Paper fan
A fan is the most common paper craft. Making a paper fan is quite simple, but there are some subtleties.
Fold an ordinary sheet of double-sided colored A4 paper in half along the transverse line. Open the sheet, bend each edge to the center line. Open it again and there are three folds.
Fold the edge closest to you to the first marked line - another fold is formed. Unfold and fold the same edge to the far (upper) marked line. This is the next fold. Do all these steps with the opposite edge of the sheet.
Open the workpiece and turn it over with the folds facing up. Fold the edge of the sheet closest to you to the first convex fold.
Grab the first convex fold and fold it to the second. Continue folding the paper like an accordion, grabbing each convex fold and folding it to the next one. Fold the last convex fold to the edge of the sheet.
Now fold the resulting accordion in half, first bending one free edge. Bend the accordion so that the bent edge is inside the bent accordion (does not bend around it from above). Fold the corners of the bent edge - bend the upper corners together downwards, and the lower ones upwards.
Fold the bent edge with the folded corners into the middle of the accordion. Unfold the fan and hide the part with the bent corners inside. Use your fingers to press the folds well. To uncover. Your DIY paper fan is ready!
Other options and materials
It is also very popular to create fans from non-standard materials. For example, from disposable forks or spoons, as in the video below.
Juice straws also make excellent specimens.
Glue the tubes onto the cardboard base.
If you use a heat gun while working, be careful not to burn yourself or melt the plastic.
Using a stapler, we secure a strip of organza or mesh at the base. We put a fold on each tube.
We cover the cardboard base itself with a piece of beautiful fabric and ribbons.
We continue decorating to the top of the tubes.
As can be seen from the article, fans can be created using various materials and methods. Whether you know how to knit and/or crochet, whether you like to work with paper, non-standard materials, whether you are preparing for summer or a party, you can always find an option that is right for you.
Japanese fan
You will need:
- Paper with a patterned design, preferably Japanese themed - a sheet approximately 50-60 centimeters long. In principle, any paper will do, but a product made from special paper purchased at a craft store will look more professional.
- Glue “Moment Crystal” or glue gun.
- Scissors, tape.
- Two flat sticks (you can use Eskimo ice cream).
Step by step process
Carefully, slowly, fold the strip of patterned paper into a tight, uniform accordion pattern in increments of 1-1.5 cm. Wrap the lower part of the fan with tape. To be safe, it is better to make several turns. Glue flat sticks to the edges of the fan.
Important! The sticks must rest against the tape, and under no circumstances go over it, otherwise the fan will not be able to open.
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Unfold the finished product - your DIY Japanese fan is ready!
After practicing on these simple models, you can move on to more complex options - made of fabric, feathers, using the fan principle, or wall masterpieces!
How to make a photo frame
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What you will need
- Pages of a magazine or newspaper;
- glue;
- scissors;
- pencil;
- toothpick;
- double-sided paper in pink and green colors.
How to do
This frame, like most similar crafts, will need to be glued on top of the photo.
So choose a photo that you have a duplicate of in digital or printed form. Take a magazine page or cut a sheet of newspaper to A4 size. Roll it into a tight tube diagonally, starting from the corner. Secure the end with glue so that the part does not unfold.
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You will need 10 of these tubes. Trim them to the same size on both edges. If the frame is intended for a standard photo measuring 10 × 15 cm, then all the tubes should be 15 cm long.
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Glue three of them together.
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Make another part in the same way, connecting the next three tubes and two elements from blanks glued in pairs. Make a frame out of them.
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Apply glue to the ends of the triple parts and attach them to the double parts. Allow the glue to dry completely to ensure the frame holds tightly.
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Make flowers for decoration. Fold a square of pink paper measuring 7 × 7 cm in half twice. Then fold this blank diagonally so that the two folded sides meet.
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Cut the side without folds of the resulting paper triangle using wavy movements so that when folded you get a petal.
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Unfold the leaf - it should turn into a flat flower with eight petals. You will need five of these blanks. Make a cut on one of the flowers, separating two adjacent petals.
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Place the cut petals overlapping and glue them together - you will get a slightly curved flower of seven petals. Take the second flat piece and cut off one petal from there. Combine the remaining ones and glue a flower of six petals.
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Cut two petals from the third flat piece. Glue a flower of five petals, as shown below, and separately a cone of two cut petals. Perform a similar operation with the fifth flat element, obtaining flowers of four and three petals.
In total you will get seven tiers of flowers. Collect them into one voluminous flower, gluing the tiers into each other as the petals decrease - from the base of eight petals to the middle of two. If necessary, you can slightly trim the bottoms of the last layers so that they fit better to the previous ones and do not stick out too much. To decorate the frame you will need two such voluminous flowers. If the progress of the work raises questions, watch the video at the end of the instructions.
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To make another type of flower, remove the corners from a 7 x 7 cm square and cut it in a spiral to create approximately three turns.
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Roll the resulting spiral into a tube, starting from the outer end. For convenience, you can wrap the paper around something thin, such as an awl or a toothpick.
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Apply glue to the central part of the spiral, attach the rolled tube to it with the bottom and loosen it a little - so that you get a rose on a paper base.
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You will need eight of these elements. You can roll them more or less tightly, or you can vary the size of the bud, increasing or decreasing the number of turns of the spiral blank. Glue large flowers in the corners of the frame, and small ones on its sides.
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Fold green paper several times, draw a twig with leaves on it and cut it out. Glue the branches near the flowers.
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Also prepare branches of a different size and secure them to the tubes.
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Here are step-by-step instructions for making this frame:
What other options are there?
You can make an unusual heart-shaped frame out of paper:
You can also use rice to decorate:
Even a child can make a simple frame with roses from newspapers:
