Everyone creates comfort in different ways. The interior can be decorated with many interesting things, in particular homemade. They always look at home and create an atmosphere of warmth and comfort. In addition, much can be said about the owner of the home.
What is a homemade cup for?
Today we will talk about how to make a paper mug. She will look very cute on a shelf in the sideboard or on the table. In addition, a homemade cup is suitable for children's games in tea drinking.
This craft can be done together with the child in order to improve creative skills. This will especially appeal to girls. After all, later you can make yourself a whole service.
So, to learn how to make paper circles, you need to follow these tips.
Necessary tools and materials
Before starting the creative process, prepare all the necessary materials:
- thick cardboard;
- paper or old newspaper;
- glue;
- paper tape;
- stationery knife;
- scissors
- paints.
Prepare everything you need immediately, so as not to be distracted in the process.
Where to start and how to continue
When everything you need is prepared, you can begin.
- Prepare a template for creating a mug. You can draw it yourself or download it from the network. If you have chosen the first option, take cardboard. Draw on it 6 identical sides of the future cup in one ruler. In places of contact of the faces there will be folds. At this stage, the width and depth of the circle are already determined.
- If you have a ready-made template, simply attach it to the cardboard and cut it with a stationery knife.
- The workpiece must be bent in the necessary places and glued with tape. Try to keep all faces snug against each other.
- Next, you need to cut out the circle, which will become the bottom, and glue it with adhesive tape to the appropriate place.
- After that, cut a cardboard strip into one centimeter, glue it with the bottom so that the mug is on this strip.
- Now you should tear the old newspaper into small pieces or do the same with plain white paper.
- Coat the resulting mug with glue and glue it with pieces of newspaper or paper.
- Leave it all for half an hour / hour to dry the glue.
- In the meantime, cut out a strip of cardboard no more than 2 centimeters wide. Make it curved or even, depending on the design of your cup.
- Use paints to paint it in the color you want. Set aside to dry.
- How to make a paper mug, you already understood. And now it's time to decorate it. Use gouache with a minimum amount of water so as not to soak your creation. Make a pattern to your taste. Do not forget about the inside, in which you also need to bring beauty.
- Wait a few minutes for the paint to dry and glue the pen.
The benefits of this creative process
That's all, now you know how to make a paper mug with your own hands. As you can see, there is nothing complicated in this, although the whole process will take you about an hour. But you get a beautiful decoration for the home or joy for the child.
Later, when you gain experience, it will be possible to make circles of different shapes and sizes. For children, such crafts are very useful, because they learn to cut, and glue, and decorate. Show them how to make a paper mug, and this process will enthrall them, perhaps for more than one hour.
And the prospect of creating a whole service for your dolls or soft toys will maintain children's enthusiasm at the right level.
Experiment, improve your crafts. By the way, you can initially use beautiful colored cardboard and decorative tape, then you can not glue the cup and significantly reduce the time of its manufacture. But you should practice to gently and evenly stick adhesive tape.