DIY Christmas decorations: snowflakes, Christmas tree balls, garlands, wreaths. Styrofoam ball decorated with rhinestones. Ideas for creativity in creating New Year's toys

New Year is a special holiday. And in the pre-New Year's turmoil, the second most powerful, after the desire to quickly sit down at the table, is the desire to make New Year's toys with your own hands. It is not customary to reckon with the expenses for the New Year; the festive industry, we must give it its due, the demand is trying in every possible way to satisfy and does not prescribe insane markups: the goods are in demand, profit will be so. But the variety is so great that do not expect uniqueness from the purchase, somewhere the same is still on sale. So I want something from my own hands and with a piece of my soul.

In this article - part, however, is quite extensive, of the boundless sea: how to make Christmas decorations with your own hands. Let's touch on a very popular wreath on the door and styles of decorating the Christmas tree. Of course, there are more than enough New Year themes for home craftsmen with craftswomen and their little helpers: decorating a room, a festive table, a homemade Christmas tree, and much more. Making a lush and fragrant Christmas tree with your own hands, for example, is not difficult, and living trees remain on the vine, and do not go under the ax. But you can’t immediately embrace the immensity like that. Therefore, for now, we will limit ourselves to Christmas tree decorations. But! Take a look at fig. Part, and most, of all these Christmas tree decorations is made by hand. Including the bell at the top right next to the red apple. See? It used to be a glass of yogurt. Like? Then, as they say, you are here. We will do no worse.

The material is designed primarily for New Year's do-it-yourselfers who do not own complex technologies and do not have a home workshop at their disposal. To make the Christmas decorations described below, you will need scissors, an awl, a sharp knife with a thin blade (scalpel or mounting), thread, a sewing needle, nail clippers or side cutters, and tweezers or small pliers. Also - PVA glue, superglue (cyanoacrylate instant) and, in some cases, "Moment" or its analogues. For certain types of toys - some other small household tool or household utensils. What other materials will be needed, simple and affordable, we'll see along the way. All the work can be done on the table, covering it with a film or covering it with cardboard.

Miscellaneous tricks and tricky differences

No workflow is possible without the right technology. We don’t need workshops with robots, we need to make do with what is at hand. In order for homemade New Year's crafts to please both the hands at work and the eyes ready, you need to learn a few simple ways to prepare blanks and materials for Christmas tree decorations and the rules for their use.

Shine

Now, for some reason, almost everything shiny for the New Year is called glitter; in Russian - shine. Reading the manuals, sometimes, and with considerable personal experience, it is difficult to figure out what is meant: sequins, colored laminated paper, thin shiny plastic film, metallic paint, or some new product in general.

We'll start with the glitter; can't do without them. Sequins for Christmas decorations are inexpensive, but in the outback they may simply not be on sale. In this case, a manual noodle cutter (see the figure on the right) and a foil baking sleeve will help out. The noodle cutter needs to be manual; the powerful motor of the food processor does not feel the unusual material, and the nozzle will immediately become clogged, or even broken. Manually, the work goes well:

• From the roll, the sleeves are cut off with a knife, a part about 10-12 cm wide.
• Gradually unwinding the aluminum tape, pass it through the machine.
• Then, and it is possible in the course of work, if there is an assistant, they finely chop the “noodles” with scissors. The kids like it if there are not enough scissors for everyone, not far from the fight.

Instead of foil, you can also use glitter, which is a shiny colored plastic film. And another note: do not try to replace shredder assistants with mechanization in the form of a meat grinder. “Noodles” instead of sequins will turn into pellets, and you won’t clean the meat grinder later.

Toys usually “shine” by sprinkling a surface covered with dry PVA, varnish or paint. But you can “shine” with spots; if there are multi-colored sequins - multi-colored. To do this, a portion of the sequins is collected in a straw of the desired diameter, from a very thin one for juice to a hose under 2 cm in diameter for a smoothie or shrimp cocktail, and the desired area is gently blown with sequins. Having adapted to blow, you can also display patterns. In any case, to blow out the stripes (see. Fig.), Long training is not required.

colored varnish

Transparent colored varnish is prepared on the basis of nitro solvents 646, 647, etc. Dye - paste for ballpoint pens. OK. 50 ml of solvent is poured into a glass cup (in a ventilated room!), a writing tip is pulled out of the rod with pliers (carefully, do not get dirty!), And the paste is blown into the solvent. The tone of the paste is very dense, so more than 1 rod is unlikely to be needed. The finished varnish is poured into a vial with a gas-tight stopper and a lid. Pharmaceutical vials from hydrogen peroxide are well suited, they do not need to be washed. The glass (beaker) is washed from the remnants of varnish with the same solvent.

Blanks for balls

In shops and departments "Skillful hands", "Everything for creativity", art, and on New Year's Eve and in gift shops, foam and transparent plastic blanks for balls are sold. Transparent balls are most often filled with something colorful, see fig. on right. For decoration, it is better to take plain ready-made balls, they are cheaper and are sold everywhere. We'll see what we can do with them.

In the meantime, let's see where to get away from the centers with a large trade turnover and how to prepare very convenient foam balls for work, we will also deal with them for the Christmas tree. The first question is solved simply: there will surely be some kind of fishing and hunting shop within reach. And in it - cheap floats for fishing rods and nets from the same foam balls of different sizes. Are they perforated? So what, it will be easier to attach the suspension loop.

However, the foam corrodes almost any paint and varnish. Almost the only thing that definitely does not spoil it is PVA. Here is PVA and you need to cover the foam blanks before letting them go further into work. Better - twice, with the complete drying of the 1st layer before applying the next. PVA film is quite resistant and will accept painting well.

Note: PVA is also desirable to process inflatable gel balls in those places where the pattern will be applied. And if it was drawn with a gel pen, then it would be nice to protect the drawing in the same way from accidental smearing with wet hands.

Papier mache

Sticky semi-liquid paper mass - papier-mâché - is indispensable in the manufacture of New Year's toys in many cases: knobs are made from it, they mold the basis of funny faces, etc. Usually, for the preparation of papier-mâché, it is advised to take old newspapers, but due to the admixture of printing ink, the tone of the product then comes out dirty. For papier-mâché, it is better to buy clean white newsprint (not glued) paper at the stationery store. Cigarette and mica are no good! Papier-mâché is made like this:

1. The sheet is passed through a noodle cutter or finely cut with scissors.
2. Spread the trimmings in a glass, crushing tightly.
3. A full glass is poured with boiling water and left for 3 hours. Absorbed boiling water must be immediately topped up to the top of the settled paper!
4. The mass from the glass is poured into a bowl and kneaded until the dough or plasticine is thick, gradually adding PVA; should take about 2 tbsp. spoons of glue.
5. The finished papier-mâché is laid out in a jar with a tightly screwed lid; shelf life in a canned vegetable jar lasts up to 6 months.

old light bulbs

Burnt out incandescent light bulbs are an excellent basis for Christmas decorations. However, if you want to fill the flask with something (see Fig.) or cover it with transparent varnish, the question arises: how to separate the flask from the base, open and remove the stem with internal fittings?

The base is separated by boiling: the bulbs are placed in a saucepan with cold water, heated over low heat until a slight boil, and boiled for up to 10 minutes. The fallen off base will not fall to the bottom, it will hang on the wires. After the lamp has cooled down, they are bitten off with side cutters, the tips of scissors or manicure tongs, thrusting them deeper into the socket of the stem.

Next, an emery bar is placed in a large bowl or small basin and water is poured to cover it. Then, with light pressure, in smooth circular motions, erase the side of the flask until the stem falls out; takes 1 lamp up to 5 min. The base, if needed, is glued back with superglue.

Note: you need to work with light bulbs in cotton household gloves, which are used, for example, when cutting fish. Glass is a dangerous material! The second important thing is that only incandescent lamps can be disassembled! In the light tubes of housekeepers - mercury vapor! A negligible amount, but still - mercury is mercury, it is not excreted from the body.

Salty dough

Excellent Christmas toys can be made with your own hands from salt dough, see fig. From its thin layers, figures are cut out with cookie stamps (pos. 1.2), cut out with a thin sharp knife by hand (pos. 3) or according to templates (pos. 4.5). Salt dough is not edible, but it will take any paint with varnishing very well and will allow you to cut very thin contours.

The composition and method of preparation are as follows:

• White wheat flour - 200 g.
• Fine table salt - 200 g.
• Refined sunflower oil - 3 tbsp. spoons.
• Water - 125 ml (a little more than half a glass).

Salt is mixed with flour, then butter is gradually added, kneading all the time. Then water is added also with continuous kneading until the consistency of clay or plasticine. Spread the mass in a plastic bag, and put it in a jar with a tight lid and store it in the refrigerator in the vegetable compartment, up to six months.

In a layer 3-4 mm thick, the dough is rolled out with a round rolling pin. The cut figures are placed on a baking sheet, a sheet of tin, galvanized iron, etc., and dried on a radiator. It is impossible to dry quickly in the oven or just on the table without heating! Drying takes several days; completely dried figures are painted, painted with gel pens, varnished. They, with careful storage, will be enough for more than one New Year; salt dough - the material is quite durable.

Note: You can learn more about Christmas toys from dough from the video below:

Video: Christmas toys from dough

Decoupage

Decoupage, simply - decals - is widely used in New Year's decor. However, not everyone is suitable for Christmas toys. Christmas tree toys need to be decorated with plastic decoupage, which lies on curved surfaces without wrinkles. It can be distinguished (sellers do not always know what they are selling) from the usual one by its protective coating: in this case it is not a film, but a porous napkin. Moisturize and remove before use. The picture is superimposed on the base, unlike flat "translations", in the center, and carefully, in smooth circular motions, smooth to the edges. The best base is a slightly rough layer of PVA applied with a foam swab, or the same layer of white nitro paint.

Note: children decouple most accurately - their fingers have not yet become calloused.

Popcorn

Small popcorn glued with PVA or superglue can in many cases replace papier-mâché. It, like the latter, before use, it is desirable to process the PVA in the same way as the foam, and for the same purpose.

Christmas tree decorations

Snowflakes

The first and simplest way to decorate both the Christmas tree and the whole house is snowflakes. Probably everyone knows how to cut them; just in case, we give a diagram (fig. below) how to cut snowflakes with gaps in the rays.

However, in reality, water crystallizes in a hexagonal pattern, i.e. real snowflakes have 6 rays. Cutting them out in the same way will not work: if the sheet is folded three times, it will not turn into a snowflake, but six times - you get 12 rays. Therefore, if you do not feel sorry for the work of real snowflakes, we give a diagram of the crystallization of water, see fig. on right. It can be used to compose an uncountable set of figures, and for inspiration, or as samples for templates, in fig. below are photographs under a microscope of real snowflakes from a real snowfall. Is it true that human imagination is far from nature? Experts say that 2 identical snowflakes have not yet been seen.

A word about boxes...

Preparing for the New Year in advance, do not throw away small warranty boxes that are no longer guaranteed. They make excellent toys, see fig. Yes, and with surprises can be done. It is interesting then to observe what kind of barter negotiations the “high contracting parties” then start, having discovered that he got a baby doll, and she got a model car.

... about eggs ...

Also excellent toys come out of bird eggs, see fig. below. It is best to take goose or turkey eggs, they are large and strong. At the poles of the eggs, with a gypsy needle or awl, holes are carefully turned and the contents are blown into a cup or bowl; on an omelet or scrambled eggs, in dough, cream, etc. it suits well. And the shell is treated with PVA, like foam, painted, varnished, sprinkled with glitter, rag fragments are glued on, etc. The pink "bump" in the center, for example, is pasted over with dyed popcorn.

… and about nuts

One of the oldest types of Christmas decorations is foil-wrapped walnuts. The thread of the suspension loop was passed along the seam between the shells; now you can just glue it on. Neither is a hindrance to eating. Especially for this, the Nutcracker was placed under the Christmas tree, about which P. I. Tchaikovsky wrote ballet music, which was then used for the opera.

balls

Christmas balls - an immense world in the vast world of Christmas decorations. And in the vast world of Christmas balls there is an immense world of paper balls, if we consider the body of rotation in a smoothly curved surface and regular polyhedrons as a ball. We will deal with all this immensity in the immensity in the immensity now, remembering: everything should be within the power of the child, and in order to do it it was possible at home on the table.

From blanks

First, let's try to change the monotonous finished balls in our own way. The technique is simple, see pic:

1. We select plastic balls cheaper, with a matte dull surface;
2. We paint with white nitro paint;
3. After complete drying, we decouple;
4. Well, how? How much is this in the store? Under the New Year?

Note: and if you don’t feel sorry for the money for a glue gun, and there’s nowhere to put old beads, glass beads, artificial pearls, then here’s another option in the pic .:

Now let's get to the foam. Here the options are much more diverse, see fig. below. Pos. 1 - you will need a figured hole punch from the same craft store. If from the Internet, then order ahead of time; how parcels go on New Year's Eve is known. Next - pins with bead heads, pos. 2 and you're done. The suspension loop is fixed with a piece of a toothpick or a match and a drop of PVA.

Suddenly there is no curly stamp for paper, but there are pins and beads, it turns out a ball-colored hedgehog, pos. 3. Beads are strung on pins, and the tip of each, so that it sits tighter, is dipped before being stuck in PVA. And pos. 4? Guess! Chupa Chups with sticks bitten obliquely (to make it easier to stick in). You can eat directly from the Christmas tree, if adults do not mind. Or quietly, on the other side.

For pos. 4 and 5 already require a glue gun and a workpiece protected by dried PVA. Finishing materials - cord and glass beads or artificial pearls.

From light bulbs

Light bulbs, as mentioned above, blanks for Christmas decorations are difficult, but grateful, see fig. Low-power lamps with a narrow “minion” base and a frosted embossed bulb, pos. 1; it is considered that the finished balls. Light bulbs - "candles" are also not bad, but if you do not remove the stem, they must be immediately after painting / varnishing, until the paint / varnish has dried, sprinkle thickly with gloss, pos. 2. Burnt-out housekeepers of low power in double flasks-“cones” are made on purpose for the New Year: all that remains is to decouple, tie a loop on the base, close it with papier-mâché, and you’re done (pos. 3).

From ordinary light bulbs, you can also do a lot of New Year's things. The easiest way is to get penguins (pos. 4): here you don’t need to be able to draw at all. Barbosov-Shreks can also be made without art education - the shades on the background are made through with a small foam rubber swab, and the line drawing is drawn with gel pens. In the same way, toys are created that require, in addition to talent, and sufficient skill, poses. 5 and 6. In general, a matter of taste and imagination.

Gossamer balls

Thread balls are all the rage right now, and in this case, she didn't go crazy. There are several varieties of them. The first one (pos. 1 in the figure) is an ordinary cheap ball, on which a plastic mesh is stretched, in which garlic and other trifles are packaged in supermarkets. Let's add another bow from the ribbon - already something. Just like the same cheap balls decorated with tulle or organza trimmings, pos. 2.

"Real" gossamer balls are made from glued colored threads, pos. 3, 4. It is best to take threads for satin stitch embroidery, but simple ones will also go with additional decor. The technique is simple: the thread is pulled through the PVA and immediately wound onto an inflatable template lubricated with petroleum jelly. After the glue dries, the template is blown off or simply pierced and removed.

For small Christmas balls-spider webs, the template can be inflated, perhaps, only from a medical fingertip: it has a roller that allows you to hold the workpiece against the lips when inflated; nothing will come out without a roller. Gel and latex balloons are not suitable: so that they do not slip under the thread, they need to be inflated to too large a size.

There are plenty of devices for pulling a thread through glue; one of the simplest ones is shown in Fig. The glass allows you to economically spend glue, and the tray does not let its excess onto the table. The glass is pierced with a needle and thread, glue is poured, pulled, wound. It is only necessary that the assistant hold the “broach”, otherwise, if the thread gets hooked, the glue can turn out onto the table, knees or chair upholstery. An alternative to the helper is a piece of double-sided tape, with which the tray is attached to the countertop. You need to wind dexterously, because. PVA impregnated thread dries quickly.

More about yarn balls

Beautiful thread balls can be made not only in the "spider" technique. The method of making one of the oldest Christmas tree decorations from threads - a pompom ball - is shown in fig. To pos. 5: cut the thread along the rim with a sharp knife or a safety razor blade. Pompom balls look especially impressive if the ends of the threads are tinted with silver, bronze or metallic paint in a contrasting color.

Paper balls and more

We now proceed to the immensity in the immensity - Christmas tree decorations made of paper. It's a whole big world; for example, masters of modular origami create creations from it, clearly confirming: paper is one of the most wonderful materials invented by man, see fig. But we will leave these difficulties for later, and let's deal with what can be done, as they say, with kondachka, and which also looks spectacular.

How to make a simple paper ball for a Christmas tree is shown in fig. Material - thick colored paper, PVA. It is not forbidden to paint, varnish, sprinkle with glitter. If the ball is made of glitter (laminated paper, plastic), you need to glue it with "Moment" or superglue.

Openwork

Next in terms of ease of manufacture, but not in appearance - openwork paper balls; of them, in addition to the Christmas tree, a magnificent decor of the room is obtained. The larger the openwork ball, the easier it is to make and the better it looks. The technique is simple, an example in Fig. deliberately very rough was chosen to show how tolerant the openwork balls are to the neglect of the material and flaws in the work:

1. Paper circles are quilted with a thread or (worse) sewn with a stapler in diameter. Their even or odd number is taken depending on the gluing scheme, see below;
2. They are glued together in pairs in a checkerboard pattern until the entire “booklet” closes into a ball;
3. A loop is glued;
4. The ball is decorated.

And now about what can be achieved from an openwork ball if you do it carefully, patiently and with understanding. First, the generating figure can be any body of revolution. The main thing is that the workpiece should be bilateral, i.e. its right and left halves should be mirror images of each other; quilt a stack of blanks along the axis of symmetry.

Secondly, the places of gluing must also be accurately marked on the “booklet”, by striking with handles along the edge of the foot. Handles - because the places of alternating gluing are marked with 2 different colors. And finally, you need to glue it carefully, putting a drop of glue on each joint. Squeeze to setting not with paper clips, but with your fingers through a plastic wrap. What can be achieved in this way is shown in Fig. on right.

Some stereometry...

Regular polyhedrons are often taken as the basis of a Christmas ball: they look great with skillful decor, and gluing them out of paper is easy if you know how. The very polyhedra suitable for the Christmas tree, without "impurities" of other flat figures, are made up of equilateral triangles and pentagons. Since not everyone knows the basics of stereometry and planimetry, we give their templates inscribed in circles, see fig. The segments (wings) of the circumcircles are not cut off, but are bent and glued together. The balls are glued with the wings out, and the plafonds of the lanterns are inward (see below, about garlands).

The simplest regular polyhedron is a tetrahedron, a trihedral pyramid. However, the ball, which is already a ball, is an octahedron: two 4-sided pyramids glued together with bases without bottoms. How to assemble it can be seen at the top in fig. Even more spectacular are the regular 20-sided triangles of the icosahedron and the regular 12-sided dodecahedron of 5-gons. Many ways of gluing icosahedron balls have been described; dodecahedrons are ignored for some reason. However, if there are templates at your disposal that are inscribed in circles and printed in the desired size, it is easiest and most accurate to glue according to the patterns, below in fig. Coloring, decoration, of course - to your taste.

Note: regular 3- and 5-gons can be used to form polyhedra with any, up to infinity, number of sides.

… and topology

Curved, complex shapes are already dealt with by another science - topology. Not without its application to Christmas decorations. Most of the "topological" decorations, however, are quite difficult to make, so we give only 1, but a very beautiful ball that can be woven without special knowledge and experience. First you will need to print a pattern of blanks on colored paper (see Fig.) And cut them out.

The next step is the layout for gluing according to the template, see next. rice. It is better to draw the template yourself (radii - after 30 degrees), using a compass and a protractor, and a larger size so that you can make balls of different sizes. The sidewall blanks are laid out so that their spouts touch the center and the corresponding radius.

Then, on the center of the “octopus”, more precisely, the twelves, carefully, so as not to knock down the calculation, stick a circle, pos. 1 next. rice. In the same way, they glue the second centipede, turn it over, put the first one on it and intertwine the “tentacles”, pos. 2 and 3. As a result, a ball is obtained such as in pos. 4.

Note: if the "centipedes" are assembled not in one color, but from blanks of alternating colors, then the finished ball will turn out not from rhombuses, but from spiral stripes.

hedgehog and vice versa

A compass with a protractor will also be needed in order to make a papillot ball. It is called so because its "horns" look like paper hair curlers, which curled the style of the past. In fact, this ball looks like a hedgehog. How to do it is shown in Fig:

• Cut out 10 circles and divide into 2 equal piles, 5 in each.
• The circles of each pile are cut along 8 radii at 45 degrees, pos. 1 in fig: 1st half, last 5/6 of the radius; intermediate - gradually increasing the depth of the incision. You need to cut accurately, so it’s better to immediately draw smaller circles on the circles - markers.
• The petals are folded into papillotte cones and glued along the seam.
• Each pile is folded in order of increasing incision depth, with the “needles” displaced along the circumference, pos. 3, and pull it together with a thread in the center so that the “needles” flutter.
• The two halves of the “hedgehog” are folded with their bottoms and finally pulled together with a thread, pos. 4.
• The ball is painted, the ends of the needles are gilded, silvered, sprinkled with sparkles, etc.

Good balls on the same principle can be obtained in a simpler way. To do this, many papillots are folded from circles separately; better - from a silver or golden plastic film. The diameter of the blanks may be different. Then they are placed on the table and leveled in height, trimming the tips. The next step is gluing to the base (large bead, foam or ping-pong ball) with the points inward. It turns out a “hedgehog inside out”, or an anti-papillot ball, see fig. on right. Paper can still be decorated, but shiny is already good.

More paper

The basis of the next series of Christmas tree decorations is an accordion or a paper fan. A small part of what can be done from them is shown in Fig:

The craft on the top row will fit old buttons and a little help from an ordinary clerical hole punch, and for the one below, you will need another scotch ring, etc. However, the ring can also be glued from several layers of paper on a mandrel from a bottle, can, etc. In this case, the mandrel must first be wrapped with plastic wrap so that the ring does not stick. And to make it easier to remove, the paper tape must be wound onto the mandrel not tight and closer to the bottom or neck.

Note: a ring with small additions and coloring will go on jewelry by itself, see fig. on right:

You can also stick Chinese lanterns from paper for the Christmas tree and for the whole house. This theme is also boundless in the boundless; for example, we give the simplest, see fig. below. Best of all, these look made of multi-colored glitter, which in this case is colored glossy paper or plastic film.

Cones, icicles, bells

Spruce and pine cones are often advised to be turned into Christmas decorations by painting and pendants, on the left in the figure:

But traditional New Year decorations made of cones look much more impressive: the edges of the scales are tinted with bronze or aluminum powder (silver) and a bow, beads or small balls are added, right there. Such decorations, in addition, according to all beliefs, are a full-fledged replacement for bells on a New Year's wreath, see below.

Good icicle toys are made from salt dough dyed with silver. The blanks are cut out of the layer straight or slightly swollen in the middle, with pointed ends, or in the form of a spearhead elongated in length. Then twisted into a spiral; hang to dry.

Bells, except for plastic cups, are obtained from small PET bottles, for example, from ketchup. On fig. on the right - the original product, a blank for decoration from it and how the tongue of the bell is arranged. The “spindle” (thread for smoothing) is pulled through the dispensing spout of the cork and fixed with a standard cap. You can also pierce it with a needle, but the cap, as if on purpose, is made under a papier-mâché face. The whole body of the bell hangs freely on the top button. Of course, a bead would have gone better on a beater, but it was not at hand.

Garlands and beads

The simplest of the New Year's garlands - the so-called. English, see fig. She needs the same paper accordion. On it they draw, with some protrusion beyond the edges, the desired figure. First, internal holes are cut out with a scalpel (better) or a mounting knife. To tear the paper, at their corners and, with some intervals, at the sides, holes are punched with a hole punch, and jumpers are cut with a knife. Let's unfold the accordion - we get a tape like the one on the upper right in Fig. Below it are several patterns of stars suitable for an English garland.

The simplest of glued garlands is a chain of rings, at the top in fig. on right. But glued garlands of paper fans look much more magnificent, two poses. under it, double (interception in the middle of the accordion) and single. Fan garlands are best made from corrugated thin paper, and from dense - chain, two poses. at the bottom. It is clearly seen there that the blanks for them must be bilaterally symmetrical (bilateral). They are cut out from a sheet folded in half, this is like 1 element of an English garland.

Corrugated paper will also go well for "shaggy" garlands. How to do them is clear from pos. below: the roll is unwound, stretched (stretch), folded into an accordion stack (fold), then one side is cut with scissors along the corrugation almost to half (cut halfway through fold), turned over and the other side is also cut (flip + cut halfway on the other side). Then the accordion is unfolded and folded into a spiral. In order for the “corkscrew” to hold, you can, after securing its ends, sprinkle a little, literally a little, with water from a perfume spray bottle. It dries up and stays that way. But, if the water is transferred, it will spread.

There are also garlands strung. One of the simplest can be assembled from small ball-books like openwork, only without gluing the sheets. How is clear from Fig.

The strung quilling garland is also simple and effective, see next. rice.:

Christmas garlands, as you know, are luminous. Modern from microbulbs allow you to supply yourself with shades. The simplest ones are made from ping-pong balls: holes are turned with the tip of a knife and light bulbs are inserted inside. Fix by inserting a sliver or a piece of toothpick between the wires. This work is quite safe, unless the garlands are homemade for 220 V. Then - let the master manufacturer ennoble.

Very beautiful shades are obtained from polyhedral balls, but glued with wings inside. For what? And from the wings on the sides of the ceiling, bizarre shadows will fall from the inside. Finally, plafonds for a luminous garland can also be made using the classic origami technique. By the way, many Japanese do not recognize modular origami, with gluing elements, considering it an invention of armless Euro-Americans. Real origami, they say, should only be folded out of paper. How to make origami shades, shows fig. below.

Translation of explanations:

• Repeat on the opposite side - repeat on the opposite side.
• Repeat on the other 3 corners - repeat on the other 3 corners.
• Repeat steps 11-13 on remaining 3 flaps - repeat steps 11-13 on 3 flaps where required.
• Blow in the opening to inflate - inflate into the inflation hole.

Christmas tree beads, which look like factory ones (on the left in the figure), can be made from aluminum foil, salt dough and colored plastic tubes.

First, the foil is cut into squares from 10x10 to 20x20 cm, depending on the desired size of the beads. Bead blanks are rolled into balls between the palms, on the right in fig. Next, circles with a diameter slightly larger than the size of the beads are cut out of the salt dough, they are wrapped around the workpieces and smoothed. The beads are dried on a newspaper, painted with bronze or silver, or colored metallic. It remains to string mixed with tubes, and you're done.

Rain and tinsel

The old-fashioned silver rain on the Christmas tree can be made on the same manual noodle cutter as the sequins, but you no longer need to shred the “noodles” with scissors. The rain will be less confused and will last longer if you put on it not a baking sleeve, but silver or gold, or just colored, shiny plastic.

But the “shaggy” home-made tinsel is made just from an aluminum baking sleeve, like a corrugated paper garland. Then the ribbons twisted into a spiral will not unfold themselves. As for the tinsel-"sausage", it is still better to buy it. Without special equipment, long pieces cannot be made, thin strips interlock and stick together. You can make short cuts for the branches of a table tree, but this is another vast in the vast.

Wreath

The New Year and Christmas wreath is older than the New Year holiday and older than any of the current reckonings. His lineage is lost in druidic antiquity; it is only known that the ancestor was made from mistletoe and holly branches with red berries, and the meaning of the wreath of the Druids was such that it would not be said by night.

In Russia, the New Year is celebrated relatively recently. Before Peter the Great, the years were counted “from the creation of the world” (now according to the Orthodox Slavic calendar 7524 GM, there is also the Orthodox Byzantine; according to the Hebrew - 5775. In what.); the beginning of the new year fell on March 1st and this day was not distinguished by anything special. For the first time, by decree of Peter, "with great noise and revelry" and "decorations from branches and trees of pine, spruce and juniper", was celebrated on January 1, the year 1700 from the Nativity of Christ.

The Christmas wreath entered the festive life of Russia just a few years ago. None of the world religions attaches sacred significance to the branches of coniferous trees; all the beliefs associated with the New Year's wreath are pure folk art. In general, it is believed that the wreath should contain small red balls (a hint of holly berries), and it should be crowned with a bow with bells, see fig. higher. 2 bells - for the family, 1 - for bachelors and unmarried people (who, nevertheless, can celebrate the New Year by no means and by no means alone); a couple of different sizes - for divorced and single mothers.

All this, of course, is pure convention. From what only New Year's wreaths are not made, see fig. below. The use of a wreath is not forbidden and in the most frivolous way, see fig. on the left above, and the goblin with kikimors of swamp actions seem to be not satisfied with it.

As for a real wreath-amulet and a talisman, it is not difficult to make it with your own hands: spruce branches, natural or artificial, cones, wire frame, balls, bells, bow, and - go ahead, see fig.:

Learn more about how to make a wreath of spruce branches - in the video below:

Video: do-it-yourself wreath of cones and spruce branches

If the wreath is large, with many symbols of abundance and happiness, then a light frame may not be enough, and the blank is needed more impressive. In such a case, see the video:

Video: blanks for New Year's wreaths

An original and popular craft for the New Year is a wreath of pine cones. It is also easy to make, see next. rice. Tinted cones are provided with loops, pos. 1. For this, special sets are also sold, pos. 2, but you can get by with clips bitten by side cutters. The holes under their legs are pricked with an awl, and, having inserted a loop, superglue is dripped under them. It remains to string on a cord or wire, pos. 3, roll the thread into a ring, pos. 4 and decorate the wreath with a bow, pos. 5.

About Christmas Tree Styles

Designers, of course, do not pass by a decorated Christmas tree. But with the style here is a complete mess. Obviously, the same style is called each in its own way, or exactly different - by the same name. However, there is still something in common; especially for small artificial Christmas trees on a conical base. They are very thick, so they decorate them in a minimalist style: 3-4 types of toys of approximately the same size. The canons of style do not concern decorations, they can be arbitrarily pretentious. There are 2 trends in Christmas tree minimalism: “warm”, in fig. on the left, and "cold", in the same place on the right. The choice of one or the other is determined by the general style of the room; finally, just the taste of the owner or customer.

If spending on New Year's paraphernalia is not included in your plans, then do-it-yourself New Year's paper toys will be your way out. In addition, such an original gift for the Christmas tree will be remembered for a long time.

The sacramental meaning of the New Year and Christmas is in the rapprochement of family members. And what brings people together better than joint creative work?! Making New Year's toys with your own hands in the company of household members is an exciting activity in itself, not to mention its results - original New Year's decorations that can be hung on Christmas tree.

If you make toys with your own hands from glass, porcelain, beads, then it will take a lot of time and require certain skills. Against this background, paper toys are a simple option that you can make with your child and put on the Christmas tree. Here are step-by-step diagrams and videos of master classes - 2017 making such crafts with your own hands.

Christmas paper balls 2016

To make this Christmas tree decoration with your own hands, you will need a minimum of materials. The main thing here is patience and sleight of hand. Do not be discouraged if you do not immediately get a toy, as in the photo - such decorations require some skill, which will come with time. Therefore, immediately tune in that the first toys will not turn out to be the most accurate. But the result will exceed all expectations and justify your efforts!

Christmas paper balls 2016: making stencils

So, in order to make this christmas ball on the Christmas tree, you must perform the following sequence of actions:

• Print the stencil on the printer. We suggest using the following drawings:

• Then take thick sheets of colored paper and circle the stencil with a pencil.

Advice! If the printer allows, stencils can be printed immediately on colored paper. This will save time and effort.

• Carefully cut out the details of the future toy.
• Arrange the resulting blanks in the shape of a flower. Fasten the center with a circle cut out of colored paper, firmly gluing it, as shown in the photo.

New Year paper balls-2016: main work

To carry out further work will require sleight of hand.

• The most responsible and interesting step is weaving. To do this, successively weave one strip into another, as shown in the photo.

Advice! Use paper of different colors to make the toy more interesting and colorful. And so that the toy does not fall apart when weaving, use clothespins.

• When you are almost done weaving, then glue the ends of the paper ribbons.
• In the part of the ball where you glued the circle (see step one), make a small cut in the form of a line. Insert a beautiful ribbon into it and stick it with glue. P It is better to singe it beforehand so that it retains its original appearance.

The original New Year paper toys of the new 2017 are ready! Using different stencils and colors, you can create a variety of balls. Another interesting version of the 2017 ball with your own hands can be seen in the video:

Interesting New Year's paper toys for the celebration of 2017 can also be made in the form of lanterns. This version of New Year's decoration came to us from our grandmothers and was popular in those days when toys were hard to find on sale. The flashlight is even easier to make than the previous toy. Even a child can be involved in the process of its creation. An interesting version of crafts in the form of a flashlight can be seen in this video:

magic lamps

Lamps for the new 2017 can be made from improvised materials. To do this, you only need scissors, glue and colored paper or cardboard packaging:

1. Take two sheets: one is yellow, the second is a contrasting one, for example, purple. Cut out two rectangles. Yellow - 100x180 in size, purple - 120x180 (with millimeters).
2. Take the yellow rectangle and glue its edges into a tube shape. Next, set it aside and proceed to the purple part. You should fold the sheet in half and make cuts with scissors, leaving room at the edges. We also glue it in the form of a tube, like a yellow sheet of paper or cardboard. The photo shows how to make a red flashlight. The sequence of actions is similar.
3. If you cut everything carefully, then the yellow tube should go into the purple one. At the same time, it must not be pushed through to the end. Its edge must be smeared with glue, and only then insert the resulting yellow flashlight into the purple tube completely. The same must be done on the other side. Slightly pull up the purple part to release the yellow. Coat it with glue. This will fix the yellow leaf in purple.
4. To make the flashlight more realistic, you should make a handle. To do this, cut a narrow strip of purple paper or cardboard and glue it to the flashlight.
5. Your magic flashlight is ready. This is one of the easiest crafts, even a child can handle it.

How to make a flashlight with your own hands for the celebration of 2017, you can see in this video:

Asterisk 3D made of paper

Another popular Christmas tree toy for 2017 is the star. Rare tree does without it. This toy is both spectacular and easy to make. To do this, you will need the same materials as in the manufacture of the previous decoration. It remains to add only a thread. Read the master class or watch the video.

• From colored paper, you need to cut out two squares measuring 10x10. You can use your imagination to the fullest: your stars do not have to be yellow. Use purple, red, blue, pink colors! And your Christmas tree will sparkle with different colors.
• On a sheet of colored paper, fold in half twice, and then two folds diagonally.
• Make small cuts on the edges of the paper and fold into the corners (as shown in the photo).

• Glue the corners in the center, leaving the rest of them free (this will give the future star volume). You should get some kind of rays.

Advice! Hold the corners while gluing with your finger. That way they stick better.

• Repeat the above procedure with the second sheet of colored paper.
• We glue the two halves of the star into one. Do not forget to put the edge of the ribbon between them, for which you will hang the star on the Christmas tree.
• Give the star time to dry. This will take approximately 20 minutes.

Scientists say that the tradition of decorating a Christmas tree for the New Year came to us from our pagan past. There is a lot of controversy and debate on this subject. But we, the descendants of those same pagans, by and large do not care where this tradition came from. The main warmth of the family hearth and such a bright symbol of the new branch of time. New Year is for many that point in the life span of time, which is so required to be set. Mark the end and, accordingly, the beginning.

Both big and small love to dress up a green fragrant beauty Christmas tree. Agree, there is something magical in this. We could not avoid this issue and we offer you a selection of ideas for making Christmas toys for your crazy hands. Let's not talk about value, a lot has already been said about this, and on our website, in particular.

Just read the article, you will surely be interested in one of the ideas. And if one of the crafts we have proposed takes pride of place on your New Year's green or maybe not green beauty, it will be a holiday for us.

In this article, let's talk about Christmas tree decorations that can be built from improvised means and which are advantageous to distinguish your Christmas tree from many others. So, let's begin…

The snowman is one of the traditional symbols of the New Year and, as a result, the most popular Christmas decoration. But how often have you met snowmen made of iron bottle caps? No? Then meet: snowmen from caps.

What you will need to create a fun snowman:

• Iron caps from glass bottles (these can be found on beer bottles and lemonade bottles in glass containers).
• Acrylic paints.
• Paint in a can. White.
• Tapes. Preferably not wide up to about one centimeter.
• hot glue
• Buttons.
• Scissors.
• Tassel.
• Glitter or something similar for decor at your discretion.

Using spray paint, paint the inside of the caps white. Before painting, bottle caps should be washed, dried and laid out as tightly as possible on one plane. Painting is preferably done outdoors. The paint should cover the inner surface of the lid tightly, if necessary, repeat the staining.

We form the body of a snowman

We form the body of a snowman

After the covers are dry, you can start assembling the bodies of the snowmen. Lay three lids in a row, with the convex side facing you. Try on how many ribbons it takes to secure all three lids together with hot glue. Cut off the measured piece of tape, do not forget to leave a margin of tape in order to make a loop for hanging.

Glue the cut tape, as mentioned above, with hot glue to the lids. You can grab the covers a little beforehand so that they hold better on the tape, so to speak, add structural rigidity.

Take acrylic paints and use a thin brush to paint eyes, nose, mouth and buttons on the painted side of the bottle caps. If you do not have a suitable brush, you can replace it with a toothpick. The edge of which needs to be kneaded a little to get something like a miniature panicle. After the paint dries, you can add a little sparkle.

Cut small pieces of colorful ribbons and tie them to your snowmen in the manner of scarves. In places where you tied scarves, glue on a bright button. How do you like the idea?

A burnt out light bulb is considered garbage and is rushed to be thrown away. Well, in vain. In our business, exactly what should be thrown away will ideally fulfill the role of something new. Here's an idea with funny penguins for you to consider. Such penguins will perfectly decorate the Christmas tree and delight your family.

So, what you need to create a cute inhabitant of polar ice floes:

1. Damaged incandescent bulbs.

2. Acrylic paints or gouache.

3. Tassels. It would be nice to prepare a few. It is good to cover large areas with large ones, and draw small details of faces with thin ones.

4. Ribbons, cords, threads or something similar.

5. You can prepare hats in advance. The hat left from the toy will do or you can build something similar yourself.

6. Hot glue.

Damaged light bulbs should be cleaned of dirt and degreased. Then cover with black and white paints. Do you remember the color of real penguins? Exactly. The back is black, and the belly and muzzle are white. You can make a simple and slightly complicated coloring of a pingini. You can simply cover the light bulb with white and black paint, or you can draw a little fins and an arc above the eyes.

Light bulbs painted white and black must be dried. Then paint the muzzles. Just use a thin brush to draw eyes, nose and blush.

Tip: to make it more convenient to work, take a reel of scotch tape or toilet paper, or something similar. Install the bottom of the light bulb in a round hole of suitable size, it will not stagger and thus it will be easier for you to apply drawings to the surface.

After you have painted the penguins and painted their faces, you need to dress the cute ones. For this purpose, doll things are well suited. And if you wish, you can build clothes on your own. Knit simple hats and scarves from the remnants of the threads.

Yes, but don't forget the hanging loop. If your penguins will not be wearing hats, then simply use hot glue and apply the right amount of it to the very top of the cartridge and glue a loop of lace or tape. And in the case of hats, you must first leave a hole in them in order to thread the loop.

We put on hats, put on scarves. Scarves can simply be tied on penguins, or you can fix them with hot glue. This is at your discretion and wish.

That's all. Cute lamp penguins are ready. Hurry up to hang them on the Christmas tree. Let the family please.

The fashion for knitted napkins is immortal. All the same, for several dozen housewives there is one who will not fail to decorate the furniture with a knitted napkin or throw light lace on the monitor, in the manner of a grandmother's decor. Yes, they are not extinct, they exist. Therefore, rummaging through your stocks or mother’s, or even grandmother’s, you can find a couple of three openwork lace napkins. It's time to give them a second life.

Openwork ball can be used as christmas tree decoration or as a New Year's room decor. And even leave it as a ceiling. There are many applications for this product.

• Lace. The remains of simple lace are perfect. Old knitted napkins.
• Inflatable ball.
• PVA glue.
• Tassel.

First you need to dilute the PVA with water. The approximate ratio of parts is 2:1. Glue and water must be thoroughly mixed and poured into a container with a fairly wide neck, you can even take a plate for this purpose.

Tip: do not use any other glue, especially silicate. He has a quality that in this particular case is completely out of place. After drying, this glue is known to turn into a substance that vaguely resembles glass. And having a tendency to crack and turn into sand from mechanical stress. Which is absolutely inappropriate. Yes, and when it dries on the ball, it will burst it. Experimentally proven.

Then, lace and napkins should be soaked in the resulting solution.

Tip: Naturally, the material of napkins and lace should have absorbent properties. At least the minimum.

Diluted glue can be applied to napkins and with a brush. Having previously laid them out on an oilcloth.

Now we need to inflate the balloon. Ideal if you take a simple and strong round ball. Determine the size yourself.

Gently cover the inflated and ball with glue-soaked napkins and lace. Try not to leave unfilled space between the material, but do not apply it in a thick layer. After the ball is completely wrapped, it must be carefully hung up and wait until the glue is completely dry and turn the napkins with lace into a kind of crust.

Next, the ball must be burst with a needle or something similar. The rest of the ball must be carefully removed. Now, for greater stability, the openwork ball can be sprinkled with hairspray. It was hairspray that showed itself perfectly in this case. Proven experimentally.

Tip: do not use this design as a candlestick (there are such ideas on the Internet). An openwork ball can easily ignite and then the result may be slaps on the butt of firefighters, and not a fun pastime. Don't ruin your holiday!

Watch the video on the topic: Christmas ball of threads

Although sometimes winter in our area reminds us of spring, and deep autumn, and then spring again, in a word, any season, just not winter with snow. But a warm knitted hat still remains a symbol of winter cold and snow. Use our idea and make funny warm hats as toys for the Christmas tree. Original, and what is important, practically from garbage.

So what you need:

1. Garbage. More specifically, toilet paper reels, cling film, or any other lightweight cardboard reel that you may be taking out of the trash can right now.

2. Remains of threads from knitting. It is desirable that they be approximately the same in texture and thickness, the latter is more important. The length of the segment can be taken from 25 centimeters.

3. Scissors.

4. Ruler.

5. A simple pencil or something with which you can take notes.

Let's start making:

Cardboard cylinders should be marked and cut into rings, like a cucumber. Choose the width of each ring yourself. This will determine what kind of cap lapel you want to make.

Tip: if you are planning to make wide lapels, then the length of the threads also needs to be increased.

The threads must be folded in half and make loops on the cardboard rings. They must be constantly tightly shifted one to the other. The cylinder must be tied tightly.

Leave a few loose threads about a centimeter, when you cut off the excess, they will form a semblance of a pom-pom.

This will give the cap realism and cuteness. A loop for hanging can be made from the same thread with which you grabbed the top of the hat under the pompom.

Thus, when hanging, the hat will not hang evenly, and this will give the product asymmetry, which will only benefit the appearance.

And again, the material for the future masterpiece is nothing but garbage. The lemonade bottle would have been thrown away at any other time, but not in this case. We offer you the following idea for service, namely a snowflake from the bottom of a plastic bottle. This craft will fit perfectly with any other Christmas decorations. A snowflake is a traditional symbol for winter and the New Year.

So, what do you need to create a wonderful Christmas decoration:

• Plastic bottles. Standard clear or blue/light blue.
• Stationery knife.
• Awl.
• Dye.
• Tassels.
• A thread or thin ribbon so that the toy can be hung.
• Sequins for decor at your discretion.

From the whole bottle, we are only interested in the bottom. Cut it off with a utility knife. Make it as low as possible. Heat the awl and carefully make a hole in the cut, into which you will eventually thread the thread for hanging.

Now apply a pattern of curls or lines to the cut bottoms. It can be both complex and simple, it depends on your imagination and wishes. You can add sparkles to the drawing or mix it with paints. That's all, the Christmas tree decoration is ready.

Call the kids! The proposed idea will simply honestly allow you to spend amusing minutes, or even hours, together. Everyone is used to the fact that Christmas balls are round and convex. No, but this does not affect the originality and beauty of the toys at all. Moreover, the manufacturing process is absolutely simple. Even a small child can handle it. It will even be better for the children to help you in the manufacturing process. Since a kind of awkwardness inherent only in children, let's call it charm, is required to stylize our jewelry.

• Knitting threads, multi-colored. Better than medium thickness.
• Wire or twigs that will be easy to bend, and they will keep their shape.
• Pliers.
• Beads with large holes.
• Fantasy.

Let's start doing Christmas crafts

We take the wire and wrap it with a piece of dark fabric, or thread or dark paper. It is not necessary to do this carefully, it is enough that the wire is hidden by 80%.

We grab the free ends with pliers and make a few turns. Make sure that the wire is fastened and the wrapping material is fixed. It turned out a kind of not quite even circle with antennae.

If you use twigs, then fasten them with a thread so that they keep their shape. Just made a few turns. And don't forget to leave long loop ends so your balloons can be hung up.

Now we take multi-colored threads and wind them on an impromptu frame. We do it not tightly, but also weakly. You can use up to three colors, preferably contrasting.

On the thread that you plan to wind last, string a few beads, if desired. Attach the thread to the "tail" of the frame.

Everything, your New Year's toys are ready. Extremely simple and at the same time extraordinary and eye-catching. Happy New Year!

Do you want to decorate the Christmas tree this year with unusual decorations that you can’t find in stores? The only possibility is to make making New Year's toys exciting and interesting. And don't be afraid, it's not difficult at all.

Christmas handmade can be a great decoration for your Christmas tree and a nice gift for family and friends. Take your children as assistants and get to work!

DIY Christmas decorations will help create a New Year's mood

1. Decoration from cubes

You can write whatever you want on the cubes! Think about what phrase from a Christmas comedy or a line from a New Year's song will cheer up your household?

2. Lid toys

3. All you need is glitter, spray, paint and tape

And take a stencil with the image of a rooster! Years later, you will remember with what pleasure you were engaged in the manufacture of Christmas decorations with your own hands at the end of 2016!

4. Delicious cocoa toys

You probably won’t be able to eat them, but these balls excite your appetite at once!

5. Pencil balls

Does your child love sharpening colored pencils? May he do it well! Shavings - into a ball, and the decoration is ready!

6. Do you like rustic style? Then these wooden decorations are for you!

Don't forget to draw a rooster!

7. It's just a ball and thread, but how beautiful!

As easy as pie! Even a small child can handle it!

8. Ribbon embellishments

Creating such Christmas decorations will help your kids quickly learn how to tie their shoelaces.

9. Snowflake from clothespins

These gorgeous snow flakes are actually 8 clothespins glued together and painted.

10. We do not regret sequins!

There is never too much glitter! Especially at Christmas!

A fairy-tale character will come to visit you, but not to steal the holiday, but to decorate it.

12. Another great Christmas tree decorating idea!

Sprig of spruce, wooden beads, letters, white confetti or paper. All this is placed in a transparent ball. Ready!

13. Snowman

Love to draw? Then this idea suits you 100%.

14. Yarn decoration

Styrofoam balls + sticky glue + yarn + thin wire. And voila!

15. Styrofoam Jewelry

We take paint for foam balls with red sparkles, apply to the base. And tie it with a ribbon.

16. Clay star

If you are not a sculptor, use special molds for clay.

17. Glitter embellishment

Do you remember the main rule of making Christmas decorations with your own hands? Yes, there are never too many glitter!

18. Snow crystals

Apply glue to the ball and roll it in salt to make beautiful crystals.

19. Great gift idea for a loved one

Use special stickers.

20. Paper tape + spool of thread. Very nice!

You can write everything! You can list holiday attributes, you can write the words of a Christmas song or fairy tale, or you can thus exchange with close wishes!

21. Glowing snowman

Today it is not difficult to buy a Christmas tree toy for every taste and style. But when you want to get yourself or give someone something original and sincere, it's time to think about how to make Christmas decorations with your own hands. It turns out it's not that hard! After all, there are many simple options for toys that can be created literally in one evening.

paper toys

The most convenient material for making Christmas toys is paper, because even a child can handle it. You can make a lot of interesting and beautiful decorations for the Christmas tree out of paper, but we will consider the most spectacular and simple ones.

Christmas trees

The main symbol of the new year can be created from colored cardboard circles strung on a toothpick or stick. To leave a small distance between the layers, insert a bead between them. The embossed edge of the circles can be obtained using special scissors, which are sold at the art and scrapbooking supply store. There you can also get paper and cardboard with a beautiful pattern.

You can make a Christmas tree even simpler by folding a triangle of thick paper with an accordion and fixing it on a toothpick, or glue four identical Christmas trees together. To decorate such a toy, a voluminous acrylic contour, glitter (gel with sparkles), ribbons, cords, beads, sequins, pearl applications and much more are suitable.

Snowflakes

Who in childhood did not cut out snowflakes from folded paper? It would be nice to remember this long-forgotten occupation. You can experiment with the shape, complicate the pattern. For needlewomen who are familiar with quilling, it will be interesting to try making snowflakes using this technique.

Balloons

Surprisingly, quite voluminous balls can be made from flat paper. To do this, you need to cut the paper in the form of circles of the same diameter - old postcards or magazines will do. The blanks must be folded in half and glued to each other. By varying the gluing options, you can get different-looking balls.

From the same paper circles, you can make more complex balls. To do this, you need to draw an equilateral triangle in each element, bend it along these lines and glue it together.

Paper balls made using the quilling technique look completely different. You can create the shape of a ball by winding layer by layer of paper of different widths, or use twisted parts only for decoration.

fabric toys

The use of fabrics gives us no less options for toys.

Felt

You can use a wide variety of plots for crafts - Christmas trees, snowmen, animals, stars, and hearts.

Figures made of felt of bright colors look spectacular. Most often they turn out flat, because this fabric is quite thick and has volume in itself. You can use a wide variety of plots for crafts - Christmas trees, snowmen, animals, stars, and hearts. A distinctive feature of felt products is hand-sewn details, stitching, multi-layered appliqué. To decorate such toys, you can use beads, buttons, braid and other decorative elements.

Thin cloth

If you have accumulated a lot of small multi-colored shreds, it's time to use them to make cute Christmas toys. It can be voluminous balls, Christmas trees, snowmen, little men or animals. Typically, such toys are recruited with holofiber or padding polyester, and ribbons, buttons and other small details are used for decoration.

Socks

In addition to pieces of fabric, you can also use old clothes, such as socks, to create New Year's toys. If you successfully match them in color and texture, you can create cute characters. The technique for working with this material is the same as with fabrics.

Thread decorations

Volume balls

Thread balls always make an impression. And it's not that hard to make them! To do this, you need to inflate a small ball, soak the thread with PVA glue and randomly wind it around the ball. It is important not to forget to leave a place to remove the ball - best of all in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bits tail. After the glue dries well, the ball must be burst and carefully removed. The finished decoration can be decorated or painted.

Balloon decorations

It is not necessary to build Christmas decorations completely from scratch. You can take simple plastic one-color or transparent balls as a basis.

decoration

You can decorate balloons with anything. You can stick multi-colored beads, small beads or buttons over the entire surface. The ball will turn out shiny and sparkling if you cut an old CD into small fragments and fix them with a glue gun or superglue.

You can decorate balloons with anything.

You will get original balls pasted over with a cord in a spiral. Instead of a cord, you can use strips of thin colorful fabric twisted into a bundle. It is important to fix each turn properly and not spare glue.

painting

Unique balls can be created using painting. To do this, it is convenient to use markers, paints for glass, acrylic, volumetric contours, glitters. The painting can cover the entire surface of the ball or only part of it. While working, do not forget that the ball hanging on a branch can rotate, so it is better to draw a picture from all its sides.

Inner world

Inside the transparent balls, you can create a whole world. They can be filled with sparkling rain, dried rose petals, large light feathers, and even arrange a real terrarium by placing some soil, moss, twigs and plants in it.

Toys from improvised materials

To create Christmas decorations with your own hands, any materials that you can find at your fingertips are suitable - you just have to break away from stereotypes and wake up your imagination.

cones

The most obvious object is cones. They can be painted in golden, white colors, fixed directly on spruce branches or hung on strings. But an original solution could be decorating large cones with small balls of thread or fabric. So they will become like small Christmas trees.

Plastic bottles

What they did not do from plastic bottles, but here they will come in handy. For example, light, almost transparent balls can be assembled from chopped and decorated plastic rings, and charming penguins can be assembled from the bottoms of bottles.

light bulbs

Have you ever thought that ordinary incandescent light bulbs are very similar to Christmas balls? If you approach them creatively, paint them with paints or decorate them beautifully, you can get a very original decoration for the Christmas tree.

Do not forget to make Christmas decorations comfortable and attach ribbons and loops to them, for which it will be easy to hang them on a branch. Try to match your decorations to each other and to the interior of the room. Make them as safe as possible if you have small children and pets. Enjoy the creative process and the approach of the holiday!