Master class on origami from towels

Jacket and women's blouse

To create such elegant suits you will need:

Two black towels measuring 40*60 cm.
Two red towels measuring 30*30 and 40*60 cm.
White towel 40*60 cm.
Buttons.
Double-sided adhesive tape.

Making this origami from a towel with your own hands is very easy and quick. It will take about five or ten minutes to work.

Jacket with tie

Place a black towel on a flat surface and a white one on top. It is necessary to ensure that they lie perfectly even on top of each other.
Now you should take a long ruler and carefully press the center line along the entire length of the top towel.
Fold each of the resulting halves in half so that the long edges meet at the marked center line.
Fold the resulting rectangle in half.
Now roll up the edges of the towel to form two triangular collar pieces and secure the collar in the center using a pin.
Next, proceed to forming the tie. To do this, place a red square towel on a flat surface, draw a line from one corner to the other and fold the edges of the towel twice to this center line so that one side is wider and the other is pointed.
Gently pull apart the edges of the jacket and insert the point of the tie there. Fold the edges back and secure everything with pins if necessary.
Unscrew the tie and straighten it. The jacket and tie are ready!

Blouse

Take a black and red towel and fold it in the same way as for a men's jacket, with the black towel on the bottom and the red one on top. The collar of a woman's blouse can be opened a little wider.
Now, using small pieces of duct tape, you need to attach several buttons along the center line where the edges of the towels meet.

Video about origami from towels

Away with superstitions, do they give you towels?

Foot towel
Perhaps some of you will now say: “Do they even give a towel as a gift?” Of course they give. There is a version that such a gift leads to quarrels, separations, and hostility.

In my opinion, it is easier to blame an innocent piece of material for all your troubles than to try to find the root of the problem. It all depends on your emotional perception of it. If you then suffer from sleepless nights because you made a “forbidden” gift, make a decision in favor of your health. Come up with something different.

But, nevertheless, as they say, there is no smoke without fire. And if you are a superstitious person, then there is an excellent solution to this controversial issue - take money for this gift (symbolic, of course). And it automatically moves from the “gifts” row to the “purchases” department.

Delighting the kids with an interesting presentation

Who else but children love something interesting, unusual and, at first glance, even magical? Children are real connoisseurs of this. It’s difficult to surprise with a towel neatly folded in a bag, but if you roll it into a fancy shape, you’ll be simply delighted! Let's take as a basis what children love most:

Let's use this knowledge to design a gift.

Ice cream. Choose a towel in bright colors (raspberry, deep yellow, orange, etc.). Using the step-by-step video instructions, you will be able to turn the gift into the children’s favorite sweet.

Lollipops. Perhaps not a single children's party goes by without sweet candies. To make the candy look real, use two different colors. For example, red and white, yellow and green, but you can also do it like in the master class:

Pack the souvenir in transparent wrapping paper and the lollipop is ready.

Toys. Create a baby elephant with your own hands, for example. You will need 2 types of towels: bath and hand. Use the following colors: white, blue, blue, gray. To make it look like a real one, decorate it with “toy eyes.” You can find them at any craft store. Follow the instructions in the photo to create your masterpiece.

And here is an example of creating a crab. To roll a towel into this shape you need to:

Place it vertically;
Fold the sides inside the towel.
Straighten the bottom of the towel;
Roll it halfway from the bottom up;
Remove the side ends;
Bend them down;
Fold the top corner of the towel down and inward by a third;
Wrap again. You will get a head.

You will definitely want to play with such souvenirs.

We create masterpieces for the fair half

Girls can be fascinated by many things: a beautiful sunset, a fancy pattern on their favorite towel, etc. I think it won’t be difficult to please them with a wonderful towel product. Moreover, women can be given both a kitchen waffle and a terry bath towel.

For a girl you can create:

Roses

All girls undoubtedly love to be pampered, given attention and given flowers. All this can be embodied in one simple surprise.

So I propose to create a floral gift, as in the video:

You can choose any color of the towel. But if you want the flower to look more natural, choose pink, yellow, peach, burgundy or white. You don’t have to limit yourself to just one flower; prepare a whole bouquet.

Swans. These beautiful birds are a symbol of pure and true love, tenderness and devotion. Swans should always be given in pairs. By creating this miracle from a towel, you will convey the full depth of your feelings. This photo shows how to properly design this craft:

Cake. Despite the fact that all women do not eat after 18.00, and flour and sweets are generally taboo, this gift will not leave her indifferent. You will need:

Pen;
Scissors;
Ruler;
Wrapping;
Scotch;
Decorative cherry;
Towel.

For the rest, this video will help:

Towel in the shape of a piece of cake

Sometimes it happens that you get invited to a holiday spontaneously, and you don’t even have time to choose a gift. In this case, most often they choose to give money, it’s easier. In fact, giving only banknotes in an envelope is not entirely original, because the hero of the occasion should be in for a surprise.

We would like to invite you to make a “towel” piece of cake with your own hands, which will not require much time and expense to create.

Step-by-step instruction:

You need to cut out the shape of a piece of cake from cardboard.

Place a kitchen towel in the mold, securing it with small needles.
We wrap a piece along the contour with a beautiful ribbon, securing it with bobby pins, or wrap it in corrugated paper and tie it with a ribbon.
You can decorate the top with any accessory: a flower, a berry, etc.

You can also put money inside this original piece of cake, but now your gift will be very unusual and interesting.

There is also a simplified version for which you will need:

small towel
colorful ribbons
decoration

Original do-it-yourself gifts for loved ones and friends

Bear made from a towel

Sometimes you really want to give something unusual, so that the gift will be remembered for a long time. You can surprise and delight with original gifts if you add a little imagination, invention and patience to the design of the most ordinary gift. The portal chudo-dieta.com has selected for our readers the simplest and most accessible methods, ideas that will tell you not only what to give, but also how to make a gift with your own hands special.

How to make a gift with your own hands

Let's say you decide to give a beautiful towel, scarf, tablecloth, woven napkins, etc. Here are a few ways to make spectacular gifts with your own hands from the most ordinary things.

While you are making super gifts with your own hands, pay attention to the original audio congratulations on your phone

DIY towel bunny (for a friend, girlfriend)

For these purposes, a square shape of the product is better suited. Spread a towel, tablecloth or scarf on the table, roll two diagonally opposite corners into tubes, moving from the edge to the middle. Then fold it in half. The corners are the bunny's future ears. Take them and fold the towel in half again. Now all that remains is to tie the resulting muzzle and ears with bright braid. The bunny is ready. The whole process is shown more clearly in the diagram. The muzzle can be decorated by sewing beads instead of eyes and nose.

And here is another option for decorating a gift: these bunnies seem to be standing. Fold the towel in the same way as in the first case, only you will have to bandage it in two places: in the area of the ears and on the neck. You can decorate using purchased eyes for toys, or beautiful buttons, pebbles, beads, etc. There can be many options.

Next, watch the video tutorial on how to make a hare from a towel.

DIY towel elephant. (mother, grandmother)

Here's how to make a baby elephant from two towels or napkins. First, fold your torso and legs. Figures 1-5.

Then you need to roll the head out of the second napkin. Figures 6-12.

At the end we place the head on the body; the eyes can be embroidered or decorated in any way convenient for you. You can put some additional decoration on the trunk, for example, a chain, bracelet, or tie a ribbon or tie around your neck if the gift is intended for a man.

Watch the video on how to make an elephant from a towel.

See what other animals you can make from towels.

Cake as a gift

And this original gift is perfect if you are going to congratulate newlyweds or a family with a newborn baby. This is a very impressive, colorful two or three-tier cake, made from baby diapers, nappies, or from a set of napkins, tablecloths, towels, and bed linen. To create this gift you will need several circles of different sizes, cut out of thick cardboard. Diapers or towels are folded into rolls and then laid out one by one on a cardboard base. For stability, each tier must be tied with beautiful ribbons, which can also be used for a child. You can attach a toy on top of this cake. Use artificial flowers and leaves, beads, bows, and bright rattles as decorations. Such a gift will be remembered for a long time!

Basket with flowers

This basket can be filled with anything. Thin towels, napkins, diapers, baby undershirts, socks, hats, handkerchiefs, tights, etc. are suitable for these purposes. If the gift is intended for a man, it can be a set of ties, socks, scarves, etc. For women and girls, the basket can be filled with items lace lingerie, stockings, interspersed with bright hair clips, hair ties, etc.

In addition, you will need a small basket, artificial flowers and leaves for decoration, pieces of shaped soap, beads, scented candles and whatever else you have on hand. Fill the basket by rolling textiles into roses or other flowers. Decorate the basket at your discretion and taste.

These new gifts will delight people of all ages and tastes with their uniqueness. After all, gifts made with your own hands acquire a special meaning and convey the warmth of your hands and soul.

How to choose the texture and color of towels?

Before you start creating a towel cake, you need to choose the right material. When choosing the color of a textile product, it is important to take into account not only the gender and age of the recipient, but also his color preferences. In addition, you need to emphasize the importance of the event with additional details. For example, if the cake is a gift for a wedding anniversary, then you can decorate it with a number indicating the number of years you have lived together.

Products in pastel colors look best. You can make a cake from multi-colored tiers, which will add brightness and solemnity to it. When choosing a color scheme, you need to take into account the compatibility of colors in order to create a harmonious composition:

white and black are the best combination, symbolizing the unity of opposites;
blue and yellow represent understanding and emotional independence;
red with brown or pink wish the recipient to fulfill all his dreams;
orange and green will allow you to express joy at the upcoming event;
yellow and green will fill the gift with vital energy and positivity;
gray and purple represent aesthetic sensitivity and a developed sense of beauty.

There are many color combinations that can not only express your emotions to the recipient, but also create a harmonious gift. It is not necessary to pay attention to the recommended combinations; you can use your own imagination for this. When choosing the texture of towels, you need to consider the purpose of the gift.

If it should look like a real cake, then you need to use silk or velor textiles.

If the cake should reflect the solemnity of the event, then it is more appropriate to purchase terry textiles.

How to apply

How to fold towels into diagram shapes

Folk imagination has invented many ways to beautifully fold a towel as a gift. Especially for you, we have put together short master classes, which, once mastered, will allow you to make original and beautiful gifts.

You will need a set of small towels, black ribbon, green and red handmade soap, and chopsticks.

Carefully roll the towels into sushi-shaped rolls. Tie them with black ribbon (it will act as nori seaweed). Place the resulting sushi on a plate, place soap (wasabi and ginger) next to it.

Complete the composition with chopsticks and you're done! This “sushi set” will be a great surprise for any sushi lover.

"Ice cream"

This method is one of the simplest, but gifts made in this way will be a cool surprise for any girl’s birthday or March 8th.

You will need two small, thin towels of different colors, a large glass tumbler, and a popsicle stick.

Place the towels on top of each other and roll them up. Place them in a glass and stick a stick on top.

These simple manipulations can be completed in one or two minutes, so this is an ideal option for those who are short on time.

This method is suitable for decorating large terry towels (for example, bath towels). We will need pieces of soap made in the shape of fruits and flowers, which we will simply beautifully lay out on a towel rolled into a square.

If you have several of them, the cake can be made into two or even three tiers. In this case, it is better to tie it with a multi-colored ribbon.

You can use towels and clothes for newborns to create equally interesting surprises that are perfect for young mothers.

We will need socks and rompers, folding them in half with towels, we will get cute multi-colored rolls.

All that remains is to decorate them with artificial berries (strawberries, grapes, plums, etc.), which can be bought at any decor store or hand-made fair.

If you are too lazy to decorate a surprise with your own hands, you can always purchase ready-made kits and kits - they are sold in abundance in online stores.

Romantic figures

For a loved one, you can make a figure out of a towel, symbolizing love, fidelity, sympathy. Traditionally it is a heart, a swan and flowers. Below you will find master classes with diagrams.

Heart

There are two ways to give a towel a heart shape.

First way:

Place the product vertically, fold both edges towards the center.
Roll one end to the middle.
Then do the same with the other end.
Secure the rolls with a pin.

Second way:

Place the product horizontally in front of you.
Twist its edges into diagonal tubes to form a triangle.
Fold the edges in to form a heart.
Use a pin to secure.
Level the inside.

Swan

They make a swan figure like a heart:

The product is laid out horizontally in front of you.
Roll the edges diagonally into tubes close to each other and beautifully bend the narrow side upward.
For a better effect, place a few more towels on top in a stack or in waves.

It is better to form the figures of a swan and a heart directly on the bed of the gift recipient. If you try to move them, the shape will suffer.

Flowers

To create a flower, a thin and small towel is suitable, for example for the face or hands:

Fold it in half diagonally to form a triangle.
Starting from the wide part, roll up the rope. Leave a small triangle.
Now roll the tourniquet into a roll. Secure with a rubber band.
Lift up the triangular “petals”. You will get a rose like this:

If there are a lot of small towels, you can make a whole bouquet. To do this, wooden sticks are inserted into the middle of the roses.

Strawberry cupcake

To make the gift you prepared look like a cute cupcake, it needs to be folded using the origami technique, and not rolled.

In order to wrap your holiday gift in an original way, stock up on the following materials:

One hand towel - it should be square and have a light shade, otherwise the recipient will not associate it with a cupcake.
Transparent cup (can be replaced with a cardboard cup).
Decorative strawberries or wild strawberries.
Cellophane for gift wrapping.
Spool of thread.

So, the materials are prepared. It's time to start original gift wrapping:

Fold all four corners of the square towards the center.
Fold the ends of the new square towards the center in the same way.
If necessary, fold the towel again in the same way - you need the workpiece to fit into the cup.
Place the spool of thread in the center of the square.
Turn the resulting workpiece over and wrap it around the spool.
Place the threads aside.
Place the already compacted towel in the prepared cup.
Decorate the top of the “cupcake” with a prepared decorative berry.
Pack the composition in beautiful wrapping paper. It is desirable that it be transparent.

A festive cake made from several towels looks very original and expensive. However, to pack a gift in this way, you need to try.

In order to beautifully wrap a towel as a gift with your own hands in this way, prepare the following items and materials for work:

3 pieces of corrugated cardboard, suitable in size.
3 gift towels (they must be of different sizes).
Artificial roses with branches, decorative ribbons to decorate the three-tier cake and the packaging in general.
Cellophane for gift wrapping.

Let's move on to the master class itself:

Make three floor blanks from prepared corrugated cardboard. To do this, you need to fold each of them into a ring and fasten it with tape.

Important! All parts must fit inside each other, and the inner part must be the tallest of all three

Wrap the lowest tier of the future cake, decorating it with decorative ribbon.
Carry out the same manipulations with the remaining tiers.
Place the tiers on top of each other, securing them. The base of the cake is ready.
Now you can move on to decorating the product. To do this, you can use all the decorative elements that were prepared earlier. You can also use decorative beads and sparkles, the main thing is to use your imagination.

Important! Artificial flowers can be replaced with real ones. This will make your work look more expensive and even more original.

Wedding present: “dessert” from terry compositions. Preparing materials for creativity

Cakes made from towels, the master class for making which you can read below, look very elegant, beautiful and impressive. In order to make such a gift for the newlyweds, you will need the following items and tools:

white towels size 50x100 cm - 4 pieces;
white lace napkin with a diameter of at least 35 cm - 1 piece;
lace napkins 20 cm in diameter - 2 pieces;
thick cardboard;
stationery erasers;
satin tape;
artificial flowers (roses);
double-sided tape;
decorative figurines of the bride and groom.

Towel bunny

The method is suitable not only for future little owners of towels, but also for adult, but romantic or young-at-heart birthday people.

The idea of making a bunny out of a towel before giving it as a gift was borrowed by me from the Odessa handicraft forum.

Fold the towel with your own hands as shown in the diagram and tie it with a ribbon:

And get a charming sitting bunny from a towel (its face can be embroidered directly on the towel or the edge of a piece of paper with drawn eyes, a nose, and a smile can be tucked under the ribbon): Using the same principle, you can make your own from towels and standing bunnies: As can be seen in the last photo, To decorate the bunnies, you can use store-bought eyes and pom-poms for toys (as a nose). Or you can make do with what you have on hand: beads, beads, buttons. You can lightly grab them with a thread so that you can easily remove them later for easy use.

Fantasies from towels

A resident of Baranovichi (Belarus), Elena Smirnova, saw folded towels in the shape of swans in Turkish hotels and organized a souvenir business made from towels in her homeland.

It all started with swans on Turkish beds

The art of folding towel souvenirs originated in Japan. Figures made from wet hand wipes in the form of bunnies, bears and birds served as table decorations and were used after the feast. And Elena Smirnova, a resident of Baranovichi, brought this hobby from Turkey, where she vacationed two years ago. What struck her most was not the exotic beauties and the all-inclusive menu, but... the unusual swans rolled up from towels on the hotel beds.

“When I arrived home, I looked on the Internet how they were made, and was amazed that it turned out to be a whole art,” Elena recalls.

At first she made gifts for her family and friends, and then she began selling souvenirs from towels at the market, where she has her own outlet selling garden figurines. The tax office could not decide on the type of craft activity for her unusual hobby and ultimately settled on “souvenirs.”

The most popular souvenirs among adult customers are cake and flowers, and among children - toys: hares, hippos and piglets. “If you get tired of the toy, you will also have a towel!” – Elena tells the customers.

– Several times brides ordered bouquets of flowers from towels to throw to their bridesmaids. And at fairs, men often buy double flowers from me for their ladies with the words: “You will remember these flowers for a long time!”

The craftswoman makes gifts for newborns from towels and diapers: strollers and cars.

Treble clef made from towels

For souvenirs, Elena buys towels herself: she knows which ones are suitable for rolling. Preference is given to towels from China and Pakistan. “Belarusian towels are too hard. – says Elena, “it’s a pity, a souvenir from them would cost less.” The most difficult to make are flowers. At the same time, you need to hold the twisted petals of several flowers at once, fixing each one in turn with a rubber band. Literally all of her fingers are used, but for Elena this is not easy: one of her fingers is injured and cannot be straightened. All parts are connected using folds, twists, knots, and elastic bands.

The time spent on assembly varies: for example, Elena makes a dog out of a towel in half an hour. On March 8th, a Minsk company ordered Elena fifty towel flowers for its employees. Elena made them for a week. It also takes many days to come up with a new model. Elena made a bouquet of three pansies from two towels for more than a week.

– A friend asked me to make towel horses for the New Year. Trying to make them, I ruined two towels,” Elena laughs. “Everything is tight, the threads are pulled out, and sometimes it even reaches holes, but I came up with a horse.”

The needlewoman made the most unusual order for a musician from Minsk. It was a composition: a basket of flowers, and in the middle - a treble clef. “The souvenir took five towels of different colors,” says Elena. – But the work was worth it: then they called me and said that the musician was delighted!

By the way, Elena now makes swans from Turkish hotels “on autopilot.” “And they don’t fall apart, and even arrive by mail in excellent condition!” – Elena emphasizes.

The art of folding gifts from towels is short-lived: after a while, the gift will have to be taken apart. But the mood and emotions will remain in the memory for a long time.

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Which towel to choose

There are many varieties of this seemingly simple piece of fabric, each with a different purpose.

Hygienic We use these towels to dry our hands, body and face.
Bathrooms Contrary to the name, such a towel is useful not only in the bathhouse - ideally, it should be in every bathroom. They are large in size and thick. As a rule, they are made from natural materials, since they absorb moisture best. You can complement your choice with an original cosmetic set for spa treatments at home. Here are some options:

Kitchen ones They have a fairly wide range of applications - they serve fresh dishes, wipe tables and dishes. They should absorb moisture very well and wash well.

Massage They are distinguished by their fluffiness and softness. They are used for rubbing and warming the skin before massage, as well as for covering after it. Wedding Another name is lentions. Lentions are used in many wedding ceremonies as a mat on which the newlyweds stand in front of the altar. After this, the lenthion is kept as a family heirloom. Children's As the name implies, they are used as a children's hygiene product. They differ from ordinary ones in the special delicacy of their fabric and design.

How to fold a towel into a cake shape

To prepare a pleasant and practical surprise for a loved one or loved one, you don’t have to spend a lot of money. A seemingly banal set of towels can be turned into a real masterpiece.

Advantages of unusual packaging

A textile cake has several undeniable advantages over other gifts.

Practicality . Textile products will definitely be useful in the household and will be used for their intended purpose.
Originality . Unusual design and presentation make any, even the most inconspicuous thing, unusual.
Beauty . Receiving a skillfully decorated “cake” is much more pleasant than an ordinary cardboard box with textile products.
Availability . You can create a composition with your own hands, at home. Therefore, such a surprise will not cost too much.
Unusuality . A gift in the form of a sweet treat looks very creative and fresh.

Important! There are a lot of ideas for implementing the most beautiful and original presentation of towels as a gift. You should use your imagination at full capacity and choose a wonderful composition for the hero of the occasion.

Single tier "cake"

Gift decoration specialists offer two composition options: a single-tier and a multi-tier option.

Advice! In the first case, you can use one large bath product, and in the second, a set of textiles of different sizes.

It is not difficult to create a single-tier composition from the product.

The textile product simply needs to be folded several times to form a strip approximately 10–15 cm in size.
Next, the towel is rolled into a tight roll and secured with a rubber band .
Subsequently, the resulting composition can be placed on a beautiful stand and decorated with satin ribbons and artificial flowers.

Multi-tiered “cake”

To make a cake with two or more tiers, you need a little more time, skill and materials. To compose, in addition to a set of towels, you will need thick cardboard, tape and decorations .

Next you need to follow the step-by-step “recipe”.

We form the basis of the future composition from cardboard and glue the edges with tape.
Each element is wrapped in a towel folded in half. The ends are tucked inside the structure.
We decorate the resulting composition with artificial flowers and fruits, as well as satin ribbons and bows.

Oddly enough, making a large multi-tiered cake can be even much easier than a single-tiered one. The main thing is to be patient and do everything carefully so that the gift is truly beautiful and original.