Crafts from corrugated cardboard with their own hands

Having shown very little imagination and imagination, from the simplest materials one can make a huge number of various handicrafts. From an early age, kids are happy to take part in the creation of bright and original applications, and a little later with a genuine interest to do three-dimensional figures.

One of the most malleable materials, from which you can make many interesting and original products, is corrugated cardboard. Working with it drags on for a long time and delivers a lot of positive emotions not only to kids, but also to their parents. In this article we will tell you how to make crafts from corrugated cardboard for children, and we will offer several ideas for creating original ornaments.

As their own hands, step by step to make crafts from corrugated cardboard?

Creating a variety of products from this material is not an easy task. Despite this, he enjoys great popularity among fans to do something with their own hands. Most often, boys and girls create from strips of corrugated cardboard crafts in the form of little animals and favorite characters of fairy tales and cartoons.

Using the following detailed instructions, you and your child can easily make a cute Cheburashka:

1. Prepare 4 yellow and 1 brown strip of corrugated cardboard to create the face of our Cheburashka. Twist them, squeeze and glue inside with hot glue. In the same way, prepare the future nape of 5 brown strips.
2. Similarly make 2 elements of the trunk. The front part will consist of 3 yellow stripes and 1 brown strip, and the back is made of 4 brown strips.
3. Connect the two parts of the head together as shown, and glue them together with a strip of paper.
4. Similarly, connect 2 trunk elements.
5. For one leg you will need 2.7 strips of brown corrugated cardboard. Twist them, gently squeeze and glue them. Repeat to create the second foot.
6. The glued paws should look like this. The glue should be located below.
7. For each handle, only one strip is required. Count off 8 ribs of corrugation, fold and give the desired shape, reminiscent of a drop.
8. For one ear, you should take 3 yellow and 2 brown strips. Twist them in the same way as to create other elements, then gently squeeze and glue from the convex side - this will be the back of the ear. In the future, the place of connection with the head is to pinch the parts a little with your fingers.
9. Gently connect the elements to each other. The largest ball - the head - should be placed on top. Glue it to the body, and then from the bottom attach two legs.
10. Glue the ears to the finished toy, detail the facial features as you like, and add any decorating elements, such as a bow. A magnificent animal named Cheburashka is ready!

In order not to waste time on the selection of the necessary materials, very often they acquire ready-made sets for the creation of hand-made corrugated cardboard in quilling technique. In them you will find several strips, which you will need in the process of work, a suitable glue, as well as decoration elements. In addition, in the complete set of similar sets, there is almost always a detailed instruction, with which a small child can easily make a bright and original toy without much difficulty.

Such handmade corrugated cardboard can be an excellent gift for the New Year, especially if you have the symbol of the coming year. In addition, using this material and the popular quilling technique today, you can make incredibly beautiful Christmas decorations, garlands, snowflakes, as well as New Year figures of snowmen, Santa Claus and Snow Maiden.