Not many people know that April 1 is celebrated not only as the day of laughter, the day of brownies, but also the day of birds. The history of this holiday begins in 1906 with the signing of the International Convention for the Protection of Birds. But even in more ancient times, the arrival of migratory birds was celebrated especially as a sign of the onset of spring and the renewal of nature. In honor of this event, housewives baked larks from dough, and children, under the guidance of adults, hung bird houses. In our time, the tradition of celebrating this holiday has been resumed since 1994. In kindergarten and school, children prepare crafts for the day of birds from a variety of materials, making a symbol of spring - a bird from natural material, cotton pads, paper and fabric. Making bird crafts is a great way for children to show their creativity and get to know the world of birds better.

Craft "Birds"

We will need:

• paper napkins;
• thick brown threads;
• colored paper;
• balloon;
• scissors;
• PVA glue.

Manufacturing

Crafts "Birds" from cotton pads

We will need:

• cotton discs;
• wooden skewer;
• colored paper;
• plastic eyes;
• scissors;
• glue.

Manufacturing

Craft "Bird" from fabric

We will need:

• thick paper for patterns;
• remnants of natural fabrics and felt;
• synthetic winterizer for stuffing;
• pins;
• threads;
• needle;
• buttons;
• braid.

Manufacturing

1. Let's draw on paper a pattern of crafts from two parts: the body and the wing.

2. We fold a piece of fabric that is suitable in size in half, right side inward and circle the pattern. We pin the folded fabric with pins so that it does not move while sewing.
3. We circle the wing pattern on a piece of felt or fleece.

4. Cut out the body of the bird, not forgetting the seam allowances (1-1.5 cm). Since felt and fleece do not require additional processing of the edges, we cut out the wings from them along the contour of the pattern, without allowances.
5. In order for the craft to be hung, we will prepare a piece of decorative braid.

6. Insert the braid between the details of the body (Fig. 16) in such a way that its edges peek out a little from above.

7. Sew the body along the contour, leaving a small opening at the bottom for turning and stuffing. In places where sharp corners are obtained, the fabric must be cut close to the seam.

8. We turn our bird inside out, straighten the corners with a skewer or knitting needle.

9. We stuff the bird with synthetic winterizer.

Many do not realize that many beautiful crafts can be made from ordinary napkins. The material will help to create a decoration for any holiday at no extra cost.

It takes a few minutes to complete the craft and even young children can create it. Kids will love making napkin appliqués, and adults will help them remember their childhood and decorate the room colorfully.

But how to make crafts from napkins with your own hands using improvised materials?

Special serving

Ordinary paper napkins can be found on every table anywhere in the world. A rich imagination will allow you to create many different shapes from a napkin.

Origami is popular, with which you can make many swans or wonderful flowers. You can find many ways to create paper jewelry, which, thanks to the great possibilities, will allow you to create a wonderful craft.

On the Internet you can find many photos of crafts from napkins on any topic. Often there are figures made in the form of flowers.

Examples of creating paper flowers

Step-by-step instructions for crafts from an ordinary napkin:

• A green napkin is laid out in the shape of a triangle;
• We install it in a glass, leaving both ends outside the glass;
• The yellow napkin is folded in the same way and twisted to make a tube;
• The underside is bent and the flower is straightened;
• The resulting rose is lowered into a glass with a green napkin.

Pocket for various cutlery:

• The napkin from any corner is twisted into a tube to the center;
• The tube is bent into two equal parts so that the holes remain in front;
• On the opposite side, the edge is bent to the front.

Children's crafts

Consider a few crafts for children made from napkins.

Dandelion

It will be entertaining for children to create various figures together with their parents.

Dandelion requires the following supplies:

• PVA glue;
• Paper;
• Napkins;
• Scissors;
• Dye;
• stapler.

Making crafts from napkins is an easy task that even children can do. The stalk of the future dandelion is drawn on the sheet. A ball of the desired size is cut out of a yellow napkin, which is fixed in the middle with a stapler.

Scissors make cuts along the edges towards the center, and the resulting flower is glued to the paper. The green tissue paper will be the dandelion leaves that stick to the stem.

After the glue dries, it is necessary to straighten the flower, bending and pressing all the incised edges on a yellow napkin. You get a fluffy flower that will delight adults and children with its appearance.

Butterfly

To create a craft you need:

• Napkins;
• Scissors;
• Glue;
• White paper;
• Pencil.

A butterfly is drawn with a pencil on paper. The necessary pieces are cut out of napkins so that they correspond to the size of the drawn butterfly. This will develop motor skills in kids and they will like it.

The resulting parts are glued to paper. The craft will turn out colorful, voluminous and decorate the room.

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Bird

For crafts you will need:

• colored paper;
• Glue;
• Cardboard;
• Napkins;
• Pencil;
• stapler.

Draw a branch on cardboard with a pencil. Scissors cut out the body of a bird from paper of various colors, which is glued to cardboard. A green napkin is cut into small pieces and rolled into small tubes.

The resulting tubes are glued to the contour of the branch. We cut out a ball from a red napkin, which we fix with a stapler in the center.

The edges are cut and the circle is glued to the body of the bird. The edges are straightened similarly to a dandelion to create volume.

Room decoration with napkins

From napkins and a stapler and scissors, you can create many different flowers. To make a peony, you need several napkins.

A small instruction for crafts from a napkin:

• A circle is cut out with waves along the edges;
• Scissors make an incision towards the center;
• The middle is fixed with a stapler;
• Cuts along the edges are straightened in any sequence.

Note!

You can cut out beautiful numbers from cardboard and decorate them with napkins. A number is created from cardboard and pasted over with paper. You can cover with newspaper and cover with a primer. Next, corrugated paper is glued onto the figure.

We create flowers using the peony method or in another way. For one flower, you need several colored napkins. It will take some time to practice, but it's worth it.

Circles are cut out of colored napkins, fastened in the middle and straightened along the edges. Flowers are glued to the number in random order.

The created craft will serve as an excellent decoration for any holiday.

Photo of crafts from napkins

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Elena Melgotchenko

I want to bring to your attention Master Class for the manufacture of titmouse using paper napkins.

This work will be of interest to teachers and children. Children aged 4-7 can easily complete this entertaining birdie.

goal: making a titmouse to decorate the group.

TASKS:

To acquaint children with the technique of paper plastics.

Learn to make a titmouse from a colored napkins. Sample.

Crack folding skills napkins.

Develop scissor skills.

Cultivate perseverance, a positive attitude towards work.

necessary materials:

Colored cardboard.

Paper napkin-2 pieces.

Titmouse body template.

Scissors.

stapler.

Progress:

1. Add up napkin four times.

2. We fasten napkin stapler.

3. Cut off the corners of the workpiece to get a circle.

4. Gently press the top layer with your fingers, as if gathering together.

We do the same with each subsequent layer.

5. Glue the blanks (abdomen) to the finished template. Our the bird is ready.

The result of our work will be a wonderful big breasted bird, which can serve as a wonderful decoration for both a corner of nature and a group as a whole.

If you take red napkins, then you get a wonderful bullfinch.

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Many here wrote that they have an optigrill from Tefal in the kitchen. I probably bought it a couple of years ago, in a well-known German store. But somehow I did not develop a close friendship with him. In my dreams, for example, such neat cutlets were drawn, but in real life it turned out that all the juice flows out of them and they look like some kind of inedible napkin. Sometimes I fried meat and vegetables in it, but you need to buy good meat to make it tasty, and the vegetables on our menu are all kind of non-grilled. When...

Discussion

Thanks for the idea, I'll definitely try it. Can you tell me where to buy this paper? And can you tell me more about the "snowflake"? For some reason I never used it.

Well, I don't know, I always have perfect cutlets in this grill, even without paper.

I posted schemes in little birds in the album (work for one hour) in an album, maybe someone will come in handy for napkins or miniatures

Oh, yesterday in the kindergarten puzzled. My 3-year-old beauty will play a fly-sokotukha in a play in a kindergarten in December. They said to make wings so that they also hold tight. We don’t have a dad, I broke my whole head. Well, I’ll make rims out of wire, wrap them with transparent cling film, which of course will turn out for 15 minutes in terms of strength, but I can’t figure out how to attach it to a child. Does anyone know where you can buy ready-made wings like this? Or maybe someone will rent for denyushku?

Discussion

We went through this, now I'll try to explain. You draw these wings on cardboard (it turns out like 4 petals fastened at one point, cut out to make a cardboard frame, about 1-2 cm wide. Then you paste a transparent fabric on this frame. Or a film, but the fabric looks prettier. And then on two pins you fasten the structure to the middle of the back (just at the connection point of the wings. If you are afraid of pins, you sew it on with a couple of stitches right before the holiday. And on your head a headband with a wire antennae, if you are not too lazy to do it. Eh, there is no scanner at hand, I would I sent you a photo, you can see everything there.

and if you do it on your hands, and not on your back? and they will definitely hold on, and it’s beautiful when they swing their arms up and down ... And you can do without a wire :)

Not all needlewomen know that you can decorate the interior or prepare an inexpensive gift for your relatives or close friends using ordinary paper napkins. Decoration for the festive table, Christmas toys, snowflakes on the Christmas tree, origami animals, Christmas decoupage and other decor - this is just a small part of what can be made from this simple material. Detailed and step-by-step master classes, as well as a visual photo presented in this article, will help you quickly and correctly make crafts from napkins with your own hands. Your children can also participate in this exciting process, since the common needlework activity not only brings the family together, but also contributes to the development of the creative abilities of your kids.

rainbow monogram

Having made repairs in the children's room, as a finishing touch, you can place the child's monogram on the wall, decorated with a rainbow ornament made of paper napkins. For this we need the following materials:

• Simple pencil;
• Napkins of seven colors of the rainbow;
• Thick cardboard;
• Cord for loop;
• Glue - moment or PVA;
• Ruler and scissors;
• Additional decor for decoration - leaves, ladybugs, flowers, butterflies.

Walkthrough

1. First of all, a sketch of the monogram is made from the intertwined initial letters of the surname and name.
2. Next, the image is transferred to an enlarged scale using cell reception on an A4 sheet. You can do this part of the work on the computer.
3. After carefully cutting out the letters, a monogram template is obtained, which is outlined on cardboard and cut out.
4. On the front side, markings are made from top to bottom at seven equal intervals. It is better to mark the strips at an angle, although a straight, arcuate or zigzag arrangement is allowed.
5. Multi-colored napkins should be cut into squares, the size of which is selected independently, based on their desired size of the balls obtained from them when rolling.
6. First, red balls are made and glued to the top strip, then orange to the next strip, and so on until the end, in accordance with the order of the colors in the rainbow. That is, the next one will be yellow, then green, blue, blue and purple.
7. After drying the monogram under a stack of books, it remains to glue a loop to it from the wrong side, add decor and hang the decoration on the wall.

A bright and beautiful rainbow monogram made of napkins will be a great addition to the interior, and the kids themselves will certainly be happy with such decoration.

Beautiful flowers

It is easy to make a festive decoration for a table or a gift box in the form of flowers from paper napkins. For work we need the following materials:

• Scissors;
• Glue stick or PVA glue;
• Strong thread;
• A tube that acts as a stem if you plan to make a bouquet.

Step by step master class

1. An accordion is folded from a napkin with the width of each fold equal to one centimeter. To make the product neat, it is advisable to make markings on both sides.
2. Without unfolding the harmonica, you should lay it flat on the table and fold it in half to find the middle. Along this line, the folded napkin is tied with a strong thread.
3. The free ends of the accordion are rounded with scissors.
4. It remains to fluff the flower and glue the folds together to make a spectacular corrugated circle.

You can fasten together several flowers of different sizes. The resulting terry version will look great as a decoration on a box, photo frame or in a bouquet, especially if you attach a flower to an impromptu stalk - a tube.

Spectacular Rose

Crafts from napkins in the form of roses are very beautiful and unusual. To make them with your own hands you will need:

• Single ply napkins;
• Scissors;
• Decorative ribbon or thread;
• soft wire;

Manufacturing guide

1. One of the napkins needs to be cut into four equal parts. One of them is folded in half and twisted along the short side into a not tight cylinder. On the one hand, it is pulled together by a thread. This will be the base of the flower core.
2. The remaining squares are cut diagonally. The right angle of the resulting triangle is bent, and with the remaining ends it is necessary to wrap the core freely enough, securing the resulting petal with a thread. Their number can be different and is determined in the course of work.
3. To make a bouquet, stems are made. It can be a thick copper wire wrapped in a strip of napkin of the desired color. In the process of wrapping, you can attach a piece of paper.

The rose is a symbol of love and perfection. This is a great decor item that can become an original decoration for your interior.

flower composition

An interesting flower arrangement can be made from several multilayer napkins. List of required materials:

• Scissors;
• stapler;
• The basis, which can be used as a foam ball or a newspaper crumpled in the form of a ball, wrapped with threads to fix the shape.
• PVA glue.

Do it yourself

1. A circle with a diameter of about 14 cm is cut out of the napkin. This size may vary depending on the size of the napkin and the size of the flowers being made. To give the flower more expressiveness, the edges of the circle are circled with a bright felt-tip pen in a color that contrasts with the general background.
2. Exactly in the middle, the cut out circle is stapled with two staples crosswise.
3. Now the top layer separates and rises, folding in a beautiful zigzag. In the same way, all subsequent layers are laid out in turn.
4. Having made about 16 flowers, you can attach them with glue to the base, placing them over the entire surface of the ball, close to each other.
5. Further, green paper leaves can be placed between the flowers, this will give the composition a more spectacular look.
6. It remains to put the glued ball in a beautiful planter or vase, making it a full-fledged decorative element of the interior.

Such a composition can be made not only from paper napkins, but also from another material suitable for this, for example corrugated paper or colored felt.

Refined spring vase

Napkin crafts are not limited to flowers alone. From this wonderful material, you can make or decorate almost anything with them, for example, a decorative flower vase. To make an unusual vase, you will need to stock up on the following material:

• Napkins with elegant floral or animal ornaments;
• Bank - tin from under coffee or juice;
• Acrylic white paint and putty;
• PVA glue;
• Stack;
• Brushes.

detailed instructions

1. The jar is covered with paint on both sides, after which it is dried in a well-ventilated area.
2. The upper thin layer, where the pattern is located, is carefully separated from the napkin. The fragments of the picture necessary for the composition are cut off with your fingers. It is undesirable to cut them with scissors, as in this case a too even edge is obtained.
3. The next plain layer is glued onto the prepared jar from the outside, tearing off small pieces according to the papier-mâché principle.
4. Acrylic putty is applied with uneven strokes along the upper cut of the can, masking it.
5. Further, on one side of the future vase, a trunk and branches are formed from top to bottom with a putty using a stack.
6. The adhesive composition is diluted from one and a half parts of PVA glue and one part of water. Fragments with leaves, birds, butterflies, forest animals are placed on the surface of the jar in accordance with the compositional design and are carefully smeared on top with a brush with an adhesive solution. During gluing, it is important to apply movements from the center of the fragment to the edges, carefully, but carefully smoothing it, trying not to tear it.
7. Having pasted over the entire surface of the vase, the neck is painted to match the main background. To color the branches and trunk, brown paint is taken, which fills all the bumps.
8. After the trunk dries, decorative ledges are highlighted with golden paint using a sponge. To do this, the sponge is slightly pressed against the desired section of the improvised trunk without indentation. A slight effect of golden plaque can be made over the entire surface of the vase.

Do-it-yourself vase is a beautiful and affordable accessory that allows you to transform your interior

To fix the decor, the dried surface is covered with a colorless varnish. Bouquets of field and garden flowers will look great in such a vase.

Unusual vase with three-dimensional ornament

If you urgently need a tall vase for your favorite flowers, and the store does not have products suitable for the interior of the room, you can easily make it from improvised materials by spending a small amount of money. Materials for making a vase:

• PVA glue;
• Can-opener;
• Scissors;
• Paper towels that match the color of the wallpaper;
• Three or four cans of peas;
• Napkins in a color contrasting to the main background;
• Simple pencil.

Step by step master class

1. First, empty jars are prepared. One remains with the bottom, while the rest is cut out.
2. Further, the prepared jars are inserted into one another, forming the desired height of the future vase.
3. Using PVA glue, the structure is pasted over with paper towels. You will need at least three layers.
4. After complete drying, a drawing is applied with a simple pencil. It is more convenient to make it from large geometric shapes that make up an interesting abstract composition. It can also be hearts, flowers, butterflies according to their own creative ideas.
5. From squares cut out of napkins, balls are formed, with which the depicted figures are filled by gluing.

Crafts from napkins for interior decoration (photo)

Napkin crafts can also serve as a great decoration for any festive event. Decorating a wall with ordinary paper napkins and creating a fun environment is not difficult even for beginners in this business. For this we need:

• Napkins;
• Scissors;
• stapler;
• PVA glue;
• Line or thread.

We make decor from napkins

1. We take napkins in the desired color scheme. It is better to combine several colors, so the festive decor will turn out more elegant.
2. We unfold the folded napkin completely and from this position we begin to fold it into an accordion. You need to fold it so that each new bend coincides with the previous one, the width of the folded bend (strip) should be about 2-3 cm.
3. After the entire napkin is folded, it must be thoroughly ironed by hand on both sides, so that each kink is clearly expressed.
4. At the marked center, carefully fold the napkin in half. In total, we need three of these harmonicas, so we make two more.
5. Next, take the scissors and round off the edge of the folded napkin. We try to do it in such a way that the edges of the accordion do not move and the cut is even. You can cut napkins in various variations so that the finished products differ from each other.
6. Holding the edges of the napkin, we bring the upper and lower parts together to form a semicircle, fix it with a stapler or PVA glue. We do the same with each accordion.
7. It remains to glue all our blanks together. As a result, we should get a corrugated circle resembling a flower.
8. Finished products are hung on a thread or glued to the wall with double-sided tape.

You can make crafts from napkins with your own hands in various ways, but we have brought you the most popular and simple ones that everyone can handle.