As you know, easy paper crafts are very useful for children of any age. The baby's first interest arises at the age of 1 year; it is during this period that you can begin to teach him how to properly make simple crafts from various materials.
Important! It is worth noting that such creativity develops fine motor skills in the baby, it has a positive effect on the perception of the surrounding world and the ability to think creatively.
Of course, in order for the child’s talents to successfully develop, parents should understand how to properly teach their child to perform a particular task.
Paper butterfly
The first rule that every parent should remember is that during the developmental period the child should be given only those tasks that will be within his strength. For example, easy DIY paper crafts will be very interesting and simple for a child. It should be taken into account that the main part of the work must be done by the baby himself, otherwise there will be no benefit from such an activity.
There are many interesting master classes that tell you how to make easy paper crafts with your own hands and at the same time spend a minimum of time on this activity.
Christmas trees made of paper
Below we will list some of them, and also talk about what age which craft is best suited for.
As mentioned above, easy paper crafts are suitable not only for older children, but also for the little ones. So, for example, children under 2 years of age willingly participate in this process. True, in this case it is important to remember that such an activity should not take more than 10 minutes, otherwise the baby will get bored with everything and he will abandon this activity. You need to monitor the baby’s behavior while performing this task. For example, if he begins to lose all interest, then it is clear that such a task turned out to be either too difficult for him or, conversely, very simple.
Easy paper crafts are suitable not only for older children, but also for the little ones
If we talk about tasks for children of this age, they can be divided into several groups:
- Easy paper crafts, the essence of which is that you need to cut out certain figures and glue them onto a blank sheet of paper. In other words – chaotic attachment of individual pieces of paper to each other.
- Crafts that are based on the fact that the pieces must be attached in a chaotic manner.
- This type of craft is when individual figures must be attached to a pre-designated place.
Easy craft for little ones
For example, if we are talking about the first option, then the task here has a simple essence. Some figures or pieces are cut out of colored paper and then glued onto another sheet. In this task, it is very important to initially teach your child how to use glue. He must understand how the leaves are glued together, how to attach them correctly, whether it is necessary to press one part of the application to another, and so on. In other words, this is an option for introducing the baby to paper and glue.
Important! The adult’s task is to teach the child to hold the glue correctly in his hands, to show how to spread it on paper, and also do not forget to show that when the glue is spread on the base, the sheet itself must be held with the left hand.
In this case, the pencil should be strictly perpendicular to the sheet. This is very important, because if, when getting acquainted with stationery, you do not explain to the child all the basics of the creative process, then it will be very difficult to reteach him later. And, accordingly, he will perform all subsequent tasks incorrectly.
Dandelions made from paper and napkins
Of course, you need to give the baby the opportunity to independently complete the entire task from start to finish. Some parents, fearing that the child will do something wrong, complete the task themselves. But this is absolutely wrong.
The second stage of getting to know paper and glue
After the child has learned to perform basic operations with paper and glue, you should show him the technique of creating various pictures and cards. Of course, even the lightest paper crafts will be incredibly interesting to the baby. Of course, if adults make every effort to do this.
The second stage of creating simple crafts is that the child must learn to correctly place various parts on a piece of paper. Of course, at this stage he will not need to create any specific designs or lines. He should just learn to glue various figures wherever he wants. Now it is very important that he learns to decide how best his future work will look. Adults can only say what kind of figure should be obtained as a result, and the baby himself decides where exactly to glue the different parts of the craft.
Paper craft – chamomile
If you really want to intervene in this process, then you can simply suggest why this would be better, and where exactly this piece of paper should be glued. But you can’t put pressure on the child; at this stage he is just learning to create his future masterpieces.
During such crafts, you can create figures in the form of a sun, a cloud, a house, a flower and other very simple objects.
Options for simple crafts
The last stage in creating beautiful and original crafts is that the child begins to realize where to correctly glue the various parts of the figure. To do this, you should prepare in advance all the necessary tools to realize your creative plan. Most often, such creative masterpieces are made from two or three types of colored paper, as well as a sheet of white paper. Don't forget that you will need glue and scissors. If the parent does not want the child to pick up scissors, you can first make a blank and cut out the necessary figures from colored paper yourself. To make really light and beautiful paper crafts, you should use at least 3, or even more colors.
Christmas tree decorations made of paper
For example, if you are making a Christmas tree with balls, you should initially glue the tree itself, then the balls, and at the end a star. To make the final picture brighter, you can use more flowers and make many different decorations for the forest beauty in advance.
Paper crocodile
Below is a list of basic crafts that will be of interest to children:
- a tree on which apples grow;
- a hedgehog with apples and mushrooms on its thorns;
- a basket with many berries;
- a jar of vitamins;
- a tree from which leaves are falling;
- fish that swim in an aquarium.
Application – fish
By the way, to make the process of creating an application faster, you can print ready-made blanks of such figures as a Christmas tree, a hedgehog, a tree, a jar, or a basket. As a result, the baby will only need to glue small figures.
Paper tree
You can also watch educational videos, of which there are a lot on the Internet, they talk about how to create easy paper crafts.
What is especially interesting to a child?
After the child learns how to create very easy paper crafts, you can show him videos that tell him how to make a more complex application. Thus, it will be possible to develop the baby’s imagination and skills. Of course, most often this happens when the baby is at least 1.5 years old.
To begin with, an adult should draw on a base sheet the outlines of the figures that the child will glue. This will help him visually understand what kind of application he should get in the end. After he learns to carefully glue the figures along the contours, he can move on to creating crafts without drawing these same contours.
Multi-colored paper caterpillar
In this way you can create:
- caterpillar;
- snowman;
- dandelion;
- an armful of balloons;
- a house that is built from blocks;
- building with windows;
- typewriter and much more.
Paper grapes
Of course, these are basic figures; it all depends on the baby’s skills and patience. If he is persevering and likes to create simple cards and pictures, then you can choose more complex figures. And if it lasts for a maximum of 10 minutes, then it is better to choose something simpler.
Craft - paper hedgehog
Some other parents are experimenting with various magazines and newspapers. They simply cut them into pieces and then glue them back together with the babies. Let's say if there is a traffic light in the picture, you can cut it out and then glue it back together.
Paper snowman
Important! Easy paper crafts for children are a great way to teach your child independence and develop the ability to think abstractly.
It is very important to trust him in this process and give him as much freedom as possible. You should not limit his movements and constantly tell him what and how to do. Let him initially figure everything out on his own and learn how to create paper crafts easily and quickly, and after that you can start giving him more complex tasks. This is exactly what is described in the famous Montessori method. The only thing you should take care of in advance is to show your child that there are certain rules. For example, tell them that gluing can only be done at this table, the paper is here, and it needs to be put back here, and so on. Then the baby will grow up to be independent, but at the same time will understand what can and cannot be done.
Colored paper is an excellent material for crafts. You can make appliqués, various figures and many other creative things from it. In this article we will look at how to make crafts from colored paper for elementary school children with your own hands.
You will need: thick colored paper, glue gun, ruler, scissors, tape, rubber band, pencil, pen spring.
Master Class
- Take a sheet of paper and a pencil, twist the tube diagonally from the corner, then secure it with tape and pull out the pencil.
- Twist the second piece of paper around the first tube, then separate them. The second paper tube should be slightly larger in diameter than the first so that it can be used to shoot in the future.
- Secure the second tube with tape, then cut off the edges.
- Twist 2 more paper tubes in the same way.
- Cut the tubes into pieces of this length: trunk - 2 tubes 15 cm long; handle – 7 tubes 5 cm long; trigger – 1 tube 8 cm long.
- Glue 5 cm tubes diagonally to form a handle.
- Glue the 8 cm tube on top of the handle so that the remaining 3 cm protrudes to the right. This is the trigger.
- Glue two 15cm tubes together and glue them to the top of the gun as the barrel.
- Roll two thin tubes from yellow paper.
- Bend a thin tube into a “U” shape and insert one end into the trigger and the other into the upper tube of the handle. Trim off the excess. This will be the trigger.
- Make a trigger guard from the second thin tube. To do this, place one end of the tube into the handle (into the second tube from the top) and glue the rest of the tube to the bottom of the barrel.
- Roll up the pink paper tube, flatten it and tape it around the handle as shown in the image. It is worth noting that the rear hole in the trigger must be open.
- Pull the trigger out of the top tube of the handle and insert the spring. It is worth noting that the spring should rest against the tube covering the back of the handle. Reinsert the trigger.
- Roll up a thin, thick tube of yellow paper, secure with tape and trim the edges so they are even.
- Fold the edge, put on an elastic band and secure with glue.
- Insert the tube with the rubber band into the lower tube of the gun barrel and pull the rubber band forward, hooking it between the two tubes.
- Roll paper bullets, load the gun and fire.
You will need: colored cardboard, scissors, glue stick, cotton wool, stapler.
Master Class
Rainbow in the clouds is ready!
Binoculars
You will need: yellow cellophane, scissors, tape, black paint, brush, green and black paper, glue, rubber band, wine cork, string or elastic band.
Master Class
- Cut out 2 circles of yellow cellophane and tape them to the circumference of the sleeves as binocular lenses.
- Paint the circumference of the wine cork with black paint and cover it with green paper.
- Cover the bushings with green paper and glue the black stripes as shown in the image.
- Glue the bushings together and secure with a rubber band. After a while, remove the rubber band.
- Glue the taped cork between the bushings.
- Prepare an elastic band or rope of the required length, make a hole in the side of the bushings and secure the elastic band.
The binoculars are ready!
Origami rose
You will need: double-sided colored paper, scissors, a simple pencil.
Master Class
- Fold a sheet of colored paper diagonally as shown in the photo and cut off the excess strip to make a square.
- Bend the square to create a second diagonal.
- Fold the square in half to create lines like a snowflake.
- Move the sides of the workpiece in this way: the top - from the right side to the left, and the bottom - from the left to the right, to form a triangle.
- Fold all 4 tops over to the middle and run your fingers along the folds.
- Expand the workpiece to a double triangle and bend the upper corner back.
- Straighten the bud and bend the curved corner inward.
- Gather the double corner back together and run your fingers along the folds.
- Bring the 4 side corners up to the top.
- Flip over, then fold each side in toward the middle. You should end up with a blank with a hole at the bottom.
- Blow strongly into the hole from below to straighten the bud.
- Curl the petals using a simple pencil.
- Take the strip of paper you cut at the beginning.
- Fold the stem and insert it into the bud.
The origami rose is ready!
Moving 3D fish
You will need: colored paper, scissors, glue, pencil, black felt-tip pen.
Master Class
- Take a piece of blue paper and make a square.
- Fold the sides toward the fold line, then open the paper.
- Fold the paper in half to create a triangle as shown in the image
- Make cuts along the fold line, then open the paper and overlap the uncut parts.
- Make the fish's face flatter by cutting off a corner.
- Cut out the fins and tail from the pink one, then draw stripes with a felt-tip pen.
- Cut out the eyes from white paper and draw the pupils with a black felt-tip pen.
- Glue the fins, tail and eyes, and don’t forget to draw eyelashes.
- Cut out an elongated semi-oval and glue it as the lower jaw.
You will need: a sheet of colored paper, a felt-tip pen and scissors.
Master Class
- Fold a sheet of colored paper in half.
- Place your palm on the leaf so that your thumb and index finger touch the edge of the leaf, thereby forming half a heart.
- Circle your palm.
- Cut out the palm and unfold the craft.
A heart in hands made of colored paper is ready!
You will need: white and yellow colored paper, a simple pencil, ruler, glue, coin or compass.
Master Class
- Cut 9 strips of paper the same size.
- Make 2 circles on yellow paper.
- Cut them out.
- Glue the ends of the strips together to form petals.
- Glue the petals to the yellow circle, then glue the second circle on top.
You will need: red colored paper, a pencil, scissors, a round object.
Master Class
- Trace a round object on colored paper.
- Draw a spiral in a circle.
- Cut out the circle.
- Cut the spiral in such a way that you get a “spring”
- Twist the rosette and make the required number of rosettes in the same way.
The original colored paper roses are ready! I recommend watching the video master class!
You will need: double-sided colored paper, glue gun, stick or skewer as a stem, button.
Master Class
A creative flower made from colored paper is ready!
You will need: 4 sheets of colored paper, double-sided tape.
Master Class
- Fold each sheet into an accordion shape.
- Fold each accordion in half to form a fan.
- Glue 4 sheets together to form a circle.
The fan flower made from colored paper is ready!
You will need: colored paper, stapler, cut out butterfly (from a magazine, notebook, picture), felt-tip pen.
Master Class
The case for surprises made of colored paper is ready!
You will need: colored paper of black and yellow, a simple pencil, scissors, ruler, glue, compass, glitter.
Master Class
The colored paper owl is ready!
You can also make a cute bunny out of colored paper, and see how in this video!
Sisters made of colored paper
You will need: paper of two colors, 2 wooden sticks, buttons for eyes, elastic bands or strings for hands, pencil, glue.
You can make many interesting and beautiful things from paper. Among these interesting crafts are even paper houses that can be used to decorate a New Year tree or simply be used as interesting toys. And most importantly, they can be made with your own hands by any adult and child, of course, those who are older.
How to make a paper cracker
For a festive fireworks display, it is not necessary to shoot firecrackers loaded with confetti and cover the entire apartment with small pieces of paper. A paper cracker that does not contain any explosive substances can also clap loudly enough. It will add fun to the atmosphere of the general holiday: someone will jump in surprise, and the rest will laugh merrily.
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It is not at all as difficult as it might seem at first - to make a paper butterfly with your own hands. This task is within the capabilities of an adult and a child; this is not exactly a toddler. A butterfly can be hung on a string, it will float in the air in your room, it can be hung from a branch of a Christmas tree, this is also very beautiful.
From a simple sheet of paper, after a little work, you get a cute paper frog, which also knows how to jump. It can decorate your desktop or become a fun children's toy. Children can even start fun competitions to determine the distance of a jump or the speed of a jumping frog.
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Send a letter - modern youth associate this action only with email. But sometimes you have to send paper letters, but they require an envelope. In the era of electronics, you won’t find such a small thing in every home, so you have to think about how to make an envelope out of paper with your own hands. It seems like there is little wisdom, but without skill one cannot cope with such a task.
Paper airplanes are easy to make, and most importantly, they actually fly. This process is so interesting that any adult will be happy to make light paper structures and, to the delight of children, send them flying. Well, older children will be able to take up aircraft design themselves.
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You can make many beautiful things from paper, but the simplest and yet surprisingly beautiful are snowflakes. You don't even need to paint them: they must be white. It is enough to fold a sheet of paper in a special way and work a little with scissors to get a real patterned miracle.
It’s easy to make a toy boat from a simple sheet of paper and set it sailing along the stream and across the watery expanses of the bathtub. You just need to remember simple instructions on how to make a boat out of paper, how to fold it to get a structure that is stable on the water. This is a simple, but very exciting task.
Paper is the most affordable and diverse material for creativity. Plain white paper and a set of colored paper for applique are available in almost all stores. In specialized salons you can find dozens of different types of papers, differing in composition and texture.
Having decided to make paper counterfeits with your own hands, you can give a second life not only to read magazines and newspapers, but also to written notebooks and notebooks, as well as product packaging.
Using paper as an attribute for educational games with kids can train their fine motor skills, the ability to concentrate and develop imagination.
In the content of the creative process of paper crafts for children, you can introduce educational elements of varying complexity, ranging from learning numbers, letters, clocks, arithmetic, names of colors, animals, etc. - in simple applications and mosaics, and uploading the most complex origami designs for which you need to have an extraordinary gift of spatial imagination and remarkable patience.
Making three-dimensional figures in the origami style, paper models of buildings, cars, ships, and mastering other types of applied paper art, when moving to a professional level, can become not only a lifelong hobby, but also bring considerable income.
For starters, the simpler the better.
When starting to work with paper at any age, it is better to start with easy crafts: simple appliques, openwork cutting and weaving, and also master the basics of origami. It may be interesting to use the papier-mâché technique (multilayer glued shaped paper) and quilling - making figures from twisted strips of paper.
Paper butterflies - endless scope for imagination
Your first experience in making a three-dimensional product could be a butterfly. The basis of this craft is rectangles of paper (equilateral or slightly elongated) folded like an accordion diagonally and fixed in the middle with glue or thread.
You can make the body and legs using wire and the head from beads. The surface of the wings can be painted, decorated with thin openwork cut-outs made of colored paper or beads. By stringing such butterflies on one thread you can make beautiful garlands. Or you can cover part of the wall with such colorful flocks.
The same simple technology for making a butterfly, using a larger number (from 6) layers of corrugated paper, can be used to make decorative balls. In this case, not only the color and size varies, but also the shape of the balls; you can bend the edges of the workpieces in different ways, rounding and stretching them in the right places.
The basis for such balls can be squares, circles, rhombuses and even triangles, superimposed on each other and fixed in the middle. The silhouette of the product can be changed using blanks of different sizes.
This simple paper craft technology is also the basis for making paper flowers. You can start with simple stylized inflorescences, making applications fixed in the center in circles, and then try more complex three-dimensional models of artificial flowers, which are made from special textured paper.
Origami butterfly
In order to learn how to make a craft in the origami style, you first need to remember simple designs: airplanes, boats, frogs, etc., familiar to everyone from childhood.
These traditional patterns can be given new life by using interesting paper textures, decorating the items with paints and beads.
We have to admit that nowadays paper butterflies have overtaken the famous paper airplanes in popularity and are an integral decoration of any girl’s room. Here are step-by-step instructions for paper crafts using this butterfly as an example:
- 1. Fold the paper square horizontally and vertically, then fold it into a diamond shape, according to two possible options, and also make clear internal folds.
- 2. Fold the workpiece into a double triangle with free edges in the shape of a boat.
- 3. Alternately bend the corners of the triangle to the top of one of the sides and bend this side so that you get a wing.
Combined applications - room for imagination
Using glue and scissors, you can make snow from rice, a chicken from threads, a house and a fence from matches, a cat from cotton wool... and this list can be continued indefinitely. The photo shows crafts in which paper appliqué elements are combined with other materials.
Those who love paper products can use them in room decoration and interior design without spending a lot of money. Paper crafts can create unique and very stylish home interiors. Find out what can turn your apartment into a real holiday. More details about this later in the article.
Features of the material
This is a trend that allows material to be recycled to create:
- unique furniture;
- attractive wall decorations;
- lighting fixtures;
- mirrors;
- picture frames;
- window curtains;
- decorative vases.
Paper is a material that has several uses, it is easy to work with, it is environmentally friendly, and cheap.
Paper home furnishings and wall decorations resemble origami-inspired works of art, thereby adding incredible detail to modern interior design, decorating. So, instead of destroying unnecessary paper, consider turning it into a piece of art and home decor.
You'll be amazed at how much plain paper can transform your space.
Design ideas and crafts
Interior design ideas made from paper, such as wall decorations or lamps, have the ability to significantly transform and decorate your interior. Various volumetric and fantastic 3D shapes for decorating walls, ceilings, stairs, home furniture can also be made from paper.
Having a delicate exclusive look, paper products add wonderful accents on:
- chandeliers;
- desk lamp;
- frames and doors;
- window curtains;
- decorative vases.
Decorations can be in the form of:
- paper flowers;
- birds;
- butterflies.
They will add a romantic and interesting touch. Paper products produce different effects in interior design, depending on the idea - it can be unusual, surprising or beautiful, impressive, stylish, modern or retro modern.
The design with paper flowers looks amazingly fabulous. They look like beautiful works of art that inspire you to recycle paper and decorate your interior in an eco-friendly style.
To do this, you can dilute this natural material with traditional brick, wood, producing paper structures on the walls and ceiling.
Change your wall, ceiling designs every year to keep your decor looking fresh using paper for modern interior design, wall decor and unique ceiling designs. There are many ideas, places and items where this trend can be used.
So if you are a craft enthusiast, then why not try your hand at design finishing paper? For interior designers and artists, this universal means of art has become commonplace and they offer their developments for your creativity.
But more importantly, don't forget that you're doing more than just decorations—you're helping to reduce waste and save the environment from being littered.
Newspaper is a great material to work with.
A newspaper is an element that becomes completely useless the very next day after its release, and the endless advertising products in the form of newspapers in our mailboxes are even more depressing with their generosity.
Thus, we always use it as a trash item in our house.
But did you know that this particular waste paper can be used as a wonderful component for making beautiful wall hangings or beautiful home decor items!
I wanted to select for you the most interesting products that you can easily make with your own hands, from newsprint, in order to combine business with pleasure - improve the environmental situation on the planet, create a beautiful product for your home. Check it out - it's very simple.
Wall decor
- To make a wall hanging step by step, roll up several newspapers into a thin tube.
- Now glue these folded sticks onto the cardboard, let the glue absorb well.
- After this, use scissors to cut out any chosen shape from these glued paper rolls, such as a heart shape or a flower shape, or choose a doll shape.
- Make sure you cut out a large object identical to the smaller ones (it's best to make shapes using a template).
- Now take some string with beads and make 5 strings of different sizes by attaching their bases to the paper craft.
- Now choose the color in which the product will be made, come up with some interesting designs on top of the base to make the pendant more beautiful.
Volumetric pendant made of newspaper tubes in the shape of hearts - beautiful and romantic
How to make a gift bag
Choosing handmade gift bags with elements of old newspapers will be the decision that will bring out the extraordinary courageous personality in you. After all, it is not easy for our mentality to make a gift in a newspaper, like our grandparents in the pre-perestroika era. This solution not only leads us to a way to recycle things, but, at the same time, fulfills all the necessary transportation requirements usually imposed on packaging - that is, it is still a very good option.
The gift bag can be decorated with a lace napkin - this will make it more festive
Papier-mâché bowl
You can also make a basket or giant bowl to store dry items from daily newspapers.
Beautiful decor
DIY vase
Roll them tightly as in this video, bend them according to the shape requirements. One of the great things about these newspapers is that the product will be amazingly flexible so you can create several useful items by rolling them as per your desire.
Furniture items
This product is made using the quilling principle - wrap rolled sheets of newspaper around a pen or pencil using glue, and then paint them in your preferred color. The building material for the decorative vase is ready.
Rolling sheets of newspaper into ropes is the best way to use newspaper for DIY crafts. With these tubes you can design a modern flower vase by gluing strips horizontally or vertically, and also create more complex shapes like a mirror frame, photo or wall plates, etc.
Handmade vase
Although the process of recycling paper waste can be quite complex, the end result is a beautiful material that makes first-class cards. Items can be made from such paper. You can make this vase from any paper of your choice.
Step by step guide
- You will need 12 sheets of 25 × 25 cm. At the end it is important to assemble the elements correctly. Always use three elements to combine.
- When you have formed a ball with 12 pieces of figures, take out one block in one place.
- The released two tabs are folded and glued. Repeat the same procedure on the bottom side.
- If you do not provide a stable base at the bottom, the vase may tip over, so a bottom hole is also necessary.
How to make tropical paper orchids
Tropical orchids are quite expensive, but you can make them from paper if you love these flowers but don't want to spend your money.
Tools you will need:
- orchid template;
- desktop printer;
- scissors;
- glue;
- paper.
STEP 1
Print and cut out all the orchid petals shown in the template in the color of your choice.
Then print, cut out the center of the orchid onto a second colored paper, and the leaf template onto green paper. Cut out two sets of petals, one center, two leaves for each flower.
STEP 2
Use the edge of a pair of scissors to curl each petal and center section. Fold the leaves in half. Fold each petal in the opposite direction to form a bowl shape. Fold both sides over the leaves.
STEP 3
Attach each layer using hot glue. The largest of the three petal shapes is located on the bottom with the petals folded up, followed by a two-piece petal in the center and a central part on top of the two layers of petals.
STEP 4
Attach the leaves by turning the flower over and placing two leaves at the back.
STEP 5
To make a hair clip, bracelet or gift wrap, glue the fastener to the back of the flower.
STEP 6
Attach the barrel. For a stemmed orchid, bend the end of the wire at an angle. Cut out a small leaf shape by cutting one-third down the center and insert a corner of the wire into that fold. Glue the petal and wire to the back of the orchid.
STEP 7
You can use ready-made orchids not only for decoration, but also to make a gift, a bouquet, or wear them on a sweater or in your hair.
STEP 8
These orchids can be a great alternative to a wedding bouquet or decoration.
Flower garlands
Get into a playful mood with these easy-to-make 3D paper flowers.
You will need:
- glue gun;
- scissors;
- glue stick;
- decorative tape;
- colored paper.
STEP 1
Select colors
Choose coordinating colors to create a balanced color scheme. For a monochromatic approach, consider layered shades and shades of one color. For a more multi-colored effect, mix together shades that have contrast.
For a more feminine look, stick to muted colors and pastels mixed with neutrals such as taupe, brown or soft gray.
STEP 2
Fold in half
Use square sheets as rosebuds are perfectly round. Rectangular papers should be trimmed to a square shape. The first step in this process is to fold each sheet of square paper in half.
STEP 3
Fold into quarters
Once everything has been folded evenly in half, fold it into quarters again.
STEP 4
Turn a square into a circle
After folding the quarter, use scissors to round the edge.
STEP 5
Expand the circle
Expand to open the form. If you've managed to create a perfect sphere, it's time to move on to the next step; however, if the result is oblong or oval, it is better to repeat the previous step until you create a perfect circle.
STEP 6
Starting at the outer edge and working your way towards the center, cut out solid circles in a spiral.
STEP 7
Form the central part of the flower
As you reach the end of the circle when cutting the spirals, leave an oval tab at the end, about 2cm in diameter. This is the part of each paper bud that will hold the spirals together with glue.
