For needlewomen, there is one inexhaustible theme - floral. She inspires many people. Flowers are embroidered, knitted, painted with oil, made from beads, fabric and leather. Without leaving your home you can find an interesting lesson for yourself and your children. For example, you can make flowers from a napkin with your own hands. This process is very entertaining and creative. He will not leave indifferent even adults. And this lesson should bring a lot of fun to children. They will surprise you with their spontaneity and vivid imagination.
How to make a flower from napkins and what do you need for this?
- Napkins. They can be their 3 layers or simple thin from a cardboard box.
- Colored markers.
- Scissors.
- The wire.
- Insulating tape (green), or a special decorative tape.
- Lid or compass.
So, do-it-yourself flowers from a napkin
- If you will make your flowers from three-layer napkins, you will need to disassemble them into layers.
- Napkins must be folded in a pile, secured with a clip or paper clip so that the leaves do not scatter. How many leaves should be in a stack? The larger, the more magnificent the flower will be. Try on one flower, and you will know the quantity you need.
- Take a lid, pair of compasses or any round object with which you can draw a circle. Put on napkins and circle with a pencil or marker. You should get a circle, which will be the basis of your flower. The size of the craft will depend on your circle.
- Now you need to cut out these circles in order to make flowers from a napkin with your own hands. Clips will help you to cut the right amount of circles for one flower at a time.
- Take a bright marker and circle your cut blanks. The photo shows how this can be done. Use markers in different colors. At this stage, you can dream up. Napkins can also be in different shades. Play with the width and brightness of the stroke that you will make in circles for your future colors.
- The wire, which will play the role of the stem, you need to pierce your circles-petals and fix it in any way convenient for you. This must be done so that the flower itself does not fall from the stem.
- When you fasten the paper circles to the wire, begin to crumple the circles as shown in the photo. One by one, until you reach the last circle.
- It remains only to make the stem. It can be wrapped with electrical tape, colored paper or a special ribbon for decorating flower stems. This will also serve as an additional fixation of the flower head.
Well, you have a craft ready, a flower from napkins.
The more such flowers in your bouquet, the more beautiful the composition will look. Such flowers can be created not only from napkins, this can be done from colored squeezed paper. It can be deformed: stretch, twist, etc.
You and your children will love to make flowers from a napkin with their own hands. And it will be nice for grandmothers to get such a colorful bouquet from their beloved grandchildren for the March holiday!