Kirigami: schemes for beginners and step by step description of the manufacture of curly postcards

Homemade gifts bring their recipients a lot of warmth and emotions. Any present can be supplemented with an element in which your time and a part of the soul are invested. A postcard, created with your own hands, will please a loved one. So that you write the wishes not on the painted piece of cardboard, but on the original and shaped postcard, you can use our kirigami schemes for beginners, given to your attention below.

What is kirigami technique?

So, this is the creation of figured elements from paper. When forming parts, you can use scissors and glue. To decorate the product, you can take curly instead of the usual scissors, so that the edges of the crafts have a different shape.

Figures made of paper can be made not only by an adult, but also by a child, using templates with kirigami. This technique is quite simple, and working with it, children can show their imagination and develop associative thinking.

How to make curly postcards

To work with kirigami technique you will need:

• stationery knife and scissors;
• colored paper or cardboard;
• glue, paper clips;
• rubber mat;
• ruler.

To begin with, practice on simple schemes. When you understand the technology and the work process, you can perform more complex postcards with kirigami, the schemes of which you will be able to find.

Fur-tree in this technique:

Draw or print out a diagram on the printer.

Take the green paper or cardboard. Using the template, on the reverse side, draw a herringbone pattern. For convenience, you can mark the places of incisions with straight lines, and folds with a dotted line.

Bend and cut the necessary places. Get a curly Christmas tree. You can decorate the fake on your own.

This template is suitable both for learning the technique of Kirigami adults, and for children. Now that you are familiar with common functions, you can try more complex designs.

Schemes of greeting cards for holidays

Postcards with Kirigami techniques can be built for any celebration. Attention can be given to a loved one on a normal day, without any reason. Family will be pleased to receive from you such a heartfelt gift.

Birthday:

Take paper or cardboard. It is necessary that it be colored on both sides.

Draw with a pencil and ruler a diagram of the prepared substrate.

Cut and bend the specified places.

Take a colored sheet of contrasting color. Cut out the necessary areas.

Connect the two blanks.

The postcard is ready, it remains to come up with a worthy wish.

Valentine's Day:

Take the two-sided cardboard of the desired color.

Transfer the chart to the selected workpiece.

Cut along the required lines.

Attach the carved heart to a cardboard of contrasting color.

If you easily coped with this scheme, then you can dream up and come up with your own template. For a greater effect of surprise and joy, you can put a valentine in a book or newspaper, which is usually read by a loved one. Imagine how his mood will rise when he notices your diligence and reads declarations of love.

Seasonal cards:

On the color of autumn paper, redraw the leaf pattern.

Cut and fold the necessary places.

Connect the workpiece to another sheet of paper or cardboard.

Winter cards:

Use a knife to cut out a snowflake on a thick paper on the specified pattern.

Remove the pattern from the base and fold the postcard.

For children and beginners, it will be easy to train Kirigi technique on the given schemes. Children are very fond of doing something, especially in the company of parents. Joint time holds the family together.

If you already master Kirigami, then you can create a whole fairy tale for your child. Figures of animals, fairy-tale heroes will amuse your baby, which will give you double satisfaction from your diligence.

Video tutorials that will be of use to you

The simplest version:

The bulk paper cake:

The volumetric piano:

Here is a pyramid:

Twisted style:

Ducklings:

On the Halloween theme: