Making corrugated paper leaves

Many children love to make various corrugated paper crafts. So, from it you can make a beautiful craft in the form of leaves with your own hands. Today we will talk about how to properly make such decorative solutions.

Before you start making paper leaves, you should prepare everything you need for this:

• corrugated paper of different colors;
• simple pencil;
• ruler;
• scissors;
• glue.

First, let's look at how to make simple autumn leaves from paper material with our own hands. You need to take a sheet of green paper, fold it in half, then cut out an even semicircle from this paper.

The sheet is carefully bent obliquely with an accordion, while the material does not need to be unfolded. When the material is folded, it can already be unrolled and carefully straightened. The result is a simple, beautiful sheet with a corrugated surface. Beginners will be able to cope with such a master class.

Next, we will look at how to correctly make voluminous maple leaves from corrugated paper with our own hands. To create this craft, it is recommended to take double-sided material. An even square is cut out of it.

Then the resulting figure is carefully bent, first from one side, and then from the other side so that a triangle is formed. After that, the lower part of the workpiece is folded.

Next, you need to reveal the triangular shape, while the lower part is hiding inward. The workpiece is carefully folded from one and the other edge.

Then the paper blank unfolds, its edges are fixed inward with the help of PVA glue.

In total, you need to make three of the same blanks of the same color.... At the end, the resulting elements are glued together with the same PVA glue. You should make a beautiful maple leaf. A small twig is also cut out of paper, it is attached to the finished sheet.

There are many more ideas for how to make corrugated paper leaves. Let's consider the most interesting ones.

You can make accordion leaves from corrugated paper with your own hands. There are two ways to make such a craft. In the first method, a two-sided paper square 15x15 centimeters green is first taken. Then it is bent in half.

A diagonal line is drawn on the workpiece. The paper blank is cut along the marked strip with scissors. The resulting triangle is expanded. After that, they begin to gradually fold the material with an accordion, starting from the wide base of the triangular figure. The finished accordion is bent in half.

Then a green strip 12-15 centimeters long is cut off. It is tightly twisted around a toothpick in such a way that a thin tube is obtained. The edge of the strip should be fixed with glue.

In this case, you need to leave a small piece free, the main workpiece will be glued to it... The inner folded side of the product is well lubricated with glue, the two halves of the workpiece are glued to each other. The fold lines are straightened, the result is a leaf with a corrugated surface on a twig.

In the second method, first a green sheet of paper is taken, a 12 by 17 centimeters rectangle is cut out of it... The material folds in half in the vertical direction. Next, on paper, using a simple pencil, draw the outline of a maple leaf. You can use the printed template for this. The workpiece is neatly cut along the marked lines. Then, starting from the widest part, the material is gradually folded in the form of an accordion.

The product folded in this way is again folded in half, joining the sides of the wider part. A small strip is also cut off from the green paper. It curls around a toothpick. After that, the finished green tube is slightly flattened and glued to the middle of the maple leaf. The two halves of the accordion are also glued together. The fold lines are straightened, as a result, a beautiful leaf with a corrugated surface is obtained.

You can also make beautiful oak leaves from corrugated paper. First you need to take a rectangular sheet of corrugated paper measuring 9 by 5 centimeters. It is cut along the diagonal line. After that, the diagonal of one resulting triangle is well greased with glue. Next, a wire is attached to this edge, wrapping it a little with paper. Then the diagonal line of the second triangle is also smeared with glue. Triangular shapes are glued together, while more acute corners are connected. They should be on one side of the product, and less sharp corners on the other. With your fingers, you need to slightly smooth the paper at the gluing points in such a way as to highlight the edge of the leaf (wire).

A template in the form of an oak leaf is applied to the resulting blank. It is circled, and then cut out along the marked lines. With the help of paints, you can draw thin veins on a leaf. Next, a small strip is cut off from the brown paper. One side is thoroughly lubricated with adhesive. After that, she wraps around the wire. Later, with the fingers, the leaf bends slightly at the veins.

Rowan twigs with leaves can be made from corrugated paper. In this case, it is better to take corrugated material in bright colors to make a beautiful autumn composition (red, orange, yellow will do). You should also prepare a sprig template in advance. Next, paper is taken, it should be divided into several squares of the same size. Each of them is folded in half. A template is applied to one side of each folded triangle, traced around with a simple pencil, and then cut out with scissors. From one square, two small leaves are obtained. Each branch should have 4-5 leaves on each side and another such leaf at the top. In this case, on all elements from the bottom there should be a small tail.

The best way to make a twig is to use a thick wire. Also, a strip is cut from the corrugated material (you can take the same color as used). One side of such a part is lubricated with an adhesive. Next, they carefully begin to wrap the prepared wire with it. On the finished twig, they begin to fix the leaves one by one. Moreover, the tails of the leaves should be glued to the wrapped wire.

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