If under the tree will not stand traditional characters- symbols of this holiday? Therefore, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with several master classes on how to make Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden with your own hands from paper, bottles and other materials.
How to make a Snow Maiden craft?
There are two ways to create a granddaughter of Santa Claus, depending on the materials chosen - simple and complex.
TO simple ways include the following options:
- paper;
- plastic bottle;
- ribbons and glass bottle;
- finished doll.
More complex options include options using fabric and thread. Since in the first case it is proposed to sew the Snow Maiden on her own, and in the second - to tie.
No matter how you decide to make your Snow Maiden, the craft will turn out cute and unique.
Snow Maiden from a doll
To create such a craft, a finished doll is required. The most commonly used is an old Barbie or similar toy. Therefore, the main process is to create a girl's outfit.
For the master class, in addition to the doll, you will need to take:
- blue crepe paper;
- thin ribbons of blue and white color;
- thin lace in two shades;
- small decor for the granddaughter's finished outfit (for example, stars, beads and beads, rhinestones, etc.);
- a piece of white felt;
- a piece of foam;
- scissors;
- stationery knife;
- glue gun.
Making a frame
In order for the doll to be stable and the skirt fluffy, you need to make a frame. To do this, take the foam. In height, it should be equal to the length of the legs of the selected toy.
In the center of a piece of foam, carefully cut round hole, in which you can then put the doll. Remember that she should not stagger. Then cut out a circle of arbitrary diameter from thick cardboard. The splendor of the future skirt depends on its size. Glue the finished circle to the bottom of the foam. Now grind the piece on all sides to make a cone. The frame is ready.
The process of creating an order
Step-by-step instructions on how to make a Snow Maiden with your own hands:
Beautiful Snow Maiden is ready!
How to make a Snow Maiden out of paper?
From plain paper voluminous crafts of the Snow Maiden can be done in several ways. For example, using a cone as a basis.
To do this, take a piece of white thick paper. You can use both cardboard and landscape sheet. Roll it up so that the cone comes out. Glue the edges so that the figure does not unfold.
Cut the bottom of the cone half a centimeter with scissors. The cuts must be made very close to each other to make a fringe. Cut a very thin strip of white paper and cut one side in the same way.
Draw a cone. Cover some with blue paint. This will be the outfit. Leave the top white. There you need to draw eyes, a nose, a mouth and a blush. On the outfit itself, draw the handles and mittens. Do not forget to depict the hairstyle and braid.
Cut a few pieces from the fringe stripe and stick them down the center of the cone and also on the upper part mittens.
Cut out a kokoshnik from cardboard. Paint it and decorate with rhinestones or sequins. Cut out triangles in the center of the kokoshnik and put it on the head of the Snow Maiden.
Craft from a blank
Instructions on how to make a Snow Maiden out of paper:
- Take a sheet of cardboard and a pencil.
- Draw an outline on paper, as in the picture below.
- Cut out the part along the outline.
- Fold the left and right flaps inwards.
- Paint the craft. Draw a face, braid, kokoshnik. Decorate the outfit of the Snow Maiden.
- Take cotton wool and PVA glue.
- Tear off small pieces of cotton wool and glue them on the mittens and the edges of the fur coat.
The craft is ready! Such a Snow Maiden can be used as a figurine and as a postcard.
To make Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden out of paper the same, take the same blank and change the top to a semicircle. Assemble in the same way and decorate like Santa Claus. Then you will have a complete set.
Origami - granddaughter of Santa Claus
To collect such a cute Snow Maiden, you will need to take:
- one sheet of blue square paper;
- a small sheet of blue rectangular paper;
- two identical small square blue leaves;
- one medium square sheet beige or yellow;
- white strip of paper no more than two centimeters.
All paper should be chosen so that it is white on the back. If there is none, then just glue the colored sheet to the white one.
Master class on how to make a Snow Maiden with your own hands using the origami technique:
- Take the largest square piece of paper and fold it in half.
- Unfold the sheet and fold it in half again.
- When you unfold the paper again, you should have two folds that form a cross.
- Now wrap the paper half a centimeter from two opposite sides.
- Bend the paper at the bottom a couple of centimeters.
- Wrap the upper left and right corners to the center fold line.
- Turn left and right side crafts as shown in the picture.
- Bend back the top corner of the resulting figure.
- Fold the bottom left and right corners up.
- Flip the shape over again.
- Take a thin strip of white paper and fold it in half lengthwise.
- Unfold the sheet and fold it to the right and left side to the fold formed in the middle.
- Paste the resulting strip into the previous shape. To do this, slip the top under the upper triangle, and the bottom under the strip below. You have got an outfit for the Snow Maiden.
Folding our heads
- Take a square sheet of yellow or white paper and fold it in half diagonally. Expand the sheet.
- Now wrap the left and right sides to the formed line. Repeat this action one more time.
- Fold the shape diagonally.
- Bend back the top of the folded triangle a little.
- Flip the workpiece over.
- Fold the long triangle in half.
- Turn the workpiece over again. Now the head is ready.
Making mittens
Mittens are assembled from two identical and small blue squares.
- Take one square, fold it in half diagonally.
- Expand the shape.
- Fold over the left and right sides so that their tops touch the fold line.
- Slightly unscrew one of the corners.
- Turn the piece over.
You've got a glove. Make another one in the same way.
We fold the hat and collect the figurine
- Take a blue rectangular piece of paper and fold it in half.
- Unfold the sheet and fold it in half again so that when you open it again, a cross is formed from the fold lines.
- Lay the rectangle lengthwise and fold the top to the bottom.
- Fold the left and right corners to the center fold line.
- Tuck the top corner in a little.
- Bend a thin strip at the bottom.
- Flip the figurine. Now you have a hat.
When all the details of the craft are ready, they need to be assembled with each other. To do this, simply lay all the elements on the very first blank and glue them with PVA glue.
Plastic Snow Maiden
Description of how to make a Snow Maiden from a plastic bottle using improvised materials:
- Get an empty yogurt bottle. Such a container perfectly imitates the figure of a girl.
- Make a ball out of cotton wool and cover it with papier-mâché paper.
- Cover the bottle with blue paper.
- From the same paper, make two small cones and push cotton wool into them. These will be the hands.
- Glue the head and arms to the bottle. Paint the head. Draw a face, outline the hat in blue.
- Make a braid out of the threads and glue it to the edge of the hat.
- From cotton wool, make an edge on the outfit of the Snow Maiden and her headdress. The girl is ready!
And how to make a Snow Maiden from a plastic bottle?
Santa Claus and Snow Maiden made of plastic
Prepare two plastic bottles- one more, the other smaller. Also take cotton wool or two ribbons, woolen threads, glue, scissors, paints and brushes.
And now a master class on how to make Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden with your own hands:
- Clean plastic bottles from labels and cover with cotton. To do this, pour PVA glue into a container (for example, a plate) and dip small pieces of cotton wool or cotton pads. Then apply the material to the entire surface of the bottle. Layers must be uniform throughout. You need to paste over the bottle along with the cork.
- Wait until the glue is completely dry. This can take a long time, so it's best to use a hair dryer.
- Glue the pieces of cotton together into a roll and glue to the bottle on both sides. These will be the hands of the figurines.
- When the mannequins are ready, cover them with the appropriate paint - the Snow Maiden is blue, and Santa Claus is red. The area with the lid needs to be painted with beige paint, because there will be a face. In this case, the top of the cover is painted in the same color as the body.
- Let the paint dry. If necessary, apply a second layer.
- Now you need to make the fur trim of the outfit from cotton wool. Just tightly glue the places where the edge should be (sleeves, the central part of the coat, the bottom of the hat and robe) with glue and attach pieces of cotton wool.
- Draw eyes, nose and mouth on the face.
- Weave from woolen threads voluminous braid and glue under the Snow Maiden's hat.
- Make a beard for Santa Claus from cotton wool. This is done in the same way as the edge.
- Tie ribbons of matching colors onto figurines.
Santa Claus and Snow Maiden are ready!
Outfit of the Snow Maiden for champagne
You can make not only the Snow Maiden craft, but also dress up a bottle of champagne in such a costume, which can decorate New Year's table. Moreover, the empty container can then be used as the granddaughter of Santa Claus herself.
Detailed instructions on how to make a Snow Maiden from:
- Peel off the paper label from the bottle.
- Take a medium-width blue tape and a glue gun.
- Make one turn around the bottle, stepping back a little from the foil.
- The coil should go a little at an angle to form a triangle - a cutout.
- Cut off the excess tape and glue the edges to the bottle with a glue gun. Attach the tape to the back in the same way by placing a dot of glue on the glass.
- Similarly, make a few more turns - five or six. Each next row should slightly overlap the previous one.
- Now wind the tape around the bottle horizontally and connect the ends with glue.
- Also make a few rows to the end.
- Take some synthetic winterizer and make a frame for the top of the outfit and overlap the seam of the ribbon rows with it.
- Glue rhinestones or beads along the outer contour of the synthetic winterizer edge and at the bottom of the fur coat.
- From thin strips of synthetic winterizer make a pigtail.
- Wrap the tape several times around the cork and secure the rows together with a glue gun. Wrap the construction with a piece of synthetic winterizer and glue the rhinestones. This will be the hat. It should not tightly fit the cork.
- Glue the braid inside the hat.
Outfit is ready!
Similarly, you can do Santa Claus. Just use the red tape for this.
Let's see how you can create unique Christmas crafts. for a competition in school or kindergarten in the form of Santa Claus. I will also show you how to 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 a great New Year's decorations the most common gift wrappings 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 plain wadding + PVA glue + red gouache)
- a piece of white foam packaging (which is often put in boots in the store, or in boxes with appliances). Or (if you do not have such material) you can take white cardboard and glue it with cotton pads.)
On a white cardboard round eye shadow or blush draw spots on the cheeks, black beads-eyes with a marker. In a bowl, stir red gouache and PVA glue (a couple of drops of paint on a teaspoon of glue), dip a piece of cotton wool into this mixture. From this sticky red cotton we mold a ball with our hands - we dry it on a battery (it will dry overnight).
Cut out a triangle from red cardboard. We glue it on the edge of a white round (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 cause it to bend.
On top of the connecting line (between the cap and the head), we lay the “fur edging”, as I already said, it is better to cut it out of the foamed packaging material. Or glue the cardboard with cotton pads and cut out the edging of Santa Claus's hat from such “cotton-hairy paper”
And here two more ideas crafts-pendants in the form of Santa Claus - already from just cardboard ... and cardboard with paper molds for cupcakes.
Here are large packages with Santa Claus in large sizes.
You can even make a package yourself from a sheet gift paper. The template here is very simple. You can make such a drawing yourself with a pencil, cut it out, bend along the fold lines and it's ready. Beautiful box- glue the face and beard of Santa Claus to it and you're done. 
You can do it yourself from cardboard (or from soft felt, or formiam as in the photo below) to make PACKAGING-POCKETS for gifts, decorated with Santa Claus appliqué on top.
Here is a diagram-drawing 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.
It remains only to glue the head of Santa Claus with a beard and a hat on top. Simple and fast, no complexity. You will enjoy making such quick pocket crafts with Santa Claus, a snowman, angels and other New Year's characters with your own hands.
Here is a soft felt or fleece pouch that is suitable for gifting a smart phone, or jewelry. It will be nice to receive such a gift, decorated with manual labor and the donor's imagination.
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 Santa Claus’s tummy and back is a ONE PIECE - in shape it looks like a GAME EIGHT, 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 front and a closed back in the back. At the top we fix our halves with a drop of glue, or with a stapler or tape. And it remains for our Santa Claus to glue his head with a beard and legs-stand.
Santa Claus do it yourself
Craft in the technique of "spider line".
There is an article on our website where I show in great detail how to make such balls of glue threads and a small air balloon with my own hands. In this article, “Thread Balls 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 extra words. Follow the link, it's all there.
And just look at the photo below and fall in love with these cute new year characters made from thread balls. Simple and fast. In one evening we make balls, in the second evening we glue them with colored paper parts - and a worthy craft is ready to go to New Year's exhibition to school or kindergarten.
You can not glue the balls with paper parts, but immediately put on such a cap on the top ball - where a face with a mustache and beard is already glued to the cone-cap.
In general, such caps made of cardboard (from the photo above) can be put on ordinary white balloons. And you get a quick craft for the new year in the form of Santa Claus. Such quick crafts comfortable . (By the way, there are a lot of links quick ideas crafts for decorating the New Year's office).
Santa Claus with his own hands.
balloon craft
in papier-mâché technique.
Here you can make such a pot-bellied nosy - sweet and charming Santa Claus from the cheapest materials. PVA glue + paper white napkins + balloon ik + 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 - mold something from this mass 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 a regular NEWSPAPER. But then it will be necessary 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). We inflate it so that it retains its slightly elongated pear-shaped. Turn the ball upside down and insert it inside the vase (to make it more convenient to work with). You can even fix it with tape a little to this vase - so that it does not jump out of it.
Step 2 We tear white napkins into shreds (or leave them whole, as you prefer). We smear part of the ball with PVA glue - we put it on this puddle white napkin. On top of the napkin, we again smear PVA glue with a wide brush and again put a napkin on this wet place. Thus, we glue the entire ball in several layers - generously pouring glue and generously laying layers of napkins. Leave it all to dry (overnight).
Note - you can glue the ball with newspaper, dry it and paint it in white paint. Or start the first layers from the newspaper. And the upper last layers should be made from a white napkin, then it will not be necessary to paint white.
Step 3 We crumple the napkins into large lumps - these will be the same. We also pour glue, also glue it with napkins, forming a wet papier-mâché crust. Let it dry too
Step 4 We take out the ball from the vase-pot on which it stood. We turn it upside down (we will cover this empty place that was in the vase with Santa Claus's hat, it will not be visible. With a marker on the dry round paper surface of the ball, draw the silhouette borders of all the elements of Santa Claus - a face with a nose, a beard, a fur coat. We decorate this gouache round coloring Do not 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 jars-tubes) you will overpay 5 times the cost. Better and 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 with the inscription "universal" or "construction" is suitable for you. In composition, it is no different from the usual clerical PVA school glue. The manufacturer can be any. With this bucket, you will not only make Santa Claus out of papier-mâché, but also a snowman and a penguin (also based on balloon). Details in other articles on this site.
By the way, on the basis of the BALLOON, you can make the most different crafts with Santa Claus. You can decorate a ball pasted with newspaper with stripes of colored fringe. We buy rolls of colored crepe paper in stationery. we cut it into strips, cut them into a fringe, glue the BALL IN A CIRCLE with fringe strips. It turns out another version of Santa Claus crafts with his own hands - mischievous and furry.
Or you can decorate a balloon covered with a newspaper with a FLEECE WINDING - a very cozy and warm craft will turn out from a soft material. 
We make our own Santa Claus
from stones and natural materials.
Ordinary stones - river small or large cobblestones can become the basis on which the New Year's fairy tale will sprout.
You can just find oval stable stones (or make them stable with plasticine). Cover the stones with white gouache (sprinkle with hairspray to fix the color and so that it does not stain your hands). Then, on a white background, draw all the lines of the future Santa Claus. Decorate with gouache each drawn sector. And then once again draw clear black boundaries between the elements of the picture - make the outlines with a black marker. Markers are great for drawing on stones. It is best to use a CD signing marker - it does not wash off and does not get your hands dirty.
On suitable flat pebbles, you can depict any new year story. Article-lesson on creating beautiful New Year's drawings is already on our website "Family Handful".
And from several stones (also painted with gouache) you can add a whole plot application on a single background cut out of plywood.
We buy a small sheet of plywood in a hardware store (or find a suitable one next to the entrance in a pile of garbage). Cut out a round piece. We tint with ink in the color of snow and the color of the sky. And against this background we lay out Santa Claus, his bag, his deer, his sleigh ... anything.
Please note that the stones perform only one part of the element - the rest are painted with paints, lined with twigs, ropes and other natural materials.
It is not necessary to choose smooth rounded pebbles. The most uneven curved stones can work to your advantage. Stack them, try them on to each other and try to see the outlines of your future crafts in this styling. Who knows what masterpiece your little "rock garden" will give birth to on a piece of paper.
Also, shells can be used as a natural material for crafts in the form of Santa Claus. It will turn out interesting and beautiful.
You can invent your own christmas pictures from magic stones. Do not forget to spray the craft with hairspray - this way it will become brighter and will not stain your hands with gouache, smear. Also, you can sculpt some details of such a craft-panel from plasticine (it can also be covered with hairspray) ... or sculpt from papier mache (a paper napkin mixed with PVA glue, see the paragraph above in this article).
Craft Santa Claus
From plasticine.
From ordinary plasticine (or from polymer clay) can also be done handsome grandfather Frost. 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 the pure colors of the details and the whole craft will look neat.
After making the craft, you need to dry it in a cool place and sprinkle with hairspray. This is necessary so that it ceases to be sticky and does not collect room dust. Can be covered with acrylic matte varnish soft brush. Acrylic lacquer for crafts is sold in stationery or craft stores.
Such lacquered, non-sticky plasticine figures are also good because they can be used inside small Snow capsules. Where will the foam snowball go. Capsules for plasticine Santa Claus can be made with your own hands - from transparent plastic bottles. Cut off the top and bottom from them and docked them together. Pour glitter for nails, sequins or foam balls inside or cut fluff from pillows with scissors - the fluff will slowly settle creating the illusion of snowfall.
Can do flat crafts 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. As a smooth rolling pin, a glass round bottle or can of any deodorant is suitable.
We put a stencil image on the rolled out layer of plasticine (details of Santa Claus, or his clothes). Outlining sharp object. Remove the stencil and cut with scissors along the scratched lines. We get planar details from which it is possible to fold a plasticine graphic application. Or make such a craft to decorate the kitchen in new year style(as in the photo below).
You can learn ideas for plasticine crafts in the form of Santa Claus from New Year's cakes decorated with mastic characters. Santa Claus is often molded from sweet confectionery mastic from different angles. Google New Year's cakes 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.
Santa Claus do it yourself
FROM CONES.
Pine and spruce cones can also be painted with gouache (like the stones from the paragraph above). And in a painted form, the bump immediately becomes interesting basis for New Year's crafts in the form of Santa Claus. Paste beads - buttons a fluffy duster painted with white gouache becomes a lush beard. Cut out a hat from a piece of felt.
Also in the company of Santa Claus you can make a deer with your own hands (also from cones) (with horns from fluffy wire), a snowman, a penguin in a felt scarf, and a green Christmas tree cone decorated with beads and flowers cut out of lace.
Other bright crafts-toys from pine and fir cones collected in a large article with photos
Volumetric Santa Claus
From modular origami.
If you know how to fold the Origami module. Then it doesn’t cost you anything to create such a pot-bellied Santa Claus. YouTube is full of videos that in 2 minutes will teach you how to fold a triangular origami paper module. For 2 pm make yourself a bunch of modules (family will help), and on the third night fold Santa Claus. Assembly takes place without glue. Each module is nested into each other - like a groove in a groove.
green fir tree also made up of modular origami. And you can make a snowman and a deer, if you think with your head ...
Santa Claus do it yourself
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 paper latches can be provided on the bag - cuts and ears that fit into each other. On the template below, we see that we have an incision on the left (a short dotted line), and a protruding eyelet on the right (along the edge of the hem of the fur coat). We cut out such a template (diagram below), color 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. Here below I give big schemes for large figurines. life size The scheme corresponds to the A3 format - it's like two landscape pages. Printing on the printer will not work - you need to go to the print center. But the craft will be large, pleasant in size.
Here is another large template for Santa Claus paper crafts - it is also A3 - print in the center of the printout.
But this template is smaller - if you want, you can also increase it to a large size. Each craft is beautiful - agree. So you can imagine how Grandfather Frost proudly stands 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 kids crafts. Here in the photo below we see how you can beat the image of Santa Claus based on this “toilet-roll” form.
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 material with my own hands.
From flower pots you can collect Santa Claus. We will make a beard for such a grandfather from gypsum plaster. You can buy at a hardware store gypsum plaster(it is cheap in small packaging for a pound you can take). Gypsum mixture is diluted with water to thick porridge. And quickly, until it thickens and dries, we sculpt a beard to Santa Claus. Pots can also be coated with gypsum porridge, in those places where we depict fluffy fur or snow. If sprinkled on top sequins(with nail powder) it turns out that snowy places sparkle in the sun.
Or here are New Year's crafts from disposable colored cups. Here the cups are stacked in a circle on the floor (glue the round dance with hot glue from a gun). Then, on a round dance, we make the second tier-floor, then the 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. From paper and fabric we make mittens, a belt, eyes, a mustache, a hat.
A green Christmas tree from cups we begin to make according to the principle of a round dance. But inside it we put a cone of paper. And we still attach the cups along the upper floors to the walls of this paper cone.
From the remaining red cups and toilet paper sleeves, you can make cute Frosts with a cotton beard.
And disposable flat plates can be a source of such children's crafts. We put 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 be ugly.
Craft Santa Claus
From felt and formiam.
Now with the sale a new ornamental material has appeared - formiam. This is the brainchild modern technologies very suitable for making voluminous puffy crafts that are well fastened to each other with hot glue. Here in the photo below you see Santa Claus crafts made from formim (porous thick material).
But crafts made of felt will still be more durable. And warmer to the touch. Kinder, closer.
You can make applications of Santa Claus on a round ball out of felt - you get a pendant toy for a Christmas tree.
Pay attention to how the appliqué details are fastened in the photo below - with rare stitches, details are stuck here (the beard and mustache are held on 4-5 stitches).
If you make a HOOP out of cardboard, wrap it with a cloth and decorate the front with a figure of Santa Claus, then we will get a headdress for the new year. It can be put on for a festive dinner for children, or worn right 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 hoodies and hoodies are sewn. It is suitable for sewing soft toys in the form of Santa Claus or puffy pillows (as in the photo below).
But Santa Claus, where there are FELT (wool for felting) - in the left photo below. As well as a figure of Santa Claus made of a ball of red thread and a piece of white sentipon and a felt hat. The face can be made from a tennis ball tinted in beige.
Knitted Santa Claus.
And New Year's Santa Claus can be crocheted or knitted from threads. Below, for inspiration, I posted a few photo samples of such crafts with my own hands.
You can crochet just a flat figurine. Use it as an applique for a craft, or a toy pendant for a Christmas tree.
You can make a beard from cut bundles of threads (fluffy like a real one) Or simply tie it with a wedge (like a knitting process).
And here is an example of Santa Claus knitted on knitting needles with his own hands. Choose your favorite knitting method and start making a real surprise for the whole family with your own hands. Such christmas toy will accompany your holiday every year, like a tradition, like a family heirloom, made by mom's favorite hands.
These are ideas on the theme of Santa Claus with your own hands - from everything - from paper to knitting. Now you will definitely make yourself magic grandfather Frost, who will fulfill your wishes this year. Because you deserve it. Because you are good.
Continuation of PAPER crafts in the form of Santa Claus - in our SECOND article
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Question, how to make Santa Claus with your own hands, rises very sharply on the eve of the New Year. Craft contests in kindergartens and schools, matinees, decorating offices, as well as household chores for home decor, and more gifts ... See options for what our grandfather can be made of.
How to make Santa Claus out of fabric
Video how to make a cute Santa from socks quickly and easily:
Felt craft:
The simplest Santa Claus from felt:
Wonderful Grandfather in the style of a folk rag doll-motanka:
"Santa Claus". Ryakhova Milana.
The face is papier-mâché, painted with gouache; the body itself is sewn from cotton material, filled with padding polyester. Fur coat and hat are made of velvet, decorated with faux fur. The beard is also made of fur. The staff of Santa Claus is also sewn and filled with padding polyester.
"DED MOROZ AND SNEGUROCHKA". Shamshaeva Valeria.
Cardboard cone, foamiran, tinsel.
How to make Santa Claus
Most affordable way make Santa Claus - mold him from plasticine, polymer clay or salt dough. These are the modeling master classes on our website:
Video on how to make our hero and the Snow Maiden from salt dough:
And here's a fun couple:
« New Year! Karsakov Leonid.
The work is made of colored paper, decorated with rain.
Santa Claus from improvised materials
Cork Santa
Or by video:
Video how to make Santa Claus from a plastic bottle:
Bayduletov Dauren, 13 years old, BEI DO "House of Creativity", district Lyubinsky, Omsk region.
Head: teacher additional education Nikitenko Tatyana Evgrafovna
Job: . The work is done in the technique of weaving newspaper tubes.
Craft from a can of chips:
Used here: the bases of medicine bottles, a lid, a jar of shoe covers, fabric and plasticine:
The work “Komi Santa Claus” (Kozyd Pol) was made by a student of the workshop “Golden Birch Bark” municipal institution additional education "District Center children's creativity"Istok" p. Vizinga Delkov Yaroslav.
Yaroslav is 9 years old. The first year he is engaged in birch bark, mastering the steps of birch bark craft in the classroom in the workshop. Yaroslav and his mother came up with Komi Santa Claus for the New Year. We live in the North, we have strong frosts. The Komi people also have their own Santa Claus. His name is Kodzyd Pol. Slava presents him as an ordinary Santa Claus, but Komi ornaments adorn his outfit.
Knitted Santa Claus
The main symbols of the national New Year are Santa Claus and Snow Maiden, with their own hands needlewomen on the eve of the holiday sew for themselves and their children, create original crafts together with the children and figurines that will take their place under the New Year tree, and small figurines can also become an element holiday garland Or Christmas tree decorations.
Santa Claus and Snow Maiden with their own hands
We offer you make Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden with your own hands from plastic bottles to be used as a base. Bottles will need two liters. As a result, we will get a doll, the main decoration of which will be an outfit, to complete it we need bright fabric blue and white for the Snow Maiden, red and white for Grandfather with a red nose.
Among additional materials For crafts Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden with their own hands we will need hot glue or a glue gun to ensure that the elements are securely fixed, cardboard, light yarn that will replace our hair, but if possible, you can buy strands artificial hair. We also need a synthetic winterizer, acrylic paint, packaging film, masking tape.
To get beautiful crafts from bottles, Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden with their own hands can be made using heads from old dolls that will need to be decorated in a new way. If you have such a head from any doll, then first you need to wipe it with acetone, and your hair should be cut. By using acrylic paints we will paint the face of the Snow Maiden, making her light gentle makeup.
Cut white yarn into short pieces and glue them to the head, and then fix the head on a plastic bottle. To create handles, we will use aluminum wire, ready-made handles must be fixed on a plastic base. The wire frame needs to be given volume, for this they can be wrapped with a packaging film and secured with a film. A synthetic winterizer can also be used to seal the handles.
At this point, the glue that fixes the impromptu hair on the head has already dried, and we will braid two braids from the strands.
This is followed by the difficult part of this craft - the Snow Maiden must be dressed up in a suit, and will be performed according to the same principle. The Snow Maiden costume can be sewn separately, but not all needlewomen know how to build patterns and sew parts, not many people have a sewing machine at home, so we will use a little trick to create a costume.
First, we will measure the length of the bottle and cut out a rectangle of fabric from a piece of white satin. We will pre-wrap the bottle with synthetic winterizer, and then satin fabric by fixing the materials with a glue gun.
To make gloves, you will need a piece of blue fabric. We will not sew the mittens, we will wrap the fingers with fabric, form the mittens and glue them so that they keep their shape.
But it is better to sew a caftan: it consists of three rectangles, it turns out two shelves and a back, which must be sewn together with hand or machine stitches.
Be sure to decorate the caftan, for example, you can use a fabric outline or glitter with which you can draw snowflakes. Fur strips glue along the edges of the sides, hem and on the sleeves. Make the belt lace or fur.
Do-it-yourself Santa Claus and Snow Maiden costumes it is necessary to add a hat, Grandfather, as we know, always has a red hat, and the Snow Maiden has a hat that matches the caftan, it can be blue or snow-white. It is very easy to sew a hat for a girl, because we are not looking for complicated ways and clever tricks. We need to cut a circle from the fabric, the diameter of which is 12 cm. Along the contour, the circle must be collected on a thread, filled with padding polyester, and glued on the edges of cotton wool or trimmings of padding polyester, you can decorate the edge with a fur trim.
DIY crafts Santa Claus and Snow Maiden
It is more difficult to find a suitable face for Santa Claus, so we will try to create it from salt dough, although the task can be quite difficult for those who are engaged in such modeling for the first time. The blinded face must be dried in the oven and painted with acrylic paints.
To create a face, you can also use the ideas from our site for creating dolls using nylon tights. With the help of stitches, you can make a wrinkled face and a large red nose. The head size may be slightly larger than that of the Snow Maiden.
Grandfather's face must be decorated with a long white beard, for her it is necessary to prepare a pattern, for example, from white fleece, and then glue the patterns with scraps of cotton wool, so the beard turned out to be fluffy. For the caftan we need red satin or velvet. Sew Santa Claus and Snow Maiden with your own hands is also simple: you need to cut out three rectangles and sew them together, then sew on the sleeves. The slats can be decorated with white fur trimmings, and if you know how to crochet, you can make fluffy slats from white Grass yarn.
Ready-made figures can be fixed on a cardboard stand and placed under the Christmas tree, and they will be kept company. And similar figures can also be made in a smaller size, from a half-liter bottle, which will become Christmas tree decorations.
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Who main character New Year? I think it's Santa Claus. This old man pleases us with gifts and magic. What else can we expect from this holiday? Well, since we have already made Christmas trees, glued, sewn, then Morozko must be done.
Moreover, there are also many ideas for this. We will select options for every taste and for any material. After all, what is the most important thing in this craft? That's right, red cap and white beard. And that's all, a guest from Veliky Ustyug jumps to our holiday. Well, for those who are closer to Santa Claus, there are also ideas.
In general, it's time for us to create and be inspired!
To begin with, let's see what creative personalities tried to make Grandfather. What fell into their hands at the first moment of creative thought. And for some reason I wanted to start the article with large interior and voluminous crafts.
Santa Claus from cups
Inspired by these Frosts. All are made according to the same technique, but how different they are, you just wonder!
The combination of red and white cups immediately evokes the idea of who it is. Look at what beards are made of: cotton, cotton pads, paper, yarn.
And this Grandfather even has a beard made of cups.
So how do you make them? Let's look at the diagram. We draw a blank on paper with a diameter of your choice. We will immediately lay out the equator of our ball. The larger the diameter, the larger the ball will be!
Then lay out the cups along the line. We fasten them with a stapler and make the second, third row, removing 1-2 pieces from each layer to make a circle.
Or here is an option where you need only one glass.
For the body used a sleeve from toilet paper or from paper towels.
From sweets
Next, we have simple crafts-presents with sweets and lollipops. Remember, we considered, and so there are also ideas with Frost and sweets. I will not repeat. Actually, I only found one. I am attaching it.
I was amused by the idea of wood. It turns out that in order to create, it is enough just to take desired colors paints.
From cones
Since we started about natural materials, here are ideas for you from cones.
If there are a lot of cones, then you can big frost do. But, of course, this craft is not for one day.
Another interesting option is napkins. From a distance, they also resemble cones.
Maybe someone likes to felt wool? Then here is a craft for you for an example with step-by-step actions.
Based on this drawing.
We start with the body.
On it we make a pattern of red fabric, leaving room for the head.
We twist it and sew it. We put on a body made of wool.
Tie the bottom edges with a thread.
We make a hat, fur and beard.
Gypsum or salt dough
Now it is fashionable to do crafts from plaster. But for those who have children under five years old, it is better to make salty dough.
And you need to make an imprint of a splayed palm, look.
Making a handprint. Dry the material.
We mark the picture.
And we will implement it in paints.
We thread the rope through the hole and hang it on the Christmas tree.
I share with you my discovery of ice cream sticks.
From threads
Have you met the technique of pulling the thread through the carnations? So, who is interested, you can create such frosts.
And with the help of a cone base and yarn, a very simple, but interesting craft.
- felt,
- thermal gun,
- yarn,
- paper cone,
- decor.
First, let's start with such a muzzle made of felt.
We cut out the necessary parts and glue them with hot glue.
Now we need to make a paper cone and wrap it with threads to make it look like this. Make sure there are no gaps.
The edges must be well fixed with glue. 
Putting the craft together and do not forget about the handles. 
From disposable plates
Yes, this improvised material is definitely lying around in the kitchen for many. Great idea crafts with kids.
In this master class, you will need only part of the plate. She will act as a sleigh.
Let's now take a step-by-step look at how frost is made.
Take a plate and cut off 1/4 of its part. Inside, where the flat and smooth part is painted with beige.
We take a triangle of red paper and glue a plate on it. It remains only to form the eyes, mustache and pompoms.
See what a cool beard Grandfather can get from disposable spoons.
And even eyebrows can be made from them.
Of course, there is an idea from plasticine. Everything is shown in detail in the photo instructions.
If suddenly you have a sheet of foam at home, then here's what can come of it.
lying around plastic bottle for water, dress her up too.
Well, and another cool option with one plastic spoon, cotton pad and yarn.
We take a spoon, cut off a stalk from it. We wrap the edge with thread. And smear the convex side with glue. Roll up the cotton pad. And stick it on the spoon. It remains only to add the missing elements.
How to make crafts from nylon tights, a master class in the video
Eat cool idea creation of dolls in hosiery technique. Unfortunately, I am not a master in this, so I give a master class in video format.
And here I will give an idea from a sock
You can make a body without handles. The main thing is that it is sustainable.
Well, do balls often come to your house? After all, they also make wonderful Santa Clauses.
This is far from all. We can say that we are only at the very beginning of the journey!
Patterns for Santa Claus from fabric (tilde)
Now I will give a lot of patterns. There are ideas in the Tilda technique, but there are just patterns for soft toys.
Scheme 3. 
For inspiration!
Scheme 10.
Scheme 11. 
Scheme 14. 
If you do not save or download the scheme, then take a screenshot of the screen and edit the picture in Painte. This graphics editor installed on all operating systems.
Knitted Morozko and patterns
Now options for crafts for those craftswomen who knit. I liked such non-standard Frosts. And it’s okay that none of them is in a red hat, you can’t confuse them with anyone anyway.
This collection shows how to tie such beauties.
Of course there is a blueprint.
The idea is the same, but here the crochet pattern is different.
You can also make a volumetric Santa.
Or just cross stitch it.
We'll talk more about embroidery below. There will be enough diagrams.
Video how to make Grandfather from cotton wool
In our childhood, Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden were made from cotton wool. If you missed those times, then here's a master class for you. It is presented in video format to drop everything possible questions, because the craft is complicated.
Of course, here you need to practice a little, but it's not so easy.
Simple paper crafts
Of course, we will now make paper and cardboard. Without it, just nowhere. This is the most accessible material for us. Especially if the crafts are made by children.
In addition to such Frost, you can decorate windows. For example, according to this stencil.
Cones make a lot different ideas. In the photo below you will see detailed master class how to create such funny frosts. This cone pattern can be used for any other crafts.
Well, here's another one great idea from cardboard and paper. The main thing is what kind of beard it turns out to be gorgeous with 0 rings!
And these grandfathers can even be hung on a Christmas tree. I really liked the bow mustache idea.
Here are some more cone blanks.
On their basis, such crafts are obtained.
Or you can simplify the task. And make the base yourself. The main thing is to fasten the edges of the cone well so that they do not turn around.
More funny craft and a master class for it.
Now over complex idea. This Frost is made from two paper balls.
Such balls are made according to this scheme. By the way, you can do it at the same time.
For those familiar with the quilling technique, here are some ideas.
From corrugated paper and sweets, you can make an individual gift for each participant of the holiday.
Laughed at this piece. What a funny Santa.
The hat folded with an accordion is simply incomparable. Both volume and relief are created immediately.
Another craft with a curly beard. 
From cardboard you can create such an interesting Frost.
Idea for little kids! Use stencils of your hands for crafts.
Such a craft can be made from pieces of paper or plasticine balls.
Hello Santa from Peppa Pig!
Our parents make and craft everything. And we thank them and take them into service!
Now I will give several stencils for gift boxes with elements of Santa Claus.
And I almost forgot to show you these suspensions.
You can also make them as a postcard.
We make from cotton pads for kindergarten children
Of course, it is very easy to make crafts from cotton pads. For example, like this Frost. You just need to prepare the materials in advance. To make enough for every kid. and they are in kindergarten groups, usually about 30.
Idea for home art.
Paper and cotton pads are very easy to glue with PVA glue. Moreover, it is the most safe view glue. It can be used for creativity even the smallest children.
This option was in the first section, but I decided to remind you.
The beard of Santa Claus can be very useful at various matinees.
Put on a red cap and a red T-shirt and the young Santa Claus is ready. Or Santa Claus.
Santa Claus with his own hands from felt
Certainly, ! They don't make anything out of it! And be sure to have a lot of patterns and patterns. Let's start, perhaps!
Here is your first master class. This is a Christmas toy. You can, of course, play with it anyway, but it's too unstable. 
Pattern for Santa Claus.
These crafts simply surprise with their solidity and presentability.
There may be several patterns for them. For example, this one. 
It also turns out such Morozushko.
For the cap, take this diagram.
The next pattern of suspensions. 
Now detailed instructions how to sew such a boot for gifts.
A very unusual idea. You can use not only felt, but also fabric.
Another template for inspiration.
You can make a lot of wreaths. They are suitable as decoration for any room.
This Frost will not leave anyone indifferent. It can also be used as a pendant, because there is a hole in the hat that is convenient for this.
For decoration, you can do several new year symbols: Christmas tree, star, christmas ball, deer, etc.
Fantasy is limitless. Therefore, on the basis of one pattern, you can create many new ones.
In this craft, bells were attracted. How festive they ring!
You can also make voluminous and flat figures. I bring patterns of those and others.
This Frost is very similar to the New Year's gnome, but does not lose its relevance and charm at all!
In general, only your imagination matters. And we will provide you with the schemes!
How do you like this craft using bushings?
There is nothing complicated here and you don’t even need to sew anything.
How to quickly and easily make Santa Claus from a bottle
So the bottles are different. Someone decorates the beauty with champagne. And someone creates from a plastic vessel for water.
Of course, if it comes to children, then we will take a closer look at the ideas. Here, for example, stand for stationery or small toys.
Or just an interesting craft for decoration.
Santas can be the packaging for a child's sweet gift.
For inspiration, here are some more options for the oldies.
Cotton buds come in handy too!
I think that the child can choose for himself what idea he wants to bring to life.
Santa Claus for the New Year from origami
Origami is popular with students. It's hard for little kids. We somehow tried to make a dog with a child, he understands everything, but it’s a bit impossible to repeat. Therefore, this section is for those who are older.
There will be several master classes. All with step by step description work.
Scheme with arms and legs.
Are you familiar with the modular origami technique? There, at first, many blanks of the same form are made. and already crafts are formed from them.
The following step by step scheme.
Another option.
Detailed step by step photos won't get confused. 
How do you like this option?
And it's Santa Clauses already gone.
Well, another variation.
In general, care is important here.
Ideas for New Year's cards
Finally, let's see the ideas of postcards with our character. It can be flat, three-dimensional, monochrome or colorful. Small or big. It depends on you! The main mood in which you created it!
Use different techniques and unusual shapes.
Combine different materials: pompoms, buttons, paper and cardboard, wood and wire.
As well as a few drawings to create a postcard. you can just print them and give them by signing the wishes on reverse side. They can also be used as window decorations.
But the most simple idea postcards that you can create with your child.
For inspiration, you can look at the crafts and just take their outline.
The card itself can be different forms, it can unfold, shrink or simply open.
Or it can be in the form of an envelope.
As you can see, there are no restrictions anywhere, it is just important to think over the composition, prepare materials and start creating! I wish you health and every success.
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