What kind of crafts can you do for your grandmother?

Most children have a special bond with their grandmother. They are happy to meet and love each other. Therefore, for the holidays, grandchildren and granddaughters are happy to try to make a gift to their beloved granny with their own hands. A craft made with soul and diligence is a vivid manifestation of love for a loved one. It is also a great reason to dream up and make something beautiful and useful.

This is the easiest craft option for a grandmother, which can be made from all kinds of materials at hand. The postcard will turn out to be even more attractive if you create it using the technique:

• origami;
• scrapbooking;
• quilling.

It is convenient to use curly scissors to more accurately process the edges of the postcard. And with the help of curly hole punches in a matter of minutes, you can get many identical butterflies, flowers and other figures from colored paper.

The base is colored cardboard (or white) folded in half. The theme of the postcard is determined to your taste. You can find ready-made templates on the Internet and print them. The principle of creating an applique is the same - the parts are cut out and fixed to the cardboard base with glue or tape.

For starters, you should try to make a simple postcard.

• Cut flowers from bright paper.
• Cut out the stems and the butterfly, having previously drawn their outlines on the back of the paper. Glue every detail, give them time to dry.
• You can also glue a sheet of paper inside, write touching congratulations for your grandmother on it.

Such an unusual postcard is made simply. The only difficulty is inflating the tiny balloons. This should be done only under supervision, and even better with the help of an adult.

• Miniature balloons are easy to make from one large balloon. It is cut into 2-4 pieces. Each piece needs to be stretched a little, then applied to your mouth and blown into it with effort. When the balloon is inflated enough, it is important to grab the edges with your fingers at lightning speed, twist the balloon, and tie the tail with a thread.
• Now you need to pick up a photo of your grandchildren, or use a portrait of your grandmother. Cut the image along the contour, glue it in the bottom corner of the postcard.
• Tie ribbons for the tails of the balls. Glue the balls to the cardboard with double-sided tape. Gather the ribbons together and tie. Glue them to the postcard.

A small child cannot buy a bouquet of fresh flowers on his own, but this is not necessary. After all, it will be much more pleasant for a grandmother to receive a homemade flower from her granddaughter or grandson.

You can try to make a homemade flower arrangement with your own hands. To do this, just watch a detailed master class.

• Beautiful bouquets are made from paper, various magazines, satin braid, fluffy threads.
• For older children, you can offer to create a craft of a more complex level. This is a great gift option for an anniversary.

For a souvenir in the form of a cup hanging in the air, you will need:

1. cup and saucer;
2. unnecessary aluminum plug;
3. reliable glue;
4. decorative flowers, ribbons and other decorations.

Creating such an unusual and beautiful presentation seems difficult, but only at first glance. In fact, the whole process is much simpler.

• The base of the fork should be bent at an angle of 40-60 degrees.
• Glue the cup upside down to the end of the fork. The base of the cutlery is also glued to the saucer.
• After the glue has set, the inside cup and fork will have to be decorated to your liking.

If your grandmother loves sweets, you should try to present sweets to her in an original way. For a bouquet of sweets you will need:

• wrapped sweets;
• corrugated paper;
• floristic wire;
• packing tape;
• glue and decor.

The easiest tulips to make. The petals are cut out of corrugated paper and fastened around the candy in several pieces. The bud is attached to a stem made of floral wire. As the flowers begin to turn out more expertly, you can try adding flowers of a different kind to the bouquet.

A beautiful decoration for a grandmother's birthday is obtained from just a few materials:

1. balloon;
2. glue;
3. thread;
4. decor.

• The balloon should be inflated to the optimal size and a layer of glue should be applied to it.
• Wrap threads at random over it.
• When the workpiece is completely dry, the ball is carefully pierced and removed from the sphere.
• It is decorated with butterflies, rhinestones, coffee beans.
• The finished ball is attached with glue to a wooden skewer, which is wrapped with tape.
• The product is installed in a flower pot with a floral sponge. For stability, it is worth pouring pebbles into the pot.
• The topiary is waiting in the wings to be presented to the grandmother!

Beautiful and memorable vases can be made with children's hands from any container. A glass container is recommended for better stability. It is wrapped with colored threads, feathers are applied to glue, rolled in cereals or pasted over with rhinestones, even dyed coarse salt is used.

An interesting design is obtained using twine. It is easy to braid even intricate shapes with any flexible cord.

The process is simple.

• A dense layer of PVA or "Moment" glue is applied to the surface of the container, then twine is wound. You can replace the twine with knitting threads.
• The decor is glued with hot melt glue. Decorations are selected and arranged according to their own taste.

An interesting design option for a vase. To work, you need the following materials and inventory:

1. piece of fabric;
2. glass container;
3. any glue;
4. paints;
5. decorative elements.

The fabric should be soaked in glue and then wrapped around the bottle, forming spectacular folds. After the fabric dries, glue various decorations on it and paint.

One of the original ways to decorate a vase for a grandmother. Thanks to the huge assortment of pasta in modern stores, the product will turn out to be unique.

Homemade jewelry boxes are able to compete with finished products made of wood and metal.

Any unnecessary box will come in handy to create a useful gift. For example, from shoes. Ideally from the nursery, as this is a more suitable size for the casket. You can arrange a cardboard base in the form of a suitcase. Remnants of fabrics, straps, any accessories are suitable for decoration. Inside, you can paste over the box with velvet, silk. It will be convenient to make rubber bands there to hold the contents in place. Or cardboard dividers to keep things in order.

Instead of a thousand words, a few examples.

A round box from under "Rafaello", cotton fabric and a piece of foam rubber will make an excellent jewelry box.

You will also need:

1. scissors;
2. compass;
3. cardboard;
4. paper with ornaments;
5. glue;
6. needle with thread;
7. lace ribbon, pearls in beads, twine cut.

• Cut a strip of patterned paper and glue around the circumference of the box. Cut a circle out of cardboard around the diameter of the bottom of the box.
• Prepare a volumetric foam blank to fit the size of the cardboard bottom. Draw and cut out a large circle of fabric.
• Place foam rubber in the center of the fabric circle, and on top of it a cardboard circle.
• Sheathe the structure with fabric. The lid for the box is almost ready. Glue it to the top of the box. Decorate in a circle with lace ribbon, beads and twine.
• Glue flowers dotted, or decorate the product with something to your taste. The exquisite Rafaello box is ready!
• You can use any other materials and create a more suitable design. After all, grandmothers have different tastes and home interiors. The box with burlap and leather handle looks beautiful.

For such an interesting craft you will need:

1. book;
2. PVA glue;
3. brush;
4. golden paint;
5. scrap paper;
6. wooden balls, 4 pcs .;
7. glue gun;
8. ruler, pencil;
9. sharp knife;
10. cutting down flowers and birds for decoration.

• Open the cover of the book. Apply glue all over the book block from the sides, top and bottom. Leave to dry.
• Draw a rectangle inside the book, cut out the inside of the pages with a sharp knife, except for the last few.
• Glue the pages together with glue from the inside and let dry again. Paint the book block on all sides with golden paint, leave to dry.
• Do the same with wooden balls. Glue the dried balls with hot melt glue on the back cover of the book from four corners.
• Cover the top of the book-box with scrap paper. Glue flowers and birds to the top cover.
• An extraordinary box is ready!

For information on how to make a paper flower craft, see the next video.