What crafts can be made from paper on February 23?

The tradition of making original handicrafts and souvenirs for the holidays with your own hands appeared a long time ago. But at the moment, the independent creation of interesting gizmos on the eve of Defender of the Fatherland Day remains relevant. For this holiday, together with your child, you can make beautiful postcards, figurines of soldiers and airplanes. It's easy, but you need instructions.

Basic material for children's creativity - these are sheets of cardboard and white, plain paper. But it is better if it is colored, corrugated - it will make a brighter and more memorable gift using the paper-rolling technique or decoupage method. You can create your masterpieces on a military theme from standard A4 sheets or even from toilet paper.

For grandfather, dad or classmate, paper crafts for February 23 will be a lovely memorable present. In addition to paper, the creative process will require the availability of available tools:

• scissors for cutting;
• glue - stationery and PVA, scotch tape and a stapler for connecting individual parts;
• markers, felt-tip pens, pencils and paints for drawing;
• for some souvenirs, you may need matchboxes, cotton pads, a needle with colored threads, pieces of fabric, ordinary and polymer plasticine;
• if you decide to build a structure or a figurine from paper plates, prepare the required amount and a few in reserve - in case something goes wrong.

Another indispensable condition is a great desire, good mood and well-being of the child, without which full-fledged creative activity is impossible. The task of adults in this responsible process is guidance and assistance, as well as moral support for the baby and giving him confidence in his abilities.

A child can do many beautiful things with his own hands if he gradually explains what is required of him. The hardest part is a non-standard idea, which can only arise with a rich imagination. But children are big dreamers, all the time coming up with something new, and parents have to shape their ideas into simple real actions, performed step by step.

People of the older generation recall with pleasure the parades that took place to the cheerful marching music while military vehicles proudly passed through Red Square.

Today, children, including preschoolers and first-graders 5-6 years old, have the opportunity to independently assemble a tank, an airplane, any military vehicle. The easiest way is to use the origami technique.

Elegant, voluminous designs of tanks and other equipment, light paper figures of soldiers or a "uniform" postcard are perfect as a gift for boys from their class, but it will also become an effective present for dad from his son.

Prepare for work:

• felt-tip pens;
• a straw for juice;
• a sheet of cardboard;
• awl;
• toilet paper rolls;
• glue;
• green corrugated paper;
• small children's scissors.

You can make an applique for a tank out of prepared green paper and stick it on thick cardboard, adding there also multi-colored salute salutes, numbers and letters "February 23" cut out of red material.

If you additionally use candies, then the tank will turn out to be sweet... We just decorate with them a case created from two boxes wrapped in suitable paper. We glue the tails of the wrappers with tape, placing them on the tape. A clip of bars is suitable as caterpillars, and rectangular and square-shaped candies look good for decorating other places on the body. You can glue them with a glue gun or pencil. The tube is inserted into a cut-out hole like a muzzle, the bushings are used for the wheels.

Even a simple one can please the heroes of the occasion on this day appliquemade with love. It can be a postcard with an image of an airplane, a boat, or a whole flotilla of multicolored ships.

All you need to do:

• cut out details;
• stick them on a colored sheet of paper;
• make a congratulatory inscription with pencils or felt-tip pens.

The gift is ready.

Older children can stick figures cut from a regular sponge on the base, use plasticine and pieces of fabric. The boat looks beautiful against a blue background on cut-out white waves with a red flag. But it can also be a bunch of paper red carnations made from corrugated sheets of material.

From ordinary paper, by folding and gluing, you can get an excellent gift dagger with handle and sheath. It will take only 5 A4 sheets. Color or not, decide for yourself - the white dagger also looks great. In the same way, a sword and a boomerang are created from cardboard.

You can clearly get acquainted with the process of creating a dagger in the video below.

You can make a great memento out of paper, for example, a helicopter or an airplane. It doesn't have to be complex and detailed. Even a preschooler can do a simple option, of course, with mom's help:

• to prepare a congratulatory airplane, you need to take a simple template downloaded from the Internet, print it, and then cut it out of thick colored paper, making 2 round holes for the ribbon in it;
• additionally prepare 3 thin strips of tricolor colors - they will decorate the wings of the air tool and the blank in the form of a propeller.
• do not forget about the two small red stars, which decorate the upper part of the tail on both sides.
• then you need to write a congratulatory note and roll it up into a tube.

The gift paper mug is easy to make and has a spectacular look.

1. Colored cardboard 15x20 cm is taken. Two strips of a different color of different widths (1 and 1.5 cm) are glued to the bottom of the blank.
2. Several cut red stars are glued to the top.
3. Next, you need to make 1 cm folds on both sides of the cardboard.
4. A handle is cut out of thick golden paper, folded in half and pre-glued.
5. For the base, you need to take a cardboard of the color of the handle, measuring 10x15 cm. The bottom is glued to the prepared top, the handle is glued to one of the sides.

A personalized medal is made by pattern... You can cut out the finished medal, after downloading and printing it on paper, insert an elegant ribbon into the hole, and the gift can be handed over.

This item will turn out to be voluminous and unusual if the child owns origami technique. If the medal is attached to the postcard, then to create it, you can use plasticine or decorate the inside with colored beads, rice grains, rhinestones. In this way, a piece made will acquire a unique, inimitable look.

The simplest medals are created without a stencil., it is enough to draw a circle on colored paper using a compass, draw a star in it and paint with paints or pencils.

The easiest way to create a beautiful domed star is by using blank... It is necessary to carefully cut out 2 simple templates from blue and red paper, fold correctly, add volume and glue together. Decorate the star with beads, paint or make a congratulatory inscription on it with felt-tip pens.

An interesting option is bookmark in the form of a shoulder strap. The souvenir is not only suitable for the theme, but will also be useful in everyday life.

For work you will need:

• a piece of cardboard;
• needle and scissors;
• yellow and red threads;
• green satin ribbon;
• a small piece of felt, preferably yellow and khaki.

Work algorithm:

• 2 shoulder straps are cut out on a paper stencil, corners are cut off in their upper part;
• 3 stars are cut out of yellow fabric and attached at the points of an imaginary triangle (sewn or glued);
• red stripes along the edges can be embroidered or glued on prepared narrow ribbons;
• smaller cardboard is inserted between two pieces of felt, and the edges of the shoulder strap are sewn together;
• a tape is inserted into the hole left in the middle of the wide part, which will be laid on the page;
• at the end, it is sewn along the edge with red threads.

Popular gifts for men Also considered are bright paper ties, cardboard photo frames decorated with cut-out figures and stars, appliqués on disposable plates and even paintings on a military theme.

Independent children's creativity with the support of adults is an exciting experience. To make the work argue and nothing interferes with this process, try to follow simple rules.

1. Prepare a table for work and cover it with an oilcloth tablecloth.
2. Carefully place work supplies, materials and tools on top of it.
3. The glue is best used in the form of a gun or pencil. If it is in a regular bottle, it will be more convenient to use a small brush or brush.This will help to distribute it evenly over any surface and less stain.
4. You do not need to use a large amount of glue - in most cases, one or a few drops are enough for gluing. In addition, stains that show through the paper can ruin the appearance of the craft.
5. For children, it is better to prepare comfortable rounded scissors - they are safer.
6. If you need to sew a product with threads, it is advisable that this work be done by an adult, especially if the child is small.

A child can congratulate dads, grandfathers, classmates and just acquaintances of boys by giving them a gift, created independently from affordable and inexpensive materials. The most valuable thing in such a present, even if it did not turn out quite as planned, is the soul invested in it. In addition, such work will force the daughter or son to think creatively and help develop useful new skills in children.