Before the New Year holidays, handmade artists have the hottest time. The work is carried out with any materials, Christmas toys, decorative elements of the interior, door wreaths, greeting cards are made. Christmas trees and winter landscapes are depicted, Santa Claus and his granddaughter Snegurochka do not ignore the wizard and the snowmen beloved by their children.
They can be made not only from snow, but also from cotton and cardboard, paper plates and plastic cups, made up of quilling strips and glued by folding the paper like origami. They can be flat or voluminous. Stick on the base or stand in the middle of the room, hang on a rope on a Christmas tree instead of a toy.
In the article, we will consider how to make a snowman out of paper with your own hands, what options you can think of, what to have in addition for work. After reading the material, you will be able to repeat the samples seen in the photographs at home. Step-by-step explanations help you easily complete the task.
Stripe Option
Such a large snowman can be installed on cardboard, or can be used as a Christmas tree toy by hanging on a thread on a branch. To make each ball, you will need many thin, but dense strips of white paper. These should be segments of different lengths. If the bottom ball contains 15 cm, then the middle one is 10 cm, and for the snowman's head, take 6 cm.
So, how to make a snowman out of paper:
- For fastening you will need a strong thread and a needle. One edge of the strip is pierced by a needle at a distance of 1 cm from the edge. All strips of the same length are successively threaded.
- At the end, a strong knot is tied, but the thread is not cut, but stretches 10 cm up and a large knot is also tied.
- Further the other edge of the strips is strung. The distance from the edge is the same - 1 cm.
- After all parts are strung, a knot is finally tied.
The first ball is ready! The rest do the same. The balls can be fastened together with a glue gun or thick PVA.
How to make a snowman out of paper, you already understand. It remains only to decorate the product by attaching a hat of paper and tying a scarf from a satin ribbon. Hands can be made from yarn by slipping it between the strips.
Terry snowman
This version of the New Year’s crafts can be made to office or accounting employees. Often in offices they put a special apparatus that destroys old papers. It turns out a lot of small identical pieces, which when glued will look like a fringe.
First, a background is made of two white circles of different diameters. Then they are abundantly lubricated with PVA glue and sprinkled with paper “chips”. You can press down a little with your hand so that the strips are securely attached.
The main work has been done, it remains only to decorate the product with additional details. They are cut out of colored paper in black and orange. Instead of a hat, you can make a colored bucket with a handle.
Such an article is glued onto a large sheet of colored paper and hung like a poster on a wall or door of an office building.
Corrugated snowman
How to make a snowman out of paper in stages, you won’t have to tell for a long time. This work is affordable even for beginners:
- To create each circle, use several sheets of white paper A-4, depending on the size of the craft. For the lower part, you can take them from 6 to 8 pieces.
- Each sheet is bent with an accordion, the folds must be carefully smoothed, then they will keep their shape well.
- When all the blanks are completed, begin to collect the bottom ball of the snowman. Spread the last fold of each sheet with glue and attach one to the other.
- And the design is rounded off by connecting the first and eighth sheets.
- Then, pressing on the entire part, it is lowered to the base, smeared with glue. It is necessary to press down for fastening with the whole palm, press gently so as not to wrinkle the folds.
You already understood how to make a snowman out of paper by folding a sheet with an accordion. The rest of the balls are made similarly, but their size is taken smaller.
If the circles are not glued to the base, then only the middle can be fastened with a glue gun, and so that the glue is not visible, the joint is decorated with a bright button cut out of colored paper.
Decorate a snowman with a scarf from bright colored paper. It is also first bent with an "accordion", and then the edges are cut with "noodles". The hat is decorated with a flower or “feathers”.
Volumetric postcard
Are you still pondering how to make a bulk snowman out of paper? This is an easy job that even a senior preschooler can handle. For example, you can create postcards. The background for them is either blue or light blue. And for making the snowman himself, many circles of white color are cut according to the pattern.
Then the head is simply glued onto cardboard, and the rest of the balls are performed by folding the circles in half. They are glued together by halves, and the first and last are already attached to the base.
Small details are carried out by application. Decorated crafts purchased snowflakes. You can make snow by tearing paper.
Christmas tree toy made of paper
Now we will tell you how to make a snowman out of paper so that it is light and can be hung on a Christmas tree branch:
- A-4 sheet of white paper is folded in half and strips of 1 cm wide are drawn, but not completely (4-5 cm are not cut).
- Then the part is expanded, and its edges are glued horizontally.
- A thin strip of contrasting color is attached on top. This is the handle for which the craft can be hung on a branch.
- You can decorate the craft with twig hands made of gray or brown paper and draw a face to the snowman.
Papier mache snowman
If you make a large craft, then you can use the papier-mâché method. The base for gluing is an inflated balloon. To make the snowman's balls of different sizes, balloons are inflated of various sizes.
The first layer of torn paper is applied simply to the rubber of the product, the remaining several layers to the paste. It is easy to cook it at home according to the following recipe: 1 s. Per glass of water. l flour. Stir everything cold and put on a slow fire. Constantly stirring, bring to a state of thick sour cream.
You can use it after cooling. Balls are not pasted over completely - the bottom and top of the craft remain unadhesive.
When all three blanks have dried, you need to pierce the balls with a needle and pull out through the hole left below. In the same part, the parts are fastened together.
After that, the snowman is put on the floor or on the table and decorated. You can cover the paper with a layer of gouache paint, add small details, tie a scarf made of fabric, etc.
Craft from round napkins
For work, you need to find round napkins with beautiful carved edges of different sizes. Then they are laid out in order of increasing size and form the shape of a snowman.
Instead of hands, thin sticks or twigs are attached, and a warm set is cut out of colored paper with print - mittens, hat and scarf. Eyes can be attached purchased, and the nose-carrot and mouth-embers are cut out of colored paper.
Snowman
From a dense paper sleeve from toilet paper, you can make a small snowman. It is advisable to do this craft with preschool children.
In this case, the sleeve cylinder is pasted over with white paper. Small details are painted with markers and make a nose.
Let's dwell on how to make a snowman nose out of paper :
- Carrot has a conical shape, so it is going to be in two parts. The first is an orange-folded leaf cone (its edges are evenly cut off), the second is a circle whose diameter corresponds to the lower part of the cone.
- To keep the circle on a carrot-cone, several rectangular pieces of paper are left at its edges.
- When both parts are assembled together, the nose is glued to the snowman.
Origami snowman
What this version of the snowman looks like, you can look at the main photo in the article. They make it by folding paper from pentagons. Craft requires the ability to draw. You can use the finished pentagon in the form of a template.
The diagram presented to your attention shows that having a shape template, drawing the rest of the details is easy. Folds are made along the dashed lines, and thin strips are smeared with PVA glue and firmly pressed against each other. It will turn out only one ball.
How to make an origami snowman out of paper? To do this, you need at least two of these balls, bonded to each other. Further work is on attaching a carrot nose and drawing small details - eyes, mouth. You can stick paper hands and insert a broom into them.
The article talked about how to make a snowman out of colored paper. White is used only for snowy details, and for the rest of the elements, be sure to use bright colors to make the artwork spectacular. We presented different options, with detailed instructions and photos. After making your masterpiece, check with the sample. Good luck in your work!