Flowers in the house are always fashionable and beautiful, but not every housewife can afford living vegetation every day. The needlewomen craft amazing handicrafts made of polymer clay, rags of fabric and beads to decorate the interior, but it takes many years of experience to make complex compositions. Despite the simplicity of the origami technique, not everyone knows how to make paper lilies. To complete the masterpiece you will need improvised materials and very little time.
How to make paper lilies in a few minutes
In order to create masterpieces with your own hands, it is not at all necessary to be a florist. If you want to teach your child how to make flowers or give a surprise to your mom, grandmother or sister, pick up white cardboard, glue, scissors, felt-tip pens, pencils and start this fascinating activity.
First of all, make a blank of six oval-shaped petals. To make them the same in size, make an accordion out of cardboard and start cutting out all the layers at once. Lily is a very delicate flower with shifting shades, and to achieve this effect, it is necessary to crush the pencil lead, apply to a napkin and carefully distribute the powder on the surface of the petal. To get the flower original, take paper with a light striped print or polka dots. Parts of the crafts are connected with glue or double-sided tape. In this way, you can make
lilies out of paper with your own hands in just a few minutes.
Volumetric flower sweep
Origami is a very simple technique in which garlands, jewelry and other crafts are made. If you have not previously worked with paper and scissors, practice on an ordinary whatman paper. The process will seem long and painstaking to you, but then you will be proud of your work of art.
Sweep volumetric lily is performed on a dense material. White or color cardboard is suitable. Initially, in order not to be mistaken, you can draw the contours of the flower with a pencil - this will turn out a paper lily. Origami does not imply the use of glue for assembly, the form is attached by bending the elements of the flower. Take a square of cardboard and bend it along the lines drawn in the scan. Next, start making the legs: fold the green paper into a tube, fasten the edges and insert it into the hole of the volumetric flower. Glue the leaves around the edges.
Beauty close to natural
Looking through the works of outstanding artists, it is sometimes very easy to confuse them with photography, the work is so skillfully done. From other materials at hand you can create no less interesting masterpieces in haste.
Beauty and charm are distinguished by flowers from corrugated paper. Lilies are very reminiscent of their living copies - they have the same thin petals and the same elegant bends. So that a pleasant aroma comes from the bouquet, it can be sprayed with perfumed water or put aromatic soap in a vase. It is much easier to work with corrugated paper because it is soft and easily deformed. The frame is created using wire, thanks to which you can give the flower any shape that does not lose its original appearance.
Unleash your imagination ...
Now you know how to make lilies out of paper and can start making crafts decorated with bright fittings. Satin ribbons, beads of different sizes, sparkles and rhinestones - all this can be harmoniously distributed on the surface of the product, then it will become even more beautiful and original. If you add more greenery and other elements, you get a luxurious bouquet that will stand for many years, recalling the warm summer days. Lilies are truly royal flowers, but ordinary water lilies have much in common with them. For a change, you can perform them in the origami technique and put them next to the aquarium or vase in which the reed stands.
Having mastered various techniques, you can explain to your child how to make lilies from paper, and from an early age he will begin to creatively develop and will love applied art. To create crafts of incredible beauty, it is not necessary to graduate from an art academy: paper creativity is available to anyone who wants it, and most importantly, tools and materials for origami will always be found in everyone’s house!