How to make a saucer out of cardboard. Decorative plates and tableware using papier-mâché technique

Sometimes, to complete the comfort and style, our home lacks one detail. Wall clocks, paintings, figurines - all this will certainly complement the design of your home. Today, specialized stores have a rich selection of interior decorations. But nothing can replace jewelry made with your own hands. After all, who else but the owner himself knows what exactly his home is missing. Today we will make a beautiful Chinese-style plate from newspaper using the papier-mâché technique.

Note: The papier-mâché technique began in the 2nd century in China. Translated from French, “papier mâché” means torn or chewed paper. In ancient times, various things were made from this plastic mass, from kitchen utensils to helmets, and then varnished. This simple master class with step-by-step photographs will introduce you to this technique, and a DIY papier-mâché plate made from newspapers will decorate your interior.

To make a plate using papier-mâché technique we will need:

• Newspaper sheets;
• Plate;
• PVA glue or paste;
• Plate with water;
• Paints;
• Brush.

Master class “How to make a papier-mâché plate from newspapers”

1) First, let's tear the newspaper sheets into small pieces. But not too small, let them be 2 cm each. Now take the saucer and turn it upside down.

We will take one piece of newsprint and moisten them in a pre-prepared plate of water. We wet it so that the scraps are completely wet. We cover the plate with moistened scraps, as if gluing them. We cover only the outer part of the plate. Place the pieces of newspaper so that they extend beyond the edges of the plate. Then we will trim them.

After laying out the first layer, you need to coat the plate with glue. You can use regular PVA, or you can make a paste. In this case, we will use PVA. Coat the plate with a thin layer over the entire diameter.

Now we put another layer of newspaper scraps on top, also soaked in water. After we lay out the second layer, you need to coat the plate with glue again. Next, again apply a layer of shreds soaked in water.

After the third layer is ready, you need to coat the plate with glue again and let it rest a little.

When the plate is slightly dry, put a layer of newspaper scraps dipped in water on top again. So we apply two more layers. That is, after the plate has dried, three layers are placed again. Be sure to coat it with glue after each layer so that after drying the scraps do not puff up and come off. After the sixth layer is laid out, grease it with glue again and leave the plate to dry.

The more layers you add, the thicker and denser your plate will be. It's better to apply nine layers.

When you have laid out all the layers, you need to leave the plate to dry thoroughly. Leave it overnight.

2) When our newspaper plate is completely dry, we trim the edges with scissors, focusing on the real plate that was pasted over. We take the real one out of the newspaper plate and put it away. Now let's move on to the design. Let's take gouache. We thoroughly paint our plate with white. We paint until the text from the newspaper scraps becomes invisible.

3) Since we will be making a plate in the Chinese style, after the white gouache has dried, we paint the bottom of the plate and the border with red. We paint in several layers. When painting, it is advisable to use as little water as possible so that the white gouache does not start to wash off and mix with the red.

4) Now take black and paint part of the bottom and border of the plate. We also put the paint in several layers.

5) Now we will draw a sakura branch. To do this, change the brush to a thinner one. First we draw the branch itself.

6) Now let’s draw random branches.

Disposable tableware can serve well not only during a holiday or a picnic - if desired, it can easily be turned into a multifunctional material for children's creativity. Crafts made from disposable tableware are distinguished by their ease of manufacture, volume, clarity of shape and variety. Making something from disposable plates for children is a completely doable task, regardless of the age and skill of each child. They will be happy to follow an adult’s instructions to get the desired result.

50 cool ideas for kids

Leo is more relevant than ever. By the way, his eyes are made of plastic spoons.

The cat with the chenille wire mustache is adorable.

The dog is from the same series. Moreover, if it is not expected that the finished composition will be stored, some eyes can be used repeatedly. And water-soluble paint, for example, gouache, is easily washed off, so you can have fun playing even with only one paper plate.

And here are some more funny cats and dogs, each from two plates.

The decorative panel “Jolly Whale in Profile” will also require a little more drawing and cutting on paper.

But a semi-frontal rhinoceros can be carved from one plate.

Perky monkey.

For bird lovers.

Two types of aquariums and a turtle.

A couple of insects. I like that they have moving parts. The worm hides in an apple, and the wings of a ladybug will hide, for example, congratulations or the baby’s daily routine.

Great idea! A real chameleon The bottom plate is painted in different colors (until then it could well serve as a palette), and the lizard itself is carved into the top plate. You rotate the top part and the chameleon changes color. Magically!

Paper plates can be turned into Noah's Ark or UFO.

Here are some interesting bunnies. The first serves as a basket for sweets.

And the second is a whole educational game. You need to feed the bunny cookies with the number of chocolate chips that fell on the card. The bunny is happy!

Paper plates are great musical instruments. Rubber bands stretched over a banjo will really make a sound.

And for a real tambourine, it is better to equip the structure of plates with bells.

We make an adorable whale, juicy fruits, funny crabs, and a funny yellow goose from disposable plates! Disposable tableware can serve well not only during a holiday or a picnic - if desired, it can easily be turned into a multifunctional material for children's creativity.

Crafts made from disposable tableware are distinguished by their volume, clarity of shape and variety. The kids are happy to transform familiar glasses, spoons, forks and plates into unusual images. Disposable plates are especially easy to transform into various products.

Making various crafts from disposable plates with your own hands is a completely doable task for children, regardless of the age and skill of each child. They will be happy to follow an adult’s instructions to get the desired result. It is especially interesting to make crafts from paper plates: a child can paint them with his own hands, decorate them with various decorative elements and turn them into the most unusual characters using stationery glue.

Disposable Paper Crafts for Kids

The easiest way to work is to take one plate as a basis, paint it in the desired color and glue various elements to create the desired image (or do without them). Characteristic details are cut out of cardboard, colored paper, or molded from plasticine.

Bright fruit assortment.

Fun carrot patch.

Goat face.

Sea crabs.

Santa Claus.

A painted large and small plate makes an adorable pig.

A painted and cut paper plate can make a fun crown.

Crafts from disposable plate parts

You can use not the whole plate, but part of it - for example, cutting off the edge in a straight line or cutting out a piece of the desired shape. Figured pieces of a plate can also be used in crafts as its elements.

By cutting the plate into two parts with a wavy line, you can get two butterfly wings. We make its body from a cardboard toilet paper cylinder, and its antennae from the same chenille wire.

PlatypusGolden goose.

Dinosaur (parts of its body can be made movable using stationery nails);

Frog traveler

By cutting out a raised edge from a plate and gluing it to cardboard pointed leaves, you can get an unusual flower, which can easily be turned into a photo frame if desired. The edging for the photo can be made from fluffy pompoms or plasticine balls.

And by cutting the entire plate in a spiral and leaving an oval center, we get a real cobra. We paint it in a suitable color, glue on the eyes and the forked tongue. Ready!

By attaching half of the other to one plate, we will create a flower basket. The flowers themselves can be glued from paper or sculpted from plasticine, salt dough or modeling mass.

By fastening two plates with a stapler and leaving one edge open, we get the body of a killer whale. All that remains is to glue the fins, tail and fix the fountain of splashes of blue chenille wire on the back.

Crafts from folded paper plates

Interesting volumetric figures are obtained from a plate bent in half:

Bird: a slot is made in a bent plate into which a sheet of paper (wings) folded like an accordion is inserted. We cut out a triangular orange beak from cardboard, we use ready-made, factory-made or home-made eyes, paper or plasticine.

Frog Princess: A plate folded in half becomes a mouth, eyes and nose are cut out of an egg carriage. We complement the eyes with paper eyelashes, and the mouth with a large tongue.

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Photo by Maria Savenkova

Papier-mâché is a relatively simple and accessible technology for making objects of a wide variety of complex and simple shapes. The main effort will have to be spent in order to shred the newspaper, since the pieces must be small in size. You will also need patience when gluing the prepared pieces, because... No folds or creases should form.

Papier-mâché is an ideal option for making crafts or gifts with children. You can start with simple shaped objects, such as a plate.

The finished plate can be pasted over with pieces of colored paper in the form of a bright mosaic or decorated in decoupage style.

You can paint the plate with paint. When using regular gouache and PVA glue (1:1), the paint and patterns will not be smeared if further varnishing follows or moisture gets on the product.

We will need:

• tassel
• plate

Materials:

• toilet paper
• PVA glue
• newspapers

Step-by-step instructions on how to make a papier-mâché plate:

Prepare a base plate, the simplest and cheapest toilet paper, water, PVA glue, newspapers of various types or absorbent thin wrapping paper.

Tear toilet paper into small pieces. Moisten the pieces with water and “stick” them to the plate on either side.

It is enough to apply 2-3 layers of paper.

The layers of toilet paper must be completely dry.

At least 6-7 layers of newspaper must be applied; the more newspaper is pasted in layers, the thicker the final product will be. To ensure that the layers can be glued evenly, alternate newspapers of different types or use another type of thin paper. The resulting layers need to be dried thoroughly.

Origami plate is one of the most popular paper origami. If you don’t know how to make an origami plate, then on this page you will find everything you need to assemble this simple paper figurine.

In the first photo you can see what you will get if you follow the assembly diagram below. The second photo of the origami plate was taken by one of our site users. He came up with a beautiful rectangular plate made from a single sheet of paper. If you have photos of origami you have collected, send them to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You must have JavaScript enabled to view it.

Assembly diagram

Below is a diagram of the assembly of an origami plate from the famous Japanese origami master Fumiaki Shingu. If you strictly follow the instructions, then assembling the origami plate will not take much time, and the result will be the same as in the picture. After doing what is described in the diagram several times, you will understand how to make an origami plate quickly and without looking at the diagram.

Video master class

Assembling an origami plate may seem like a daunting task for beginners. Therefore, we advise you to enter the query “origami plate video” on the largest video hosting site on the Internet, YouTube. There you will find many different videos about origami plates, which clearly show the steps for assembling the plate. We hope that after watching the video of the assembly master class, you will have no more questions about how to make an origami plate.

This video will teach you how to assemble an origami plate for sweets:

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Symbolism

The shape of the plate copies the solar disk; therefore, in many cultures it is a favorable symbol. It can represent success and can also be used as a talisman to attract wealth and prosperity.