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Making paper crafts with your own hands is a simple, inexpensive and very interesting activity for both children and parents. All you need is paper, scissors, glue and some interesting ideas. In this material you will find 7 step-by-step needlework workshops from different varieties paper and 50 photo ideas for your inspiration.

Idea 1. Volumetric crafts

We offer the smallest needleworkers to make a simple voluminous paper craft in the form of such a cat.

Materials:

• Sheet of A4 paper;
• Scissors;
• Glue.

Instruction:

1. Download and print the template (see cat template below) on white or colored paper;
2. Cut out the template with scissors, and then make 4 cuts in it along the outlined solid lines;
3. Bend your neck according to the markup with an accordion and twist the tail;
4. Bend the fold lines marked with a dotted line on the paws and glue them to the cardboard.

For older children, there is a more difficult task, namely a master class on making voluminous paper crafts in the form of a bird.

Instruction:

Step 1. Download and print the layout diagram (see below). Please note that the file contains a colorless template so that you can print it on colored paper.

Step 2. Cut out all the details exactly along the solid lines with a breadboard knife.

Step 3. Fold all the fold lines according to the principle: bold dotted line = fold inward, thin dotted line = fold outward.

Step 4. Glue the parts to each other, treating their corners with glue (with Glue inscriptions). Stick to the following order:

1. First glue the beak to one side of the bird, then to the second.

1. Glue the back of the bird starting from the beak, as shown in the photo.

1. Glue on the wings.

1. Now take the part, which is the bird's breast, and at one end of it, fold and fix the triangle with glue as shown in the photo.

1. Assemble the legs, make sure the knees are at a 90 degree angle, then glue the legs to them.

1. Well, that's all, it remains only to glue the legs to the body and your voluminous paper craft is ready. If you wish, you can make a whole flock of such birds in different colors with your own hands.

Idea 2. Wall panels, paintings and applications

It is known that you can draw not only with paints on paper, but also ... with paper on paper. Such activities are no less exciting and useful for the development of hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, perseverance, the ability to plan your work, combine colors, shapes and materials.

The following selection of photos presents ideas for paintings, panels and paper applications for children of different levels of complexity.

By the way, the application can be made up of parts of the same shape, but different sizes and colors. It can be circles or hearts. The following slider provides examples of such paper crafts and schemes for their manufacture.

And here are some more examples of interesting paper crafts of various types.

Now we offer you to get acquainted with a master class on making an original, but very easy paper craft. We have no doubt that such cute figurines will help instill in your child an interest in reading books.

Materials:

• 1 sheet of A4 color paper;
• 1 sheet of A4 white paper;
• Scissors;
• Glue stick;
• Markers, pencils and paints.

Instruction:

Step 1. Bend one half of a white A4 sheet in half and let the child independently draw the cover of their favorite book on it, also signing the title and name of the author.

Step 2. Cut three long strips from a colored sheet about 2.5 cm wide. You will have 4 parts: 2 strips for the legs, 1 strip for two arms and one rectangle to create the torso of the figure.

Step 3. Take two strips (for the legs), fold them like an accordion, and then glue them to the rectangle torso.

Step 4. Divide the remaining long strip into two equal parts, draw fingers at the ends and glue to the body.

Step 5 Bend the top of the figure to the front side and make her bangs with scissors as shown in the photo.

Step 6. From the remaining half of the white sheet, cut out circles and glue on the figure as if it were glasses.

Step 7. Draw the details: eyes, mouth, nose and temples of glasses with a black marker.

Step 8. Now glue the book to the hands of the figurine and finally put it on the table or hang it on the wall, for example, near the bookshelf.

Idea 3. Hats

All children love games with reincarnations and for this they use everything that comes to hand. To provide a child with props, you can make fantasy hats with him. By the way, such colored paper crafts can be made for one or more children for a performance, a masquerade, a themed birthday or any costume party. In the next selection of photos you can see examples of a variety of paper "hats" - from pirate cocked hats to wigs.

Today we invite you and your kid to make a hat in the shape of a dinosaur head. This workshop is so easy that a child as young as 3 years old will need very little help from you.

Materials:

• 3 sheets of colored paper;
• Glue stick or PVA;
• Scotch;
• Scissors.

Instruction:

Step 1 Cut 4 strips about 3 cm wide along the long side of the paper. Two of these strips will turn into a headband, and the other two into the crossbars of the “cap”, on which dinosaur spikes will be glued.

Step 2 Take two other sheets of paper and cut them into strips about 5 cm wide along the short side of the paper. You can measure and cut the strips by eye, but in the end you should get 5 strips from each sheet. We need these blanks for the manufacture of spikes.

Step 3. Fold each spike blank in half and, stepping back from the fold by about 1.5 cm, draw a markup in the form of a triangle up to the very edge (see photo). Next, just cut out future spikes.

Step 4. Glue the two crossbars, and then glue the spikes on them in a row as shown in the photo below.

Step 5. While the glue dries, fit the two pieces of the headband to fit the circumference of your child's head, and then connect them in a circle with tape.

STEP 6 Now let's get back to the spikes. Turn the crossbar over so that the spikes are on the table and carefully bend each of them (see photo). Form the first spike: cover one side of it with glue and connect it to the other. Use paper clips to secure the spike until the glue dries. Repeat these steps with the rest of the spikes.

Step 7 After the glue has dried, remove the staples from the spikes and simply glue the crosspiece to the headband at the front and back.

Idea 4. Toy figures from a toilet paper sleeve

Toilet paper rolls are great crafts for kids that just need a little embellishment. For example, you can make such wonderful toys out of them.

Helpful Hints

It is not necessary to have a special gift to make something beautiful and unusual. If you know some tricks, then it is quite possible to make beautiful decoration for a home or a gift, with a minimum of effort and using very few materials.

On our website you will also find:

Here are just a few of the simple crafts that absolutely anyone can do:

Simple DIY crafts

1. Autumn candles

You will need:

Leaves (real or artificial)

PVA glue (decoupage glue)

Brush or sponge

* Wipe the jar with alcohol to get rid of fats.

* Apply glue to the jar.

* Use straight leaves to decorate the jar.

* You can lubricate the glued leaves with decoupage glue.

* Add a thread and a candle for beauty.

2. Painted cup

You will need:

Oil markers

Scissors

* Cut out a stencil of any pattern or letter from cardboard.

* Attach the stencil to the cup and start dotting around it with markers of different colors.

Just with your own hands

3. Painted jars

You will need:

Alcohol (for cleaning jars)

Acrylic paints

Jewelry (flowers)

* Clean the jar with alcohol.

* Paint the jar in any color and leave to dry.

* You can add a drink with a marker (in this case, a relief is applied on the bank, which is erased).

* Insert flowers into a vase.

4. Colored sneakers

You will need:

Fabric markers

White (light) sneakers

Pencil

* With a pencil, draw the desired pattern on the sneakers.

* Trace the drawing with a marker and start coloring as you like.

The simplest crafts

5. Craft from wine corks

You will need:

Wine corks

Pencil

Super glue

* Draw on paper any simple shape - in this example it is the shape of a heart.

* Start gluing the corks to each other (apply glue only to the sides, do not apply glue to the ends, so as not to stick them to the paper), placing them on the drawing to end up with a heart.

6. An infinity scarf from an old T-shirt

You will need:

Old/unnecessary T-shirt

Scissors

Thread and needle (sewing machine)

* Cut off the left and right edges of the T-shirt (see image). The width of the T-shirt will then become 35 cm.

* Cut off a small part from the bottom and top (where the neck is).

* Sew both halves from the inside, and you get a scarf.

Easy and simple do it yourself

7. Bright vases from glass bottles

You will need:

Watercolor paints

bottles

Bowl and brush (if necessary)

Syringe (if needed)

* Pour some paint into a bowl. You can mix several colors to get a different color.

* Pour the paint into the bottle. It is more convenient to do this with a syringe - draw paint into the syringe, and then inject it into the bottle.

* Rotate the bottle so that the paint covers all the glass inside.

* Turn the bottle upside down and leave in this position in the sink - excess paint will flow out.

* When the paint dries, you can add water to the vase and insert flowers into it.

8. Towel dryer

If you have an old ladder, you can clean it, if necessary, sand it and even paint it. After that, it can be placed in the bathroom to hang towels.

Simple paper crafts

9. Garland of paper cups

You will need:

paper cups

ordinary garland

Knife or scissors.

* Make a cross cut in each cup.

* Insert a garland light bulb into each hole.

* Decorate the room with a garland.

10. Golden Canvas

Even if you do not know how to draw at all, you can make a very beautiful project and decorate the interior with it.

You will need:

2 white canvases

Gold, blue and orange acrylic paint

Sponge brush

* Paint each canvas with 2-3 coats of gold paint - let the paint dry after each coat.

* Use the sponge brush to start painting your canvases. One will be blue and the other orange. Make some lines shorter, others longer.

11. Multi-colored keys

If you have multiple identical keys for different locks, use nail polish to color them. Thus, you will know which key is from which lock.

Crafts from simple materials

12. Colored candlesticks

You will need:

Wide glass and narrow glass (or vases of different sizes)

Super glue

Food coloring

* Place the small glass in the large one, and secure both with glue - apply glue to the bottom of the small glass.

* Pour water between glasses and add food coloring.

* Place a candle inside a small glass.

13. Bulb vase

You will need:

Bulb

Pliers

Screwdriver

Wire (if needed)

Cover for the base of the vase (if necessary)

Super glue

Gloves and special goggles (to protect hands and eyes)

* Use pliers to remove the tip of the bulb.

* Use a screwdriver or pliers to remove excess glass from the base. You may need to get rid of several layers of glass - be careful and attentive.

* Glue the light bulb to the base (plastic cover).

* The light bulb can also be hung - use a wire for this.

* You can complicate the task and add an LED light bulb. For this, in addition to the light bulb, you will need small batteries. All instructions can be seen in the video:

Easy crafts for kids

14. Drawing a ghost on a T-shirt

You will need:

Wide adhesive tape

Light T-shirt

Scissors

* From adhesive tape, cut out the details of your ghost (eyes and mouth, for example)

* Glue all the details neatly to the T-shirt.

15. Congratulations from the keyboard

Such a congratulation is very simple to make.

Making various crafts for children with your own hands together with your child is an exciting activity that greatly contributes not only to the development of the child, but also to strengthening your relationship with him. Any child will be very happy if he has the opportunity to do something beautiful with his parents. Therefore, even in the busiest schedule, try to set aside a piece of time to devote it to activities with children. Sections of our article will present useful advice how to make a DIY craft various materials taking into account the age characteristics of children.

DIY paper crafts for children

The most commonly used material for applied art is, of course, paper. Moreover, it is worth paying attention not only to the usual color sets, but also to other types of it: corrugated, velvet, designer. You can create do-it-yourself crafts for children from paper, flat (applications), as well as voluminous, using various techniques. For example, having learned how to fold a flower using the origami technique, to form beautiful bouquet tulips.

The easiest DIY crafts for beginners

For those who are just starting to teach their child the arts and crafts, we advise you to start with the simplest solutions, making easy crafts for children with your own hands. Perhaps you will like examples of caterpillars made of paper rings, an application of colorful fish, or funny mice on a piece of cheese.

DIY cardboard crafts for children

Cardboard is an easily accessible material that is well cut, bent, painted, it is often used in children's creative works. In addition to a set of cardboard purchased at the store, cardboard boxes, disposable tableware, cereal packaging, egg "honeycombs", and toilet paper sleeves are used. In our photo catalog you will see what kind of cardboard crafts do-it-yourself craftsmen make for children. For example, a stand for pencils, funny animals, boxes.

Craft "house" do it yourself

Cardboard houses are made at will of any size - it all depends on their purpose. Perhaps it will be a large structure with a child's height, a "dwelling" for dolls or a do-it-yourself craft "house" made as a New Year's decoration, gift wrapping. In any case, the manufacturing technology is the same, the differences will be in size and design. We have prepared some sketches on which you can make blanks. If you are making small structures, PVA glue and adhesive tape are enough to hold the parts together. When building a large house, it is better to use a heat gun for reliability. Do-it-yourself New Year's craft "house" is complemented by decor that imitates snow on the roof (cotton wool, foam balls), and gift wrapping must have at least one opening sash, for example, a door, a roof slope.

How to make DIY crafts from fabric

Wonderful do-it-yourself toys are sewn using fabric. Moreover, not only a solid cut, but various shreds, household napkins and even socks. Look at the photo, isn't it, a cute bunny came out of a sock? An older child will do it on his own, and the baby will have to help. Make the necessary cuts and seams, and instruct the child to fill the figure tightly, as well as draw a muzzle.

You can also sew crafts for children with your own hands, which will become not only a decoration, a toy, but also a useful little thing, for example, a large soft ottoman duck, the photo of which is in our catalog, a star pillow.

Children's DIY crafts from felt

Felt is a wonderful comfortable fabric that has a bright palette of colors. It allows you to sew a variety of DIY crafts for children, and then decorate the children's room with them. Household napkins will help replace the fabric (usually they are sold in a set of four colors). Such crafts-toys are sewn with their own hands without the help of a sewing machine, manually.

Children's crafts for the New Year do it yourself

On the eve of the New Year holidays, children's matinees, rooms are decorated everywhere, lush Christmas trees are dressed up. It is quite possible to make a lot of interesting symbolic additions on your own without spending money on purchases. These can be the most original balls for the Christmas tree, garlands, and other decorations that are quite within the power of a child to make.

DIY snowman craft

The snowman is a kind of symbol of winter and, of course, his presence for the New Year's interior will come in handy. The photos of our selection show options for how to make such crafts with your own hands in stages, using foam balls, socks, pompons. A larger figure, decorated with thread, balloons, glue, will suit the kindergarten matinee. Inflate five balloons of different sizes (two of the same size for the handles). Wrap each of them with a thread dipped in glue (PVA is quite suitable). When the blanks are completely dry, the balls need to burst, get it from the inside. Finished balls are fastened together. The do-it-yourself snowman craft is almost ready. It remains to draw eyes (beads, buttons), a mouth from a thread, a nose-carrot (sew from fabric). Traditionally, the head is complemented with a bucket, the neck is decorated with a scarf.

Santa Claus DIY craft

In the New Year's interior, Santa Claus is indispensable. Most easy way- arrange it with thick paper (cardboard). Use a ready-made template, or make a conical shape from a sheet, which you then “dress” using multi-colored paper, shaping your face, beard, and pens. Similar children's crafts New Year they make it with their own hands using fabric (here you will find examples of patterns), plastic bottles, and other improvised means.

DIY crafts for kindergarten

Various creative work for small children of kindergarten age should differ more simple techniques, materials. The child is just starting to learn how to make something beautiful on his own, so you need to choose the most simple, but interesting options.

DIY crafts for kindergarten children: applications

The most common way to teach children how to create pictures is through appliqué. Such DIY crafts for kindergarten (photos are presented below) can be designed not only using colored paper, they also take thick fabric, artificial leather, velvet paper, improvised materials (cotton pads, cereals, etc.), natural raw materials (leaves, seeds) . Children of older groups can start voluminous work, for example, make an application in an “aquarium” box with hanging representatives of the water world.

DIY crafts in the garden from natural material

Often, especially in autumn, there are exhibitions of works demonstrating crafts for kindergarten handmade from natural ingredients. Chestnuts, acorns, cones, sunflower seeds, pumpkins, colorful autumn foliage - all this provides great ground for the development of children's imagination. To make various figures, the compositions additionally use plasticine, which fastens the parts or forms the base. Pictures of DIY crafts using natural raw materials are presented by our photo selection. Feel free to try using them by making a chestnut caterpillar, a hedgehog, and other patterns.

DIY crafts for school

Schoolwork varies in complexity. If crafts in primary school have simple shapes with their own hands, then high school students who have enough skills are able to arrange more complex compositions, for example, a bouquet of roses from maple leaves, a cardboard town or a paper basket with asters.

Do-it-yourself crafts for school, the photos of which are posted below, involve the use of a large selection of raw materials, including all sorts of improvised means (plastic utensils, DVDs, matches, buttons).

Do-it-yourself crafts for schoolchildren with trimming technique

Facing is a rather entertaining creative process that is suitable for children of different ages. It allows you to create "fluffy" pictures that will decorate the room, as well as original gift relatives. Crafts in elementary school with their own hands have simplified options until the child acquires certain skills. For example, in this way you can only draw the outlines of the picture.

To make a magnificent appliqué, you will need corrugated paper, scissors, glue, a match or a toothpick with a blunt end, a sketch drawing on cardboard. Before making a craft with your own hands, we cut the paper into small squares (0.5 cm), which we sort by color. Lubricate the sketch with glue. We put the match in the center of the square, turn it (so that the corrugation is fixed on it), then glue the end to the sketch. Thus, we draw up the entire drawing, applying the necessary colors of the corrugated squares.

Learning how to create beauty yourself is The best way development of the child's creative abilities. Children's crafts with their own hands greatly develop the imagination, giving the joy of an interesting joint pastime with adults.

DIY crafts for children: a selection of 50 ideas with step-by-step examples updated: May 2, 2018 by: Kyiv Irina

Quite often, parents ask themselves how to organize a child's leisure time so that it is not only interesting, but also informative. Moreover, experts note that it is much easier than many moms and dads imagine.

And with this, do-it-yourself children's crafts will help you, which will teach the baby some basic techniques for creating various products, as well as perseverance.

However, at the same time, you should remember that every kid should be able to cope with the creation of these structures. And this means that such crafts should be simple.

But, as you know, genius lies precisely in simplicity.

In the event that your child shows a genuine interest in creativity, he himself will give you some interesting ideas. But what to do if before that the baby was not interested in anything like this, and you don’t know where to start?

In this case, you should start with the most simple and understandable tasks that will not cause difficulties in performing.

In this article, we will consider the most simple and entertaining crafts, the creation process of which will undoubtedly attract the attention of the child and make him show his imagination.

Starting by creating a tree

The most popular children's paper craft is a tree. It is with the creation of such a simple application that the long path to unusual and more complex home-made products begins. To create it, you will need a fairly simple set of materials.

We recommend that you start by creating flowering tree from colored paper. To do this, you should purchase a few sheets of colored paper, glue, a pencil and scissors. From dark-colored paper, it is necessary to cut out the base of the tree - the trunk.

Depending on what kind of tree you are trying to depict, the thickness of the trunk should also be selected.

Of course, your child can turn on the fantasy and create an absolutely amazing tree.

However, since in this case the education of the baby is also important, care should be taken to ensure that the craft created by him resembles the original as much as possible.

After you finish cutting the trunk, you should take care of the leaves. They can be of different shades.

After you and your child have finished cutting out the necessary details, all that remains is to assemble the design and stick it on a piece of paper that you have chosen as a background.

It is worth noting that children's wood crafts are just as popular as those made from paper.

However, to create them, you will need to be patient and start looking for the right material. After all, you have to find a snag, which in shape will resemble either one of the animals, or some object.

By adding some decorative elements to it, you will create a unique and beautiful product that can even be used for interior decoration.

Note!

Parts cut from various materials can act as additional elements. For example, from plastic cups, scraps of fabric, plasticine.

Flowers for decorating classrooms in kindergarten

Often, educators instruct parents, together with their child, to create some interesting crafts in order to make a contribution to ennobling the interior of the office. And in this regard, many problems arise, because mom and dad can not always determine which craft is suitable in this case.

Therefore, if you also cannot make a choice, we recommend that you make the most popular and simple craft for a kindergarten with your own hands - flowers from egg trays.

After all, in your house, for sure, there is such a tray in which you previously stored or continue to store eggs purchased in the store.

To create a composition you will need: scissors, egg trays, colored paper, paints and a piece of wire.

Note!

Each cell in your tray is a bud. On them, you should carefully cut out the petals along the previously drawn outline. Once you've finished cutting, you can start coloring.

However, before you start painting the product, you need to place a carefully cut core of colored paper in each flower. A twisted wire thread should be used as a stem. It should be threaded through the center of the core.

To make the stem look more aesthetically pleasing, you can use paper as a winding. Pay attention to the photo of children's crafts, which shows a bouquet of flowers made from egg trays. This is what the finished product should look like.

How to decorate the playground?

In this case, talking about the use of applications as a decorating element is completely inappropriate. After all, on the site, these products will look out of place.

In addition, one should not forget that such products will not stand for a long time due to wind, rain and sun. Therefore, if you are thinking about how to decorate a place that children use to play outside, you should thoroughly prepare. After all, the set of necessary tools in this case is wider.

We draw your attention to the fact that you can use both improvised materials and wood. The craft for the playground made of stumps and logs looks very interesting and beautiful.

Note!

To create it you will need:

• Small logs with a diameter of about - 15-20 centimeters and a height of 30-40 cm.
• Buttons.
• Champagne corks.
• Thread nozzles of a mop.
• Cord.
• Old red oilcloth.
• Pieces of fabric.
• Furniture stapler.

We will use the buttons to make the eyes. You can also use ready-made eyes, which can be purchased from the sewing department.

In order to build a spout, cut a champagne cork in half and carefully glue it onto the product. Next, you need to cut out a part from the film that resembles lips as much as possible and glue it onto the structure.

Using a stapler, fasten the hair from the thread nozzles of the mop to the head. Handles and legs are made from pieces of cord and attached with a stapler to the back of the product.

If you want your stumps to have legs, you should make a few saw cuts in advance and use them as feet. Now you just have to put on the stumps.

You can take ready-made clothes or make them from scraps of fabric. As you can see, children's crafts for children different ages it is not always expensive and difficult. To create beautiful crafts, you only need patience and free time.

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