Needlework New Year's hand-made articles the hands. We make beautiful Christmas trees from old newspapers, magazines, packaging

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

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

Here we decided to make such a fabulous house with our own hands today. Join, because the fairy tale has already begun!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Decoupage - decorate a bottle of champagne for the New Year

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

For decoration you will need:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Plasticine mittens - winter crafts

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

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

What you need to use for sculpting mittens:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fasten the mittens to complete the planned craft.

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

New Year's deer made of felt - DIY craft

The New Year's deer is a very common symbol of the upcoming holiday. Soft toy in the form of this cute animal, made with your own hands, can serve as an excellent decoration for the New Year tree, as well as a pleasant souvenir, presented from the bottom of your heart.

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

For work, we need the following materials:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Glue on the eyes.

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

New Year's souvenir is ready!

DIY New Year's Topiary

DIY candles - crafts for the New Year

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

Necessary materials:

old candles;
toothpicks;
small sticks;
molds.

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

Preparing molds.

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

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

Then we dip it in wax.

Place any stick on top to secure the wick.

Let the candles dry overnight.

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

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

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

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

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

DIY Christmas composition with hats

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

Necessary materials:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Similarly, make hats of other colors.

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

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

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

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

Detailed master classes step by step photos here - .

Wreath for New Year and Christmas from willow branches

The next master class is DIY Christmas Wreath.

To make jewelry, take the following materials:

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

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

Let's start forming a wreath.

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

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

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

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

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

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

As a result, we got such beautiful decorative cones.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For work you will need:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Year's boot with a bunny

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

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

for modeling new year gift prepare:

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

How to do New Year's crafts plasticine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For work you will need the following materials:

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

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

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

Watch the video tutorial on how to do this Christmas decoration- do-it-yourself ballerina snowflakes.

Volumetric foam snowflakes

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

DIY Christmas toys.

New Year is the time of a real fairy tale, when something that can only be called a miracle happens. Do-it-yourself Christmas crafts will certainly add magic and a festive atmosphere to your home, both in their appearance and in the manufacturing process, which you need to involve all family members in!

Postcards

Let's start with postcards - the most popular New Year's souvenirs.

Such a cute postcard can be made in just 15 minutes -

A little more difficult to execute (but all the more interesting!) postcards using the Scrapbooking technique.

Snowflakes

How to do christmas snowflakes from felt, beads, polymer clay, dough, as well as knitted, embroidered and many other options for their manufacture, see

It is very easy to make a snowflake from glue: in order to make it, you need to draw a snowflake on wax paper (greased with dishwashing detergent) using a glue gun. After drying, separate the snowflake from the paper and fasten a thread on it, for which you will hang the snowflake on the Christmas tree. Lubricate with PVA glue and sprinkle with sparkles. Ready!

Christmas toys

New Year's toys can be made from absolutely various materials, you just have to turn on your imagination and add a drop of New Year's magic)

You can make a New Year's toy from any children's toy, just by adding sparks) Coat the figure with glue and sprinkle with sparkles

Making such a sheep is very simple - you will need cotton buds, cardboard, sticks for legs and a ribbon. The process of its creation - in the photo:

Here is such a wonderful goat can be bent from ordinary wire.

How do you like this paper sheep? It's very easy to make it!

You can make a lot of things out of paper. interesting crafts. Here, for example, a lump of paper:

And crafts from real pine cones Even kids will love to do it.

Christmas toy in Kanzashi technique

You can make such a wonderful toy after reading this master class.

Christmas decorations from old light bulbs

To make such Christmas decorations, you will need old light bulbs that you need to coat with glue and sprinkle with sparkles, paint with acrylics or decorate using Decoupage technique. A string for hanging toys can be glued or wrapped around the thread.

Christmas trees

Christmas trees can be made from anything. Here are 25 options for New Year's beauties!

snowmen

Snowmen can be sewn or embroidered, glued from paper or cardboard, painted with paints.

This wonderful snowman is made of children's socks) Read how to make it

Christmas wreaths

The easiest way to make such a wreath is spruce branches twisted into a ring and fixed with wire, decorated with beads and bows.

Although when creating wreaths you should not limit your imagination)

To make the next wreath, you will need a wire hanger, Christmas balls and glue. After giving the hanger the shape of a ring, unwind it and put balls on the wire, fixing them in the right places with glue.

Garlands

To make simple garlands, use colored paper, scissors and stapler:

You should get something like this:

Now, taking the workpiece by the edges and spreading the arms to the sides, we will get such a piece of the garland:

By connecting several similar pieces together, we get a long garland, which, however, can also be hung vertically.

In order to protect the environment or your own convenience.

Do you know that you can make a New Year's beauty from items that are in the house? And if you like to arrange small Christmas trees in rooms, then they can be made of paper according to step-by-step instructions.

I continue to show the most interesting options DIY home or office decorations New Year's holiday. Let's do christmas trees from paper and cardboard, which can be found in every home.

Do not forget to be creative to make your work exclusive. I show the principle of creation, choose the color and material for manufacturing.

First, I'll show you what it will look like. final result, if you like it and imagine what material you will make it from, how to decorate it, then read and look further at the photo how to make such a Christmas tree.

Christmas tree from magazines

Prepare 2 magazines of the same size ... better than one edition. Because the number of pages, their size and paper weight must be the same. You can take an old book that can be torn, it does not have to be color, you can use the usual black and white.

You will also need PVA glue, and if there are wine corks, prepare 5 pieces for the Christmas tree stand.

We take one magazine, open the last page and begin to bend it as in the photo.

First, in half under the corner, then bend the folded page in half again.

Run your fingers firmly along the folds so that the folded page is flat.

Below, outside the magazine, an extra corner sticks out, we bend it along the edge of the magazine and hide it inside the page folded in a triangle.

The page turned into a triangle with a sharp end at the top. We bend it to the left, and on the right half of the magazine we fold the next page exactly like this. And then all the pages to the end.

We do the same work with the second magazine.

If the magazine covers have the same density as the pages, then we also add triangles from them. And if not, then the covers need to be torn off or carefully cut off.

So, the pages of the two magazines have become in the form of triangles, we apply them to each other with the sides where the covers were and carefully glue them in the center.

Actually, the Christmas tree from the magazine is ready. You can leave it as it is, or you can make a stand out of wine corks, for example. We glue 5 identical corks with barrels to each other and this design will stand steadily on the table, we put the Christmas tree on it with glue.

As a stand, you can use any object that fits - a box, a jar, a glass ...

The Christmas tree can be left as it is, or you can decorate it with beads, tinsel.

The same Christmas tree can be made from an old book. To do this, it needs to be torn or torn off 2 parts with an approximately equal number of pages.

We fold the same way as magazines. Lubricate the finished Christmas tree with a little glue, it can be uneven, and sprinkle with sparkles. You can sprinkle the Christmas tree with green paint from a spray can and immediately sprinkle with Styrofoam crumbs.

Extraordinarily beautiful Christmas tree it turns out if you fold the pages of magazines, as in the video.

Watch the master class.

Paper and cardboard craft

If the house has unnecessary cardboard from simple and multi-colored packaging or packing thick multi-colored paper, then I will show you how to make a Christmas tree using only scissors and glue. To make the Christmas tree more beautiful, stock up on curly paper scissors and a wooden skewer.

First, make blanks from circles of different diameters, 3 circles of the same size. Reduce the diameter of the following circles by 1 cm.

In the center of the circles, make holes with the diameter of the skewer on which we will string them.

The diameter of the upper small circles is 2 cm.

The Christmas tree will turn out more beautiful if the circles are cut with curly scissors.

Cut out circles with a diameter of about 2 cm from plain cardboard for spacers between the colored circles. Make holes in the center of the circles as well.

For the stand, cut out a cardboard square for the stand, insert a skewer into its center and drip a drop of glue. The side of the square is 1 cm less than the diameter of the large circle.

We round the corners of the square or you can immediately cut a circle for the stand.

We begin the assembly - we string circles alternately, between them we string a small cardboard circle.

We cut off the excess end of the skewer, glue an asterisk made of bright or shiny material on the top of the Christmas tree.

Christmas tree made of newsprint

Let's make a miracle out of newspapers! Surprise your family and guests!

First, we will learn how to make roses, using red paper as an example, but for our craft, I think it’s more original from newspapers.

The number of roses depends on the size of the cone on which you will stick them.

Making paper roses

The execution scheme is in the photo, and read the description below.

We cut squares of 10x10 cm from the newspaper, draw spirals on them and then cut them out. The thickness of the spiral is at least 1 cm.

We take a spiral and begin to roll it tightly, starting from the outer end. We turn tightly, fix the end with glue.

For the central part of the rose, we make it smaller and even smaller for the upper part.

If desired, beads of any color can be glued to the center of the roses. Or, on the finished Christmas tree, glue the beads in the center of some roses, distributing them evenly. Beads can be either the same color or different colors.

We start the assembly by gluing a cone made of cardboard or drawing paper, you can buy a ready-made foam cone. The cone must be pasted over with newsprint.

We begin to stick roses from below, you can glue them tightly, or a little looser.

Decorate the crown with one of the small Christmas decorations or an asterisk.

We make from cardboard rolls

Everything is useful in the household! We don’t throw away cardboard rolls from toilet paper, we collect and make a cardboard Christmas tree for the holiday.

Don't worry, no one will even guess what material this miracle is made of!

Watch the master class in the video and do it. Stop the video at the right places, then turn on and view the next step, stop the video and do the work. The video can be returned back by dragging the slider on the timeline to the left and view the desired segment again.

Successful creativity!

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