Ballerina from napkins: elegant decor and original gift

Stylized ballet dancers are a popular decoration for children's rooms, celebrations and interiors, decorated in a romantic style.

A ballerina from a napkin is extremely simple, you can do it yourself or in company with children. Working with paper and glue will surely appeal to them.

What materials need to be prepared for work

The process of making a napkin from napkins resembles the popular papier-mache technique: thin paper impregnated with glue, is layered onto the frame and dried.

To get a beautiful ballerina from a napkin, you will need:

• As the main material - white multi-layer napkins, and for a skirt you can use any to your taste.
• Strong wire and pliers.
• Glue PVA (sometimes use starch).
• White cotton or artificial threads.
• Sharp scissors.
• Transparent fishing line and thin needle.
• Additional decor (beads, organza, ribbons, mesh and other materials).

Making a ballerina: master class

From napkins are obtained a variety of figuresballerinas. But first of all it is necessary to make a skeleton, that is an original "skeleton" of the future dancer. To do this, and useful wire. It is advisable to choose a rather hard material so that the ballerina from the napkin holds the shape well.

With the help of pliers you need to bend the wireso that the human figure will turn out. Real proportions are not to be observed, the ballerinas with very long legs, a small head and hands proportional to the overall height will be more elegant.

Care for perfectly flat lines is not necessary, since all the shortcomings will be hidden under a layer of paper.

Next, prepare a glue solution: PVA diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 1. Wrap the frame by using napkins, divided into layers and torn to stripes.

Cut them with scissors is not worth it, because the finished product can be visible borders. Each strip is dipped in a solution and wound onto a wire of the "skeleton".

If the skirt of a ballerina is made of a colored napkin, then its white lower layers can be used to form a calf.

When the "mummy" is completely wrapped in paper andwill take the form planned by the master, it can be lubricated with undiluted glue and leave to dry. When working with figures of male dancers, it should be noted that their composition will be slightly more massive.

Ballerina from a napkin: pleated skirt

At this stage, you can fantasize enough, because a dancer can be dressed in an outfit of any color.

The classic is a white fluffy dress. However, quite often a layer of a plain or painted wiper is attached over it.

In any case, the algorithm for creating a dress is the same:

• It is necessary to take one layer of paper and fold it as it is usually folded to cut New Year's snowflakes.
• Then the resulting triangle should be shortened to the desired size. It is important to give the cut line some smoothness, then the line of the bottom of the skirt will be flat, without corners.
• Then the workpiece must be carefully (in order not to break) to turn around its axis in one direction and in the other direction.

Turning the sheet, it is worth checking whether the length of the dress is suitable.

Completion of work: how to dress a ballerina and make a loop

At the top of the dress you need to make three holes: for the head and hands of the dancer. Then the figure is dressed and fixed on the waist with a thread or a narrow ribbon.

To prevent the hands from interfering with sewing, they can be picked up for a while. After all, inside the wire frame, and the ballerina can be given any desired position.

In the same way, the following layers of napkin clothes are prepared and put on the figure themselves. Too it is not necessary to get involved, it is enough from two to five.

Using a thin needle and a transparent fishing line, a loop for hanging is fastened to the top of the ballerina.

The finished product can be decorated with existing materials: ribbons, beads, beads, lace. They are fixed with glue, trying to avoid streaks and gluing layers of clothing among themselves.

Similar crafts from napkins (instruction forfigures are the same, but they can be dressed differently) are widely used in decorating rooms for weddings. Their elegance and lightness create a special atmosphere and a romantic mood.

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