Crafts from paper with their own hands
Not everyone knows how many beautiful and unusualOrnaments can be made from plain paper. These masters make complex models for several months. This occupation requires attentiveness and perseverance. We will not rush things and figure out the handicrafts available to everyone. Involve in this occupation can be the whole family. It is especially important to develop games for children. After all, cutting out of paper develops small motor skills, therefore, thinking. And how interesting it will be for kids to make their own decorations and crafts for the New Year! Ask them to make snowflakes simple or three-dimensional snowflakes, a tree or a kite.
Paper handicrafts for children
First you need to prepare all the necessary tools and components. For the creative process you will need:
paper. It can be of different quality, density, color. So the choice depends on what you decided to glue. For example, for origami you need medium-density sheets, with clear lines for bending, the same ones for kusudama. For the basis of large items or toys, cardboard is often used. For ornaments, you can use foil, pieces of wallpaper, scraps from applications;
adhesive will need two types, liquid PVA for gluing large parts, and a glue stick for applications and small cuts;
brush for applying PVA;
scissors of medium length with rounded ends for main work and scissors with straight blades for cutting holes;
Ruler and pencil. And you can use these tools not only for their intended purpose. With the help of a pencil, it is possible to give details to various shapes. The ruler will help perfectly smoothly bend or break the sheets of parchment.
The workplace should be a flat surface,for example, a table. If everything is prepared, you can start making paper crafts. Video-instruction from the Internet will not prevent at first beginners. After a while you will be able to do without help.
Unusual products are obtained from colored paper and cardboard. By bringing the child to this activity, you contribute to its all-round development:
the kid begins to understand the whole process of making from the beginning to the end, comprehends it and develops his logical thinking;
each stage occurs sequentially, and this trains the memory;
develop creative abilities of the child. Unobtrusively push your child to come up with ideas for models;
carrying away the child by this useful occupation, you thereby distract him from computer games.
What you need to know when making paper crafts with your own hands
There are certain rules that will help you get pleasure from making, and crafts will turn out to be special and beautiful:
lay a working surface (it should be large enough) with paper or an oilcloth so that it does not have to be washed off of the glue;
The lines of the fold make it smooth and even, strongly ironing. You need to do this with a clean sheet or a rag, but not with your hands. Otherwise there will be spots, which is especially noticeable on white and light material;
if you need long strips, tear the paper along the fibers;
if a small part needs to be attached to a sheet, then spread the glue itself with the part, not the sheet. Otherwise, it will turn wrinkled and uneven;
gluing the application to the substrate, it should be strongly pressed with a clean sheet and held for a while. Then spread and flatten with a clean flannel cloth.
Knowing these simple rules, you quickly typedexperience and achieve success by making paper crafts with your own hands. There are many more options for working with paper, for example, voluminous weaving, making garlands or postcards with kirigami. And the pom-poms themselves will look great on a baby crib.
