Thanksgiving CRAFTS: Fall Crafts for Kids - Paper Weaving
Finally, printable Thanksgiving Crafts & easy Fall crafts, (look for the PRINT THIS PAGE button to create printable crafts instructions). Paper Weaving! It's a great hand-eye cooordination exercise as well as great practice before trying weaving with yarn. This project also gives lots of options for what and how to make. EASY Thanksgiving crafts and one-of-a-kind gifts or a festive fall decorations are found here. Designed with simple instructions and pictures make it possible for anyone to create Thanksgiving crafts they can be proud of.
This simple Harvest crafts for kids will leave them feeling very successful upon completing it. With a little time and a bit of direction children as young as 4 can create some wonderful paper weaving projects. Remember- its not about perfection. Its all about the time spent on the project.
Materials:
One full sheet of heavy paper (cardstock or scrapbooking paper)
One (or two) sheets of colored paper cut into strips
Tape or Glue
finishing elements (examples include glitter glue, stickers, images cut from cards)
Instructions for Paper Weaving
Paper weaving is a good place to start if you've never tried to weave before.
1. Fold a piece of paper in half and make cuts from the fold out to about 1" from the edge. Open the paper. This will be your "warp".
2. From another piece of paper cut long narrow strips to weave in and out of the warp.
3. To make your weaving more interesting you can vary the width of the spaces between your warp cuts, or make your warp cuts wavy. You can also vary the width and shape of the strips you weave in. Use several different colors of paper.
4. To finish, glue or staple the strips in place along the edges.
these are basic weaving instructions that can be used to create a number of designs.
5. When your weaving is complete, trim any ends that may stick out and tape or glue the lose ends. You can either laminate the finished piece or mount it on another sheet.
