Posts Tagged ‘paper crafts’

I am not really having the mood to blog these days.  Life is demanding enough and I really need a good break.

This is one of the interests that keeps me happy these days……

We have folded enough animal origamies and these “fashion origamies” can be so interesting to fold and delightful to look at:)

We pasted our self-made collections (origamies) in a book.  Many years down the road, I will look back fondly at my mid-year’s arts and crafts collections.

Haha..I must be deprived of arts and crafts in my younger days *smile*.

Seriously, I am really thrilled by the wonderful stuff that a simple piece of paper can create.

As our boys have got interested in paper craft work, we have been spending time together making origamies and other paper projects.

Here’s a simple “paper windmill” project that you can attempt with your young ones.

Simple and fast. Less than 5 minutes to create a paper windmill.

First, we create the fold lines and cut the paper (we used thicker paper type) at the four sides.

Then we gather the alternate tips of the paper and stapler them together.

To hide the staple, we paste a sticker over it.

Lastly, we paste a stick at the back of the windmill (we used satay stick in this case).  Let your kids decorate the paper if they want to.

Here’s the end products.

We thought these windmills look more like flowers and so we keep them in a vase in our boys’ room.

The next time, we will make it more contrasting in colours by pasting a different coloured paper at the back of the first paper. Also, we will attempt to make a spinning windmill:) Alternatively, we could also make smaller windmills in different colours (without the sticks), put them in a picture frame and hang it on the wall.

These days, Darren is really into paper crafting. 

With used paper, he cuts and pieces them into guns, animal shapes, caps, masks and many other designs.

With origami paper, he folds them into different designs either with guides from youtube videos, our paper craft reference books or simply experimenting his own designs.

He is also quite a pro now in  using different methods to make boxes with magazine papers.  Well, he has influenced me and Brendan too and every now and then, I am roped into experimenting a new origami design or paper craft with him. Even Papa Ed is not spared from Darren’s demo session to the family *haha*.

Despite the different types of papers that are lying around, I am happy that our boy is spending his time productively on creative activities than his usual gaming past time. To me, it is not the standard of handicrafts created but the creativity our boys exercise, his ability to follow through a visual and listening guide and also the development of his motor skill.

 Hee…our boy has made a number of these “stars” which he describes as his weapon of “darts”.

The truth is we have discovered a world of wonders of “what crafty designs” papers can create.  The next time before we dispose off our magazines and used papers at home, we know that they can be put to better use. 

So, we know about origami, paper cutting, paper patching and …….

One of the paper craft products that impress me  is this piece of work that I came across when visiting China last year. Interestingly, it is created by a 11-year old child. 

[This proves that nothing is impossible for a young one as long as he/she has the passion and determination to do it.]

Lobster

Then, there are the other creative products.   Just imagine the number of triangles that are folded and inserted, and the extent of planning to create the unique designs and colour coordination.

Peacock

In the backdrop, we can see the paper cutting which is a significant part of Chinese handicrafts. With a pair of scissors or engraving knife, ingenious patterns are cut out with perfection and precision.

Tiger. Look at those creative paper-cutting that are nicely framed up in the backdrop.

Err…We haven’t made out what this is.

I wish we could have such fine hands and creativity to create such beautiful handicrafts.