Competitions for the best creative works among students and parents have begun in schools and kindergartens. The New Year theme is quite extensive. In some groups it was decided to make a mitten from scrap materials, in others - a Christmas tree, in others - New Year's toys. My daughter and I have already knitted a mitten with fairy-tale characters (a scratching mouse, a jumping frog, etc.). There are up to a dozen different paper Christmas trees at home. So, today we’ll make a simple New Year’s toy. It will be Santa Claus.
Children of primary school age can handle this craft made from colored paper without any help. Children are not yet able to do this kind of work.
So, let's prepare:
- scissors
- white and colored paper
- pencils.
Next you need to make a fur trim for the hat and fur coat. We will need two white stripes approximately 10 mm wide. Let's bend the strip in half lengthwise, and go along the edge opposite to the fold with scissors and cut a narrow short fringe.
Glue the fur trim to the bottom of the fur coat. We immediately decide on the height of the hat and mark the edge of the headdress with a white border.
Next, cut out an elongated trapezoid from a landscape sheet and carefully round all four corners. Immediately cut thin long strips into the resulting figure - a beard. At the end of the work, we will go through each hair with the blade of the scissors to fluff up the snow-white beard.
Using gouache, watercolors, felt-tip pens or pencils, we draw the face of Santa Claus. A distinctive feature of the hero’s appearance is thick eyebrows and a mustache.
We will also cut out the hair for our craft from paper. No difficulties.
All that remains is to glue all the parts into place. Santa Claus made from colored paper is ready. Of course, if you wish, you can continue the work, in particular, design the hero’s arms and legs. However, the craft also looks great in its presented form.
Let's put Santa Claus next to the paper Christmas tree. The tree is made of multi-colored (white and green) palms. We will place tinsel next to the children's crafts. It's a pity that there were no silver items at home. We will correct any misunderstanding this coming weekend. You still have to prepare for the matinee.
There is no doubt that Santa Claus is the main character of New Year's celebrations. It is his miracles and gifts that children wait for, they send letters, postcards, and under the tree for the fairy-tale wizard, a return gift for children is often hidden - a New Year's craft. Santa Claus himself often becomes a character, embodied in various types of creativity.
DIY origami
A person who is interested in origami will have no questions about how to make small paper figurines in the form of Santa Claus. By choosing the simplest and most understandable option among the proposed schemes, even a person inexperienced in this type of creativity can make a New Year’s figurine out of paper. Santa Claus, created with your own hands from a small piece of colored paper, will be an excellent addition to the main gift or card, and will also be a wonderful sign of attention.
Felt crafts
Felt is a very practical and convenient material for creativity. Felt toys are not only colorful and pleasant to the touch: due to the fact that the pattern pieces can not only be sewn, but also glued to each other using hot glue or an adhesive stick, the creation is also suitable for children.
In order to make a felt Santa Claus with your own hands, you will need:
- red felt:
- flesh-colored felt;
- white felt;
- white floss;
- needle;
- padding polyester or cotton wool;
- pencil;
- scissors.
Work progress (step by step):
- Print or redraw the product pattern on paper, cut out the details.
- Bend the red felt in half, use a pencil to transfer the largest part of the pattern (in the form of a drop) onto it and cut it out. Sew both parts of the part together, leaving a centimeter section unstitched. Through the resulting hole, fill the product with padding polyester or cotton wool (for convenience, you can use a pencil), and then sew up the hole.
- From flesh-colored felt, cut out 1 piece in the form of an oval. This is the face of the future figure. Having placed the part in the desired place, place white felt parts on top of it: the beard and the frill of the hat. The frill should be sewn around the entire perimeter, and the beard should be sewn only at the point of contact with the figure’s face.
- Cut out the remaining parts from white felt: mustache and pompom of the hat (2 pcs.). Sew the mustache over the beard, stitching the piece only along the top edge.
- Cut a small circle (nose) from flesh felt and sew it on top of the mustache.
- Place the end of the Santa Claus hat between two pompom pieces and sew them together.
- Embroider or draw eyes. Fasten the thread in the form of a loop.
Various decorative elements will decorate and diversify the craft. Santa Claus can be made not only in the traditional red and white color scheme, but also have a blue or green suit.
Bottle decoration
It's no secret that the most universal New Year's gift for people in close social circles is champagne (or other alcohol) and chocolate (or candy). The original Santa Claus, hand-sewn from colorful materials, will make the gift unique and memorable.
Making crafts from bottles is also suitable for younger groups of kindergarten: to do this, simply fill transparent bottles with red paper, glue a cotton wool beard and plastic eyes on top, and complete the image of the main New Year's wizard with a red sock or paper cap that imitates the character's hat.
Crafts made from cotton pads
Cotton pads and cotton wool are the easiest materials to use in kindergarten. Children can glue cotton pads (or balls) onto templates prepared in advance by adults or make a craft entirely with their own hands, first painting it and then decorating it with cotton wool parts. These can be snowflakes cut out with a figured hole punch, the cotton beard of Santa Claus, as well as details of his costume.
Identical templates, decorated with details from cotton pads and cotton wool in accordance with the tastes and skills of each child, will become wonderful and different gifts that children can take home and give to their loved ones.
For creativity in older groups of kindergarten, more painstaking and complex work is suitable - creating crafts from cotton swabs. Sticks attached with glue will be a good building material for creating fabulous winter landscapes.
Santa Claus made of plasticine
For children in older groups of kindergarten, as well as for younger schoolchildren, modeling from plasticine will be easy. Depending on the child’s skills, you can choose step-by-step instructions for products of varying degrees of complexity: from the simplest to figures with a large number of small parts.
Santa Claus made of plasticine will become the main character of fabulous winter scenes and New Year's stories.
Figures made from threads
Creating a fairy-tale character from woolen threads is a labor-intensive process that requires not so much special handicraft skills as it takes a lot of time and painstaking work. However, the resulting figurines have a very “homey” look, evoking a feeling of coziness and warmth.
Santa Claus made of paper
Paper crafts are extremely diverse not only in type, but also in the types of techniques used in the process of their creation. Paper of only two colors (green and red), rolled and fixed in the form of cones and complemented with small details (a face with a beard, Christmas balls) will become the basis for creating a beautiful one in the form of Christmas trees and Santa Claus. This idea is perfect for sharing creativity with a large number of children.
Templates printed on plain paper or redrawn and cut out of cardboard depicting the New Year's wizard, as well as his beautiful granddaughter, will give the child the opportunity to prepare small and different gifts for their loved ones.
The most fabulous and cheerful holiday is approaching - New Year. On this holiday, the kind wizard Santa Claus comes to us and makes our deepest wishes come true. How to make Santa Claus with your own hands?
There are so many ways to make Santa Claus that you can list them until the Christmas holidays. Therefore, we bring to your attention only some ideas that can become the basis for creating new images.
Santa Claus using plasticine technique
The most classic material for children's crafts is plasticine. To make a craft using the technique of plasticineography or drawing with plasticine, we apply a plasticine background to a cardboard base.
Attach Santa Claus' fur coat from red plasticine.
We sculpt the grandfather’s head from plasticine and fix it in place.
We make a cap and hair: we wrap a piece of padding polyester with red chenille wire, give it a spiral shape, and decorate the tip with a white pompom.
Glue on the pompom nose. We make a belt from black lace, and a buckle from a tin can opener.
Santa Claus made of cardboard roll and fabric
For the craft we will need: a cardboard roll, fabric, cotton wool, glue, scissors, a button, red beads and factory eyes. We wrap the sleeve in red cloth and immediately form a cap from it. We make a face out of cotton wool.
Glue on the eyes. We make the cheeks and nose from red beads. All that remains is to attach the pompom to the cap and decorate grandpa’s costume with buttons.
DIY Santa Claus made from cork
You can make a three-dimensional figurine from a wine cork. We paint half of it with red paint.
Cut out a circle from felt.
Cut the circle into three sectors.
We make a cap out of felt, immediately gluing a loop to it.
Glue the cap to the cork.
Draw the eyes and nose. Glue on Santa Claus's beard. We make a cotton wool edge on the cap.
Santa Claus from traffic jams - ready!
A very cute New Year's Santa Claus pendant is made from a painted pine cone.
Santa Claus, made from a child's palm, will leave a touching memory of a small child's hand. For the craft, we need to make salted dough, which we roll out into a layer of medium thickness. We apply a pen and use a stack to cut out the contours of the palm. Make a hole in the top. Place the pieces in the oven to dry and harden.
After the blanks have dried, paint them white.
Then we draw the face and cap of Santa Claus. We cover the craft with colorless varnish. Let Santa Claus dry and tie a beautiful ribbon. The original salt dough pendant is ready!
An interesting Santa Claus is made from disposable wooden spatulas or ice cream sticks.
Glue them in a row.
Cover the sticks with white paint.
We decorate the face with cardboard eyes and a nose, and make a beard from cotton balls. We glue the cap from red cardboard and decorate it with a cotton pompom.
Santa Claus made from popsicle sticks is ready!
You can make a craft from one stick.
We paint it red, leaving some free space - this will be the face. We decorate the face with a cotton beard and the edge of a cap, and glue on toy eyes.
The suit is completed with buttons. Even kids can cope with this task.
This original craft is made from a disposable plate that turns into the body of Santa Claus.
For greater resemblance, glue a felt belt with a large buckle to the plate.
Cut out a circle from cardboard - the head.
We decorate it with a cardboard cap and toy eyes.
We make a beard and fur from decorative shavings. We cut out felt boots from felt, and hands from cardboard. We connect the parts - and the craft is ready.
It is quite possible to make such a Santa Claus with your own hands. Stuff the craft
Glue the beard, mustache and the edge of the white felt hat to the craft.
Sew beads on the eyes and nose. We decorate the craft with decorative elements. If you sew a ribbon to Santa Claus's hat, you can make a charming Christmas tree decoration out of it.
DIY Santa Claus drawing
You can draw Santa Claus for the New Year. First, we make a pencil drawing according to the sample.
Wet the surface of the sheet. Apply a blue background with watercolors. Due to the fact that the sheet will be wet, we will get very interesting stains on the sheet. You can sprinkle the background with salt, it will make the background seem to be covered with small dots - snowflakes. After the picture dries, the excess salt will need to be removed.
Santa Claus in tilde style
Santa Claus in tilde style (patterns)
These different Santa Clauses can play the role of one of the main characters of the most magical holiday of the year.
Let's see what ways you can create unique New Year's crafts for a competition for school or kindergarten in the form of Santa Claus. I will also show you how to beautifully decorate gifts for the New Year with the symbol of Santa Claus. Let's start with gifts...
Santa Claus on a gift
How to do it yourself.
(simple options).
Here in the photo below we see an excellent New Year's decoration of the most ordinary gift packages made of gray wrapping paper.
For the first idea you will need:
- a round shape made of white cardboard, a piece of red cardboard,
- red pompom (or regular cotton wool + PVA glue + red gouache)
- a piece of white foam packaging interlayer (which is often placed in boots in the store, or in boxes with equipment). Or (if you don’t have such material) you can take white cardboard and cover it with cotton pads.)
On a white round cardboard eye shadow or blush Draw spots on the cheeks and black beady eyes with a marker. In a bowl, stir red gouache and PVA glue (a couple of drops of paint per teaspoon of glue); dip a piece of cotton wool into this mixture. We form a ball from this sticky red cotton wool with our hands and dry it on a radiator (it will dry overnight).
Cut out a triangle-cap from red cardboard. We glue it to the edge of the white round piece (Santa Claus's forehead) - it is better to glue it dry, that is, use a glue stick or double-sided tape, since wet PVA glue will wet the cardboard and make it bend.
On top of the connecting line (between the hat and the head) we lay a “fur edging”, as I already said, it is better to cut it out of foam packaging material. Or cover the cardboard with cotton pads and cut out the edging of Santa Claus's hat from such “cotton-shaggy paper”
And here two more ideas craft pendants in the form of Santa Claus - already from just cardboard... and cardboard with paper cupcake tins.
Here are the large bags with large size Santa Claus.
You can even make a package yourself from a sheet of gift paper. The template here is very simple. You can make such a drawing yourself with a pencil, cut it out, bend it along the fold lines and you’re done. A beautiful box - glue the face and beard of Santa Claus to it and you're done. 
With your own hands, you can make PACKAGING POCKETS for gifts from cardboard (or from soft felt, or formative as in the photo below), decorated with Santa Claus applique on top.
Here is a diagram of such a pocket made of colored paper or cardboard. We bend along the lines, glue the sides and the container for sweets and chocolates is ready.
All that remains is to glue on top the head of Santa Claus with a beard and a hat. Simple and fast, no complexity. You will love making these quick pocket crafts with your own hands with Santa Claus, a snowman, angels and other New Year's characters.
Here is a pocket package made of soft felt or fleece, which is suitable for gifting a smartphone or jewelry. It will be a pleasure to receive such a gift, decorated with manual labor and the imagination of the giver.
Santa Claus WITH CANDY
(just do it yourself).
Here's another new craft for this year. Santa Claus hides a candy in a bright wrapper in his tummy. A simple children's craft that you will quickly understand and can do with your own hands in one sitting.
As you can see (in the photo below) there is nothing complicated or tricky here. It’s just that the tummy and back of Santa Claus are a FULL DETAIL - in shape it looks like a FIG. which has a hole only in the upper turn of the number.
This “figure eight” is bent in half - and we get a tummy with a hole in the center in the front and a closed back at the back. At the top we fix our halves with a drop of glue, or a stapler or tape. And all that remains is for our Santa Claus to glue on the head with a beard and the legs-stand.
Santa Claus do it yourself
Craft using the spider web technique.
There is an article on our website where I show in great detail how to make these balls with your own hands from glue threads and a small balloon. In this article “Balls of thread and a sea of crafts using the spider web technique,” I posted a master class. Therefore, I will not explain in detail here, so as not to waste unnecessary words. Follow the link, everything is explained there.
Just look at the photo below and fall in love with these cute New Year characters made from yarn balls. Simple and fast. In one evening we make balls, in the second evening we cover them with pieces of colored paper - and the craft is ready and worthy of going to a New Year's exhibition at school or kindergarten.
You don’t have to cover the balls with paper parts, but just put a cap like this on the top ball - where a face with a mustache and beard is already glued to the cone-hat.
In general, such cardboard caps (from the photo above) can be put on ordinary white inflatable balloons. And you’ll get a quick craft for the New Year in the form of Santa Claus. Such quick crafts are convenient. (By the way, the link contains a lot of quick ideas for crafts for decorating a New Year’s office).
DIY Santa Claus.
Balloon craft
using papier-mâché technique.
You can make such a pot-bellied, big-nosed, sweet and charming Santa Claus from the cheapest materials. PVA glue + white paper napkins + balloon + gouache for coloring.
What is the secret of the SIMPLICITY of this Santa Claus craft.
The papier-mâché technique is very simple. If you mix a paper napkin with PVA glue and mold something out of this mixture and dry it, we will get a dense, almost wooden, hard craft.
This principle of creating a durable material from fragile paper and liquid glue became the basis of the Papier-mâché technique.
Instead of white paper napkins, you can use regular NEWSPAPER. But then you will need to paint it on top with white paint (acrylic or gouache) before drawing Santa Claus on it.
What do we do.
Step 1 Let's buy a balloon with an elongated tail (that is, pear-shaped). Let's inflate it so that it retains its slightly elongated pear-shaped shape. Turn the ball upside down and insert it inside the vase (to make it easier to work with). You can even tape it a little to this vase so that it doesn’t jump out of it.
Step 2 Tear the white napkins into shreds (or leave them whole, whichever is more convenient for you). We coat part of the ball with PVA glue and place a white napkin on this puddle. On top of the napkin, again apply PVA glue with a wide brush and again place the napkin on this wet place. Thus, we glue the entire ball in several layers - generously pouring glue and generously laying down layers of napkin. Let it all dry (overnight).
Note – you can cover the ball with newspaper, dry it and paint it white. Or start the first layers from newspaper. And the last upper layers should be made from a white napkin, then there will be no need to paint it white.
Step 3. We crumple the napkins into large lumps - these will be tozhki. We also pour glue over it, and we also cover it with napkins, forming a wet crust of papier mache. We also leave it to dry.
Step 4. We take the ball out of the vase-pot on which it stood. We turn it with its tail up (we will cover this empty space that was in the vase with Santa Claus’s hat, it will not be visible. Using a marker on the dry round paper surface of the ball, we draw the silhouette borders of all the elements of Santa Claus - a face with a nose, a beard, a fur coat. We decorate this with gouache round decoration. Don't forget to glue the legs.
Note. For papier mache you need a lot of PVA glue. If you buy it in the stationery department (where the glue is in small tube jars) you will overpay 5 times the price. Better and It’s cheaper to buy PVA glue in liter buckets in the construction departments of the store. For one liter of glue you will pay about 2 dollars. And such a bucket will be enough for you for a whole bunch of crafts. Any PVA glue labeled “universal” or “construction” will suit you. In composition, it is no different from ordinary school stationery PVA glue. The manufacturer can be any company. With this bucket you will not only make Santa Claus from papier-mâché, but also a snowman and a penguin (also based on a balloon). Details in other articles on this site.
By the way, based on the BALLOON, you can make a variety of crafts with Santa Claus. You can decorate a ball covered with newspaper with strips of colored fringe. We buy rolls of crepe colored paper from the stationery store. cut it into strips, cut them into fringe, paste the BALL IN A CIRCLE with fringed stripes. It turns out another version of the Santa Claus craft with your own hands - mischievous and shaggy.
Or you can decorate a balloon covered with newspaper with a FLEECE WRAP - the soft material will make a very cozy and warm craft. 
Making our own Santa Claus
from stones and natural materials.
Ordinary stones - small or large river cobblestones can become the basis on which a New Year's fairy tale will grow.
You can simply find oval stable stones (or make them stable using play dough). Cover the stones with white gouache (spray with hairspray to fix the color and prevent it from staining your hands). Then draw all the lines of the future Santa Claus on a white background. Decorate each drawn sector with gouache. And then once again draw clear black boundaries between the elements of the drawing - make outlines with a black marker. Markers work great on rocks. It is best to use a marker for signing CDs - it does not wash off and does not stain your hands.
You can depict any New Year's theme on suitable flat stones. An article-lesson on creating beautiful New Year's drawings is already on our website “Family Heap”.
And from several stones (also painted with gouache) you can put together a whole plot applique on a single background cut out of plywood.
We buy a small sheet of plywood at a hardware store (or find a suitable one in a pile of trash near the entrance). We cut a round piece out of it. We tint with ink the color of snow and the color of sky. And against this background we lay out Santa Claus, his sack, his reindeer, his sleigh... whatever.
Please note that the stones perform only one part of the element - the rest are painted, laid out from twigs, ropes and other natural materials.
It is not necessary to choose smooth round stones. The most uneven curved stones can work to your advantage. Lay them out, try them on next to each other and try to see the outlines of your future craft in this arrangement. Who knows what masterpiece your little “rock garden” will give birth to on a piece of paper.
You can also use shells as a natural material for crafts in the form of Santa Claus. It will turn out interesting and beautiful.
You can come up with your own New Year's pictures from magic pebbles. Do not forget to spray the craft with hairspray - this will make it brighter and will not stain your hands with gouache or smudge. You can also sculpt some details of such a panel craft from plasticine (it can also be coated with hairspray)... or sculpt it from papier mache (paper napkin mixed with PVA glue, see point above in this article).
Craft Santa Claus
Made from plasticine.
You can also make a beautiful Santa Claus from ordinary plasticine (or polymer clay). The main thing is to work slowly and remember to wash your hands when moving from one color of plasticine to another. There we will get pure colors of the parts and the whole craft will look neat.
After making the craft, you need to dry it in a cool place and spray it with hairspray. This is necessary so that it stops being sticky and does not collect room dust. You can cover the craft with acrylic matte varnish with a soft brush. Acrylic varnish for crafts is sold at office supply or craft stores.
Such varnished, non-sticky plasticine figures are also good because they can be used inside small Snow capsules. Where the foam snowball will fall. You can make capsules for plasticine Santa Claus with your own hands - from transparent plastic bottles. Cutting off the top and bottom of them and joining them together. Sprinkle nail glitter, sequins or foam balls inside, or cut the fluff from pillows with scissors - the fluff will slowly settle, creating the illusion of snowfall.
Can be done flat crafts made from plasticine. Roll out colored plasticine with a rolling pin on the table. A wooden rolling pin is not suitable - it leaves rough marks on the plasticine. A round glass bottle or a can of any deodorant can be used as a smooth rolling pin.
Place a stencil image (details of Santa Claus, or his clothes) on the rolled out layer of plasticine. We trace with a sharp object. Remove the stencil and cut with scissors along the scratched lines. We get planar parts from which you can put together a plasticine graphic applique. Or make something like this to decorate your kitchen in New Year’s style (as in the photo below).
You can get ideas for plasticine crafts in the form of Santa Claus from New Year's cakes decorated with mastic characters. Santa Claus is often sculpted from sweet confectionery mastic from different angles. Look through New Year's cakes on Google and you will find many ideas for plasticine New Year's heroes.
You can find even more New Year's plasticine ideas for children's crafts in the classroom and at home in a special article on our website
DIY Santa Claus
FROM CONES.
Pine and fir cones can also be painted with gouache (like the stones from the paragraph above). And when painted, the cone immediately becomes interesting basis for a New Year's craft in the form of Santa Claus. We insert beads and buttons, a fluffy dusting brush painted with white gouache becomes a fluffy beard. Cut out a hat from a piece of felt.
Also in the company of Santa Claus With your own hands (also from pine cones) you can make a deer (with antlers made of fluffy wire), a snowman, a penguin in a felt scarf, and a green Christmas tree pine cone, decorated with beads and flowers cut from lace.
Other bright crafts and toys made from pine and fir cones are collected in a large article with photographs
Volumetric Santa Claus
From modular origami.
If you know how to fold an Origami module. It doesn’t cost you anything to create such a pot-bellied Santa Claus. YouTube is full of videos that will teach you how to fold a triangular paper origami module in 2 minutes. For 2 pm make yourself a bunch of modules (the family will help), and on the third evening fold Santa Claus. Assembly takes place without glue. Each module fits into each other - like a groove into a groove.
Green Christmas tree also made from modular origami. And you can make a snowman and a deer, if you think with your head...
DIY Santa Claus
FROM PAPER CONES.
We all know how to make paper cones - like bags for seeds. We need a semicircle - which we roll into a bag and glue the side seam of the bag with glue (or not with glue, but with a stapler).
Or you can provide paper latches on the bag - slits and ears that fit into each other. On the template below we see that on the left we have an incision (short dotted line), and on the right there is a protruding eye (along the edge of the hem of the fur coat). We cut out such a template (diagram below), paint it and connect it into a bag - inserting the eyelet into the cut (or you can simply fix everything with glue without any ears).
Santa Claus is easy and quick to make based on a regular cone. Below I give large diagrams for large figures. The actual size of the diagram corresponds to A3 format - it’s like two landscape pages. You won't be able to print it on a printer - you need to go to the printing center. But the craft will be large and nice in size.
Here is another large template for making Santa Claus out of paper - it is also in A3 format - print in the center of the printout.
But this template is smaller - if you want, you can also enlarge it to a large size. Each craft is beautiful - you must agree. You can just imagine how Grandfather Frost stands proudly on the windowsill and pleases the eye. Great craft - elegant and simple.
Children's craft Santa Claus
From toilet paper rolls.
Cardboard rolls are great for children's crafts. In the photo below we see how you can play up the image of Santa Claus based on this “toilet roll” form.
The elements can be made from paper, felt, cotton wool, formiam, fabric or knitted socks.
Santa Claus and dishes
(pots, cups, plates).
And in this section of the article I want to show how to make an original craft from non-standard materials with your own hands.
You can make Santa Claus from flower pots. We will make a beard for this grandfather from gypsum plaster. You can buy it at a hardware store gypsum plaster(it’s cheap in small packaging, you can buy half a kilo). We dilute the gypsum mixture with water to a thick porridge. And quickly, before it thickens and dries, we sculpt a beard for Santa Claus. Pots can also be coated with plaster porridge, in those places where we depict fluffy fur or snow. If sprinkled on top glitter(nail polish) it will turn out that snowy places sparkle in the sun.
Or here are New Year's crafts from disposable colored cups. Here the cups are placed in a circle on the floor (glue the round dance together using hot glue from a gun). Then on a round dance we make a second tier-floor, then a third - they themselves will be rounded into a spherical shape (because the cups at the bottom are narrower than at the edge). We make one ball for the belly and one ball for the head of Santa Claus. We make mittens, a belt, eyes, a mustache, and a hat from paper and fabric.
And we begin to make a green Christmas tree from cups according to the principle of a round dance. But we put a paper cone inside it. And we also attach the cups along the upper floors to the walls of this paper cone.
From the remaining red cups and toilet paper rolls you can make cute Frosties with a cotton wool beard.
And disposable flat plates can become a source of such children's crafts. Place beige paper on the bottom of the plate (this will be the background of the face). Without a beige or pink background (just on a pale plate) it will not be beautiful.
Craft Santa Claus
Made from felt and formiam.
Now a new ornamental material has appeared on sale - formiam. This brainchild of modern technology is very suitable for making voluminous, plump crafts that are well attached to each other using hot glue. In the photo below you see a Santa Claus craft made from formim (a porous thick material).
But crafts made from felt will still be more durable. And warmer to the touch. More dear, closer.
You can make Santa Claus appliques from felt on a round piece of paper - you will get a toy pendant for the Christmas tree.
Please note how in the photo below the fastening of the applique parts is done - with sparse stitches, parts are tacked here and there (the beard and mustache are held on by 4-5 stitches).
If you make a HOOP from cardboard, wrap it in fabric and decorate the front with a figure of Santa Claus, then we will get a headdress for the New Year. It can be worn for children's holiday dinners, or worn directly over a hat on the street - delighting passers-by with its New Year's look.
In addition to hard felt, you can use SOFT FLEECE. This is the material from which sweatshirts and bikers are made. It is suitable for sewing soft toys in the form of Santa Claus or plump pillows (as in the photo below).
But Santa Claus, where FELT (wool for felting) is present, is in the left photo below. And also a figurine of Santa Claus made from a ball of red thread and a piece of white centipon and a felt cap. The face can be made from a tennis ball, tinted beige.
Knitted Santa Claus.
You can also knit a New Year's Santa Claus from threads with crochet or knitting needles. Below, for inspiration, I have posted several photo samples of such DIY crafts.
You can simply crochet a flat figure. Use it as an applique for a craft, or as a toy pendant for the Christmas tree.
You can make a beard from chopped bundles of thread (fluffy like a real one) or simply tie it with a wedge (like a knitting sprout).
And here is an example of Santa Claus knitted with his own hands. Choose your favorite knitting method and start making a real surprise for the whole family with your own hands. Such a New Year's toy will accompany your holiday every year, like a tradition, like a family heirloom, made by your mother's beloved hands.
Here are some ideas on the theme of Santa Claus with your own hands - from everything - from paper to knitting. Now you will definitely make yourself a magical Santa Claus who will fulfill your wishes this year. Because you deserve it. Because you are good.
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New Year at the preschool educational institution
Author: Natalia Aleksandrovna Frolova, teacher, MDOU, combined type kindergarten No. 42 “Teremok”, Serpukhov MO.Description of work: I bring to your attention the New Year's exhibition of crafts: “Gifts to Santa Claus.” This material will be useful to educators, students, and parents. This is an exhibition of creative works aimed at developing children's creative abilities; strengthening ties with the families of pupils, interior decoration.
Purpose: Interior decoration, making New Year's souvenirs and gifts.
Target: Organization of an exhibition of applied arts. Interior decoration for the New Year holidays, making gifts with your own hands.
Tasks:
- Involving children and parents in creativity.
- Formation of creative abilities in children.
- Attracting the attention of parents to children - the younger generation.
- Development of creative abilities, fine motor skills, color perception.
- To cultivate artistic taste and interest in making crafts with your own hands.
Gift to Santa Claus
New Year is coming
Everyone is probably waiting for him!
Frost brings gifts to everyone,
But no one will ask him
And no one notices
Maybe grandpa is dreaming
Receive a gift too?
Seryozha ran up to him,
Divides the gum in half:
-Here, take this for you!
From attention and gift
Grandfather even felt hot
He smiled at Seryozha,
And Santa Claus suddenly became younger!
This is the invitation prepared for parents to take part in the New Year's competition.
Creative works
"Sweet Teremok"(from cookies)
The gray winter has come
They put on white hats at home.
"Father Frost's Compound""
Whirling like a snowflake, I’ll dissolve,
Or maybe slightly under melting.
And I’ll turn into a dandelion,
I flutter about like a light fluff.
"Puss in Boots"
Well, here he is! Your time has come!
We are going to Santa Claus now!
"Cute Sheep"
cute sheep
The coming year calls us
Beckons to follow you
Happiness will call to our home!
"Winter Guest"
We won't see him in the spring,
He won't come even in the summer,
But in winter to our children
He comes every year.
He has a bright blush,
Beard like white fur
Interesting gifts
He will cook for everyone.
“Will Santa Claus be there soon?”
He is neither small nor great,
Snowy white snowman.
His nose is like a carrot
He loves frost very much
Santa Claus is waiting for you!
"Santa Claus's mail!"
Behind the forests, behind the gardens,
Behind the snow and behind the ice
Good Grandfather Frost
I collected a cartload of gifts.
I'll work in the forest -
I'll deliver gifts to everyone!
"Santa Claus's Assistant"
Good Grandfather Frost, accept your gifts!