In pursuit of the child's development, it is not necessary to buy all the creative kits in children's stores. For a little man, it will be much more important to spend time with loved ones and do something with his own hands. Crafts made from thin strips of paper are the perfect solution for very young creators.
Many of them are done in a short time. This means that the child will immediately see the finished result of his work, will be able to bring the work started to the end.
Complex special skills are not required, especially if the mother pre-cuts straight stripes from plain colored paper. Fold them in half and spread with glue - that's all the wisdom.
What can be done? Instructions with a photo of crafts from strips of paper will help you decide.
Caterpillar
In work you will need:
- 9 wide green stripes measuring 4 x 15 cm;
- Antennae made of paper of the same color;
- Glue stick or PVA with a convenient dispenser.
The muzzle can be drawn with felt-tip pens or made from pieces of colored paper - a red mouth, black eyes and a nose to match the color of the caterpillar itself.
- The first strip just needs to be glued into a ring.
- The second strip should be passed through the first ring and glued.
- With the rest, do the same, building up the body of the caterpillar.
- When all the strips are used, draw a muzzle on the last ring and glue the antennae.
- Handicrafts made from strips of paper, created by their own hands, children will take care of and handle them carefully.
Advice. It is not necessary to strictly adhere to the recommendations. The size and number of rings can be changed within the comfortable range. You can make the toy multi-colored, glue short legs to it at the bottom of the rings, and plant it in a clearing with grass and flowers.
Greeting card with flowers
This craft made from strips of colored paper will be a wonderful gif.webpt from a child who still does not know how to write in real greeting cards.
Grandmothers and mothers preserve and cherish these first samples of creativity with great trepidation.
For manufacturing you will need:
- A5 sheet of white cardboard (half A4);
- Free-form vase cut from brown paper;
- Several green leaves (3 to 10 optional);
- Warm colored paper strips (red, pink, orange, yellow);
- Glue stick.
First you need to stick a vase on the cardboard.
- You can additionally paint it with felt-tip pens.
- Then the leaves are placed and glued.
- They define the size and position of the bouquet.
- Flowers are made from colored stripes.
- The strips are folded in half and glued in a circle so that the gluing point is in the middle of the flower.
You can create each flower in a different color or mix different stripes.
Advice. It is imperative to explain to the child that you cannot bend the strips tightly, leaving creases on the paper, otherwise the flower will lose volume.
Snowman
The leader of New Year's crafts from strips of paper for children is a snowman. To do it, you will need:
- Strips of white paper 10 and 15 cm long (the sizes are indicated conditionally, changing them, you can get a product of a larger or smaller size);
- A small circle of orange paper (a carrot nose will come out of it) and a larger circle of any color for the cap;
- Two very small black circles for the eyes;
- Two pink circles are for the cheeks.
A snowman is created from two balls, which are obtained by alternately gluing strips. Too many strips do not need to be used to maintain the delicacy of the toy.
When both "snowballs" are made and glued together, you need to make a carrot cone and a cap cone. Design the face of a snowman.
You can additionally make pens from two white short stripes, for which you can cut mittens from paper of any color.
Fruits and vegetables
By analogy with snow globes, you can make other voluminous crafts from strips of paper. For example, to make a pumpkin, you need to glue the same "lump", only from orange paper.
And an apple can be made from red or yellow stripes. The fruit's similarity will be enhanced by the leaves and twigs characteristic of the fruit.
Animals
Using a paper ball of stripes as a base, you can make a row of animals. From paper of the same color as the strips, you need to cut out the muzzle and glue it to the base. Decorate the muzzle with an applique or paint.
Each animal can be supplemented with suitable "accessories":
- A dog - with a collar and a bone,
- Kitten - bow or ball,
- Squirrel - nuts.
And it's good to do birds using a paper cone as a base. For example, a beautiful rooster is obtained if a red cone is decorated with loops of different colors.
You can use not only plain colored paper, but also with ornaments. It is cut into strips, from which the loops are glued.
Wings, tail and crest are made from loops. The craft turns out to be very elegant.
Sun
To celebrate Maslenitsa, they are often asked to bring a sun on a stick to the kindergarten and school. How to make this craft out of strips of paper is described in the master class.
- You will need two circles of yellow cardboard and strips of yellow paper.
- From the strips, you need to make air loops, which are glued between the cardboard circles around the entire perimeter, and a stick is also glued here (for example, for sushi or from ice cream).
- Decorate the face with paints, felt-tip pens or colored paper to taste.
The sun is ready.
Photo of crafts from strips of paper
