23 original DIY crafts for March 8

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Vases, photo frames and flowers from inexpensive scrap materials.

How to make a paper bouquet

What is needed

• Red paper;
• light decorative paper;
• unnecessary paper of any color (or newspaper);
• golden ribbon;
• Red ribbon;
• scissors;
• pencil;
• glue and / or glue gun;
• a plate or other round shape with a diameter of about 10 cm.

How to do

Place the plate on red paper and trace with a pencil. Fold the sheet several times, the outline should remain on top. Cut out paper circles. In total, you need about 20 pieces. Their exact number will depend on the size of the ball at the base of the bouquet.

Draw a spiral on the top paper circle with a coil width of about 2 cm and cut the circles along this outline. It is better to make no more than four or five blanks at a time.

Roll the spiral into a tube starting in the middle. Dissolve it slightly to make a rose with a diameter of 2-3 cm.

Secure the outer end of the spiral with glue. Repeat the same with all the blanks. You will have 20 roses.

Crumple unwanted paper or newspaper into a tight ball the size of your palm.

Wrap the ball in red paper. Precision is not needed here - crumple the paper as if sculpting a snowball. Secure the edges with glue to prevent the ball from unrolling.

Roll a tube about 20 cm long from a sheet of red paper, secure the edge of the paper with glue.

Glue the end side of the straw to the paper ball.

Glue the ball with paper spirals-roses, pressing each bottom to its surface.

Glue the golden bow at the top of the tube, under the bouquet.

Wrap the arrangement in decorative paper and tie it with a red ribbon.

You can see how such a bouquet is made in more detail here:

What other options are there

You can easily turn a box of chocolates into a basket of flowers:

A stylish composition can also be made from a plastic glass:

And each of these paper flowers contains a piece of candy:

How to make an unusual postcard

What is needed

• A set of thick double-sided colored paper;
• pencil;
• scissors;
• glue;
• eraser;
• halves of beads of different sizes (or small stickers);
• felt-tip pen.

How to do

Fold a sheet of blue A5-sized paper into a accordion-width pattern and carefully iron the folds with your fingers. Apply glue between the folds at one end of the sheet and press down to form a fan. Turn the sheet over and glue the folds at the same end of the sheet from the back. Repeat the same with another sheet of blue paper.

Glue half a bead or glitter sticker into each fold from the wide side of the fans, as shown in the picture.

Fasten both blanks together with the side parts, so that you get one large fan.

Fold an A4 sheet of blue paper in half. Lubricate the back of the fan with glue and attach it to folded paper so that it lies completely on the sheet and one of its sides runs exactly along the fold. Cut the paper into a fan shape.

You should have a postcard, on one side of which is just a sheet of blue paper, and on the other - a sheet with a fan glued to the front.

Fold a white sheet, about 10 x 10 cm, in half, and draw a half of the shirt along the fold. Cut and straighten the paper for a symmetrical paper T-shirt.

If there are pencil outlines on the shirt, erase them. Glue the bottom side of this piece to the narrow part of the fan card.

Decorate the composition with roses. To do this, take a 10 × 10 cm square of pink paper, round its corners and cut the sheet in a spiral.

Cut out the waves on the outside of the spiral as shown below.

Roll the spiral into a tube, starting from the center to the edge. Let the straw unfold slightly - so that it turns out to be a rose - and secure the outer edge with glue. Make a second paper flower in the same way. Glue them on the border of the skirt and shirt.

Attach the beads to the neck of the shirt.

Cut out symmetrical leaves from folded green paper, straighten and glue them under the roses.

Decorate the shirt with different sized beads or stickers.

Fold a 5 × 20 cm strip of red paper in half lengthwise. Bend the resulting shape two more times in half in the same direction. You will get a 2, 5 × 5 cm rectangle. Draw on it half of the heart so that the vertical part of the picture coincides with the last fold of the sheet, and the rounded contour goes slightly beyond its limits. This is necessary so that when cutting out, you get a garland of hearts connected together. Cut the shape along the outline without touching the folds.

Open the postcard. Glue half of the first heart of the garland to its right side. Lubricate the half of the last heart with glue, close the card and press down so that the garland is well fixed inside.

Now that everything is ready, you can trace the inner contour of the postcard with a felt-tip pen and write a congratulation.

In this video, you can see in detail how such a composition is made:

What other options are there

You can make a postcard with a butterfly:

Or hide the folding bouquet inside:

Or here's a real piece of scrapbooking:

Lifehacker has other options for postcards for March 8.

How to make an interesting vase

What is needed

• Empty jar;
• nail polish remover;
• cotton wool or rag;
• scissors;
• lace fabric or tulle;
• finishing lace;
• decorative braid;
• halves of beads or rhinestones;
• glue gun or superglue;
• spray glue (optional);
• polyethylene or mounting mat.

How to do

With nail polish remover, wipe off all traces of glue and label residues (if any) from the jar. Wash and dry the container. Remove the cover - you don't need it.

Treat the entire outer surface of the jar with glue-spray or grease with a thin layer of ordinary transparent glue. Place a piece of plastic or a rug to keep the table from getting dirty. Wrap the jar with lace fabric, pulling it slightly so that the material fits snugly against the glass and does not gather in folds.

Additionally secure the seam with glue. Cut the fabric flush with the neck of the can. Attach a small excess of lace from the bottom of the container to the bottom.

Tape the trimming lace along the seam, fold the end to the bottom and secure.

Cover the neck of the jar with decorative tape. The junction of the edges of the tape should be in the same place where the laces converge, so that this seam is easier to mask.

Glue beads or rhinestones along the joint along the entire height of the jar. For this, it is convenient to use a self-adhesive tape of half beads - it can be ordered via the Internet.

Attach beads or rhinestones around the neck of the vessel over the decorative tape.

Here is a complete video on how to make such a vase from an empty can:

What other options are there

Try making a vase from a plastic bottle and foamiran:

And here is another interesting craft from the same materials:

And one more vase from a plastic bottle:

How to make a decorative fan

What is needed

• Colored paper;
• White paper;
• cardboard;
• glue;
• scissors.

How to do

Cut four narrow, long strips out of cardboard, place them one on top of the other and fasten together.

Cover this cardboard rod with white paper.

Fold two blue A4 sheets with an accordion and bend each blank in half. Iron all the folds carefully to make them as defined as possible.

Place one accordion inside the other and glue them together to form a large fan.

Fold a 7 × 7 cm square of white paper in half twice. Align the two sides with the folds by folding the square diagonally. At the resulting triangle, round off the side without bends with scissors so that when folded it resembles a petal. Expand the workpiece - you get a white flower.

Cut out a 1 cm circle of colored paper and glue it in the center of the flower. You will need 14 such elements.

Glue the free side of the fan to the white rod.

Decorate the accordion on both sides, placing one flower in the center and the rest around the edges.

A step-by-step video tutorial for making this fan is here:

What other options are there

Bright fans in watermelon colors look good:

You can make the following souvenir from wooden skewers:

And here is a graceful Japanese-style fan:

How to make a jar with wishes

What is needed

• Glass jar with a lid;
• multicolored papers or Post-it stickers;
• a sheet of colored paper;
• glue;
• black pen or felt-tip pen;
• self-adhesive label;
• decorative tape;
• curly scissors (regular scissors are also possible);
• markers.

How to do

Write with a pen or felt-tip pen on colorful pieces of paper your happy wishes or reasons why you love the person to whom you will give the jar. The more leaves, the more beautiful the bank and the more interesting the addressee will be.

Fold the pieces of paper to hide the text. You can fold them in four or roll them up.

Write on the label with markers and stick it on the jar so that it is clear what is inside. For example, "10 things I like about you."

Circle the lid of the jar and cut out a circle with a slightly smaller diameter out of colored paper. Stick it on top of the lid and sign who the present is addressed to. For example, "Beloved Mom".

Place the rolled up pieces of paper in the jar and close. Tie a decorative ribbon around the neck and make a nice bow.

More detailed instructions can be found here:

What other options are there

It will take a little more time and imagination here:

Another interesting option for a jar with wishes for a holiday:

How to make a frame for photos

What is needed

• Magazine or newspaper pages;
• glue;
• scissors;
• pencil;
• toothpick;
• double-sided paper in pink and green colors.

How to do

This frame, like most of these crafts, will need to be pasted on top of the photo. So choose a photo that you have a digital or printed duplicate.

Take a magazine page or cut a newspaper sheet to A4 size. Roll it into a tight tube diagonally, starting at the corner. Secure the end with glue so that the part does not unfold.

You will need 10 of these tubes. Trim them to the same size at both ends. If the frame is intended for a standard 10 × 15 cm photo, then all the tubes should be 15 cm long.

Glue three of them together.

Make another detail in the same way, connecting the next three tubes, and two elements from blanks glued in pairs. Make a frame out of them.

Grease the ends of the triple pieces with glue and attach them to the double pieces. Allow the glue to dry completely to hold the frame tightly.

Make flowers for decoration. Fold a 7 × 7 cm square of pink paper in half twice. Then fold this blank diagonally so that the two sides with folds are connected.

In the resulting paper triangle, cut the side without folds in a wavy motion so that when folded, you get a petal.

Expand the leaf - it should turn into a flat flower of eight petals. You will need five such blanks. Make a cut in one of the flowers to separate two adjacent petals.

Align the cut petals with an overlap and glue them together - you get a slightly curved flower of seven petals. Take a second flat piece and cut one petal from there. Align the rest and glue the six-petal flower.

Cut two petals from the third flat workpiece. Glue the five-petal flower as shown below, and separately a cone of two cut-off petals. Do a similar operation with the fifth flat element, getting flowers from four and three petals.

You will have seven tier flowers in total. Collect one volumetric flower from them, gluing the tiers into each other in descending order of petals - from a base of eight petals to the middle of two. If necessary, you can slightly trim the bottoms of the last layers so that they better adhere to the previous ones and do not stick out too much upward. To decorate the frame, you will need two such voluminous flowers. If the progress of the work raises questions, then watch the video at the end of the instruction.

To make a different type of flower, remove the corners of the 7 x 7 cm square and cut it in a spiral so that you get about three turns.

Roll the resulting spiral into a tube, starting at the outer end. For convenience, you can wind the paper around something thin, such as an awl or a toothpick.

Apply glue to the central part of the spiral, attach the rolled tube to its bottom and loosen it a little - so that you get a rose on a paper base.

You will need eight of these elements. You can fold them more or less tightly, or you can vary the size of the bud by increasing and decreasing the number of turns of the blank spiral. Glue large flowers in the corners of the frame, and small ones on its sides.

Fold the green paper several times, draw a twig with leaves on it and cut it out. Glue the twigs near the flowers.

Also prepare twigs of a different size and fasten them to the tubes.

Here are the step-by-step instructions for making this frame:

What other options are there

You can make an unusual heart-shaped frame out of paper:

And you can use rice to decorate:

A simple frame with roses from newspapers will work even for a child: