Another year is coming to an end. What will the coming year bring us? And, as always, we look into the future with hope and expectation and begin to prepare for the New Year. Often preparation brings more joy and pleasant feelings than the holiday itself. And always, as in childhood and youth, I want to celebrate the holiday in some special way, to amuse my children, to congratulate my parents and loved ones, to come up with something unforgettable. Perhaps you will find some inspiration in this article. Together with your children in the evenings you will make crafts for a fun holiday. After all, in order to feel the holiday, you need to create an atmosphere: light, cheerful, unusual. Decorate your home not with store-bought products, but with toys made with soul and warmth.
Small toys cut from thin felt, felt or other plain material soft fabric They will become a wonderful decoration for the Christmas tree and will never break.
Lightly fill such soft New Year's toys with padding polyester or cotton wool so that they gain volume.
Armed with fabric glue and various scraps, try making a garland of these houses. And for fastening them, any twig picked up on the street will do.
It's easy to make New Year's people from leftover fabrics. To do this, glue in advance cardboard tubes and come up with the characters you will make. Using special fabric glue, cover the cardboard tubes with material, giving them an imaginary image.
Such a panel house is easy to make with your own hands; you can give it as a gift or keep it. Make a wish under New Year so that this house becomes a talisman for your large home and preserves the happiness of the family.
Make soft cards for your family. To do this, glue pieces of fabric onto a landscape sheet and arrange them into a design. Be sure to write your most tender wishes inside.
Postcards can also be made from thin cardboard. Cut out hearts, flowers, bells, stars, Christmas trees, whatever you can think of and sign them new year wishes to family and friends.
And to decorate boxes or bags with gifts, cut out snowflakes. We still remember from childhood how to fold paper to make it look special. openwork snowflakes. Take no white paper(or regular napkins), but colored ones.
Instead of snowflakes, Christmas trees cut out of colored paper are suitable for decorating gifts.
You can put small gifts in these hollow inside Christmas trees. They are easy to glue from any paper.
If not Christmas trees, then fish. Look how spectacular these goldfish are. Accompany such a gift with wishes that the fish can fulfill.
Make from gift paper candy for wrapping gifts in them is generally as easy as shelling pears using tape and two ribbons or ribbons.
If you make a removable roof for such a house, then you can put a gift for a child inside, and the house will become a home for toys.
Decorate your home Christmas tree with handmade angels. To do this, take any white fabric, starch it and dry it. For one liter of hot boiling water you will need one tablespoon of starch, which is first diluted in small quantity cold water and then add hot water. The solution must be constantly stirred. Cut the dried fabric into squares or circles and find the middle. This will be the head of an angel. Insert a small ball into the middle of the fabric and tie it with thread. The head is ready, you can draw eyes, nose, lips on it. Cut the wings from another piece of fabric and attach discreetly with a pin.
If you know how to crochet, knit these colored or white snowflakes, stars, and Christmas trees. They can also serve as coasters for a tea mug.
And if you try really hard, you can even sew gift bags in the shape of New Year’s heroes.
And your children can make such toys for the Christmas tree. To do this, you need to string various beads and beads onto a thin but strong wire, and then give the wire an invented shape: a star, a fish, a Christmas tree.
And these toys can be made if dad cuts out figures from thin plywood in advance. But you can also cut it out of cardboard and then glue coins or corks. Paint it some color or leave it just like that.
Paper, cardboard (white and colored), glue, paints and brushes are the main helpers in decorating your home for the holiday. Help your children trace, cut out and glue the palms into the shape of a Christmas tree. The result will be an unusual and funny panel.
Hands circled on paper make wonderful holiday deer. These are harnessed to New Year's team to deliver gifts.
If folded colored paper in the shape of a fan, and glue the ends together to create a circle from which you can make a dial. Sizes can be very different. So light unusual watch hang it around the room while waiting for guests to arrive at the New Year's table.
As children, many of us made chains from strips of colored paper and lanterns like this. Be sure to teach your children this too. Place deep candlesticks made of thick glass inside such lanterns. Take care of fire safety!
Just cones glued together from paper and faces drawn on them, and what characters! Together with your children, brainstorm what emotions your little people’s faces will express.
Funny snowmen (or Santa Clauses, owlets, bunnies) are made from bottle caps. They make them like this: take three corks, a strip of thin cardboard no wider than the cork, glue and a brush. The corks are carefully glued onto the cardboard. Don't forget to glue a ribbon to the top cork so that the toy can be hung on the Christmas tree. When the glue is completely dry, paint the corks. Another option for making a toy from corks is this: the corks are glued to cardboard on both sides of the cardboard strip, then the toy will be double-sided.
If you love ice cream on sticks and have accumulated enough of them, they will make wonderful Christmas tree decorations. You just need to use ingenuity and patience.
From inexpensive scrap materials you can come up with a lot of interesting crafts for the holiday. For example, disposable paper plates easily turns into a New Year's clock.
Even children can easily make them.
Or ordinary plastic flowerpots can turn into an elegant snowman. This requires one flower pot glue to another with plastic glue. When this seam is dry, take a stiff brush and apply PVA glue to the surface of the flowerpot. But first prepare finely chopped rain or tinsel. Then sprinkle the areas coated with glue evenly with fine shavings from the rain, prepared by you in advance. To avoid rain or tinsel, you can come up with something of your own for sprinkling, for example, coconut shavings or confetti. Draw the snowman's eyes and make a nose out of plasticine. Think about what your character will wear.
For example, you can make these funny gnomes or brownies.
Or snowmen.
And the picture below shows the process of transforming an ordinary cone that is lying under your feet into a New Year tree.
If you don’t want to bother with pine cones and plasticine, you can simply pour them into transparent glass vases mixed with large walnuts.
Let's start creating a festive mood in our home long before the holiday. Paint thin branches of any tree with silver paint, pour pine or fir cones into a transparent glass tube vase. When the branches are dry, place them in a vase and decorate them with bows of any color you like. These bows are easy to make from pieces of fabric or paper cut into strips. You just need to tie them in the middle with thread or twine.
Hang a New Year's wreath and place candles next to the graceful branches.
And these monkeys are made from an old sweater or even from socks. Clothing from any available materials.
To celebrate the Year of the Monkey, bake any cake, but decorate it with the “face” of the primate.
What this “face” will be like, decide for yourself. There are many options.
Decorate another cake with a clock face. The more original cakes you bake, the more reasons you will have to sit with your family over tea.
The clock will be made from cookies or gingerbread if you draw numbers on them with cream. But you don’t have to draw, but lay out the numbers with small dragee candies. Then you need to try to glue the candies onto the fondant, which is spread on the gingerbread cookies, while it has not yet hardened. The gingerbreads should be placed along the edge of the plate, and the arrows should be made from the top layer of the waffle.
A festive table decorated with various figures will delight children first of all.
And such a clock cookie, with a surprise, will delight them.
It’s also not difficult to figure out how to decorate bottles of drinks that you will place on the holiday table. For example, make something like this out of paper, folded like a fan and glued together. New Year's clock. Thread some twine through them and make a loop so you can hang them around the neck of the bottle. Additionally, you can attach notes to the bottles with comic wishes to those who will open them.
Don't live a dull and monotonous life! Get ready, wait and celebrate the holidays! Happy and prosperous New Year everyone!
Today in stores huge selection a wide variety of fashionable and stylish jewelry for every taste and budget. Some even change New Year's style Christmas trees and apartments in general every year.
However, despite all the variety and wonders of design, nothing can replace handmade toys and decorations. They will not only add variety to the “cold” decor from the store. The process itself will certainly give a lot of pleasure positive emotions and vivid impressions, and a fabulous atmosphere will reign in your home long before New Year's Eve. It will be especially pleasant for children to look at the fruits of their labor. And adults will certainly appreciate your attempts to create a cozy festive atmosphere.
In order to do this you don’t need much - desire and imagination. As materials, you can use improvised means that are in any home: colored and wrapping paper, ribbons, beads, cones, buttons and even old newspapers. And even if ideas don’t come to you at all, you can “call for help” on the Internet.
New Year's crafts from CDs: making New Year decorations from old CDs
Surely in every house there are old unnecessary disks that are a pity to throw away. They can be used in anticipation New Year's holidays, to create stylish and unusual toys that will look great on the Christmas tree.
You don’t need much for this - an old disk, cut into pieces, and a very ordinary toy, you can take an old and already boring one. Having thoroughly coated it with glue, attach the “shards” of the disk to the surface in a random order. That's basically it. Stylish decoration, which will perfectly “play” with light is ready.
However, from old CDs you can make not only Christmas ball, but also much more.
New Year's crafts from felt: making felt decorations with your own hands for the New Year
Jewelry and toys made from felt material look very impressive and unusual. You can buy such fabric in any store for purely symbolic money, especially since you can make dozens of interesting figures from a couple of meters. Multi-colored material will give you a lot of possibilities, and the flight of your imagination will be almost unlimited.
After the various figures are sewn, they can be hung around the apartment “one by one”, you can decorate the Christmas tree instead of toys, or you can collect them in festive garland. In any case, it will look great.
By the way, a small and neat Christmas tree, star or angel can become not only a decoration, but also an excellent “warm” souvenir for friends and family. They will certainly appreciate the effort and care you put in.
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New Year's crafts from cardboard or postcards
To decorate the Christmas tree unusual toys— no need to run around stores looking for something that others don’t have. All you need to do is find thick cardboard at home (colorful magazine covers, old postcards, or, in extreme cases, ordinary colored sheets from a set will do - the main thing is that they are double-sided), glue and scissors.
The first thing to do is cut out 8 circles of the same size (about the size of the neck of a regular glass, maybe a little larger or smaller), and 2 more a little smaller. After this, the large circles are folded in half twice (to end up with a quarter). The preparations are ready. Four of them need to be glued to one small circle, four more to another.
After this, the pockets are carefully melted, and the two halves of the toy are glued together. All that remains is to attach beautiful ribbon and you can hang the original cardboard ball on the Christmas tree. And if you cover it with varnish or glitter, hardly anyone will guess where such a stylish toy came from.
Cardboard balls are especially fun to make with kids. The technique is not too complicated, so they will be happy to take part in making Christmas tree decorations, and then all the holidays they will be proud of their masterpieces that have decorated the furry beauty.
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Christmas balls made of threads
Thread balls are one of the most fashionable hand-made techniques today. Moreover, it is used not only to create New Year’s, but also everyday decor. In any case, such compositions and toys will not only enliven your holiday interior, but also make it unique.
To create a masterpiece you will need threads (you can use leftover yarn, or you can buy multi-colored skeins in the store), PVA glue and balloons. The mechanism is simple. The balloon is inflated to the right size, after which it is wrapped with threads previously soaked in glue. This needs to be done quite tightly, leaving only small gaps.
After the first stage is completed, the toy needs to be dried thoroughly. As a rule, a day is enough for this. If during this time the thread ball has become hard, you can proceed to the final stage - piercing and removing the remains of the balloon.
To decorate a thread ball, you can use any elements - beads, braid, rain, tinsel... In general, a complete flight of imagination. The same goes for “assembling” the finished composition. Thread balls suspended at different heights from the ceiling look very impressive.
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Holiday wreaths
New Year's wreath - fashion decoration, which can be purchased at almost any store. However, it is much more pleasant to make a composition with your own hands, putting the warmth of your soul into it. The material can be anything. For example, cones.
Making a wreath of pine cones begins with a base, which can be wire, willow twigs or something else that easily “forms” into a circle. Cones are attached to the base using liquid nails. You need to arrange them as much as possible closer friend to a friend so that the wreath looks “lush”.
After the main part of the work is done, you can start decorating. For example, cover the cones with colored varnish and “dilute” them with small toys, rain or tinsel. That's basically it. All that remains is to find a suitable place to place the New Year's masterpiece. It shouldn't go unnoticed.
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Japanese crafts kanzashi
New this season in the field of decoration - decorations made in Japanese technology kanzashi. They can be of any shape - Christmas tree, flower, snowflakes... individually or in a group. By the way, this great option not only Christmas decorations, but also gifts, as well as elements of a holiday costume.
In their homeland, Japan, they symbolize closeness with nature. For us, they are more of a cute souvenir than something ideologically significant. To make something in the kanzashi style you don’t need much - silk ribbons and desire!
Festive headband with snowflakes in Japanese technique
Thanks to the Japanese, anyone can give joy to little and big princesses by making a wonderful headband that resembles a snowflake. It will not only complement the corresponding suit, but will certainly become the missing highlight for any New Year's hairstyle.
So, in order to make such a wonderful accessory you will need:
- blanks from silver, blue and white ribbons (silver ones should be cut into squares measuring 2*2 centimeters, white ones - 5*5 centimeters, blue ones - 2.5*2.5 centimeters, in total you should get at least 42 squares of each color);
- glue gun;
- white headband (if there is a headband of a different color, it can be easily turned into white by braiding it with ribbon);
- scissors;
- Snowflake blank measuring 3*3 centimeters.
So, after all the materials and workpieces are ready, you can begin work.
The first thing you need to make is 6 round petals from white squares. They should be the largest, as they will form the “middle” of the future flower. Then - 12 triangular petals too white, but they will turn out a little smaller in size. Next, from 12 triangular blanks (white and blue), fold six petals consisting of two colors. And finally, the final touch preparatory stage- 42 small, silver petals. The edges of each workpiece must be scorched with a lighter so that they do not fall apart in the future. Otherwise, it may be an unpleasant surprise for the person for whom the headband is intended.
After the petals are finished, you can wrap the snowflake with white ribbon, attach it to the rim and, finally, collect the first petals in the “heart of the flower.” Its base will consist of 6 large white petals that need to be glued together. Under no circumstances should they fall apart! After this, you can attach a white and blue composition of three more to each petal (two white petals on the edges and a two-color one in the center). And finally, each detail should be complemented by a small silver petal, which is inserted directly into the center of the glossy ones. The result should be something like a “fluffy” flower.
The finished composition can be decorated with sparkles, beads or anything else - at your discretion. The only thing that is not recommended is to coat it with varnish, this can ruin the appearance.
Using this technique and from the same ribbons, you can make not only a headband, but also beautiful snowflakes. They will become an excellent alternative traditional Christmas tree toys and even a souvenir for family and friends who will surely appreciate your originality and warmth, included in such a gift.
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What can you give?
The troubles before the New Year are always pleasant, and you want to pay more attention to your friends and family and give them something necessary and at the same time inspiring. What are some DIY gift ideas for the New Year? List of basic handmade gift ideas:- any item with a photo (magnet, album or pillow);
- toy or trinket;
- hand-knitted accessory;
- sweet gift;
- a useful thing that you uniquely made with your own hands;
- interior item or home decor.
This is something that can be dealt with absolutely if desired. a common person, if you show a little ingenuity or find good master class. If you have some kind of hobby related to needlework, then you can make something in your favorite style.
A person who is keen on bead embroidery will probably be able to embroider a small Christmas tree decoration or make a motivating picture for the interior; a good knitter will come up with unusual scarves for the whole family, and the woodcarver will be able to delight loved ones with handmade jewelry.
But what to do if you don’t seem to have any handicraft skills, but you want to make a gift? First of all, use your imagination and come up with several gift options.
New Year's souvenir
New Year's souvenirs bring the spirit of the holiday, so it is better to give them a little in advance - so that the gift has time to settle down in the house and create the right atmosphere of a cheerful holiday. It could be something related to Chinese calendar- future a year will pass under the sign of the Pig (boar), which means that any cute pig may well become beautiful holiday gift.You can try making decorations for the Christmas tree or give a Christmas tree made by yourself. watch an easy master class:
If this New Year's toy for a Christmas tree, then you can:
- sew a toy in the shape of a pig, for example from a sock;
- cut out several complex silhouettes of piglets with an openwork pattern from designer thick paper;
- make a pig figurine using the technique of dry or wet felting;
- weave from wire.
Pattern:
Photo gifts
This is the simplest and at the same time very touching way to give your parents a gift for the New Year with your own hands, especially considering that you don’t have to do practically anything with your own hands - the main thing is to find a good idea and spend a little time on preparation.
Gifts decorated with photographs will highlight your feelings for your parents and will remind them of you all year long.
What could it be:
- calendar;
- phone cases;
- decorative pillows;
- mugs and dishes;
- photo book.
For example, for a calendar you can select beautiful photos the whole family or some funny moments, or you can do a special photo session for this. By the way, a good gift a simple family photo printed on a huge canvas can be something that will not only decorate your parents’ living room, but will also keep them warm every day.
If you want to make a photo gift, then select the brightest and highest quality shots. It is not necessary that there are people in the pictures - someone will like a mug with a portrait of their favorite cat, and my husband’s mother was delighted with a wall calendar with photographs of her precious orchids, which she grows herself.
Take a closer look at Everyday life person, pay attention to what he devotes most of his time to and try to use it somehow - then you will really like the gift!
Sweet gifts
I admit honestly, this is my favorite way to do something to someone. If you like to cook, then cook for your loved ones magical gift- sweets plunge each of us into childhood, and those with a sweet tooth simply cannot imagine happy holiday without all kinds of sweets.What sweet gifts can you make yourself:
- gingerbread cookies for the New Year tree;
- painted gingerbread cookies;
- chic Gingerbread house;
- cake;
- cakes;
- handmade sweets.
Where is the difference between an ordinary gingerbread and a festive one? First, the dessert you prepare must be well made. If you are sure that your dough will burn, and instead of neat sand men you will get mummies, then it is better to choose another gift.
Secondly, at the first glance at such a gift it should be clear that it was made with love and for a specific person. A small gingerbread house can look very impressive and is not too difficult to assemble.
While baking and decorating a gorgeous cake is not very easy (although there are some secrets here too). And finally, thirdly, the gift must be well packaged. I'm not talking about the usual gift packaging, colorful paper and lush bows, no.
Watch the video instructions for creating a sweet sleigh:
Or you can make a Christmas tree like this out of sweets and tea:
Watch the video instructions for creating a candy tea tree:
Make a small bundle of pure, unbleached linen, tie a gift tag to a ribbon, and hang a small wooden star to highlight your gift and make it special.
If you want to give your mother a gift in the form of sweets for the New Year or Christmas with your own hands, then choose an original recipe - for example, gourmet cookies with drops of dark chocolate, ginger and pepper, cook them well, decorate and package well, and your mother will be delighted with the gift, because that your care will be felt in it.
Handmade card
, made with your own hands can be either an addition to a gift or a small independent present - for example, to a colleague or boss. You shouldn’t fall back into childhood and try to cut a postcard out of old, unused wallpaper - visit a craft store, where you can buy a blank for a postcard (specially folded cardboard), as well as the necessary decor.
It’s best to watch a lesson on making a postcard with your own hands, and then buy materials according to the list - for example, it could be a blank, New Year’s cutting ( volumetric elements made of thick cardboard), decorative tapes (most often paper, with ornaments) and various decorations.
Some materials can be replaced (for example, colored powder for embossing can be easily replaced with any coloring pigment - including decorative shadows or glitter for manicure). Try to make the card not just beautiful, but also neat.
Handicrafts as a gift
This category also includes decorative elements for the home, and various trinkets and hand-knitted accessories. You can make gifts for the New Year 2019 with your own hands, even if you don’t know how to do needlework at all, but you’re ready to try your hand and you like Original gifts for the new year.What to give for the New Year, made with your own hands:
- decorative clocks;
- knitted scarf;
- sofa cushion;
- decorative panel;
- soft toy;
- any interesting trinkets.
Interior panel, clock or toy. Here you will need good idea. The clock mechanism can be purchased at any craft store; you can use plastic or thick cardboard as a base; you can also make a clock based on a white plate, which you can decorate to your taste.
It's best to start with an idea. To give your beloved husband a gift for the New Year with your own hands, you need to at least have a little idea of what your husband will be happy about. Is he into extreme sports? Make him funny Wall Clock in extreme style. Are you a fan of a sports team? Instead of numbers on the dial, place the names of the players under the corresponding number.
An interior panel as a gift to a loved one is quite simple to make; you will need a large wooden or plastic frame in which you will make your panel. You can try to make a portrait using an unusual technique - from different photos or thread, from fingerprints or regular tape.
Think about what gift a guy would like to receive from you for the New Year? Perhaps confirmation of your feelings? Or something that can highlight his best sides?
Knitting or sewing
If you don’t know what to give your dad as a gift for the New Year, then try making something with your own hands from threads and nails, for example, a similar painting in the style of string art.
How to do this, see the video instructions:
If you have minimal knitting skills, then you can try to take on something really difficult - a sweater or socks, and if you are far from this type of needlework, then it is better to knit something small.
A hat, scarf or something simple. In this case, the main thing is to choose good yarn, which can hide any pattern errors and not too confident loops. By the way, a guy who is a car driver will be delighted with a funny knitted cover for the steering wheel or headrest made from fluffy yarn like a teddy bear.
Jar with the best memories
This gift is suitable for lovers, parents or best friends. Remember and write on small pieces of paper all the warmest and brightest memories associated with the recipient, then roll up the pieces of paper, tie each one with a ribbon and put it in a beautiful jar.
Now you can choose a gift to suit your taste and make it yourself, and you also know what to pay attention to when packaging.
New Year's bustle with gifts and preparation holiday menu also applies to decoration home interior and office. Decorating the room creates a festive mood and helps you forget about fatigue and the annual report.
Crafts on New Year theme make it possible to awaken the dreamer and inventor in the soul. Involving children of any age in the process helps strengthen family traditions and values.
Any material at hand is suitable for crafts; if you wish, you can buy something in handicraft stores. Don't be afraid to experiment: exactly non-standard solutions attract attention and deserve admiration.
It will complement the exclusive interior made of cardboard boxes, which we have already talked about earlier.
New Year's figures: Santa Claus, Snow Maiden, Snowman
Well, what's the New Year without the main characters? Flat or voluminous, made of paper or plastic, simple or complex - there are plenty of options for every taste. It all depends on the time you are willing to spend on the craft and patience.
Santa Claus made of cardboard and felt
To make a cheerful and cute Santa Claus you will need: a toilet paper roll (or a cylinder of the required size from cardboard), small scraps of red, white, black and yellow felt, glue, cardboard and 2 beads or buttons for the eyes.
Manufacturing process:
- cover the sleeve with red felt;
- cut out felt and glue a black “belt” and “plaque”;
- from white felt we make a “face”, “beard”, “mustache” and “nose”;
- We make a cap from red felt, glue it, and cover the seam with a white felt ribbon, like a real hat;
- from cardboard and black felt we make a flat base for a figure in the form of boots;
- We make handles in mittens from red and white felt and glue them to the “body”;
- At the tip of the cap we make a white pom-pom (glue two felt disks together);
- glue on bead eyes and a red mouth.
The craft can be placed or hung on the Christmas tree. In the second case, when making a pompom, a beautiful ribbon or shiny lace is glued between the discs.
Santa Claus from a plastic bottle
For the craft you need to prepare: a plastic bottle (volume 0.5-1 l.), acrylic paints red and white, glue, scissors, black marker and white thread.
Manufacturing process:
- paint the bottle red or cover it with paper;
- we draw the eyes with a marker (here you can improvise: “sly squint”, “mischievous wink”, “delight”);
- for the beard and hat we glue the material and paint it with white paint;
- Glue a thread pompom onto the bottle cap;
- draw snowflakes and mittens;
- Cut out a snowflake from felt and glue it to the hat.
The finished figure of Santa Claus can be decorated with sparkles or tinsel.
Clay Snow Maiden
An interesting version of crafts made from modeling clay, suitable for both kindergarten and for home decor. The Snow Maiden figurine turns out to be hollow.
The sculpting technique includes the following steps:
- from “sausages” of medium thickness we make a pyramid (smoothing the seams to get a solid, even figure);
- for the head we roll a ball, which we secure with a match;
- we braid a braid from thin flagella, make a “fur” frill and a collar for a fur coat, a kokoshnik and sleeves with mittens;
- When the figure hardens, we begin to paint (mix the paint with glue).
You can make other New Year's characters in a similar way.
Paper Snow Maiden
For the manufacture of cheerful Snow Maiden From paper you will need cardboard, colored paper, glue and pencils.
We roll a sheet of cardboard into a cone and get a base, which we then cover with blue paper. We also make sleeves from cardboard.
On thick white paper we draw the Snow Maiden’s face with pigtails and carefully cut it out. From white paper we cut out the openwork trim of the “fur coat”.
Glue all the parts together and, if desired, draw on the decorative elements with a marker. Instead of blue colored paper, you can take white paper and color it with a pencil.
Snowman made from white plastic cups
The craft can be of different sizes, but it will be equally easy to work with due to its light weight. You need to prepare: several packages of disposable cups, a stationery stapler, glue, colored cardboard for a cap, a marker and an old scarf.
Manufacturing process:
- we connect the cups around the circle using a stapler (orient the bottom towards the center of the circle);
- adding rows, we get the first hemisphere;
- we make the second hemisphere unfinished (without a top) so that the sphere stands stably on a flat surface;
- we connect the parts with a stapler and get a “lump”;
- in the same way we make a second “lump” of smaller radius;
- glue two spheres together;
- We make a cap from cardboard (you can sew it from fabric or take a ready-made one);
- we make eyes, nose and mouth;
- we decorate the buttons (you can put tinsel, a wad of foil or colored paper in the required cups).
Come up with original decoration The snowman is quite simple.
Snowman made of thread and glue
For this craft you will need: white threads (preferably thick ones for knitting), PVA glue, 4 balloons, colored paper and felt-tip pens.
Manufacturing process:
- inflate balloons of the required sizes (torso, head and arms);
- wrap each ball with thread dipped in glue and leave to dry;
- after a day, we pierce the balls with a needle and remove the scraps;
- from the resulting white balls we collect and glue the figure of a Snowman;
- we make eyes, a nose and a smile from paper or draw with felt-tip pens;
- create a headdress - a paper bucket;
- tie a wide ribbon children's scarf or tinsel.
To complete the composition, you can make a broom from a wooden barbecue skewer and wide ribbons colored paper.
Decorative Christmas tree
The Christmas tree, which is usually decorated, is recognized as the indisputable and permanent symbol of the New Year. But the Christmas tree itself can become a decoration. Introducing 5 best options decorative New Year tree.
Christmas tree made of pine cones
A small but cute Christmas tree will be made from a beautiful pine cone (fir cones are smaller and more elongated). Possible different variants coloring and decoration.
To make the Christmas tree look more realistic, “plant” it in a small plastic flower pot (flowers are sold in stores in them, but after transplanting into a ceramic pot they often do not find use at home). You can also make a pot from puff pastry or plasticine.
Fluffy Christmas tree with sweets
New Year's holidays were remembered from childhood by the aroma chocolates. It will be great if a New Year's harbinger, strewn with sweets, appears on your desktop. We make a cone from white cardboard. Starting from the bottom, glue in a circle green tinsel, alternating each row with a row of candies. The top of the Christmas tree can be decorated with a star made of colored paper or candy. Instead of chocolates, you can use different sweets.
Vegetable tree
For registration festive table You can make a Christmas tree out of cauliflower. Small or chopped carrots, pomegranate seeds, and tangerine skin clippings are suitable as decorations. You can hold the cabbage florets together with puff pastry.
Christmas tree made of threads “with lights”
Fills the house with comfort simple herringbone made of threads with the light of a tea candle flickering inside. To make it, we wind any threads soaked in glue onto a cone of the required size.
After 24 hours, when the glue has dried, take out the cone and decorate the craft with beads or other small and light decor.
Natural mini-Christmas tree made from spruce branches
When there is no room in the apartment for a real spruce, but you really want a resinous smell, you should think about creating a mini version from small branches. To do this, place an elongated piece of floral sponge in a decorative bowl or clay pot.
At the next stage, the branches are evenly stuck into the sponge, repeating the silhouette real Christmas tree. You can decorate the finished composition with physalis, dried flowers or dried orange slices (natural fir branches goes better with natural materials).
DIY Christmas tree toys
Handmade toys of unique design are increasingly popular and create a special atmosphere in the interior.
Gnomes from fir cones and felt
Cute toys with a pendant will become great decoration. There are many different variations and room for creativity.
Felt Snow Maiden
The Snow Maiden can be made using finished pattern or prepare your own version on paper. In the pattern you need to take into account all the elements. We decorate the finished figurine with beads or sparkles.
Garland of woven paper balls
Eat different techniques weaving 3D figures from paper. The simplest of them: cut colored paper into strips, take one strip and glue it into a ring, intertwine two more strips and also glue them into a ring.
For balls of small diameter, you need to take strips of 8-10 cm. The larger the ball, the greater the number of strips required. We string the finished balls onto a ribbon or decorative rope and get a bright multi-colored garland.
Northern penguins made from plastic bottles
All you need for the craft is an even number of bottles (if they are of different sizes, you will get a funny family), threads for pompoms, scraps for cutting scarves and multi-colored acrylic paints. Coloring does not require artist skills - just desire and a festive mood.
Plastic snowflakes
A wonderful decoration in the form of multi-colored snowflakes can be made from the bottoms of plastic bottles of any size: cut off the bottom, use a hot nail to make a hole for the ribbon and paint with felt-tip pens or draw patterns.
Button decoration
Buttons are actively used in needlework to decorate any crafts. In building Christmas tree decoration Both decorative buttons of the same color and old unnecessary buttons can be used. Elements are strung on copper wire, and the junction of the two ends is decorated with a bright ribbon bow. A similar version of the craft is a vertical decoration in the form of an icicle.
The symbol of the coming 2018 is the Earth Dog
When decorating the interior, you cannot ignore the “mistress” of 2018 - the Earth Dog. In 2019, the relay race eastern calendar The Yellow Pig will continue, and in 2020 - the White Rat.
White dog made from cotton balls
For the craft, a cardboard frame is first made, which is covered with cotton balls or pieces of cotton swabs.
Pompom dog
You will get a cute puppy from pompoms. For the craft, take two pom-poms of the same size (head and torso) and one small one (nose).
We tie the pompoms together with thread and glue the felt ears. For the eyes, you can take black beads, and for the nose, sew a lump of black material.
Cute felt puppies
A great idea would be to hang funny felt puppies on the Christmas tree. The pattern for the craft is easy to make yourself.
Funny puppy made from socks
To create such a dog, you will need basic cutting and sewing skills. Initially, the future body and head are formed from one sock, which are filled with padding polyester and then separated by tightening them with threads. Afterwards the head is completed with eyes, a mustache and eyebrows are embroidered.
From the other two socks, a pattern is made for the ears, paws and tail, which are also filled with padding polyester and secured to the body.
Selected ideas for crafts for the New Year 2018 will help make the interior not boring and magical in a festive way. More ideas on New Year's decoration V .
Place a candle inside and light it. The light will fall as if from the windows of magical snow-covered houses.
What do you need
- light paper;
- pencil;
- black marker;
- scissors;
- glue;
- glass jar;
- sponge;
- White paint.
How to do
Place a sheet of paper horizontally and draw on it the outlines of a winter city: snowdrifts, trees, houses with windows, a lantern. Color in the shapes with a black marker and cut them out along the outline. Make windows for houses.
Now glue the paper along the bottom edge of the can. Using a sponge, lightly cover the glass and the outline of the city with white paint, imitating snow.
2. Christmas tree from a magazine
Two in one: we decorate the house and get rid of old printed publications.
What do you need
- magazine;
- glue gun;
- gold spray paint;
- red and gold foamiran with glitter or red and gold paper with glitter;
- pencil;
- scissors;
- beads
How to do
Place the magazine so that the spine is on the left. Fold the first sheet, connecting the top edge to the left. Fold the lower right corner towards the middle.
In the same way, deal with the remaining sheets. Open the magazine approximately in the middle and go along the fold with a glue gun. Fold the right sheet, gluing its edge to the middle of the magazine.
Flip over the glued part, cover the center of the magazine with glue again and glue the next sheet. Do the same with the remaining sheets. You will end up with a cone. Cover it with spray paint.
On the back of foamiran or paper, draw two identical large gold stars and several smaller red and gold stars. Carefully cut them out.
Connect two large stars with the sparkles facing out and glue them to the top of the tree. Post on New Year's tree the rest are stars and beads.
3. Santa Claus from a tin can
What do you need
- double sided tape;
- can;
- beige foamiran;
- scissors;
- colored fabric;
- glue gun;
- white faux fur;
- blush;
- wide brush;
- white felt;
- black paint;
- White paint;
- brush;
- gold ribbon.
How to do
Place tape at the bottom, top and middle of the jar. Wrap the cylinder with foamiran and cut off the excess. Glue the edges of the foamiran with double-sided tape.
Wrap around the top of the jar colored fabric and glue it with a gun. Wrap the edges of a narrow strip of fur inside and glue it together. Place the resulting strip along the top of the jar.
Use blush to draw the cheeks of Santa Claus. Cut out a mustache from white felt, and a round nose from the remains of beige foamiran. Glue them to the jar.
Draw the eyes with black and white paint. Glue eyebrows from white felt on top. Wrap the gold ribbon around the colored fabric and tie it in a pretty bow.
4. Wreath made of paper napkins
This beauty can be placed on a table or attached to a wall.
What do you need
- 5 round openwork paper napkins;
- pencil;
- ruler;
- scissors;
- glue;
- cardboard;
- White paper;
- glue gun;
- small artificial fir branches with cones;
- red artificial berries;
- White paint;
- brush;
- red bow.
How to do
Cut each of the three napkins into four equal parts and roll them into cones, brushing the edges with glue.
Cut a circle with a diameter of 10 cm from cardboard. Cover it with glue on one side and glue it to white paper. Cut a circle out of it, retreating 1–2 cm from the edges of the cardboard.
Make vertical cuts on the paper. Coat the edges of the cardboard circle with glue reverse side and glue the cut paper to it.
Glue whole napkins to the circle on both sides. Mark the middle on the one that ends up on the front of the workpiece. Using a glue gun, place the prepared napkin cones in a circle.
Glue spruce branches and berries to the center of the wreath. Lightly coat them with white paint to imitate snow. Place a bow under the composition.
5. Christmas vase
This craft can be used as a stand for writing instruments or cosmetics, as a candle holder or simply beautiful element decor.
What do you need
- notebook sheets of paper;
- glue;
- glass beaker;
- scissors;
- glue gun;
- gold spray paint;
- twine;
- wooden decorative elements.
How to do
Roll the sheet diagonally into a thin tube, periodically brushing the paper with glue. Place the workpiece vertically against the glass and cut it approximately to its height.
Make enough tubes to cover the entire glass. It is better if they are slightly different in length.
Attach them to the glass using a glue gun. Cover the future vase with paint outside and inside. Wrap pieces of twine around the bottom and top and glue the wood decor in the middle.
6. New Year's gnome made of fabric
A cozy decor element in Scandinavian style.
What do you need
- colored fabric;
- scissors;
- glue gun;
- white faux fur;
- wire;
- gray fleece;
- black felt;
- wooden ball;
- Christmas decoration.
How to do
Wrap the cone in fabric, cut off the excess and glue with a glue gun. Cut a beard from the fur in the shape of an elongated diamond and long mustache, similar to the letter "L".
Glue the beard to the cone. It should take up most of it. At the top, part the fur and place the mustache so that the beard hangs slightly over it. This will make the figure more voluminous.
Cut a piece of wire approximately the length of the cone and insert it into the top of the workpiece. Wrap the fleece around the wire so that it extends slightly over the beard. Cut off the excess, connect the fleece to the cone and secure the edges of the fabric with glue.
Cut out eyes from felt and glue them under the hat. Below, place the gnome's nose - a wooden ball, and glue a New Year's decoration onto the hat.
Cute gnomes can also be made from scrap materials. This video shows how to make them from socks:
7. Bottle toy
When looking at this decoration, you can hardly guess what it is made of.
What do you need
- stationery knife;
- 2 plastic bottles volume 1.5 l;
- yellow paint;
- brush;
- wire;
- 6 Christmas balls;
- PVA glue or acrylic glue;
- gold glitter;
- glue gun;
- red narrow ribbon;
- 3 red bows;
- decorative flower with sparkles.
How to do
Cut the bottles slightly above the middle. Use a utility knife to make a hole in the center of each lid. Cover the lids yellow paint and cover the bottles with them.
Thread a piece of wire into the caps so that its ends are in the bottles and a loop is formed on top. Place three balls on each end and twist with wire. The balls must be inside the bottles.
Coat the outside of the bottles with glue and cover with glitter, leaving a small strip along the bottom edge. Attach a red narrow ribbon to it using a glue gun.
Glue the bows together. Twist the top of the wire slightly over the bottle caps. Using a glue gun, cover the twisted area with a bow and glue a decorative flower onto it.
8. Volumetric snowman made of threads
If you insert a garland into this cute snowman, he will decorate the room even at night.
What do you need
- 2 balloons;
- scotch;
- white yarn;
- scissors;
- PVA glue;
- water;
- needle;
- 2 thin wooden branches;
- glue gun;
- black double-sided paper or cardboard;
- colored tape;
- colored fabric;
- 2 black buttons;
- cardboard;
- orange paint;
- brush.
How to do
Inflate the balloons and tie the ends. One ball should be slightly smaller than the other. Glue them together with tape to form a snowman. Tie the gluing area with yarn so that the balls are even closer to each other. Cut off the remaining thread.
In a wide plate, combine glue and water in equal proportions. Moisten the yarn thoroughly with the resulting mixture and wrap the balls tightly. The thread should cover most of their surface. Leave the workpiece until completely dry. To speed up the process a little, you can use a hairdryer.
Pierce the balls in several places with a needle and carefully remove the rubber through the holes. Cut some thread at the bottom of the snowman so he can stand. Insert branches on the sides - these will be his hands - and secure with a glue gun.
To make the hat, cut out a rectangle from black paper and glue its edges together. You can also take a toilet paper roll and paint it black.
Cut out two circles from paper: the diameter of the resulting tube and a larger one. Glue the smaller one on top. Cut the larger one in the middle and connect it to the bottom of the hat. Wrap the crown with colored ribbon.
Apply glue to the brim of the hat and attach it to the snowman's head. Wrap a rectangular piece of fabric around the neck, glue its edges to each other and to the bottom ball. Place buttons nearby.
Make a small cone out of cardboard and paint it Orange color and glue it in the middle of the top ball. Cut out a mouth and eyes from black paper and place them next to the snowman's nose.
9. Volumetric Christmas tree made of threads
This Christmas tree is made according to the same principle as volumetric snowman. But there are a couple of important nuances.
What do you need
- a cone-shaped foam blank;
- stationery pins;
- PVA glue;
- water;
- white yarn;
- beads;
- glue gun
How to do
Wrap the foam in film and pierce it in several places with pins. Thanks to the film, the workpiece will be easier to remove, and the pins will help the thread hold in place.
Combine glue and water in equal proportions and thoroughly moisten the yarn in the mixture. Wrap the workpiece with threads, catching them with pins. Leave overnight to allow the tree to dry completely.
Remove the needles and carefully remove the workpiece. Place beads on top using a glue gun.
10. New Year's Crescent
An unusual version of the usual New Year's wreath.
What do you need
- jigsaw and/or scissors;
- plywood or cardboard;
- twine;
- PVA glue;
- sponge;
- White paint;
- 2 cones;
- wooden decorative snowflake;
- glue gun;
- small artificial spruce branches;
- silver Christmas ball;
- white decorative braid with pompoms;
- silver artificial berries;
- brush;
- wooden bead.
How to do
Using a jigsaw or scissors, cut out a crescent-shaped piece from plywood or cardboard. Make a small hole at the top and insert a piece of twine there - the future loop.
Gradually lubricating the workpiece with glue, wrap it tightly with twine. Using a sponge, apply a little white paint to the rope and pine cones, imitating frost. Paint the wooden snowflake completely.
Using a glue gun, attach the snowflake to the bottom of the crescent moon with most of it sticking out over the edge.
Glue fir branches nearby, and on them - cones and a ball. Arrange pom pom string and berries.
Using a brush, lightly tint the branches with white paint. Insert the string that is threaded into the top hole. wooden bead and tie the thread in knots at the bottom and top.
11. Christmas tree made of ribbons
What do you need
- pencil;
- White paper;
- scissors;
- green cardboard;
- stapler;
- red narrow ribbon;
- green narrow ribbon;
- white narrow ribbon;
- glue gun;
- pink foamiran with glitter or pink paper with glitter;
- gold glitter.
How to do
Make a template out of white paper as shown in the video. Place it on green cardstock, trace and cut out. Fold the piece in half and fasten it at the bottom with a stapler.
Cut strips 12 cm long from the ribbons and glue the edges of each of them. Attach them to the workpiece in a circle: the bottom row is red, the next is green, then red, green, red and white.
Cut out two identical stars from foamiran or paper, glue them together and place them on the top of the tree. Sprinkle New Year's craft glitter.