New Year not far off anymore. The approach of a holiday is felt in the air, which is slowly but surely moving towards our homes and hearts, because the New Year is a special holiday when you want to believe in a dream, hope for the best, and wait for miracles.

The New Year is a special and bright holiday for children, because on New Year's Eve, often, children spend quite a lot of time with their parents, enjoying pleasant family joys.

And if parents usually do not have time, then on New Year's Eve they will definitely find it to do New Year's chores with their children.

A very entertaining and joyful thing for the kids on New Year's Eve is the opportunity to decorate the New Year tree together.

If you can afford to buy Christmas toys by creating a stunningly stylish Christmas tree design - super!!! Such a Christmas tree will appeal to both children, adults and your guests.

If you can’t buy beautiful toys for the New Year and new Christmas decorations for the Christmas tree, we advise you to get creative and create beautiful New Year’s toys and decorations for the New Year with your own hands.

DIY Christmas toys and DIY Christmas decorations for the Christmas tree and at home - very fun activity for the whole family.

Therefore, laziness in the line! Let's look at what New Year's toys and New Year's decorations for the New Year you can make with your own hands without much effort, not only to decorate the house, but also to get even closer to your family members.

We create New Year's toys and decorations with our own hands

Firstly, we immediately note that creating New Year's toys with your own hands, making homemade decorations for the New Year is a very fun activity. It can be compared with a ritual, with an exciting process, in the minutes of which a miracle is born and a fairy tale comes into its own.

After all, when making home-made Christmas toys and unusual, home-made Christmas decorations for the Christmas tree and at home, you inhale a piece of your love and warmth into them, which is why such Christmas decorations and beautiful Christmas tree decorations turn out to be really special.

Made with my own hands New Year's toys not only decorate the house, but also give a special atmosphere to your home, enriching it with bright accents and cozy little things.

What kind of New Year's decorations can you come up with so that it is not expensive, interesting, and so that such New Year's decorations will transform your home.

In order to make Christmas toys and decorations for the Christmas tree and at home, stock up on all the necessary materials.

In order to make New Year's decor, namely home-made New Year's decorations and New Year's toys, you do not need special materials.

For this, improvised materials such as threads, a needle, of course, paper, pieces of multi-colored fabric of different textures, beads, sparkles and many other little things that may be worth and waiting in the wings to become an original mega fashionable New Year's toy are suitable.

Of course, you can’t start making New Year’s decorations and toys without imagination, because it is she who is the driving force of the whole process.

New Year's decorations made of paper look creative. They are not at all difficult to make, and for today's New Year's decorations in the style of papier-mâché and quilling are so diverse that even if you are not the greatest craftsman, you will undoubtedly succeed christmas snowflakes from paper, New Year's garlands, stars or balls for the New Year.

And if, in addition to multi-colored or white sheets of paper, you have ribbons and sparkles, you simply risk the master of quilling and papier-mâché if you try a little.

New Year's decorations and New Year's toys are not only New Year's quilling and papier-mâché.

For New Year's decor An excellent option would be New Year's toys, knitted with your own hands using knitting needles or a hook. And here there are no less ideas than in paper decorations.

A retro-style Christmas tree will look amazing if your DIY crocheted or knitted Christmas decorations resemble birds and animals.

Decorate the Christmas tree and the house christmas bells, flowers, snowflakes and stars, balls made using decoupage technique, which will make the design of the Christmas tree and the house especially warm and cozy for family evenings.

A Christmas tree will look rich and tasty if it has New Year's garlands of sweets, fruits and other goodies.

Such Christmas decorations will shine with bright colors on the Christmas tree, and will be a delicious surprise for the little inhabitants of the house.

You can make Christmas decorations for the Christmas tree and at home in the form of Christmas gifts. If you have old trinkets gathering dust in your box, varnish them and sprinkle them with sparkles, and you will get a very original New Year's toy.

Still very successful New Year's toys and decorations can be created from foam. Make blanks in the form of balls or cubes.

Paste the workpiece with bright ribbons, sequins, you can take beads, also suitable different types cereals, with which you can create a whole masterpiece, and not a New Year's toy.

New Year's decorations in the form of large multi-colored socks, felt boots and mittens, which are best made from dense fabric, have already become a tradition.

Very interesting New Year's toys and decorations are obtained from burlap and felt. This material is easy to work with, and any decor on it will look very impressive.

Both children and adults will like to make New Year's toys made using the kanzashi technique.

For the manufacture of such Christmas decorations you need to stock up on ribbons, beautiful cloth, beads, pearls, laces and wire.

An unusually festive mood is created by New Year's toys in the form of garlands. Christmas garlands Do-it-yourself ones can be much more interesting than store-bought ones.

Paper garlands can be combined with styrofoam ball garlands, old toy garlands decorated in a modern way, etc.

Do not forget that do-it-yourself New Year's toys can serve not only as decorations, but also as symbolic New Year's gifts that will always remind you of pleasant New Year's Eve spent with loved ones.

Children especially like to make such New Year's toys, because they put a piece of their soul into such a home-made surprise for mom, dad, grandmother and other family members.

And now let's see what New Year's toys and beautiful New Year's decorations, in addition to those mentioned, can still be made from ordinary materials, giving them a very unusual and very important essence.

And what New Year's toys do you make with your own hands?

DIY Christmas toys: photo ideas for inspiration

What could be better than do-it-yourself Christmas toys, especially since you can easily make beautiful New Year's toys from improvised materials (junk, in some cases practically from garbage).

What exactly can you make an unusual toy from? - see below.

Unusual Christmas decorations from improvised materials with your own hands

I'll start with the option that lies on the surface (for those who have children or have their own toys). The idea is this: you need to screw a loop into an old toy in the form of some animal (for example: a lion, a horse, etc.) or a car, then paint or paste over the toy with sparkles. Put a thread in the loop and that's it - beautiful toy ready.

Mosaic can also be attributed to the number of improvised materials and make a good New Year's toy out of it. You heard right from the details of the mosaic. Simply paint the jigsaw pieces in the colors you want: red and white to create candy and snowflake toys, or brown and white to make a deer face. True, you will additionally need to glue a string for hanging, a bell, eyes and a nose.

If you have large mosaic pieces, you can draw an angel or something else on them.

Love to eat ice cream on a stick? - do not throw away the sticks and you can make a beautiful Christmas tree toy out of them. For example, such a cute snowman as shown below.

Or such a toy girl-angel.

Speaking of sticks, you probably won't have a hard time finding twigs. Believe me Christmas decorations from the branches are noteworthy. Just cut the branches to the desired size and glue them into the desired shape: a snowflake, a Christmas tree or a star. The finished toy can be left in this form, or it can be painted, pasted over with sparkles or artificial snow.

In addition, you can make a big star from the branches to decorate the top of the Christmas tree.

Feel sorry for destroying trees? - use tubes for cocktails. Even if you do not have them at home among improvised means, you can always buy them in the store (they are not expensive). You can make from tubes simple snowflake or something more difficult.

And here is an example for you to inspire a feat - a beautiful Christmas tree toy comes out of the tubes, it seems that it is difficult to do it with your own hands. But as you can see in the photo instructions, everything is very simple. So experiment!

One more ingenious idea to make a Christmas tree toy with your own hands deserves attention quickly and easily. Use cookie cutters. Tie beautiful threads or ribbons to them and hang them on the Christmas tree. By the way, after the new year you will be able to use them for their intended purpose.

And you can do a little magic on these molds: paint them white (or any other color of your choice) and paste over with beautiful electrical tape. Of course, such molds will not return to the kitchen, but your stock of unusual Christmas toys will be replenished.

A beautiful star can be made from ordinary wire, thread and paint. You can form a star out of wire with your hands (it is better to take a thick wire), or you can drive approximate carnations into some unnecessary plank and use them to make a star, which you then wrap with threads and cover with paint.

And you can string glass beads on a thin wire and make a star - you get an almost weightless Christmas tree toy.

Or wrap the wire base with a strip of sequins and threads. In addition to the star, you can make a Christmas tree in this way.

A beautiful star can also be made from cardboard: cut a star out of it and wrap it with thread or twine.

A crumpled sheet of paper plus leaves of some plant and you will succeed beautiful snowflake.

I don't know about you, but I love snowflakes. In addition, a snowflake is perhaps one of the most logical Christmas decorations. In general, we are looking at another original way to make a Christmas tree toy in the form of a snowflake. You will need Styrofoam (dig through old tech boxes) wire or regular toothpicks. From the foam you need to make several balls different size(depending on what kind of snowflake you want to make) the edges can be smoothed out simply by pressing with your fingers. In the center there will be the largest circle, into which we will stick a wire or toothpicks and string smaller balls. Finished snowflake spread with glue and sprinkle abundantly with sparkles - you must admit that the snowflakes are simply gorgeous. Such a toy will perfectly fit into any decoration.

A beautiful Christmas tree toy in the form of a snowflake can be made from handles from plastic disposable forks, spoons and knives. Glue together several cut off handles and decorate the middle with a beautiful bead.

No less beautiful snowflake is obtained from cut corks from wine bottles. Paste them with sparkles, ribbons and you can admire the result.

Well, a classic of the genre: a snowflake made of clothespins. Many of you may have already seen such snowflakes (as well as others, in general), but I’ll post it anyway - it turns out to be a very attractive snowflake.

Are we talking about lids? Caps from plastic bottles, as well as from glass ones, are easy to turn into original ones. Christmas decorations. You can make Santa Claus, a snowman, etc.

Lids from ordinary jars are also suitable. You can paste a photo or rhinestones inside the lid, and paint beautifully on the outside. Or cut out the middle and paste the embroidery.

And you can use the lid as an auxiliary material: with its help, carefully glue the nuts into an even circle.

A beautiful circle can be made from beads and wire.

And you can roll the wire from the binding of the notebook into a circle.

Another find is the rings from the rod in the bathroom: wrap them with different threads, decorate with some New Year's mini toy (since we are talking about how to make a Christmas tree toy from improvised materials: use an old fridge magnet) and admire the result.

Still using toilet paper with an insoluble core? - this is good luck, cut thin circles out of it, paint and paste some paper cut out inside.

Girls can donate old bracelets.

And from old beads and ordinary wire, you can twist a beautiful Christmas tree toy that is somewhat reminiscent of a nest.

Immediately, we will not immediately pass by such a thing as a ball of thread, made with a balloon of thread and glue. Still, despite the ease of implementation, the result is pleasing to the eye, and please note everything from improvised materials.

Everyone has spools of thread: so decorate the Christmas tree with them. In addition, you can stick a piece of paper with a romantic message / New Year's greetings to your loved one to the coil.

Not a shortage and egg packaging. Meanwhile, you can make original Christmas decorations from them. Show your imagination!

The following selection is more suitable for guys who like to drink beer from cans. But still, what if one of them decides to decorate the Christmas tree in the hostel in an unusual way, or you are a young couple having a party for friends. And in general, some toys made from tin cans are also suitable for decorating a “home” Christmas tree.

Such as a star, an angel or a snowflake.

Well, to cheer up your friends, you can make toys from cans without depriving them of the shape of the can.

You can even build Santa's sleigh with his faithful deer helpers.

I also want to draw your attention to one winter hero - a penguin. Of course, contrary to popular belief, he does not live at the North Pole, but since it has become so customary ... Moreover, you can make such beautiful Christmas decorations in the form of penguins, which is just ah. Use old light bulbs plastic bottles, different colors, your imagination and you will definitely get a beautiful penguin.

That in the New Year and Christmas can be more magical than a Christmas tree. In the evening, when the lights are turned off, a fairy tale begins in the mysterious flickering of lanterns in the branches. Everyone comes up with their own magical story.

In some, the nutcracker defeats the king of mice, in others, snowflakes lead round dances. We decided to compose a fairy tale about a Christmas tree elf. It will constantly change, acquire new plots, be supplemented by characters, and most likely, it will be different every year. Only the beginning of our fairy tale will always be the same: - Once upon a time in his cozy house, among fluffy spruce branches, a little Christmas tree elf ...

like this fairytale house With our own hands, we decided to make today. Join, because the fairy tale has already begun!

For the walls, we will take a rectangular piece from cardboard box. We cut a hole for the window, and mark the place for the door. We will strengthen the walls with "wild stone". Take pieces of eggshell and glue it with PVA glue.

To make our masonry look more realistic, we need to simulate traces of cement mortar in the seams. Yes, and the shells will hold on tight. Tape the walls with plain gray toilet paper. When it dries, we clean off the excess, exposing the protruding parts of our “stones”.

When the scales of the cones stick well, we will fit the pipe, because there will probably be a fireplace or a stove in the house so that our elf lives in warmth and can cook magic potions or porridge.

We twist the pipe from a small piece of cardboard and glue it with lentils, as if it were a refractory pebble.

For greater importance, we will make a ladder for the roof. She is from the same toilet paper, twisted into flagella. Yes, we almost forgot about the frame for the window, cut it out of cardboard.

Now we will install the roof in place and tint the facade of the house. We will do it with ordinary gouache. Although acrylic would be better, it is not necessary to varnish it.

It remains to glue the finished fairy-tale house on the base. Since we planned that our elf will have a light in the window, we will cut a hole for the LED in the base.

We wanted to decorate the "courtyard". Snow is cotton wool, and a snowman is also made of it. The Christmas tree is that “peeled” cone, painted in green color. This is not necessary, maybe your elf will live in a hanging house. Then only the bottom and the loop will come in handy.

We made such a fabulous house with our own hands in just one evening, and the little Christmas tree elf has already begun to live its own life. For him, a bathhouse, a cellar, and even neighbors with their houses have already been invented, this is a hedgehog and a squirrel.

Decoupage - decorate a bottle of champagne for the New Year

A handmade gift is always original and unique. Do you want to surprise your loved ones? Make decoupage on a bottle of champagne. This New Year's craft will not go unnoticed.

For decoration you will need:

• A bottle of champagne;
• three-layer napkin with a New Year's motif;
• PVA glue;
• acrylic paint;
• decorations.

First of all, you need to clean the bottle of stickers. To do this, dip it in a container of warm water and leave for a while.

We cover the entire open surface of the bottle with acrylic paint. The first layer can be applied with a brush. After drying, we paint the bottle a second time, but we already use a piece of sponge (“we smack it”).

In just an hour, the acrylic paint will dry out, so you can remove the tape from the neck and proceed to the next stage of decorating. We take a napkin for decoupage and tear out the selected fragment of the picture from it.

We remove the two lower layers from the napkin, and lay the top one face down on the stationery file. Gently add some water to the drawing, smoothing out all the wrinkles.

We smooth the file with our hands. We make sure that the napkin is securely fixed on the surface, and then carefully remove the file from the bottle.

Dilute PVA glue with water in a ratio of one to one. This solution is applied to the entire surface with a pattern with a brush. Her movements should be from the center to the edges, we try to smooth out all the wrinkles and expel the bubbles.

After the glue has completely dried, we take finely dispersed sandpaper (preferably “zero”) and carefully sand the contours of the napkin. We also process those places where irregularities have formed.

Next, we take a sponge or a piece of foam rubber, dip it in acrylic paint, “smack” along the edges of the fragment of the picture. Thus, we try to mask the transition from the napkin to the main surface of the bottle.

The work is almost completed, it remains only to add some "zest". For example, stick a ribbon on the neck. The easiest way to do this is with a glue gun. The braid will not only complete the entire ensemble, but also close the transition from paint to foil.

Plasticine mittens - winter crafts

What could be warmer and more pleasant than warm woolen mittens that keep your hands warm on a frosty day. If you make them with your own hands, for example, from plasticine, then such a craft can rightfully be considered winter. With such mittens you can catch the magic winter fairy tale, because they are made with love and will definitely come in handy as a gift made from the heart.

On the eve of the New Year, they usually make copies of Christmas trees, Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. The proposed mittens are unique, the craft is not like the others. And the more interesting it will be to make it with the children, especially since it is quite simple.

What you need to use for sculpting mittens:

• white and blue plasticine;
• a small strip of lace to create a believable knitted texture;
• toothpick.

How to mold plasticine mittens
The white and blue set is a very good option for sculpting the chosen craft. Mittens should be woolen, knitted, cozy. They are indispensable in the cold season, when snowdrifts lie on the streets, the sun shines brightly, but does not warm. We make sure to buy ourselves new accessories and never go out without grabbing this important thing.

First, make soft pellets to create the top of the craft. It is necessary to prepare 2 balls of different sizes. The larger one will be for the palm, the smaller one for the thumb cell. Soften the plasticine in your hands and immediately proceed to the next step.

Press down the larger and smaller white pieces to form flat cakes. Then, on one side, lightly squeeze on both sides, on the other hand, on the contrary, round and smooth with your fingers. Fasten your hand and thumb. Smooth out the seam. The body of the craft itself is ready. Don't stop at this stage either. You need to act quickly while the plasticine is still warm. Now we have to create a knitted texture.

Make the lower part - blue cuffs for accessories. Roll out two blue pieces into flat cakes.

While the plasticine on the white part of the craft has not yet frozen, make a lace surface, or rather, its imitation, using a piece of lace. Press the lace against the soft plasticine and press with a slight pressure with your fingers on its surface. After you remove the fabric, an imprint will remain on the soft surface, which will be very similar to the desired texture.

Instead of lace, something knitted is also suitable, for example, a doily or even socks. Experiment and be surprised, because this is such an unusual way of applying a relief pattern to a plasticine surface.

Make both mittens textured. On a blue background, use a toothpick to also create a knitting effect by drawing small notches.

Fasten the mittens to complete the planned craft.

Interesting winter version for children's creativity is very fast. In the process of work, children will learn not only to create parts of various shapes and sizes from plasticine, but also to create unusual relief patterns on a smooth surface. Now think about what else you can do with plasticine-knitted. For example, model a hat or a sweater according to the same scenario.

New Year's deer made of felt - do-it-yourself craft

The New Year's deer is a very common symbol of the upcoming holiday. A handmade soft toy in the form of this cute animal can serve as an excellent decoration for the New Year tree, as well as a pleasant souvenir given from the bottom of your heart.

The process of tailoring a deer is a very exciting activity and, at the same time, quite simple, which even a primary school student can handle.

For work, we need the following materials:

1. Felt medium density brown or gray;
2. paper;
3. pen or thin crayon;
4. threads in the tone of felt or a contrasting color;
5. synthetic winterizer or other filler;
6. ready-made eyes or beads;
7. sequins, beads or beads.

We draw a silhouette of a deer on paper or print out a ready-made template, cut it out.

We transfer the image to the felt and carefully cut out in duplicate.

We are preparing a decor that makes the deer brighter and more festive. In our case, the decoration is a snowflake, crocheted from the remains of red threads. We collect 11 air loops and close them into a ring, then we perform 14 RLS (single crochet) inside the ring.

With the help of CCH (double crochet), we knit a “flower”, trying to distribute all the columns evenly.

In the formed arcs between the dc we knit 5 dc each, between which we make arches of 10 air. loops.

We tie the resulting sbn element, knitting a pico from 3 air. loops approximately in the middle of the arch.

We iron the resulting snowflake with a hot iron, trying to give it the correct shape.

Sew a snowflake to one side of the deer. The middle of the snowflake can be decorated with sequins and beads or a button.

Glue on the eyes.

We prepare the synthetic winterizer and sew the blanks, starting with the horns. It should be noted that it is not necessary to stuff the toy with synthetic winterizer too tightly, as this can cause uneven seams.

New Year's souvenir is ready!

DIY New Year's Topiary

DIY candles - crafts for the New Year

Candles have always been an essential attribute of any holiday, romantic evening. After each celebration, you most likely throw away candle ends that could have been used. If you have accumulated candle ends, you can make new candles with your own hands.

Necessary materials:

• old candles;
• toothpicks;
• small sticks;
• molds.

You need to melt the wax so that it becomes completely liquid. To do this, put the wax in molds in a water bath.

Preparing molds.

When the wax has already become liquid, pour it into the prepared molds.

As a wick, you can use cotton thread, or get it from old candles. So that it does not pop up, we take out a metal holder from the old candle and attach the wick.

Then we dip it in wax.

Place any stick on top to secure the wick.

Let the candles dry overnight.

When the candles are dry, remove them from the molds. To do this, put them in boiling water for a few seconds.

To decorate the candles, I used gold ribbon and paper napkin. After I wrapped the candles, they became more festive.

To decorate a candle in a glass, I used Christmas decorations for the Christmas tree, tying it to the glass.

So in a simple way You can make Christmas candles with your own hands. You can experiment with different molds, or decorate finished candles with coffee beans.

Step-by-step master class with photos how to make it -.

DIY Christmas composition with hats

Create a Christmas atmosphere in your home with a fun arrangement of miniature hats. This master class is ideal for creative activities with children.

Necessary materials:

1. Multi-colored knitting threads;
2. thin cardboard cylinder;
3. white acrylic paint;
4. dry branch without leaves;
5. glass bottle of wine or champagne.

Let's make hats from threads. Take a cardboard cylinder and cut it into rings 1.5-2 cm wide. You can also make rings from thick paper yourself, fixing them with a stapler.

Cut 30 cm of thread and fold it in half. You will need about 30-40 pieces of such segments, depending on the diameter of the ring.

Pass the thread, folded in half, into the paper ring. Pass its ends into the formed loop and tighten the formed knot.

Tie the remaining threads on the ring in the same way. Try to place them close to each other, avoiding gaps.

When the ring is completely braided, thread the ends of the threads through it, as if turning it inside out.

Tie the ends of the threads with an additional thread of the same color.

Trim the ends of the threads, forming a neat pom-pom on the hat.

Spread the hat from the inside, making it more voluminous. Fluff up the pom-pom.

Similarly, make hats of other colors.

Let's make a small winter composition. This will require a small dry branch, which can be found in the park.

Paint it white to create the effect of a snow-covered winter branch. Leave it to dry.

Take an empty glass bottle and evenly apply 2 coats of acrylic paint, being careful not to leave too much brush strokes. Let it dry completely.

We collect the composition. Place the branch in the bottle. Put on hats for small branches. You can decorate the branch with threads and beads.

Detailed master classes with step-by-step photos here -.

Wreath for New Year and Christmas from willow branches

The next master class is "Christmas wreath with your own hands."

To make jewelry, take the following materials:

• Willow twigs (medium thickness);
• New Year's tinsel;
• cones;
• items for decorating cones (paints, sequins, beads, rhinestones, and so on);
• moment glue, thin copper wire or nylon thread for attaching decorative elements.

Important! So that the vine does not break, you need to weave as soon as it is broken. If the branches dry out, nothing will work.

Let's start forming a wreath.

We take several thin branches (long) at once and form a ring, intertwining them with each other.

If it doesn't work right away correct form, do not be upset, with subsequent weaves, the ring will align. It is necessary to weave the vine, securing the end between the rods of the previous circle.

Thus, we continue to weave a wreath to the required size.

The basis for the festive wreath is ready, now you can move on to the decoration.

We take tinsel and wrap the finished ring so that gaps are visible. At the bottom of the wreath, we leave a little space for attaching decorative cones.

Let's move on to decorating the cones. To do this, you can use everything that your imagination has enough for (paints, rhinestones, beads, ribbons, sparkles, and so on).

As a result, we got such beautiful decorative cones.

To attach the cones to the wreath, you can use moment glue, thin copper wire or nylon thread. In my case, glue was used.

That's all, wreath to holiday decoration ready at home. Spent a minimum of effort and time, but received a maximum of pleasure from pastime.

You can even bring the whole family. This will make things much more interesting.

New Year's crafts - do-it-yourself boots

You can put a New Year's gift to a child in a felt boot sewn with your own hands.

You can hang such a textile decor on a Christmas tree or a doorknob.

For work you will need:

1. piece of fabric;
2. edging for the top;
3. decorative braid and beads for decoration.

If the fabric is thin, you can make the boots double - lined, it will look more voluminous and presentable.

Decide on the size of the boot. Reshoot the pattern of the boots. It is as simple as possible, you can draw it yourself, leave some space for seam allowances.

Since in this case raincoat fabric was chosen for the felt boot, the pattern was also transferred to the lining.

Secure the fabric with pins, stitch along the line, cut out the workpiece.

In places of rounding, carefully make notches with sharp scissors. Turn out the boot.

Felt or a thin strip of fur is suitable for edging. Remains of overcoat fabric are used here.

Decorate the boot with snowflakes or appliqué. Sew on a loop so that the boots can be hung. Make buboes from a small piece of boucle, assembled and sewn into a ball.

Such a boot can be useful not only as a package, but also as a decoration.

New Year's boot with a bunny

New Year's gifts for all children are the most desired. They write letters to Santa Claus, asking him to give them toys and sweets. Then they wait for the fulfillment of all desires. A good wizard will surely respond to their requests. Under the Christmas tree new year's eve children find plush bunnies and bear cubs, dolls and baby dolls. And also a gift in the form of crafts can be made with your own hands from any materials available for children's creativity, for example, from plasticine.

This lesson shows the stages of making plasticine crafts for the New Year in the form of a bright boot with a bow, filled with gifts, the main of which is a white bunny.

for modeling new year gift prepare:

• white, red, blue, black, green plasticine;
• tool.

How to do New Year's crafts plasticine

The plasticine set contains not just bars, but a whole treasure, toys, accessories, even gifts for the New Year. All products are easy to make yourself, having at hand detailed instructions, which is what this detailed master class. Imagine and enjoy the creative process.

To get started, take the red plasticine and knead it thoroughly in your hands. Form a boot from the soft mass. Pull the mass into a cylindrical part, then pull the resulting cylinder on one side, press down with your fingers at a right angle.

In the right places, simply smooth the surface of the boot, giving a believable look. The base of the craft is ready. Of course, in fact, the part should be hollow inside, but we will not cut a hole, but we will simply put the bunny toy on top, more precisely, we will make only its upper part.

To decorate your New Year's product, draw out a few strands of white, green, of blue color. Roll out the soft mass with your fingers with light pressure, pressing down on a hard surface.

From a thin green sausage, make a fringing for the top of the boot. Use a blue sausage to model a bow - it will look very nice on a gift. Twist the white and red sausages into a flagellum. Press down over the entire surface. Trim off the excess on both sides. Then bend so as to get Santa Claus's staff.

Form blanks for the upper part of the bunny figurine. For a plush toy, we will show only a head with long ears, front paws. Use white plasticine for modeling.

Stick white cheeks on the head ball, pierce them with a toothpick, showing hairiness. Attach black eyes and nose. Give the rest of the white pieces the shape of the ears and paws.

Glue the details to the top of the red boot so that the impression remains that the bunny is sitting inside and just looking out.

Add the decorative elements prepared earlier. Place a white and red staff near the bunny's head. Add a bow to the top of the shaft.

A unique plasticine gift dedicated to your favorite holiday - the New Year - is ready. Having made the same base, you can put a bear or a gingerbread man in the boot. Either option would be welcome and so cute.

Children can also be involved in the manufacture of the following crafts for the New Year. Such joint creativity will bring great joy to both children and parents. After all, for the winter holidays, you want to somehow especially decorate your house. You do not need to master complex needlework techniques, you can try to make something interesting from ordinary white paper.

All of us in childhood learned to cut lacy snowflakes from paper folded in several layers. But decorating your home with snowflakes is too banal and simple. Turn on your imagination, let the openwork weaves turn into dresses for graceful ballerinas floating under the ceiling.

For work you will need the following materials:

• Sheets of white paper;
• scissors;
• pencil;
• fishing line.

First, on paper, draw with a pencil the silhouettes of graceful ballerinas who raise their legs and move their arms to the sides. Or download ready-made ballerina templates. Cut out their images along the contour. Then make the most openwork snowflakes so that they are lush and light.

Try to cut a hole in the center so that the ballerina can fit into it. Glue the snowflakes at the waist level of the dancers.

Watch a video tutorial on how to make such a Christmas decoration - do-it-yourself ballerina snowflakes.

Volumetric foam snowflakes

All the same openwork paper snowflakes are taken as the basis, the pattern is transferred, for example, to polystyrene or polystyrene foam. Cut out with a sharp knife necessary elements, and as a result, unusually beautiful, voluminous snowflakes are obtained.

DIY Christmas toys.

Becoming popular lately artificial trees who save both nature and money at the same time. Such Christmas trees will look good not only at the very beginning of the holiday, but also a week after it ends. In addition, they can be easily disassembled and postponed until next year. But how ? Make it special and unique this holiday?

DIY Christmas tree decorations made of paper

Most simple and accessible material, known to all, -. Colored sheets from childhood are familiar to all lovers of crafts. A flight of creative thought can lead you to unexpected results. And we will only consider main types of jewelry that do not require a lot of time and special skills.

flat toys from paper will look original if you choose an unusual shape or material with an interesting print in new year style. The smallest can be trusted Christmas tree carving, and older children can cope with the intricate pattern of snowflakes.

Volumetric decorations require more skill. special attention deserve light and very gentle openwork balls, which will look great on a fluffy Christmas tree. To make them, you need to prepare several identical blanks - petals. A pattern is applied to each of them, and then it is carefully cut out with a clerical knife. After that, all the petals are fastened together in narrow places. It turns out magic decoration captivating with its original appearance.

There is another way to quickly do Christmas tree toy- use "preparation". Take old ball and paste it colored paper different colors. Great option - glossy paper and glitter paper. Just a few minutes - and you have completely new decorations ready. This approach can be used in a situation where toys do not fit in any way with the chosen style and color palette holiday.

DIY Christmas tree decorations made of fabric

Interesting toys can be sewn. We are not talking now about complex jobs that require several months of careful work and professional skills. But cute decorations, which give warmth and comfort, it is easy to do it yourself. For this you tight textile several colors, thick and ordinary threads and a needle. As filler can be used paralon or ordinary cotton wool. However, you can do without it.

To start prepare a template on which you are going to work. Decide on the future type of toy. heart, herringbone, candy, mitten- there are a lot of options. Let the fantasy choose the most unusual shapes . After all, you can have your own items associated with the New Year. Then draw the desired pattern on thick cardboard and cut it out. The template is ready. It creates details. So, for example, for a toy in the shape of a heart, two such parts will be required. They are neatly sewn together, and then decorated thick threads, buttons or sequins, you can even use lace. Do not forget to make a small loop so that this toy can be hung on a tree.

DIY Christmas decorations from cones

What could be easier? Use natural materials to make the holiday more natural and natural. can be supplemented cinnamon stick or dried slice of orange. Put these elements together and you'll get unusual decoration.

If you need something bright and eye-catching, then use glitter. Just cover the bump with varnish, and then roll in glitter. Such decorations will definitely not go unnoticed.

DIY Christmas decorations master classes: video

If you need a Christmas tree toy, you can make it easily and quickly from improvised materials with your own hands. Even a child can handle some of the options proposed in the article. Ideas are considered from the simplest and most accessible to the more complex.

Spider web balls from threads

The most improvised material for the New Year is made in the form of a sphere. Technique may vary.

The simplest option that anyone can handle is light openwork. They are suitable not only for the Christmas tree, but simply for decorating the interior. They are done like this:

1. Inflate balloon to the right size.
2. Dip the threads (wool, floss, acrylic) in (you can use petroleum jelly).
3. Wrap them around the surface of the balloon.
4. After drying, pierce the ball with a needle and remove it.

A simple but beautiful do-it-yourself Christmas tree toy made from scrap materials.

Balls decorated with fabric, ribbons and beads

More difficult option decoration of spheres consists in the fact that various decorative elements are glued onto the finished base.

The sequence for making such a toy is as follows:

1. A ball, tennis, for example, is covered with a piece of fabric, forming a flat surface (if possible, without folds).
2. At the top, tie the material with braid, ribbon or thread. It turns out something like a bag.
3. The knot can be hidden under a beautiful bow.
4. Decorate the ball with decor (sequins, beads). You can do this step before wrapping the shape at the very beginning, if that's more convenient for you.
5. Don't forget to make a pendant.

It turned out a beautiful Christmas toy. With your own hands from improvised materials it is easy to make such original souvenirs. The main thing is that they can be done quickly.

Pompoms: animals and balloons

To complete this decor, you also do not need anything special: only threads, cardboard and scissors. Most often, pompoms decorate hats and are usually made round. From such fluffy balls you can easily assemble a sheep, a chicken, a snowman or any other hero.

Original pom-poms are obtained, collected in the form of berries, fruits and vegetables. The principle of creating a fluffy ball is as follows:

1. Cut out two rings from thick paper or cardboard. The diameter of the hole, as well as the outer size, depends on what size pompom you want to get.
2. Lay the resulting cardboard blanks one on top of the other and begin to evenly wrap them with threads. You can use different colors in one product. If the inner layer is made yellow, for example, then this color will be inside the pompom. You can also wind orange in the upper half of the ring, and white at the bottom, you get a ball from two different hemispheres. Motley will come out if you randomly wind different shades of threads.
3. Insert a thread (which can then be used as a pendant) between cardboard blanks, gradually cutting the threads along the ring, pulling it into a knot.

To get an object of a different configuration, the cardboard base is made not in the form of a ring, but, for example, in an arc. After manufacturing, the object can always be shaped by cutting the threads in the right places. Make the required number of blanks, connect them together. Unusual toy with your own hands from improvised materials on the Christmas tree is ready.

cones

Of course, they are not always at hand, however, if the winter is not too snowy, they can be collected in December. They make balls for the Christmas tree and other original toys from pine trees. You can build a symbol of the year or a snowman, after painting the material white. Large single specimens decorated with a bow and pendant look very nice. Golden or silver paint gives a special aesthetics. To get animal figures, the cones are connected with plasticine or glue. Such a toy with your own hands from improvised materials (photo below) is not done for long. In this case, the materials are also natural, natural. Even a small child can build decorations from cones.

Decoupage balls

A New Year's toy from improvised materials can be made using this original and at the same time simple technique. You will need:

1. spherical blanks. You can buy foam, make your own from papier-mâché, or use unnecessary balls or balls. You can even take old incandescent lamps. Be sure to consider the suspension and how it will be attached.
2. White acrylic paint, brush.
3. Napkins with New Year's drawings. You can buy special ones for decoupage, but many people use simple canteens.
4. Glue and varnish (regular or special decoupage).

The sequence of actions is as follows:

1. Soil is applied to the ball. White acrylic paint is suitable as it. Several layers may be required.
2. After drying, paste the images cut from the napkin.
3. If necessary, finish the background and decorative elements so that the edges of the napkin are not noticeable.
4. Cover the surface with clear varnish.

A spectacular New Year's toy made from improvised materials is ready. In addition to balls, they make any other decorations. Wooden blanks are bought in stores or made independently.

Textile fantasies

In this technique, both a Christmas tree and a regular toy can be made. It is very easy to make an unusual and budget gift with your own hands from improvised materials for boys and girls. You will need the following things:

• scraps of fabric;
• threads, pins, needles, glue;
• decorative elements.

Ideas are chosen in a variety of ways:

• balloons;
• Christmas trees of a simple form;
• snowmen;
• cars;
• vegetables and fruits;
• candies.

There are two ways to implement the idea: a planar two-sided figure or a three-dimensional one, which is actually an ordinary soft toy. In the second case, stuffing material will be required, so it is easier to use the first option. The sequence of actions is as follows:

1. You pick up shreds and prepare simple shapes for your toys from them (two copies for each).
2. Decorate the base with decor.
3. Sew both sides together.
4. Make a pendant in the form of a loop of ribbon, braid or thread.

If you need an original do-it-yourself toy made from scrap materials for boys, take the idea with a car:

1. Cut out the general outline of the machine from the fabric of the same color.
2. Glue or sew the prepared particles in the form of windows.
3. Use large buttons as wheels. If you add laces with eyelets, Velcro windows, you will get not only a beautiful, but also a very interesting craft.

quilling

It is a technique for twisting strips of paper. Both planar openwork and volumetric objects are glued from the obtained elements. You can do the following things:

• herringbone;
• snowflake
• ball (circle with pendant);
• bow;
• bell;
• snowman
• animals (simple form).

Of all the possible materials, metallized mother-of-pearl design paper looks best. They also use the usual color (from children's sets for creativity or office). Special, already prepared strips are also sold, but they are not cheap.

If we talk about quick production at home, then it is quite possible to use old color magazines. If necessary, sheets can be painted. You do the following:

1. Cut the paper into strips about 5 mm wide.
2. Using a knitting needle, twist the rings and any other elements. Use glue to secure the ends.
3. From the received blanks, assemble the desired shape.
4. Attach a loop for hanging.

An elegant do-it-yourself toy made from improvised materials for the Christmas tree.

Origami

This technique is probably the most complex of the ones presented here, but it allows you to make quite original decorations: from balls to animal figurines. The most important thing is that they turn out to be voluminous, and for their manufacture you only need paper, scissors and a suspension element. Of course, finished toys can also be decorated with additional decorative elements: beads, bows, lace. Then you need more glue. performed in this technique will require perseverance and certain skills, but they come with experience. Such a thing can become not just a children's craft, but also an excellent gift souvenir.

So, you got acquainted with several options for making Christmas decorations. Each of them is interesting in its own way and deserves attention. Choose your favorite idea and start the creative process. Children will be fascinated by the creation of their New Year's masterpiece. Adults will love it too. from improvised materials is done, as a rule, quickly and easily.