Craft enthusiasts know the variety of possibilities that crafting with crepe paper offers. Various things can be made from colorful crepe paper, from flowers with bright colors, to pictures, decorations for every season and for festive occasions, to cute animal figures. In today's article we have selected some craft ideas for you that children can get involved in and have a lot of fun doing. Be inspired by our picture gallery and plan the next exciting craft afternoon with your little ones.
Make decorations for your birthday
If your child's birthday is coming up, you're probably already thinking about itfestive decoration. Of course, we always make an effort to create unique decorations so that the children feel very special on this special day. The anticipation of the upcoming party will be even greater if your child can help design and craft. Treat him to this experience and create an atmospheric decoration. Your child's letter or birthday number, for example, can be quickly made from construction paper and colorful crepe paper pieces and conjure up a cheerful atmosphere.
If you want to create a festive wall decoration, you can make colorful and magnificent flowers with crepe paper. Whether it's oversized roses, tulips or tiny flowers, you're sure to succeed with the colorful flowers. They don't let their heads down straight away and are finished in no time. It's best to let your children decide for themselves which flowers will decorate the room and make them with masking tape.
Not onlyat a children's birthday partyThe garlands transform any room into an inviting and colorful paradise. Create a colorful crepe paper garland with your child. All you need is crepe paper in colors that match the theme of the celebration and the rest of the decorations. The variants for making the garlands are almost endless and you can of course develop your own creations, which are often the result of experimentation.
If you want to make the party food more appetizing and inviting for your little guests, decorating the treats with your next craft project together is a great idea. What do you think of these colorful muffin plugs? Your child is welcome to cut thin strips of different colors of masking tape, shape them into tassels and then glue them to a wooden stick.
Make crepe paper flowers
Children can toocraft for Mother's Daywith crepe paper. A bouquet of homemade roses will undoubtedly melt a mother's heart. Children of kindergarten age will probably still need your help, but the brightly beautiful paper flowers are a suitable crepe paper craft idea for toddlers too. If you want to make the classic flower craft with children, cut a five centimeter wide piece from a roll of crepe paper, unroll it and let your little fingers wrap the masking tape around a wooden skewer or ballpoint pen.
Children can make crepe flowers in different shapes and colors. In addition to bouquets, the beautiful, colorful flowers also create magical decorations for spring or autumn. Crepe paper flowers of all kinds can be made in just a few minutes and with just a few simple steps. They are also versatile.
For example, you can design a unique flower crown with your daughter that she will proudly wear at a festive event. To do this, you will need pieces of crepe paper of the same size and a paper rope for the headdress. Give your child a small ball and have them wrap the crepe paper around the ball like candy. The top side should be left open. The small boats created in this way represent the individual petals and are tied to the rope in the shape of flowers and arranged next to each other. You are welcome to make a spring wreath with flowers.
DIY pictures with crepe paper
Making pictures with crepe paper is also very easy. If you want to create a pretty picture with a spring-like motif, you will need craft tape, some pipe cleaners and a sheet of paper. Get crepe paper in different colors and have your child cut strips out of it. To make a butterfly, the children have to stack the strips in two piles and use flexible plush to shape the body and antennae of the flying beauty. Simply stick it on the paper and the 3D image is ready in no time.
Design cute animals
You can use the elastic and finely folded paper with your childfunny animalscreate in bright colors. There are no limits to your imagination here. For example, a crepe paper pompom can be turned into a cute turtle, owl or ladybug that hangs from the ceiling in the child's room and puts a smile on your child's face.
Even small children can make crafts with crepe paper. Simply choose an animal motif, cut out its outlines from paper and let your children first make paper scraps from the craft crepe. Now you can stick it together on the animal figure and finally give the animal a face. You can find beautiful templates online that you can decorate as you wish. Crepe paper scraps can also be easily rolled into small balls that can be glued together.
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