VIDEO: Make origami poinsettias
You can also use aluminum foil to fold poinsettias because the material can be processed in a similar way to paper to make it Handcraft to use.
How to use classic aluminum foil for poinsettias
Common aluminum foil, such as is used to wrap food, can be folded into squares and then used to make poinsettias.
- To do this, cut off a piece of aluminum foil that is at least three times as long as the edge length of the squares required for handicrafts. Then fold this in such a way that at least three layers of aluminum foil are on top of each other. Protruding ends of your "origami-Paper “can be folded in so that a square is created.
- Measure out the square so that you can also fold the following pieces of foil with which you would like to make your origami poinsettias to the same size.
- Afterwards you can use the squares as aluminum foil just like normal origami paper. When folding the poinsettias you can crease and fold them and even glue them according to the crafting instructions.
- Because the folds leave clearer marks in the aluminum foil and not - as with paper - repaired again you should not redraw edges too much and folds that are only used as markings should not be so strong fold down.
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Use leftover packaging to make origami
- In addition to the aluminum foil, which you can purchase in rolls for home use, the aluminum foil of packaging is also suitable for handicrafts. Because especially at Christmas time, many sweets are wrapped in brightly printed aluminum foil - such as Santa Claus figures or pieces of chocolate.
- These small packages are usually too small to be used directly for making origami poinsettias. Instead, you can flatten them - with a rolling pin, for example - and then glue several individual packages onto a sheet of paper or thin cardboard.
- When the glue has dried, you can use the glued-on packaging scraps for handicrafts, because these can be cut to size as usual and also folded into poinsettias. Due to the two-layer design and the colorful Colours The glued-on aluminum packaging allows you to achieve particularly interesting color effects with your origami poinsettias.