Handmade crafts on the theme of summer - interesting ideas from paper, shells, flowers

Crafts from colored paper

Ordinary colored paper, it would seem that everything has already been made out of it. But do not jump to conclusions! Original and, at the same time, easy to do crafts, will be able to surprise you.

A sheep in a meadow

Even the littlest ones can create a real sheep grazing in a meadow. Of course, if we help them a little bit.

For creativity we will need:

• cardboard of green color;
• a set of colored paper;
• glue;
• felt-tip pens;
• scissors;
• white paper napkins.

Cut out the muzzle and ears of our sheep from white paper, finish drawing her eyes and nose. Ready details glue on colored cardboard.

From small pieces of white tissues to roll balls. A simple pencil outline the outline of the body of a sheep and wool on his head. Glue the balls of Kleenex along the outline.

From colored paper cut out grass, sun, clouds and other elements for your composition at your discretion. Glue it all on cardboard and our summer crafts are ready!

Sunflower .

Nothing characterizes summer like a variety of colors. After all, in every summer landscape must have flowers. A sunflower is a real symbol of summer.

For work, prepare:

• a set of colored paper;
• sunflower seeds;
• glue;
• scissors.

From colored paper, cut out the petals, the core of the flower, leaves and stem. All parts staple together with glue.

Pour glue into the middle of the flower and distribute the seeds so that the glue was not visible, but all the seeds were well secured.

There we have our summer sunflower. And if you make a few of these crafts and place them on a large sheet, you can get a whole field of sunflowers!

Applique "Butterflies and flower"

Probably the favorite activity in kindergarten for children is collage. Application can do both toddlers and preschoolers, they are not difficult to perform, but at the same time very exciting.

Such a collage will require the use of several techniques, here kids may need the help of parents.

Prepare colored paper of different colors, glue and scissors.

First of all, prepare all the elements of the applique. In order to make the petals and leaves of the flower from a sheet of colored paper, cut out a few squares, then cut them diagonally. We need 2 green and 5 orange triangles.

Each triangle fold into an accordion. To make it easier to trace a line on the triangle and folding an accordion oriented on them. Folded into an accordion triangles bend in half and glue their ends. As a result, go corrugated petals and leaves.

For the manufacture of butterflies cut out of colored paper 4 rectangles and round their corners with scissors. Of the rectangles as we do an accordion, two corrugated rectangles stacked together, pull a strip of paper and glue everything together. Multicolored butterflies ready!

Glue the flower stem to the background color sheet, you can add corrugated grass from a colored rectangle. Then we create a composition of all the elements and we can only admire the beautiful summer crafts!

Handicrafts from seashells

A trip to the sea is probably the most anticipated event of the summer. How many interesting things you can do on the beach: sand castles, figures decorated with seashells and seaweed. And how we want to bring a piece of the sea home. If you brought a whole package of seashells and pebbles from vacation, do not rush to hide them in the closet. See how you can use them in an original way!

Photo frame with seashells

Photos from vacations always occupy a place of honor in the apartment. And often there are so many of them that you have to hide them in a photo album. Now, you do not have to choose the most successful photo to put it in a suitable frame. You can make as many original frames as you need. And create a whole island of summer memories in your apartment.

For work you will need:

• thick cardboard;
• Decorative varnish;
• glue (silicone, polymer or "moment");
• scissors; brush;
• pencil;
• shells and pebbles.

Sequence of work:

1. Initially determine what size your frame should be. From heavy cardboard cut out two pieces which should be larger than the size of the photo by 1.5-3 centimeters on each side. Then put a photo in the center of the first workpiece and trace its outline, subtract half a centimeter from each side and cut out the resulting window.
2. Glue shells and pebbles on the obtained workpiece according to your taste and let them dry well.
3. When glue dries completely, the frame should be covered with a layer of varnish and again let it dry.
4. Now you need to make a foot from cardboard - a support or a strong loop, if the frame with the photo will hang on the wall, and glue it to the second workpiece.
5. Connect the two cardboard blanks so that the glue does not overlap the place where your photo will be.

The sea photo frame is ready!

Postcard from seashells

Nautical cards are great as homemade "how I spent my summer" cards for school or kindergarten. And it doesn't require any special skills. Just let your imagination run wild!

Prepare heavy cardboard of the right size and the right color. Choose whole seashells and pebbles. Combine the seashells and you can get beautiful butterflies, beautiful flowers or a whole marine composition of the water world. Algae can be made from crochet threads and ribbons, as fish you can use ready-made volumetric stickers or cut them yourself from paper.

Use your imagination to the maximum!

Funny turtles

If your child loves modeling. Then such a homemade craft will be to his liking.

For creativity prepare:

• colored plasticine;
• shells;
• glass.

Step by step master class:

1. To begin, make from plasticine blanks: the body, head, tail and four legs.
2. Form a mouth with a stack, you can make a turtle smile. The eyes can be made of white and black plasticine.
3. Then put all the parts together, thus molding the turtle, and attach a shell on the back. The sea turtle is ready!

Herbarium

A herbarium is probably one of girls' favorite activities. Having prepared dried flowers in the summer, in the fall you can create interesting homemade items. Cards, gift bags, bookmarks for books and even whole compositions can be created from ordinary dried flowers. Such crafts can decorate your apartment!

Summer crafts have always been distinguished by their brightness and originality. In winter, such crafts help to return to the summer season, to remember vacations, the smell of summer flowers and the sound of the surf.

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