DIY towel bottle





Origami - the art of making paper figures, has spread widely from Japan around the world. But what if you use a towel instead of a paper sheet? Origami from towels is original, interesting and not at all difficult. In addition, the resulting products can be used to decorate the room as self-sufficient interior items. For example, it can be a bottle from a towel with your own hands or other crafts, figures. We will describe how to make them in this article.

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Basic concepts for the selection of material

You can use any panels for the manufacture of crafts, but keep in mind that:

• for the manufacture of some figures will need square;
• for others, rectangular products.

There are a few useful secrets:

• To better maintain the shape of the figures, you can pre-starch textiles.
• If you want to make more realistic gizmos, you can pick up towels of the corresponding colors. For example, for the manufacture of a fox, white and orange textiles are suitable, for a monkey or a bear, brown is suitable. A black and white fabric will make a charming penguin.

Consider in more detail: what can be done from a towel?

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Jacket and women's blouse in 10 minutes

You will need such materials:

• Towels:
  • Black - 400x600 mm, 2 pcs.
  • Red - 300x300 mm, 1 pc.
  • Red - 400x600 mm, 1 pc.
  • White - 400x600 mm, 1 pc.
• Buttons
• Double sided tape.

You will have to spend 5-10 minutes, and the original products are ready completely.

Jacket with a tie:

1. First place a black towel on the table, and then, on top of it, a white towel. Make sure the angles match perfectly.
2. Take a long ruler, push the center line along the white panel.
3. Fold the resulting halves so that their long edges converge on the center line marked by you.
4. Fold the resulting rectangle in half.
5. Unscrew the edges of the towel. You will have a turn-down collar. Secure it with a pin.
6. Form a tie. Lay a red towel on a horizontal surface. Use the ruler to push the diagonal. Twist the edges to this line twice so that one side is wider and the other sharper.
7. Spread the edges of the resulting “jacket”, decorate it with a tie.
8. Wrap back the edges.

Important! You can decorate the composition with a decorative pin.

Blouse:

1. Fold the red and black panels, as for a jacket. At the same time, black fabric should be at the bottom, and white - at the top. The collar can be made a little wider than for a jacket.
2. Attach a few buttons with adhesive tape in the center of the product.

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Hare

A rabbit or a bunny from a towel is a wonderful gift for Easter. He can decorate the holiday table or Easter basket.

To make such a figure out of a towel with your own hands, you will need a square shaped towel and several pharmaceutical gums. The nose and eyes can be made from buttons or adhesive tape.

Master Class:

1. Fold the fabric diagonally and twist with a tight braid.
2. Fold the tourniquet in half.
3. Tie the workpiece with an elastic band at the base. Get a head with long ears.
4. Decorate the bunny with a colored ribbon, attach the nose and eyes.

Done!

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Teddy bear

This toy will appeal to your child.And you can bring a baby to this occupation, because making a charming bear is not at all difficult.

So you will need:

• Towel (white or brown), rectangular shape.
• A nose and two eyes.
• Ribbon.
• Pharmaceutical gum - 3 pcs.

We begin to make a toy from a towel with our own hands:

• Lay the towel on a horizontal surface.
• Using a ruler, draw a horizontal line in the middle.
• Twist the two opposite edges of the fabric to the line. It will turn out a “double roller”.
• Turn the top end of the resulting roller “face down”.
• Fold the resulting blank in half so that the bottom is slightly longer.
• Extend the rollers to the top of the workpiece.
• To form the head of the bear, pull the upper part of the workpiece with a rubber band. The head is formed.
• Using two more elastic bands, shape the ears.
• Now it remains to attach the nose and eyes with adhesive tape.

Important! A charming teddy bear will decorate your bathroom, or you can present it as a gift. By the same principle, you can make other figures from a towel with your own hands.

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Cakes made of towels

It turns out that ordinary terry towels are great for making cakes. Let's see how this can be done.

Round cake

To make it is not at all difficult:

1. Fold the cloth 3-4 times and roll it up.
2. Lock the edges of the fabric with pins, and tie the tape in the center.
3. Garnish the top of the “cake” with artificial flowers or berries.

The original gift is quite ready!

Important! Using several towels, you can make a design in several tiers. It will turn out even more original if you place a bottle of champagne or wine in the center.

There is a more professional option:

1. To do this, you will have to use blanks from several cardboard sheets cut into strips of different widths.
2. By connecting the edges of the strips with tape, you will get rings of different diameters.
3. Now wrap a towel over the lower tier ring, locking the ends with pins.
4. Do all subsequent tiers according to the same principle. At the same time, keep in mind that the next tier should be twice as high as the previous one.
5. Insert the second workpiece into the first, etc.
6. When the multi-tiered design is ready, you can decorate it to your own taste.

Heart shaped cake

This is a great gift for Valentine's Day or for any family holiday. To make such an article from a towel with your own hands, you will need:

• Towel.
• Cardboard strip from holiday packaging.
• Tape.
• Decor Elements.
• Pins

The order of execution of the heart cake is as follows:

1. Form a heart from a cardboard strip, seal the joints with adhesive tape.
2. Fold a towel in length 4 layers.
3. Fold both ends of the workpiece toward the center.
4. Place the workpiece inside the prepared heart shape.
5. Decorate the item with ribbon and decorations.

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DIY towel bottle

A wonderful and non-standard gift for a man is a bottle from a towel with his own hands.

You will need:

• Towel 400x700 mm.
• Label (you can develop it yourself using a graphical editor).
• Pharmaceutical gum.
• Clerical needle.
• Spray bottle with water.

The algorithm for making a bottle from a towel with your own hands is as follows:

1. Fold the towel along the long side so that the edges are 100-150 mm apart. Sprinkle the workpiece with water.
2. Fold the structure again, leaving a free edge of about 50-80 mm.
3. Fold the cloth into a tight tube. Chip off the workpiece at the bottom with a needle, and fix the middle with an elastic band. Put on a wrapper.
4. In the same way, shape the neck by pulling it with an elastic band and decorating it with a paper cylinder.

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At this workshop do-it-yourself towel crafts. As you can see, no special skills are required here. Only desire and quite a bit of imagination. I wish you creative success!