A napkin and wire ballerina is a craft that takes very little time to make. However, the possibilities of its decoration and use are quite wide.
A distinct advantage is thatMaking a ballerina from napkins and wire with your own hands can be an excellent entertainment for children. The formation of body parts and clothing contributes to the development of fine motor skills of the hands, and the finished figure will be one of the favorite dolls.
For such work, a set of specific tools and materials is needed:
A napkin and wire ballerina is a paper body on a rigid frame. First you need to make a foundation, the so-called skeleton of the future dancer.
For this wire is useful.It is necessary to form the body, arms and legs. In those places where there will be feet and hands, the wire should be rolled into oval-shaped loops. It is necessary to achieve the same size and shape of these parts, otherwise the ballerina from the napkin and the wire will look messy. In the same way, perform the workpiece for the head (only here you need a larger loop).
For strength, wire segments should be interchanged. The body will be the most dense, because it will be formed from four layers.
Do not worry about possible irregularities, as they later disappear under the layers of paper.
At the next stage, it will be necessary to prepare an adhesive solution (PVA with water in a 1: 1 ratio).
Napkins need to be divided into layers, they willused separately. If there is a color pattern on the top layer of the napkin, it should be postponed (can be used in the process of making clothes), because only white paper is useful for the body.
Prepared napkins need to break into strips about two centimeters wide. It is impossible to cut with scissors, clear cuts will be visible on the finished product.
Now each strip is required to soak inadhesive solution and wrap around the wire blank. This work is laborious, it must be done carefully and carefully. The ballerina should be graceful and graceful, the arms and legs should be formed evenly (without tubercles).
It should be noted that the partners of the ballerina - boys - from wire and napkins will be more massive. At the finishing stage, you can glue the figure undiluted PVA.
The napkin and wire ballerina will be ready,when completely dry (at least one day). If, however, formed bumps and irregularities, the dried figure can be corrected with fine sandpaper.
Dresses for dancing figures are performed on the same principle, but their color and style can be changed at the discretion of the craftswoman. Costume for dancers consists of a color layer of napkins.
The order of making a dress:
The cuffs of the men's suit are performed by the same method. Or they do it even simpler: they cut out a rectangle, fold it and crumple it.
That's the whole story about how to make a ballerina from wire and napkins. Then it remains only to attach a loop of thin fishing line to its top, and you can decorate a room, a New Year tree or a terrace.
