For the New Year holidays, I want to decorate the house in an original and bright way. This task is not an easy one when there are only standard garlands and toys in the arsenal of decorations. To create a unique home decor, you need to show imagination and make decorations with your own hands. Snowflakes using the quilling technique look spectacular and beautiful, which you cannot buy in a store or meet with friends.

What is quilling

This kind of art can otherwise be called "paper curling". The principle of creating shapes using the quilling technique is based on a simple thing - twisting. thin stripes from paper, and then combining them into a single whole. The quilling technique can be simple, or it can reach a high level of difficulty. Strips of paper can produce works of art. Quilling paintings and figures are created from thinly cut strips of paper, which are curled with different densities using a special rod with a hole. Instead of a special rod, a rod from ballpoint pen, thin knitting needle or toothpick.

For quilling, medium-weight paper is needed, but not thin, otherwise the figures will not hold their shape well. Strips of paper can be from 1 mm to several centimeters in width, but thinner strips are rarely used, usually a width of 3 to 5 mm is required. For complex models, ready-made strips of paper with colored cuts are sold: the color of the cut can be the same as that of the paper, or it can be different.

Elements for snowflakes

To create snowflakes with your own hands, you do not need the cost of special paper and knitting needles: as a material, you need to cut white sheets of paper into strips yourself stationery knife... The optimal width of the stripes for snowflakes is 0.5 cm. For twisting, you need to use a rod from a pen or a toothpick.

The first stage in making any snowflake is to create blanks.

Tight ring or tight spiral: the simplest quilling element. To create it, you need to take a strip of paper, insert one end into the slot of the tool and screw it tightly onto the rod with uniform tension and, without removing it from the rod, glue the free end of the paper to the figure.

Free ring, spiral or roll: you need to wrap the paper on a toothpick, carefully remove the resulting spiral, relax and fix the free end of the strip with glue.

Arrow... The element is made from a drop: it is necessary to make a notch in the central part of the drop.

Eye or petal: take a strip of paper and wrap it tightly on a toothpick. We take out the toothpick and let the paper unwind a little. We fix the tip of the paper with glue and "pinch" the spiral from two opposite sides.

Twig or horns: fold the strip of paper in half, the ends of the paper point up. On a toothpick, in the direction opposite to the fold, we wind the right edge of the strip, take out the toothpick, leave it as it is. We do the same with the other end of the strip of paper.

Heart: as for a twig, you need to bend a strip of paper in half, but then the ends of the paper should be twisted not in opposite directions, but inward.

Month: we make a free spiral, then we take a tool of a larger diameter - a pen or pencil, and press the resulting spiral tightly. Let go and fix the edge.

Loop element: you need to make folds on a strip of paper every 1 cm. You will get a broken shape. Glue is applied to the fold line and each measured fragment is folded in turn and fixed.

Fold Is an auxiliary element that does not require twisting. To get a fold from a strip of paper, fold it in half, fold each edge outward at a distance of 2 cm from the edge, and fold the resulting folds in half again so that the ends of the strip look down.

Snowflake for beginners # 1

Quilling snowflakes may vary in shape and complexity. Some models amaze with intricacy and skill of execution. But also simple snowflakes for beginners, they look spectacular and beautiful.

The first master class for beginners will show you how to make a snowflake from just 2 parts: a free spiral and a petal.

1. It is necessary to wind 16 free spirals and 17 petals.
2. When there are blanks, you can start assembling the snowflake. Prepare a sliding work surface - a glossy magazine or file, lay one spiral on it and place the petals tightly around it.
3. It is necessary to glue the petals alternately with each other with the side surfaces, and fix the spiral in the center. Let the flower dry.
4. The remaining 8 petals need to be glued between the existing petals.
5. At the end, spirals are glued to each free corner of the petals and the snowflake is ready.

The quilling technique appeared quite a long time ago, about 500 years ago. For the first time she began to appear in European countries. This technique involves curling strips of paper and then gluing them together. Further, from these swirling stripes, various patterns and crafts are made. Collapsed stripes form both closed shapes and open ones. Patterns are formed from simple shapes, which can be both uncomplicated and whole works of art. The patterns in this technique are very airy and lacy. Therefore, today we will consider how to make an original quilling snowflake step by step. We will make an openwork snowflake that can be hung on the New Year tree or near the desktop, so that it reminds us that the holidays have come and we need to devote more time to family and rest.

Learning the basics of quilling techniques: snowflake step by step for beginners

To make it we need:

• Toothpick;
• Tweezers;
• Scissors;
• Glue;
• Paper.

Let's start making a large snowflake using the quilling technique.

We take an album sheet and draw stripes on it with a pencil and a ruler. Be sure to make sure that the lines are straight. Then we cut the sheet along the lines we have drawn. A clerical knife can help us with this.

We take a toothpick and apply it to the edge of the strip, and then we wind the strip around the toothpick, coil by coil.

We fix the end of the strip and carefully remove the resulting roll from the toothpick.

If you do not quite understand the description of this process, do not worry, below will be presented to your attention a photo that shows step by step the process of creating basic elements.

We make another such blank, only now we squeeze one edge with our fingers. As a result of this action, we get a droplet-type element. For our composition, we repeat the above manipulations five more times.

Then we glue the resulting 6 droplets to the first figure.

Again we take a toothpick and wind more rolls and now squeeze on both sides so that the result is a figure in the form of an eye.

Between the petals-rays, we glue the details we just made.

Now we take 3 strips, bend them in half and cut them, we get 6 short strips.

We bored them in the way described above.

On each tip of the part we glue an eye-shaped figure.

We make 6 more coils and bend them with our fingers until we get a square shape.

We glue them with their top to a large coil.

Now we wind a strip of paper around a pencil, glue the end of the paper and remove it from the pencil. This detail will act as a loop for hanging it on Christmas trees, or whatever your heart desires.

Glue it to one of the tops of our snowflake. We stretch a ribbon or thread in the resulting ring.

As in any of the activities in quilling, of course, there are certain clichés or, in other words, basic elements. Let's take a look at how they look. Exists various forms coils. Let's take a look at the most popular ones.

1. An open coil is when the end of a strip does not attach to its main body.
2. Closed coil - the end of the strip is secured to form a closed loop.
3. Dense coil - the strip is very tightly stretched throughout the twisting and tightly fastened, such a coil looks like a knot on an openwork background.
4. Large coil - when creating, we use a regular pencil or any other thick core or frame for winding.
5. Drop - press one end with your fingers.
6. Eye - press both ends.
7. Petal - squeeze with your fingers and bend on one side.
8. Sheet - squeeze on both sides and make waves.
9. Curls - fold the strip in half and wind the ends in different directions.

You can see various options for snowflake patterns in the photo below:

Quilling is the art of creation openwork patterns from paper. Translated from English quill - "bird feather". The brainchild of your creativity can be beautiful airy lace crystal clear patterns. You can create amazing compositions, full of all the colors of the rainbow, bringing the mood you want. Paintings made using this technique will fit into any interior: from Gothic to high-tech, the flexibility of this art allows you to combine severity and grace, variegated or gloomy tones, from flowers to portraits, it depends only on the desires and scope of work: all this is possible say about quilling. You can not only spend your time with pleasure, but also usefully both for your interior and for your wallet, because high-quality work has a high price.

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There is more than one master class from which you can learn how easy it is to create it will not be difficult at all, if you decompose the whole process on the shelves.

It originated in European countries more than five hundred years ago and implies twisting paper strips and their combination into various patterns and crafts.

To create crafts using the quilling technique (snowflakes, for example), a minimum of tools are required: an awl (can be replaced with a toothpick), tweezers, scissors and glue. The most important material is paper, which is cut into stripes. Most often, strips about three millimeters wide are used for crafts.

Simple snowflake

Such a craft is very easy and does not require special skills.

Master class on how to make snowflakes using the quilling technique:

1. Take a sheet plain paper and draw the same lines with a ruler and pencil.
2. Cut the sheet into strips.
3. Take an awl or toothpick and attach the edge of a piece of paper to the end of it.
4. Wind the strip onto the instrument.
5. Glue the end of the strip to the resulting spool and carefully remove the roll from the awl.
6. Make another such coil, only now you need to squeeze it slightly with your fingers on one side.
7. Make five more of these droplet coils.
8. Take the first card and glue six "droplets" to it.
9. Now roll up six spools and squeeze and fingers on two opposite sides. You should get a shape that resembles the shape of the eyes.
10. Then glue new details between the snowflake petals.
11. Take three strips, fold them in half and cut. As a result, you will have six short stripes.
12. Twist six coils from the new strips.
13. Glue a new coil to each tip of the "eye" piece.
14. Now make six more coils from the long strips, only slightly larger than the first. To do this, do not tighten the paper tightly.
15. Glue the new spools on top of the “droplet” pieces between the small rolls.
16. Make six more large spools and bend the sides with your fingers to form a square.
17. Glue them top to large coils.
18. Take a pencil and wrap a strip of paper around it.
19. Stick on the end of the strip and remove the spool.
20. Glue a new spool to one of the top of the snowflake and thread tape or thread through the ring.

Such quilling snowflakes will look beautiful on a Christmas tree, doors or windows. Even after the end of the New Year's holidays, many do not want to take pictures of this beauty for a long time.

Snowflakes (quilling) - gluing schemes

Just from a part of one shape, you can make a lot of different snowflakes. To do this, cut many strips of the same length and width, take an awl or a toothpick and wind the rolls. Make more than ten units of identical coils, and then glue them together to make snowflakes (quilling). Schemes can be any, for example, as in the picture above.

In all cases, the process of gluing the coils should be started from the middle of the craft. That is, glue the parts to each other so that they form a circle. Then continue to glue other coils. In some types the rolls must fit snugly together, in others the center must be hollow.

More complex crafts

To make openwork snowflakes using the quilling technique, it takes more time and perseverance. But the result is worth it.

Instructions for creating openwork snowflakes:

1. Prepare paper strips, tweezers and glue (Figure 1).
2. Fold five strips in half (Figure 2).
3. Grease one end of the strip with glue and glue it to the middle with tweezers (Figures 3 and 4).
4. Wrap the other half of the strip around the petal and glue its end (illustrations 5, 6 and 7).
5. Saddle four more similar petals, only each should be smaller than the last. A total of six petals of each type are needed (Figure 8).
6. Take the smallest petal and brush the tip with glue (Figure 9).
7. Glue a petal in the middle of the other (Figure 10).
8. Collect all five petals in the same way (Figure 11).
9. Collect all six petals (Figure 12).
10. Squeeze the finished petal with your fingers, making it elongated (Figure 13).
11. Give a flattened shape to all six petals (Figure 14).
12. Glue all the petals together (Figure 15).
13. Cut six more strips and fold them in half (Figure 16).
14. Cut six strips, fold them in half and slit the ends (Figure 17)
15. Thread each end onto an awl or toothpick (Figure 18).
16. Glue the coil at a distance of 3.5 centimeters from the middle (Figure 19).
17. Press lightly on each top of the petal to fluff it up (Figure 20).
18. Glue the stamens between the petals (Figure 21).
19. Insert strips with beveled edges inside the "stamens" and glue them (Figure 22).
20. Take loose glitter and sprinkle it over the snowflake (Figure 23).

The snowflake is ready!

1. You can make snowflakes-candlesticks using the quilling technique. To do this, collect two crafts of different sizes - one smaller, the other larger. Then just glue one on top of the other. In the one that will be on top, the middle should be empty. A tablet candle will just be inserted here.
2. Beads, rhinestones, sparkles and the like can be used as a decor for snowflakes.
3. To achieve a fishy look, expand your knowledge and make coils of different shapes.

Basic forms of quilling

There are twelve coil shapes that the quilling technique has. Snowflakes can be made using either one or all.

1. Open spool: the end of the strip does not stick.
2. Closed coil: the end is glued.
3. Tight coil: the strip is stretched throughout the entire work and the end is glued tightly.
4. Large spool: using a pencil to create.
5. Drop: One end is pressed with your fingers.
6. Eye: fingers pressed against both ends.
7. Petal: The coil is compressed and bent on one side.
8. Sheet: the coil is compressed on both sides and waves are made.
9. Curls: the strip is folded in half, and then the ends are wound in the appropriate directions (inward, inside out, in different directions).

After you familiarize yourself with the main points, you can proceed to more complex work in the quilling technique.

Snowflakes are the easiest way to decorate your home for the New Year. How to cut , we have already shown you. Can be done, can be done and even !

Today you can learn how to make graceful snowflakes using the quilling technique!

We need:

strips of colored paper 5 mm wide in different shades of blue

(office or special paper for quilling)

toothpick or narrow awl

ruler with holes;

PVA glue.

for the first snowflake

54 strips of dark blue paper

36 strips of light blue paper

for the second snowflake

51 strips of dark blue paper

39 strips of light blue paper.

You can buy ready-made kits for quilling, or you can cut them yourself from colored A4 paper, as we did. To make the snowflakes more picturesque, we will use strips of two colors in each element.

We will add snowflakes according to the scheme, given that:

For a free roll and one large thick roll, you will need three strips of paper - 2 dark blue and 1 light blue,

For 1 small roll, you need one strip made up of halves different colors.

So, we cut the paper and start rolling the rolls.

Dense rolls will ensure the strength of a snowflake made of paper, fragile at first glance. To do this, it is convenient to use a simple toothpick.

It is convenient to adjust the diameter of the rolls using a special ruler, placing a roll that has not yet been glued into the desired cell - in it it will “unwind” to the required diameter. Rolls can be made loose (free rolls) or dense. We will need both those and other dense rolls.

Free roll: We wind the strips (previously glued end-to-end) onto a toothpick, holding them with our fingers on both sides so that our roll turns out to be even. Then, after obtaining the desired diameter (using a ruler), carefully glue the edge.

Dense roll glue without dissolving.

For making rhombuses from free-rolls, first we squeeze them on both sides, as shown in the photo on the left, and then we do the same operation, forming two other corners - this action will give the roll the shape of a diamond.

We arm ourselves with glue and begin to glue the elements, starting from the center .

It is most convenient to do this on any surface, like polyethylene, to which our snowflake will not stick. You can, for example, print a diagram and put it under a transparent file so that the future snowflake is as symmetrical as possible.

We are left with the most exciting and creative work- Christmas tree decoration with snowflakes!

Imagine a little and your snowflakes will not look alike, like their real girlfriends!

DIY snowflakes using the quilling technique. Master class with step by step photos

Maslienko Larisa Anatolyevna, physics teacher MBOU secondary school № 96 Barnaul Altai Territory
Description: Coming Soon New Year's celebration... On the eve of it, the students face the problem of how to decorate the school building, classrooms and christmas tree... I want something unusual and beautiful. In this regard, the "workshop of Santa Claus" begins its work. In technology lessons, fine arts and additional education circles, students, under the guidance of subject teachers, begin to tinker various crafts on the New Year's theme. New Year- this is a winter holiday, and the accompanying companions of winter are light, delicate, snow-white snowflakes. They can simply be cut out of paper or made from cotton wool. I suggest using the quilling technique to make snowflakes, which will help create a unique and original pattern. My master - class will be useful for teachers of technology or teachers of additional education and will help to make amazing jewelry with little material costs. Master Class designed for students in grades 5-8.
Purpose: Snowflakes are suitable for interior decoration, and will also look good on a Christmas tree.
Snowflakes - pictures,
Look, hurry.
Each has six
Golden rays
And every curvy ray -
Winter is an enchanted key. [

Target: making snowflakes.
Tasks:
- to acquaint with the quilling technique;
- to promote the development of creativity, accuracy;
- develop fine motor skills hands;

We will need the following tools and materials:
-office or colored paper format А-4,
- a pencil with a ruler,
- stick for rolls or knitting needle,
- scissors and PVA glue,
-beads for decoration,
- white threads.

Progress:

1. Line a sheet of paper lengthwise every 0.5 cm. Cut the resulting strips with scissors, observing safety rules:
- Observe the cutting direction of the scissors.
-The scissors must be sharp.
-Do not hold the tool with the blade up.
-Do not leave it with open blades.
-Do not cut with scissors on the go.
-During work, do not approach your friend and do not distract him.
-You can only pass the scissors closed and rings forward.

2. Making "petals"

Roll one end of the strip onto a knitting needle into a roll. Remove it and slightly unscrew it to a ring with a diameter of 2.5-3 cm.

Glue the free end to the ring, observing safety rules when working with glue:
-Work carefully so that the glue does not get on your fingers, face and eyes.
-If glue gets into your eyes, you need to rinse them in a large number water.
-After finishing work, be sure to wash your hands.
- Use a napkin when handling glue.

You need to wait until the glue dries. Press the ring with your fingers on both sides, giving it the shape of a "petal".

We need 12 such "petals"

3. Making "rollers"
Roll one end of the strip onto a knitting needle into a roll. Without removing the roll from the knitting needle, glue the free end. When the glue dries, remove the roll from the knitting needle, thus getting a dense "roller". We need 19 rollers. To make the snowflake brighter, you can make the rollers from paper of different colors (for example, 13 blue and 6 white)

4.Making "hearts"
Fold the strip in half.

Roll one side of the strip onto the knitting needle inward to the bend and remove it from the knitting needle.

Do the same with the other side of the strip.

Glue the resulting curls together, forming "hearts".

We need 18 hearts. In order not to confuse when assembling snowflakes, it is better to use "hearts" of different colors. (For example, 12 white and 6 blue)

5. From the obtained figures, we will begin to collect a snowflake.
Take a blue "roller" and glue six "petals" to it with rounded ends. To make the base of the snowflake more durable, you need to glue the “petals” together as well.

Take six more "petals" and place between the glued "petals" of the base of the snowflake with sharp ends pointing inward.

Glue them carefully.

After the glue on the base of the snowflake has dried, we continue to assemble it further. Place blue and white hearts alternately near each "petal" of the blank.

In order not to get confused, I recommend that you first glue the blue hearts on the sharp ends of the snowflake, and then the white ones on the rounded ends.

Take the blue "rolls" and place them in two near the ends of the white "hearts".

We glue them together and the end of the "heart".

We glue the white ones to the blue "rollers". Place the remaining white hearts over the tip of the blue ones.

When the glue is dry, the white hearts can be glued to the blue ones.

The construction is ready. Let's decorate it with shiny beads. Glue one bead in the middle of the snowflake and six on the white "rollers". I recommend generously greasing the beads with glue so that they do not fall off in the future.

6. Let's make a mount for the snowflake.
We pass both ends of the white thread into the hole of the bead.

Above the bead, we will tie a knot of a shiny strip from the "rain" (you can use a white thread instead of "rain")

Cut off the excess ends of the thread from the knot with scissors.

Tie the mount to the sharp end of any white heart.

7. The snowflake is ready to use. It can be used to decorate a wardrobe.

Snowflakes look especially beautiful in a group of two or three pieces.

They can be used to decorate curtains, wallpaper or hang on a Christmas tree.