Interesting quilling - for children this lesson becomes a popular hobby

Quilling - a special kind of needlework. With the help of the ancient art of "paper-wrapping" you can create unique compositions and crafts. Simplicity of execution, accessibility of the material from which paper creations are performed, allow this very inexperienced creators to be engaged. And how exciting and interesting is quilling for children? The child will need quite a bit of diligence and efforts to have in his hands amazing creations - appliqués, bouquets, caskets, voluminous toys and flower compositions. Therefore, recently crafts from quilling have become very popular. This direction of applied creativity allows us to develop in children not only creative thinking and imagination, but also patience, perseverance, accuracy.

What is necessary for quilling?

The main material, of course, is colored paper. It is advisable to use a special one, which in a wide range is sold as part of quilling kits or separately.

It is possible to use ordinary thin colored paper, previously cut into narrow strips with a width of 2 to 9 mm. In addition, to twist the paper spirals can not do without a special tool or needle. To make it easier to form paper curls, purchase a stencil. Be sure to take care of a good colorless glue, which will not leave any traces when crafting items in the style of quilling. For children to hold the details will be convenient special tweezers. The basis for crafts or applications can be paper for scrapbooking, colored cardboard, textural or thematic paper.

Making flowers

1. Take the colored strip. Hold one end with a needle, start gently twisting. The other end of the strip grease with glue and glue to slightly weakened the resulting circle. The first petal turned out!
2. Carry out several identical petals in a similar way. For the core of the flower, use a different color paper.
3. The principle of making leaves is the same, but you need to squeeze your fingers with a circle on one side, giving the product a drop shape.
4. We decorate the flower. On the cardboard, glue the stem - a strip of green paper. Then we form flowers and leaves from the circles, gluing each element separately to the base.

Quilling for children - secrets of familiarizing with creativity

Occupation with this handicraft requires a certain skill. How to make quilling for children not only a useful occupation, but also a favorite hobby? Just follow some rules:

- Remember that any failure of the baby can interfere with his future work, so teach the child diligence and patience.

- An excellent stimulus for the child will be ready-made crafts of other children, which will cause interest to work and the desire to create your masterpiece.

- It's great if you like different kinds of creativity and are ready to help. And if quilling is your hobby, be sure that the baby will become the best assistant.

- Start with the simplest elements. Let the child first make blanks of paper, give glue. Gradually trust him to manufacture simple parts. Over time, the baby will be able to do the work himself.

The reward for your works will be unique works. Let one of the family hobbies become this wonderful art - quilling. Crafts made by children with love and diligence, will be great gifts for any holiday, as well as a wonderful interior decoration.