How to make stencils for decor with your hands: step by step instruction with photo

Handmade in any kind of decor and creative activity is highly appreciated. Style hand-made is now gaining popularity and is widely used in many areas related to design. This applies to the interior, clothing, furniture. To decorate any thing with a beautiful pattern, you can make stencils for decorating yourself. With their help to make any complex ornament on the surface much easier. In this case, any thing becomes unique and stylish.

We make stencils for decor with our own hands

The photos presented in the article clearly demonstrate the beauty and elegance, as well as the originality of the created decor. Simple tools and a minimum of artistic skills - this is enough to dramatically transform the interior, furniture or any other decorative object.

Working with stencils is gaining popularity due to the ease of execution. It is only necessary to attach the template to the surface to be decorated and fill the cut out holes with paint or putty to get the original effects of the surface texture, for example on the wall. Sometimes used and reverse stencils, or antitrackets, when the colored paint fills the surrounding space, and the pattern below the sample remains white. This creates a glow effect of the image.

On sale there are ready stencils for every taste and purse. There are universal, which are suitable for various techniques. In the building stores you can buy those that are designed for interior work. However, their cost is quite high. They are reusable, easy to clean. When you do not need these properties, but you only need to draw a picture in one place on the wall, it's cheaper to make the stencil yourself. In addition, in this case you choose the image from a huge number of possible ones. If you have artistic skills, then you can design yourself, then surely no one will have such a decor, as a result, any decorated object will be absolutely individual.

Materials and manufacturing technology

So, you need the following:

• Cardboard, thick paper, film, plastic.
• Knife, scissors.
• Pencil, felt-tip pen, marker.
• Glass or any material for the substrate, on which you will cut out the contours.

The sequence of work will be as follows:

1. Find the desired picture, scale it to the desired size and print. If you need a size larger than A4, divide the image into several sheets, and then glue the individual pieces together. You can order printing services in the company. Advertising agencies offer large-format printing to A1 format and more. By the way, in the same place you can completely make a stencil from the film on a special cutting plotter, so if you do not want to cut out, order the stencil there. If you still decided to master the technique of creating a stencil yourself manually, go to the next step.
2. Fix the picture on the base, from which you will cut out the outlines. Transfer the image to film (cardboard, paper). With transparent material, problems will not arise. You can transfer it to the paper by means of a photocopy or a tracing paper. If these tools are not at hand, simply circle, for example, the helium handle contours several times on both sides in such a way that the pigment from the inside goes to the base when you pass the pattern on the outside.
3. Cut out the image with a sharp knife or scissors. It is important to do everything carefully, so as not to get burrs, otherwise the pattern obtained with a poor stencil will look untidy. If you cut paper or cardboard, it is better to cover their surface with adhesive tape, so that they do not quickly get wet from the paint. When using the stencil repeatedly, do not forget to wipe it in 2-3 pictures.

The stencil is ready, you can proceed to creative works on the decorated surface.

How to arrange a preschooler's room

Children's stencils for decorating themselves are made in the same way as any other. The difference is only in the content of the picture. Children like to be surrounded by their favorite heroes of fairy tales, cartoons. This is what should be used as the main idea in the children's interior. Any image is easy to find on the Internet and print it. The only complexity of the work will be that you need to perform multi-color images, so you'll have to make several different stencils, one for each color. It's important not to get lost in them when you work with paint. Drawing on stencils and creating them you can turn into an exciting collective family process.

In addition, for the decor of children's items or gifts, such as cake, the usual stencils for children's creativity will do. They are reusable, made of safe plastic. At the same time they are several times cheaper than special decoration.

Interesting cooking

If you want to surprise guests or family members, and also make someone a sweet gift, use the idea of decorating cakes or cakes with beautiful drawings made with the use of powdered sugar, cocoa, white, chocolate or colored glaze, food colors. Stencils for decorating cakes with their own hands are also very simple. You need a film: you can take a plain insert from a folder for storing papers or a cover. Paper and cardboard should not be used in this case, so that the particles of such a stencil (glue from the composition and other components) are not accidentally caught in food. Cut out the picture and use the product.

If you are going to decorate not a flat surface, but, for example, Easter eggs, then the stencil is made of a material that can be easily glued to a rounded shape with a minimum number of folds. You can use adhesive tape or self-adhesive film, which is much stronger than the first material.

Create a wall decor with your own hands

Stencils are increasingly used in interior design for finishing various surfaces. Painted monochrome walls can be patterned with stencils. In this way usually allocate some part of space, placing accents in the room and without overloading it with details. Any drawing should contain a laconic contour and not be overcrowded with small elements. They are difficult to paint, and from afar they will look "garbage" or random spots of paint.

The ideas of stencils are different:

• Ornaments (vegetable, geometric);
• Trees;
• Animals;
• Flowers;
• Butterflies;
• musical instruments;
• Silhouettes of people;
• architecture.

I must say that it is not so difficult to make stencils for decorating walls with your own hands. The photo (cherry blossoms), located below, confirms that it is possible to create such a simple drawing for everyone.

Mirror decoration

Very aesthetically, any glossy surfaces reflecting the light look in the interior. They visually expand the space and give the room a special sophistication, especially in the evening due to the reflections of the lamps. Original glasses and mirrors, complemented by sandblasting, appear when the surface is matte. You can make a decoration in such a technique, but for its implementation you will need special equipment. Another option is to perform an imitation of sandblasting, simply by making a drawing with paint or a special matting compound. In both cases, a stencil is required. It can be either direct or reverse. It all depends on what you paint: the picture or the background.

We offer a small master class. Stencils for decoration (butterfly) with their own hands for a mirror are made in the following order:

1. Pvc film is glued to the surface of a pre-defatted mirror or glass.
2. Apply the picture and transfer it to the film.
3. Cut out the contours with a knife.
4. Fill the drawing with paint or matting.
5. After drying, remove the film, clean the surface with alcohol.

Your masterpiece is ready.

Furniture Painting

Stencils for decoration with their own hands are made for decoration of tables, chairs, shelves. They are done using a similar technology. Try to execute them out of durable material, as they usually have to be used repeatedly.

Decoupage

Decorative stencils can also be made for decorating products in this technique. By the way, it is also used for painting furniture, when your artistic skills are not enough to draw a complex plot by yourself. In this case, finished images are glued onto the processed wooden surface, after which the product is decorated, including the patterns made on a stencil. So you can make any souvenirs: from the casket or the cutting board to the wall clock or countertop.

Decoration of doors

Decorative stencils can be made by hand for use both for the door leaf itself and for the glass. Do everything as comfortable as possible, since in this case the stencil will be attached to the vertical surface. After all, you will not dismantle your door just to draw a picture. In this way, you can update the long-painted door and give it an unusual look or make an exclusive new, but standard store.

Fashion and style: painting on fabric

You can use stencils for decorating clothes. With your hands you will create a unique, unique stylish thing. In this case, it should be borne in mind that in fabric painting it is important not to allow the ink to flow beyond the limits of a specific contour, therefore the outline of the image will have to be filled with a reservoir. Or fill the entire stencil to get a white image on a colored background.

Festive masterpieces

You can make stencils for decor by yourself by the New Year. With their help, it's easy to decorate any souvenir or interior. Apply the winter pattern on a mirror or glass - create a festive atmosphere in the house. It is also easy to decorate Christmas balls, wine glasses or a bottle of champagne, putting on them curls that imitate frosty patterns, or a congratulatory inscription. You can surprise guests and create a unique holiday atmosphere.

So, you learned how to make stencils for decor with your own hands. Now you can easily decorate the wall, an element of furniture, clothes or even your own masterpiece of culinary art with an original design.