Useful tips
Cotton pads can be used not only for cosmetic purposes, but also for creating beautiful applications and crafts.
They make beautiful New Year's crafts and postcards, as well as original flowers – daisy, rose, lily and others.
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Here are the most interesting crafts that can be made from such simple material as cotton pads:
Children's crafts made of cotton pads: Christmas tree
You'll need:
– cotton pads
– stapler
– glue
– jewelry (beads, star, braid)
1. Make a cone out of cardboard. Read our article “How to make a paper cone”.
2. Fold each cotton pad as shown in the image and use pins to attach each folded disc to the cone.
* If you wish, you can decorate the Christmas tree with braid, garland, tinsel and other decorations.
Crafts from cotton pads for kindergarten: a card with a snowman
You'll need:
– 2 cotton pads
– colored paper
– scissors
– glue
– marker (if necessary)
– colored cardboard (for a postcard) or adhesive film (for window decoration).
1. Using scissors, cut one cotton pad so that it is smaller than usual – it will be a snowman's head.
2. To make eyes and buttons, you can cut two small circles out of colored paper and glue them, or you can draw with a marker or buy small stickers that resemble eyes.
3. Cut out a hat, scarf and nose (orange like a carrot) from colored paper.
4. Take a sheet of colored cardboard and fold it in half – this will be a blank for a postcard.
5. Glue both cotton pads to the workpiece. Stick a small disc a little over the large one.
6. Glue on the hat, scarf and nose.
* Use adhesive film to decorate the window with this snowman.
Cotton pad crafts for children: “Snowman” applique
You'll need:
– cotton pads
– colored cardboard
– glue
– decoration elements (colored paper, buttons, pompons, ribbons).
1. Glue two cotton pads (one end on top of the other) to a sheet of colored cardboard – this is your snowman's torso.
2. Cut the hat and buttons out of colored paper and glue them.
3. Use the ribbon to make a snowman scarf.
DIY cotton pad crafts: snowball
You'll need:
– cotton pads
– glue
– thread or tape.
1. Fold all the cotton pads you need into a quarter and add glue to the tip of the resulting figure.
2. Glue the 4 folded cotton pads together. Glue only the tips, not the shapes completely. Let the glue dry.
3. Fold the glued parts so as to get half of the ball.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 to make the second half of the ball and glue both halves together.
* You can glue tape or thread so that the ball can be hung.
Cotton pad flowers: daisy
You'll need:
– cotton pads
– gouache
– yellow watercolor
– threads
– glue
– needle
– colored cardboard or yellow felt (optional)
– scissors.
1. First you need to make petals. To do this, take one cotton pad and twist it from the bottom, as shown in the image. Tie the twisted part with a thread.
2. Make 8-10 similar petals and place them in a circle, forming a flower (see image).
3. We make the center of the flower. Take one cotton pad and paint it yellow and stick it to the petals. Or you can cut a circle out of colored paper or colored cardboard and glue it.
This flower can be used to decorate any card or use it in an applique.
Children's crafts made of cotton pads with their own hands: angel
You'll need:
– cotton pads
– needle
– thread
– glue
– sparkles.
Crafts from cotton pads and sticks: lily flower
You'll need:
– cotton pads
– cotton buds
– corrugated paper or colored paper (color: green)
– scotch tape
– cocktail tubes (preferably green)
– yellow marker or paint.
1. Take a piece of green corrugated paper and cut a leaf out of it (see image).
2. Prepare one or more cotton buds and paint one end yellow.
3. Insert the cotton swab into the tube with the unpainted end down.
4. Wrap the cotton swab with a cotton pad as shown in the image.
5. Make 3 such blanks and wrap them with a leaf that you cut out of paper. Secure the flowers and leaf with transparent tape.
Crafts made from cotton pads (photo): Christmas wreath
You'll need:
– styrofoam ring
– cotton pads
– needles or pins.
1. Fold a few cotton pads as shown in the image.
2. Use pins to attach all cotton pads to the foam ring.
Cotton pad roses
You'll need:
– cotton pads
– corrugated paper (color: green and brown)
– scissors
– skewers
– PVA glue
– gouache
– foam sponge.
1. Apply PVA glue to the tip of the skewer, place a cotton pad on it, wrap the skewer with it and press it so that it adheres well.
2. Apply a little glue to the outer part of the disc that has already been glued, attach another disc to it and glue it.
3. To make a bud, you need to glue another 6-7 cotton pads in a checkerboard pattern.
4. To make green sepals, like a real rose, you need to cut out a figure resembling a fence from corrugated paper.
5. Apply PVA glue to the figure and wrap it around the bottom of the bud.
6. Now we need to make a stalk. To do this, cut a long narrow strip out of brown corrugated paper, apply glue to one end and wrap the skewer in a spiral. At the end, add glue to the tip of the strip to secure it.
7. We make a leaf. Draw the leaf shape on green corrugated paper and cut it out. Glue this leaf to the stem.
DIY application “Rainbow above the clouds” made of cotton pads
You'll need:
– cotton pads
– paint and brush
– paper plate
– glue
– scissors.
1. Cut off just over half of the paper plate. You'll be using most of it.
2. Draw rainbow colors on the plate. You can use different colors, shades and even draw something interesting. Let the paints dry.
3. Put a drop of glue on each cotton pad and start sticking them to your rainbow.
* You can attach the craft to the wall with double-sided tape, or attach a tape or rope and hang it.