It’s not difficult to choose a truly “masculine” gift, but to present it creatively, you have to rack your brains. An excellent solution is to make a tie out of paper using the origami technique and use it to decorate the packaging of a bouquet, a box with some pleasant surprise, or a money envelope. Warm feelings invested in a simple accessory will definitely be transferred to the recipient.
A tie will successfully replace a traditional card, which most men consider a useless addition to the main gift. And some types of origami can even be used for their intended purpose, that is, worn with a classic suit.
Materials for making a tie
There are quite a lot of material options for crafts in the shape of a tie; these can be paper and cardboard, fabric and buttons. The paper origami technique will help inexperienced or limited people to quickly and easily create crafts. The same applies to children; origami is the most suitable way for them to create a tie. The main features of the form of the created object are reflected in the minimum folds of the paper work.
In order to give your work a decorative look, you can use ready-made ideas from the Internet.
The nuances of sewing different models
In most cases, a children's tie is practically no different from a product intended for adults. A master class with a step-by-step algorithm will help make your work easier.
Children's with elastic band
An elastic tie is a convenient accessory that is ideal for a little boy. Such a product will not only give the outfit a formal look, but will also save time, since it does not need to be tied. The pattern of a tie with an elastic band involves sewing an accessory 25.5 cm long and 7 cm wide. If necessary, the size can be changed.
Finally, the elastic band is basted. All elements need to be folded, the main part must be threaded into the trapezoid part and the resulting knot must be tightened.
Men's classic
First you need to decide on the model and size. If we are talking about a standard tie, then its length should be 150 cm, width at the base - 11, in the upper zone - 4 cm.
A men's tie is sewn according to the following algorithm:
All that remains is to process the tie manually, fixing both edges. When the product is ready, it needs to be smoothed. After this, the accessory can be worn by tying the usual knots.
Herring
This model consists of 2 parts. When preparing the details of the product, you must remember to leave 1 cm for allowance. As an alternative, instead of a pattern, you can use a ready-made cut tie: pin the parts to the fabric, trace and cut them out.
Then you should turn the accessory inside out and smooth it out so that the seam falls on the line of the middle of the back side of the tie.
In this model, the width of the main part should be reduced in the area of the extension. How much to narrow it down depends on individual preference.
School for girls
To sew such an unusual model, it is recommended to use natural fabric. The required canvas size is 50 x 50 cm. If a thin material is chosen, you will additionally need adhesive interlining, which will be fixed with an iron. A creative tie for a girl for a school uniform is prepared according to the following scheme:
Finally, sew up the hole through which the product was turned inside out, determine the place where the button and loop will be located, and attach them. Making such a children's tie takes no more than 40 minutes.
Female
The accessory for the fair sex is made in the same way as a classic men's tie or herring. To sew it, you can use the same patterns, since the shape and size will be identical. The only difference in this case is the fabric used. Beginning craftswomen are recommended to choose silk, velvet, natural viscose, and thick cotton.
A product intended for a woman's wardrobe does not need to be tightened to the end. It is better to leave the knot free. As an alternative, you can use various clips, pins and brooches to secure your tie. To give the accessory a more unusual look, you can sew a satin or translucent ribbon to the front. Its shade can be similar to the main color of the product or contrasting.
Example of a paper tie idea
There is a ready-made template, using it we cut out two pieces of absolutely identical ties from cardboard. Now we need to make decorations, for this we can use figures cut out of paper. We glue the two parts of the tie together and apply them to the front part for decoration. Using a hole punch, we will make holes and thread a beautiful ribbon through them.
Heart corner
If you have already been looking for an answer to the question of how to make bookmarks for books from paper, then you have probably come across products in the form of triangles. They are made in different ways, using a template or using the origami technique.
We will look at the last type below, but a bookmark based on a heart-shaped template is something that is worth paying attention to.
As in the previous bookmark model, creation will take a minimum of time. You just need to print the template and prepare the rest of the tools.
Heart corner template
What you will need:
- ready cut template;
- glue;
- colored paper;
- figurines that will help decorate the product, you can use scrapbooking parts or felt-tip pens.
Manufacturing process:
- print the prepared template;
- fold the paper to form a corner;
Heart corner bookmark - Glue the halves of the heart together;
- decorate the big heart with small figures, you can paint it with felt-tip pens (this is optional);
- The bookmark is ready, it can be improved by gluing rhinestones or openwork fabric, so the heart will look original and bright.
Tie as a gift
In order to make a gift tie, you need to prepare cardboard, multi-colored napkins, a pencil, scissors, gel glue, regular glue and a hole punch.
Gift creation process
We draw a tie and several stars separately on cardboard, and then cut them out with scissors. We place all the stars on the tie in a chaotic order. This is necessary in order to outline them with a pencil. It is necessary to immediately make holes for threading the tape. For decoration we will need napkin balls. They can be done in two ways:
- cut into small squares and roll into balls;
- tear the napkin into pieces and form into balls.
Apply glue to the drawn stars and place balls on them. It is worth paying attention to the fact that the same-color balls are pressed tightly against each other and that the entire space of stars is filled. We glue the edges of the tie with a different color of napkin balls. We fill the remaining space with other balls of different colors.
After everything is dry, apply glitter gel glue. The last step is a ribbon that can be glued with tape on the back side.
Fabric preparation
Before you start cutting, the fabric for the tie must be prepared. It must first be planted, washed and dried. This way the material will take its optimal shape, and the product will not be deformed in the future.
At the end of the preparatory stage, the fabric must be carefully ironed from the inside.Unique tie
The following materials will be used to create an original and unique tie:
- colored cardboard with an unlimited number of colors;
- various pictures of cars, planes, ships, etc.;
- corrugated multi-colored paper;
- scissors, napkin, glue and oilcloth.
Making a Tie
To make the base of the tie, we use a ready-made template. Using a template, cut out a tie from cardboard. To create the braid, we will use crepe paper. To do this, use scissors to cut out a rectangle measuring 5x20 centimeters from it and roll it into a tube.
We connect the resulting paper tube with a tie using glue. On the front side, we lay out the prepared cut-out pictures in a different order and glue them.
It turns out to be a very beautiful tie that is not available anywhere else.
Male butterfly
In order to complete a man’s look, a lot of accessories are included with the suit. One of the most important and visible accessories is a matching tie.
Most modern young people prefer bow ties. They really look very stylish and go perfectly with any suit.
First of all, you will need to cut out a rectangle, the size of which will be no less than 20 cm by 9 cm. Next, fold this rectangle in half, slightly marking the center.
Turn the fabric over to the right side and fold both sides of the rectangle towards the center. Iron each of the folds.
We sew it on the sides, turn it on the face and seal the back gap with non-woven material. Fold the center of the butterfly with an accordion and sew through it.
Carefully make a strip from the same fabric and stretch it around the center, stitching at the back. All that remains is to make and sew a ribbon for fastening. Many people make these ties from ribbons with their own hands.
Ready-made templates and patterns of ties
Such templates are available ready-made on the Internet; they can be a good preparation for future crafts. Save them for yourself or print them out right away, this will be your lifesaver. On some templates there is a place for ribbon decoration; in the upper part there is a fold line for this, we fasten them with glue and thread the ribbon.
Ghost from the book
If you liked the bat, then the ghost will definitely not leave anyone indifferent. The beauty of such a bookmark is that it does not need a template, it does not need to be folded, and the appearance of the ghost depends on your imagination. For the creative process, prepare only a small sheet of white paper and a black felt-tip pen.
How to make a paper ghost bookmark:
- on a white sheet of paper we draw a ghost, it can be in the form of a sheet or with a sharp tail towards the bottom;
- if you want to add strength to the product, stick the blank onto cardboard;
- draw eyes and a smile on the ghost;
- the smile needs to be cut right through (it’s better to do this carefully with a stationery knife), it is thanks to the smile that the ghost will stick to the pages of the books.
The bookmark is ready! The smiling ghost will especially appeal to schoolchildren who love the good-natured ghost from the cartoon about Carlson.
Making a shirt and tie
To make the base of the postcard, take a sheet of colored cardboard and fold it evenly in half. We draw the shape of the shirt on cardboard of a completely different color, the next step is to cut out the shape. We apply the shirt to the base of the card using glue. Well, as for the tie itself, we also depict it on cardboard and carefully cut it along the contour with scissors.
The next step is to apply the tie to the shirt. Inside the craft, write your most sincere and positive wishes to the person for whom this wonderful and original card is intended.
You can decorate your shirt and tie at your discretion; there are many options. So, the work is ready.
The best gift is a gift made with your own hands, and if this gift is also made with soul, then it is a clear leader. Creating original and unique crafts with your own hands becomes a very entertaining and interesting process. This activity can become a hobby for both adults and children.
With the help of such simple activities for making a gift with your own hands, thinking, imagination, fantasy and creativity develop.
Decent couple
The origami tie is original, but not very practical. It's another matter if it is added to a shirt using the same technique. This wonderful tandem can be used as a postcard or an envelope for money. It is advisable to make an origami shirt and tie in contrasting colors so that both decorative elements are clearly visible.
It is not necessary to take the classic combination of white and black or their monochrome variations. A tie of a bright shade looks very interesting against the background of a “Hawaiian pattern” or a checkered pattern.
For an origami shirt, we do not use a square, as usual, but a whole sheet of A4 or A5 format. We outline the main fold lines - there are four of them. Fold the sheet in half along the long side and open it. Then we bend each half in the middle again.
Now that the rectangle is marked, open it completely and carefully smooth it out. We fold the corners of the short side so that they are on the central axis of the workpiece. The result is two diagonal lines.
We lay two corners to the intended diagonal. Then we fold the top part of the rectangle along with them. Straighten the bent part. We “close” the sides of the future shirt and bend the “sides” with our fingers, starting to form “pockets”.
We continue to process the upper part of the “shirt”. Our task is to fold an envelope from it so that the side parts (“pockets”) formed by the previous folds stick out. When we press them to the main workpiece and turn it over, the silhouette of a shirt with sleeves will be clearly visible.
We bend the lower part of the product by 2 cm, from the wrong side to the front side. This is the future collar. Turn the workpiece over.
We mark 2 cm from the bottom upward. We bend both sides so that we get a shirt collar. Fold the blank in the middle and carefully place the shirt under the collar.
At this point, you can finish making the shirt. If desired, make a flat stand at the bottom. Then the origami turns into a table card. You can put money or a small note with your wishes on the side.
All that remains is to add a tie to make a cute and impressive souvenir.
If some aspects of the assembly remain unclear, a training video will help clarify them:
Without words about love
Girls give the object of their sympathy postcards in the form of a shirt and tie, but young people can also make an equally creative souvenir in return. This is a good surprise for Valentine's Day or celebrating an important date for two. Although no one forbids presenting it without any reason.
A heart with a tie looks very unusual. And you can do it in a few minutes.
You will need: single-sided decorative paper - colored or packaging.
The sheet should have a square shape. Draw a diagonal fold line. To do this, fold and straighten the workpiece again. We place it on the table with one of the vertices facing us. We bend the upper corner to the previously outlined diagonal. Then we fold it again.
Let's turn the workpiece 90º so that the double-folded side is at the top. Let's straighten the square and fold it into an envelope. We turn the sheet 90º again, the side with the three marked fold lines is on the right. Laying the corner. It should reach the second line. On the other side, we bend the same corner towards the first, forming a “pocket”.
We straighten the fold and, smoothing the side edges, turn it into a tie. We fold the bottom part of the paper pattern to the wrong side. Then we fold the resulting figure along the central diagonal.
We bend the right side of the workpiece and place it under the tie. We do the same with the left side.
Turn it over. We bend the upper corners.
And we tuck it inside our figure. The next task is to round the corners of the workpiece so that it resembles a symbolic heart as much as possible. Sequentially bend the vertices of all triangles, as shown in the figure below.
Turn the “heart” over to the front side.
Pencil bookmark
Not only books need bookmarks, they are needed for diaries, and sometimes for notebooks. Simple bookmarks bought in stationery departments look dull and boring. To diversify and decorate the boring everyday life of schoolchildren, you need to learn how to make interesting bookmarks for books from paper.
The ideal solution would be a pencil, but not a real one, of course. For production you only need to prepare colored paper.
How to make a pencil like this:
- We bend the multi-colored sheet (the colored part should be located on top);
Pencil bookmark. Step 1 - We unbend the sheet and fold one of the sides inward, unbend it again;
- turn the workpiece over with the colored side facing up, bend the corners of the smaller side towards the middle;
- at these corners we fold the ends on each side;
Step 2 - turn the product over and fold the top corner inward (you should get a stylus-shaped pocket);
- fold the paper crosswise, the colored side should be at the top;
- We turn the corners towards the middle.
The pencil is ready.
Progress
- Draw the outline of the worm on the leaf.
- Glue colorful stripes onto the silhouette of the animal.
- Cut out the “body” of the worm.
- Glue the resulting blank onto cardboard.
- Make a hole in the worm's head.
- Glue on the “eyes” of the animal.
- Attach the tape.
Cooking tab. It will take no more than half an hour to make it; the process itself is unlikely to tire the child, but will most likely interest him.
Original herbarium
Kids love to bring home beautiful autumn leaves and flowers. Use this interest to make an eye-catching book strap. The flower should be placed between two blotters and placed under a press.
After some time, when all the moisture has gone from the flower and it becomes perfectly flat, you should stick it on cardboard and cover it with wax paper on top.
The unusual flower bookmark is ready.
Hedgehog
The step-by-step instructions include the following steps:
- the brown sheet is folded diagonally to form a triangle;
- first one and then the other side of the workpiece is bent;
- the left side of the figure is folded parallel to the central (vertical) line;
- the same operation is carried out on the second side of the figure;
- the ends of the corners are tucked into the resulting pockets;
- draw the hedgehog’s needles, nose and eyes of the animal;
- cut out the “needles” and the hedgehog bookmark is ready.
Christmas tree
The stages of working on a Christmas tree are not much different from making a hedgehog.
- A sheet of green paper is folded into a triangle.
- The upper corner is bent parallel to the base of the geometric figure.
- The corners on the right and left are folded inward and placed in pockets.
- We cut the green part of the blank so as to obtain the silhouette of a New Year's tree.
- A Christmas tree trunk is cut out of brown paper and glued on.
- The final stage is decorating the tree with sparkles and tinsel.
The festively decorated Christmas tree is ready to serve as a bookmark.
Owl
Before you make a paper bookmark in the shape of an owl, you will need a template.
Owl bookmark template
In addition, prepare:
- colored paper (you need any three colors);
- glue.
Step-by-step production:
Cut it out
- Cut out the details of the future owl. For the head you need 2 parts, one is needed for decoration. The other will be intended for mounting on pages.
- We transfer all the contours onto colored paper and cut out the shapes. We make holes. Gluing the parts
- We glue small parts onto the main part (torso). Connect the front and back of the head.
- Decorate the finished bookmark with decorative elements: hearts, rhinestones.
It should be noted that such a bookmark, and specifically the template indicated above, is ideal for making a complex bookmark, which is based not on colored paper, but on felt. Of course, such material will have to be stitched rather than glued.
Scrapbooking
Scrapbooking used on homemade bookmarks has some complexity, but the finished options turn out amazing and even romantic. Such crafts can certainly be given even as a gift to someone who cannot imagine their life without books.
For work, prepare:
- decorative paper;
- cardboard;
- decorations;
- hole puncher;
- glue.
Let's do step-by-step production:
- Using decorative paper, cut out a rectangular shape, this is the shape of our future bookmark. For variety, one edge of the workpiece can be given a wavy look, of course, if the design allows it.
- To make the base stronger, cut a cardboard rectangle the same size as the paper. Glue the cardboard base. A dense bookmark can last for many years.
- Make a hole at the top of the bookmark using a hole punch. We pass a ribbon through it. You can decorate the ribbon with a beautiful bow.
- We decorate the craft with flowers, beads, and sparkles.
The product is ready. As already mentioned, scrapbooking-style bookmarks can not only be used for personal purposes, but also given as gifts to loved ones. For example, a product in a strict English style can be presented to a man.
