DIY corrugated paper paintings

Unusual panels with a fluffy surface are made of crepe paper and multi-colored napkins. Such an interesting technique is called trimming and is one of the varieties of application and quilling. This is an easy way to create a picture of corrugated paper with your own hands. He is able to beginner needlewomen of any age. In addition, cutting techniques are used to decorate sweet gifts (“sweet design”), to make decorative topiary, souvenirs and festive props. Consider the design options for such crafts at home.

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Tools and materials

For work you will need:

• corrugated paper
• sticks
• toothpicks
• glue,
• the basis.

To choose exactly the right materials for crafts and the work turned out to be of high quality, consider these tips:

• Paper is sold in stationery and florist shops in a variety of colors and colors - double-sided, combined, with a pattern and plain. It can be replaced with ordinary napkins. The paper is cut into pieces of the same size, and then twisted on a wooden stick, a toothpick or an empty rod from the handle, and glued to the surface to be decorated.
• The final result depends on the size of the strips and chopsticks. The paper wrapped around a toothpick can be glued very tightly and the surface will be fluffy like a carpet.
• Glue for children's creativity is used on a water basis (PVA). But experienced craftsmen choose a thicker and more convenient transparent adhesive for ceiling tiles “Titan” for work. It dries quickly, smells, but does not soak paper, like PVA.

Important! When working on a picture of corrugated paper with your own hands, glue the decorated surface with glue or dip the workpiece, without removing it from the stick, into the glue, and then glue it.

• Cardboard, Whatman paper, printed paper, polystyrene foam and even plasticine for bulk parts are taken as the basis for the panel. Pieces of paper can fill the entire area of ​​the sheet with a dense carpet. Or highlight some of the most interesting elements and contour. Combining several shades of paper, you can get a beautiful transition of colors.

Important! Cutting looks impressive by itself, but it can also be supplemented with other elements: lace, fabric, beads and paper flowers. Use several paper techniques to create unique murals.

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What else to do from corrugated paper?

Having mastered the techniques of working with thin paper, you can use them in your other creative projects. And you can do the opposite - take several techniques from the most popular types of needlework and create a creative collage, where there will be flowers, pompons, protruding elements. What can you pay attention to, what other crafts, except for paintings, can be made from corrugated paper with your own hands?

Flowers and Bouquets

Making flowers is the most common way to use crepe paper. Separate flowers are used to decorate postcards, scrapbooking albums. Collected in bouquets they serve as decoration of a room, a wedding hall and photo shoots. But the most interesting application is sweet gifts, decorated with flowers with sweets.

Topiary

Decorative indoor composition from a tree in a pot. Symbolizes love, prosperity and simply decorates the room.

Design Features:

• The crown of the topiary can just be made by the method of trimming.
• Under the base is a ball of newspapers, polystyrene.
• You can not stick the paper, and pushing the soft base with a trimming stick, fix the strips directly in it.

Volumetric numbers and letters

Fluffy figures for the birthday of kids and adults are also made from jammed paper. Cardboard, foam blanks are pasted over with strips cut by fringe, flowers from napkins.

Scrapbooking

Faceting is decorated with small scrap of work - cards and photo frames. This technique is not so popular because the surface is very bulky and not suitable for every job. But as the design of romantic cards for loved ones, for children's projects - it looks great.

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Step-by-step master class: paintings from corrugated paper

Inspired by the ideas for using corrugated paper, back to the paintings. To create a picture, you don’t have to be able to draw. As a template, take the coloring and print the picture on the printer. Choose pictures with a large or abstract pattern.

Prepare:

• crepe paper
• scissors,
• a toothpick
• PVA glue,
• base drawing.

The procedure for creating a picture of corrugated paper with your own hands:

1. We cut the squares 1-2 cm wide. We lay out the blanks by color in separate boxes.
2. The outline of the figure is outlined with glue.
3. Take a piece of paper. Put the toothpick in the middle of the leaf and, holding it between your fingers, wrap the stick.
4. Without removing, glue the paper to the picture. The denser the leaves are, the more fluffy the finished drawing will be.
5. Having circled the contour, fill the entire space of the sheet. Use 2-3 shades of the same color to create a beautiful background, for example, for the sky, water, grass in the picture.

Place the finished picture in a cardboard frame. The fluffy surface resembles a luxurious tapestry, and is completed in 1-2 evenings.

Painting on plasticine

It will be interesting for children to step by step create a panel picture of corrugated paper with their own hands on the basis of plasticine.

Important! This method is suitable for the image of trees, flowers, fruits, animals.

Design Features:

1. Immediately on a cardboard basis we sculpt a figure from plasticine.
2. Wrapping the tip of a wooden stick with paper, we pierce them with plasticine.
3. Carefully pull out the stick, leaving the paper in the plasticine.

Important! Over time, plasticine oil will permeate the paper, but the ease of execution of this technique allows you to make new panels instead of old ones.

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Once you have mastered the technique of making a picture of corrugated paper with your own hands step by step, you can not only extraordinary decorate your home, but also use the cutting method for other crafts. This simple task develops fine motor skills of hands, does not require effort and costs for rare materials.