17 cool crafts for February 23 from scrap materials

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How to make binoculars

What do you need

• 2 toilet paper rolls;
• cling film sleeve;
• green gouache;
• green and light green colored paper;
• red colored paper or stickers in the form of stars;
• glue or glue gun;
• brush;
• scissors;
• narrow tape;
• ruler;
• pencil.

How to do

Prepare everything for work. Cut 3 cm from the plastic wrap grommet.

Paint all bushings with green gouache and let dry.

Cut the green paper into strips 1 cm wide. Grease the light green part with glue and wrap around one of the wide sleeves, about 5 mm away from the edge.

Stick a strip of a darker shade next to it.

On the other end of the sleeve, glue another strip of green paper.

Place the star sticker in the center of the hub. If not, cut two shapes out of red paper and fix one of them with glue.

Decorate the second wide bushing as well. You will have binocular eyepieces.

Place them stars up. Glue a cling film sleeve to one of them, just below the green ring. Wait until dry.

Attach a second eyepiece on the other side of the jumper.

Cut a piece of tape so that it can be easily passed over your head. Apply glue to one end and glue into the eyepiece.

Stick the tape into the second eyepiece.

Here's how to make these binoculars in detail:

What other options are there

Similar binoculars, but a sponge is used instead of a film sleeve:

How to make a postcard

What do you need

• Black paper 21 x 30 cm;
• white paper 14 x 40 cm and 6 x 15 cm;
• red paper 13 x 13;
• stationery glue;
• 3 buttons;
• decorative stickers.

How to do

Fold a large white sheet in half and spread glue on one of the halves on the outside. Leave about 1cm blank of paper on the far side of the fold. This is necessary in order to later glue the collar on this side.

Lay the black sheet horizontally and glue the white sheet in the middle with the fold down. Fold the black edges onto white paper and iron the folds with your finger.

Fold out one of the inner corners of the black sheet so that you get a long triangle, reminiscent of the lapel of a jacket.

Bend the other inner corner outward symmetrically.

Make a collar. To do this, fold a small white sheet along so that the part of the paper to the right of the fold is about a centimeter wider than the one on the left.

Cut off this extra centimeter of width with scissors, leaving a tongue about 4 cm long in the middle.

Glue the collar with the tongue into the top edge of the card, between the black and white paper. Cut the piece to the width of the postcard and fold the ends in the center, at an angle to the lapel.

Fold a tie out of red paper, as shown in the video. Also, the part can be simply cut with scissors.

Glue the tie under the collar.

Decorate your jacket with stickers.

Glue three buttons evenly spaced under the lapels.

If you wish, write a congratulation on February 23 inside the white sheet.

If something remains unclear to you, watch the video instructions:

What other options are there

You can make a voluminous postcard with an airplane in the clouds:

Or such a composition with a ship:

And here is a magical postcard with a tank, which becomes either painted or black and white:

For a few more ideas on how to make cool postcards for February 23rd, check out this article.

How to make a toy soldier

What do you need

• A sheet of green paper 10 x 17 cm;
• beige paper;
• yellow paper;
• red paper or star sticker;
• black cardboard;
• artificial eyes (optional);
• felt-tip pens;
• glue;
• scissors;
• ruler.

How to do

Fold a sheet of green paper in half with the long sides facing each other, align and iron with the palm of your hand. Expand. This will help you find the middle of the part. Fold one of the long edges towards the resulting crease.

Fold the second edge of the sheet towards the center fold.

On one side of the sheet, fold the two corners towards the middle so that a triangle is formed at the end. Divide the remaining space in half and place your finger in the middle.

From the point where your finger lay, symmetrically bend the edges outward, as shown in the picture.

Bend the product so that the lower, even edge does not reach the upper triangle by about a finger.

You should get such a figure.

Apply glue to the inner surface of the upper corners and attach them to the base so that they do not stick out.

Apply glue to the bottom of the craft, between the corners bent outward, and glue the folded shape together.

Cut an oval out of beige paper to fit between the folded bottom edge and the top triangle. Attach to the soldier.

Draw a face with felt-tip pens. Glue or paint the eyes.

Cut a star out of red paper and attach it to the triangle. You can use a ready-made sticker. Draw the buttons with a felt-tip pen.

Using a ruler, draw a belt below the side triangles. Cut a buckle out of yellow paper and paste over the line.

On the triangles-arms in their upper part, glue yellow stripes - shoulder straps. Make a small triangular cut at the bottom of the soldier, indicating the legs. Draw semicircular boots.

If you wish, you can make a stand for the soldier. Glue a triangle from a strip of black cardboard and make a cut in it.

Place the figurine on the stand.

Here is a detailed video tutorial:

What other options are there

You can make a toy soldier out of salt dough:

Or from plasticine:

How to make an airplane

What do you need

• 4 sheets of colored paper measuring 9 x 9 cm;
• scissors.

How to do

Fold a piece of paper in half and in half again to mark the center. Spread it out. Fold each corner exactly to the resulting point.

Bend the shape so that one side of the square lies along its diagonal. Also fold the second side adjacent to the first to create a symmetrical sharp corner.

Flip the shape over and bend its bottom upward so that an isosceles triangle comes out.

Fold this shape in half lengthwise.

You will need four such parts in total. For two of them, fold the corners of the base of the triangle towards the center to outline the desired folds. Spread it out.

Take one shape with curved ends (wing) and a piece with straight ends (airplane body). Tuck the folded sections of the wing into the middle and top fold of the center triangle on the body, as shown in the video.

Attach the second wing as well.

Use scissors to cut the longest part of the last of the remaining triangles.

Keeping the shape folded down, tuck its corners into the folds of the airplane body as shown below.

Fold back the notched corners of the tail and smooth them out.

For more details, watch the full video:

What other options are there

The plane can be made from ice cream sticks:

And also from a clothespin:

Or from plasticine:

How to make a tank

What do you need

• Green colored corrugated cardboard;
• 4 wine corks;
• cocktail tube;
• red acrylic paint;
• green acrylic paint;
• glue.

How to do

Paint the corks green.

Glue the three plugs together with the sides.

Attach the fourth across them so that it lies in the middle of the parts glued together, and its end is flush with the edge of the first.

Cut two strips of 1 cm wide from the cardboard. Glue the bottom three plugs with a piece of cardboard on one side to create a tank track.

Tape the other side of the corks with a second piece of cardboard.

Cut 7 cm from the cocktail tube. Glue the resulting piece to the top plug. You will get a tank cannon.

Draw a red star on the turret of the tank.

This video shows the work progress step by step:

What other options are there

A tank can be made more complex from corrugated cardboard:

And this craft is made of colored paper:

A nice souvenir by February 23rd will be a tank of sweets: