Making napkin crafts

Beautiful and original crafts can be made from various materials. A lot of cool things come from ordinary napkins. It is easy to work with them, but very attractive products can be made. In today's article, we will find out what crafts can be made from napkins.

Napkins can be an excellent base for making beautiful flowers. Interesting and attractive crafts will be available for making by young craftsmen of all ages. Children 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 years old can easily cope with all creative procedures. The main thing is to adhere to simple step-by-step instructions and avoid unnecessary haste. Below we will consider several curious master classes on self-production of spectacular flower arrangements in various techniques.

There are many different techniques for making beautiful handicrafts in the form of flowers from paper napkins. It is best for the youngest craftsmen to develop their creative skills starting with appliqués. Such homemade products turn out to be very simple and affordable to manufacture. Often, it is applications that become creative tasks for children in kindergarten, for example, for Mother's Day.

The kid can be entrusted with making a very beautiful applique depicting a bush of elegant lilacs from paper napkins. This homemade product is made simply, but in finished form it looks amazing.

To make an original applique, you will need:

• one paper napkin of white and lilac (possibly pink) shades;
• corrugated or plain green paper;
• adhesive composition;
• cardboard sheet (will play the role of the base of the applique);
• scissors.

When all these components are ready for creative processes, you can proceed to making crafts.

1. You need to take a white sheet of cardboard base. On it you should draw the outlines of future branches of lilac.
2. Next, napkins are taken. They must be cut into squares with a side length of 3 cm.
3. Next, each of the prepared squares will need to be crumpled so that several dense paper lumps form.
4. Now you need to take green paper. From it, you should carefully cut out the stems and leaves of the future beautiful lilac. The finished green parts must be glued to the cardboard base, adhering to the drawn contours.
5. Further, on the basis, you will need to grease the areas where the lilac flowers will be located. After that, the paper lumps will need to be fixed in these areas. It is necessary to ensure that there are enough of these lumps. They should be placed as tightly as possible to each other.
6. First, you should fix the lilac lumps, and only then glue the white lumps. At this stage, the production of an original and very attractive homemade product will be completed.

It is easy to make applications from crumpled pieces of napkin, but it is advisable for adults to keep all stages under control, since the young master will have to work with sharp scissors.

With his own hands, a child can make from napkins not only colorful applications, but also all sorts of voluminous crafts that look no less original and aesthetically pleasing. For example, making water lilies with their own hands can cause great interest in a child.

It is not difficult to model these voluminous crafts, but the young master will have to be as careful as possible. It is advisable to immediately be patient, since all actions must be accurate. Let's consider step by step how you can make spectacular water lilies from napkins.

1. First you need to unfold the napkin in one layer. Then this workpiece will need to be bent and straightened diagonally.
2. Now all the corners of the blank napkin should be bent towards the center.
3. Further, the formed corners will need to be bent again to the center point.
4. The above action will need to be repeated again (for the third time).
5. Now the resulting workpiece must be turned over and all corners must be bent to the center.
6. The workpiece is turned over again. To make it more convenient to work further, the future homemade product is placed on an inverted glass.
7. At the next stage, all the corners of the craft will need to be sequentially bent, moving from the central part to the edges.
8. The flower can be removed from an inverted glass.

An elegant voluminous lily is ready. The technique of making such a homemade product will become more accessible for older children. Modeling such a flower may seem too complicated for very little masters.

From napkins you can make not only a beautiful water lily, but also a luxurious lotus, rose or whole flower bouquets. Such crafts not only contribute to the development of the child's fine motor skills, but also have a beneficial effect on his imagination and creative abilities.

From napkins, a child can model not only a variety of colorful flowers, but also attractive trees. It will be interesting for the kid to make an original birch or herringbone on his own. In making, these elements turn out to be extremely simple, but very exciting.

You can make a very effective Christmas tree from simple and affordable materials, which include ordinary napkins. Let's highlight the complete list of components that will be needed:

• green napkins;
• a couple of cardboard sheets (will be needed to prepare the frame tree base);
• stapler;
• glue;
• various decorations and decorations (beads, "rain", sparkles and so on will do).

The basic element of the craft will be a fluffy flower from a napkin. To make such a component, it will be necessary to fold the napkin in half a couple of times, after which the formed volumetric square is pierced with a stapler in the center. After that, a simple circle or more complex shapes can be cut out of the workpiece. It is permissible to add fringe to the edges.

It is recommended to prepare the specified basic elements in advance. To make the Christmas tree more fluffy and cute, it is advisable to make more green flowers. When these components are ready, you can move on to other important stages of work.

1. You will need to twist a cone-shaped piece from a cardboard sheet. It will serve as the basis for the future original Christmas tree. You can fix this part with a stapler.
2. Now you should prepare fluffy flowers for the Christmas tree, if they were not prepared in advance.
3. Prepared green fluffy flowers should be glued in rows or in a spiral onto a tapered cardboard base. In this case, it is allowed to use a thick PVA glue solution or a stronger Moment composition.
4. You can decorate the Christmas tree in any way. For these purposes, shiny "rain", sparkles, balls, rolled from foil, decorative beads are ideal. It is also possible to carefully cut out small paper snowflakes: they will also be a great addition to an elegant Christmas tree.

Napkins are suitable for making a wide variety of different crafts. It can be not only lush flower bouquets or homemade items on the theme of "Autumn". Today, large volumetric figures are very fashionable, which are most often used to decorate premises on a birthday. Such homemade products can also be modeled using napkin parts.

To simulate absolutely any digit, the following positions will be required:

• cardboard (cardboard parts left over from boxes in which household appliances were previously packed are ideal);
• plain or masking tape;
• Ruler and pencil;
• scissors and a sharp stationery knife;
• stapler;
• napkins;
• adhesives (PVA or "Moment" are suitable).

Let's figure out the step-by-step production of a beautiful figure from the listed components.

1. At the first stage, you will need to make a volumetric frame of suitable sizes. To do this, the template of the future figure will need to be carefully drawn in two copies. The sides will be cardboard strips of the same width.
2. When all the necessary parts of the frame are prepared, they will need to be glued into a single structure. Scotch tape is suitable for these purposes.
3. Now you need to prepare a sufficient number of fluffy flowers from napkins.
4. The prepared flowers should be glued to the finished frame base in the form of a certain number.

At this stage, the original homemade product will be ready. It can be additionally decorated and decorated, for example, with fancy ribbons, bows, small crowns or various mementos.

There are countless other interesting ideas for beautiful crafts from ordinary napkins.

For example, you can make an adorable sheep. Such an interesting craft will definitely captivate the young master.

To simulate such a homemade product, you will need:

• cardboard sheet;
• colored paper;
• white napkins;
• scissors;
• PVA adhesive composition;
• marker;

We will give simple instructions for making such an attractive craft.

1. To get a beautiful lamb, you first need to prepare an appropriate template. The animal should be drawn on a piece of cardboard.
2. Next, the template of the future lamb must be carefully cut out, adhering to the contours.Use a marker to draw the face and hooves of the animal.
3. Now you need to cut ears from black paper. They are glued to the head of a sheep. This should be done only at its base.
4. In the next step, you will need to take napkins. Break the first napkin into several small pieces. It should be torn apart, not cut with scissors. This is necessary so that when twisting the workpieces into small balls, the edges turn out to be uneven.
5. Now you need to form balls from the torn pieces. They can be twisted or rolled up.
6. When the required number of white balls from napkins is prepared, they will need to be glued to the sheep base, using an adhesive composition.
7. The glue is best applied to the template with a brush. Each paper ball should be pressed against the workpiece with slight effort.
8. Once all the balls are glued on, you should wait until the craft is completely dry.
9. The figurine of a fluffy lamb can be left as it is, or it can be used to make a more interesting applique composition.

Butterflies of wondrous beauty are obtained from napkins. Such crafts are very simple to model. We will find out exactly how you can make a very beautiful butterfly from the materials in question with your own hands.

1. First you need to take 1 napkin. Along its 2 diagonals, you will need to form two fold strips. Then the workpiece is folded in half.
2. Now you need to fold the triangular piece along the diagonal folds.
3. In the next step, the tips of the triangular piece are folded with the apex of one side.
4. Next, the triangular part is turned over, after which the tip is connected to the base.
5. The resulting workpiece must be carefully folded in half.
6. Now you need to prepare a small piece of wire. This component will need to be folded in half. It should be wrapped with a napkin on both sides.
7. The wire base will need to be twisted, and then the antennae of the butterfly will be formed. All excess wire should be cut off.

Let's find out how to make such a cute autumn craft.

1. First you need to take a sheet of white cardboard. On it you need to draw a rowan branch with a bunch of berries.
2. Now you need to take napkins. You will need to cut out squares from them. It will be much easier to roll small balls from such elements.
3. Ready-made balls from napkins must be dipped in glue using a wooden stick. After that, the parts dipped in glue can be carefully glued onto a pre-prepared contour.
4. It is advisable to make rowan berries from red napkins, leaves from green ones. To decorate the twig, you must use brown details.
5. It is advisable to glue the red balls from napkins as close to each other as possible to make the picture more attractive.
6. To decorate the leaves, it is not at all necessary to prepare paper balls. You can use simple cut parts with slightly curled ends. The latter parts must be glued especially securely to the base.

From the available materials considered, it is possible to get truly chic volumetric roses on stems. Such crafts can become very original and aesthetic interior decorations. To model gorgeous flowers, come in handy:

• multi-colored napkins;
• thin pencil or knitting needle;
• wire;
• green corrugated paper.

Let's figure out the peculiarities of making attractive roses.

1. Based on the sizes of future flowers, you need to cut square blanks of the corresponding dimensional parameters. If the roses are planned to be made very large, then the napkins do not need to be cut at all.
2. Each resulting square will need to be carefully twisted up to its middle. The workpiece should be screwed onto a regular knitting needle or pencil.
3. After that, the part from the napkin will need to be tightly squeezed along the edges and pulled out the knitting needle (or a pencil, if it was used for twisting).
4. Now all the petals will need to be screwed onto the wire parts in turn. They will need to be revealed as much as possible as the lush flower grows.
5. The resulting blank will need to be fixed with a green paper strip. The same part should be used to wrap the entire wire base along its length. This will form an imitation of a flower stalk.
6. If you wish, you can attach several leaves to the stem. After that, the luxurious roses will be ready.

For these purposes, a container made of cardboard is suitable. A ready-made vase will also be a good solution.

You can make an amazing volumetric star with your own hands from large napkins. We will analyze a step-by-step master class on the correct conduct of such creative work.

1. First, you will need to open the napkin.
2. After that, it is folded so that the 2 outer edges "look" to the central point.
3. Now the napkin will need to be rotated 90 degrees, and then the 2 outer edges will be folded towards the center.
4. The above action will need to be duplicated.
5. In the next step, you will need to carefully fold the resulting triangle in half along the central strip. This must be done in order to end up with a dense strip. After that, the napkin can be unwrapped.
6. The resulting accordion must be folded along the fold line. Then the part is unfolded and the accordion is folded again, but already towards the opposite side.
7. The accordion will need to be wrapped in the center with a metal wire piece.
8. Each corner of the napkin will need to be bent into the inside at an angle of 45 degrees. There should be 4 corners on each side of the accordion part.
9. Now all the existing ends of the accordions must be connected on both sides. This will form a very original and attractive star.

An interesting finished craft can be supplemented with any decorative components. Decorate the star with painted designs, glitter sprinkles, or other eye-catching ingredients.

The smallest craftsmen can make wonderful appliques depicting various vegetables or fruits. We will learn how you can model such compositions using paper napkins.

1. The contours of any vegetables and fruits should be cut out of thick cardboard. All parts must be cut very carefully, under the supervision of an adult.
2. On the existing contours, applied to the cardboard base, you will need to glue pieces of napkins of different colors. These pieces can be cut or plucked from napkins in advance.
3. The resulting simple composition can be made more attractive and expressive by resorting to additional decoration.

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