After each holiday, many sweets wrappers remain in the house. The simplest thing is to take and throw them in the trash. But do not rush to do this. We suggest that you recall your childhood when candy wrappers from under sweets became wonderful material for creativity. Applications, bookmarks for books, origami figurines are what each of us made from wrappers. In this article we will talk about what crafts from candy wrappers can be made with your own hands. Involve your children in the creative process. They will surely like to “turn” a regular candy wrapper into an original craft. And here, in fact, ideas. Study them, be inspired and needlework with pleasure!
A candy key chain - quick and easy! Preparatory stage
Crafts made of candy wrappers in the form of a pendant can become a real decoration for a mobile phone, keychain, purse or school backpack. It looks unusual, but very stylish and original.
For work, we prepare the following:
- candy wrappers;
- thermal gun or glue;
- ruler;
- wooden skewer;
- stationery knife;
- pencil or pen.
Stage of making a piece of candy wrappers in the form of a keychain: instruction
Expand and align all wrappers. Mark on them strips 1-1.5 centimeters wide. Cut candy wrappers along the lines. Fold each strip in half in length. Wrap a paper blank on a wooden skewer by applying glue to it. No need to lubricate them the entire surface of the candy wrapper. It will be enough to drip glue from time to time. Thus, fasten the remaining strips until the circle becomes the size you need. Next, remove it from the skewer, glue the tip of the last part well. This product in itself can become a suspension. You just need to pass through the central hole in it a decorative lace or special accessories. But similar crafts from candy wrappers consisting of several such rings of different sizes look much more interesting. For example, three circles, interconnected in a row, can be a pendant in the form of a snowman. And if you fasten several such elements in a circle, you get a keychain-flower. Imagine yourself and offer to do it to the kids, together you will definitely come up with a lot of interesting figures from the rings.
Jewelry made of candy wrappers is almost a designer thing!
We continue to learn to do crafts from candy wrappers. With your own hands you can make original bracelets and beads from this material. This idea will surely appeal to your little daughter-daughter. She can wear such jewelry herself, present to her friends and, of course, decorate her favorite dolls with it. To complete this product you will need wrappers from sweets (from foil or paper) and a clothespin. The technology for making the bracelet, read the following description.
Bracelets - beautiful crafts from candy wrappers. Master class on manufacturing
Align each wrapper and fold four times along. The width of the resulting strip should be approximately 1 centimeter. It is important that all elements are the same size. Now bend the strip in half. Perform such blanks from all wrappers. Next, insert the second into one part so that the resulting figure resembles the letter "T". Bend the edge of the top element at right angles down and to the sides. The bend points must match the lower crossbar of the part. Turn the product over and secure with a clothespin. Insert another candy wrapper into the resulting loop and weave it in the same way as the first one. As a result, you will get a curly strip. When the product reaches the desired size, thread the ends of the first part into the loop of the last and bend them out. For reliability, you can fasten them with a stapler or glue.
Such crafts from candy wrappers can become a whole set: bracelet, beads and earrings. In the latter, you will need to insert the appropriate fittings.
Butterflies and flowers from wrappers - a bright decor of a children's room
In just a few minutes, from wrappers you can make a magnificent home interior decoration in the form of a butterfly figurine. For its manufacture, in addition to bright wrappers made from sweets, you will need a small piece of a thin ribbon or braid and thread.
Fold the paper blank with an accordion. To do this, start from the corner of the candy wrapper. The width of one step should be no more than four millimeters. To make one butterfly, make two such blanks. Connect these parts together in the middle, fastening them with tape. Gently spread the wings. Do not cut the ends of the ribbon; they look like the antennae of a butterfly. Pull the thread under the ribbon and hang it from the ceiling or chandelier.
According to the same principle, it is possible to make products in the form of flowers, connecting each other in three or four parts.
We hope that the information and photos presented in this article inspired you to make interesting crafts from candy wrappers with your own hands. Create beauty from the most ordinary materials, feel like a real magician!