Crafts from egg trays - a universal wayspend a creative evening without the problem of finding a special clay. So common objects allow at any time the arrival of the muse to create something such and to please his family.
Original bottle
A simple example of using egg traysis decorating a glass bottle. Wine containers are often chosen as the glass is rather durable there and already has a certain original shape.
To create paper mache from egg trays, you will need:
- several clean egg trays (depending on the volume of the bottle);
- high-quality, not watery PVA glue;
- good (fresh) acrylic paint in white;
- not very thick gouache;
- spray paint;
- durable rubber gloves;
- clean dried bottle.
Cooking mass
Подготовленные яичные лотки необходимо разорвать into small pieces and pour boiling water over completely. They should be left to soak for 8-10 hours, then the mass will be perfectly obedient. After the time the pieces of paper must be carefully squeezed and folded in a high capacity. After the needlewoman should arm themselves with rubber gloves and start kneading papier mache from egg trays.
The first step is to add the PVA to the tank withstocking. Glue should be a bit to the mixture remained thick. Knead papier-mâché must be slowly and constantly, in a circular motion. As a result, the mass should be thick and dense.
The process of making crafts from egg trays
The action algorithm is simple:
- on the prepared dry bottle it is necessary to lay out the mass in parts, gradually giving the container its intended shape;
- after construction, it is necessary to allow to dry completely, so that the lined pattern is held firmly on the glass and does not peel off during painting;
- after complete drying, papier-mache can be painted with white acrylic paint, creating a “canvas” for further decoration;
- after drying the acrylic base, you can safely proceed to the coloring;
- when the gouache is dry, the product must be allowed to stand for a couple of hours, after which it is already covered with varnish.
Papier-mâché from magazines and trays
There is also an option how to make a masspapier-mache based on egg trays and glossy magazines. This technique is more common in England. The process of preparation of the material does not require a long soaking, laborious mixing and, moreover, favorably eliminates the stray publications.
To make a lot of papier-mache, you will need:
- 10-12 clean egg trays;
- 1-2 medium glossy editions (no thicker than 50 pages);
- wallpaper glue packaging (based on cellulose).
Mass preparation process
- The prepared materials need to break,release from staples or clips that are often found in magazines, and place in a large bucket. Torn pieces should be poured with plenty of hot water, so the de-scaling process will be faster. Soaking sheets from the magazine will be longer than regular trays, so you can regularly mix the mass in a bucket and pour hot water.
- To make papier-mâché of egg trays and glossyThe pages were homogeneous and easily laid down on the prepared object, the ready mass must be thoroughly squeezed and mixed with a mixer (construction tool, if the volume is large). If the decoration takes place in several stages, papier-mâché can be divided into several parts and put the packages with it in the refrigerator compartment. Before using the cold piece of mass is moistened with warm water and stirred with a mixer.
- To papier-mâché from egg trays was plasticand succumbed to mounting on different surfaces, you can putty putty into the finished warm mass, or, in the case of working with children, you can add starch or powder for preservation.
And what crafts from the egg tray can be done inhome without any specific skills? The most common way to use old trays is to produce violets and bells. The edges of the trays are perfect along the contour, because they resemble petals of flowers. To create violets, you need to select intact cells, cut each along its edges and color it in a suitable color - purple or blue. Next, the heads of the "egg" flowers can be fixed on a shiny thread and thus create a garland.
Beautiful wreath
Crafts from egg trays - commonoption for creative activities with first graders. For the celebration of March 8, you can safely invite the children to create a wreath of daisies made from egg trays. To create such an attribute will require:
- 6-8 pieces of egg trays (10 eggs);
- decorative rope green (you can paint any harness in green paint);
- hairpins for decor.
Making a wreath:
- Стойки яичных лотков, которые разделяют ячейки, It is necessary to slowly cut out from the general composition and cut neatly along the edge, leaving a solid base. Next, blanks must be painted in white color, so that the flower finally resembled a field chamomile. Racks, after drying the paint, put on each other and fixed with glue. In the grooves between the petals it is necessary to glue even strips of green tow - they will create volume and give a wreath of spring freshness. From the remaining egg cells, you need to create chamomile smaller. Each cell must be cut into petals, painted white.
- It is necessary to create yellow heads of daisies from pieces of trays and attach them to the petals with the help of decorative pins. Then dry flowers are glued to the wreath, combining them with green leaves.
Conclusion
Now you know how to make egg crafts.trays. The papier-mâché mass recipes are quite simple, it remains only to try to build something original from a banal tray for eggs. We hope that the information was useful to you.
