Disposable tableware is a great material for making crafts on a variety of topics. For work, you can use both plastic and paper products.
Crafts from disposable tableware with their own hands can be made by both adults and children, depending on the complexity.
Simple crafts for children
It is best for young children to start making crafts from paper products, it is easier to work with them. The most popular children's crafts made from disposable tableware:
- Various masks;
- Flowers;
- Image of animals;
- New Year's crafts.
Disposable tableware mask
Masks are quite interesting crafts made from disposable tableware; a child can make them on their own or with the help of their parents. You can make a mask of any animal, character, clown or carnival mask. Most often, kids prefer the mask to the beast.
Mask "Lion Cub"
To make the lion cub mask, you need to prepare:
- Paper plate;
- Scissors;
- White paper;
- PVA glue;
- Watercolors and brush;
- Black felt-tip pen;
- Rubber;
- Pencil.
Mask creation plan:
- Attach a plate to a sheet of paper and circle it with a pencil, then cut it out.
- Glue the paper template to the back of the plate.
- Mark where the eyes will be and carefully cut holes for them.
- Paint the convex bottom of the plate in yellow, and the rim in orange, let the paint dry.
- With a felt-tip pen, draw the lion's nose and mustache.
- Make cuts on the orange part of the plate so that the stripes are about 1.5-2 cm each - this will be the lion cub's mane.
- Apply mask to face and mark at ear level.
- Carefully make a hole and insert the elastic, tie tightly.
Christmas crafts from disposable tableware
New Year is one of the favorite and popular topics for making crafts. DIY Christmas crafts made from disposable tableware look very original and interesting. Most popular ideas:
- Christmas decorations for the tree;
- Garlands;
- Christmas wreaths;
- Candlesticks.
Garland of disposable tableware
In the photo of crafts from disposable tableware in the form of a garland, you can see that you can make it luminous and of a simple type. The luminous garland is made very quickly and easily, you just need to stock up on white paper cups.
Also, for this garland, it is worth preparing the glowing garland itself, a stationery knife and a pencil.
Work plan:
- At the bottom of each cup, mark in the center with a pencil.
- Using a clerical knife, make small cross-to-cross cuts.
- Place each garland light bulb in a glass.
In such a simple way, you can make a beautiful garland with unusual shades that will reflect light.
Christmas tree decoration from disposable tableware
Most often, Christmas tree crafts from disposable tableware are made in the form of balls, snowflakes, and also depict a snowman, animals.
One of the popular ideas for decorating a winter beauty is a snowflake made from plastic spoons. For such a craft you will need:
- Disposable plastic teaspoons;
- Scissors and a stationery knife;
- Glue gun and rods to it;
- Foil;
- Ribbon;
- PVA glue.
Step-by-step work plan:
- Form a snowflake out of six spoons, glue them together with a glue gun at the junction.
- Take 6 more pieces of spoons and gently break off their handles.
- Put scooped spoons around and glue together.
- Glue the resulting blank to the center of the snowflake.
- Take 12 more spoons and break off their handles.
- Glue one piece from each side of the spoon with a handle.
- Repeat all steps and make another snowflake.
- Glue the snowflakes together.
- Form a small ball out of foil and fix it in the center of the snowflake.
- Cut into small pieces of foil and glue them in good order on PVA all over the snowflake.
- Thread the ribbon through the snowflake and tie tightly.
Christmas wreath from a disposable plate
For this wreath it is worth preparing:
- Paper plate;
- Colored paper;
- Scissors;
- PVA glue;
- Ruler;
- Pencil;
- Strong rope;
- Red ribbon;
- Cotton wool;
- White paper.
Work plan:
- Cut strips of green and light green paper, about 10 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide.
- Carefully cut the middle out of the plate, leave a rim 2-3 cm wide.
- Attach a strip of green paper to the rim of the plate, glue the edges that do not touch the plate together.
- Attach a light green strip according to the previous paragraph, thus alternating and filling the entire rim.
- Form a bow from a red ribbon and glue to the wreath.
- From a white sheet of paper, make a small accordion, approximately 5 by 2 cm in size and glue it to the height of the bow.
- Cut a small flame out of yellow paper, a slightly smaller one from red paper and glue it to the yellow flame.
- Bend the flame a little from the bottom and glue it to the white accordion, so it came out - a candle.
- Cut balls, snowflakes from colored paper of different colors and paste them around the entire wreath in a happy order.
- Roll small balls of cotton wool and also glue them to the wreath.
- Thread the rope through the wreath so that the bow with the candles is at the bottom and tie tightly.
Disposable tableware decor.
For home interiors, you can make various decor from disposable tableware. The most popular options:
- Frame;
- Mirror frame;
- Wall Clock;
- Lamp shade;
- Vases and flower pots.
Wall clock made of disposable tableware.
For this type of craft, you only need to prepare:
- Watch mechanism;
- Spoons and forks;
- Paints and brush;
- Thick cardboard sheet:
- Scissors;
- Marker;
- White sheet of paper;
- PVA glue.
A step-by-step master class on making crafts from disposable tableware in the form of a wall clock:
- Cut a circle out of cardboard and the same one out of white paper.
- Glue a circle of paper to cardboard.
- Make a hole in the center of the circle and attach the clock mechanism to it.
- Take six forks and spoons each and paint them in different colors.
- Mark the dial with a marker on the watch preparation.
- Take a plug and glue its edge to the back of the watch near the number "12".
- Glue the spoon near the number "1". In this way, glue the remaining forks and spoons.
Photo of crafts from disposable tableware
