Very often, parents think about what is interesting and new to captivate the child, so that the classes are useful for the kids. A great option would be crafts from the tubes of juice.
Flower vase
Such a product can be presented as a souvenir to mom, grandmother or aunt. They will be pleased to receive gifts in the form of crafts from juice tubes, which the baby made with his own hands. The child will like this task, especially since it is not difficult to make a vase, and the result will be bright and beautiful.
To make such crafts from juice cans, in addition to the usual set of materials and tools, you will need clay, stationery erasers, a disposable plate and a postcard. Various bows, ribbons, etc. are useful for decor.
For stability, all the tubes are cut in half and fastened with clerical gum. The design is glued to a disposable plate or postcard. Next, the vase must be decorated with satin ribbons and a bow.
Now we should proceed to the manufacture of a flower. To do this, all the tubules from the juice must be cut into pieces of 2-3 cm. The entire flower will consist of individual inflorescences. They are made from small pieces of tubules, one of the sides of which is cut into small fringe. Ready inflorescences are inserted into each other and mounted on a plasticine ball. The more inflorescences turn out, the more magnificent the flower will be. When it is completely ready, you need to combine the entire structure, and the craft is ready.
Crafts for the New Year: Christmas tree toys
Children are always looking forward to the New Year holidays, and to make preparations even more interesting and more fun, you can make a Christmas tree toy yourself.
For work, you need cocktail tubes, scissors, thread and a needle. First of all, the tubes are cut into 8 parts of 5 cm and 4 parts of 4 cm. It is necessary to connect four parts of 4 cm together using a needle and thread. The part is fixed with a knot, but the thread is not cut.
Next, two more 5 cm pieces are put on the same thread and the thread is threaded into one of the sides of the square. Similarly, you need to draw all sides of the square, in the end you should get four triangles.
Two vertices of the triangle are connected from above, the other two - from below. On one of the resulting vertices, a loop is hung for hanging, and on the other a bead or bell.
And although New Year’s crafts made of tubes look much simpler than purchased jewelry, a toy made by the child’s hands will take pride of place on the Christmas tree.
Photo frame
Craft in the form of a frame for photographs, made of tubes of juice, looks bright, while it is very practical. The frame will fit perfectly into the design of the children's room, and for its manufacture you will not need special materials, everything you need can be found at hand.
Crafts from juice tubes in the form of a photo frame are made quickly and easily. First of all, you need to prepare a cardboard base, which will correspond to the size of the photo. Next, measure the length of the corners of the frame and cut out the corresponding segments from the tubes. They are glued on the sides. After that, you need to cut out many of the same segments from multi-colored tubes and stick them to the cardboard base with glue or double-sided tape.
A photo is attached to the back and the frame is ready. If desired, you can additionally attach a piece of cardboard, so that the frame stands confidently on a horizontal surface.
Crafts from tubs from children's juice: geometric figures for educational games
Thanks to such constructions, a fun geometry can be studied with a child in a playful way. Simple and original crafts will help to have fun and easily explain to the kid what geometric shapes are.
First, try to make a pyramid. To do this, it is necessary to fold along the short part of the tube, it is inserted into the long part. Thus, a triangle is obtained. Identical figures are fastened together with adhesive tape and combined into a pyramid. In a similar way, you can add a wide variety of shapes: pentagons, squares, etc.
Crafts from juice cans for children will be an excellent occasion for entertaining games and will help the child remember new geometric shapes.
Jewelry
Girls of any age love jewelry. Younger children can be offered to make crafts from juice tubes in the form of jewelry. They are perfect for summer holidays, especially if you are going to go to the sea. The little fashionista will look like a mermaid.
Making such jewelry is very simple. Tubules from juice are cut into segments of different sizes. They need to be strung on a thick thread, but it is better to use fishing line. Parts alternate in color, they can be diluted with various beads. Similarly, create bracelets, necklaces that will please a young fashionista.
Original crafts
Plastic cocktail tubes provide ample opportunity for the manufacture of various shapes of lampshades and lamp shades. To create a stylish and original lamp can take several hundred tubes. They are simply bent in half and threaded into holes on the fabric.
Small nightlights can be simply pasted over with small multi-colored pieces of cocktail tubes. All sorts of coasters, candle holders and other items are similarly decorated. The lampshade can be decorated much easier: just glue it with tubes.
In order to end up with a truly original little thing, you need to experiment with the size and placement options of the tubes. They can be cut at one of the ends to eventually get unusual volumetric decor items.
To create a craft from juice tubes in the form of a stand, you just need to take a tin jar and also paste over it with tubes, alternating parts of various colors and sizes. This will make a great organizer for pens, pencils or a cute vase.
This is not worth stopping, there are various crafts for the New Year. You can make an original New Year’s wreath on the door from juice cans. You just need to make a round cardboard base, glue it with tubes of different sizes and decorate the bow with crafts. In this way, smaller snowflakes can also be made.
Finally
Each year, multiple fast food chains along with drinks give out over 50 million cocktail tubes. And these are just statistics from the USA. There are a large number of plastic tubes in landfills. However, they do not have to be thrown away. After all, crafts made from juice cans will help diversify your leisure time and will captivate the child. Such bright little things will be able to decorate not only a nursery, but also a Christmas tree. The child will be delighted with such activities aimed at its development.