How to make a vase out of paper with your own hands - origami, simple?

How wonderful it is to receive a beautiful bouquet of flowers as a gift or just pick them in the fields and bring them home to fill the air with a fabulous aroma! But be that as it may, in any case you need a vase, because in an ordinary can for preservation even the most luxurious and refined bouquet will not look so interesting. It is common for any woman to decorate her home. She arranges her life with love and awe, decorating a cozy house with all kinds of cute trinkets, including vases and figurines. Of course, it is easier to purchase an already finished product, but if you want an unusual presentation and exclusive, you can try yourself. In this article we will tell you how to make a vase out of paper with your own hands (origami, simple). Of course, it will not be suitable for flowers with water, but it will definitely be able to decorate your room. You will also find instructions here on how to make similar items from improvised materials for fresh flowers.

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DIY paper vase

You can completely make a vase out of paper using the paper-mache technique. However, here you need to have certain skills, and this is not suitable for everyone. And do not forget that in the vase, which is made of paper or cardboard, you can put only artificial flowers, because from the water your product will become worthless.

To make a vase out of paper with your own hands, you can use any transparent container such as an old can or bottle. To give them a beautiful look, you can glue the surface with corrugated paper or wrap it with colored cardboard and decorate with delicate ribbons.

Important! In order for the paper to stick well to the glass, use PVA glue, which is diluted with water in a 1: 1 ratio.

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Cardboard vase

For work, we need:

• Cardboard;
• Scissors;
• Glue;
• Paper clips;
• Scotch;
• Coffee beans, nutshells, pistachios (for decoration).

Master class on manufacturing:

1. Take any large box and place it on a table or floor.
2. Draw a diagram on it, and then cut out all the necessary parts with scissors.
3. Fixing the corners with tape, assemble the vase.
4. Carefully glue each fold so that your paper vase does not fall apart with your own hands.
5. If necessary, you should glue the outside of the paper crafts by wrapping it inward and fixing with paper clips.

Decor

The next step will be decoration. Of course, it is difficult to calculate how many elements may be needed to decorate the vases, but in the process you will undoubtedly understand everything and, if necessary, will be able to buy the missing parts. So:

1. Spread each part with glue and, starting from the bottom, carefully paste over your vase.
2. At the same time, try to ensure that there is no empty space between the elements.
3. The result is an original vase that will delight you and your guests for more than one year.

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Making an Origami Vase

If you have several hours of free time at your disposal that you would like to devote to creating something beautiful, then you can make an original origami vase.

In fact, in addition to following the instructions exactly and colored double-sided paper, nothing is needed! Moreover, origami is a great way to develop logic, fantasy and fine motor skills.

Important! A simple paper vase will be useful in storing stationery, and you can also insert a vessel with water and fresh flowers into it.

So let's get started. How to make a vase out of paper with your own hands - origami, simple:

1. Take a square of colored paper and bend it diagonally, then unfold it and do the same with the opposite diagonal.
2. Then fold the sheet in the form of a rhombus and stroke the lines with your fingers, along which you will then bend the part.
3. Now bend the left and right corners, turn the part over and repeat the steps with the remaining corners.
4. Next, bend the central corner, while lowering it to the middle, bend the left corner.
5. After that, turn the workpiece over and repeat the manipulations: bend the corners to the center and along the outlined lines.
6. Expand and bend the lowest corner - this must be done for the stability of the vase.

Important! Connoisseurs claim that making a beautiful vase with the help of origami is unlikely to be possible the first time, since the work is quite painstaking and requires certain skills, so for starters you should try on unnecessary paper.

If you wish, you can decorate the vase by putting glue on the surface and pouring beads, rhinestones, sparkles or just decoy on them.

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Vase from plastic bottles

Now we will tell you how to make an unusual and stylish vase for storing various small items. However, please note that this product is not intended for food.

Getting started:

1. Take a plastic bottle and hold it slightly over the fire to bend it - do this while the plastic is hot.
2. When the plastic cools down, take a soldering iron and in a chaotic manner drill a large number of holes of the same diameter.

Our vase is ready!

Some more interesting ideas:

• You can also take an ordinary plastic bottle and sew a cover from felt or an old sweater on it. This decor is perfect for decorating a summer cottage interior.
• A plastic box from chips or cookies can also be transformed beyond recognition by fully pasting the surface with shells or stones.
• The easiest way to transform a plastic bottle is to wrap it with thin printed paper or multi-colored tape, and then decorate it with a bow in tone. Or wrap the bottle with rope or colored thread.

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Vase made of natural materials

In the modern world, many people lack ecological cleanliness, and sometimes one wants to be closer to nature even in urban conditions. Today, eco-design is very relevant, so if you choose a vase for a summer residence - this option will suit you the most:

• Take wooden sticks of approximately the same thickness and stick them to the jar, and then wrap the resulting structure with twine.
• You can also make a vase of birch bark - just screw it into the cylinder, and then fasten it.
• Inside you can put a container with flowers.

Important! If you grow parsley, onion on your windowsill or sprout wheat, but want the plants to look more aesthetically pleasing, take a tin can and attach wooden clothespins in a circle.

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In this article, you found some interesting ideas on how to make a vase from paper using the origami technique and from other materials at hand. Then you just have to connect your imagination and create. We hope that the results of your work will delight you with unique beautiful gizmos.