Paper Collages from Paper Scraps: Easy DIY Ideas

Have loads of paper scrap and don't know what to do. Throw them away...no...here are some creative ideas to help you use these very paper scraps to make something beautiful...some artwork from scraps and they indeed look beautiful.

We have loads of these colored printer paper wastes that were leftover from our previous art & craft classes, workshops and more...we never throw away things easily..call it being thrifty or whatever...but there have been times when these paper scraps have helped us create beautiful things in the past. As you scroll down below you will see many examples, which were made by us during some boring afternoon, when we had nothing better to do!

What you see in the picture below is just a glimpse...we have a big carton full of these paper scraps.

Paper Scraps

Here, is what we tried one afternoon, using the above paper scraps that were leftover after we cut out small flowers using a craft paper punch.

Flower with a butterfly from Paper scraps

For the above example of the Flower with the butterfly, we tore the paper scraps and shaped them with our hands only, no scissors or any other tools were used. After cutting out the desired shapes we simply glued them onto an A5 size card paper so that we could use it as a greeting card. 

A Bee and a Flower from paper scraps

In the above example, we have used colored printer paper wastes combined with newspaper scraps too. For this, we used a pair of scissors to cut out every element from the paper scraps and then glued these shapes onto a paper.

A Girl and a Rose from paper scraps

For the Girl and the rose in the above example, we tore out paper strips from the paper scraps we had and didn't use any other tool. The rose was just created by tearing out the paper...Purely an artwork with hands!

Paper Collage of Mowgli and Shanti from paper scraps

For the above paper collage of Mowgli and Shanti, we roughly sketched out the outlines of Mowgli and Shanti with the pitcher in hand. Thereafter, we tore out pieces from the paper scraps and glued them following the pencil outline, adding on details like the shrub, sky etc. later.

A Peacock from paper scraps

For peacock above, we drew the shape on the paper scraps, then cut them out with a pair of scissors. We started with the peacock's body in the center, and thereafter added the double layer of feathers. You will also spot a small earthworm near the peacock's legs!

A Tree from paper scraps

For the tree, we cut out the trunk from a newspaper and then glued on paper strips of different colors for the tree's foliage.

These paper collages can be used as greeting cards or posters, or you can just frame them and hang them on the walls.

Hope the above examples, help you in some way or the other, to make use of paper scraps instead of throwing them away. It's a small attempt from our side to reuse and recycle paper and hope it serves as an inspiration to create things from paper wastes or scraps.

Do leave your comments, ideas or suggestions and share these ideas with your friends.

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