First we will try to make the simplest decoration for the room - the "Chain" garland. To make the garland look original and bright, use paper of several colors or with a pattern.
Method one:
- Cut the paper into strips 0.5-1x10-15 cm.
- We turn them into rings, fasten the edges with glue or a stapler.
- Each new element is passed to the previous one and also fastened.
Method two:
- Prepare a half-link pattern for the chain on white paper. On the Internet you can download a variety of templates and print them on the printer.
- Cut the colored paper into rectangles in a size equal to the double length of the link.
- Fold the rectangle in half, attach a template to one side and cut it so that the jumper of the link remains intact.
- In the cut out and bent in half the link we pass the following.
Please note that the manufacturing principle is very simple, we do not even need a glue or a stapler.
Below we will look at how to make a more complicated garland of paper with our own hands.
Other ways of making paper decorations for the room
For each holiday, you can choose different patterns of garlands, for example, in the form of Christmas trees, snowmen, ballerinas, flowers, etc. The room in which the boy lives, you can decorate with geometric figures. It will look original and stylish. Consider how to make a garland of flags from paper :
- Cut rectangles out of paper. Fold them in half - we should get not too big flags. It is advisable to use paper with different patterns. Boys like abstract patterns or images on the sea theme.
- Thread the elements bent in half and fix them with glue or double-sided tape. It is necessary to take into account the distance between the flags, because the paper decoration should look aesthetically pleasing.
Let's describe how to make a voluminous garland of hearts from paper:
- Print the patterned heart to the paper and cut out the desired number of figures.
- Take two hearts, attach to each other and fasten the center of the thread. This can be done either on the machine, which will be faster, or manually.
- The same thread connects the next pair of hearts at the desired distance. Note that it looks good "dense" garland, so the optimal distance between its links - 2-3 cm.
- We bend all the hearts in half (along the seam line) to get three-dimensional figures with four petals.
Below we will look at how to make a flower garland of paper.
Ornaments from corrugated paper look elegant and original. Bright colors, soft, pleasant in work, it is very suitable for children's creativity. We will describe how to make a beautiful garland "flower" of corrugated paper:
- Roll the paper into eight equal parts.
- We first take one piece and fold it with an accordion about 2 cm wide.
- We bend it in half. The fold line is below, and we cut off the top, forming, at will, either an acute angle or a semicircle. Such will be the edge of the flower petals.
- Now with scissors we narrow to 1-1,5 cm the bottom part of the workpiece. In this part we will connect all the parts of the flower.
- By this principle, we process the other seven elements of the product. We join eight "accordion" with each other, so that the fold lines are in the middle.
- We tighten the middle with a thread. Leave the ends of the thread to attach other flowers to the garland.
- We open the flower: first, the top part - gently and gradually in a circle, from the outer petals to the inner ones. And then straighten the bottom of the product.
So, we devoted an article to the question of how to make a garland of paper. Let your joint activity bring joy to you and the child!