DIY napkin applique - interesting ideas

Applications are a fairly popular type of creativity that you can do together with your child.

They are made from a variety of materials, from paper to precious stones, and therefore can have an original and attractive look.

Required materials and tools for manufacturing

Due to its availability, the most common material for crafts is paper, and napkins are the most convenient for children. The latter are easily torn and crumpled into lumps, which are used to fill the contours of the drawings. They can also be cut or twisted into bundles, which allows the creation of volumetric images.

Another advantage of napkins is their wide range of colors, allowing you to create pictures in any palette. Most of the appliqués require the following materials and tools:

• a sheet of thick paper or cardboard for the base;
• colored napkins;
• plain and colored pencils;
• glue, PVA or pencil;
• scissors.

Note! Different types of glue are suitable for different application techniques.

We make applications from napkins

"Twisted tubes"

This technique will additionally require thin wooden skewers. The work is done as follows:

1. Cut napkins of the required colors into four parts.
2. Place a skewer at the corner of one of the pieces and wrap a napkin around it.
   

   Note! It is necessary to carry out a tight winding so that the resulting tubes are dense and thin.

   

3. Perform the required number of blanks of various colors in accordance with the composition. The contour of the conceived pattern can be depicted on paper or cardboard.
4. Glue the tubes carefully. It is better to start with a stroke along the path, gradually filling all the internal space.

   

   There should be no gaps between elements. The following parts should be glued only after the previous ones have completely dried.

Note! To shape some of the details, the tubes can be squeezed at both ends for a corrugated effect. Such elements can be used when creating flowers.

Flowers

To make the application of flowers from napkins using this technique, you will additionally need a knitting needle and threads to match the napkins. The application is performed as follows:

1. Cut napkins into four squares along the fold lines.
2. Wind the resulting squares onto the knitting needle, moving from the corner. Move the napkin on both sides to the middle, then remove the workpiece from the knitting needle.
3. Slightly push the resulting accordion apart and lower its ends down, supporting them to the middle. This part is a blank for a petal.
4. Fix the ends of the petal with a thread to match.
   

   Note! For one flower, you can use a different number of petals, but the best option is eight - four large and four smaller.

5. Similarly, prepare the core of the flower, which should be smaller than the petals. Trim the ends of all blanks.
6. Form leaves in a similar manner. The only difference is the need to sharpen them at the end.
7. Connect all elements. On a sheet of thick cardboard, you must first glue large petals, then small ones, then - the core and leaves.

Note! For such an application, it is better to use a glue stick, since its liquid analog is able to soak the workpieces and spoil them.

Pink tree

For this applique, you should choose napkins in hot pink and juicy green colors. Additionally, it will require pieces of white napkin and gold paint.

The work is carried out according to the following scheme:

1. Form one small and two medium flowers from pink napkins, and one medium from green ones. To do this, you need to cut out the petals of a natural round shape and trim them slightly in the form of triangles.
2. Cut the green blanks into two leaves with a pair of petals and one single petal. Then divide the green base into separate leaves.
3. Glue the flowers, shifting the petals relative to each other so that there is no free space left. First, you should stick two medium pink flowers, then a small pink one.
4. Twist from small white pieces of stamens and cover them with golden paint.
5. Fix the stamens in the center of the flower.
6. Glue green leaves on the underside of the flower, then put all the parts together and fasten with glue.

Cheerful teddy bear

The main element of this appliqué is twisted napkins in white and blue colors.

The work process is as follows:

1. Draw a template in the form of a smiling polar bear on a sheet of cardboard or paper.
2. Cut the napkins into four strips of equal size. Each of them must be twisted along in such a way that a dense tube is obtained.
3. Using PVA glue, consistently fix the strips, placing them end-to-end to each other so as to hide the joints. The edging of the torso and abdomen, the eyes and the scarf are made of blue details, and the rest of the space is filled with white.
4. Use a napkin in a contrasting color, for example, red, to twist the nose and smile elements. Stick them in the same way.

Herringbone from openwork napkins

For this work, you will need a white openwork paper napkin and sequins with a diameter of 0.5 mm in red and gold, as well as in the form of snowflakes. It is better to use paper of a contrasting color as a background, for example, dark green.

The application is performed as follows:

1. Cut the round napkin into several pieces. To do this, you first need to determine the center from which the rays for the cuts will diverge. It is necessary to cut out three triangles, the openwork edge of each of which should be slightly smaller than the previous one.
2. Glue a large triangle to the bottom of the backing paper.
   

   Note! A dry glue stick should be used in the work.

3. Place a medium triangle and secure with glue. Proceed in the same way with the smallest part, the protruding crown.
4. Decorate the Christmas tree by pasting the bottom semicircular edges with alternating gold and red sequins.
5. Glue a sequin in the shape of a snowflake to the top. Place the rest of the snowflakes in the free space of the postcard.

Volumetric star

This craft requires metal wire.

Volumetric napkin applique is performed according to the following instructions:

1. Open the napkin and fold so that the pair of outer edges are centered.
2. Rotate the napkin 90 ° and fold a couple of outer edges towards the center.Repeat the action.
3. Fold the resulting rectangle in half along the center line so as to form a dense strip, then unfold the napkin.
4. Fold the part with an accordion along the fold line, then unfold and fold the accordion again, but in the opposite direction.
5. Wrap the resulting accordion with metal wire in the center.
6. Bend each corner of the napkin inward at a 45 ° angle. You need to get four corners on all sides of the accordion.
7. Connect the ends of the accordions on both sides to form a star.

Craft ideas for the holidays

Crafts from napkins are optimal for the holidays, since they are lightweight and can be used to decorate the interior.

The options can be as follows:

1. Garland. It will require bright or delicate napkins and satin ribbons. Volumetric flowers are formed from them.
2. Volumetric balls. To make them, you need openwork napkins, multi-colored ribbons, glue and a stapler. Flowers are created from them, with which the ball is pasted over.
3. Photo zone decoration. From napkins, you can form a background in any style, for example, in the form of delicate flowers. As a basis, you can use lining, plywood or cardboard.

   

   Note! If you take a light material as a basis, then the photo zone can be made mobile.

4. Volumetric figures. In this case, a frame is created from foam or cardboard, which is pasted over with napkins. The latter are required to form lush details, usually in the form of flowers.
5. Christmas wreath. To make it, you need white or green napkins and a foam base. To add opulence to the wreath, you can use fluted scissors to cut out the details.

Serving Ideas

One of the main options for decorating a festive table is beautifully placed napkins. You can use both simple addition and spectacular swirling shapes. Single elements are placed in glasses or on plates, and a separate place is reserved for compositions in a napkin holder.

You can offer the following serving options:

1. Easter Bunny. Created from a plain square napkin of any color.
2. Christmas tree. You can make both a craft of any thematic orientation, or a classic green herringbone for the whole plate.
3. Flower. It can be made of napkins of various colors and techniques of varying complexity.

Popular ideas from the Internet

In addition to appliqués and serving figures, the following crafts can be made from napkins:

• butterflies from corrugated napkins, fastened with wire;
• voluminous carnations on the stems;
• wire ballerinas;
• topiary in a flower pot;
• voluminous Christmas trees;
• cartoon characters.

Having step-by-step instructions, it is not difficult to make a do-it-yourself napkin applique. As a result of this fascinating process, you can get a pretty product that can become a cozy interior decoration.

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