Handmade cardboard crafts - a selection of interesting master classes with photo examples

Airplane .

Children love working with heavy paper. By making a simple craft, they are practicing the skills of cutting with scissors and working with glue. At first, the child needs the help of an adult, a parent or teacher. For the day of February 23 in kindergartens build cardboard airplanes as a gift to fathers. To prepare for the work prepare:

• colored cardboard;
• PVA glue;
• empty matchboxes;
• colored paper.

The master class is as follows:

1. On paper with a pencil draw a T-shaped outline of the future aircraft, cut out a template;
2. Transfer the outline of the template on cardboard and cut out two identical parts;
3. Glued them to the matchbox, one piece at the top and another at the bottom;
4. Airplane turned volumetric, the tail part is glued to the tip;
5. Cut out of red paper propeller and two stars;
6. The propeller is attached to the nose of the plane on a decorative paper clip or glue and one star on each wing.

Instead of a matchbox they often take a sleeve from under the toilet paper. But it is much bigger in size, so the airplane template should be made to match it.

Boys love to play with airplanes, so this handicraft is popular in children's art.

Bear .

The basis of the handicraft are dense parts, cut out in advance on templates and connected in such a way that they can move in the same plane. Movable toys always evoke joyful emotions in children. Therefore, it is worth trying to make a cheerful bear cub, waving his paw affectionately.

Making toys is done in steps:

1. Parts of the body of the future bear cub is carefully drawn on paper and cut out;
2. According to the resulting patterns transferred to heavy cardboard and cut out;
3. Use an awl to make holes in the body and paws;
4. Parts overlap each other, slipping a thread through the holes;
5. Tighten the thread loose to have freedom of movement, make a knot;
6. The head is glued to the body still;
7. Use a felt-tip pen to draw a pretty face;
8. Glue ears.

Funny bear ready.

Three-dimensional teddy bear

Often, parcels come from online stores, framed in small boxes (no more than 30 cm in length). From one such package you can make a three-dimensional teddy bear. It requires very little time and effort:

• Glue the opening parts;
• Cut out the two upper legs, rounded at one end, straight at the other. On the straight side, bend two centimeters, smear with glue and attach symmetrically to the side of the body;
• Cut out two circles of white paper, draw three thick dots on top and one at the bottom, we got the lower legs, glue them to the front side of the torso;
• Cut out two ears and, similarly to the upper paws, glue them on top of the torso;
• Cut out the eyes and nose from black paper, glue them on, finishing the bear's facial expression with a black marker.

The result is a fun volumetric teddy bear, which dilutes the usual interior with its presence.

Cardboard house

Such a massive handicraft in the power to perform only fathers. Children are literally squeaking with delight when they get almost a real house, where they can be alone or play together. Growing up, children fondly remember the cardboard houses that their grandfather or father made for them.

Usually a box from underneath large appliances, a TV or a refrigerator is used. For complex electrical appliances, high quality packaging is used, so it can withstand a lot of children's games.

Using a ruler, you need to calculate the dimensions and accurately cut holes for windows and doors out of the box. Constructive parts are attached with glue and hinges. On the windows you can hang real curtains. Decorating the house can be entrusted to a child or agree with him to work together. The activity will occupy him for more than one hour.

You can get ideas for decorating on the thematic sites on the Internet, where many photos of a variety of houses are published.

Finger puppets

Cardboard is easily combined with other materials, acting as the basis for the craft. Finger puppets are made of matter or crocheted. With the figures it is easy to arrange a miniature theater, playing in it interesting performances based on children's fairy tales.

Master class:

1. Prepare several cardboard rectangles 3 cm long, 5 cm wide;
2. Twist into a tube with one turn and glue at the joint;
3. In advance, make heads of puppet characters (cat, dog, kolobok, grandmother, grandfather);
4. Attach heads to cardboard cylinders.

Simple puppet theater is ready. The characters of the tale can be sewn from felt or crocheted from yarn. Even if you cut them out of magazines and make them flat, they too will look believable.

Postcards for the New Year

In anticipation of the New Year, you want to make small cards with interesting decorations, sign them with kind words, and send them to your loved ones. With the help of colored cardboard, it's easy to make amazing cards with the most unexpected decorations:

• buttons;
• sequins;
• beads
• fake fur;
• foil;
• knitted snowflakes and flowers;
• Make a few holes and decorate with lacing;
• Stitch with real stitching on a sewing machine.

Cardboard is so strong that it can take on any fantasy. At the same time with this property, it is easy to cut with scissors, making holes with an awl, in minutes glued with PVA glue, well absorbs any paint.

Crafts made of corrugated cardboard

Corrugated cardboard is stronger than usual. It consists of several layers, which in section look like waves, glued in staggered order. This material is used for packaging expensive equipment, as it is able to absorb shocks and protect the contents from damage. Corrugated cardboard is interesting in its texture and masters are happy to use it to create original decorative objects with their own hands.

One of the simple applications is a photo frame. To make it, it is enough to cut out of corrugated cardboard strip 5 cm wide and 30 cm long. Connect the ends and glue them together, you get a ring. Glue one side of the back wall with a paper circle, and place a photo on the front. Decorate the walls of the photo frame at your discretion, taking into account the style of the interior.

Cardboard is recognized as a universal, fertile material for making products of any complexity. It can be given to young preschoolers, offering to make simple crafts. It is completely safe, easy to change, while retaining the ability to hold its shape.

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