Crafts from a waste material - this is a separate direction of needlework. What is especially nice, this kind of creativity is accessible to everyone and is not limited to anything, except the master's fantasy. We bring to your attention an interesting idea. A herringbone of napkins (you can make it with your own hands quite easily) can be done even by a child for the minimum amount of time and from materials that can be found in any house.
Christmas tree from openwork napkins
If you happen to accidentally find round openwork napkins for desserts and pastries, you can make an interesting Christmas tree. From the cardboard, build a cone of the right size, glue it or staple it with a stapler. Take the napkins and cut them in the center of the circle so that they can be easily put on the workpiece. If desired, decorative "skirts" can be painted with paint or left in the original white color. More interestingly, your Christmas tree made of paper napkins will look like if you take different sizes of workpieces and place the largest ones from below, and the smallest ones on top. Carefully glue the paper lace to the cone-base. How many napkins will it take to make a Christmas tree? It all depends on how lush you want it to be. It will be enough 3-5 pieces depending on the height of the cone. But you can stick and much more, placing them close to each other.
Fluffy fur-tree from napkins by own hands: we learn to do paper florets
A very beautiful and interesting tree can be made from paper flowers. To make such crafts, you can use napkins for table setting, as well as toilet paper or corrugated paper. Find a round object of a suitable size, the ideal cup for juice or a jar of cream is ideal. Once the template is selected, it's time to prepare the paper. If you have multi-layer napkins for table layout, you can start cutting. Corrugated or toilet paper is folded into 8-12 layers. How to make a herringbone of napkin-flowers? All is simple enough - on paper circle the chosen circle, its center is fastened with a stapler, and then cut out in a circle. Then the real magic begins. You have to gently raspushit every layer of paper. As a result, you should get a flower-ball, like a carnation. Now be patient and make a lot of these pieces.
How to collect a Christmas tree from flowers?
Once you make enough balls-flowers, you can start assembling the Christmas tree. From a cardboard or a dense paper make a cone and begin from below to glue it with paper preparations. Try to place the balls-flowers as close to each other, so much so that the base is not visible. Useful advice: a more beautiful and original herringbone will look if you arrange the elements from a napkin in rows in a staggered order. Accordingly, the closer you get to the top, the less paper flowers you will have in one row. Herringbone made of napkins, made with her own hands in this technique, can be additionally decorated with sequins and miniature toys. Do not forget to make a beautiful top for a Christmas tree, and if you want, you can put the hand-crafted article on a beautiful stand.
Christmas tree of napkins for the little ones
Handmade "Christmas tree" of napkins paper can be a great idea for children's creativity. Very little children are unlikely to be able to collect a tree from blanks, flowers. Invite the child to paste a cone of cardboard with strips of paper arbitrarily. Also no less interesting and original Christmas tree can be done if you cut out paper fringe from a napkin and paste it in even rows. In addition, it is possible to glue the workpiece with whole large pieces of paper, forming pleats and interesting draperies to suit your taste.
How to decorate a homemade Christmas tree?
The Christmas tree should be elegantly decorated and festively decorated. If your Christmas tree (you can build a real masterpiece from napkins yourself, you just need to show some patience and give vent to your imagination) is made of paper flowers, you can do without additional decor. Just make the balls colorful and alternate them when assembling the craft. Very gently on the desktop homemade herringbone look small beads. They can be glued loose or garlands. Take a foil or shiny paper, cut out small stars and circles and glue such "toys" on your Christmas tree. The handmade "Christmas tree" of napkins, collected from individual paper flowers, can be made on the basis of a large cone. If desired, such globules can be glued even a workpiece 1-1.5 meters high, just make sure the structure is stable. Such a large Christmas tree can be decorated with New Year's toys and shining rain or tinsel. Try to make several different Christmas trees, experimenting with decor techniques and size, and decorate the entire apartment.