Crafts from candy wrappers

You can make interesting crafts out of anything. So, if you have a lot of candy wrappers left after the holiday, then you can always use them to create unusual decor items and decorations for creative contests for school or kindergarten.

On the eve of the New Year, when children are given sweet gifts, there are more than a dozen candy wrappers in the arsenal of each kid. Don't throw them away. You can make a beautiful New Year's decor from them, for example, a snowflake. In addition to candy wrappers, you will need scissors and a stapler.

• So, to create a festive snowflake, you need to prepare 3-5 wrappers. It is advisable to take foil-clad. Such a snowflake will look spectacular from all sides and will sparkle beautifully in the light of garlands.
• First, you need to fold the candy wrappers into an accordion along the long side so that the width of the strips is about 1 cm. Each accordion is folded in the center.
• Further, the elements of the future snowflake are laid out on top of each other so that the multi-colored parts are located on one edge, and the white-silver ones on the other. All elements are connected to each other in the middle with a stapler.
• Holes are formed on the front side, they will become a snowflake pattern.
• After that, it remains only to unfold the candy wrappers and fasten them together with a stapler or tape.

With children 4-5 years old, you can make beautiful brooches or hairpins in the form of flowers from candy wrappers. However, the usual decorative composition is also within the power of children of this age.

To create an applique, you will need candy wrappers, a button, a pin or an elastic band, as well as thread and glue.

Cut 6 medium-sized diamonds from the candy wrappers. They are bent in such a way that the side edges are looking slightly upward. The lower part is slightly lowered down. The wrappers are glued together. A button is placed in the center and sewn with threads.

If you are making a brooch, then you can fasten a pin on the back of the flower and cover the joint area with a cloth. If you are creating a hairpin, then similar actions are performed with a hairpin and an elastic band. And if you glue the flowers from the wrappers to the panel, you get a very stylish craft that will become a worthy decoration of a child's room.

To make a voluminous flower bouquet, you need to collect flowers on a stick. For this, petals are formed from candy wrappers and attached to a wire base. A bead or wrapper wrapped in a ball is glued in the middle. The wire is wrapped in a circle with tape.

This is one of the easiest and fastest crafts that even kids 3-4 years old can do. It is best to take shiny bright wrappers for her.

• To create a butterfly, a pair of candy wrappers must be folded into an accordion and fastened together with wire, thread or tape.
• The body is made of plasticine. To do this, take an oval piece of any color you like and roll it out in such a way that an elongated oblong shape is obtained. The blank is wrapped with a beautiful ribbon or braid.
• On the sides of the body, the wings are fixed with glue. An antennae is made from a thin strip from a wrapper or wire.

You can make original Christmas tree decorations from candy wrappers, which will create a truly magical fairy-tale atmosphere in your home.

It is impossible to imagine the New Year without a garland. To create a beautiful decor, you will need candy wrappers themselves, a sewing needle and thick thread.

• First, a lot of tubes are twisted from candy wrappers. They need to be lightly pressed in the center to make it easier to thread the loop from the thread.
• Then all the resulting tubes are simply strung on a string and straightened, giving volume.
• The garland is ready - you can hang it on a window opening, decorate a door or a Christmas tree.

To make balls, you will need a Styrofoam ball, as well as Styrofoam glue and scissors.

• To begin with, you should roll up a lot of cone-shaped blanks from candy wrappers - they will be used to decorate a thorny Christmas ball. You need to take brightly colored wrappers, preferably the same size, roll them up into a bag and secure the edges with glue. You will need as many blanks as you can use to cover the entire foam ball.
• The surface of the ball is covered with a specialized foam glue and the cones are glued immediately. You need to connect them as tightly as possible to each other.
• When the ball is dry, all that remains is to attach an elegant thread to it and hang it on a Christmas tree.

With just a couple of candy wrappers and a few decorative elements, you can create a beautiful Christmas decoration. Angels can be hung on a tree, window, or simply presented to a loved one.

To work, you need to prepare candy wrappers, a bead and a cork.

• Bend the first candy wrapper into an accordion, tighten with a thread or wire in the center and fluff the edges.
• The second is also first folded, and then folded to the side. The joint zone is pulled with a thread.
• A loop is formed from a fishing line or wire, twist it and insert both ends into a bead. After that, it remains only to connect it with the body and wings.

For Christmas and New Year, a wreath can be folded from candy wrappers.

• You will need a wrapper, an artificial flower, beads, spruce branches, as well as thread, glue, and scissors.
• Fold the wrapper in half, and then roll it into a tube. You should have something that looks like a cap. Apply some glue to the center and attach a similar cap. Thus, you need to fold a whole wreath, all protruding elements need to be hemmed.
• Fold the spruce branches together and tie a wreath on top. Use any holiday decorations as decor.

To decorate the garden, you can make a spinning star from the wrappers. You will need 6 candy wrappers and PVA.

• Take one wrapper, cut off all unnecessary elements in such a way as to form a square. Fold it into a triangle, then unfold it again. Fold the corners towards the center to get a diamond. Pull the bottom edge to the middle.
• Fold six similar diamonds, glue them together in the center so that you get a star.
• An attachment hole can be made in the middle to secure the base of the garden turntable.

For a children's room, it is very easy to prepare a lot of fish from wrappers, turning them into an unusual hanging decor. For work, you need a glue stick and fishing line.

• Trim the candy wrapper into a square shape. Do not discard the cut off parts - form a pointed tail from a narrow strip. Fold the large square into a triangle, place the ponytail inside this triangle and fix it with glue.
• Pass a rope through the fish. Add a weighting agent, in this capacity you can use a bead.

You can make a very effective panel from candy wrappers. You need to prepare cardboard, fabric, candy wrappers and PVA. The step-by-step work includes several stages.

• Fold the candy wrappers in half, then in half again, and again until a long, narrow strip is folded. After that, the craft is performed in accordance with the rules of the quilling technique.
• Twist tight rings from the resulting tapes, coat the edges of candy wrappers with glue in places of layering.
• The resulting parts are glued to the base. It must be prepared in advance - grease the plywood or cardboard with glue and fix the fabric or decorative mesh.
• Twisted parts of different diameters are placed in a certain order or randomly.
• For more ambiance, complement the decor with colorful splashes. Dip the brush into the paint and perform a couple of sweeping movements over the panel.

Decorations are also made from candy wrappers - for example, bracelets. Girls especially love to do such crafts. In such accessories, you can show off yourself, or you can present to your beloved friend.

• To create a decoration, you need to prepare wrappers and a clothespin.
• You will need a lot of candy wrappers. Each wrapper must be flattened and folded in four along the longitudinal axis. As a result, blanks should form in the form of a narrow strip about 1 cm wide. It is important that they are all the same length.
• The strips are folded in half and connected together to form a T-shape.
• The edge of the top element is folded at right angles to the side and down. The fold should be in line with the bottom element.
• The product is turned over and secured with a clothespin.
• As a result of these actions, a loop should be obtained - the next candy wrapper is inserted into it.

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