Many, especially children, like to make birds and other animals from various materials. In addition, children can use them in the game. People of any age can create crafts based on their skills. This article will discuss workshops on the production of birds from paper and bottles. DIY bird? This is not difficult!
Multicolored paper bird
To make it, the following materials will be required:
- paper bird template;
- multi-colored paper and cardboard;
- glue;
- scissors.
This is how a bird is made of paper with his own hands:
- Having attached the bird’s template to the cardboard, you need to cut out two such details. But for the second part, the template should be circled with the top down.
- The resulting parts are glued together.
- Now you need to cut two rectangles from multi-colored paper. Then they are folded in a fan, and the middle is glued together.
- In the middle of the body and near the tail, you need to make cuts into which the finished "fans" are inserted.
The bird of color paper is ready!
Wicker Paper Bird
To make a bird with your own hands, you will need the following supplies:
- multi-colored paper;
- scissors.
Stages of creating crafts:
- Two details need to be cut out of paper. The part is cut into strips of at least twenty centimeters in length.
- The upper strip falls down, while it must be alternately threaded first from above, then from below the other strips.
- The next strip is also threaded down under the other stripes. All the same is done with another wing.
- Both wings must be folded, crossing each other.
- Loose stripes must be twisted so that a square forms.
- To make it more convenient to work with stripes, they can be marked with letters.
- Stripes A and B fall down parallel to bands D and C.
- Lane C rises up and is placed on top of lane B, and D must be lifted and passed first above C and then above A.
- Everything is done the same with the rest of the lanes.
- All lower bands will be used for the tail, and the upper ones for the head of the future bird.
- Through the lower and upper hole in the abdomen 4 bands are displayed. The first are even, and only then the odd ones.
- All the stripes that were brought up are gathered together, and a knot is made. All excess paper is cut in the shape of a beak.
- The remaining strips are twisted with scissors in the form of a tail - and the bird is ready.
Paper Volumetric Bird
DIY can be made by anyone. This craft will be a wonderful gift or decoration of a modern interior. To create it, you will need:
- old newspaper;
- duct tape;
- paper towel;
- cardboard;
- glue;
- paints;
- scissors;
- wire.
A do-it-yourself bird is done as follows:
- The fourth part of the newspaper should be crumpled in the shape of a pear, and with the help of duct tape the shape is adjusted.
- Stripes of a width of not more than 1.5 centimeters should be cut from a paper towel. The strips are dipped into the adhesive solution and glued to the workpiece. The workpiece must dry for at least 24 hours.
- In two pieces, you need to cut out the details of the wings and tail, which are also glued with paper strips.
- The tail and wings are applied to the body and wrapped in strips of glue. Leave the workpiece to dry.
- Legs are made of wire.
- The vertical part of the leg is wrapped with thread.
- After complete drying, the workpiece is covered with gray paint, after which you can draw other details.
- On the tummy, two holes must be made into which the legs are inserted.
- For shine, the bird can be coated with acrylic gel.
Interior paper bird is ready.
Funny paper birds
A bird made of paper with its own hands is able to transform the working area of a schoolboy. They can be placed throughout the room, but first you have to prepare:
- Small circle template
- thick paper;
- sticky stickers in different colors;
- pencils;
- black felt-tip pen;
- plasticine;
- toothpicks.
DIY bird making stages:
- The circle cut out of paper needs to be folded in half and bent. To one of the halves you need to glue colorful stickers that will act as a tail. Only one sticker is glued on one side.
- The circle bends again, and a part in the form of a beak is cut off from a sticker that has been pasted on the other side.
- To create wings you need to stick stickers in the center on both sides.
- Using a black felt-tip pen, eyes are drawn.
- Toothpicks are glued to the inside with adhesive tape - these are the legs of a bird.
- Next, you need to roll a ball from plasticine and stick a bird in it.
- You can not stick a bird in plasticine, but make a lot of such birds and put them in a garland.
Funny birds are ready!
Birds from plastic bottles for the garden
Such birds will look great in the garden, especially if you make a lot of them.
Materials:
- a bottle of plastic;
- the bottom of small plastic bottles;
- bags made of polyethylene;
- metal rods.
Do-it-yourself bird from a plastic bottle is easy:
- From the bottom, you first need to collect the "feathers" of birds. All bottoms should be the same. Sand needs to be heated in a pan and dipped in it for a couple of seconds the bottoms, which will be leveled. Thus, all bottoms should be aligned.
- All ready bottoms are assembled on a fishing line. You should get long garlands.
- A large bottle will act as the body of a bird. From the metal rod make the bird’s neck and insert the bottle into the cork.
- The neck and body must be wrapped in plastic bags. For a more accurate look of the workpiece, the body should be wrapped with a film.
- Now the garlands are taken and the workpiece is wrapped. Threads must be laid as tightly as possible.
- Corks can serve as eyes, and the beak is cut out of plywood.
- Legs are made from metal rods that stick into the lower body.
A bird from plastic bottles is ready!
Plastic peacock
It should be noted that the work on the manufacture of such crafts is laborious, and therefore it will be very difficult for beginners. Do-it-yourself bird from bottles of this level looks like a real work of art.
Materials needed:
- one bottle with a capacity of at least six liters;
- bottles of 1.5-2 liters - about 50 pieces;
- mesh with small cells;
- stapler;
- Scotch;
- glue;
- acrylic multi-colored paints.
Making a peacock:
- The first thing to do is make feathers for the tail. To do this, each bottle is cut so that a flat part remains. The resulting part is cut into three parts. In the received details, it is necessary to round one end to get a similarity to a pen. The resulting blanks must be cut into thin strips. Stripes should be as thin as possible. Feathers need to be decorated with so-called eyes.
- The base is made of foam or a large plastic bottle. You need to do the torso and neck.
- Now all the feathers that have been prepared, you need to glue on the layout of the bird. First, the neck, breast and torso are pasted over, and then the back. Using the net, attach the tail feathers.
- You can attach a beautiful crest to the peacock.
Crafts of paper birds and plastic bottles are very interesting, they can be crafted by the whole family. DIY bird can be made not only from these improvised materials. Fine crafts are obtained from fabric, old discs and even from tree branches.