How to make a carpet of paper

Making various crafts is very important for young children. So they develop better fine motor skills, imagination, in the process they are trained to work with scissors and various materials. Assiduity, mindfulness and responsibility are also developed. Therefore, classes in the manufacture of various items from paper are very popular in kindergartens and primary schools. For example, in the classroom, colorful rugs made of colored paper are performed.

To make a bright rug you will need the following materials:

• paper of two colors, for example, red and blue - it is desirable to take contrasting colors;
• scissors;
• ruler;
• a simple pencil;
• glue stick.

It is desirable that the child knows how to use a measuring device and can draw. Paper can be taken in any size, the size of the finished product will depend on this.

In some specialized stores, ready-made strips for rugs are available for sale. However, they are quite simple to make on their own.

ATTENTION! It is desirable that the finished product lay before the eyes of the baby. So it will be much easier for him to make a rug on his own.

You can make a rug by following the instructions below:

1. The first thing to do is make a foundation. To do this, take a sheet of A4 paper. For a child of preschool age, for convenience, it is better to take sheet A5, so for him the work will not be tiring. The sheet must be laid in front of itself in an upright position and folded in half.
2. On the sheet you need to draw a frame. You need to make it on the entire surface and in the place of the bend, too. From the edges of the sheet, you need to indent about 1.5 - 2 cm. After that, make markings on the sheet. Labels should be at the same distance. Let it also be 2 cm.
3. The resulting marks must be connected by a line with a pencil.
4. With the help of scissors, cuts are carefully made along all lines. It is necessary to cut both layers of paper.
5. A sheet of paper unfolds.
6. The next step is making strips. A sheet of a different color is taken and lined with a ruler and pencil. The distance between the lines should match the width of the slots on the base.
7. Stripes are cut along the lines.
8. All the details are ready and you can start assembling the paper mat. To do this, you must again take the base and place it horizontally in front of you.
9. Each strip is carefully threaded through the slots on the base. After it is fully threaded, the ends of the strip must be aligned and greased with glue, then glued to the edge of the base. So it will fix and will not fall out of the slots.
10. All strips are threaded similarly in a checkerboard pattern.

ATTENTION! Kids, by virtue of their age, may not understand how to properly arrange the strips so that they are staggered. Therefore, it is necessary to show and explain it to them in detail.

After all the stripes have taken their place, you need to check the reliability of their fixation. If necessary, apply glue and glue again and cut off any protruding pieces of paper.

At each stage of work, it is necessary to check whether the child understood what is required to be done and, if necessary, to help him. You also need to control his entire work process.

The manufacturing procedure is quite simple. If you show a little imagination, then from this rug you can make a bookmark or wallet.