There are three-dimensional garlands of paper, flat, curly and many others, where the flight of fantasy is unlimited. But, despite the fact that you decided to make a garland, you will need a good mood and such accessories:
- white or colored paper of any texture;
- scissors and glue;
- ribbons or strong threads for fastening.
In this article you will get to know two variants of garlands, which can easily be done with small children.
Garland of corrugated paper "Net"
A very original and unusual way to make a garland of paper with your own hands. It can be used as a background for a photo shoot or for decorating a tea table with sweets. This idea is interesting in that it can easily be done by kids. It is budgetary and the material itself is quite elastic, it will be more difficult for a child to tear or spoil it during manufacture. You can make such a garland of crepe paper - a kind of corrugated, only its texture with a small header and to the touch it is softer and velvety.
So, you need to take a new roll of corrugated colored paper, without unfolding it, make cuts to the middle of the roll along with each folded side. You can leave any gaps you want. The larger the gaps, the larger the grid and vice versa. In our case, the interval is 2 cm.
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Finish the incisions to the end of the entire roll.
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Next, gently unfold the prepared roll.
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When the roll is fully unfolded, stretch a little of the canvas, until a beautiful mesh appears.
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Everything, the festive garland is ready and so it looks already, as an ornament over the table.
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Vertical garlands of colored paper "Rainbow"
Very simple and effective option. It is also economical and fast to manufacture. In order to make it you need a simple colored paper, glue and scissors.
It is necessary to take several sheets of paper of different colors, cut horizontally in half and proceed to mirror incisions on each side, bringing them above the middle of the used half of the leaf.
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This is how the properly made garland should look.
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Next, the ends of each workpiece must be glued together and stretched. The length of the garland you adjust yourself.
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This is how the finished product looks.
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This option looks great when the garland hangs a lot. Mount them is a short distance from each other. You can make every stripe of a garland multicolored, gluing in it the colored blanks with each other, and you can do it with monophonic, as you like. Such decorations can be hung not only on children's celebrations , but also on other holidays. And your children will participate with great pleasure, both in their manufacture, and in the decoration of the house or banquet hall.
To create such decorations yourself, you must remember that you need to start this lesson with a good and festive mood. It is very important that the child does it with his parents. Only so, the whole family will have positive emotions, joyful anticipation of the holiday and beautifully made garlands.
Even psychologists strongly recommend to engage in joint activities with children, because it promotes better assimilation of information, the desire learns new. And most importantly - the child develops psychologically.
This article shows only a few options for creating garlands of paper with your own hands, they can also be made from other materials, such as fabric, felt, plastic, etc., but these options are more suitable for children over 10 years old .