How to make a gift for mom from paper?

Mom is the main person in our life. If you want to please her and make a nice gift with your own hands, surprise her with an original paper gift. Such a surprise will cause her tears of tenderness, as you put your soul and heart into it.

To make a gift from paper, you can use not only this material, but you will also need additional tools. Here is a sample list of required accessories.

• Paper and cardboard. This is the basis of the whole surprise. A huge amount of such materials are sold in stores in various price categories. You can combine different colors, textures, and there are even iridescent instances. There is cardboard, similar in texture to fabric or covered with sequins. Colored paper is easy to cut, it is often used as the basis for flowers, butterflies and other figures. White paper will serve as a backdrop for a card or applique. Both cardboard and paper can be used to make a wonderful DIY gift.
• Colored ribbons. They can also be used by decorating the top elements of paper and cardboard. From ribbons you can twist a bow or put them in the form of a basket, fix with glue, and glue paper flowers on top.
• Stickers. You can decorate the finished surprise with beautiful stickers. You can get them in stores with office supplies. It’s better to choose something festive: flowers, balls, hearts.
• Beads and rhinestones. You can make beads, beads or rhinestones to make the middle of flowers or eyes to animals on your gift. These elements will be interesting to look at the composition, emphasizing its originality.
• Scissors. High-quality sharp scissors will help you to work with materials accurately and not to spoil them. It is better to choose this item with pointed ends, so that it is convenient to cut small details.
• Glue. Without PVA glue or an adhesive pencil, you are unlikely to be able to fasten the details of the gift. If the surprise will consist entirely of paper, then a regular pencil should be enough. Thicker and larger parts require strong glue, such as PVA.

What can be done as a gift to your beloved mother? There are quite a few options, but we will consider in more detail on the card, applications and origami. Learn how to do these cute things step by step.

A postcard is a compact and pleasant surprise. Mom will be able to put her on the desktop or dresser and periodically remember you, looking at this picture. In this craft you can put all the love and tenderness, as well as express them in words of congratulation. A postcard does not take up much space and can be stored for many years. The instruction for its creation includes several steps.

1. Decide on an idea. What will your card look like? Open with a panorama or simply contain a beautiful cover and content.
2. Prepare the foundation. It is better to use thin cardboard for these purposes to give it strength. Fold it in half and make cuts at the fold if you want to make a panoramic postcard. Turn out the cuts inward, and glue the outer side with a layer of paper so that no cracks are visible.
3. Glue the elements of the card. This stage is the main one. It is important to carefully place all the elements as intended. Do not spare the glue and try to do everything qualitatively the first time.
4. Make a congratulatory inscription. Consider what holiday a surprise is made for and write nice words and congratulations. It’s good to say how much you love your mother and how much good you wish her.

If there is not so much time for a gift, but you really want to please your mom with a surprise made by yourself, then take up the application. This craft can be of various subjects.

If you present it in honor of the New Year, then images of Christmas balls and garlands will be appropriate, and on March 8 it is better to attach pictures of flowers and chocolates to the applique.

Step-by-step instructions include several steps.

1. Think over an idea - what exactly will be depicted on your application. The whole creative process begins with an idea.
2. Prepare a background on which your creation will be located. It is better to choose it in contrast with the main elements of the application, so that they look more advantageous.
3. Sketch in pencil. It’s much more convenient to attach applique elements over easily erased markings. So you are definitely not mistaken when you create your masterpiece. Draw all the elements on the back of colored paper or cardboard so that they can be cut.
4. Cut out all the elements from paper and cardboard. Try to do this carefully and clearly so as not to spoil the material. The smallest pieces of the applique are best cut with nail scissors.
5. Glue them on the previously prepared background. The final stage of the application consists in gluing its elements to the sheet. Decorate the entire composition on top with sequins or stickers to give it a festive look.

Crafts are different in complexity. One of the difficult options is a surprise from origami. This is the Japanese art of folding paper from various figures of animals, birds and even flowers. Using this technique, you can put together a whole bouquet as a gift to your mother for her birthday.

There are a lot of types of figures, but you should consider the following step-by-step drawing up of one of the most popular figures - a crane:

• prepare a square sheet of paper (you can color);
• fold it into a triangle - that is, pull one vertex of the square to the opposite and bend the fold line;
• fold the resulting triangle in half again;
• turn out the triangle, and squeeze its angle to the bottom of the resulting figure - you get a rhombus;
• unfold the sheet and repeat the same on the other side;
• put the rhombus in front of you and press the sides to its central axis, as if you were folding your nose at a paper airplane;
• wrap the top of the rhombus along the line of its folded sidewalls;
• turn the resulting figure back into a rhombus - now you have the necessary fold lines for subsequent actions;
• pull the rhombus by the lower corner upwards, fold it along the previously made fold lines;
• repeat actions from the opposite side;
• you should get a rhombus with sharper upper and lower corners;
• fold the lateral sides of the rhombus again to its central axis - perform this action on the reverse side in the same way;
• open the rhombus and fold in its lower peaks, then open it again on the previous side;
• pull out the former vertices of the rhombus slightly, and bend one of them forward - this is the head of the crane; pull the wings with your hands - they should open;
• the crane is ready - you can paint it, draw your eyes and beak, or you can thread the rope through the back to decorate it with a chandelier or window opening.

A gift in the form of an origami figurine will certainly please your mom.

In fact, there are many ideas for a gift made of paper. Making them is quite simple, and the surprise will be just wonderful. We bring to your attention several options for such crafts that you can give your mom with or without.

• Collage. Use old magazines to cut photos from them and make a collage. If your whole family will soon go to the sea, then glue on the background of the sea beach photos of your family members with your mother at the head. And you can also make a funny surprise: find the image of your mom’s dream machine and paste a photo of you and your mom on the driver’s seat. She would laugh heartily at such a craft.

• Beautiful box. Take an old box, for example, from shoes, glue it with paper or even wallpaper. Decorate it inside: velvet paper is perfect for decorating the inner layer. You can make dividing compartments from cardboard.

• Envelope It’s easy to fold the envelope: look carefully at how the regular mail copy is made and repeat in practice. Make it out of colored paper and cardboard, and decorate it with applications, stickers and sparkles on top.

• Picture. Draw a beautiful picture on a sheet of paper or cardboard, you can decorate it with applique elements. The pattern with volumetric inserts will look original.

• Notebook. Cut small sheets of paper and fasten them with a stapler, you can pre-make a cardboard cover. Decorate the notebook on top with a beautiful pattern or the same application.

• Chain of paper rings. Cut small strips of paper and glue the first into the ring. After passing another strip through the first, lock it into a ring. Gradually, you will get a long chain, the links of which can be made of all colors of the rainbow.

Here's how many paper crafts you can present to your beloved mother as a gift. Do not be afraid to experiment to surprise her. In any case, mom will be very pleased.

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