How to make a shirt made of paper?

With the approach of holidays, especially on February 23 , women have to think about what would please their beloved men - father, husband, grandfather, son. In such a case, any little things that are capable of cheering up and showing your love once again are important. Therefore, if the gift itself has already been bought, it remains to find unusual packaging and buy a postcard. But if you decide to surprise the dear men, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with how to make a shirt made of paper. This original hand-made article, by the way, can be used both as a packing and as a greeting card.

How to make a shirt of paper - packaging

If you prepared a present for a beloved man is flat and does not have a volume, then it's very simple to get a wrap in the form of a shirt made of paper in the origami technique. This is the name of the art of folding various figures from paper without using glue. In the package created by own hands it is possible to put and a beautiful postcard with wishes. For work you will need a sheet of A4 paper. It can be ordinary office paper or beautiful for scrapbooking.

Now go to step-by-step instructions on how to fold a shirt from paper:

1. First fold the paper in half on the long side. Expand, and then fold the edges of the sheet to the resulting fold line.
2. Unfold the workpiece, and then fold the small triangles in its lower part to the first folds. Again, fold the edges to the center.
3. Wrap the bottom edge 5-6 cm to the center.
4. And then turn it back so that to fold, on each side you see triangles - the sleeves of the future shirt.
5. Turn the hand-knife on the other side, fold the top edge 1-1.5 cm.
6. Turn the workpiece over again, fold the corners of the upper edge of the workpiece to the center, forming a collar.
7. It remains only to fold the workpiece so that the bottom edge is under the collar.

That's all! The package can be decorated with a pocket, butterfly or ties, buttons - all that will tell you your own imagination.

If your gift is voluminous, then we recommend cutting out the blank from the dense colored paper or cardboard according to the template below. Elements on the left and above are glued together to create a packaging box.

The gift should be placed inside, and then packed, pasting the collar. Decorated with a shirt of paper with his own hand tie, butterfly and buttons.

How to make a card with a paper?

For a master class to create a postcard shirt you will need:

• a sheet of designer paper or scrapbooking paper;
• three small buttons;
• thread with a needle or glue;
• a sheet of plain white paper;
• A sheet of colored paper, combined with the overall gamut of the future postcard;
• an envelope for a postcard.

We proceed to manufacture a shirt from paper according to the instructions below:

1. Fold the shirt out of scrapbooking paper as described above or according to the scheme.
2. Decorate the artwork with buttons, sewing them or gluing.
3. Fold a sheet of colored paper in the form of a book, from the top, glue a sheet of white paper with rounded ends.
4. On the top of the card, decorate the shirt you made earlier.
5. It remains only to write a beautiful congratulation.

Another interesting postcard in the form of a shirt for men can be done without using the origami technique. Prepare a sheet of scrapbooking paper, a sheet of colored paper, glue. Create such a craft is very simple, it will take you no more than 10 minutes.

1. Fold a sheet of scrapbooking paper in half in book form.
2. At the top of the postcard cover, exactly in the middle, make a small incision of about 1-1.5 cm in length.
3. And then bend aside the corners created at the notch, thus forming the collar of the shirt.
4. From the colored paper, cut out the tie and paste it to the postcard.
5. Glue this accessory to the postcard. It remains only to write beautiful words dear to you people.

Done!