Corrugated Cardboard Crafts

Corrugated cardboard is a very convenient material for creating children's crafts: it can easily curl and crumple without additional effort. Therefore, handicrafts made from corrugated cardboard can be used in joint creativity with young children.

Quilling crafts made of corrugated cardboard

A special place in the creation of crafts from corrugated cardboard is such a technique as quilling - folding the strip into a spiral, while depending on the applied forces, it is possible to adjust the density of winding.

There are various types of twists: tight spiral, curved drop, semicircle, free spiral, bird's foot, leaf, arrow, triangle, cone, crescent, rhombus. This technique is successfully used to create three-dimensional flowers.

Applique from corrugated cardboard

Timed his craft for any holiday, you can make postcards and flowers from corrugated cardboard.

The simplest, lightest and most beautiful crafts made of corrugated cardboard are flowers.

It is necessary to prepare the materials:

  1. Draw on the colored cardboard leaf. You need to draw at least 15 leaves and then cut them.
  2. We cut out two strips of brown and yellow corrugated cardboard with a length of at least 50 cm. We twist them together forming a dome.
  3. From ordinary cardboard we cut out a circle of small diameter (no more than 5 cm).
  4. On a radius we stick a stick or a toothpick, and on a circle - petals.
  5. The second row of sheets glue from above, while slightly shifting each sheet.
  6. We take green corrugated cardboard, we circle two sheets and cut out.
  7. Glue the leaves to the stalk. The flower is ready.

The most popular among children is the creation of postcards. The following material will be required:

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  1. We take the most attractive color for the postcard background. Cut out a rectangle of medium size.
  2. From cardboard of orange and green color we cut out long strips with a width of no more than 0.5 cm.
  3. Then it is necessary to fold the sheet of tie card with an accordion, draw a sheet and cut it out.
  4. Similarly, we cut out at least 8 leaves.
  5. To the basis of a rectangular shape, we paste the resulting leaves in an arbitrary order, for example, as in a photo. Depending on the imagination, the layout of the sheets can be varied.
  6. From the green strip we add a petal, paste it in the corner of the postcard.
  7. Orange strip is for the core. Twist it in a circle and paste it into the middle of the flower.
  8. Separately, you can cut a narrow strip of yellow and make it an inscription "Congratulations!". The postcard is ready.

Such flowers can be presented as a whole bouquet. However, this requires assiduity from the child and attention, since the creation of a bouquet requires a lot of time.

Cards created from corrugated cardboard differ in their beauty and design, depending on the imagination manifested by the child.

Volumetric children's crafts made of corrugated cardboard

Older children with the help of their mother can create voluminous crafts: animals, transport, cartoon characters.

Due to the fact that corrugated cardboard is dense, crafts made of it are large, reliable and do not fall apart with time. Therefore, it is so well suited for creating three-dimensional figures.

But since the technique of creating voluminous figures is quite complex, such handicrafts are not suitable for young children. But with a preschool child, you can spend an interesting time creating such a work.