Paper bell - options and methods for creating homemade paper bells. Photo tutorials on how to make a bell with your own hands

New Year is the most joyful and magical holiday. Preparing for it brings a lot of pleasant troubles. To create a fabulous atmosphere in your home and give yourself a festive mood, you can start making New Year's crafts. Making them with your own hands is simple and interesting. Involve your children in this entertaining hobby so that they don’t get bored and also prepare for the main winter celebration. Try making your own New Year's bells together

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What do you need to take?

Unforgettable radiant bell flowers can be prepared from scrap materials. To do this you need to take some materials:

• a square sheet of blue or purple paper, you can take white,
• green sheet of paper,
• material for stamens and stems,
• green wire.

A photo of a paper bell can be taken from the Internet. First you need to lay down the base color as a base. This rather complex shape is obtained by folding simpler base pieces. First, a double square is made, then a bud, and the result is a “frog” shape.

Snowman

A simple cap will do for this character. It's essentially a crinkled paper hat. You will need: Whatman paper, glue and other important tools: scissors, rubber band...

The stages of creating a hat consist of several steps. You need to draw a circle on whatman paper. Its radius is the height of the cap. Roll the base in a circle according to the diameter of the child's head. Fasten tightly.

Then cover the base with light paper or paint it. Attach an elastic band to hold the hat under your chin. The product is ready.

How the “frog” shape is formed

How to make a bell out of paper? - this is a simple question from those who are not afraid to create.

To fold the frog shape, you need to do step by step steps. You need to take a square of paper and fold it in half, both on one side and the other, then combine the opposite shapes of the square. The result is folds.

Then you should turn the sheet over with the wrong side and fold it diagonally, you need to align the corners. The following structures are obtained.

Dunno Hat

If you want to make a Dunno costume for a carnival, all you need to do is make a blue hat with a large brim with your own hands.

The hat can be glued together from a sheet of Whatman paper and covered with blue paper.

For manufacturing, you need to determine the height of the product.

Operating procedure.

1. From the corner of the Whatman paper in two directions, measure the height of the future hat. Add 3 cm to the teeth for gluing the margins.
2. Draw two lines. Cut out the resulting triangle.
3. Cut the cloves to the same width. Glue the workpiece along the side seam.
4. Place the resulting cone with its base on whatman paper and circle it.
5. Measure a distance from the resulting circle equal to the width of the margins. Cut two identical parts.
6. Glue both parts, placing the teeth between them.
7. Paint the hat with blue gouache or cover it with colored paper.
8. You can complement the hat with a tassel on a cord.

It will take very little time to make a Dunno hat. You can cope without work experience.

Next Steps

Now you need to place a closed figure with the angle up and push it in the side corners. The outlines of small squares will appear. Next, you need to put the side corners of small squares together. This created a base called a “double square”.

Next, you should place the resulting figure with the open side down. Then both the left and right corners are bent towards the core and the sides are aligned, all along the central axis of the square. You get two triangles, which are made up of two layers of paper base.

Now you should open the right triangle and flatten it along the pre-made folds. Bend the left side of the triangle to the right side, open the left triangle, now a double one.

Worker's hat

Newspaper hats gained popularity among craftsmen in the West back in the 18th century. It is noticeably different from the “cocked hat” known to Russians or more modern origami caps. The so-called “Workman's Hat” resembles a square skullcap in shape. According to British origamist David Mitchell, it was invented by carpenters in London.

On the eve of the Regency era, men of all classes wore long hair, but not everyone could afford to wash it every day. To avoid dust and sawdust flying during work, carpenters came up with simple and inexpensive hats made from newspaper. Their idea was quickly picked up by representatives of other professions associated with manual labor: carpenters, glassblowers, typographers, painters, as well as street vendors and peddlers.

Newspaper hats protected not only from dirt. In those days, workers often died due to long hair, which was pulled into various mechanisms or burned by fire. To avoid misfortune, they tried to tie or cover their heads with something. Newspaper hats were not inferior to textile ones and even had a number of advantages. They were more hygienic - they absorbed sweat better and allowed air to pass through. Which is not surprising, since the paper was made from pure flax. In addition, newspapers by that time were much cheaper than fabric; a damaged hat made from them cost nothing to replace with a new one.

With the development of industry, the Workman's Hat became more and more in demand. During the Regency era, it became a symbol of certain professions and was worn with pride as proof of status and skill. Hat sellers took into account new trends and often supplemented the traditional assortment with paper Workman's Hat. In 1871, British artist John Tanniel immortalized the newspaper hat in his illustrations for Lewis Carroll's tale Through the Looking Glass. The headdress is found on the pages of the chapter “The Walrus and the Carpenter.”

Workman's Hat diagram

The first diagram for making a hat yourself was published in the collection of the British Origami Society in 1893. To this day, it has remained unchanged and has not lost any of its relevance. Are there any renovations underway? So, it’s time to make a convenient “worker’s hat” from a spread sheet of newspaper.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Fold the sheet in half. Place the open edge towards you.
2. We add angles A and B to the central axis.
3. We make a double hem along the dotted lines. First to the base of the triangle, then again to the same height.
4. Turn the workpiece over to the reverse side.
5. Fold the sides, slightly short of the center (about 2/3).
6. Bend the bottom corners.
7. We lift the lower part, making a fold along the dotted line.
8. We “tuck” the vertex P inside the figure, like into an envelope.
9. We open the product from the inside and fold it into a square so that the extreme points R and S are in the middle.
10. We turn the corners Y and X and bring them inside the edge in the center.
11. Open the origami hat according to the arrows. And we level it so that it acquires an even, symmetrical shape.

The following actions

Then you need to turn the folded figure towards you with the side that looks like an artificial kite and connect the right corner of the “kite” with the corner that is on the right. The rhombus between them needs to be folded in half.

A fold is formed after folding the diamond in half. It needs to be bent to the side. Now you need to take the figure by the tops of the “kite”, and bend its upper part inward and straighten it. The result is two bell leaves. Now you need to further bend the petals in the same way to get a bud.

Quilling method

When using this technique, New Year's toys

They are guaranteed to be original, but they take much more time to produce. There are several ways to arrange rolled paper strips:

Flat

In the upper part of the craft, two round serpentines are used, the rest of the body is constructed from elongated drop-shaped rolls, as in the lower figure.

Volume

For this craft you will need a long roll of very tightly rolled ribbon. The formation of a bell from it occurs in stages:

• a pendant thread or decorative cord is passed through the central hole
• the thumb is pressed into the bobbin in a smooth motion
• an umbrella is formed, then a dome with a thickening at the bottom
• the inner surface is treated with glue to fix the resulting shape and the pendant thread
• after drying, decoupage is applied to the outer part
• a bead “tongue” of the bell is attached to the bottom of the ribbon/thread

Combined

When mixing the two previous technologies, a unique craft is obtained. Drops and standard round bobbins of serpentine are glued to each other on a workpiece of the desired shape. After the glue has dried, the structure is removed from the template and hung on a ribbon.

Using origami technology

Using the glueless method, corrugated paper bells can be folded using the origami method.

To do this you need to use the following diagram:

These crafts look best in pairs, connected with textile tape.

bluebell branch

It is possible to assemble a whole branch of a bell from individual buds. Templates for paper bells can be varied and can be found online. You can train on a sheet of paper measuring, for example, 10 by 10 centimeters.

To make the buds larger and look like real ones, sheets of paper can be taken in other sizes. Both large and small flowers look good on a branch formed from wire with bell leaves.

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Beautiful symbol of the New Year

The custom of decorating a home with bells came to us from Europe. There was a superstition that their ringing could scare away evil spirits. To prevent dark forces from interfering with New Year's celebrations, bells were hung on the Christmas tree along with other toys. This tradition has taken root well all over the world. And today even people who are far from superstitious decorate their houses with bells for the New Year and Christmas. Because this is a very beautiful holiday souvenir.

In those distant times, people made huge bells from bronze. They were used not only as a talisman , but also as a signaling instrument. The bell notified the population about various events or called for a meeting. Nowadays this signal is used in educational institutions. Every September 1st the first bell rings, and before the summer holidays we hear the last school bell. So you can safely consider the bell as a symbol of the beginning of another year.

A completely different bell...

A school bell made of paper is also an attribute of the New Year holiday. You can make it for a Christmas tree, for a spruce wreath for a door, hang it on the door just like that, or bring it to school for decoration.

You can make it from disposable paper cups, by quilling, from disposable plates, from cardboard or paper. You can also master papier-mâché for this.

Origami cap

Less common ways to make headwear are caps made by folding paper. Meanwhile, such a cap will be convenient at the dacha, beach or picnic.

There are two schemes for making caps using the origami technique.

How to use the cups?

Disposable cups make wonderful school bells or bells for the Christmas tree. You need to take the starting material, punch a hole in the bottom with an awl, and thread a rope through it.

Next, you should paint the bells with various colors, for example, gouache paints. Multi-colored bells will look great!

Sew a toy

It’s easy to make your own New Year’s bells from leftover fabric that every needlewoman has in her closet. The product can be double-sided and fully voluminous. For the first option, the pattern will simply be the shape of a bell; in the second case, several parts will be required for the bottom, side surface and top. You can develop templates yourself. The sewing process itself is not particularly difficult:

1. The parts are sewn together on the wrong side, leaving a hole for turning inside out.
2. Afterwards this operation is performed directly.
3. The resulting form is filled with holofiber or other material.
4. The hole is sutured.
5. The souvenir is decorated.

How to add volume?

If you want to make an artificial three-dimensional bell out of paper, you need to take slightly different materials.

You need to take:

• thick white paper (cardboard),
• bright wrapping paper
• saucer or plate
• thread and needle,
• two beads of sufficiently large size,
• plasticine,
• markers,
• glue.

You will also need a simple pencil and a ruler.

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Small decorative cylinder

A miniature top hat will serve as a stylish addition to a young lady’s carnival look or as a decorative element.

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Such a miniature hat can be attached to your hair using bobby pins or hair clips.

To make such a headdress you will need:

• cardboard,
• decorative paper for decoration (coated, corrugated, colored, packaging),
• scissors,
• glue,
• simple pencil,
• ruler,
• decorative elements (ribbon, braid, lace).

In this case, there is no need to take measurements; the product is made without them. The pattern is drawn in any size; simple hat templates for beginners can be copied from the Internet.

Operating procedure.

1. Draw a rectangle measuring 42 x 9 cm.
2. Draw lines 2 cm from the long side of the rectangle at the top and bottom.
3. Carefully cut small cloves to the mark on both sides of the rectangle.
4. Glue the strip along the seam.
5. Cut out a circle with a diameter of 20 cm. These are the margins. Glue them to the cloves.
6. Cut out a circle with a diameter of 12 cm. This is the bottom of the hat. Glue it.

The cylinder is generally ready.

Stages of work

First you need to place the saucer on a sheet of cardboard and trace this place with a pencil. Then cut out the resulting circle and glue wrapping paper to it. When the glue dries, you need to cut the circle again.

You need to place the blank in front of you so that the colored side faces down. Using a ruler, draw a pencil line through the middle of the circle, and then cut in half along this line.

One of the semicircles needs to be rolled up and the outer and inner edges glued together. The same should be done with the other semicircle.

Then a piece of thread is measured, which should be 2 times longer than the height of the bell. You need to string one of the beads on a thread and tie the ends of the thread together.

The thread with the bead should not slip out of the bell, so it needs to be secured. You need to grab the top loop and pull it up so that the bead is 1 centimeter above the edge of the bell. Then a piece of plasticine needs to be attached from the inside to the top of the bag.

You need to do the same with the second bead. The craft is ready!

Paper flowers, bells and school bells can be made quite interesting. They will serve as a good gift and attribute. They don't require a lot of consumables.

Knitted and wicker

Luxurious and shiny bells can be woven from beads. Such decorations on the Christmas tree will look like real jewelry. And the flickering lights of the garland will give them even more shine. You can not only decorate a Christmas tree with beaded bells, but also give it as a wonderful New Year's souvenir.

Knitted Christmas tree decorations are incredibly beautiful and bright. They exude warmth and comfort. It feels like the toys are dressed in winter sweaters. By choosing several primary colors and alternating them with each other, you can knit magnificent bells. This Christmas tree will look very stylish and unusual.

Crocheted lace bells will add tenderness to the festive tree. Thin loops intertwine like a frosty pattern on glass. Such toys will not only decorate the Christmas tree, but also add elegance to the festive decor of the room.

This master class will help you create such a beautiful bell. It's not at all difficult to do this. With step-by-step photos it will be easy to make the decoration yourself. If you wish, you can get creative and change the knitting pattern.

To knit a bell you will need threads and a hook. The thickness of the thread determines how the bell will turn out.

It should be taken into account that if the threads are thin, then after finishing the product should be starched so that it keeps its shape.

First you need to knit twelve chain stitches and connect the chain with a ring.

Then we begin to knit the first row, alternating one double crochet and one chain stitch. This makes nine columns.

In the second row, we knit two double crochets into the resulting arches. Between pairs of columns we make one air loop.

The third row is knitted in the same way as the previous one.

Now we knit seven rows the same way. Alternate two double crochets, two chain crochets and again two double crochets. Thus, the “top” of the bell is made and we knit its “body”.

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Let's move on to the eleventh row. We knit eight double crochets into the arches of air loops. This will form the “skirt” of the bell.

In the twelfth row we knit a picot edging. Three air loops are knitted, one loop of the previous row is skipped and three air loops are skipped again. This makes four picots per group of double crochets.

To shape a bell, it is soaked in a solution of starch and water and placed on a mold (for example, a cup or a ping-pong ball). The “skirt” of the bell should be straightened and placed on a horizontal surface. After drying, carefully remove the bell and decorate it with a bow. Now you can hang a wonderful openwork decoration on the Christmas tree.

Photo of paper bells