Sometimes you want it so much daily life add a little fairy tale.
If you and your daughter like a fairytale-sea theme, then we suggest making a little mermaid costume in which you can take interesting photographs and also amaze everyone on the beach or in the pool. And of course, mermaid tails can also be used for swimming, both for adults and children - the meaning is the same as for flippers.
How to sew a real mermaid tail with your own hands?
Everyone knows what a mermaid's tail looks like - it's legs covered in tight-fitting scales, with one large fin at the end.
You will need:
- elastic, good stretch fabric for a mermaid tail, the color depends only on your imagination. If you want everything to look as realistic as possible, then choose iridescent blue-green fabric;
- threads of the same shade as the material;
- linen elastic;
- pattern paper;
- waterproof glue;
- slates suitable in size for the future little mermaid;
- thin flexible plastic for the fin (can be bought in construction departments), or a ready-made fin (if you look hard enough, you can find it in children's or sports departments).
Let's get started:
- Making a mermaid tail pattern. To do this, simply place the person for whom this tail is being sewn on paper. Have your model spread her legs out to the side a little, just a little. This is done so that there is an opportunity to then move the legs in the tail. Now trace the outline, from the waist to the feet. Before cutting, add a little extra for seam allowances. That's it, the pattern is ready.
- Place the pattern on the fabric and cut out your little mermaid tail.
- In order for the ponytail to fit well on the figure, we will sew rings of underwear elastic inside. To do this, we measure the hips, knees and calves brought together. Using these measurements, we cut the elastic and carefully, so that it is not noticeable, we sew it with a slight stretch inside the tail. You can try another option. Instead of elastic bands, sew elastic tights inside the tail. Choose what you like best.
- Let's move on to the fin. You also need to make a pattern for it. Just now you don’t have to bother with paper, you can immediately draw on plastic.
- Glue slippers to one side of the cut out fin.
- The resulting fin (or a ready-made one purchased) must be sheathed with fabric. Don't forget to leave the foot connector. For convenience, you can sew a zipper in the place where the fin will connect to the tail. If you are ready to experiment, then try choosing the fabric for the fin several shades darker than the tail itself.
- Well, that's basically it. The fake mermaid tail is almost ready. Now all that remains is to decorate it. You can use anything you like for decoration: beads, sequins, rhinestones, ribbons, lace - the list is huge.
Example for decorating a tail
You will need:
- wire;
- good durable glue;
- pieces of tulle;
- Polish for hair;
- sparkles, beads and other beautiful little things.
Let's get started:
- On a file or transparent cellophane bag we draw our scales with a marker, it is not necessary to take the usual standard shape, use your imagination.
- Using these blanks we cut out the wire. We give it the shape of the intended scales, gluing it with glue, or simply twisting it.
- Apply glue to the wire and put tulle on it to make it more interesting, do it on both sides.
- Using a soldering iron, or a hot knitting needle or a nail, we make holes in the tulle.
- Cover the edges of the tulle with a thick layer of glue.
- To make the contours more colorful, you can outline them with acrylic or gouache.
- After spraying the workpiece with hairspray, sprinkle it with glitter.
- Now all that remains is to add some beads and rhinestones. That's it, the tail decorations are ready.
Based on the described method, you can try to make unusual and beautiful scales for the tail, just keep in mind that this decoration method will be more of a decorative option, well suited for sushi. In water, everything can disintegrate and flow.
There are no limits to the imagination of a person, and especially children. They love to draw, cut, play, and come up with all sorts of ways to achieve something. This can happen especially with a mermaid tail, which you can make with your own hands.
If you don’t have the necessary fabric for the craft at home or you don’t know how to sew, then don’t despair - now we’ll learn how to make a mermaid tail from paper.
We will need:
- Paper
Based on your parameters, as well as the fin, look for suitable size any paper that is strong enough.
Alternatively, you can use unnecessary wallpaper.
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Paints
- Brush
- Decor (beads, sequins, braid, fabric, paper, etc.)
Creating blanks
Probably the most difficult thing in this matter is to guess the size of the future mermaid. You can get them:
- Wrapping the future mermaid in paper from waist to feet;
- Obtain measurements of the waist, hips, knees, calves, ankles and transfer them to paper;
- Create measurements “by eye”.
N don't forget! Leave a piece of scent paper on which glue will be applied before cutting out the workpiece.
Draw absolutely any fin at your discretion, but do not forget that it should hide your feet, so calculate the size.
We cut out our blanks, not forgetting to leave some paper at the edges for gluing together.
Making a mermaid tail
Understanding that paper is a rather fragile material, and a paper mermaid tail is practically disposable, the most in a convenient way it will be created by gluing.
Making the main leg section wider will make it easier to put on, perhaps even several times.
Glue the fin together and then glue it to the main part, leaving an opening for your feet. Allow the glue to dry for the required time.
Paper Mermaid Tail Decoration
Use everything that sticks to paper, show your imagination and originality. For example, you can strew the tail with stones or sparkles, glue braid, sequins, interesting fabric to it, outlining a belt or fin.
You can also paint the mermaid’s tail, both with scales and patterns, for example, like Barbie-mermaids or H2O mermaids in the store.
Now you know how to make a mermaid tail out of paper in a simple and uncomplicated way, using available materials and your imagination. It’s a pity that you can’t swim in such a ponytail, because it will immediately deteriorate. But the tails from the store will allow you to swim like real fairy-tale inhabitants of the seas and oceans - mermaids.
There are no limits to the imagination of a person, and especially children. They love to draw, cut, play, and come up with all sorts of ways to achieve something. This can happen especially with a mermaid tail, which you can make with your own hands. If you don’t have the necessary fabric for the craft at home or you don’t know how to sew, then don’t despair - now we’ll learn how to make a mermaid tail from paper. We will need: Paper Based on your parameters, as well as the fin, look for a suitable size of any paper that is strong enough. Alternatively, you can use unnecessary wallpaper. Pencil Scissors Glue Paints Brush Decor (beads, sequins, braid, fabric, paper, etc.) Creation…
Maria Popova
On the eve of the autumn fair-exhibition "Gifts nature"I decided to make under the tree. My group had a week lexical topic“Pisces”, I thought for a long time which one to do this time under the tree, the subject of my choice was the character beloved by all children - Mermaid. Assembled materials For my work, the parents of the children in the group helped me.
Craft made from natural material. The basis crafts- a piece of polyurethane foam on which various natural materials: watermelon seeds, acorns, walnut shells, pistachios, shells, poppy pods, pebbles, berry seeds (plum, cherry, persimmon, chestnut nuts. Herself mermaid made from linden bast (wash brush).And also for decoration crafts beads of different shapes, colors and quality were used. For the beauty and brightness of the work, I painted some of the details with colored decorative varnishes.
The work turned out to be original and the children really liked it!
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The long-awaited weekend is approaching. Your baby has been going to kindergarten all week, gaining more and more new knowledge and skills. They are especially popular in kindergartens creative activities. This includes modeling, drawing, and appliqué. And in some kindergartens they even teach how to use a needle and thread. Often children's work is hung on stands to show what their children have learned during this time. These include thematic drawings, crafts, and even decorations for a specific holiday.
Applications in kindergarten They are distinguished by their simplicity and are built mainly on the study of simple geometric shapes. So, using ordinary circles and squares, you can eventually get images of the objects around us - a car, a tree, a caterpillar, a snowman... What else can be made from ordinary geometric shapes?
Today we will make a fairy-tale heroine - a little mermaid. For work we will need:
- cardboard
- colored paper
- doll eyes with painted eyelashes
- brown and red pencils
- scissors
Of course, the child still cannot cope with some details of the appliqué made from colored paper. The mother’s task is to cut out ornate shapes and help the baby place them on the cardboard.
For example, one of the complex details is the fish tail of the little mermaid.
Mom also had to decorate the body, but the little one can easily lubricate the finished elements with PVA and glue them to the base of the applique.
You can try to make the next part of the body together - let the mother cut out a circle from paper, and the baby uses scissors to divide it in half and glue it above the tail.
It’s possible that your child won’t be able to design a mermaid head on his own. Paper circle although it is the simplest geometric figure, yet kids rarely cut it straight. It's OK. After making minor adjustments by the mother, the baby can glue the little mermaid’s head to the body on the appliqué.
But cutting out a triangle from colored paper is easier than cutting a circle, because there are no curved lines. If necessary, the figure can be corrected. Glue it new part to the picture.
At the next stage, we glue plastic eyes onto the heroine’s face, draw a nose and mouth with pencils, and also add arms to the sides of the body.
All that remains is to make small paper hands for the little mermaid and decorate the seabed with green algae.
So that the paper heroine does not get bored, we cut out a friend for her - a yellow octopus.
At this point, the work on the colored paper appliqué can be considered complete. You can take the applique to kindergarten to show how great you are with scissors and glue.
At the initial stage, polyurethane foam was in great demand in construction, and now crafts made from polyurethane foam are gaining more and more popularity. Polyurethane foam makes our work easier and helps us install doors and windows. The foam from the can expands as it exits and fills all the voids. It is not a problem to fill even hard-to-reach places with polyurethane foam. Polyurethane foam is also used as thermal insulation and sound insulation. Thanks to its volume, you can do a lot with foam interesting crafts for the garden and playground.
A section has been created on the website, where you can find many interesting crafts made from polyurethane foam. And today we will look at two master classes on making a MERMAID FROM MOUNTED FOAM and a CAT FROM MOUNTED FOAM, the author of these master classes is Nadezhda Gulak.
To make a mermaid we will need:
* Polyurethane foam.
* Filter.
* Old unnecessary things.
* Film.
* Old covering material.
* Iron rod.
* Scotch.
* Serpyanka.
* Dye.
* Papier mache.
Method of making a mermaid:
Let's start production. The process of creating a mermaid itself is not as complicated as it might seem at first glance, but it is labor-intensive and requires skills when working with polyurethane foam. To make your little mermaid beautiful, you need to follow full instructions Hopes.
First we need to make a frame for the future body of the little mermaid, but since the image of the heroine is difficult to keep in mind, you can find suitable pictures that depict the hero of your craft. To do this, we will need old unnecessary things, a filter, film, covering material old from the garden, an iron rod, and tape. The frame needs to be made so that it is not too light, and some kind of weighting material must be used. Because in a strong wind, your craft will fall and break. Most often, various plastic canisters, bottles, buckets, etc. are used when working. Fill them with stones or sand so that the structure ready-made crafts I could hold on well. But it happens that this option is not suitable, especially when the crafts are large and standing. In such cases, a frame is made of thick wire, which makes the craft more stable and the load is evenly distributed across all parts of the craft.
An iron rod was shaped into a sitting mermaid and welded to the filter; I collected all the old unnecessary things into women's warm tights and wrapped them with tape.
We give the body of our little mermaid a shape, take an old film of newspaper with tape and wrap it around it.
On the tail where there are voids, fill these places with polyurethane foam.
An iron rod was welded onto what the mermaid would sit on, so that it could then be screwed to a tree so that it would not fall from the wind.
Let's make the head. We take foam plastic and glue it to the thickness we need. We draw a head and facial features on the foam and cut it out.
Side view. Let's also draw the ears.
We apply polyurethane foam to the cut-out workpiece, and after a couple of minutes with wet hands we give it the desired shape.
When the foam dries well, apply a mass of papier-mâché.
The mermaid’s body has been shaped, and now foam can be applied to the frame. Before use, the contents of the can must be shaken well. Apply polyurethane foam evenly over the entire workpiece. We apply the foam in several layers, each layer needs to dry before applying, and only then we apply the next layer.
We applied polyurethane foam to the mermaid’s body, after a minute we knead the foam with our hands to give it a shape, and we wrapped it with construction tape on top... If there are small flaws, everything can be cut off with a stationery knife. That's it, the body was given shape. To protect the mounting foam from sunlight, and also to make our craft even, we apply a mass of papier-mâché on top. We apply papier-mâché when the foam dries well. See how to properly make papier-mâché for crafts from polyurethane foam. It is best not to use putty when working; crafts using it will last you much less than those made from papier-mâché. Therefore, do not take risks, but do it in proven ways. When making figures from foam, you do not need to putty them; practice has shown that over time the figures begin to crack. We also need to secure and foam the mirror and massager into our mermaid’s hands.
When the hair frame is ready, we apply mounting foam on it, this will be the hair.
Front view.
When the hair making process is finished you should end up with something like this.
Having shaped the hair using polyurethane foam, we also apply a lot of papier-mâché on top of it.
Let's start drawing the eyes.
We draw the eyes, mouth, teeth and eyebrows of our little mermaid. We make rings from wire and insert them into the ears. You can either make earrings yourself or take ready-made, old, unnecessary ones.
When the papier-mâché has dried well, which may take several days, we begin painting. We begin to completely color the little mermaid.
Look how beautiful the little mermaid turned out from polyurethane foam. Can I do it for her? beautiful wreath on the head, add a chain and that’s it.
We sit the little mermaid in the right place and admire the beauty. Let's create a fairy tale further, the mermaid needs a scientist cat. Next we will look at a master class on making a cat from polyurethane foam, which will also live next to the little mermaid.
Foam cat | Crafts for the garden
We have looked at the master class on making a little mermaid, now we will make a cat from polyurethane foam. Crafts made from polyurethane foam are good because they are not afraid of weather conditions, they will serve us well long years. In addition, they are not difficult to make and the manufacturing costs do not cost much. And the most important thing is that the polyurethane foam is non-toxic, which means the crafts are also suitable for the playground.
To make a cat you will need:
* Polyurethane foam.
* Plastic bottle 2.5 l.
* Metal-plastic tubes.
* Film.
* Scotch.
* Wire.
* Serpyanka.
* Papier mache.
* Putty.
Method for making a cat from foam:
Making the frame of a scientist cat. The cat's body is made of 2.5 l. plastic bottle, and the spine, tail and legs are made of a metal-plastic tube.
We also create the volume of the body from old garden film and wrap it with tape.
We begin to apply the mounting foam, after another minute, sprinkle the foam and knead it with your hands, giving it the shape of a cat, this is necessary so as not to cut off the excess foam.
This is the cat we made from polyurethane foam. We make him glasses from wire.
We also give it shape by wrapping it with construction serpyanka.
We dry it and coat the polyurethane foam with papier-mâché; when it was all dry, Nadezhda applied the finished putty.
Let's start painting the cat. We draw eyes, nose, eyebrows and mouth.
We color the whole cat completely.
We make the book from foam plastic, cut it out to the desired shape. We apply polyurethane foam, level it with wet hands, and when dry, apply papier-mâché. Then we dry it well again and paint it at our discretion.
We all sit the cat closer to the little mermaid and admire the beauty.
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