Crafts from paper napkins for children. DIY master class step by step, diagrams, photos

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You can make an original gift or decorate the interior using ordinary paper napkins. Even children can take part in this process, for whom participation in making crafts will help develop creative abilities.

Flowers

Crafts from paper napkins for children are easy to make. For example, to make elegant flowers.

Step-by-step process of their production:

From a regular napkin, fold an accordion so that each fold is 1 cm. For neatness, it is recommended to mark the craft on both sides.
Without unfolding the created configuration, you need to put it on a flat surface with the flat side and bend it in half to see the middle. Along the middle bend, you need to tie the workpiece with a strong thread.

Round off the free edges of the accordion using scissors.
Finally, the inflorescence should be fluffed up and the folds should be connected together with glue to form a ribbed circle.
If desired, you can fasten several flowers of different sizes together.

Master class on making an elegant rose:

Take the single-layer source material and cut it into 4 equal segments. Fold one of them in half and twist it along the short edge into a weak cylinder. Tie it with a thread at one end to form the core of the inflorescence.
Cut the remaining blanks diagonally. In the resulting triangular figure, the right angle should be bent, and the free ends should be loosely bent around the core and fixed with a thread. Their number is determined in the process of work.

To make a bouquet, you need to form stems from thick wire, which you need to wrap with a strip of cellulose of the selected color. During wrapping, it is recommended to attach a piece of paper.

Step-by-step technology for decorating a poppy:

Fold the red napkin in four. Cut out the petals with scissors (like snowflakes) and unfold the blank with 4 leaves.
From the pink source material, make 4 more petals in a similar way, only slightly smaller in size.
Fold the green cellulose in four and cut out the base using a round template (4 cm in diameter).

Then you need to cut out a circle with a diameter of 6 cm from the black bag.
Place the red and pink pieces on top of each other.
The formed circles are cut along the circumference, the main part must be intact.
Place a black circle on top of the connected inflorescences, then a green circle. Fix them in the center with threads.
Finally, the composition should be fluffed up.

Butterfly

Step by step process of making a butterfly:

Prepare a base from a regular napkin: draw fold lines along 2 diagonals of the blank, then fold it in half.
Using the laid folds, you need to form a triangle.
Fold the ends into a triangle shape with the apex at one end.

Turn the craft over and connect the top point to the base of the figure.
Fold the product in half.
Take a piece of wire and fold it in half, it should be slightly longer than the body of the insect. Wrap the cellulose material on both sides, twist it a little and form the antennae. Cut off the excess length.

Another option for making a butterfly:

For the upper wings, you need to unfold the napkin fabric and form a triangular figure from it, then fold it like an accordion. Secure the center of the part with a small colored clothespin.

Make the lower wing segment from another cellulose material. Place it in front of you in an unfolded form like a rhombus. Fold the workpiece like an accordion, the center of which will be long, and the sides short.
Connect both prepared configurations, remove the clothespin and secure with colored wire.

Bird

To make a dove of peace, you need to follow these instructions:

As a background, you need to select a sheet of colored paper in a green, blue or light blue shade.
On the base, depict the outline of the bird of peace. If you take a white blank, then you should make a background on it using watercolor paints.
Cut regular snow-white table napkins into squares measuring 10-20 mm. Roll them into balls.

There should be a large number of pellets.
Glue must be applied over the entire dove figure, after which it must be covered with round napkin blanks. The layer may be uneven, but with a volumetric effect.
You can glue an image of the globe made of colored paper at the bottom.

Tree

Crafts from paper napkins for children can be made both in preschool and school institutions, and at home.

To make a napkin tree of happiness you will need the following materials:

Name	Quantity
Newspaper sheets	as needed
Napkins	1-2 packs
Flowerpot	1 pc.
A mixture of sand and cement	small volume
Threads	coil
Rope	30 cm
Thin cord	2 pieces of 35 cm
Glue gun and glue
Stapler
Branch	3 pcs.
Accessories	as desired

Step-by-step procedure for registration:

In an old container, thoroughly mix the cement-sand mixture with water. Pour a small amount of the resulting mixture into the flowerpot.
While the mixture is still soft, place 3 tree branches in it so that they are tightly located next to each other. Wait until the components become hard.
The hardened surface must be greased with a gun and decorated on top with any material (shells, pebbles, dry moss).
2 branches need to be twisted around the third and secured with tape. This will be the trunk.
After this, the stage of forming the crown of the plant begins. To do this, you should crumple a sheet of newspaper and then straighten it out. Apply glue to the newspaper.
Wrap the paper tightly around the top of the trunk. Wrap the crown with paper material in this way to form a dense ball. It is advisable to wrap the finished configuration with thread and fix it with glue. It is important to ensure that the newspaper sphere is smaller than the flowerpot, otherwise the structure will become unstable.

While the craft is drying, you can make paper inflorescences.
Fold several napkins in half and secure them in the middle with a stapler.
Using scissors, cut out the shape of the inflorescence in a circle. Remove the top tier and lift it vertically. The remaining layers need to be lifted one by one, giving them a wave-like configuration. As a result, a lush flower should form.
It is necessary to form 40 flower heads from cellulose material.
Spread glue on the newspaper ball and attach the inflorescences to it with light hand pressure. It is desirable that the blanks fit tightly to each other.

Ballerina

Step-by-step master class on making a ballerina:

Take a medium-thick wire and form the outline of the doll from it: the body, the head, as well as the upper and lower limbs.
Tear ordinary white table napkins into strips. Moisten the edges of the long blanks with glue and wrap them around the wire figure frame.
Let the craft dry. For the dress, you need to take a 3-layer colored or snow-white napkin cloth and divide it into layers.

Fold 1 layer of cellulose material as if to form a New Year's snowflake, to form a triangular blank with sharp corners.
The edge of the part should be rounded off using scissors.
Straighten the napkin, then fold and twist it again to give the skirt a textured look.
It is necessary to make 3-4 such pieces of underwear so that the figure has volume. In the last tutu, it is necessary to make 3 holes (for arms and head). Then it needs to be transformed into a dress and carefully put on the ballerina.
Wrap the doll's waist with white thread.
You can make pointe shoes and a tiara from white napkin material. It is advisable to decorate the crown with small beads.

Heart

Crafts from paper napkins for children can have different configurations. For example, in the form of a volumetric heart.

To complete it, you will need to complete the following steps:

Make a heart shape on thick cardboard, then cut it out.
Make inflorescences from red and white napkins.
The more layers they have, the fluffier the product will be.
Take the original material and fold it in 4, which should form a square.
Draw a circle on the resulting figure and cut it out.
Secure the piece in the middle with a paper clip.
Move each paper layer upward one by one, and you will get a fluffy flower.

The number of flower blanks depends on the size of the cut out heart.
Spread glue on the cardboard base and gradually attach the lush details to it.
It is better to start the process from the edges and finish in the middle.
If desired, you can decorate the central part in red and place white inflorescences on the sides.
Once the entire base is filled with flowers, you should attach the ribbon with a stapler and tie it into an elegant bow.

Doll

Master class on making a Maslenitsa doll:

Take 4 cellulose squares of different colors.
Unfold one napkin and fold the opposite corners of the blank towards the middle.
Place a ball made from a napkin inside the unfolded cloth.
Turn the piece over and place a circle cut out of white cellulose in the middle.

Form the doll's head into a ball shape and tie it with thread.
Roll another napkin into a loose roll to create puffy sleeves.
Tie the ends of the rolled figure with a thread like candy to make hands.
Place the roller into the prepared base and secure it with a thread underneath.
Cut out a triangular shape from the raw material - this is a scarf.
Tie a napkin and secure the ends with glue.
For a fuller skirt, you can add another colored napkin at the bottom.

Star

Progress of work:

Lay out a paper napkin of any color and then fold it so that the two edges meet in the center.
Rotate the workpiece by 90⁰and again fold the remaining 2 free sides so that they meet along the middle line.
Fold the resulting rectangle along the central border; you should get a dense, long strip.
Unfold the paper sheet completely.

Fold the cellulose along the visible fold lines like an accordion.
Straighten the craft again and fold it like an accordion, but in the opposite direction.
Fix the created workpiece with wire in the middle.
All corners of the product (4 on each edge) at an angle of 45⁰bend inward.
Connect the ends of the accordion on both sides to form a fluffy origami star.

Openwork crafts

Crafts from paper napkins for children are distinguished by their simplicity and originality. An elegant bouquet of roses can be made from openwork cellulose.

Technology for making the craft:

Cut out the middle part of the white napkin and fold the openwork segment into the shape of a rose, securing the edge with glue.
To decorate the red inflorescence, the round napkin cloth should be cut from the edge to the central point, then rolled into a cone. The resulting bud should be carefully straightened.

The decorated flowers should be attached to wooden skewers using narrow tape.
Cut out leaves from green corrugated paper and attach them to form a branch consisting of three parts.
You need to attach 1 branch to each flower piece.
Wrap the stems in green paper and secure them with glue.
Having prepared the desired number of roses, you should make a bouquet, wrap it in transparent packaging material and tie it with a ribbon.

Step by step method for making a Christmas angel:

One snow-white napkin needs to be rolled into a cone, attached with glue and left to dry.

From the second white openwork fabric, you need to cut out wings in the shape of triangles. Glue them a little lower than the top of the cone on the side of the joining seam.
Flatten the tip of the pyramid a little and sew a bead to it. On the other side, attach a halo made from a white circle.

Interesting figures

Interesting crafts can be made from napkins, for example, a New Year tree:

For the base, form a cone out of cardboard; it should be stable.
The original material (dark green or purple) is placed on top of each other. There should be several tiers. Then a circle must be cut out of the workpiece and fixed at the central point with a stapler.
Raise each layer of the round configuration one by one and roll it up like a rose to the very bottom. There should be 5-6 roses, after which glue them with glue in a circle on the cone.

Using a similar method, make another flower group, only smaller in size. Decorate the next row with smaller inflorescences.
Fill the entire surface of the cone with roses of different sizes. Finally, attach one flower blank to the top. The tree is ready.

To design the little old man-forest spirit, you need to complete the following steps:

Cut out a pin-shaped configuration from thick cardboard.
Then place the salad and snow-white napkins one on top of the other.
Place the children's palms on a folded stack of napkins and trace them with a pencil.
Cut out the outlined pieces and separate all layers.
Glue the palms in tiers onto the finished cardboard part so that the fingers are pointing down. It is advisable to start from the bottom, and, alternating 2 shades, reach the beginning of the head of the future old man.

Crafts from paper napkins for children. Master class step by step, diagrams, photos — Crafts from paper napkins for children: step-by-step production of a forest spirit

The upper rounded part should be glued with blanks in a circle, while the thumb of the element being glued should look in one direction.
Glue a loop to the back of the craft.
Cut out a nose, mouth, and hands from colored paper and glue them onto the resulting figure.

Other kids crafts

Children's paper crafts from napkins can have different configurations. The garland can be hung in the room not only for the New Year, but also for any holiday.

Technique for making decor:

Cut out geometric shapes, flowers or hearts from brightly colored or lacy napkins.

Make a small hole in the center of each piece and thread a light bulb from the garland through it.
You can hang the decoration near the wall or under the ceiling.

Step by step process for decorating chicks:

Divide the 3-layer yellow napkin into tiers and fold each piece at the folds. Fold 2 of them in four more layers.
Fix 2 folded parts in the center with a stapler (apply 2 staples crosswise).
Then the workpiece is often cut down to the staples.

Fluff up the balloon, then drop some glue into the center of the sphere (near the paper clips) and stick it onto the background.
Fold the remaining napkin in thirds, widthwise and lengthwise (in fact, 6 rows). Repeat the same steps as with the previous ball: fix, trim and glue.
Make a beak and comb out of red paper. Attach a black dot to the eye.
At the bottom, in place of the legs, lay out some grass using green corrugated paper.

In a similar way, you can make a snowman out of ordinary white napkins.

Decorating a room with napkins

Crafts made from cellulose are used to decorate a room during festive events.

Step-by-step decoration:

Choose napkins in the desired color palette. If you combine several shades, the decoration will be more elegant.
Unfold the folded paper completely and begin to form an accordion from it. The workpiece must be folded so that each subsequent bend converges with the previous one. The width of the finished bend (strip) should be 2-3 cm.
Once the entire piece is folded, it is recommended to iron it with your palm on both sides so that all the folds are clearly visible.
Mark the center and fold the napkin in half. Make 2 more of these blanks in a similar way.
Round off the edge of the paper element with scissors. It is advisable to do this so that the edges of the accordion remain in place and the cut remains even. The future product can be cut in different ways.

Take hold of the napkin edges, while connecting the upper and lower segments to form a semicircle. Fix the configuration with glue or a stapler. Repeat similar actions with the remaining accordions.
Glue all the parts together. The result is a corrugated circle that looks like a flower.
Hang the finished crafts on a thread or attach them to the wall with double-sided tape.

Any crafts from paper napkins are quite easy to make. If you involve children in this activity, then joint creativity will unite the family and will become good practice for the kids. For this process, you just need to find free time and show your imagination.

Article formatting:Natalie Podolskaya

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