Handmade crafts for February 23: how to make beautiful crafts from paper and recycled materials

Gifts for dear and beloved men are always difficult to choose. First, these defenders of the Fatherland always "have everything", and secondly, they will not be delighted by a bouquet of flowers, a box of chocolates or a soft toy.

Therefore, they can prepare crafts for February 23. The most beautiful, handmade items will show the depth of appreciation and love.

Tasty crafts

Any man likes to eat and drink deliciously. Therefore, you can be puzzled with the creation of a delicious and festive lunch or dinner with the family. Or you can start the greetings with a nutritious and unusual breakfast.

Special salads, sandwiches and meat dishes will make the day unforgettable, and beautiful decorations in the form of numbers will create a festive mood.

Meat bouquets

Cozy bouquets of sausages, cheese, breadcrumbs or chips will please any member of the male family. More often than not, a can or bottle of beer is added there. But since the foamy drink will not be sold to the daughter-son, it can be replaced by a more delicious lemonade or healthy mineral water.

To create a bouquet, you will need the "unhealthy" foods loved by daddy, grandpa or husband, wooden skewers for a kebab, wrapping paper, smart ribbons, a little time and patience. A beautiful and tasty bouquet can be presented in the morning, then it will lift the spirits of the whole family, decorating the holiday table until the evening.

An additional advantage will be the opportunity to enjoy the delicious components of a non-standard bouquet.

Sweet Bouquets.

For those defenders who prefer sweets, for smaller sons or brothers, you can create a sweet bouquet of candy or chocolate bars.

Usually they make themed crafts: cars, tanks, dumbbells. All the pictures and descriptions are easy to find on the Internet, so that the production of such a gift will not cause difficulties.

Paper crafts

Kids who are still not able to make complex crafts, and the older guys can make traditional paper crafts for 23 February. Such gifts can be greeting cards, festive wall newspapers, boxes and bags for all other gifts.

Postcards

Postcards are considered an indispensable part of greeting cards.

To create the most common postcards you'll need a sheet of white cardboard, colored paper, pencils, felt-tip pens or paints and scissors.

Soft cardboard is folded in half, warm words and wishes are written inside, and military equipment, soldiers, cars, fireworks, and the number "23" are drawn on the front.

More beautiful cards can be created with cut out pictures from specialized magazines.
The quilling or scrapbooking technique can add an unusual touch to your greeting card. Both these techniques can create a unique and one of a kind work of art that can be placed even on your desk. Such a gift will remind you of your loving family even during the service.

A postcard can be created in the form of a rocket, an airplane, a ship. Photos of all family members can be placed there, and on the captain's bridge will certainly be the father or grandfather.

Calendar

February can be safely attributed to the beginning of the year, so a good gift can be a calendar. It can be:

Created with a pre-made grid and an unusual frame from the internet. In this case, you only have to insert your favorite photo and print it out.
Made entirely with your own hands. There are so many options for this kind of crafts that it will not be difficult to choose the best one.

Newspaper

No less traditional newspaper made from your favorite photos and funny signatures will beautifully decorate the wall of the room. You can also place congratulations of family members on the cotton paper.

Photo Frames

An unusual photo frame will come in handy for decorating any room. Create it with your own hands is not difficult.

You'll need two sheets of heavy cardboard and material for decorating. There can be threads, beads, cones, shells. Decorations can be additional elements of clay, and cut out applications.

In the first sheet, a hole of the desired shape (circle, square, rectangle) is cut through. The created frame is decorated and glued to the base on three sides. The fourth side is left free to replace the photo.

Crafts from the younger members of the family

Kids attending school and preschool can make February 23rd crafts in kindergarten and just bring them home. Or you can repeat similar creations in a quiet home environment.

Traditional crafts are somehow tanks made of clay, but you can make and airplanes, and guns, and even a rocket launcher.

Funny helicopter is made from a bottle of Actimel or Rastischka, plastic cocktail straws and a tennis ball.

The simplest ship and tank can easily be created from sponges for cooking utensils.

The basis of the plane can be matchboxes and cardboard.

Origami technique will help to make an envelope in the form of a shirt with a tie.

Warm gifts

For the craftswomen who know how to knit, it will not be difficult to create warm

socks or warm home slippers;
scarf;
mittens or gloves;
hat.

For those who are not particularly good at knitting, you can make a warm cup, which will not burn your hands and keep your drink hot longer.

For this purpose, it is enough to put glue on an ordinary mug and wrap it tightly with woolen threads, leaving the rim unchanged. It will be more convenient to drink tea or coffee this way. You can wrap the thread only on half of the cup, make an unusual pattern of coffee beans.

Beautiful keychains can be made from fluffy pompoms. For smaller households, funny pompoms can become the basis of cute soft toys or fluffy warm mats.

In general, create handicrafts on February 23 with their own hands is not difficult. You can use any materials and your own or borrowed imagination. And then the homemade creations will be the most valuable gift, competing with more expensive offerings.