DIY Paper Toys. Patterns, Templates for Kids

Nowadays, you can buy any toys in stores, but hand-made paper crafts do not lose their relevance. Despite their primitive appearance, the process of making them will appeal to the baby and will help develop his perseverance and fine motor skills.

Tools and materials

Paper toys are made with your own hands using the following tools and materials:

• Various papers (thin, thick, metallized, colored).
• Paper napkins.
• Cardboard.
• Wallpaper scraps, foil, various candy wrappers.
• Fabric for decoration.
• Glue stick.
• PVA glue.
• Stapler.
• Small and medium scissors with rounded ends.
• Ruler.
• Toothpicks.
• Awl.
• Pencil.

Volumetric paper toys

To develop children's creative abilities, it is worth making three-dimensional paper toys together.

Matroskin the Cat

To make Matroskin the cat out of paper, you should transfer the suggested template onto a sheet of paper, print it out, then color the picture with the desired colors, and then cut it out along the contour lines.

In places where the dotted line is laid, it is necessary to bend the parts of the product inward and form the figure of the animal. The folds on which the pink dots stand should be glued together.

Dog

To decorate the product, you should print out the provided template and color the figure at your own discretion. Then, along the dotted lines, you need to bend the parts of the template and glue them in those places where the unpainted parts of the layout are located. After the paper craft is ready, glue the tail on the back.

Butterfly

When creating voluminous multilayer butterflies, several pieces of the same configuration are cut out of paper material (the size and color scheme can be different). After this, the parts need to be stacked on top of each other and connected with glue, and the wings should be bent at different angles.

A beautiful effect can be achieved by making butterflies of the same shape, but from paper of contrasting colors or different shades.. Make some of the blanks openwork, and the rest - simple. Then they need to be combined, putting a link without a pattern down.

Dymkovo toy

To make a Dymkovo toy, you can use templates in the form of a laying hen, a lamb, a horse, and a cockerel. The fragments should be printed, colored to your taste, and cut out along the contours. To add brightness, it is better to choose a color scheme in which blue, scarlet, green and yellow shades predominate. The parts that need to be glued together are indicated by arrows.

Cardboard house

The house can be built from cardboard.

Step-by-step design:

1. First, you will need to print or draw a template and cut out cardboard elements according to its outline.
2. Then the blanks should be traced onto the fabric, leaving an allowance of 1.5 cm. In the cut out fabric fragments, it is necessary to cut the corners.
3. In the window area, the fabric should be cut in the shape of the letter X, then the resulting patches should be folded inward and glued.
4. When all the parts of the cardboard house are ready, they are glued together.

Airplane

The following steps are provided for the formation of the aircraft:

1. Fold a rectangular sheet of any shade in half lengthwise, then open it and fold the 2 corners inward, aligning it along the central fold.
2. In the new rectangle that has formed, you should again tuck the corners inward, leaving a small triangle visible at the bottom. Bend the protruding corner upward, fixing the future wings with it.
3. Fold the product along the center line so that the ends of the triangles are at the bottom.
4. Fold the wings, aligning the line with the base.
5. Finally, spread your wings.

The boat

Step-by-step process for making the simplest paper boat:

1. Fold a rectangular piece of paper in half.
2. Fold the top corners towards the center at a right angle.
3. Bring the corners of the base of the figure together to form a square.
4. Fold the bottom corner points on both sides upwards, you should get a triangle.
5. Connect the corners of the resulting figure together to form a square. You need to hold it by the upper corners and spread them to the sides until a boat is formed.
6. Align the figure so that it becomes stable.

Volumetric toy made of colored paper

Step-by-step production of a lion cub:

1. Cut out the beard, muzzle and ears from white paper, the mane and tail tassel from orange paper, and make all the other pieces from yellow raw material.
2. Attach the beard to the animal's body using glue, then roll it into a cone.
3. You need to glue the muzzle to the bottom of the head, and glue slightly smaller white fragments to the yellow parts of the ears, and then glue them to the head.
4. On the muzzle, use your hands to draw a mouth, eyes and nose.
5. Attach the sunbeam-shaped mane to the other head blank with glue, then fold the orange stripes in half and glue the painted blank to the resulting piece.
6. Connect the head to the body with glue.
7. For the paws, roll the prepared elements into a tube, fix them with PVA and attach them to the lion cub's body. Draw claws on them or simply cut them into fingers.
8. Glue the tail parts together, attach a tassel to it and fasten it with the lion's body.

Paper models of cars

DIY paper toys that boys prefer to make are various cars.

Racing car

Kids can make their own racing car.

The technology of its design:

1. Cover a used toilet paper cylinder with paper material of any color and draw numbers on it with a felt-tip pen.
2. Using a compass, draw 4 black circles and 4 white circles of slightly smaller diameter, cut out and glue the smaller pieces onto the larger ones.
3. Use a pin to poke holes in the front and back of the cylinder for the axle made from a toothpick.
4. Place the roll on toothpicks and attach wheels on both sides.
5. At the top, make a semicircle with scissors and bend its outer fragment to form a windshield.

Fire engine

The proposed fire truck template should be enlarged and cut out along the contours. Then paint the model, bend it in the right places and glue it with PVA.

Truck models of cars

The recommended diagram should be drawn according to the specified dimensions, and the parts should be cut out. You can color it as you wish or as shown in the picture. Bend the paper along the drawn lines and form the parts of the car. Connect the darkened areas with glue.

Police car

Enlarge the police car model, then print it out and color it. Cut along the outer lines, then fold the model and fix it with glue.

Sports cars

Print the car template and cut along the contour boundaries. Decorate the model as desired, bend the parts to form the car and fasten with PVA.

War machines

Transfer the military truck template onto a sheet of paper and print it using a color printer. Cut out the sample and glue it in the area of ​​the white parts.

Other paper models of cars

The car can be made in origami style using the diagram below.

Paper toys by templates

You can make paper toys with your own hands using different methods. This will require perseverance and attention to the correct folding of paper sheets.

Giraffe template

The giraffe is easy to glue using this template. It needs to be printed on a printer or drawn by hand, then painted with paints or pencils and cut out along the contours. In places of dotted lines the workpiece should be bent and form the body of the animal. Then you need to coat the white areas with glue and fix the model. Separately glue the head and tail of the giraffe.

Pet Templates

Pets can be easily made using the origami method from a sheet of colored paper. In this case, you need to follow the step-by-step technology shown in the picture.

Fruits

Fruits can be created using the templates below, which are formed by transferring onto paper, coloring, cutting out, shaping the craft and gluing.

Here it is better to choose the following color scheme for the fruits:

Name	Color
Watermelon	Raspberry, black, green
Banana	Yellow
Kiwi	Brown, dark green
Blueberry	Dark purple
Raspberry	Red
Strawberry	Bright red
Lemon	Pale yellow

Little gremlin

To make a small gremlin, you need to enlarge the recommended template, make a blank out of paper and paint it. Then you need to fold the figure and glue it in the gray areas. There are stripes on the creature's body, arms and a beard should be glued to them, and legs should be attached at the bottom.

Kitty Kitty

Kitty the Cat can be made using the specified template. The craft is made by enlarging, printing on paper, then the cutting process takes place. The model needs to be painted, all body parts need to be formed separately and glued to each other so that the specified icons match. Finally, all the parts need to be glued together.

Olaf

Olaf is made in the manner indicated in the previous paragraph.

Elsa

Elsa can be glued using the recommended paper template. The parts must be fixed with glue, and it is better to color the model with felt-tip pens.

Other cartoon characters and animals

In a similar way to the previous points, you can create a bird, a princess and a teddy bear.

Paper weapons

DIY paper toys include making weapons, which is a good choice for boys.

Kunai

Step-by-step method for making a kunai blade:

1. Prepare 2 thick dark paper squares. One of them should be smaller in size.
2. Bend one corner of the smaller piece to the opposite edge, and you will get a triangle. Fold the resulting figure in half and you will get another triangular shape.
3. Open the final fold.
4. Bend the short base of the figure to the center, so that the side line coincides with the line from the fold in the middle. Make a fresh fold on the paper.
5. Using 2-3 folds, wrap the remaining piece of paper around the resulting narrowed triangle. Tuck the protruding ends inside.
6. Press the sides of the product and press the additional bends so that the blade of the weapon turns out to be tetrahedral.

The handle should be made in the following way:

1. Roll a thin tube from a large square and secure it with tape.
2. The tube must be inserted into the hole of the manufactured knife handle.
3. Take the roll sticking out from the tip and flatten the excess paper.
4. Using the folds on the flat edge of the handle, make a ring and secure it with tape.
5. Connect the blade and handle with a stapler.

Dagger

Making a dagger using the material gluing method:

1. Draw a dagger on cardboard using the outline of the weapon and a ruler.
2. Cut out the template.
3. Trace the pattern on sheets of paper (at least 10), then align the cut-out parts and glue them together. Smooth out the product so that there are no folds. To ensure that the dagger is thick enough, add as many fragments as needed.
4. Trim off any excess.
5. At night, the weapon must be placed between sheets of parchment, and something heavy placed on top.
6. At the design stage, you can attach objects resembling jewelry to the handle.
7. Finally, paint the dagger and decorate the handle with swirls.

Nunchucks

To make nunchucks, follow these steps:

1. Roll the album sheet along the narrow edge like a cylinder. The diameter should be 5 cm.
2. Secure the edges of the part with tape.
3. Form a similar cylinder from twisted old waste paper and insert it into the paper blank.
4. Make the 2nd part of the nunchuk in a similar way.
5. Wrap the resulting sticks with twine, simultaneously securing the thread with hot glue, and attach the ends with tape.
6. To secure it, the cord must be pulled along the entire length of the weapon.
7. Insert the string into the cylinder and secure it to the knot on the outside. Do this process with 2 parts.

Spear

Technology of paper spear design:

1. A thick sheet of paper should be folded in half and then in half again.
2. Unfold the fold, fold the corners inwards towards the center at the top, and then fold again, as when forming an airplane.
3. At the bottom of the paper you need to repeat the same steps, only fold the corners once.
4. The top segment needs to be folded again with the corners in the middle, with the lower corner parts being under the upper ones. Seal them with tape.
5. The holder can be made from several paper layers rolled into a tube, securing them with tape. You can insert a thin wooden stick and insert it into the center of the paper blank and secure it with glue.
6. To ensure that the tip stays firmly on the base, you can wrap a strip of colored paper around the joint and attach the tip with tape or glue.

Morgenstern

The process of making a morning star:

1. Crumple a ball from a newspaper and cover it with clear tape.
2. Attach the ball to a stick (length 20 cm) using sticky tape.
3. Wrap the newspaper sphere in corrugated paper and secure it at the base with tape. Trim off any excess paper pulp.
4. Make paper blanks in the form of small cones with a base for glue.
5. Roll up the pieces and bend the legs inward.
6. Apply glue to the support and glue them to the base.

Paper Katana for Kids

The proposed scheme should be enlarged, cut out along the contours. The white teeth should be folded and the model should be glued along them.

Gun

To register a pistol, you need to complete the following steps:

1. Bend a thick square sheet of colored paper in both directions, then unfold it.
2. Fold the side pieces towards the center so that the colorful surface is on top.
3. Fold the workpiece in half again.
4. Then bend the product diagonally to form a handle.
5. Finally, you need to fold the two halves of the trunk inside and the toy is ready.

Christmas tree toys made of paper

Christmas tree toys are made from paper with your own hands. Such crafts are inexpensive, but look original and elegant.

New Year's ball

Method for making a New Year's paper ball:

1. Paper sheets for notes are suitable for the craft. You will need 3 shades - 4 sheets for each of them.
2. Place the bottom of the glass against one sheet of paper and trace its outline.
3. From the remaining prepared paper, cut out circles using a template.
4. Bend the resulting circles in half separately and put them together. It is better to combine the colors symmetrically.
5. Fasten the round pieces along the fold line with thread or a stapler.
6. On a sheet of paper, draw another template, which will be needed to fix the circles in a certain place. Apply markings, dividing the semicircle into 3 equal parts, then mark 1/3 from the bottom and top and draw lines, aligning the ruler with the middle of the circle and the drawn marks.
7. After this, apply a ruler and align it with the line until the glue is applied only to the necessary area, and cover the upper segment limited by the strip with adhesive.
8. Turn the page of the round brochure over, gluing it, then move the ruler to the bottom part and repeat the manipulation again.
9. In this way, connecting the leaves from the bottom and top one by one, there comes a moment when only two fragments of the booklet remain to be glued together before unfolding the craft into a festive ball.
10. At the last stage, you should glue a bright thread on which the ball will hang on the tree.

Volumetric snowflake

Step-by-step production of a paper snowflake:

1. On a white sheet of paper, mark out 6 squares with sides of 9.5 cm and cut them out.
2. Fold the figure diagonally, on one side at a distance of 1.5 cm. Make 6 cuts, not reaching the fold line. Then unfold the piece.
3. Now take the 2 lower strips in one piece and connect them together with glue.
4. Turn the product over and glue the following sections. Combine all the strips of the fragment in a similar manner.
5. Repeat similar actions on the remaining squares. You should get 6 blanks.
6. To connect them together, you need to drop glue into the base of the part and connect it to the other part.
7. Fasten the remaining 3 fragments in the same way.
8. Glue the resulting 2 parts together.

Paper Candies

Step by step instructions for making paper candy:

1. Cut a piece of colorful packaging material measuring 30x30 cm.
2. Place a cardboard toilet paper roll in the middle of the edge of the piece and secure it with tape.
3. Wrap the cylinder in wrapping paper and secure the seam with tape.
4. Tie the edges of the resulting piece with ribbons 40 cm long.
5. Using the back of the scissors, curl the ribbon on both sides.

Flashlights

To decorate a New Year's lantern, you need to follow these steps:

1. Fold the colored paper in half.
2. Using scissors, make cuts on the fold side, leaving 1.5-2 cm from the edge.
3. Unfold the workpiece, then roll it widthwise into a tube, gluing the edges.
4. Cut out a handle from paper and secure it with glue.
5. Alternatively, a cut sheet of paper can be wrapped around a painted cardboard roll.

Garland

How to create a New Year's garland:

1. Draw stripes on multi-colored sheets (width from 1 to 5 cm, length from 7 to 15 cm).
2. Coat the ends of the fragment with glue and connect them to form a ring.
3. Then thread the strip through the ring and glue the next ring.
4. In a similar way, form a garland of the required length.

Rainbow Paper Toy

To make a paper rainbow, follow these steps:

1. From colored paper you need to cut strips, starting from the longest red strip and ending with the shortest purple piece.
2. The difference in their footage is 0.5 cm, it is advisable to make the width about 2 cm.
3. Stack the pieces in the order of the colors in the rainbow and staple the edges together.
4. Thread a fishing line through a thick-eyed needle and pull it through the rainbow. You can decorate the threads with beads and attach cotton wool to the bottom of the craft in the shape of clouds.

Spinner

Technique for making a spinner:

1. Fold the edges of 2 multi-colored squares (19x19 cm) to the center to form a narrow triangle, then fold the strips in half.
2. On each of the strips, bend the corners at the bottom towards each other, and fold the top corners in different directions.
3. Perform the fold in the opposite direction. The formed blanks need to be turned inside out and folded one on top of the other.
4. Place the corners in the pockets of each piece to secure them.
5. The workpiece should look like a star with 4 points.
6. Then, using an awl, make a hole in the center and insert a toothpick into it so that it does not touch the walls of the product.
7. Shorten the toothpick to 1.5 cm and secure it with beads on both sides using glue.
8. The spinner needs to be spun with your fingers, while holding it by the beads.

Yula

Step-by-step production of a spinning top:

1. Prepare 2 squares of equal size from colored paper. On both sides of the figure, put 2 dots dividing the side into 3 equal parts.
2. Bend the pieces along the first marks, then fold them along the second marks.
3. Bend the lower left corner and the opposite corner to form 2 triangles, and a square between them.
4. Place one piece on top of the other.
5. After this, you should bend the triangles one by one towards the middle.
6. Raise the first folded triangle slightly to create a pocket.
7. Place the last unoccupied triangular figure into the pocket.
8. Use an awl to make a hole in the center, capturing all the layers.
9. Insert a toothpick into the hole and spin the top.

Spinner

Step-by-step method for making a pinwheel:

1. You need to prepare 4 yellow and 4 red squares from paper.
2. Fold the red shape in half, then unfold it and fold the side edges to the center line.
3. The straightened square should be divided by folds into 4 longitudinal strips.
4. Such folds should be made across. As a result, the figure will be divided into 16 squares. In one of them (located in the right second bottom row) diagonal folds should be made. On the left side, symmetrical folds should be made.
5. Fold the side corners down.
6. The right edge of the piece must be folded back, with its lower segment at an angle.
7. Do the same with the left half.
8. Bend the top of the module back (to the width of 1 square).
9. Complete 7 more similar modules.
10. To connect, take 2 fragments and place the protruding segment of one of them in the pocket located on the opposite edge.
11. Connect all the parts in a similar manner and close them into a ring.

The boomerang that comes back

A cardboard boomerang is made like this:

1. Cut 4 strips of 17x3.5 cm from cardboard.
2. Glue the strips together so that one overlaps the other. You will get an empty square in the middle.
3. You can glue the parts together with tape.

Kite

Step-by-step technology for making a kite:

1. Place an A4 sheet of paper vertically and fold it in half so that the fold is at the bottom.
2. At a distance of 5 cm from the edge on the left side on the fold put a dot. Put another mark 5 cm from the first, on the same line. They are needed to attach the thread.
3. To fix the wings, you need to bend the left upper paper corner to the first mark. Do the same with the bottom part of the paper so that both halves of the product are symmetrical. Fix the corners connected together with a stapler at the place of the first point.
4. Cover the area where the thread is attached in the area of ​​the second point with tape. Use a hole punch to make a hole in the craft above the pencil mark.
5. Thread a thread through the hole in the kite and tie it with a strong knot.

Giving gifts made with love by hand is captivating in its uniqueness, even if these are paper toys. Crafts made together with a child will help to show children's creative abilities, will unite relationships and bring a lot of positive emotions.

Article formatting: Vladimir the Great

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