When it comes to crafts with kids, there is always one magical material left: paper. Whether it's heavyweight paper or office paper for computers, or maybe yesterday's newspaper, your art supplies box wouldn't be complete without this particular “ingredient” for needlework. This is an affordable material, so we decided to consider how to make an easy paper craft to please your little ones.
We hope that this photo compilation of easy crafts will help you implement your ideas with simple, easy-to-follow step-by-step guides.
Here you can find ideas from simple crafts without preparation, which take a few minutes to make, to interesting paper crafts that you and your children will fall in love with.
Finger paper dolls
These finger puppets are so cute that your kids will love it! Not only are the designs adorable, but most importantly, once you cut them out, kids can color them on their own however they like.
Necessary materials:
- Black and white printer
- Painting supplies
- Scissors
- Scotch
We make an easy craft step by step: to create a doll, print any puppet character from the Internet or come up with your own design!
It can be your child's favorite doll or a beautiful animal. Print, cut along the outline, color in and glue the finger loop. It's that simple! You are ready to play creatively with new friends.
Paper rainbow
3D rainbow is a perfect and easy craft for kids. Even a preschooler can master this manual. In addition, creating a rainbow will be educational for a child.
Ask them to arrange the colored strips of paper in the shape of a rainbow. It is not necessary to follow the order of the colors, it is at your discretion.
Consumables:
- Cotton balls
- Thick colored paper
- Glue stick
- Scissors
- Ruler
Operating procedure:
- Cut the rainbow colors into strips two centimeters thick along the length of the heavy paper.
- Fold the edges of each strip upward to form the tabs.
- Using a glue stick, glue these tabs onto another sheet of paper so that the strip forms an arc on the paper.
- Continue glueing the rainbow stripes, placing the colors side by side.
This is a great didactic point about the order of the colors of the rainbow. Or you can let your kids arrange them in any order. When all the strips are in place, apply glue to the outer edges of the rainbow and place cotton balls there to simulate clouds.
Tulip fork
Who said your child needs a paintbrush? This tutorial on drawing and creating an easy DIY paper craft will help you create your new masterpiece.
Greet spring with paint and green grass fringes. Learn how to make these cute tulips with simple instructions.
Items:
- Paper plate
- Fork (use plastic forks if you don't want to mess around with cleaning)
- Handicraft paint
- White paper
- Marker
- Paper towel or rag
- Other decorations (optional)
Squeeze different colors of paint onto a paper plate. Always start with less and add more as needed. Otherwise, we will end up with a large brown spot.
- Dip the back of a fork in paint, press it against the paper to create a tulip print, wipe the fork with paper towels and repeat with different colors.
- Use a brush to add stems. Then use the forks again to add the grass and sunshine.
A great option for toddlers and preschoolers for Easter or Mother's Day.
Bookmarks from holiday cards
Use this year's holiday cards to turn them into elaborate gif.webpts! Follow the instructions and learn how to create these amazing bookmarks. Save some of the children's creations for yourself or hand them out for the party.
Instead of throwing away your Christmas cards, use them in a fun DIY craft that also serves as fine motor skills!
To turn Christmas cards into bookmarks, you will need:
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Hole puncher
- Thin ribbon
- Pen or pencil
- Christmas cards (which you are ready to cut into pieces)
First, decide what the bookmark should look like and draw lines with a ruler and pencil.
- Help your kids cut along the lines if needed.
- Complete your bookmarks with unusual touches. In the middle, at the top of each bookmark, make a hole with a hole punch.
- Measure and cut a piece of tape about 12-15 centimeters long.
- Pass the tape through the hole in the bookmark. Be careful not to pull too hard.
- For extra sophistication, you can round the corners or use curly scissors around the edges.
If you are giving them as a gif.webpt, ask the children to write a special message on the back! Even toddlers can scribble and add fingerprints as a cute keepsake.
You can repeat this craft throughout the year with other postcards too! You can also change bookmarks depending on the season or give them as gif.webpts throughout the year.
Magic dragon from a disposable plate
Take to the skies creating flying dragons. To complete this simple, easy and beautiful craft, you will need paper plates, paints or markers and a downloaded template from the Internet, there are a lot of developed options on the net. Print, cut, color, play!
- First, fold the paper plate in half and trace the outline of the body. (You can create your own design or just use the dragon pattern from the internet)
- Then we cut out parts of the head and tail from the excess material. We folded the wings in the same way.
- Then we stick parts of the head and tail between the parts of our body and fix everything together.
- Next, let's get creative and use our favorite paints and markers to decorate our dragons!
Merry sheep
Make a fun lamb out of paints, paper, and some of your child's other favorite art supplies. This spring craft is perfect for preschoolers.
Materials for children's crafts with a sheep:
- Colored paper in green, black and white colors
- Black and white paint
- A piece of sponge (for stamping)
- Cotton balls
- Scissors
- Glue
- Hardware: movable eyes
- Napkin squares
- Green and black chalk
Stamped Paper Sheep Making Instructions
- Cut the sponge in half. Cut into small oblong pieces for children to grab onto.
- Dip a sponge stamp in black paint and apply it to white cardboard. Get ready for dirty hands! (Do the opposite to make a black sheep - print in white on black paper.) Let the paint dry.
- Cut out the body of the sheep from heavy stamped paper.
- Make some sheep's heads by cutting out some circles and adding eyes, cotton balls and paper ears.
- Glue the heads to the bodies.
- Glue the sheep onto a large sheet of green, thick paper. Draw the legs.
- Add flowers to the green field by creasing the tissue paper squares and gluing them onto the green paper. Draw small stems of flowers.
- Let the painting dry and hang it up with pride!
Dinosaur hat
If your child needs a quick play props or a special dinosaur party accessory, then this guide will help you with that.
You will need:
- Green thick paper - three pieces
- Any glue
- Scissors
- Scotch
First, cut four long strips about 2 centimeters wide.
- Two of which will be the head mount and the other two will be the base to which you will attach the spikes.
- Then, the remaining sheets, we cut into strips about 5 centimeters wide along the short side of the paper. Divide these sheets into 5 strips. Align. They will become your thorns.
- Fold each part of the tenons in half. So, the tip of the thorn is on the “open” edge of the folded sheet of paper, and you will cut it diagonally about 1cm above the folded edge. Cut out all the thorns.
- Glue the tenons in a row to the two longer narrow strips that are your crossbars.
- While the glue dries, take two pieces of the dressing and measure them out to fit your child's head. It doesn't have to be tight, because the cross bar will go over the crown of your head and help hold it.
- Now back to your thorns. Flip the crossmember so that the cleats are underneath. Fold each of the tenons up and around the crossmember to create a nice fold. Then add glue on one side and join the two sides so that they meet in the middle. Use paper clips to hold both sides together while they dry.
- After the glue has dried, simply glue the crossbars to the bandage. One should sit well in the front and the other should go down.
Your child will be happy and the game will be brighter!
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