Original crafts from do-it-yourself paper napkins

DIY items have always been valued more than purchased items. You can give them or decorate them with the interior. Napkins are a material that is freely available in many stores and has a low price. Even a child can make crafts from paper napkins with his own hands. And the work of adults does not look "childish."

Flowers

Kids do not yet have pocket money, so you have to create a gift for your mother, grandmother, aunt on International Women's Day with your own efforts. What can I do crafts on March 8 with my own hands in kindergarten? From paper napkins interesting applications, postcards, trees and much more are obtained. Almost all works will use the same materials: napkins of different colors, scissors, glue, stapler.

Even a child can make carnations. Add base twigs and a bright marker or felt-tip pen to the base materials.

1. Fold one napkin twice. It should make a square.
2. Secure in the center with a stapler.
3. Draw a circle inscribed in a square.
4. Fill the edges of the circle with a marker.
5. In the center, insert the branch, and glue the top layer of the napkin to it.
6. Begin gently crushing the remaining layers.

The first flower turned out, make some more of these, forming a bouquet.

You can experiment with sizes, colors and decorations. Wrap the bouquet with gift wrapping, tie a ribbon. Cut the edges of the flowers with a wavy line or with curly scissors. It turned out great crafts on March 8 with their own hands. In the kindergarten, very beautiful things are also created from paper napkins.

Lump Animals

To make animalistic pictures, you need to add colored paper and cardboard to the base materials. It’s easy to make do-it-yourself paper tissue crafts. The master class "Animals" is an application. Having mastered the basics, you can come up with your own plots. So, the progress of creating the butterfly:

1. Print the coloring "Butterfly", on its basis the rest of the work will be done.
2. Paint the background blue - the color of the sky.
3. Take napkins of different colors and cut them into small squares.
4. Now everyone needs to be crumpled with their fingers into a small ball, and with the help of PVA glue to stick to the paint in the appropriate place.
5. Having finished with the butterfly, proceed to the design of the background. From colored paper, cut out the sun, grass and clouds.

The result was a wonderful picture! By the same principle, you can create any animals. Just look for the appropriate coloring and fill it with flowers at your discretion. Turn on the imagination, and perhaps you can adapt the threads, buttons for the eyes of animals, herbarium and much more.

Such crafts made from paper napkins, created with their own hands, help children develop fine motor skills.

Animals from the squares

This option is suitable for creating not every animal, but only one that has a circle shape in its body. DIY hand made paper do-it-yourself craft items contain just one small square:

1. For example, make a Penguin applique out of plain colored paper.
2. Fold the napkin twice to make a square.
3. In the center, fasten it with a stapler and cut a circle.
4. Crumple all layers from the bottom up, except the last.
5. Glue the last layer to the appliqué in the corresponding round place on the animal’s body.

That's all! In the same way, you can make a bear, a fish, the head of a lion, a kitten and other animals.

Topiary

Topiary of napkins is readily made not only by children, but also by adults. Such items made of paper napkins (do it yourself) fit perfectly into the interior. The master class provides only basic knowledge, and the craftswoman herself chooses how to decorate the work. To the main set you need to add branches, a flower pot, a newspaper and threads. Working process:

1. Crumple a newspaper and fix its shape with threads. It is not necessary to make a very large size, as the volume will already be increased by napkins.
2. On one side, make a hole for the branch.
3. Cut the napkin into four parts.
4. Fasten two of them with a stapler and cut a circle.
5. Start to crumple each layer, do not touch the last, they should be glued to the ball made at the first stage.
6. When the ball is ready, insert a branch into the hole and glue it.
7. Fill the flower pot with newspapers; you can put stones at the bottom for stability.
8. Insert the branch with the ball and fix it securely in the pot.
9. To hide crumpled newspapers, you can use small decorative stones, pebbles or the same napkins.

This is the foundation you need to know to create a topiary.

Design options

Creating a topiary, you can use any improvised materials. If you do not have a branch, then simply attach the ball to the flower pot, it looks no less attractive.

When creating a ball, think about what the topiary will be used for. If the room in which you plan to put it does not contain many bright decor elements, then you can add butterflies to the crafts, use different colors, tie a ribbon around the stem, and decorate the pot. And in the case when the room is already cluttered with paintings, statuettes, flowers, it is better to stay on minimalism.

New Year

Waiting for the New Year is the time when the flight of creativity begins, and the festive mood does not leave until December 31st. New Year's crafts from paper napkins can be made in the form of the same topiary, only use more green flowers and New Year's toys.

But it’s better to make a real Christmas tree:

1. Take a large sheet of paper, preferably whatman. Fold it in the form of a cone, resembling a Christmas tree, glue it.
2. Cut the bottom so that the craft can stand evenly.
3. Now, according to the already studied technique, which was described during the manufacture of the topiary, it is necessary to make a lot of green flowers.
4. They can be the same size or decrease up.
5. When the spruce is ready, decorate it with tinsel, hang flat paper toys, put on a star.

Such a thing will be a great holiday gift. Very interesting New Year's crafts from paper napkins. The photo shows a decoration option.

Ballerina

A small element of decor that can be attached to the ceiling is a napkin ballerina. Great craft for a girl’s nursery. You will need a wire. Working process:

1. Make a skeleton of a ballerina out of wire.
2. With white napkins using PVA, glue the wire.
3. Proceed to clothing. Take a napkin of any color and fold it in a triangle, bending in the center.
4. Now cut the bottom in a semicircle.
5. Do the same with a different color, but using a smaller cloth.
6. The resulting "dress" is put on a doll.
7. At the waist we tie with thread or ribbon.
8. For greater splendor, napkins can be twisted.

Experiment with skirt sizes, number of linings, and embellishments. Use a transparent fishing line or a safety pin to attach the ballerina to the ceiling.

Now you know how easy it is to create crafts from paper napkins with your own hands. All you need is napkins of different colors and imagination. Using improvised materials, you can create very unusual and stylish things. The works will fit well into the interior of the apartment or will suit as a presentation for some holiday.