Crafts from strips of paper

Making colorful paper strip crafts helps to develop your little one’s imagination and creativity. Using simple blanks, the child can learn how to make both volumetric appliques and original home decorations.

Crafts for the little ones should be very simple, because children are just learning to handle colored paper.

To create an applique, your child will need cardboard, scissors and glue. It is done very simply. Several egg-shaped blanks must be cut out of thick cardboard. Colored paper must be cut into thin strips of equal width. An adult can help the child cope with this task.

After that, colored strips of paper are randomly glued to the cardboard base.

Using blanks from colored paper and cardboard, you can make a three-dimensional figure of a butterfly. The process of its creation consists of several stages.

1. First, you need to draw the base of the figure on a sheet of cardboard.
2. Thin paper strips are folded in half. Their edges are glued together with quality glue.
3. After that, the blanks are attached to the figure's body in even rows. You need to start collecting the drawing from the outer edges, moving towards the middle.
4. When the butterfly is ready, you can attach a piece cut from thick cardboard to the base of the figure. This will help hide the attachment points.

This figurine is made according to the same principle as the butterfly.A voluminous bird's tail is formed from green stripes. The body is cut from a blue sheet of cardboard. The picture is complemented by bright paws, eyes and beak. The craft is very cute.

Kids craft paper strips can be more challenging.

The child can draw the basis of this figure on paper using felt-tip pens or paints. To create a ball, you will need several thin strips of colored paper. The base of the figure is made very simply.

The stripes of the same color are folded crosswise. The junction is coated with glue. A few more colored "crosses" are added to the base, folded in the same way. The edges of each strip are folded and coated with glue. After that, the paper circle is attached to the base of the drawing. The figurine is voluminous and realistic.

Another interesting craft that you can easily do with your own hands is a paper caterpillar. It is made from double-sided colored paper. The process of creating a figurine consists of a number of stages.

1. First, the paper needs to be cut into wide strips.
2. The first strip folds into a ring. Its edges are held together with glue.
3. The second strip of paper must be threaded into the first, and also connect its edges.
4. Do the same with the rest of the pieces of paper. The more of them, the longer the caterpillar figurine will be.
5. It is worth decorating her face with a green mustache.

Beautiful crafts can be easily attributed to school or an exhibition. There are many interesting works that will appeal to children of all ages.

This applique technique is very popular among schoolchildren. Making paper flowers is very simple.

1. First, cut the yellow double-sided paper into thin strips.
2. Each of them must be twisted into a tight spiral. To make it easier to work with the paper, the edge of the strip is attached to the tip of a pencil or knitting needle.
3. The free end of the strip is coated with glue and attached to the base of the ring.
4. Having created a sufficient number of blanks, you need to draw a branch on a sheet of cardboard.
5. Round spirals are attached to its upper part in a chaotic manner.
6. The branch is decorated with leaves cut from wide strips of cardboard. To make them look more realistic, they need to be slightly cut around the edges.

One of the most popular Christmas crafts is the Christmas tree. It can be made either from double-sided colored paper or from scrapbooking material. The paper must be cut into strips of equal width.

Fold each strip in half. A few details need to be left untouched. Twist a dense cone from a sheet of thick cardboard. The blanks are attached to it with glue in even rows. The top of the figurine is decorated with loose stripes with upward-curled edges.

Using leftover colored paper, the child can make unusual decorations for his home.

To create voluminous snowflakes, you need two colors of paper, scissors and a glue stick. Such home decorations are made very simply.

1. First, you need to cut the white and blue paper into strips of the same length and width.
2. All of them must be folded in half, the edges must be sealed with glue.
3. After that, you can start assembling the individual parts. The longest detail is located in the center of the "petal".
4. It is surrounded by 4 colored blanks. They are located in two on each side.
5. All these parts are interconnected.
6. Such volumetric blanks must be collected in one snowflake.

This home decoration is made of wide paper strips. One heart is made of two long strips that are gently bent and connected in the middle with glue. A paper garland is formed from 10-30 of these hearts. They can be either plain or colored.

Beautiful roses can be cut out of paper to create a luxurious wall panel. Such flowers are made very simply.

1. First, draw a spiral on a rectangular piece of double-sided paper.
2. It must be carefully cut with scissors.
3. The resulting workpiece must be twisted into a circle.
4. Its edges must be fixed with glue.

When the paper rose is ready, you can mount it on a wall, a sheet of cardboard or canvas.

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