How to make a military envelope out of paper triangle?

Now 72 years have passed since the end of the war, but there are still those few heroes who remember these troubled times. The current generation, of course, does not know those difficult days, but our task is to put into the memory of the younger generation, what was worth its peaceful sky above your head! We cannot forget our veterans who lost their childhood and youth, and many - health and lives! For the sake of us, for the sake of a common future. An important problem in the war years was the shortage of envelopes; letters were almost the only way to keep in touch with loved ones. Therefore, they had to do it ourselves, even children could. If you are a mother, a kindergarten teacher or a primary school teacher, we suggest you start a conversation about the war with the difficulties of correspondence and teach the children how to make a military envelope out of a “triangle” paper.

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Manufacturing methods

Paper products are gaining popularity due to the availability and variety of materials - plain or color, glossy, matte, patterned, cramped. And the simplicity of the process may surprise you.

Military envelope

Sheets of paper are folded into a triangle is very simple, if you act according to this algorithm:

1. We take a rectangular paper sheet, you can take it from a notebook, and if you want to do more, take a double from the middle.
2. We arrange it vertically. The upper left edge is pressed to the right, then the right to the left.
3. You got figuratively saying “house”. There is an unused strip of paper, we bend its edges to the base of the “roof”.
4. The result was a trapezoid. We wrap it inside the formed pocket.

Done! Surely, you will not have difficulty with how to fold an envelope in a triangle, as in wartime.

Important! It can also be made of colored paper and decorated with an applique of homemade flowers cut from the same material.

Such letters in the war years were convenient in that they did not need to be sealed, because they underwent strict censorship before they were sent, they were re-read. Such an article would be a great congratulation for our veterans on Victory Day, if you write a few words of gratitude in advance.

Important! If you presoak a sheet of paper in instant coffee, then after drying, it takes on an old look.

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Congratulatory envelope

When we need to congratulate someone, the question often arises: what to give? The best way out would be a gift in the form of money. They are never superfluous, and in this way you will avoid an unpleasant situation by presenting an unnecessary thing. But how can they be presented? Pulling out of your pocket or wallet will be embarrassing, and indecent. But putting it in a beautiful envelope made by yourself can pleasantly surprise the congratulated.

We will need only a square sheet of paper with which we do this procedure:

1. If you nevertheless took a rectangular one, then take the corner of the short side and connect it to the long one. What is left must be cut off.
2. Fold in half so that we get a triangle.
3. We fold the two lower corners again, but do not draw a line, just mark the middle.
4. We unfold, position it so that the fold is horizontal, press the lower corner to it, smooth it.
5. Turn up again.
6. We bend the left corner a little further, about half a centimeter to the already outlined middle. We do the same with the right one.
7. To prevent the envelope from breaking up, insert the curved side parts into one another.
8. Close it on top.

Important! To prevent the product from disintegrating, you can glue the side parts with glue.

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Gift wrapping is ready! Having applied a little imagination, having designed an envelope, for example, with flowers from openwork fabric or having bought ready-made jewelry, you can make it unique. Good luck in your creative endeavors!