For a long time you wanted to spend time with your family in an interesting and profitable way, learn something new, recall your childhood and please your children? In this case, you have a great opportunity that does not require a long time and great effort: make a bus out of paper with your own hands. And how to bring it to life, you will learn from our article.
How to make a bus out of paper with your own hands. Method one
There are several options, but the simplest and fastest to do is to take any rectangular box of toothpaste, hand cream or other goods, attach wheels to it, make a cutout for the so-called windows or stick rectangular pieces of white paper instead of windows, and voila - the bus ready!
To complete this craft, you will need, first of all, a good mood, as well as 20 minutes of free time, scissors, transparent glue for crafts or PVA glue, a box of toothpaste and 4 wheels from a broken toy of your or neighboring child. The advantage of this bus is that it has real wheels, and it can go, and it looks quite realistic, given the fact that public transport has long been a place to place various advertisements.
Second way
How else can you make a bus out of paper? Very simple, the only difference is that you need to find the scheme of the bus you like and print it in color, although it is possible in black and white; such a bus is also attractive in its own way, then it can be painted with pencils or felt-tip pens.
To make this bus, you need a printed circuit, scissors, transparent glue for crafts or PVA, a little patience and 30 minutes of free time. The bus must be cut, folded along the fold lines and glued carefully. Better use thicker paper. In this case, the wheels can not be cut separately, but if you want, you can cut them and make a separate structure, which will need to be attached to the body of the bus.
How to glue the bus
In order for the bus to turn out beautiful and durable, because it has to pass a lot of tests in the hands of your child, you need to use paper that is close in density to thin cardboard or photo paper. Now we turn to the main point: how to make a bus out of paper. It is very important that the fold lines are clear, so it’s better to draw a non-writing pen along the fold line with a ruler before folding a sheet of paper. After the gluing lines are determined, grease them with white paint, let them dry, coat with glue and glue. To the joy of the whole family, the miniature of the bus is ready!