Want to do new year holidays unforgettable? It is enough to add a few thematic accents to the interior - and you will be able to maintain a completely different, solemn and cozy atmosphere.
But New Year's toys and decorations are constantly becoming more expensive, so try to make something original from the materials that you have on hand.
Now we will talk about how using plain paper of different weights you can create charming toys for home decor and decorations that will symbolize the approach of the New Year holiday.
Get ready to make DIY paper Christmas decorations - and call your loved ones for help.
Paper is a versatile material: it can be given any shape, size and color, so toys made on this basis are bright and original.
Another benefit of paper is possibility of simultaneous use of other materials: homemade toys this type will look great with elements of fabric, sequins, beads, beads and other details.
Making paper toys with your own hands is easy. In most cases, all you need is glue and scissors.
If you plan to hang your decorations around the room, choose the threads that match in color: you can use them to make eyelets or a base for garlands to fix as many decorations as possible on a window or wall at the same time.
New Year's paper crafts can have a different purpose. Can be completely replaced Christmas decorations accessories from this material, transform the walls and window sills in the house, stick congratulatory inscriptions and themed figurines on a free surface, or simply decorate a dining table where all your guests will gather.
As you can see, by spending a little paper and saving on buying professional toys, you can make your room charming and comfortable without depriving loved ones of the opportunity to feel the festive atmosphere. Therefore, let's take a closer look at the workshops for making the most interesting jewelry for such an occasion.
Christmas tree decorations
Christmas tree decorations made of paper do not have to be complicated at all. Your Christmas tree will be transformed even when volumetric balls will be replaced by flat figures made of thick paper or cardboard: pre-prepare stencils so that the decorations have the same shape and size.
Most often, snowflakes, stars, as well as flat figures are hung on the Christmas tree. new year characters, but you can show your imagination - and make another decoration of this type, for example, depicting the symbol of the coming year.
Figures can also be cut from postcards.
Another one interesting idea Christmas tree decorations creating flashlights from paper with your own hands. Not only children, but also adults will be pleased to watch voluminous decorations in the form of small lanterns, and if you can also place light bulbs from garlands inside, your Christmas tree will take on a fabulous appearance.
How to make flashlights that will glow in the dark? The easiest way - creation volumetric figures in the form of houses, although flashlights can be given any other shape.
By the way, to implement this idea, it is convenient to use cardboard packaging for juice or milk: cut out small curly windows on the sides, and paint the surface in one color or paste over with paper of the desired shade.
To decorate such jewelry, you can use the decoupage technique. For example, look for napkins with themed decorations - and fix them on the surface with glue or varnish.
For convenience, create houses that do not have a foundation. You may need to make holes of the desired shape on the sides of such a flashlight so that your toy remains stable when placed above the light bulb from the garland.
Let's talk about how to make a Chinese paper lantern: it is likely that in your childhood you were already creating such crafts.
The procedure for creating a Chinese paper lantern with your own hands includes several steps:
- a sheet of paper is folded in half: on the side of the bend, with the help of scissors or a clerical knife, cuts are created that do not reach the edges;
- the paper is opened and folded into a tube so that the cuts are vertical. Glue the edges of the tube together to create a single base for the flashlight. The top and bottom of the flashlight should remain through;
- if you wish, place another, narrower, tube of a different shade inside such a flashlight. This modification is more reminiscent of traditional lanterns from Chinese culture;
- glue a round base to the bottom: this is necessary so that the inner tube does not fall out;
- a handle made of wire, paper tape or thread is attached to the upper side of such an ornament. It is for her that we will hang a flashlight from the Christmas tree.
An equally simple idea that also came to us from childhood is making a paper garland with our own hands. Of course, such a garland will not light up your room in the dark, but why not hang it together with an electric one? Then your Christmas tree will shimmer with many colors at once.
Let's look at a few options on how to make a paper garland. The simplest way- cutting out flat figures from paper, followed by stringing on a thread. By the way, the garland can be both horizontal and vertical: think in advance which option would be more appropriate in the decor of your Christmas tree.
Give the figurines the appearance of stars, snowmen, hearts, snowflakes, fabulous deer or other characters related to the theme of the New Year.
You can turn preparation into new year's eve on a real holiday, if you involve your whole family in the process of creating a garland.
Advice. Make multi-colored rings from small multi-colored strips - and glue them together so that your garland looks like a chain. It can be thrown on a Christmas tree or hung around the room.
Why not make a paper balloon garland? Volume balls can be created, for example, from thick paper, previously cut into circles. Glue several circles to each other so that your balloon has several branches.
If you are not afraid of difficulties, create balls according to the origami principle: you will find many useful schemes on the Internet.
Homemade angels will become a very cute and delicate decoration for the New Year tree. The easiest way involves cutting out a flat angel figurine from white paper or cardboard.
In order to make such a decoration look more aesthetically pleasing, you can use openwork napkins as the main material.
You can create a three-dimensional angel from napkins in a few minutes. Fold the napkin so that the central part is in your hand: give it round shape(for convenience, you can fill the inside with cotton wool) - and tie it with a ribbon.
Now it remains to create the wings: divide the back of the angel into two halves, which must be bent in different directions.
It is advisable to choose white napkins with a patterned border. Then your angel will turn out to be more festive.
A worthy decoration for the New Year tree will be balls and other toys created on the basis of the papier-mâché technique. Their advantage lies in durability: with careful use, jewelry of this type can be used repeatedly.
The main secret is the creation of many layers by sequentially gluing thin paper fragments onto the surface. Use paper with different designs - and the toy will turn out bright, like the New Year holiday itself.
Options for decorating a table, window sill and other surfaces
Who said that only one Christmas tree should be present in the New Year's interior? Small copies of it can be placed on different surfaces - and paper is perfect as the main material for such decorations.
There are several ways to make a Christmas tree out of paper with your own hands:
- Cut out two or four components from a dense material - and glue it together so that it acquires a stable position.
- Assemble a mini-Christmas tree from modular elements on your own: you will learn how to fold these figures from the diagrams in Internet sources.
- Create a paper base in the shape of a cone - and stick on top of the right amount of small fragments of a green tint.
- Take an unnecessary magazine - and cut close to the central crease so that when open, the herringbone becomes lush and stable. By the way, it is not necessary to paint it at all.
- Recall the quilling technique - and pre-make a lot of small details in the form of twisted tubes. It is advisable to stick all the components on a sufficiently strong base (for example, on cardboard).
On the windowsill or festive table You can place an unlimited number of voluminous paper stars.
There are at least two simple ways to make them. The first involves creating a star shape right size: from all sides, bend the figure from an acute angle to a blunt one. 3D figurine ready!
The second option will allow you to make stars that will be voluminous not on one, but on both sides. Cut out a lot of ribbons from colored paper with parameters 1x22 cm. From such ribbons it is necessary to fold pentagons - and bend the sides to the center.
After you do these paper decorations do it yourself - choose a suitable container: a glass dish or a jar decorated with ribbons will work great.
For New Year's decor you can make other voluminous paper toys: sweets with bright packaging, figures of Santa Clauses and deer, which have a regular cone as a base, snowmen from several voluminous balls.
And don't forget to use sparkles and paints: who said that toys should be one-color?
Some more ideas
You can stick paper snowflakes on walls, ceilings and glass: for the New Year, such a design will be especially appropriate, and even if there is no snow on the street, you can get your inspiration.
Advice. It will be easier to cut a beautiful snowflake out of paper if you fold the sheet several times.
Origami paper snowflakes or quilling figures will look even more beautiful. So voluminous paper snowflake decorate the Christmas tree, fireplace, ceiling, will be an original addition to the garland or chandelier.
Many people prefer to create large snowflakes: figure out how to make volumetric snowflake from paper of large sizes, it will not be difficult. Moreover, on the Internet you will find a lot of useful instructions paper snowflakes - and here is one of them:
- Give a sheet of paper a square shape - and make 3-4 parallel cuts along each side (they should not reach the edges on two opposite sides - see the ready-made diagrams of voluminous paper snowflakes). It will be easier to make even cuts if you fold the square diagonally.
- Expand the square - and proceed to folding the inside into a tube. To keep the tube in shape, glue the two sides together.
Helpful Hints
To decorate your home, office or another room, it is not necessary to purchase a lot of decorations.
Try to usesome helpful tipshow to make certain decorations and you will have an unforgettable holiday.
It will be much more pleasant to use your imagination and help friends/children/relatives to create beautiful decorations for any interior.
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decorations for the new year,handmadeIt's not that hard to make, you just need a few materials and some imagination.
Christmas decorations for the house. Felt ornament.
You will need:
Felt (preferably 3mm thick)
Ruler
Stationery knife
Scissors
simple pencil
Glue, needle and thread or stapler
1. From a piece of felt, cut a square with scissors, measuring 15x15 cm.
2. With a simple pencil, mark several lines parallel to the sides of the square, leaving about 2 cm between them - you should get 3 parallel lines. Also draw a diagonal dividing the square into 2 equal parts.
3. Place the square in front of you so that the diagonal line runs vertically. Using a ruler and a clerical knife, make cuts on the left and right along the marked parallel lines, not reaching the diagonal (central) line by about 6-7 mm.
* Take your time so as not to spoil the felt.
4. Start folding the ends of the formed squares in opposite directions, securing them with glue, a needle and thread or a stapler (see picture).
4.1 Fold the shortest ends first and fasten them.
4.2 Turn the figure over and secure the middle ends.
4.3 Turn the shape over again (backward) and bend and secure the large ends.
5. Once you have the shape shown in the image, cut off a piece of thread and thread it through the shape. You can add felt balls or small pom poms if you like.
* You can make several of these shapes and thread a thread through them to make a long Christmas decoration that can be hung in any room.
* Try experimenting with different sizes of squares, as well as different numbers of cuts.
Christmas tree decoration. Balls of wire and beads.
You will need:
small inflatable balls
flower wire
beads
Wire cutters (for wire)
1. Inflate a small balloon, leaving a small tail.
2. Put some beads on the wire.
3. Start winding the beaded wire around the balloon, adjusting the beads as needed to make sure they lie flat and look nice. Passing through the tail of the ball, twist the wire and continue on.
* Do not wrap the balloon too tightly so that it does not burst.
4. When wrapped around the ball, do not immediately cut the wire, leave the tail from 80 to 100 cm without beads and start wrapping again to secure the structure.
5. At the end, you need to make a hook out of the wire (see picture).
6. Now you can burst the balloon and pull it out.
The decoration is ready and you can hang it on the Christmas tree or anywhere in the room.
Christmas tree decorations. Button garland.
In this example, I used pale colored buttons, but you can choose bright colors to make the garland look prettier wherever you hang it.
You can use old unwanted buttons or buy buttons in the size, color and shape you need from the store.
You will need:
Buttons
Thread or braid
Everything is pretty simple. Take a look at the pictures - you need to thread the thread through the holes in each button.
You can add a few other details if you like: pompoms, paper flowers and/or snowflakes, etc.
* For this craft, you will need a lot of buttons (about a hundred or more, depending on the length of the desired garland).
* Feel free to involve children in the work, they will love making this simple but original decoration.
Christmas paper decorations. Chain garland.
You can make a similar New Year's garland with your children and decorate your home or office with it. It looks not only beautiful, but also very fashionable.
You will need:
Golden scrap paper, size 30x30 cm (enough for a garland about 1 meter long)
Light green acrylic paint
Small container for paint
paint brush
Pencil or pen
Ruler
Masking tape (width 2.5-3 cm)
Stationery knife
Glue gun or PVA glue and glue stick
1. Fully cover the non-gold part of the scrap paper with light green acrylic paint.
2. At opposite ends of the paper, make marks of 2.5-3 cm. Using a ruler and pencil, draw parallel lines connecting the marks.
3. Prepare a clerical knife, make cuts, but do not cut off the strips completely - leave enough space so that you can easily tear off later.
4. Turn the sheet over and bend the cuts a little to make them more visible.
5. Glue masking tape to the shiny side of the paper. The pieces of tape should be placed directly over the cuts (see picture).
6. Paint the part of the paper not covered with tape with light green paint and leave to dry.
7. Remove the tape carefully.
8. Gently tear off the paper where you left some space (see point 3). Start making chain links. First, make one ring by connecting the ends of one strip, and then thread the strips through the finished ring and glue the ends.
You should have a nice chain.
How to make Christmas decorations. Snowflake garland.
You will need:
A4 paper
Snowflake pattern template
Pencil
Scissors or utility knife
Glue stick
Twine (thick thread)
Buttons, optional.
1. First you need to fold the paper in a certain way. Here are photo and video instructions on how to do it:
2. Pay attention to the snowflake drawing template, do the same on the piece of paper you folded.
3. Cut out the template with scissors or a utility knife.
4. Unfold the paper. You should end up with a pattern like this:
5. Connect the ends: 1+5, 2+6, 3+7, 4+8.
6. Now you can start stringing blanks on a thread, and attach buttons to the ends of the garland so that the paper patterns do not fall.
DIY Christmas decorations photo. A garland of stars.
You will need:
Paper (plain or color, heavy or printable)
Shaped hole punch (in this case hole punch makes a star shape)
* Instead of a hole punch, you can use a star template, a pencil and scissors.
* It is not necessary to make asterisks. You can choose any shape you like.
Christmas decoration toys. Pigeons on a tree.
You will need:
White felt
Pencil or pen
pins
pearl beads
Glue (PVA, moment, glue gun)
Silver tulle
White decorative (or real) feathers
silver thread
1. First you need to draw a template for a dove on paper. With the help of Yandex or Google, you can find a simple picture and draw it. Or you can use your imagination.
It is worth noting that the dove has 3 parts - the body, wings and the lower part.
2. Cut out the dove template you have drawn and lay it on the felt, pinning it in place. You need to make two halves of the body, two wings and one bottom. You also need two tulle wings.
3. After you have prepared all the details, start sewing the two halves of the dove's body. Fill the torso with cotton wool or leftover felt.
4. Add wings. Place tulle on top of the felt, if desired. Sew the wings to the body.
5. For the eyes, use pearl beads by gluing them.
6. Prepare a decorative feather and cut a piece of the length you need from it. Insert the feather into the dove. You can fix the pen with glue.
Homemade, handmade Christmas decorations create a very special atmosphere. This is the feeling of a holiday for which they were preparing, which they were waiting for, and for which there is no pity for time.
Manufacturing New Year's toys and DIY accessories can be a good family tradition. After all, this is a long process when you can get together in the evenings or weekends - and create together. Funny jokes, cozy conversations and, most importantly, without which a real family is not possible - a joint business. Participate in the creation of New Year's toys for the Christmas tree in 2016 from the most different materials everyone can do it - both adults and children, even the smallest ones. You just need to choose the right options and ideas.
And when the holiday is over, put your handmade creations in boxes. Then, until the next New Year, you can sometimes look into them and remember how fun it was to do all this.
Perhaps the most simple toys — new Year decoration from paper. You only need scissors, a little glue and a maximum of imagination to make, for example, a beautiful garland. 
A chain of snowflakes, decorated with large decorative beads, can become a decoration in 2016 not only for the Christmas tree, but also for the children's room. Having folded a sheet of paper several times, the shape of a snowflake is cut out in it. Then they unfold. Many of these parts are fastened with glue. The length of the garland can be any.
A colored paper ring will look spectacular on big christmas tree if it is large. Everything happens according to the following scheme:
- A ring is cut out of a sheet of colored cardboard.
- Then a strip of colored paper is taken, folded like an accordion and glued inside the ring.
- Squares are cut out of colored sheets and placed along the folds of the accordion.
Old toys - in business
In families where children have already grown up, a lot of old toys - soft, plastic, wooden - often accumulate. Why should they gather dust in the pantry when they can come up with new ideas and make original Christmas tree decorations? 
Toys can be darned a little, tinted, decorated with beads or rhinestones. Then attach ribbons to them - and hang them on the Christmas tree.
Paper Santa Claus
Santa Claus can be different. Paper ones too! Any ideas are welcome in 2016.
Here is one of them:
- The basis for this toy is a paper plate. It needs to be covered with white acrylic paint. Wait until completely dry.
- Then make Grandfather's nose by crumpling a piece of paper and pasting over the ball with white stripes. Eyebrows and cheeks are also formed. Everything is glued to the plate and painted white.
- Then the "face" is covered with a flesh tint. Cheeks and nose are a little red. You can add clarity to the features using a felt-tip pen.
- The mouth and eyes are allowed both to draw and stick in the form of an application.
- A hat for Santa is made of red paper. A triangle is cut out, and a cotton ball is glued to its top. A beard is also made from it - it is better to take a wide strip. And from thinner ones - stick on eyebrows and mustaches.
Ideas "grandfather" can be different!
For example, you can make it in the shape of a cylinder. A large or not very sheet of colored cardboard is bent so that a pipe is obtained. The cap is formed in red. And a strip is attached along its lower edge white color. The eyes are cut out of paper, the beard can be made of cotton wool. The nose is made of a foam ball. If you attach legs to the “grandfather”, he will settle very well by the Christmas tree in 2016. 
Such Santa Claus will turn out great from felt or other suitable materials.
Quite simply
There are very simple options for Christmas tree-2016. So, a garland of corrugated colored paper is made in just a few minutes. The main thing is to know the technology.
We simply cut the material into narrow strips, and then twist it, forming separate segments. And so on ad infinitum. We glue the parts. This is a very delicate decoration. 
Other ideas - cut corrugated paper into wide bands. Make a fringe along both their edges. And then just twist a little. 
A little more difficult is a garland of colored circles. You can buy such large confetti in the store. They are folded in half around the thread or fishing line and glued together. 
In the course is everything that is at hand! Colored napkins transform before our eyes and turn into bright bouquets. 
To do this, fold each napkin several times, and then give any shape to the “petals”. Fasten in the middle with a stapler and straighten. You can connect two napkins of different colors. When a lot of blanks accumulate, they are strung on a thread - a garland is obtained.
Garlands for every taste
Garlands can be made from anything. For example, from triangles of fabric. Or from squares of felt. Or from old small soft toys.
And even from popcorn mixed with beads! You can tie together a lot of sweets in a beautiful wrapper with bright ribbons. 
The remnants of wallpaper, preserved after repair, are suitable as a material. They can be cut into strips, which are then glued into rings, inserting one into the other. 
Knitted ornaments
Crochet or knitting enthusiasts can use their skills to create Christmas tree decorations in a big way. Various knitted things are in fashion in 2016. The ideas are simply amazing.
Knitted snowflakes from the remnants of yarn can be assembled into a garland and hung, for example, on a window. 
They knit different little animals for the Christmas tree, including the monkey, the symbol of 2016. are good knitted grandfathers Frosts and Snow Maidens.
A fabric with a floral pattern is also suitable. With patience, cut out the flowers. Then we make flowers from colored felt and string everything mixed on a thread. 
Balls and balls
What Christmas tree in 2016 without balloons? These Christmas decorations you can do it yourself from paper, felt from wool, make from other materials. The main thing is to find good ideas.
Old factory balls become an excellent basis for such products, it is better if they are made of plastic or foam. Then they won't break.
For decor, it is proposed to take beads - you can find plastic or glass beads in your grandmother's jewelry box, you can take beads. Today, many decorative beads are sold. This chain is wrapped around the ball in the form of a spiral. Each coil is glued.
An interesting decision in 2016 is to take 3 strands of beads different color and size. And alternate them in the design of the ball. When the entire surface is covered with beads, the tip of the thread is hidden and fixed with glue. The loop for hanging the toy is fixed to the cord.
A ball for a Christmas tree can be made from thick paper or cardboard. If it has a drawing on it, fine. The toy will look more spectacular if the material of two contrasting colors is used. 
To create these Christmas decorations:
- Twenty circles are cut out: equally of both colors.
- Then each is bent in the middle, unfolded and bent at a right angle.
- Again they unbend and make "wings" - only three.
- Ten circles are glued together alternately - the side of the ball is obtained.
- Then they make its “tops”, connecting five circles each.
- Everything is assembled into a common structure.
winter flowers
A styrofoam ball in 2016 can turn into a luxurious, exquisite decoration in the French style. It will take only a pack of pins with decorative heads in the form of beads. And colored paper, from which flowers with four petals are cut. Such blanks can also be found in art stores.
Putting together two parts, they are pierced in the middle with a pin and attached to the ball. Unusual Christmas decorations are obtained. 
Instead of flowers, you can use sequins or other ideas.
Threads, PVA glue and Balloon ik is needed for making an openwork toy for a Christmas tree or decorating a room. 
The technology is simple. First, the balloon is inflated. Then the glue is diluted in water. A thread is wetted in it, which is wrapped around the warp. You can make a toy of the same color or different shades.
The number of turns depends only on your desire. For drying, the product can be hung on something. And when everything dries well, pierce the rubber ball and remove it. Such a cobweb looks interesting and elegant. It can be decorated with beads, bows or something else. Christmas decorations in such a light style will appeal to many. 
Bump after bump
Christmas decorations from cones are made quite simply, but they always look spectacular. For example, a ring:
- The basis for it can be ordinary clothes hangers made of thick wire. They form a circle. You don't have to touch the hook.
- Having untwisted the connection of the ends of the wire, cones are strung on one of them. They can be used in in kind or painted, for example, with gold or red paint.
- Before or after stringing, a small plastic ring is attached to each cone with glue.
- Having finished picking up the wreath, the wire is connected again and twisted.
- A large satin bow is tied to the base of the hook.
- An additional charm is given to the wreath by sprinkling it with sparkles or decorating it with beads, ribbons, bows or artificial snow.
Such a decoration, made in the main shades of the decoration of the Christmas tree, will look especially stylish.
improvised material
Fans of everything unusual will love the ideas of holiday decor in 2016 from completely unexpected things.
So, a snowflake for a Christmas tree can be created from ordinary wooden clothespins:
- You will need a few clothespins and glue. To begin with, each is divided into 2 parts. The spring is removed and set aside.
- The halves are pressed with flat sides of 2 pieces and connected with glue. Then a snowflake is assembled from such details.
- You can finish this or paint the product with silver paint, sprinkle with sparkles or beads, after lubricating the clothespins with glue.
Old notes also become a source of inspiration when creating New Year's decor:
- First, a square is cut out of the sheet. Then it is folded in the form of an accordion, which is tied with a thread in the middle. The ends are left free to make a hanging loop out of them.
- Straighten the accordion so that a circle is obtained and glue its edges.
- You can decorate the toy with a circle of cardboard of the same shade as the paper. Sequins and rhinestones are also a suitable decoration.
Old photos and postcards turn into bright original balloons in the blink of an eye:
- Each sheet is cut into strips with a width, for example, about one and a half centimeters. Then they pick up a needle with a thread threaded into it and sew the strips from one end, then from the other.
- You can use a button instead of a needle long awl. Having pierced the strips with it, the tip is bent.
- A loop or ribbon bow is glued to the upper edge of the ball. Several of these toys create an interesting elegant garland. You can put light bulbs inside the balls.
If your child likes to bring home different sticks, they can be used to create an original decoration together with dad. Carefully cut the branches into pieces different lengths. Make several short cylinders. Then they drill holes in each part with a thin drill or awl. And they are collected together on a thin ribbon threaded through the eye of a large needle. 
You can decorate the Christmas tree different ways. Paint it with paints, stick beads, sequins, sprinkle with "snow".
bright flashlights
If you want to have a completely unique festive garland, you can make it yourself.
The store product of LEDs is taken as the basis. And then everything is quite simple! In the intervals between the bulbs, pieces of fabric are tied - better than different colors.
The original decor for the Christmas tree is pendants made of chips for playing scrabble. 
They can be assembled into words using wires and alternating with beads or beads. Let these words be speaking and let your wishes for the New Year be expressed in them to relatives and friends!
Tasteful decor
Why not decorate the Christmas tree with dried pieces of fruit? To do this, they are cut into circles and laid out on a baking sheet, which is previously covered with parchment paper.
Dry in an oven at 170°C. After the fruits have cooled, they are varnished, used for decoupage work. They thread the ropes, make loops - the decoration is ready. 
You can find a lot of ideas in the surrounding things, for this you just need to look at them from a slightly different angle. After all, it is not for nothing that they say - everything ingenious is simple!
We create a festive atmosphere at home: we create New Year's decor
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So - it's time to think about decorating your home, office space, group kindergarten. And the first thing that comes to mind is New Year's garlands, snowflakes and other paper decorations.
DIY paper garlands
Options - a lot. From the simplest rings glued from strips of colored paper and fastened together into long "sausages" to garlands of complex shapes.
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But why do we perceive garlands only as horizontally suspended ornaments? Let's look at the options for garlands hanging from the ceiling - they fill the entire space and create a simply unsurpassed New Year's mood.
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Moreover, making such a New Year's decoration with your own hands from paper is not at all difficult. You just need to cut properly. colored paper, properly glue it all and hang it up.
For the first garland, you need to make several blanks from colored paper, as shown in the photo below, and fasten them together with glue or a stapler.
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And you can cut narrow strips of colored cardboard, stitch them on sewing machine, putting all the elements sequentially one after the other. When hanging this garland, you need to slightly weight its lower edge with a piece of plasticine or another object that is small in weight and dimensions.
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Paper snowflakes - master class
Simple snowflakes from napkins are a thing of the past, today voluminous snowflakes are extremely popular. Here is one example of such a New Year's decoration, which you can easily master with your children.
We make a snowflake from a simple sheet of A4 paper. Fold it in half, cut each sheet and fold it once diagonally, cutting off the excess. These resulting squares are again folded in half diagonally.
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We cut out the petals from them, and in each petal we make two cuts, not reaching the place of the fold. The resulting workpiece is carefully unfolded.
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We glue the middle parts of the petals to the middle, and we perform such a manipulation with each petal. We act similarly with the second blank.
Simple Christmas paper crafts and decorations are great because you can make them with your kids. Agree, very often we forget to devote time to our relatives in the pre-holiday commotion and constant household chores.
And then the holiday is approaching, so it's time to get together and start creating paper decorations: these are Christmas tree decorations made of paper, and lanterns, and paper garlands.
DIY paper Christmas tree
Small Christmas tree, example one
A decoration for a real Christmas tree in the form of a voluminous hanging Christmas tree can be made from ordinary cardboard.
To create we need:
- multi-colored cardboard;
- glue;
- awl;
- threads;
- scissors.
We draw the most primitive children's Christmas tree with splayed branches, the main thing is to observe symmetry, cut it out, then on another sheet of cardboard we circle exactly the same Christmas tree and get the second blank. We bend the workpiece along vertical symmetry and glue it together. You can decorate our paper toy with rhinestones. Then we pierce a hole in the upper part with an awl and thread the thread. The decoration is ready.
A cardboard craft that you can either put on your desktop or hang on a Christmas tree.
Read about the original Christmas tree decoration in this article: here you will find fresh ideas, original variants Christmas tree decorations.
Another Christmas tree, option number 2
Another example of paper crafts. At the heart of such a Christmas tree - cardboard cone. To create we need:
- multi-colored paper;
- glue;
- scotch;
- scissors.
Production order:
This is the tree we got:
A bright Christmas tree can brighten up any room.
Christmas tree from a magazine
Unusual but very easy craft origami. In every house there is sure to be an unnecessary magazine - here you can make an original Christmas tree out of it.
In the magazine, we bend each page like this: the upper right corner towards us at forty-five degrees, then we bend the sheet diagonally in half.
The bottom corner has gone beyond the boundaries of the magazine, we tuck it up.
We fold all the pages like this.
Like this original craft turned out. As you can see, nothing complicated, but a lot of fun because you were able to make it with your own hands.
Christmas paper lanterns
We made a Christmas tree, now the next step is do-it-yourself paper lanterns. Consider a few simple options for how to make paper lanterns with your own hands.
Striped lantern
To create such a flashlight, you need to cut strips of colored paper of the same width and length: the longer the strip, the larger the flashlight will be. Average length strips will be 15 cm.
Your kid will love to create unusual crafts with you.
We fold the strips and pierce holes at both ends. We fix the end of the lace on one side and fasten it so that the lace does not pop out. Then we thread the lace into another hole and pull it. The strips will bend in a semicircle.
We straighten the flashlight so that the strips form the shape of a ball. The flashlight is ready.
Chinese lantern
How to make a Chinese paper lantern with your own hands? To create such a craft you will need:
- scissors;
- strips of colored paper (18 pieces);
- glue;
- two paper circles with a diameter of 4 cm;
- needle with thread.
Fold the strips in half. With the help of a needle, we first string a circle onto a thread, then one side of the strips, then the second and last circle. It will look like a spiral.
DIY Chinese lantern, photo
We tighten the thread so that the strips form a ball, and straighten. Top and bottom can be decorated with beads. Glue the loop. Our Chinese paper lantern is ready, it can be hung on a fluffy beauty - a Christmas tree.
sky lattern
How to make a sky lantern out of paper with your own hands? To create crafts, you need to take a sheet of colored paper measuring 24x60cm. We bend the sheet in half, then fold it with an accordion.
We unfold the sheet and make triangular creases along the central fold on all the folds of our triangular accordion.
Sky lanterns can be made colorful
We make the same creases along the lower and upper edges of the sheet. Glue into a cylinder. Sew a loop on top.
Advice. Such a flashlight can be glued from any paper, but preferably bright and saturated colors. Abstract drawings or oriental motifs will look very good. You can pre-paint the paper to your taste before creating such a craft.
paper garland
How to make a paper garland with your own hands? We propose to fulfill paper ball decoration.
Photo of a paper garland of homemade colorful balls
To make such a garland, we need stripes of the same length and width. In order to make it more convenient to fasten them with adhesive tape, we make the upper and lower parts pointed. For one ball you will need 4 strips, preferably if they are of different colors.
We braid the strips into a pigtail until they form into a ball.
We take two strips, glue them with tape and start weave a pigtail. As you weave, the pigtail will twist and turn into a ball. When the ball is ready, you will need to hide the free ends between weaving. It's worth doing this until the ball is completely formed.
For creating long garland you will need to twist a lot of balls.
Then we string each ball on a colored thread. A garland of paper balls is ready: you can decorate both the Christmas tree and the room with it.
Volumetric paper toy for the Christmas tree
Our next piece is volume star made of paper. What should be done?
It looks like a finished voluminous asterisk made of paper
Christmas ball is ready!
New Year's angel from napkins
Such an angel can decorate a table, a Christmas tree or make a gift for relatives. To create you will need: scissors, glue, thread and ordinary table napkins.
We fix the head of an angel with a white thread
Raise the lids
Angel is ready!
Christmas snowflake
Let's do beautiful snowflakes from paper for the new year. How to cut a beautiful voluminous snowflake? A paper snowflake can be cut according to a pattern or made using the quilling technique. The instructions for making paper snowflakes are simple: prepare paper blanks and make a finished snowflake out of them. Glue the pieces together.
This paper snowflake is made in the origami technique.
To create such delicate and airy crafts, you only need office paper. Twisted in a special way, they look like real snowflakes. First we will prepare the strips of paper. To create a curl, a strip of paper must be tightly twisted on a skewer. After you have wound it, we correct the curl of the paper and remove the “washer”.
For those who like to make their own hands, we offer to make such a miracle as a kanzashi tree; the master class will help you master the creation of the necessary elements of the Christmas tree.
Read how to decorate your home New Year 2015 with your own hands, here are all the secrets of the festive decoration of rooms, walls, doors and windows, decorating tips.
Master class on New Year's wreaths, see: http://dom-mechti.com/pomeshheniya/prazdnichnyj-dekor/novogodnie-venki.html
Snowflake blanks
We need to come up with a pattern for our snowflake. The number of rows can be from one to four. The main thing is that the patterns allow all the details to be glued together.
Details of origami snowflake blanks can be of various shapes.
First row- on the sides we glue six "drops";
Second row- six "arrows";
Third row- six "squares";
And here is a sample of a snowflake:
You can dream up and make a variety of applications on glass or thread a shiny thread into a snowflake and hang it on a Christmas tree.
As you can see, you can make a great variety of Christmas paper decorations with your own hands. We have shown you only a small part of what can be made from paper. These Christmas crafts, paper decorations, toys and origami snowflakes will perfectly emphasize the festive new year decoration and Christmas trees, and interior.
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