Garland for February, 23rd with own hands and for birthday

Make garlands of paper your own caneven a child. Making such garlands is a good way to take it, as long as you prepare the house yourself for the holiday. One of the simplest paper garlands is made from rings. Make a garland of paper rings is not difficult (probably, we all did it in school). It is best for such a garland to use glossy colored paper. It is necessary to cut from it strips of the necessary size. Fold the first strip into the ring and glue it. The second strip pass through it and also glue in a ringlet - rings should be connected, as links of a chain. Continue until the garland is the right length. You can alternate rings of different colors and sizes.

Not much harder to do another kind of paper garland. To do this, you need to fold a long stripcolor paper accordion and draw a figure on it (an example is shown in the picture). Then you need to simply cut out the shape on the contour (without touching the place of connection with the neighboring figures) and unfold the garland. A very thick accordion is inconvenient to cut, so it's better to make some short garlands and glue them together.

Another simple paper garland is made from flags or other figures. To do this, take a thick paper or cardboard, draw on it and cut out the templates of the flags or other figures. From the colored paper, cut the rectangles (the length of the rectangle is twice the length of the flag) and fold them in half. On each rectangle, circle the pattern and cut it out along the contour (do not cut the top - the flag must be double). Hang the flags on the threads and glue them inside so they do not fall off. You can also decorate the flags with appliqués or draw a glitter pattern.

There is another version of the garland of paperhands. To do this, take a thick colored paper and cut it into rectangles of the same size. Then each rectangle should be folded with an accordion, the width of the accordion - about 2 cm. After that, shift the accordion in the middle. While holding the middle of the accordion, straighten its edges so that it looks like a butterfly with open wings.

Internal parts of the "wings" need to glue together with glue PVA. The result should be paper fan. Make the necessary number of blanksfans (the more fans - the longer the length of the garland) and arrange them in a row, so that they lay like "upside down" in relation to neighboring workpieces and touching the sides. Glue the sides of the blanks, and to the two extreme fans attach the loops of paper or ribbons, for which you then hang the garland.

Very nice looking openwork garlands. In order to make lace garlands ofpaper by yourself, you first have to cut a lot of circles of colored paper. The diameter of all circles should be the same. You can use a compass for this, but it's easier and faster to circle a saucer or other round object. Twice fold the paper circle in half, and then bend the four sectors in opposite directions - it should look like an airplane.

Draw a triangle with a pencilsemicircular notches. They need to be alternated: one to the left, one to the right, and so on. Cut them and unfold the circle - you will get an openwork for the garland. Make the necessary number of such blanks (it should be even). Take the two blanks and glue them together at the folds of the paper. When the glue dries, take the circles behind the middle and gently stretch it - you should get an openwork ball. Make the required number of openwork balls and glue them with each other for the middle of the circles. To the two extreme balls of the garland, attach the eyelets to hang it.

If you can find corrugated colored paper (the type used to decorate flower bouquets), you can make a lush garland that mimics Hawaiian garlands of real flowers. To do this, unfold the corrugated paper rolland cut it into strips. The width of the strips should be the same and match the desired diameter of the "colors". Then add each stripe with an accordion to get a multi-layered square.

With the help of scissors cut from eachsquare circle. On the circumference of the resulting elements, make small incisions. Then take a needle, thread a strong thread in it and thread on it corrugated paper circles. It is best to take paper of different colors and alternate multi-colored circles in random order. Stringing the garland to the end, tie the threads of the knot at both ends and fan it.