DIY garland on March 8

The eighth of March is an international women's holiday. March is also a harbinger of spring, dirty, but cheerful, warm, but rainy, because it is spring! On these very days, the most beautiful, sweet-smelling, pleasing to the eyes and soul-warming flowers of various colors, different varieties and types are exposed on the streets - they are all as different as the girls. But if for some reason you don’t have the opportunity to purchase them, do not be discouraged, because you can make any jewelry and gift to your relatives with your own hands, for example, a great option is a garland for March 8 with your own hands. You can comprehend here some interesting ideas and add your details to these original garlands, postcards dedicated to International Women's Day.

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Garland

Garland is one of the few decorations that can be used all year round. There are a lot of types of garlands, mainly horizontal and vertical.

Important! Horizontal hang on Christmas trees, televisions and others, and vertical, as you may have guessed, hang on door and window openings.

Vertical

It is very simple to make a vertical garland. You will need paper and thread.

Important! The paper should be thick enough, somewhere it is better to replace it with felt.

Instruction:

1. Giving shape to your garland. Cut butterflies, hearts, and even just round beads - it doesn't matter, only your imagination plays here.
2. According to the patterns you cut out figures of different colors. Take paper stripes or plain, the main thing is that their shades are combined.
3. In the course is a sewing machine. Sew the figure one by one, in the middle - this is important. Do not cut the thread, there should be some distance between the figures.
4. Each thread is tied to a cornice. For example, for a meter window, a thread of 12-15 centimeters will go, then choose the one that suits you best.

Horizontal

A garland of flowers made of paper on March 8, made by the same principle, will look good, of course, but voluminous figures strung on a thread will be better. We will examine in more detail how to bring such an idea to life:

1. Take 2-3 sheets of paper measuring 50 × 20 centimeters, put in a stack and bend into an accordion in increments of 2-3 centimeters.
2. Tie in the center with a thread, cut off the edges with a cone, so that you see sharp tips.
3. You spread the accordion with a fan and fasten the edges with a stapler.
4. Then lift each layer up and bend it so that it holds. The result should be flowers similar to dahlias.
5. Attach the needle to a place convenient for you.

Important! Since each figure is voluminous, do not push too much - it will not look very beautiful.

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Rings

This jewelry is intended for the new year, but since it is more universal, it is impossible not to tell about it:

1. Take colored paper and measure the same width for future strips, which should then be cut. Approximate width should go to 3.5 cm.
2. Using scissors, cut out measured strips. Each strip has a length of 21 cm, i.e. the width of a sheet of paper. You can make strips of different sizes, directly change the appearance of the garland itself.
3. Next, glue the stripes, poking one into the other, until you have enough, close the chain and hang it as a decoration wherever your soul desires.

Such a simple decor can be additionally decorated with flowers, then you get a completely appropriate garland for March 8 with your own hands.

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Cheerful candy wrapper

You will need candy wrappers from sweets, you can easily get a lot of them:

1. Take candy wrappers, cut them into several equal parts.
2. Each resulting rectangle is turned into a tube, fasten temporarily so that it does not fall apart.
3. Take a sharp, good thread and catch each until you get fluffy tinsel. At the end of the process, turn each tube in a different direction.

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Origami

You need two strips of different colors:

1. The width of one strip is 3.5 cm, the length is 21 cm (the length is equal to the width of a regular A4 sheet). Cut everything clearly and neatly.
2. Connect the stripes at the 90 ° end of one tape with another like this: horizontal - across, and vertical - down.
3. When stacking on top of each other, make the chain the length you need.

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Flower

Such a craft is very appropriate as a room decor option for March 8th. Take multi-colored paper, glue and double-sided tape, and then do:

1. Divide the paper into 7 squares, with parameters of 10 centimeters.
2. Fold the square four times, then bend one lapel diagonally, turn it over and do the same. You should have a triangle shape.
3. Cut a sample like a petal. Turn and cut the same petal from the flower.
4. Finish the flower by applying petals on each side and securing them with glue.
5. Tape it with tape so that you get a figure that looks like a triple of petals.

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Smart garland

This option will be more time-consuming to manufacture, but its appearance is also more interesting.

You will need:

• ordinary colored garland with bulbs;
• thin colored paper;
• ruler;
• pencil;
• scissors;
• glue;
• thread;
• needle.

Master Class:

1. A strip of paper is marked with the same lines with a ruler and a pencil.
2. The parchment section is bent and unbent in the places of marks, while bending it is slightly carried out with a needle, you need to make it ribbed and more mobile.
3. An angular strip is marked in the center with a pencil. A needle is held along it. In this form, the flashlight will soon bend.
4. Make an accordion, bend oblique sections as best as possible.
5. Both ends of the crafts stick together and get a flashlight.
6. One tip of the flashlight bends as tightly as possible to the center. You can fix it with glue, but it’s better not to do it, otherwise - the flashlight that appears there will cool for a long time.
7. The other side of the flashlight is mounted on a light bulb from a garland.
8. If something is wrong in the mount, the lamp falls or bends, use a thread and a needle.

Important! Do not go far from the place with crafts, as any electrical object is dangerous in cases of improper use and accidents.

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That's all you need in order to please your women, mothers, grandmothers, relatives and friends. As you can see, there’s nothing complicated here at all. Therefore, remember that the best gift is a handmade gift. And indeed the main thing is not a gift, but attention, therefore, love your loved ones and pay them as much attention as possible.