. That's all, the aquarium is ready.
Idea 11. Town in a box
You just need to trim the sides of the box and paint them on the inside and... voila! You get a city with roads, with which the child will play for hours, moving cars and figures of men.
Idea 12. Three-dimensional toys made of corrugated cardboard using the quilling technique
Volumetric crafts can be “twisted” using the quilling technique from corrugated cardboard. Having mastered the skill of forming various figures, the child will be able to experiment with shapes and colors and even create figures of their favorite cartoon characters.
Materials and tools:
- Carton;
- Tracing paper or white tissue paper;
- Black cardboard (you can paint regular cardboard with a thick layer of black paint);
- White pencil;
- Wooden skewers, straws or wire;
- Scotch tape and/or glue;
- Scissors;
- Stationery knife.
Step 1. First we need to make the theater body. To do this, cut off the lids from the box, and then cut out its bottom.
Step 2. Cut a piece of tracing paper larger than the box size. Carefully glue it to the sides of the theater with slight tension, as shown in the photo.
Step 4. Now it’s time to cut out the characters for the future play from black cardboard. Keep in mind that the more detailed the silhouette of the figure, the more realistic the shadow theater will be. Therefore, it is best to draw figures using templates found on the Internet and printed.
Step 5. The shadow theater is almost ready, all that remains is to glue the figures to wooden skewers or wires. You can glue them as shown in the photo below or perpendicularly to make it easier to control the characters.
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