VIDEO: Paper cuttings for Easter
At Easter, decorative paper cuttings are suitable as window decorations or as a decoration for greeting cards - for example as a rabbit or a flower.
Paper cutouts as Easter decorations
Birdsong and blooming willow branches are among the first signs of spring. Easter motifs are based on the spring symbolism, such as butterflies or flowers and Easter figures such as rabbits and Easter eggs.
The paper cutting is a simple and inexpensive idea for Easter crafts. You can make colorful butterflies, flowers and Easter eggs using handicraft templates or free-hand. You cut out the paper with the scissors. Plain colored construction paper is best.
Easy-to-use papercuts for Easter can be made with children. Give young children a pair of rounded-off scissors. The motifs become more interesting when you work with different ones Colours work. An example of this is the brown rabbit body with a light belly and light muzzle, black eyes and a red bow around the neck. You cut out these motifs layer by layer and glue them on top of each other.
If you are skillful and have steady hands, you can use fine scissors to make filigree paper cuts. A black silhouette with a detailed spring scene or fine floral patterns looks impressive. This form of shadow image is not suitable for children because you have to work with sharp scissors and you need a lot of skill.
Craft ideas for Easter
Easter eggs can be made with or without decorations. Pictorial or geometric decors such as stripes, flowers, dots or triangles turn the Easter egg into a colorful window picture. A large egg shape is suitable as a frame for an Easter picture. You can also hang a real Easter egg in the paper frame. Blown eggs can be pasted with small and simple silhouette motifs.
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Bunnies as bearers of Easter eggs are the most typical animal motif for Easter. Chicks and lambs are also part of the spring season and are suitable as motifs for paper cutting. You can make chains out of chicks, in which the animals are connected to form a long garland. If you are making a group, give the lambs a mother to set aside.
Flowers are popular for decorative purposes. Whether crocuses, snowdrops, daffodils or tulips, the contours of typical early bloomers spread a spring mood and go well with Easter pictures. Photos with flower arrangements can provide suggestions for finding a motif. Ideas are a bouquet of colorful paper cut flowers, a wreath of flowers or branches with blossoms.
Make large butterflies from a basic butterfly shape and smaller pieces of paper for the patterns on the wings. Butterflies as window pictures bring happiness into the apartment. A black silhouette butterfly could look a bit gloomy. If you are doing handicrafts with children, it is best to use rainbow paper, which gives the butterflies a nice gradient.
