Crafts from paper tubes

You can easily make a variety of interesting crafts out of paper with your own hands. Products from paper tubes will look original and unusual. It is quite easy to work with this material even for a child. In the article we will look at what crafts can be made from such tubes, and what is required for this.

Before proceeding directly to the manufacture of crafts, you should prepare the necessary material. You can use plain paper or old junk newspaper to create the base.

And also it is worth immediately preparing a thin knitting needle, paper is wound on it, so that the blanks turn out to be neat as a result. When the tube is formed, its remaining end is coated with glue, and then this part is fixed, and the needle is pulled out. It is better to make many elements of the same length and diameter, if necessary, they can be easily cut.

To begin with, consider how to correctly make a product in the form of a small house with your own hands, step by step.

• In this case, it is better to take a piece of cardboard as a basis. One tube is glued to it along the edges (two opposite parts should be of the same length, and the adjacent ones should differ slightly in length).
• In the same way, they begin to gradually lay out rows of paper tubes, while through several formed strips it will be necessary to outline the doorway of the future house. And also it is worth leaving room for creating three or two window openings.
• The edges of the door section are pasted over on the sides with thin strips. After that, it is completely covered with small thin tubes of paper or newspaper. All this is best secured with tape.
• Window parts are also pasted over, while small tubes are glued in the middle and on the sides. Windows and curtains can be cut out of colored paper. All this should also be fixed with tape.
• Later, they begin to manufacture the roof. When forming it, it will be necessary to alternately fix paper blanks on top of each other, while each next one should be slightly smaller than the previous one. To make the structure more reliable, it is recommended to take a few more long elements and fix them inside the house so that they additionally hold the roof.
• After that, a roof covering is applied to the structure; for this, you can also use colored paper of any color. All this is fixed with an adhesive mass. At the final stage, places are made out near door and window openings, and shingles are formed. If desired, steps and railings can be made from a paper base.

• To make such a craft using the weaving method, you first need to paint all the tubes in black and beige. After that, one light element is taken, it is folded in the form of a drop, the ends are glued together. Then a second light detail is placed on top, while it should become the tail of a hedgehog.
• Next, the body is braided with a second tube, while it is bent back and circled around the base on one side of the tail, and then passed through the body. The element is drawn around the base on the other side. In the process of work, it is necessary to ensure that the first blank retains the shape of a drop.
• The hedgehog's muzzle is not braided. The working paper tube is fixed with an adhesive. The tip of the muzzle is wrapped in a small piece of a dark tube so that a nose is formed, all this is also fixed with glue.
• To make the eyes, you need to carefully roll the blanks out of a dark tube in the form of a spiral. They are glued to the base. From short twisted parts folded in half, create hedgehog legs, threading them between woven turns. Needles do the same.

There are a large number of other ideas and detailed master classes for making crafts from such material. Let's take a look at some of them.

To make such a decorative product, the tubes are first painted: you will need 5 dark and 2 light blanks. After that, the ends of the two light parts will need to be flattened a little, twisted into a spiral and secured with glue. Next, a dark element is taken, it is slightly bent and placed on top of the spirals, which will act as the eyes of an owl. Later, another workpiece is laid down, with the help of it, the body of the bird begins to form, while the left and right ends are alternately passed through the middle of the body. When two rows are made, the owl's wings should be formed. To do this, take small loops to the sides, after which weaving continues. The remaining ends are glued so that they do not stick out and cannot be seen.

To begin with, take two tubes of different lengths, connect them together with a stapler at a distance of 3-4 centimeters from the edge, then all this is rolled up in the form of a spiral. To the base made, which will act as the body of the spider, several thin tubes are glued on the sides, they are slightly bent so as to form legs. Next, eyes are cut out of white and black paper and fixed on the muzzle.

To create such a product, first the paper tubes are slightly flattened, and then parts are formed from them in the form of spirals of different sizes.The end of the tube on each of them should be fixed with an adhesive. After that, the resulting elements in a chaotic order begin to gradually stick to the photo frame.

To create this decorative product in a long way, you will need to take a strong square-shaped base, this will allow you to make a stable craft. After that, they begin to gradually braid it with paper blanks of the same size. Do this until the mushroom cap is formed. To make the legs, the rest of the base is bent down and weaving continues further.

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