DIY gifts for girls: 15 ideas for fashionistas

Flowers made of paper or fabric

Making flowers is one of the crafts that can be done in different ways. You can make paper flowers or fabric flowers.

These easy crafts for girls are very popular because flowers are easy to make and can be used to decorate a room or clothes. Those children who have experience in needlework can make flowers of various shapes and sizes.

Assembling the firing structure

To bring the pistol into combat condition, it is necessary to correctly complete the assembly of the structure:

• make a couple of thin yellow tubes;
• bend one of them in the form of a horseshoe and insert one end into the trigger tube, and the other into the tube underneath, cut off the excess. Get the trigger;
• Make a release from the second tube by inserting one edge of it into the handle tube second from the top, and fasten the second edge to the bottom of the barrel;
• make a pink tube, give it the shape of a ribbon and cover the handle with it, leaving an open hole at the back;
• remove the trigger hook from the upper tube of the handle and install the spring in the hole so that it rests against the tube at the back of the handle, and insert the trigger back;
• make another yellow tube, secure the shape with tape and cut it evenly along the edges;
• make a small hook from one edge, hook an elastic band to it and glue;
• insert the prepared tube with an elastic band into the lower barrel and push the elastic band forward, securing it between the tubes;
• make paper bullets of the appropriate diameter, load the gun and shoot.

A detailed master class will help you understand the creation of a pistol in more detail.

Heart made of woolen threads

This could be a cute gift for Valentine's Day. A ball of yarn and a little time is all you need to make this craft.

Draw the outline of a heart as large as you like on cardboard and cut it out. Start wrapping yarn around the heart until you get the size you want or the threads are completely gone.

Crafts for mom on March 8

Our mothers and grandmothers deserve the best gifts. On March 8, you can make beautiful unusual crafts for your mother or grandmother: for example, a three-dimensional ball with flowers and butterflies or a heart with paper flowers.

Volumetric ball with flowers and butterflies

A craft that can truly surprise a loved one.

What you will need:

• glue gun;
• a simple pencil;
• balloon;
• white sheet of cardboard;
• ribbon and flowers to decorate crafts;
• colored paper;
• beads;
• scissors;
• PVA glue;
• Knitting;
• needle;
• glass

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Inflate the balloon.
2. Thread a knitting thread through the cup, fill the cup with PVA glue, the thread should be completely immersed in the glue - this will be a blank for the future web for the ball.
3. Wrap the ball with thread from the cup in any order.
4. The ball will need to dry for 12 hours.
5. On a white sheet of cardboard, draw half the silhouette of a butterfly, cut it out - you will get a template for creating paper butterflies.
6. Fold a small piece of colored paper in half, transfer the butterfly template onto the colored paper, cut out the shape - make several multi-colored butterflies.
7. Pierce the dried balloon with a needle and carefully remove the burst balloon from the web.
8. Using a heat gun, cover the ball with butterflies, beads, and decorative flowers.
9. Tie a ribbon to the finished ball so that it can be hung.

Video instruction:

Heart with paper flowers

As a sign of love for your mother or grandmother.

What you will need:

• two sheets of colored paper: pink and red;
• a simple pencil;
• compass;
• scissors;
• glue gun;
• a sheet of white cardboard;
• satin ribbon and beads for decoration (optional).

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Fold a sheet of pink paper 4-6 times - the fewer layers, the larger the hearts you will get.
2. On a folded sheet of paper, draw a circle using a compass or a suitable round object, cut it out - you will get 4-6 circles.
3. In the same way, make circles from a sheet of red paper.
4. Cut each circle in a spiral, wrap it around a pencil and secure with a glue gun - you will get 8-12 roses; you can glue a bead to the center of each flower.
5. Draw a heart silhouette on white cardboard and cut it out - this will be the basis of the craft.
6. Cover the base of the craft with roses.
7. If desired, glue a ribbon to the inside of the resulting heart so that the craft can be hung.

Video instruction:

Wall decorations

When it comes to wall decorations, there are many options for DIY girls' crafts. In this case, you can make simple decorative elements from fabric that are not that difficult to make. Multi-colored fabric heart-shaped decorations add interest to the wall.

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Crafts for March 8th in kindergarten

It is difficult to surprise kindergarten teachers - the more experience, the more crafts the teachers have already seen. But you can still impress sophisticated people: the most beautiful children's crafts - for example, a voluminous paper heart, paper flowers in a pot, a bouquet of cotton pads and cotton swabs - do not disappoint, even if the teacher has already seen similar work.

Volumetric paper heart

An unusual craft that can be made as a postcard, adding a text greeting, or decorated as a holiday composition on a beautiful background.

What you will need:

• a sheet of red colored paper;
• a sheet of red cardboard;
• scissors;
• ruler;
• a simple pencil;
• PVA glue;
• cardboard or a sheet of thick paper for the background.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Fold a sheet of red paper in half, cut along the fold into two equal parts.
2. Place one part of the paper aside, make a square from the second part, cutting off the excess length.
3. Fold the square in half, on one half draw the silhouettes of half the heart according to the matryoshka principle: first the largest silhouette, inside it there is a smaller silhouette, inside the next one there is an even smaller one - you should get five silhouettes in total.
4. Next you need to cut out the resulting silhouettes: the largest one up to the fold line, smaller silhouettes - about 0.5 centimeters short of the fold line, cut out the smallest one up to the fold line.
5. Unfold the resulting shaped heart and set it aside.
6. Trim the red cardstock and background cardstock to fit the finished heart, and so that the red cardstock is slightly larger than the background.
7. Glue a sheet of paper for the background onto the red cardboard.
8. Using a pencil or thin brush, curl the edges of the heart to make the edges stand out.
9. Apply glue to the heart where the fold was and glue it to the background.
10. Using a ruler, lift the edges of the heart - this will make the work look three-dimensional.

Master class for crafts:

Flowers in a pot

A voluminous applique made of corrugated paper is quick to make and is equally suitable for an exhibition or as a gift for a teacher.

What you will need:

• pink and green corrugated paper;
• yellow or brown colored paper;
• a sheet of white cardboard for the background;
• scissors;
• glue stick.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. From yellow or brown colored paper you will need to cut out a flower pot for the applique, slightly smaller than a sheet of cardboard for the background.
2. Glue the cut out pot onto cardboard; you can additionally decorate the pot using bright colored paper (for example, stick on ribbons and a geometric pattern).
3. Make leaves from green corrugated paper - enough so that they occupy almost the entire remaining part of the background, glue them to a sheet of cardboard.
4. Roll pink corrugated paper into buds and glue them to the leaves in any order.

Video instruction:

Bouquet of callas made from cotton pads and cotton swabs

What you will need:

• blue and green colored paper;
• three cotton pads;
• two cotton swabs;
• glue stick;
• curly or regular scissors;
• yellow felt-tip pen.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Make a square from a blue sheet, cutting off the excess length.
2. Make two adjacent sides of the square wavy using curly or regular scissors.
3. Turn the square so that it lies in front of you in a diamond shape, folding both sides of the edge as if you were folding an airplane.
4. Turn off the corners of the resulting bouquet base and glue the edges to the rest of the base.
5. Color the heads of the cotton swabs with a yellow felt-tip pen, cut both sticks in half - you will need three halves.
6. Roll a cotton pad into a funnel shape to create a calla flower, place a cotton swab inside the funnel and secure the structure with glue.
7. From the remaining cotton pads, make two more of the same flowers.
8. The leaves for the flowers need to be cut out of green paper.
9. Glue cotton pad flowers and paper leaves to the bouquet base.

Craft for March 8 - calla lilies from cotton pads and cotton swabs, video instructions:

Dream catchers

Making a dream catcher is not that difficult and interesting for girls. Girls can hang it on their bedroom door, it also looks good on the door and in the room. To make it you will need threads, feathers and a circle base.

Mirrors

Every girl wants to have a princess mirror. These are very common crafts for girls.

Simply decorate the mirror with whatever you like, such as buttons, paper, etc. If you have a favorite small mirror, grab some glue, some lace and artificial flowers to decorate the mirror.

Glass mosaic

This idea is suitable for older girls. Glass crafts are interesting and never boring. There are different things you can do with glass.

You can make a photo frame using the mosaic technique or a mirror frame. You can hang it on the wall in your home, or you can use it for parties to illuminate the room at night.

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Charm bracelets

This is the most common type of crafts made by every girl. It is not difficult to make a bracelet with pendants; they are woven from threads or beads.

This is a perfect idea for cute crafts for girls and teens as they love to wear bracelets.

Celebrating 6, 7 and 8 years

At 6, 7 and 8 years old, girls are still such children! Therefore, all kinds of handmade toys as a birthday gift will be just right. They can be felted from wool, knitted from threads, sewn from fabric or fur, or made from textiles. There are a great many techniques for creating non-souvenir gaming dolls. Choose according to your taste and skills.

Art collage

It's amazing how a sheet of paper filled with watercolor drawings, stickers and magazine clippings becomes a real work of art. Take a thick sheet of paper or cardboard, bright pages from magazines. Cut out what you like and paste it onto the sheet. The finished collage can be framed.

For girls, creativity and handicrafts are always exciting. If they like making things with their own hands, then they don't need to spend a lot of money buying gifts for friends and family. They can save their budget by making their own gift option based on their creativity.

All these crafts are easy to make and are the best craft ideas. Encourage your child to try making them, glue and cut with him if necessary.

Very soon, your child will not only know how to make crafts for girls, but will also be able to come up with more ideas and become a more creative person.

Toys and candy

Bouquets for girls made from toys and sweets are an excellent gift solution. Every girl not only dreams of becoming a princess and having all the necessary accessories, she also has a sweet tooth who will be delighted with candies and sweets. But simply giving a child chocolate is not interesting, because the baby will eat it and forget it without experiencing joyful emotions. You can collect your favorite candies into an original and unusual bouquet by adding small toys (preferably soft ones) to the composition. How happy a girl will be when she receives, for example, a teddy bear holding a chocolate candy or a bouquet of flowers as a gift. She will remember such an original gift with vivid emotions and impressions for many years.

Bouquets for girls made from toys and sweets are an excellent gift solution.

The question of what to do with a child is often asked by parents and teachers. The answer arises itself: DIY crafts.

The child can do them independently, as well as with the help of adults. The resulting masterpieces can be used to decorate the interior, play games, and as a gift to loved ones and friends. The best gift is considered to be one made with one's own hands. A little creativity, patience and imagination - and the idea turns into a work of art.

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