In this lesson I will show interesting master classes on how to make New Year's decorations for the Christmas tree with your own hands. These bright and original toys will become the best decoration our Christmas tree! The most long-awaited holiday is approaching - New Year! For some reason, it is during the New Year that you want to believe in fairy tales and magic. This is such a wonderful time! The snow sparkles, the city streets are decorated with colorful lights. There is a pleasant, pre-holiday bustle all around. Everyone chooses gifts and orders them on the Internet, but it has long been known that the best option is a gift made with your own hands.
How to make New Year's toys with your own hands
If you have a large number of relatives, friends, work colleagues, then it is difficult to please everyone. In this case, you can give a souvenir; all that remains is to make a choice. The best option would be a DIY Christmas tree toy in the shape of an angel. You can make it from paper, fabric, beads, but I want to offer you unusual option– Angel made from seashells. Unusual, exclusive and very beautiful! It doesn’t take much time to make, about 20 minutes. Well, shall we get started?
Required materials:
- Seashells of various sizes: 1 large for the base ( appearance resembles a dress), 2 medium ones for the wings and you can take two small ones for the legs.
- White gouache.
- Pearlescent (transparent) nail polish.
- Glue gun.
- A thread of beads or a white satin ribbon for hanging.
- Decorative snowflakes.
- Brush.
- 1 large bead for the head.
Take the base. Glue the wings symmetrically to it behind the back wall using a hot gun.
We paint the angel with white gouache. Let it dry. To speed up the drying process, you can use a regular home hair dryer. After the first coat of paint has dried, apply the second. Dry again.
Cover with 1 layer of pearlescent varnish.
Take a string of beads. Measure the diameter of the large bead. Cut to the required length.
Glue the thread to the top of the bead.
Now we glue the head (bead) to the base. We fix it.
All that remains is to make the pendant. This is a Christmas tree decoration, so you need to take either a satin ribbon (0.5 cm wide) or a thread of white beads and glue it to the back of the base of the toy. You can glue decorative snowflakes to the angel's dress.
Our New Year's toy with your own hands in the form of an angel made of shells is ready. You can make several of these souvenirs at once. While one is drying from the paint, start gluing the second and third. Here's a conveyor New Year's gifts and it works!
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New Year's toy - boot for gifts
What's the New Year without gifts and souvenirs?! You always want to give a gift in an interesting way. Therefore, in this master class we will knit a New Year's boot for gifts; it can be hung on the Christmas tree as a handmade New Year's toy.
To knit a boot we need the following materials and tools:
- White and blue yarn;
- Hook 3 mm;
- Scissors.
“Children's Novelty” yarn is suitable for knitting. It is 100% acrylic. Let's start knitting from the sock. We need to form an amigurumi ring of 6 loops. Therefore, we will make an initial loop and knit 2 more air loops. Then in the 2nd loop from the hook we make 6 sc.
Now we need to increase the number of loops to 24. To do this, we will knit 3 rows with increases in a row. First we will simply increase each stitch by working 2 sc in each stitch.
In the new row we will first knit 1 sc, and in the next loop 2 sc, in the 3rd loop again 1 sc and so on until the end of the row. That is, we knit with an increase through a loop.
Then we will perform a row with an increase every 2 loops. And add 1 more row every 3 loops of the circle. This is how we get 24 loops, knitting 6 increases in each row.
Now we will form the heel. Change the thread to white again. We knit exactly 12 sc. Then we turn around and do 1 ch. Next we will knit 8 turning rows. Each of them will contain exactly 12 sc.
Now we turn the workpiece onto the left side and sew the heel, folding it in half. Sew, doing stbn..
Turn the boot back right side out. Let's start knitting the top. Join at the seam on the heel and knit in the round with blue thread. We knit, decreasing in 2 places. Where the heel meets the toe. Right in the corners.
Now let's make a frill. We join with a white thread and make 3 lifting loops. Next, we knit another 4 dc at the same point. We skip the loop and work 1 sc. Next, we skip the loop again and work 5 dc in one loop. And we will knit like this until the end.
Turn the edge of the sock a little and make a loop from the air chain. We will hang the boot for her.
You can decorate your boot by embroidering a snowflake with your own hands. The New Year's boot for gifts and souvenirs is ready! You can knit several boots, and the children will be happy to look for them and get gifts.
Christmas ball made from disk
Decorating a Christmas tree for the New Year - what could be more interesting? In this short lesson, let's look at a master class on creating a wonderful ball from a disk.
To work we will need:
- white and blue felt;
- disk;
- white cotton yarn;
- glue;
- decorative buttons and other decorations.
First, cut out snow and blue sky from felt, the diameter of this should be equal to the diameter of the disk.
Next, take hook number 2 and white yarn, start knitting reverse side of our decoration, it should have a large number of spaces, since thanks to them, the disk itself will be visible. We choose any pattern for this.
The diameter of the reverse side must correspond to the diameter of the disk. Now let's start decorating the outside. Glue colorful buttons to the felt.
Then we take a thread and sew on beads, they will imitate snowflakes. This is what we get.
Now you need to sew the two parts of the product together by inserting a disk in the middle. We stitch and sew a ribbon on top, and also use a white ribbon to cover the outline of the disc.
Now our work is ready. This decoration can be hung on any Christmas tree!
New Year's snowflake on a Christmas tree made of threads
Snowflakes are an integral part of winter and New Year's decorations! There are many ways and options for making such crafts. Today we will look at a very interesting, and most importantly simple way to make snowflakes from knitting threads. Making such a snowflake is very easy and quick, so you can start working with your children.
To make a snowflake we will need:
- white knitting thread;
- 6 transparent beads;
- scissors;
- needle;
- school notebook or book.
It is not necessary to make such a snowflake from white yarn. You can take a thread of any color. The size of the finished snowflake will depend on the object on which we will wind the thread. You can take a general notebook or book and wind a white thread. The thicker we wind it, the larger and thicker the snowflake will be. But you don’t need to wind a lot, because in this case the pattern of the finished product will be difficult to see.
Then carefully remove the workpiece and pull it in the center with a thread of the same color, tying 2 tight knots. That is, we grab both sides of the resulting ring and tie a knot.
Now use scissors to cut from both edges. We tighten them well with the blades of scissors so that the threads are then approximately the same length.
Turn the workpiece over and distribute the threads approximately equally. We need to see the center of the workpiece. We do this on both sides, forming a circle of threads. In this position, place the workpiece on a hard surface.
We divide the threads into 6 approximately equal parts. There is no need to count each thread, just distribute it in bunches by eye.
Now, stepping back a little from the center, we pull the bundle with thread.
We do this with each bunch. We drag at the same level.
In the center we already have a small six-pointed snowflake. Next we will form a new tier of snowflakes. To do this, we need to divide each bundle into 2 equal parts. These parts must be combined with adjacent beams.
And we tie the resulting bundles again.
To decorate our snowflake we will take 6 transparent beads. We thread a piece of thread inside. You can use a wide eyed needle for this if it fits into the hole on the bead.
We tie the bundle again. We do this with each bunch.
Now all we have to do is trim the tassels. We cut them with scissors.
In just a few minutes you can make a beautiful three-dimensional snowflake from knitting threads.
This beautiful airy snowflake can be used as a New Year's toy to decorate a Christmas tree.
DIY Christmas toys for decorating the Christmas tree in the yard
Original Christmas tree decorations can be made using egg packaging, water and gouache paint. Such toys will look bright and beautiful on the Christmas tree in your yard and will delight you and your guests.
To make a Christmas tree toy you will need:
- Egg packaging (store container);
- running water (from the home tap);
- flesh-colored sewing threads;
- plasticine for modeling;
- scissors;
- yellow gouache paint;
- freezer.
Pour tap water into a plastic cup.
Use yellow gouache paint to color the water in the glass. Fill the second glass with clean water in case you need to add it to the mold.
Pour colored water into the molds, but not to the brim. About half.
Close the egg cup lid tightly.
Place the package in the freezer. Let the colored water freeze into ice.
Cut threads for loops. You will need ten pieces of fifteen centimeters each.
At the next stage you will need a piece of plasticine.
Roll tiny plasticine balls according to the number of loops.
Stick plasticine balls to the ends of the threads.
Flatten the plasticine balls.
Place the loops into the molds.
Now you will need a second glass of water.
Add water to the molds to the brim.
Close the mold again and put it in the freezer.
After the second layer of water freezes, remove the finished toy.
This is such an unusual Christmas tree toy.
You can decorate the Christmas tree in the yard. This made ten ice decorations.
Ice toys will delight you until spring!
Original and simple! This is the story of one egg carton).
Christmas deer toy for the tree made from popsicle sticks
The next toy is a cute deer made from wooden popsicle sticks. An entertaining process and amazing results are guaranteed!
Required materials and tools:
- wooden ice cream sticks;
- stationery knife;
- glue;
- paint and brush;
- decorative elements.
At the initial stage, you need to prepare a paper stencil. You can do this in two ways: print it from the Internet or draw it yourself. In any case, the picture must subsequently be cut out with scissors.
We lay out the wooden sticks close to each other and transfer the outline of the deer using the blank. A pencil is quite suitable as a tool. Its lead fits well on a wooden surface.
After completing the labor-intensive process, all elements need to be glued together. The result should be the basis for a Christmas tree decoration.
We begin the entertaining stage of decor by painting a faceless deer. Colors can vary from traditional red to bright yellow. However, you should not combine more than two types. Otherwise, decorative elements may get lost against such a background.
At the final stage, we fasten the loop and decorate the base of the toy. Ribbons, buttons, beads are not a complete list of items that can be used to decorate a toy.
A cute handmade Christmas deer will certainly surprise friends and family with its originality. Using the described principle, you can assemble a whole hand made collection of toys in the form of Christmas trees, shoes or hearts. Creative inspiration and imagination!
Another Christmas tree toy made from popsicle sticks
Christmas snowflake on a Christmas tree made of glue
It’s hard to imagine the New Year’s mood without snow, so let’s add some snowflakes to the home decor. They can be made from various materials, from plain paper to wood and glass. Let's consider a method for making a decorative snowflake from glue.
We prepare everything necessary tools and materials:
- glue gun;
- glue for a gun (a couple of sticks is enough);
- baking paper or foil;
- any cream;
- glue;
- tassels;
- scissors;
- glitter;
- thread for hanging.
The whole process will take no more than an hour, everything is so fast and elementary that you can trust the child to do it. First of all, we choose the design of the future snowflake. You can search on the Internet, or you can come up with it yourself.
Please pay attention that there are no too small parts, the glue will merge into an ordinary blot in them.
We transfer the drawing to baking paper/foil, grease the surface with any cream - without it, the glue will be difficult to peel off.
We heat up the glue gun and begin to carefully trace the outline of the snowflake with a strip of liquid glue. We make sure that there are no separate lines left, they all must intersect, otherwise individual parts will simply fall off.
After New Year's snowflake completely outlined, let it dry for a few minutes.
Dry glue is easily cut with scissors, at this stage we cut off all the imperfections (protruding drops, excess glue), and correct the very shape of the snowflake.
Now you can begin the decorating stage. This will require glue. Using a brush, apply a thin layer of glue to the surface of the snowflake.
Sprinkle with glitter, white glitter will create a more natural effect.
Let the glitter glue dry for 20-25 minutes, after which we attach a thread for hanging. That's it, the snowflake is ready to decorate the Christmas tree and give New Year's mood.
How to make such a New Year's toy - look detailed master class video
Solution for threads: take 50 ml of water and dissolve 3 teaspoons of sugar in it, add PVA glue - the more, the better. And we wrap the balloon with threads as shown in the video:
DIY 3D Christmas tree toy
Decorating a Christmas tree with the whole family is a real pleasure. The very preparation for the New Year causes dizziness and anticipation of a fabulous holiday. Each family member is busy with his own business, for example, looking for gifts, recipes for the holiday table, or making New Year's decorations with his own hands.
On the eve of the New Year, why not decorate the Christmas tree with handmade toys from natural materials, in particular, a pine cone? This simple craft looks very harmonious on green branches.
For work we prepare:
- pine cone;
- clothespin;
- tinsel;
- plastic snowflake;
- scissors;
- glue.
In this craft we will use an open pine cone. However, absolutely any variety of cones, for example, Crimean pine, is suitable for making this decoration.
And one more moment. A plastic snowflake purchased from a craft store is used as a decorative element. If it is not possible to obtain such a part, it can be replaced corrugated paper, plastic flowers cut from cups.
In general, there is something to think about in your spare time. How to make a decent frame for a bump? The process of making the craft is very simple. First you need to glue the snowflake to the clothespin.
Glue a new decorative craft element in the center of the snowflake.
All that remains is to attach a pine cone on top. We don't regret glue. The cone should stick tightly to the plastic snowflake, not to the tinsel.
The decoration is ready. It turned out to be a kind of candle.
Of course, if you wish, you can paint the cones in different colors in advance, decorate them with beads or sparkles. We won't do this. The resulting candle looks very natural and harmonious on the green paws of our fluffy tree.
Here's proof of that. A bump, like a bump. Nothing extra. Even the red color of the clothespin does not bother the eye (although, without a doubt, wood would be better suited here).
A very original Christmas tree craft made from light bulbs - video tutorial
Children's New Year's craft - Christmas tree made from pasta
Children are preparing for the New Year celebration - learning scripts, poems, congratulations and making winter-themed crafts. These can be applications on windows, paper garlands or Christmas tree decorations. We'll probably stick to the last option. Our Christmas tree is already decorated with homemade bunnies, snowmen and other figures.
Today we will make a craft from pasta in the form of spirals. We suggest focusing on the simplest and most understandable master class, which children of primary school age can independently repeat.
For work we prepare:
- Paper triangle;
- a piece of plastic from a folder or binder;
- PVA glue;
- spirals;
- watercolor with brush;
- ribbon or thread for a loop;
- scissors.
We have a primitive Christmas tree template made from white paper in the form of a triangle, scissors and a plastic rectangle from a binder.
Let's connect them together and cut out a transparent blank from plastic for a New Year's pasta craft - a Christmas tree.
Of course, sometimes gaps will be visible between the parts, but they do not spoil the craft at all. That's even better. The tree has clearly visible branches.
It's time to pick up watercolors, a thick brush and cover the Christmas tree with emerald greenery. In order not to stain the table, we placed a regular landscape sheet under the workpiece.
All that remains is to hang the trees on the prickly paws bright decorations. Let's use PVA. These can be shells, bows or the same spirals. In our case, the curls represent long candles. Let's paint them rich red.
Attach a loop to the top of the craft. Here it is better to use a stapler or superglue. Otherwise, how can you hang a pasta toy on the Christmas tree?
A craft glued to an ordinary clothespin will hold firmly enough to the branches. Then you don’t have to deal with the loop.
This is what our decoration looks like on a real Christmas tree among the balls and tinsel. Beautiful?
Children's craft - Christmas tree made from pasta
This New Year's toy is made in 20 minutes from simple improvised materials.
The work will require the following materials:
- the basis for the cone is a foam ball or an egg from children’s toys;
- brown velvet colored paper;
- foam balls or cone-shaped blanks;
- narrow tape for loop;
- glue gun
From satin ribbon cut a piece 10 cm long. From velvet paper we cut out droplets - scales of the future cone about 1 cm in size. The paper can be absolutely any color, because New Year's cones They are distinguished by their diversity of colors and colors.
First of all, we glue the tape to the wide base of the toy - to the foam blank.
We begin gluing the scales from the loop side. We cover the entire surface of the workpiece with them.
To prevent the cone from looking boring, we crumble the foam and attach balls to the edges of the scales in the upper part.
The New Year's snow-covered cone is ready in a matter of minutes. Such toys will not only save money on purchasing Christmas tree decorations, but will also decorate the tree and the interior of the room.
DIY paper Christmas angel
One of the most popular New Year's decorations can be called a Christmas angel made of paper, which can be made according to the proposed master class. This angel is made very simply and quickly.
Required materials:
- White sheet of A4 format;
- scissors;
- pencil;
- ruler;
- glue;
- gold colored sparkles.
First, cut out 2 squares from paper the right size, on which the final size of the future angel will depend. In our case, the squares measure 9x9 cm.
Now we fold both squares like an accordion.
On each of the blanks you need to make one fold in opposite directions. This fold should be located approximately 1/3 of the distance from the edge.
On each of the blanks it is necessary to glue the side side, the upper part will be the wings of an angel.
Now let's start creating the head. To do this, cut a strip from a sheet of paper, the width of which is equal to the accordion with which we folded the squares. After this, we begin to twist the cut narrow strip, periodically fastening it with glue.
To create a head of the required size, several strips may be required; we take as many as needed to make a proportional craft.
We make the remaining end of the narrow strip free, creating a halo. We fasten a strip of paper at the bottom and leave a small end.
We glue the resulting blank between two previously bent accordions.
With glitter golden color decorate our craft.
Our paper Christmas angel is ready. See how to do it here.
Christmas toys DIY jewelry is the most original jewelry. Of course, you won’t find another ball, snowman or animal like this. It is made in a single copy. Christmas trees decorated with homemade children's toys look incredibly colorful and unique.
Today we invite you to consider a simple master class and answer the question: how to make a New Year's craft from a plastic cup? Of course, other available materials will be used in the work. But! The decoration will still be based on a yogurt cup.
So, for the craft you will need:
- cotton wool;
- tinsel;
- plastic cup;
- sequins;
- satin ribbon or thread;
- glue;
- scissors.
At the first stage, the children cannot cope on their own. You will have to turn to adults for help. You need to make two neat holes in the plastic cup. In a second, dad will pierce even holes with an awl, through which we will stretch a satin ribbon - the handle of the future flower basket.
Secure the ends of the tape with small knots.
Now let's take a piece of snow-white cotton wool and put it in the basket. Of course, any other filler can be used for this purpose. However, we associate cotton wool with snow and the New Year. Moreover, it is incredibly light, and therefore will not weigh down the craft at all.
Let's cut off several short pieces from the tinsel and imitate the greenery in the basket.
It’s time to coat each sequin with glue and place a fiery bouquet on the surface of the cotton wool.
As a result, in 15 minutes we received a colorful, light and cute Christmas tree decoration - a basket of flowers.
Let's show you a New Year's craft made from a plastic cup and scrap materials in close-up.
But the basket took its place on the Christmas tree.
This concludes the work. It's time to remove the remnants of materials used in making crafts from the table and go outside for new ideas. A walk in the frosty air always inspires creativity!
New Year's toys - do-it-yourself paper umbrellas
A very beautiful New Year's toy made from a regular napkin master class
I suggest knitting a small snowflake that can be used to decorate christmas tree, attaching a loop to the snowflake. If you knit such a snowflake from thin yarn, you can decorate children's clothes with it. This snowflake is knitted very quickly and easily. Even a novice knitter can handle this job.
Materials and tools:
Karachay acrylic yarn of white or blue color is used for knitting. Hook number 3 is suitable for this yarn. You can use thinner yarn, then the snowflake will be even smaller.
Abbreviations used in the text:
VP - air loop;
RLS – single crochet.
We start knitting the motif from the center. We perform the Amigurumi ring. It was invented by Japanese knitters for little knitted amigurumi toys. We call it a sliding or magic ring: we lay the white thread so that the end of the thread is in the palm of our hand, and we wrap the working thread around the index finger (away from ourselves), insert the hook into the resulting ring, pick up the working thread and, pulling the loop into the ring, knit half-column. The ring is fixed and work can begin.
1 row. On the ring we knit sc, 3 ch, sc. The result was an arch of 3 VPs. Six such arches need to be made on the ring. Between the arches we knit one sc. We complete the row with a connecting loop into the first arch. Tighten the ring.
2nd row. We knit 1 sc, 10 VP. In the fourth loop of the chain we knit a connecting loop, 7 VP, a connecting loop to the same point, 7 VP again attached to the same loop and we knit three connecting loops down the chain. In the same arch we knit 1 sc.
To move on to the next arch, we knit 5 VP.
Then we knit a connecting loop into the second loop of the chain, 2 ch, sc into the next arch.
We repeat the ray: ** 10 VP, connecting loop in 4 VP of the chain, 7 VP, connecting loop, 7 VP, connecting loop in 4 VP of the chain, three connecting loops down the chain, RLS, 5 VP, connecting loop in the second loop of the chain, 2 VP, sc in next arch.
We repeat the pattern between the stars 4 more times. We complete the row with a connecting loop into the first arch.
We cut the thread and fasten it. To use a snowflake as a Christmas tree decoration, you need to starch it, prick it, drawing out the rays and dry it in a straightened state.
Snowflake - the toy for the Christmas tree is ready! The master class was prepared by Svetlana Chalkina.
DIY Christmas toys photo gallery
Cardboard heart
Styrofoam toys covered with glitter
From ordinary pistachio shells
Made of plastic ( polymer clay) New Year's house
Gingerbread toys
Textile toy
Master classes presented in this video article
The New Year's period is the best time of the year for creativity and handicrafts. After all, it is the aura of magic that has the best influence on boundless imagination. No suitable materials? Don’t rush to go shopping at a store or handmade goods store. Perhaps you will find something interesting in boxes and chests.
With this we will say goodbye. I wish everyone a fabulous New Year's Eve! May the whole next year be incredibly successful, rich and happy!
There are fewer and fewer days left until the New Year. Christmas trees are already being installed in the squares, and shops are full of colorful decorations. Therefore, we are preparing for this solemn event. After all, it is on New Year’s Eve that you want to believe in a miracle and make a cherished wish.
Children are especially looking forward to this holiday. They prepare delicious treats for Santa Claus, write him a letter and tell him how well they behaved all year. And the parents are in charge of all this. That's why New Year real family holiday. Well, the most important event on New Year's Eve is decorating the Christmas tree. The whole family usually does this.
Of course store-bought Christmas decorations beautiful, but how nice it is to make toys yourself, and especially with your children. And don’t think that they will be worse than store-bought ones; if you try and be patient, you will end up with a wonderful set of jewelry for your green beauty.
So let's see the most interesting ideas New Year's toys! They can be made literally from scrap materials without wasting a lot of time. But what a delight the end result will be, and most importantly it will bring all family members closer together and delight the children.
DIY Christmas tree decorations from scrap materials
From all sorts of odds and ends and scrap materials you can create wonderful toys that will delight you on holidays and on weekdays. Such creations are especially valuable if you make them with children.
Christmas tree decoration made of pine cones
What the New Year's tree lacks is pine cones. Perhaps this is the most environmentally friendly material for a toy. Yes, and you can find it in most parks or nearby forest belts. It’s worth decorating the cones a little, making a beautiful ribbon pendant, and original toy ready!
You will need:
- cones;
- foil;
- rubber gloves;
- spray paint;
- hot glue;
- glitter;
- hairspray;
- decorative decorations.
Stages of work:
1. If necessary, clean the cones from dirt and dry them. Spread foil on the work surface. We put on gloves and thoroughly paint the pine cones using a can of paint. Let it dry completely.
2. Cut a ribbon 24 cm long. Fold it into a loop and attach the pine cones to the base with hot glue. We wait until everything dries and decorate with bows, beads, and other decorative elements at your request.
3. All that remains is to generously spray the cone with varnish and sprinkle with glitter of a suitable color. We remove the excess simply by shaking the cone. You can also just use glitter hairspray. And the beautiful decorations for the New Year tree are ready. By the way, no worse than store-bought ones.
To work, you don’t have to use only blue colors; you can use absolutely any colors you want.
Cones decorated with ordinary beads also look no less interesting. We make a pendant from a beautiful cord, and attach multi-colored beads to the cone itself using hot glue:
And how cute the owls or baby gnomes will look. To do this you will need small pieces of felt or decorative cardboard:
Christmas tree decorations made from plastic bottles
Such cute toys are considered the easiest to make, but they open up the flight of your imagination. There are so many ideas you can implement!
Bells on the Christmas tree will be a great decoration
Here are some cool bells you can make from baby yogurt
It's very easy to make snowflakes, you need to take bottles of the same size, cut off the bottom, decorate them with paints in the form of winter decor and attach a ribbon, that's all.
DIY Christmas balls - creative and very original!
Christmas tree decoration made from light bulbs
And you can create such beauty from light bulbs! Both the snowmen and penguins turn out incredibly beautiful!
Beautiful Christmas tree toys made of paper and cardboard for children in kindergarten (with templates and diagrams)
If you have very small children in your house, but still want to decorate the Christmas tree, paper balls. They are beautiful and will not break if dropped.
You will need:
- 2 sheets different colors(this can be colored or decorative paper, sheets for scrapbooking are also suitable);
- beads and beads (of a suitable shade);
- juice tube;
- ribbon;
- threads;
- needle;
- pencil;
- ruler;
- scissors.
Stages of work:
1. Cut 10 strips from each sheet, measuring 12 by 1 cm. From the remaining paper, cut out 4 circles, up to 1.5 cm in diameter. After this, we begin to string the parts onto a needle and thread in the following order: 1 bead, 1 large bead, 1 paper circle. After which it was time for paper strips. We alternate wearing one strip of each color until we use it all up. The strips must be pierced at a distance of 5 millimeters from the edge.
To make the ball neat, you should mark required places in advance.
2. Then we put on another circle and a tube about 6 cm long.
3. Now you can proceed to stringing the strips from the second end. This must be done carefully so as not to disrupt the sequence in which the stripes were worn from the very beginning. Otherwise, the ball simply won’t work out.
4. Straighten the stripes and give them a spherical shape. To secure, we put on another circle, then a bead. Fasten the thread and cut it off. On top we sew a pendant loop from a beautiful ribbon and beautiful ball ready!
You can make a large number of different Christmas tree decorations from paper strips. For example, this snowman:
Or Grandfather Frosts:
We also offer you templates for simple toys that you simply need to print on a color printer, cut and glue:
By the way, using templates you can make very light toys, even a 4-year-old child can handle them. Simply cut out the required number of templates, bend them in half and glue them together, placing a beautiful rope inside for hanging:
As you can see in this example, the figure can be anything, be it a Christmas tree, a bear or even a star:
Do-it-yourself voluminous Christmas tree decorations made of felt (patterns inside)
Of course, felt is not a handy material, but we couldn’t forget about decorations made from this material. The toys turn out so cute and soft. The main thing is to choose the templates you like and purchase felt in the desired color. And needlewomen probably have multi-colored scraps of this material somewhere. Now is the time to use them!
You will need:
- bear template;
- felt;
- threads;
- needle;
- scissors;
- thin ribbon for hanging;
- black beads for eyes;
- padding polyester or other filler;
- decorative decorations.
Stages of work:
Using the template, cut out 2 parts of the bear. To one of them we sew beaded eyes, a black felt nose and a mouth. Decorate with ribbons or small buttons. All that remains is to put the parts together and carefully sew them by hand or on a machine. We start from the bottom and gradually fill it with synthetic padding as we sew it together. At the very top we sew a ribbon for hanging.
We use the same principle to make the rest of the Christmas tree decorations:
And here are the templates for them:
So feel free to create, and if you don’t have a printer, just hold a piece of paper to the screen and draw the outlines with a pencil. You can also draw your own templates. After all, they are simple.
Christmas decorations made from cotton wool and cotton pads: simple and quick with step-by-step instructions
Christmas tree decorations made of cotton wool have been known to many since childhood. They are not difficult to make, but they look so beautiful. Therefore, a festive mood will be guaranteed. We will make a snowman in a hat.
You will need:
- cotton wool;
- PVA glue;
- glue moment;
- water;
- soap;
- glitter;
- plasticine;
- a piece of fabric for a scarf;
- barrel from Kinder Surprise.
Stages of work:
1. We soap our hands and begin to roll 2 cotton balls. One of medium size is for the body, the second is slightly smaller for the head.
To ensure that the cotton balls come out neat, soap your hands several times as needed.
Let them dry.
2. At this time, dilute the PVA glue with a small amount of water and add some glitter. Cover the dried body and head with the resulting mixture and again let it dry completely.
3. From plasticine we sculpt a carrot-nose, eyes and buttons. Cut a scarf from a piece of fabric. And from the lid of a Kinder barrel we make a hat. We cover it with plasticine, then grease it with PVA glue and sprinkle it with glitter. Glue all the parts with super glue. We made the handles from dry grass branches and also glued them on.
This is how you can quickly and easily get an excellent holiday snowman. Here are a couple more cuties. They are made entirely of cotton wool and painted with the following paints:
Well, in addition to them, you can add crafts from cotton pads. For example, angels or Grandfather Frosts:
City Christmas tree toy 2019 made of foam plastic for a school competition
What kind of toy can be made from foam plastic? The first thing that comes to mind is a Christmas ball. We will show you how to make a ball in the style of 2019. Which means it will be a pig! Why not decorate the Christmas tree with the symbol of the New Year? Moreover, it is done quickly and easily.
You will need:
- foam ball (4.6 cm in diameter);
- fabric and fleece for a hat;
- pink nylon;
- padding polyester;
- paints and markers;
- 2 small half beads for eyes;
- blush;
- hairspray;
- ribbons;
- glue.
Stages of work:
1. Cut a circle with a diameter of 7.5 cm from nylon. We tighten a piece along the edge with a thread and “pack” a foam ball into it. The suspension loop will be located in the same place. Therefore, we insert a piece of wire or a sewing pin on top of the ball. We tie a ribbon on it.
2. Now let's move on to sewing the hat. From a suitable fabric, cut out a rectangle measuring 16 by 8 cm. From fleece, cut out a piece measuring 16 by 4 cm. Fold the fleece in half and sew it to the main part of the hat. We sew the cap along the length and get a cylinder, turn it inside out. The piggy hats are ready! We put it on the ball.
3. We also make the nose from nylon. Cut out a small circle, tie it with thread along the edge and put in a little padding polyester. Don't forget to make two nostrils. Glue the finished heel to the middle of the ball's head.
4. Now it’s the turn of the peephole. We also glue them or paint them. Covering them with your finger, spray the toy with hairspray. Let it dry completely and tint the pig’s cheeks and draw a mouth with a black felt-tip pen.
5. We cut out the ears from fleece, tint them with blush and attach them to the hat with glue. We tie a ribbon at the top of the cap. And the pig ball is ready!
Or you can simply decorate a foam ball with sequins, which are secured with special sewing pins or small nails:
Here's an original way to make a ball for a Christmas tree
And this is what happens if you make flowers from corrugated paper
But in general super idea decorate the foam ball with cinnamon sticks
New Year's toys for a street tree made from disks
If you have a Christmas tree on the street or you need to make a toy for the city Christmas tree, then we suggest making such toys from disks. They look very beautiful and this material is perfect for the street. And I think there are disks in almost every home).
Video master class Christmas tree crafts to the city Christmas tree.
But these are not all ideas, look what kind of Christmas tree you can make from CDs
It turned out to be a very nice flat ball.
That's all for me! I really hope that you will like the toys and that you will be happy to create such beauty.
Such homemade products decorate the green beauty in a very original way, and they don’t take much time at all, even the kids can handle some of them themselves.
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Decorating the New Year's interior plays an important role in preparing for the New Year. Making New Year's decorations for the Christmas tree with your own hands will not only be a good solution in organizing decor, but also an interesting creative process. All family members, including children, can be involved in this activity. In our article we have collected material on how, with the help of the most simple materials You can decorate your Christmas tree beautifully and elegantly without having to buy expensive decorations. In addition to the publication we have added 45 interesting photos New Year's toys "handmade".
DIY Christmas tree decorations - collecting materials, accessories and preparations
If you decide to make interesting New Year's toys for your Christmas tree as decoration, you should first prepare everything necessary materials and tools. Since the variety of such needlework is very large, we will consider the most basic accessories, which include pencil, glue (PVA and hot-melt gun), brushes, acrylic paint and gouache, scissors, threads. Crafts such as a DIY Christmas tree decoration can have many options, but one way or another, you need to acquire glitter, varnish, beads, and bright braid. In general, it will help make the toys truly New Year’s, giving them a charming shine and uniqueness.
Materials can include scraps of fabric, colored and white paper, cardboard, colorful napkins, polystyrene foam, light bulbs, cereals and even dough.
DIY Christmas toy dog for the Christmas tree - a symbol of the coming year
Since the Year of the Yellow Dog awaits us ahead, it is necessary that New Year's interior, in particular, this symbol was present on the Christmas tree. A DIY dog toy for the Christmas tree can be made in different ways. The simplest one is to cut out a dog from cardboard, adding eyes, ears, and a mouth to it - you can keep your child busy with this creative process. Draw a template and cut it out, and the children will use the template to make many of these small dogs, decorate them and make a garland out of them, hanging them on a long thread or tinsel.
While they are busy with such a fascinating process, you can make New Year’s toys for the Christmas tree with your own hands for 2018, “dogs” from fabric. Felt fabric is often used for these purposes, which holds its shape well and has a rich palette of colorful colors. In the photo in our article we have collected examples of patterns that will help you sew cute doggies. After cutting out the blanks, sew them together and stuff them with padding polyester (don’t forget to insert the ears). The eyes can be made from beads, and a small red cap with a loop can be sewn onto the head.
Bones, also sewn from fabric or made from puff pastry, will help to appease the mistress of the coming year, the recipe for which will be discussed in further material.
How to make Christmas toys with your own hands from paper
Colored and white paper give a lot of scope for creativity. It is especially easy for children to work with this material. It allows you to create a wide variety of decorations: garlands, New Year's toys and snowflakes with your own hands. In order to make the simplest chain garland you need to take colored paper, it is better that it is double-sided. Cut out thin strips of 1 cm of equal length from it at your discretion. Using PVA glue, glue the ends of the first strip together. We thread each next strip into the previous ring, also glue it together and get a link. This garland can be used to decorate a Christmas tree or the walls and ceiling of a room.
To make multi-colored “snowflakes” for your Christmas tree with your own hands, you need four sheets of paper of different colors. We cut out symmetrical snowflakes from them, as shown in the photo, bend them in half and glue them together with edges, not forgetting to insert a loop. In this way you can make bells, stars, etc. If you make three balls of different sizes and glue them closely onto one thread, you will get a three-dimensional snowman.
Original DIY Christmas toys for a Christmas tree made from light bulbs
If a light bulb burns out in your home, don’t rush to throw it away; it can become an excellent material for making a variety of decorations. For example, you can make Christmas tree decorations from light bulbs with your own hands (photos are presented in the article) using the decoupage technique. For this you will need beautiful napkins. The light bulb can be pre-painted with white acrylic paint. We cut out an image from a napkin, and applying it to the surface, using a brush, apply PVA glue on top. You need to work very carefully so that “ribs” do not form, since it will be very difficult to level them so as not to damage the design.
While the toy is still wet, you can sprinkle it with glitter (they will also help hide some flaws). The loop can be glued using a heat gun. Light bulbs can be painted by making Christmas tree decorations with your own hands in the form of Santa Clauses, dogs, penguins, snowmen, etc. in this way you will create original, unique decorations, practically without material costs.
DIY New Year's bell toys
The bell is an integral attribute of the New Year, since at all times it was believed that its ringing drives away evil forces and protects the house from various troubles. A bell can be cut out of cardboard, decorated with beads, sparkles and a loop. There are also other simple ways to make New Year's bell toys with your own hands. For example, sew. Any fabric is used for these purposes.
Make a template on cardboard. Cut out the blanks according to the template, sew them together, stuffing them with padding polyester or fabric scraps in the process. Make a loop. The product can be trimmed with beads, decorated with small multi-colored buttons, sprinkled with glitter, after applying glue to the surface.
Another way to make New Year's toys in the form of bells with your own hands is to use plastic, namely glasses and bottles. You can wrap the glass in foil (for glue), make a hole in the bottom with an awl and pull through a loop. The edges of the product can be decorated with tinsel or artificial snow. In a plastic bottle, you need to cut off the top part, which is with a cap, and decorate it with paints. We also make a loop on which we tie a large bow. While the paint is still wet, you can apply a layer of glitter.
DIY Christmas toy clock for the Christmas tree
A beautiful decoration reminiscent of the approaching celebration will be a DIY New Year's toy clock for the Christmas tree. You can do it using cardboard box, which is sure to be found in everyone’s home. The most important thing is to cut the roof correctly. To do this, you need to draw it on the front and rear panels and cut it off, and cut the top strip above them in half and glue the roof together, thus forming two gentle slopes. In the future, they can be decorated with cotton wool or white tinsel in the form of snow.
We paint the blank and, after drying, proceed to designing the dial. You can simply draw it using a compass, stick on numbers and arrows cut out of colored paper, use buttons and other materials. You can make your own New Year's Christmas tree clock toys using DVDs, which are easy to draw on with a marker, to decorate the dial.
Having decorated the dial in a way convenient for you, we begin decorating using artificial snow, beads, tinsel and other materials. If our clock will hang on the tree, we need to make a loop to the roof by piercing two holes with an awl and stretching the braid. At the bottom you can put two cords in the same way and decorate them with cones. Your DIY Christmas tree clock toy is ready.
DIY Christmas toys for the street tree
It’s also worth considering decorations for the street - this could be a DIY New Year’s toy for a city tree or for a green beauty in the courtyard of a private house. In any case, it is necessary to choose the right material that will not be afraid of moisture. For example, it is very good to use for these purposes plastic bottles, which are suitable both in size and in terms of moisture resistance and ductility of the material.
The easiest way is to make a large candy toy by wrapping a bottle in bright foil and twisting the ends. It can be decorated with bows and a loop attached. With the help of paints, a large 5-liter bottle can easily be transformed into a fairy-tale house, and charming New Year's penguin toys for the Christmas tree with your own hands, photos of which are posted in our article, will become a real fairy-tale decoration.
New Year's bells can be made from flower pots. Wrap them in foil, glue on multi-colored tinsel, bows, and ribbons. You can connect two bells together, make a loop and decorate it with a star.
Polystyrene foam can also become good material in order to make Christmas tree decorations with your own hands. Cut a circle out of it, treat it with golden sparkles or wrap it in tinsel, first smearing it with glue. Thus, you will get a blank for a wreath. Below you can make a composition from pine cones, artificial flowers, berries and other materials, which can also be given a golden hue. Attach at the top lush bow and a loop.
The ideas for DIY Christmas tree decorations are endless. Looking around, you can find a lot of material that is perfect for decorating the New Year's beauty's decorations. Imagine, experiment and don’t forget to involve children with their unbridled imagination in this exciting process.
DIY Christmas tree decorations - 45 beautiful photos updated: December 13, 2017 by: Kyiv Irina
Everyone wants to give a surprise to their loved ones on Christmas and New Year. And you can bring the celebration closer with your creative powers. Take note original ideas, which we have collected in the selection below, and then the upcoming winter holidays will sparkle with completely new colors. Don’t be afraid to create, involve everyone at home in the process - this will bring the family closer, and maybe even become the beginning of a new tradition.
Winter flowers
It’s not difficult to make a beautiful New Year’s tree bloom. In order to make such Christmas and New Year toys with your own hands on the eve of 2018, you don’t even need to use special colored paper, opting for old books or newspapers. Such buds will look original, and you will pay tribute to the currently fashionable eco-trend. So let's get started:
- cut out a perfect square from paper;
- fold it in the same way as shown in the photo;
- repeat this with the remaining 4 sheets of paper;
- glue the resulting blanks together to form a flower;
- We decorate the middle with tinsel, beads, in a word, anything that seems suitable to you.
Ice shards
Who would have thought that old CDs could be used to create such creative balloons? Yes, in most cases, making New Year's Christmas tree decorations will not require either serious material expenditure or the skills of a professional designer. This is what the next master class proves.
To work, you will need transparent (in principle, you can also use colored) plastic or glass balls, an unnecessary CD, scissors, and a glue gun.
- using scissors, cut the CD into pieces of arbitrary shape and size;
- Apply droplets of glue to the surface of the ball and fix the “mirror” fragments in the desired order, evenly covering the ball on all sides and leaving no empty spaces.
The result is a wonderful toy, no different from expensive designer works. Their soft shine will perfectly complement the overall impression of a magnificent Christmas tree.
Cute snowflakes
A simple but wonderful decoration in its laconism is snowflakes. Base material... bushings left over from use toilet paper or kitchen towels. Also stock up on scissors, glue, decorative elements in the form of large rhinestones and thin fishing line. The whole process looks like this step by step:
- we crush the sleeve, pressing it well from the edges;
- cut the bushing into strips of equal width. The resulting elements are visually reminiscent of flower petals;
- glue the resulting blanks together in the center so that you get a flower;
- decorate the middle with rhinestones;
- We thread a fishing line through one of the petals. That's it, the snowflake is ready to float near the branches of your Christmas tree.
Felt fantasy
Here are some more fun DIY crafts. The toy can become either an independent element of holiday decor or act as an integral part of an entire garland.
- Cut out a square from felt of the desired color;
- draw it out as shown in the photo;
- cut along the lines with a stationery knife, not reaching the center;
- glue the strips together, folding the corners on top of each other;
- we alternate actions alternately from one side to the other;
- We hang the finished toy on a fishing line, decorating it with beads.
If desired, you can create a whole vertical garland from several similar parts, interspersing them with beads. The toy can be hung on the Christmas tree or placed in the interior.
Snowball fight
It’s very easy to make fluffy lumps of snow that won’t melt no matter how warm it is in your house. We use foam blanks in the form of balls, mother-of-pearl beads, sewing pins, glue, scissors, braid. The process of making such a toy comes down to the following steps:
- string beads onto pins;
- Having coated the end of the pins with glue for better fixation, we stick them into the ball;
- We continue this until we cover the entire surface of the toy with beads;
- We attach a braid or ribbon to the ball, using which we will hang the decoration on the Christmas tree.
Funny ninjas
Small ninja toys with cute moving eyes will save your home’s beautiful Christmas tree from being too formal. After all, looking at such New Year decorations, I involuntarily want to smile.
To work, you will need very few materials: dark opaque balls (they can even be made of plastic), narrow ribbons of different colors, toy eyes (a pair for each ninja).
- We wrap each ball with two turns of ribbon, securing the improvised fighter’s bandage to a knot at the back. For greater reliability, the tape can be placed on glue.
- We glue the eyes to the ribbon on the front, that's it - decorations for the New Year can be hung on the Christmas tree.
Beauty cone
Fits perfectly into New Year's decor...an ordinary pine cone. It would seem how unpretentious an accessory it is, and what wonderful toys can be made from it and how many ideas can be realized. The cone can simply be hung by a coarse twine, and the top can be decorated with a beautifully tied bow made of satin ribbon to match the overall color scheme. Or make one from pine cones Christmas trees, crowning them with numerous multi-colored plasticine balls. It seems simple, but it looks really unusual and creative.
Snowflakes made from... pasta
For a thrifty and creative housewife, even pasta can become the basis for creating amazingly beautiful decorations in the New Year 2018. You can give free rein to your imagination here - after all, every new snowflake may be completely different from the previous one. All you need to do is stock up on as much as possible different types pasta in the nearest supermarket (flowers, Christmas trees, spirals, shells, etc.). You also cannot do without glue, white paint and braid (ribbon, fishing line, thread) for hanging.
We form the pattern starting from the center, maintaining symmetry. How the toys turn out depends only on your imagination. We glue the parts of the decoration together with glue. At the end of the work, paint the snowflake in white, additionally decorating the decor with sparkles to your liking.
New Year's toys with sequins - festive glamor
You can surprise your loved ones on Christmas and New Year's Eve by making unusual, shiny decorations for the Christmas tree with your own hands. The special beauty of creating such balls is the process itself, which is addictive and very simple. So, we stock up on a small foam ball that fits easily in your hand, sequins of any color, and sewing pins.
We fix the sequins to the ball with pins, as shown in the photo, and proceed sequentially, placing the shiny elements close to each other, avoiding gaps. When the ball is ready, all that remains is to place an element in its upper part to fix the decoration on the tree.
Who wants some ice cream?
Do you like ice cream? Why not decorate the Christmas tree with your favorite delicacy for the New Year, especially since you don’t need a lot of materials for this. It is enough to find thick paper to imitate waffle cones and colored napkins or small pieces of compressed paper, a needle, and thin fishing line. Having formed a cone from thick paper, we make ice cream balls from colored paper, the number of which depends on your desire. Then we form a loop from the fishing line, by which our sweets will be hung on the tree, and we thread it through our balls, as was done in the photo.
Rooster on the Christmas tree
It will look good made of paper or other materials. You can make a lot of these cockerels and collect the pendants into a garland to decorate your home. If you're going to do paper cockerel, take cardboard as a base, which you will paste over on both sides.
- You will need multi-colored sheets of colored paper (you can use colored cardboard) and a sheet of cardboard. Draw the silhouette of a rooster on cardboard and cut it out.
- Using a cardboard blank as a template where necessary, draw the details on colored paper (cardboard): head, torso, wings and tail - first fold the sheets in half so as not to waste time preparing blanks for the second side.
- The next stage: we cut out our blanks.
- Now we glue the parts made of colored paper (cardboard) onto the cardboard blank. After the cockerel has assembled into a whole picture, you can decorate it with sparkles, beads - whatever comes to mind.
- Make a hole in the blank, thread a ribbon and hang it on the tree.
You can make a similar toy from felt and also use it to decorate a Christmas tree.
Draw the pattern by hand or use any ready-made one, for example, this one:
Homemade cockerels made using the origami technique will look original.
pillow toy
A difficult, but very exciting activity in making toys is creating a pillow in the form of a symbol of the year, which will delight you not only in the year of the Rooster, but much longer. You will need a pattern, fabric, filling, felt (depending on the chosen model), threads and needles. Here it's a matter of small things, we trace the pattern, sew the parts together, leaving a hole to fill the pillow with filler. We turn it inside out, put the filling inside the toy, and sew it up until the end.
There is also a more complex plan with fabric painting - this is batik, thanks to which the pillow will acquire a bright color. After you have traced the cockerel on the fabric, paint it using special paints; they can be replaced with gouache if you mix it with PVA glue. We leave it for a day so that the paint dries and continue to finish the pillow in the shape of a rooster.
From salt dough
Children are often asked to bring some New Year's crafts to school competitions. Make it from salt dough. A craft made from bioceramics can become a great gift from children to grandparents. Moreover, this activity is so exciting that it quite claims to be a hobby.
Before you make a toy from salt dough, you need to prepare the dough itself. To prepare the dough, use fine table salt, regular wheat flour and water in a ratio of 2:4:2, respectively. First, mix flour and salt, and then add warm water, kneading the dough thoroughly for at least 10 minutes.
There is another recipe for making dough. In this case, take flour and salt in the same proportions, only the flour is pre-sifted. You need to take a little less than 1 1/3 cups of water. The cooking method will vary. According to this recipe, water must be brought to a boil and salt dissolved in it. Only then is flour added.
When the dough is ready, start making crafts. If you are making crafts with your child, simplify the task by taking cookie cutters, for example, in the shape of Christmas trees or bunnies - you will get wonderful Christmas tree decorations. Make a toy (you can use beads or beads for decoration), don’t forget to make a hole at the top. To harden the toy, it is left for 24 hours or baked in the oven. After the toy has hardened, it is painted with acrylic paints, gouache, watercolors, allowed to dry well and covered with either clear varnish for nails, or nitro varnish for wood. Thread a thread or ribbon through the hole. So the New Year's gift is ready.
Photo ideas for crafts made from salt dough
Soap figures
Soap is always useful. A little unexpectedly, soap can also be used to decorate a Christmas tree. Soap toys for the Christmas tree are made by hand. The process is simple. First, we grate the baby soap on a coarse grater, melt it in a hot bath (make sure no bubbles form), pour the liquid into a mold and leave until it hardens.
- If you want to make colored soap with a pleasant aroma, then add dyes to the base - these can be either food coloring or the juice of berries or vegetables, for example, cherries, beets, carrots. Smell can be added using perfumes or flavorings.
- If instead baby soap use ready-made transparent soap base, then you can make soap with a “filler”. After you fill the mold halfway with melted soap, let it sit for 20-30 minutes, put a slice of lemon or orange on top, coffee beans and fill the mold completely with soapy liquid.
- In order for the soap to also have a beneficial cosmetic effect, ground coffee is added to the base, which will work as a scrub, various oils, lemon zest, ground oatmeal. Such a toy, which doubles as an excellent gift, will definitely not go unnoticed.
Big toys
Using threads, you can also create wonderful decorations rather large - giants. Just inflate the balloon, wrap it with a thread soaked in PVA glue and leave it for 24 hours. After drying, the ball is burst, leaving an airy New Year's toy made of threads, which, for decorative purposes, can be coated with silver or gold paint, decorated with beads, seed beads, sequins, and ribbons. Thread the ribbon and the accessory is ready. If you prepare two or three balls of different sizes, you can make a snowman.
Christmas trees are made from threads using the same principle. Use a Whatman paper cone as the base on which you will wind the thread. You can make such a toy in miniature if you take a simple sheet of cardboard instead of whatman paper. Light beads and ribbon bows are useful for decoration.
By the way, use a cone of whatman paper for the base if you are going to make Father Frost and the Snow Maiden. It is enough to glue such a cone, paint it, or make clothes from paper or fabric. The head can be an inflated balloon with a painted face.
For giant toys, boxes from under household appliances, which can be covered with foil, colored paper, appliqués, or even made into a Nutcracker.
