What crafts can be made from leftover ceiling tiles?

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Who didn’t enjoy making paper crafts as a child, especially if your parents were present with you?

They cut out snowflakes, folded cockerels and boats - a special chic. Back then they didn’t know that this creativity was called origami. It would seem that everything is clear in the name: ceiling tiles - put them on top. But no!

The material from which the tiles are made is cut; breaks evenly if slightly trimmed; It is painted - that is, it lends itself well to processing. Imagination took over and away we go! But man is a social being, and cannot help but share his knowledge and skills with others.

And these others carry the information further. Here we are, with the help of a thematic video: “What can be made from ceiling tiles”, we want to share interesting ideas with you.

Composition of tiles suitable for crafts

Who, after renovation, did not collect the remains of tiles, baseboards, their pieces and trimmings, glue? And it’s a pity to throw it away - what if it comes in handy, but suddenly it may never come. Perhaps our instructions will allow you to take a fresh look at the used material, and your children will enjoy communication and joint creativity with you on New Year's Eve.

For clarity, we offer several photos showing handmade crafts:

It is necessary that children's crafts hang on the Christmas tree in the most visible place, because the main thing is not the price of the toys, but the importance of joint production.

• Foam ceiling tiles can be easily cut with a knife or scissors, can be painted and glued well;
• Household packaging foam allows you to produce voluminous crafts and various gizmos;
• Combine tiles of different thicknesses in your crafts.

DIY Christmas tree made from ceiling tiles: diagrams, descriptions, stencils, photos

To make a Christmas tree from ceiling tiles, you will need either:

• a clear example, for example, a picture
• flight of fancy

Note that needlewomen perform such crafts in different ways:

• with volume
• as a separate flat fragment with additional decoration with decorative items
• sticker on cardboard

As an example, we will analyze 2 options for making a Christmas tree from ceiling tiles.

Volume:

• take 7-10 sheets of tiles
• draw a circle on each one so that each next one is larger in diameter
• cut them out and stack them from largest to smallest
• create a jagged edge on each using scissors
• pass the wire through the central points of the workpieces
• secure its end from below by twisting it
• straighten the rings
• paint each one green
• add tinsel, shiny decorations

2D Christmas tree:

• Place a stencil on a sheet of ceiling tiles and trace its outline
• carefully cut with a knife or scissors
• coat with acrylic paint on both sides
• after drying, repeat the previous step
• add decorations from beads, sequins, paper
• make a loop from strong thread/yarn and secure it to the top edge of the tree

More stencils for cutting out a Christmas tree from ceiling tiles:

And a number of finished products:

Making various crafts

Let's start with simple crafts, like in mathematics - from simple to complex.

Doves

Christmas tree pendants

The New Year is coming, we are preparing Christmas tree pendants or toys:

• Trace the outline of a heart, bell, tulip, star or snowflake with a pencil, and use a paper knife or just scissors to cut out your outline sketches;
• They should be fairly simple. Consider attaching crafts. As an option, loops of thread will be glued to the toy with glue, or holes will be made in the crafts and threads will be pulled through them;
• Help young children cut out pictures. Do not make complex figures, so as not to discourage either yourself or your children;

• Let the ceiling tiles from which the blanks are prepared lie in wait;
• From simple colored paper, various candy foils, sparkles, rhinestones, beads, we will prepare a whole heap of decorations for our drawings;
• We attach and decorate tile crafts with PVA glue: cutouts from colored paper, sparkles, rhinestones, beads;
• You can sit and paint everything. It is preferable to use gouache, tempera, felt-tip pens or artistic oil paints. If you have time to dry them, oil paints take a long time to dry;
• Pencils, even the softest ones, do not draw, but press through the material of the blanks; it is not advisable to paint with them;
• For the Christmas tree, of course, it is better to prepare figures of Father Frost, Snow Maiden and snowflakes. They are distributed either one at a time in different places, or garlands are prepared from them.

Attention: To avoid melting of the foam, the paint composition should not contain acetone or other active substances.

Volumetric Christmas tree

Crafts in 3D format

A voluminous Christmas tree made from ceiling tiles is an original idea and is very easy to prepare:

• You only need 10 pieces or more of foam, and a circle is drawn on each. The principle of the nesting doll is from a large circle to a small one. A large circle is the base, a small circle is the top, and inside there is a pyramid made of circles of different circumferences;
• We cut teeth on each contour of the circle, imitating branches with needles;
• A fairly stiff wire or a thin metal rod is taken onto the tree rod, a baked electrode can be used, and one end is inserted into the stand;
• The mugs are painted green and strung onto a rod from below.

Valentines

Have you tried making your own Valentine's Day cards and surprising your loved ones? Everything starts for the first time - so let's try to experiment.

Valentine's card for loved ones

• The Valentine card is cut out in the shape of hearts, painted as desired, backed with paper, glitter, foil, decorated, and smeared with transparent glue. Manicure glitter is poured onto these artistic spots of glue, ribbons and butterflies are glued;
• You can make a postcard in the form of a book. Two identical square or rectangular polystyrene foam plates go on it; the edges are fastened with a paper strip glued to both halves;
• Letters and numbers for teaching reading and counting to small children are cut out from ceiling tiles;
• Various parts to collect educational toys and build entire cities with cars, trees, flowers;
• Various details are glued onto a large sheet of cardboard, and a picture of the city, a swamp with reeds and frogs is created, Vasnetsov’s paintings are recreated, and warning signs about danger on the roads are made.

Two inseparable hearts

Three-dimensional paintings

Cut-out picture on foam plastic

Cut-out paintings made from the remains of foam tiles can be compared to wood carving - and this is aerobatics. A sharp stationery knife is used to remove all excess and leave a drawing previously applied with a felt-tip pen to the tile, or pressed from paper with a sharp pencil;

The reverse side is either covered with colored paper and the drawing is hung on the wall on a loop, or a stand or leg is prepared for it.

Attention: The walls of schools, gymnasiums, and lyceums are decorated with such crafts.

House layouts

From the remains of foam tiles you can make houses of various sizes and complexity with your own hands. All parts of the house are made separately: walls, roof, doors, windows and much more.

Castle layout

• They cut out interior items, furniture and household appliances from tiles.
• Using scraps of fabric, imitation curtains, upholstery and other home textiles are made.
• All parts are painted and glued together with transparent glue. The process is quite labor-intensive, but very exciting.

You can create copies of architectural monuments or simply beautiful buildings. The cost of the raw materials is quite low, but the result is impressive.

From cardboard

To work you will need:

• pieces of foam;
• thick white cardboard;
• scissors;
• pencil;
• PVA glue;
• silver tinsel.

First, take a large sheet of white cardboard and draw a snowflake on it. An example is shown in the photo.

Let's cut out two identical parts and glue them together. This is necessary so that the craft is denser and holds its shape well.

Spread the surface with PVA glue and glue silver tinsel and foam balls onto it.

The magnificent snowflake is ready!

How to make a voluminous snowflake - foamiran

Foamiran products can have absolutely any shape; to transfer the outlines onto the foam, you can use templates of volumetric snowflakes

, they can be found on our website. Of course, you can also use patterns for cutting out traditional snowflakes.

You should choose the color scheme for the craft yourself, because it is not at all necessary to take only white or blue. In total you should make 10 parts - 4 parts should be large, and all the rest should be medium or small. To give the pieces a slightly curved shape, you should press each piece against the iron.

After you have given the shape, you need to glue all the parts together. To decorate, glue half beads to the snow beauty or decorate with beads attached to a fishing line.

By the way, if you make a small craft, you can use it to add originality to a hoop or headband - with such an accessory you will be simply irresistible during the New Year holidays.

Do-it-yourself volumetric snowflake

Do-it-yourself volumetric snowflakes with diagrams

You can buy polystyrene foam at the construction market or in a store, however, if you have recently insulated your house, then it is quite possible to recycle the remains.

Draw a square of polystyrene foam into 4 zones with a pencil, and draw a wide cross in the center. In each of the four parts, draw one stripe, which has the same thickness as the central cross.

This will be a preliminary drawing of your snowflake on a sheet of foam plastic. Be sure to use a ruler and take all measurements - this will help the snowflake be as symmetrical and even as in nature.

The next step will be the formation of the ends of the beams. The simplest option would be to cut out the decoration with sharp, even edges, however, you can come up with a pattern yourself.

The most important tool for cutting will be a sharp knife. Be sure to cover the floor with oilcloth before cutting - this will help you clean up after needlework much faster.

The finished “makeshift” can be additionally decorated with tinsel or fabric flowers. An excellent decorative option is to use silence. Roll this thin material into the shape of flowers or pompoms, and then glue the foam along the contour - this will add additional volume.

You can also brush the foam surface with a brush and glue, and then sprinkle it with salt - this will allow the thing to shimmer beautifully in the light.

Decor ideas

Any snowflake – both simple and intricate – can be easily decorated with a variety of decorations. Thanks to such additions, crafts become more original and attract more attention. Let's look at how such products are often decorated:

• applications – snowflakes with various applications will definitely attract a lot of attention;
• color combinations – snowflakes (for example, paper ones) look bright, which combine 2 contrasting colors; this can be an elegant thing in the form of an accordion;
• inserts in the center - you can get an original snowflake if you design its central part in a non-trivial way: sketch the face of the Snow Maiden or Father Frost in it;
• sparkles – a scattering of sparkles on the surface of homemade snowflakes can give them a unique look; from the outside they will appear soft and fluffy.

There are many ways to decorate cute homemade snowflakes. Each master himself chooses an interesting solution that he likes more than others.

How to glue snowflakes on windows

Beautiful openwork snowflakes should certainly show off in the most visible place - on the window. But at the same time, you need to make sure that these decorative elements hold tightly and that after the holidays it is not difficult to remove them. In this case, it is necessary to take into account what material they are made of.

If thick paper or colored cardboard was used during the manufacturing process, then it is better to glue such products with laundry soap. Just take a bar of soap, turn the snowflakes, a brush and a glass of water, turn the snowflakes with the wrong side and coat, immediately apply to the window.

Crafts made from napkins attach to glass even more easily. Simply fill a spray bottle with water and spray snowflakes from it. They should be completely wet, but not excessively so that droplets do not run from them. After that, they are simply applied to the glass and held for a few seconds. In this case, decorative elements can be fixed to the surface absolutely free of charge, and the glass will then be very easy to wash.

Other types of snowflakes, for which foam or fabric were chosen as the material, are a little more difficult to fix on glass. To do this, you can use either regular PVA glue or paste. To prepare it, you need to mix water with flour, bring the mixture to a boil and then cool. You need to coat the snowflakes with the resulting mixture and fix them in the desired position.

You can also use boiled potatoes in their skins. They simply cut it and coat each snowflake before gluing.

(beautiful DIY crafts)

I found several examples of New Year's crafts made of plastic with the image of snowflakes. Let us look at them now - you will probably choose a method for yourself.

Model 1 – snowflakes from the bottoms of a plastic bottle.

We take a plastic bottle of mineral water - it is made of bluish plastic - that is, it has a beautiful snowy tint. Just what we need.

Using scissors or a file, cut off the bottom. On it we draw the outlines of a fluffy snowflake with white or blue paint. And we drill a hole through which we thread a ribbon hanger. A good craft for working with children - you cut bottles (an ordinary knife works well), and the children draw a snowflake pattern.

DIY snowflakes from transparent plates.

You can also use a thick sheet of transparent plastic

cut out neat stars and decorate them in the center with a snowflake design.
Plastic can be taken from old packaging boxes
with a transparent display side.
Another sheet of plastic can serve as a transparent kitchen table mat
. Or a thick stationery folder will also work. We get a beautiful New Year's craft with our own hands.

Snowflakes made from lids.

Even plastic bottle caps can serve the common cause of New Year's apartment decor. They can be glued to a piece of cardboard or plywood, and then cut along the contour. Or attach the lids to each other with glue from a glue gun.

Snowflakes-crafts from thermo-mosaic.

You can also take an ordinary children's thermo-construction set - with these bubbles - you string them on pins, making a pattern, and then bake them in the microwave or oven - and you get a whole craft item. In our case, we lay out a snowflake pattern and get an original patterned beauty made of plastic, made with our own skillful hands.