Cut the key out of the cardboard. The recipe for making the cake "Golden Key


Perhaps the most common accessory for various children's parties and contests is the key. It can be silver, gold, copper, cardboard, paper, wood, etc. The main thing is to preserve the essence: the key must be found, obtained in various competitions, using ingenuity, courage, skill and dexterity. Also, a silver key can be magical, opening magic locks and gates to a fairy tale. In general, the use of this measure is so limitless that only your imagination can create a framework.

For the children's party "Adventures of Little Indians" from Nataly Druzenko (the full scenario of the holiday is available here), you will need 4 silver keys and, in fact, the same number of locks that the children will have to open with the keys they have obtained. All these accessories can be used in other scenarios of children's parties, just let your imagination run wild. How can you make them? Very simple! Even a child will understand this, and we will attract him to help, especially since this is an excellent lesson if you do not know. Let's start with the keys ...

How to make a silver key with your own hands

So, let's start from the very beginning, namely, the list of required materials.

You will need:

  • piece of cardboard
  • pen or pencil
  • silver foil
  • scissors
  • scotch
  • paper blank in the form of a key

The shape and size of the workpiece can be freely selected. Give your fantasy a chance to express itself.

Step 1. Preparatory stage

We attach the key blank to the cardboard and circle it 4 times (or how many keys you need to make with your own hands).

We carefully cut out future keys.

Step 2. The main process of making keys

We glue the cardboard keys with foil using scotch tape.

Step 3. The final stage

Finished silver keys must be decorated with satin ribbons of different colors. To do this, make a hole with a hole punch at the top of the key.

We fasten the ribbons, and voila, the silver key with our own hands is ready!

Now is the time to start making locks with your own hands ...

DIY accessory for children's party silver lock

What image appears in our fantasy when the word castle? I don't know about you, but I have memories from a distant, distant childhood. Immediately I remember a huge forged grandmother's chest, closed with a heavy iron lock. Oh, how I wanted to open it and find out what is so interesting there, nothing less than an ancient treasure.

Locks always hide a secret, so this accessory is the best fit for any children's party. Kids love uncovering secrets and winning rewards, so why not use this drive to create an exciting adventure?

The lock can be made from cardboard, plastic, clay, wood, and more. Let's dwell on cardboard. Another important condition for any lock is that it should be easy to open and remove, even by a small child. So, with all these requirements in mind, let's get started.

Step 1. Preparatory work

You will need:

  • a piece of thick cardboard
  • black colored paper
  • pVA glue
  • pen or pencil
  • scissors
  • paper base in the form of a lock
  • self-adhesive foil (if there is none, you can use regular foil and tape)

As you can see in the photo above, the paper base is made with an incomplete bow, because our lock will consist of two parts, fastened in the middle.

We outline the paper base on cardboard at the rate of two parts for each lock.

We carefully cut out the details of future locks. For the holiday "Adventures of Little Indians" (link to the script at the beginning of the post) we need four silver locks.

Step 2. The main process of making locks

The temples of each part must be pasted over on both sides with silver foil.

Using PVA glue, we glue the parts of the locks in pairs.

After the blanks have dried, we glue them with silver foil so that the arms remain autonomous from one another. Here, in principle, the castle is ready, it remains to put some polish.

Cut out keyholes from black paper.

We fasten them to the locks with scotch tape.

That's all, DIY self-opening silver locks are ready, now you are armed for a fun children's party.

Now I will tell you how you can create a golden key with your own golden hands :)
How not to be afraid to create large objects and not shackle yourself with the remaining space on the shelves ...
About how not to be afraid of experiments and use anything you like in your works!

I will go a little through the already created works, describing the process of their creation.
And also, you will see how you can transform the old "big" keys.

Option 1 - creating a key from and to, of any size.

The first step is to sketch your idea. Reflect the shape and thickness on the sheet.
It is advisable to make an image at a scale of 1: 100 or 1:50, so it will be easier to recreate the object.
Disassemble your drawing in detail, indicate the overall dimensions, dimensions of the parts,
the diameter of the stem (tube) and be sure to consider the thickness of the key.
(I created my keys from 25 to 45 cm long)

If you found an old key and want to convert it (Option 2),

then you need to start from the finished form.
Put it on a piece of paper and circle it so you can do a lot.
different options and find a suitable one.


In both options, you will need to manufacture individual elements according to your sketches.

Here you need to apply all your skills :)
It can be paper, foam board, foam plastic, construction foam, household waste,
stationery, fabric base with padding polyester, etc.
I use foam board as usual *
(* what it is and what it is eaten with, you can read in the previous topic).


We attach the finished elements in the 2nd version to our base with hot glue. Difficulties can arise due to the fact that the glue will quickly cool down on the metal.


If you make a key as the 1st option, then the next step is to create a rod (tube).

It could be a piece of plastic tubing, a felt-tip pen, a branch ...
I rolled the tubes from a regular A4 sheet for printing, using the entire format.
This gives strength and can be adjusted to the desired diameter.
For reliability, you can stuff something inside.


This very tube will be the basis for our entire key.

On it we will attach the "head" and "beard" (upper and lower parts).

A goatee can be created in different ways:

First example from paper / cardboard. Remember how to glue a paper cube? Great, it's not much more difficult :)
- The second example is from foam board.
Your ideas can be much more :)
Remember that in the end you will cover your part with paint and be able to make a relief there,
therefore, when creating a beard, the main thing is to think about the shape.


The upper part of the key is perhaps the most difficult to create.

First example from laces (process). Not a very good choice :)
It is very difficult to fix the laces, but as the grooves on the stem this is what you need!
- Second example from paper with hot glue decor. It's not easy either ...
- The third option is made of foam board.
None of the results satisfied the perfectionist in me :)
I believe that you can find a more suitable option than these, I'm waiting for suggestions :)


Hot glue can be used not only for fastening, but also for decoration.

They can create volumes, hide flaws and draw patterns.


You can decorate your key at your discretion. It can be rings along the diameter, grooves, patterns, rhinestones and even inscriptions!


There are three main types of metallic paints. Gold, silver and copper. You will need two paints - base color + black.


First we cover the object with the base color.

Then we mix the base paint with black and paint the indentations with this color.
This is called the "aging effect".
The principle is simple "what is deeper - darker, what is convex - lighter".
After that, we go through the convex places with a pure main color.

Drawing lesson how to draw a golden key from the fairy tale "Buratino" with a pencil step by step. We have considered how to draw Pinocchio with a golden key.

So here's our sample. Drawn very simply.

We draw an elongated rectangle in height, draw several unfinished ovals on top to form, then on top of them draw a top, similar to a peg from a fence. On top of the base, draw a shape similar to the suit of the cross (clubs) in the cards, these are three semicircles. Inside this form, draw the same one only at a certain equal distance from the edges of the main one. Draw a square below.

Draw the most important part of the key - the shape of a master key, without which you cannot open the lock. In this case, it looks like this, you can come up with your own shape, or just make it easier for drawing. To keep everything smooth, you can draw auxiliary lines. To add volume we will do shading. The tone will be darker at the edges, and slightly lighter in the middle. So the drawing of the golden key is ready.

Gulmira Nadyrova

New Year's chores are in full swing. Soon New Year's party, which means you need to prepare the attributes. Golden Key will help our fairy-tale heroes to open the door and save the Snow Maiden.

For work you need: paper, cardboard, pencil, glue, scissors, gold wrapping paper.

Draw key.


To cut key made of cardboard.


Stick on wrapping paper on both sides and cut to fit.


The key for Buratino is ready.


Happy New Year, colleagues! I sincerely wish you that next year will be more successful than the previous one and that all your dreams will come true.

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The Golden Key is not just a delicious dessert, but a pleasant reminder of youth. After all, this cake was made by our grandmothers. In its recipe variations, it is very diverse, however, its taste remains excellent with any ingredient set.
Naturally, like all dishes, the "Golden Key" is easy to spoil: if you took too much butter, the cake became viscous and fluid; I went too far with the number of toffee - I got not a soft key, but iron reinforcement ...
Today we will prepare the Golden Key according to the recipe that my mother used to use: nothing superfluous, without the unnecessary problems of inventing your own bicycle. The cake was always moderately sweet, soft and crunchy.

Required ingredients: 200 grams of corn sticks, 500 grams of "Kis-kis" or "Golden Key" toffee, 200 grams of butter.

I also advise you to purchase disposable medical gloves in advance in order to put on warm gloves (so that your hands do not burn when forming cakes), and medical gloves are on them. If you don't have gloves, you can use a regular bag instead.

Preparation:
We clean toffee wrappers from candy wrappers. We carefully make sure that no paper particles remain on the sweets.


The first in the pan in which we will cook our "Golden Key", send the butter, which must be melted. But make sure that the oil does not boil.

Following the butter, we send toffee. We add them gradually, and not as a general heap.

Melt a mixture of toffee and butter so that it becomes homogeneous. Do not let it boil and sugar.

Pour corn sticks into a saucepan, and mix the resulting mixture thoroughly.

When the mass has cooled down a little, we form a cake out of it. There are several options: separate small cakes or a large "loaf", which will then need to be cut in portions.

We send the formed cakes to the refrigerator for a couple of hours so that they are soaked.