How to make soft New Year's toys. From cardboard - in a couple of minutes

Christmas
05.08.2019

Here you will find both New Year's crafts made from paper and crafts from unusual materials. Making such crafts will be interesting for both the youngest children (from 2 to 3 years old) and older children.

For this craft it is better to take the most simple templates– stars, Christmas trees, bells, balls, etc. It is necessary to prepare 4 templates for each Christmas tree decoration in advance. It is important that all 4 patterns are absolutely identical and symmetrical! Therefore, before cutting out, for example, a Christmas tree from paper, fold the piece of paper in half, and draw half of the Christmas tree on it, and then cut it out folded.

When the templates are ready (older children can cut them out themselves), invite your child to glue Christmas tree decorations from them. Don't forget to glue a ribbon or string inside so that the toy can be hung on the Christmas tree!

  • Christmas tree toys made from dough

The process of making such toys is in many ways similar to baking. If your little one loves playing with dough, this craft is definitely for you.

To ensure that the toys are strong and can be painted, you need to prepare a special salty dough . There are many variations of salt dough recipes. But the main thing to remember when choosing a recipe: the more salt you add, the stronger and rougher the dough becomes. For drying simple Christmas tree decorations (as in the photo), in my opinion, this recipe is perfect:

1 cup flour

1 cup salt (Extra)

½ glass of water

If you plan to make toys with many small embossed parts, then you will need more. Soft dough is also good for playing if you do not plan to dry the toys at all.

So, having prepared the dough, roll it out and use molds to cut out figures from it. Don't forget to fasten the thread or ribbon inside the toy. To do this, make a small hole at the top with a knife or secure the thread at the back with a small extra piece of dough. You can also use a paperclip instead of thread.

You can dry the figures at room temperature, but this process will be very long (several days, or even weeks). The process will go faster if you put your Christmas tree decorations near the radiator, or even better - in the oven. At the same time, the temperature in the oven should be very low so that the toys do not crack. We dried the figures in the oven at 50 degrees with the door ajar, it took about 4 hours. It is important to place toys in and out of the oven when it is cold to avoid sudden temperature changes.

After drying, paint the toys with acrylic paints or gouache.

    Christmas toys from walnuts with your own hands


For such New Year's toys First of all, you need even halves of a walnut shell. Next, you need to prepare appropriate templates from cardboard - the silhouette of a turtle, fish, bear, sun, etc. The baby is required to color the shell suitable paint(better to use acrylic paints or gouache) and attach them to cardboard template. This is convenient to do using plasticine.

DIY bird feeder made from a plastic bottle

For a feeder competition for kindergarten, my daughter and I made just such a bird feeder.

Generally speaking, the bulk of the feeders at the competition in kindergarten, were very sophisticated, even an adult had to work very hard to build them. When I was thinking about the idea of ​​decorating a feeder, I was, as usual, guided by the principle of accessibility for small child. In fact, all you need to know to create such a feeder is to paint the bottle. And indeed Tasya enjoyed coloring the snowman from start to finish. But, of course, I helped her with this, and also painted on the eyes and carrots.

For the feeder we needed a five-liter plastic bottle and acrylic paints (the bottle is covered with one layer of paint).

It seems to me that this is the most popular craft on the Internet now. This is not surprising, because despite its festive look, the ball is made quite simply. The main thing is to know a few secrets. First of all, you will need a glass jar (preferably shaped like a ball) and beautiful figurine, suitable for the size of the jar, for us it is a candle in the shape of a snow-covered Christmas tree. You will also need glitter, super glue or glue gun, and glycerol(liquid), it is sold at the pharmacy.

Glycerin is necessary for the glitter to fall slowly and smoothly. When choosing sparkles, buy the smallest and lightest ones; large stars and other decorations will sink to the bottom of the jar too quickly.

First, you need to glue the figurine to the lid with glue (our candle did not succumb to super glue, but a glue gun coped with the task). Then fill the jar with water almost to capacity, add glycerin and glitter. Then screw the lid on and enjoy the beauty. Perhaps only an adult operates here super glue, the child can handle everything else quite well.

New Year's applications made from unusual materials

In fact, the materials are not so unusual, we always have them at hand - this is cotton wool, cotton balls, cotton pads, pieces of sponge, napkins, semolina. Applications with these materials look very wintery. Let me give you a few examples.

  • Craft for the New Year “Snowflake” from pieces of sponge

For younger children, you can mark the lines on paper in advance on which to glue the sponge pieces.


Another option for winter crafts made from cotton pads.

  • Mittens with cotton appliqué and lacing

For this craft, mom needs to make a preparation in advance: cut out mitten templates from cardboard and make holes in them with a hole punch.

Taisiya (she is now 3 years 2 months old) Lately She has a real passion for embroidery on cardboard, so she made this craft with special pleasure.

  • Winter craft from paper and napkins

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The New Year is getting closer, and for those who know how to do DIY Christmas toys, the time for fruitful work is coming. Making toys is a tradition that arose at a time when mass production of Christmas tree decorations had not yet been established. Today, there are plenty of factory-made toys in stores, but the tradition of making them yourself has not disappeared. This is explained simply - from jewelry and toys self made a special warmth emanates, they look homely and cozy. A nice bonus is that you can be proud that the toy you made yourself exists in a single copy.

How to make New Year's toys with your own hands?

New Year's outfits for the green beauty have undergone changes many times during the existence of the tradition of decorating the Christmas tree. In stores you can still buy standard decorations - glass balls of various colors and sizes, stars reminiscent of the Soviet past, glass cones, fruits and other traditional products. You can also bring it to Christmas and new year holidays an element of creativity, and try to make New Year's toys for 2017 with your own hands.

DIY New Year's toys from scrap materials

The choice for work is almost limitless - any available material can be used. Christmas tree decorations are sometimes made from the most unexpected materials. New Year’s creativity also has its own “leaders” - materials that are used most often:

  • Wood, plywood;
  • Paper;
  • Beads;
  • Felt;
  • Textile;
  • Beads;
  • Natural materials - branches, vines, cones, etc.

Christmas tree toys made from salt dough

You can even make DIY New Year's toys for the New Year 2017 from flour. One of the simplest and most inexpensive materials for making New Year's toys is salt dough. There is flour in every home, the process is interesting (especially for children), and the result is a completely worthy replacement for ceramic and glass toys.

To work you will need:

  • Wheat flour;
  • Water;
  • Salt (fine);
  • Paints;
  • Varnish (optional);
  • Leg-split;
  • Oil;
  • PVA glue.

Important! To give the dough plasticity, you can add a little baby oil(can be replaced with vegetable, olive).

Dissolve salt in warm water, add flour, knead the dough. To get a variety of figures, you can use dough molds. The lack of shapes is not a problem; figures from salt dough can be sculpted by hand. To add texture, you can use anything - pencils, plastic bottle caps, lace. While the dough is still wet, you need to make holes for the rope holder.

After drying (1-3 days, depending on the thickness of the product), the toy can be painted, patterned, or glued small photos and coat with acrylic varnish.

Christmas decorations made from branches

DIY New Year's toys are often made from scrap materials. Simple but effective way decorate a Christmas tree or house for the New Year - make toys from natural materials- for example, from branches. To do stylish toy“Eco-style ball” will need wire and branches.

Lifehack! It is better to collect branches in October or November, when they still contain sufficient quantity moisture. The vines and branches collected later may be brittle and unsuitable for making toys.

Make several (5-6) circles from the wire. Form a ball “skeleton” from them, fasten the circles together with hot glue or wire. Carefully twist small diameter branches or vines over the base. To keep the branches tightly, they can also be secured with hot glue. IN ready ball It is easy to thread a ring of twine or ribbon. The stylish eco-ball is ready!

Beaded New Year toys

You can also make spectacular New Year's toys from beads. It will not be easy for beginners to make jewelry that is massive or has a complex shape. But without any problems you can make hearts, Christmas trees, and stars. To make such a toy you will need wire and beads. First you need to string the beads onto the wire, and then form the desired shape, tightly securing the ends of the wire. You can use ribbons for hanging.

New Year's toys made from light bulbs

For those who are still puzzling over the question “How to make New Year’s toys with your own hands?” An option using items that previously had a utilitarian function is perfect. New Year is coming soon, so don’t rush to throw away burnt out light bulbs. They make charming Christmas tree decorations. A little imagination, and you won’t have to settle for the usual glass balls.

Attention! For the first (background) layer, it is better to use spray paint. It is easier to apply, and this paint goes on evenly. It is much more difficult to create an even coating with a brush or sponge.

DIY New Year's toys: patterns and diagrams

DIY New Year's toys made of paper

Paper - universal material, and Christmas tree toys and decorations made from it are cheap, practical and simple. To begin with, you can choose flat (not voluminous) jewelry. These can be snowflakes, Christmas trees, and other themed figures.

Important! Don't take too much thick paper or high-density cardboard: when cutting, the edges of these materials become “shaggy” and the product does not look neat.

Another affordable way- this is the use of paper to decorate ready-made toys - for example, balls. Ordinary glass bowl It will look much more original if you stick decorations cut out of paper on it. Or, for example, a small collage of photos.

A more complex way is to make toys using the origami technique. Using separate paper blocks, you can assemble a variety of decorations - for example, a Christmas tree.

Even children can make New Year's toys out of paper with their own hands. Most of the diagrams and patterns are simple; it will not be difficult for a child to cut out a snowflake, a Christmas tree or the silhouette of a bird. And from individual paper figures and silhouettes you can make a New Year's garland to decorate a Christmas tree or room. For this you can use ready-made diagram from the Internet or come up with a design yourself. Christmas garlands can be decorated with snowmen, balls, patterns, Christmas trees, and animals.

From felt

Felt is a soft, fairly dense felt. This material is perfect for making New Year's toys. It’s easy to work with – you don’t need to process the edges; you can buy felt in almost any color and shade in the store. To make a stylish New Year's toy, only two or three colors of felt are enough. For example, a combination of red and white - classic New Year's colors, is perfect for creating simple jewelry. It is not necessary to choose complex patterns; it is enough to cut out simplified silhouettes from paper. For example, these:

More ideas for New Year's toys for handicrafts -

You can transfer the pattern onto felt using chalk or a bar of soap. Then each type of figurine must be cut out in duplicate. Large DIY New Year's toys can also be made from felt, as it is sold in sheets of different formats.

Attention! Felt lends itself well to cutting, but you need to choose sharp scissors for the job. It is better to secure the pattern on the fabric with pins to get a neat silhouette.

In the photo: DIY felt Christmas toys:

It is better to sew felt parts with contrasting threads - if the toy is red, then you can use white or beige threads. If the toy is white, the decoration with red, green, and brown threads will look harmonious.

Small felt toys can be used both to decorate the Christmas tree and to make interior garlands. Can be used as a basis bright ribbons, plain white clothesline, twine.

Christmas trees, hearts and houses are traditional details of New Year's design. Recently, toys in the form of animals with which the New Year is associated - deer and elk - have become increasingly popular.

DIY felt Christmas toys look bright and festive without any additional decor. If desired, you can give them additional flavor by decorating them with buttons, sequins, ribbons, or, for example, embroidery.

Advantage homemade garland is that it can be made taking into account the dimensions and color range rooms that need to be decorated. To make a garland you don't need sewing machine– felt parts are sewn by hand.

Thanks to the pliability and softness of the material, making toys takes very little time - about half an hour for each. If there is a need to make the toy voluminous, it is stuffed with cotton wool or holofiber.

Important! For stuffing, you can use either cotton wool or holofiber, but you need to take into account that when washed, the cotton wool inside the toy gets knocked down and the product loses its shape. If you are going to use toys in the future, it is advisable to use holofiber for stuffing - it tolerates moisture well and the product does not lose its shape.

From fabric

To make a New Year's toy from fabric with your own hands, it is not at all necessary to have sewing skills. For example, such a ball can be made using scraps of fabric. An ordinary Christmas ball or a foam blank is used as a base.

If spending on New Year's paraphernalia is not part of your plans, then DIY New Year's paper toys will be a way out for you. In addition, such original gift on the Christmas tree will be remembered for a long time.

The sacramental meaning of New Year and Christmas is to bring family members closer together. What brings people together better? joint activities creativity?! 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, it will take a lot of time and require certain skills. Against this background, paper toys are a simple option that you can make together with your child and display them on the Christmas tree. Here are step-by-step diagrams and video master classes - 2017 for making such crafts with your own hands.

New Year's paper balls 2016

To make this DIY Christmas tree decoration you will need a minimum of materials. The main thing here is patience and sleight of hand. Don’t be discouraged if you don’t immediately get a toy like the one in the photo - such decorations require a certain skill that will come with time. Therefore, be prepared right away that the first toys will not turn out to be the neatest. But the result will exceed all expectations and justify your efforts!

New Year's paper balls 2016: making stencils

So, in order to make this with your own hands New Year's ball on the Christmas tree you need to perform the following sequence of actions:

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

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

Advice! If the printer allows, stencils can be printed directly 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. Secure the center with a circle cut out of colored paper, gluing it firmly, as shown in the photo.

New Year's paper balls 2016: main work

For execution further work manual dexterity will be required.

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

Advice! Use paper different colors to make the toy more interesting and colorful. To prevent the toy from falling apart when weaving, use clothespins.

  • When you are almost finished weaving, glue the ends of the paper ribbons together.
  • 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 glue it with glue. P It is better to singe it first so that it retains its original appearance.

Original New Year's paper toys for the new year 2017 are ready! Using different stencils and colors, you can create a wide 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 celebrating 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 difficult 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 the craft in the form of a flashlight can be seen in this video:

Magic lamps

Lamps for the new year 2017 can be made from scrap materials. To do this, you only need scissors, glue and colored paper or a package of cardboard:

  1. Take two sheets: one yellow color, the second – contrasting, for example, purple. Cut out two rectangles. Yellow – size 100x180, purple – 120x180 (in millimeters).
  2. Take a yellow rectangle and glue its edges into a tube shape. Next, set it aside and proceed to the purple part. Fold the sheet in half and make cuts with scissors, leaving space around the edges. We also glue it in the shape 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 out carefully, the yellow tube should fit into the purple one. However, it must not be pushed in all the way. Its edge needs to be greased with glue, and only then the resulting yellow flashlight must be inserted completely into the purple tube. The same must be done on the other side. Pull the purple part up slightly to release the yellow part. Cover it with glue. This will fix the yellow leaf in the purple.
  4. To make the flashlight more realistic, you should make a handle. To do this, cut out a narrow strip from purple paper or cardboard and glue it to the lantern.
  5. Your magic lantern is ready. This is one of the most simple crafts, even a child can handle it.

You can also see how to make a lantern with your own hands for the celebration of 2017 in this video:

3D paper star

Another one popular toy there is a star on the New Year tree for 2017. Rarely does a Christmas tree survive without it. This toy is both effective and easy to make. To do this, you will need the same materials as when making the previous decoration. All that remains is to add the thread. Read the master class or watch the video.

  • You need to cut out two 10x10 squares from colored paper. You can use your imagination to the fullest: your stars don’t have to be yellow. Use purple, red, blue, pink colors! And your Christmas tree will sparkle with different colors.
  • Fold a piece of colored paper twice in half, and then fold it twice diagonally.
  • Make small cuts on the edges of the paper and fold them into the corners (as shown in the photo).

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

Advice! Hold the corners while gluing with your finger. This way they will stick together better.

  • Repeat the procedure described above with the second sheet of colored paper.
  • Glue the two halves of the star into one. Don't forget to put the edge of the ribbon between them, with which you will hang the star on the tree.
  • Give the star time to dry. This will take about 20 minutes.

You can also see how to make a star with your own hands in this video:

Santa Claus on the Christmas tree

Another craft option that perfectly develops children's creativity! It is also good because it can be used not only as a New Year’s decoration on the Christmas tree, but also glued to a postcard.

You will need:

  • colored paper (in our version in the photo - red, green, beige and white and black, but you can use any depending on your imagination) or cardboard packaging;
  • scissors;
  • glue;
  • threads/ribbons;
  • compass.

The rest is a matter of your imagination.

  • Cut out a semicircle from red paper. This will be Santa Claus's hat.
  • From beige paper, cut out a semicircle of the same diameter as from red paper. If you attach one semicircle to another, you should get a circle.
  • Cut out circles of the same diameter from white paper. This is the beard of Santa Claus. Also, one circle can be used to decorate his hat. Cut out a long narrow strip from the same paper.
  • Cut out a circle from red paper and two small circles from black. This will be the nose and eyes of Santa Claus.
  • Glue all the resulting parts together as shown in the photo. You can make several Santa Clauses at once to make it more fun for them on the Christmas tree. Attach threads to the top of their hats. The original New Year's decoration is ready. What if you stick Santa Claus on green paper then it will become great postcard, which will delight relatives and friends.

New Year's paper decorations will add originality to your Christmas tree

New Year is a special, spiritual holiday. And in the pre-New Year bustle, the second most powerful thing, after the desire to sit down at the table as quickly as possible, is the desire to make New Year's toys with your own hands. It is not customary to take into account expenses for the New Year; The holiday industry, we must give it its due, strives to satisfy demand in every possible way and does not charge crazy markups: the product is in demand, the profit will be there. But the variety is so great that you don’t expect uniqueness from your purchase; somewhere else the same thing is sold. 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 endless sea: how to make Christmas tree decorations with your own hands. Let's touch a little on the very popular door wreath and Christmas tree decoration styles. Certainly, New Year's themes for home craftsmen and craftswomen and their little helpers there is more than enough: decorating a room, a festive table, 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 standing and do not go under the ax. But you can’t immediately grasp the immensity. Therefore, for now we will limit ourselves to Christmas tree toys. But! Take a look at fig. Part, and a large part, of all these Christmas tree decorations is made by hand. Including the bell at the top right next to the red apple. Do you see? It was once a cup of yogurt. Like? Then, as they say, this is the place for you. We will do no worse.

The material is designed primarily for New Year's DIYers who do not master complex technologies and do not have a home workshop at their disposal. To do the following new Year decoration, you will need scissors, an awl, a sharp knife with a thin blade (scalpel or mounting knife), thread, sewing needle, manicure tongs or side cutters and tweezers or small pliers. Also - PVA glue, superglue (instant cyanoacrylate) and, in some cases, “Moment” or its analogues. For certain types of toys - some other small home tool or household utensils. What other materials will be needed, simple and accessible, we’ll see as we go. All work can be done on the table, covering it with film or covering it with cardboard.

Various tricks and cunning differences

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

Shine

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

We'll start with the glitter; There is no way to do without them. Glitter for Christmas tree decorations is inexpensive, but in the outback they may simply not be available for sale. In this case, a manual noodle cutter (see picture on the right) and a foil baking sleeve will help out. A manual noodle cutter is needed; The powerful motor of a food processor does not sense unusual material, and the attachment will immediately become clogged or even break. Manually, the process goes well:

  • A section approximately 10-12 cm wide is cut off from the sleeve roll with a knife.
  • Gradually unwinding the aluminum tape, pass it through the machine.
  • Then, or as the work progresses, if you have an assistant, they chop the “noodles” finely and finely with scissors. The kids like it, if there aren’t enough scissors for everyone, it’s not far from a fight.

Instead of foil, you can also use glitter, which is a shiny colored plastic film. And one more note: do not try to replace assistant shredders with mechanization in the form of a meat grinder. The “noodles” will turn into pellets instead of glitter, and you won’t be able to clean the meat grinder later.

Toys usually “shine” by sprinkling a surface covered with undried PVA, varnish or paint. But you can also “shine” with spots; if there are multi-colored sparkles, multi-colored. To do this, take a portion of glitter into a straw of the required diameter, from a very thin one for juice to a hose with a 2 cm diameter for a smoothie or shrimp cocktail, and carefully blow the glitter onto the desired area. Once you get used to blowing, you can draw 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!), the writing tip is pulled out of the rod using pliers (be careful not to 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 bottle with a gas-tight stopper and lid. Pharmacy vials of hydrogen peroxide work well; they do not need to be washed. The glass (beaker) is washed from varnish residues with the same solvent.

Blanks for balls

In stores and departments " Skillful hands", "Everything for creativity", artistic, and on New Year's Eve and as gifts, foam and transparent plastic blanks for balls are sold. Transparent balls are most often filled with something colorful, see fig. on right. Under decoration It’s better to take plain, ready-made balloons; 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 them away from 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 can be solved simply: there will probably be some kind of fishing and hunting shop within reach. And it contains cheap floats for fishing rods and nets made from the same foam balls of different sizes. Are they perforated? So what, it will be easier to attach the hanging loop.

However, polystyrene foam is corroded by almost any paint and varnish. Almost the only thing that definitely doesn’t spoil it is PVA. This is what you need to cover with PVA foam blanks before starting further work. It’s better to do it twice, with the first layer completely dry before applying the next one. PVA film is quite resistant and will take painting well.

Note: It is also advisable to treat inflatables with PVA gel balls in those places where the drawing will be applied. And if you drew with a gel pen, then it would be a good idea to protect the drawing in the same way from accidental smearing with wet hands.

Papier mache

Sticky semi-liquid paper pulp– papier-mâché – in the manufacture of New Year’s toys is indispensable in many cases: knobs are made from it, the basis of funny faces is sculpted from it, etc. Usually, to prepare papier-mâché, it is recommended to use old newspapers, but due to the admixture of printing ink, the tone of the product then comes out a bit dirty. For papier-mâché, it is better to buy clean white newspaper (not glued) paper at a stationery store. Tissue paper and glass are not suitable! How to make papier-mâché:
  1. The leaf is passed through a noodle cutter or finely cut with scissors.
  2. Place the trimmings into a glass, crushing them tightly.
  3. Pour boiling water over a full glass and leave for 3 hours. The absorbed boiling water must be immediately added to the top of the settled paper!
  4. Pour the mixture from the glass into a bowl and knead until the dough or plasticine becomes thick, gradually adding PVA; It should take about 2 tbsp. spoons of glue.
  5. The finished papier-mâché is placed in a jar with a tightly screwed lid; Shelf life in a jar of canned vegetables remains 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 figure) or cover clear varnish, the question arises: how to separate the flask from the base, open it and remove the rod with internal fittings?

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

Next, place an emery block in a large bowl or small basin and add enough water to cover it. Then, with light pressure, smooth in a circular motion wash the side of the flask until the stem falls out; takes up to 5 minutes for 1 lamp. The base, if needed, is glued back with superglue.

Note: When working with light bulbs, you need to wear cotton household gloves, such as are used, for example, when cutting fish. Glass is a hazardous material! The second thing that is important is that you can only disassemble incandescent lamps! There is mercury vapor in the light tubes of the housekeepers! An insignificant amount, but still - mercury is mercury, it is not excreted from the body.

Salty dough

You can make excellent Christmas tree decorations 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 using templates (pos. 4, 5). Salt dough is inedible, but it perfectly accepts any painting and varnishing and will allow you to cut out 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, stirring all the time. Next, water is added, also with continuous kneading until the consistency of clay or plasticine. Spread the mass into plastic bag, and put it in a jar with a tight lid and store it in the refrigerator in the vegetable compartment for up to six months.

Roll out the dough into a layer 3-4 mm thick with a round rolling pin. The cut-out figures are placed on a baking sheet, a sheet of tin, galvanized iron, etc., and dried on a radiator. You can’t dry it quickly in the oven or just on the table without heating! Drying takes several days; completely dry figures are painted, painted with gel pens, and varnished. If stored carefully, they will last for more than one New Year; salt dough is a fairly durable material.

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

Video: Christmas tree toys made from dough

Decoupage

Decoupage, simply known as decals, is widely used in New Year's decor. However, not everyone is suitable for Christmas tree decorations. Christmas tree decorations need to be decorated with plastic decoupage, which fits onto curved surfaces without wrinkles. It can be distinguished (sellers do not always know what they are selling) from the usual one by protective coating: in this case it is not a film, but a porous napkin. It is moistened and removed before use. The picture is placed on the base, unlike flat transfers, in the center, and carefully, with smooth circular movements, smoothed out to the edges. Best Foundation– a slightly rough layer of PVA applied with a foam rubber swab, or the same layer of white nitro paint.

Note: Children decouple most carefully - their fingers have not yet become rough.

Popcorn

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

Christmas tree decorations

Snowflakes

The first and simplest thing you can use to decorate both the Christmas tree and the whole house is snowflakes. Probably everyone knows how to cut them; Just in case, we provide a diagram (Fig. below) of how to cut out 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 in three, it will not unfold into a snowflake, but if folded six times, it will turn out to be 12 rays. Therefore, if you don’t mind the effort of making real snowflakes, we provide a diagram of water crystallization, see Fig. on right. You can use it to create countless figures, and for inspiration, or as samples for templates, in Fig. Below are photographs under a microscope of real snowflakes from real snowfall. Is it true that human imagination is far from nature? Experts say that no two identical snowflakes have been spotted yet.

A word about boxes...

When preparing for the New Year in advance, do not throw away small warranty boxes that are no longer under warranty. They make excellent toys, see fig. And you can even do it with surprises. It’s interesting to then observe what kind of barter negotiations the “high contracting parties” then start when they discover that he got a baby doll, and she got a model car.

...about eggs...

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

...and about nuts

One of the oldest types of Christmas tree decorations is wrapped in foil. walnuts. The thread of the pendant loop was threaded along the seam between the shells; Now you can just glue it on. Both are not a hindrance to eating. Especially for this purpose, they placed the Nutcracker under the Christmas tree, about which P. Tchaikovsky wrote ballet music, which was later used as an opera.

Balls

New Year's balls are a vast world in the vast world of New Year's decorations. And in the vast world Christmas balls There is an immense world of paper balls, if we consider a ball to be a body of revolution with a smoothly curved surface and regular polyhedra. We will now deal with all this immensity within the immensity within the immensity, remembering: everything should be within the power of a child, and it should be possible to do it at home on the table.

From blanks

First, let's try to change the monotonous ready-made balls in our own way. The technique is simple, see figure:

  1. We select cheaper plastic balls, with a dull matte surface;
  2. Paint with white nitro paint;
  3. By completely dry decoupling;
  4. So how? How much does this cost in the store? On New Year's Eve?

Note: and if you don’t mind spending money on a glue gun, and have nowhere to put old beads, bugles, artificial pearls, then here is another option in the figure:

Now let's get down to the foam. The options here are much more varied, see fig. below. Pos. 1 – you will need a figured hole punch from the same crafts store. If from the Internet, then order ahead of time; It is known how parcels arrive on New Year's Eve. Next - pins with beaded heads, pos. 2 and you're done. The hanging loop is secured with a piece of toothpick or a match and a drop of PVA.

Suddenly there is no figured stamp for paper, but there are pins and beads, you get a colored hedgehog ball, pos. 3. The beads are strung on pins, and the tip of each, to make it sit tighter, is dipped in PVA before inserting. A pos. 4? Guess what! Chupa-chups with chopsticks bitten obliquely (to make it easier to stick in). You can eat it straight from the tree if the adults don’t mind. Or quietly, from the other side.

For pos. 4 and 5 require a glue gun and a workpiece protected with dried PVA. Decoration Materials– cord and glass beads or artificial pearls.

From light bulbs

Light bulbs, as mentioned above, preparations for New Year’s decorations are difficult, but rewarding, see fig. Low-power lamps with a narrow “minion” base and a matte embossed bulb, pos. 1; consider these as ready-made balls. “Candle” light bulbs are also not bad, but if you do not remove the stem, after painting/varnishing they should be immediately, before the paint/varnish has dried, thickly sprinkled with glitter, pos. 2. Burnt-out low-power housekeepers in double “cone” flasks were made especially for the New Year: all that remains is to decoupage, tie a loop on the base, cover it with papier-mâché, and you’re done (item 3).

You can also create a lot of New Year's creations using ordinary light bulbs. The easiest way to make penguins (pos. 4): here you don’t need to be able to draw at all. Barbosov-Shrekov can also be made without art education - the shades on the background are punched out with a small foam pad, and the line drawing is drawn out with gel pens. In the same way, they create toys that require, in addition to talent, sufficient skill, poses. 5 and 6. In general, it is a matter of taste and imagination.

Spider balls

Thread web balls are all the rage right now, and in this case she wasn't going crazy. There are several varieties of them. The first (item 1 in the figure) is an ordinary cheap ball, on which a plastic mesh is stretched, the kind in which garlic and other small items are packaged in supermarkets. Let's add a ribbon bow - that's something. Just like the same cheap balls, decorated with scraps of tulle or organza, pos. 2.

“Real” spider web balls are made from glued colored threads, pos. 3, 4. It is best to take threads for satin stitch embroidery, but with additional decor Simple ones will do. The technique is simple: the thread is pulled through PVA and immediately wound onto an inflatable template, lubricated with Vaseline. After the glue has dried, the template is blown off or simply pierced and removed.

For small ones Christmas balls-webs the template can be inflated, perhaps, only from a medical fingertip: it has a roller that allows you to hold the blank to the lips while inflating; Without a roller nothing will work. Gel and latex balloons are not suitable: so that they do not sag under the thread, they need to be inflated to too large a size.

There are plenty of devices for pulling thread through glue; one of the simplest ones is shown in Fig. The glass allows you to use glue sparingly, and the tray does not let excess glue onto the table. The glass is pierced with a needle and thread, glue is poured, pulled, and wound. It is only necessary for an assistant to hold the “broach”, otherwise, if the thread gets caught, the glue may spill onto the table, lap or chair upholstery. An alternative to a helper is a piece of double-sided tape, which is used to attach the tray to the countertop. You need to wind it with dexterity, because... PVA-impregnated thread dries quickly.

More about balls of thread

Beautiful thread balls can be made not only using the “spider web” technique. The method of making one of the oldest Christmas tree decorations from threads - a pom-pom ball - is shown in Fig. To pos. 5: cut the thread along the rim with a sharp knife or safety razor blade. Pom-pom 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

Let’s now move on to the immensity within the immensity—Christmas tree decorations made of paper. This is a whole Big world; for example, masters modular origami they create creations from it that clearly confirm: paper is one of the most wonderful materials invented by man, see fig. But we will leave these difficulties for later, and let’s move on to what can be done, as they say, right off the bat, and which also looks impressive.

How to make a simple paper ball for a Christmas tree is shown in Fig. Material – thick colored paper, PVA. Painting, varnishing, sprinkling with glitter is not forbidden. If the ball is made of glitter (laminated paper, plastic), you need to glue it with “Moment” or superglue.

Openwork

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

  1. Paper circles are quilted with thread or (even worse) stapled along the 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 “book” is closed 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. Firstly, the generating figure can be any body of revolution. The main thing is that the workpiece is bilateral, i.e. its right and left halves should be mirror image each other; quilt a stack of blanks along the axis of symmetry.

Secondly, the places of gluing need to be precisely marked on the “book” by scratching with pens along the edge of the foot. Using pens - 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 until it sets, not with paper clips, but with your fingers through plastic film. What can be achieved in this way can be seen in Fig. on right.

A little stereometry...

Regular polyhedrons are often taken as the basis for a Christmas ball: with skillful decoration, they look great, and gluing them together from paper is not difficult if you know how. The polyhedra themselves, suitable for the Christmas tree, without “admixtures” of other flat figures, are made up of equilateral triangles and pentagons. Since not everyone knows the basics of stereometry and planimetry, we provide their templates inscribed in circles, see Fig. The segments (wings) of the circumscribing circles are not cut off, but folded back and glued together. The balls are glued with their wings facing outward, and the lampshades of the lanterns are glued 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 at the bases without bottoms. How to assemble it can be seen at the top in Fig. Even more impressive are the regular 20-sided triangles, the icosahedron, and the regular 12-sided dodecahedron, made from 5-gons. Many methods for gluing icosahedral spheres have been described; For some reason dodecahedrons are ignored. However, if you have templates inscribed in circles and printed in the right size, it is easiest and most accurate to glue according to patterns, below in Fig. Coloring, decoration, of course - to your taste.

Note: from regular 3- and 5-gons you can create polyhedra with any number of sides, up to infinity.

... and topologies

Curved, complex shapes are dealt with by another science - topology. It could not be done without applying it to Christmas tree decorations. Most “topological” decorations, however, are quite difficult to make, so we give only 1, but very beautiful ball, which can be woven without special knowledge and experience. First, you will need to print out the pattern of the blanks on colored paper (see figure) and cut them out.

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

Then, on the center of the “octopus”, or more precisely, the twelve-legged one, carefully, so as not to disturb the layout, glue a circle, pos. 1 on next rice. Glue the second centipede in exactly the same way, turn it over, place the first one on it and intertwine the “tentacles”, pos. 2 and 3. The result is a ball like 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 and protractor will also be needed to make a papillot ball. It is called that because its “horns” are similar to the paper curlers that were used to curl the styles 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 them into 2 equal piles, 5 in each.
  • The circles of each pile are cut into 8 radii at 45 degrees, pos. 1 in Fig: 1st half, last 5/6 of the radius; intermediate - gradually increasing the depth of the cut. You need to cut accurately, so it’s better to immediately draw smaller circles on the circles - markers.
  • The petals are rolled into papillot cones and glued along the seam.
  • Each pile is folded in order of increasing incision depth, with the “needles” shifted around the circumference, pos. 3, and pull it together with a thread in the center so that the “needles” puff up.
  • The two halves of the “hedgehog” are folded with their bottoms and finally tied together with thread, pos. 4.
  • The ball is painted, the ends of the needles are gilded, silvered, sprinkled with sparkles, etc.

Using the same principle, you can get good balls in a simpler way. To do this, roll up many curl-papers from circles separately; better - from silver or golden plastic film. The diameter of the blanks may vary. Then they are placed on the table and leveled in height, trimming the ends. The next step is gluing it to the base (large bead, foam ball or ping pong ball) with the points inward. It turns out to be an “inside-out hedgehog”, or an anti-papillote ball, see fig. on right. The paper one can still be decorated, but the shiny one is good enough.

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 with them is shown in Fig:

For the craft on the top row, old buttons and a little help an ordinary stationery hole punch, and for the one below, you will also need a ring of adhesive tape, etc. However, the ring can also be glued together from several layers of paper on a mandrel from a bottle, can, etc. In this case, the mandrel must first be wrapped in plastic film so that the ring does not stick. And to make it easier to film, paper tape you need to screw it onto the mandrel not tightly and closer to the bottom or neck.

Note: the ring with small additions and coloring will be used as jewelry on its own, see fig. on right:

You can also use paper to make Chinese lanterns for the Christmas tree and for the whole house. This theme is also an immensity within an immensity; For example, we give the simplest one, see fig. below. These look best when made from multi-colored glitter, which in this case is colored glossy paper or plastic film.

Cones, icicles, bells

It is often recommended to turn spruce and pine cones into Christmas tree decorations by painting and pendants, on the left in the figure:

But traditional New Year’s decorations made from pine 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 complete replacement for the bells on the New Year's wreath, see below.

Good icicle toys are made from salted dough painted with silver. The blanks are cut from the seam straight or slightly swollen in the middle, with pointed ends, or in the form of an elongated spear tip. Then they are twisted into a spiral; hung to dry.

Bells, except from plastic cups, are obtained from small PET bottles, for example, ketchup. In Fig. on the right is the original product, a blank for decoration from it, and how the tongue of the bell works. The “spindle” (satin thread) is pulled through the dispensing spout of the cork and secured with a standard cap. You can pierce it with a needle, but the cap is deliberately made to look like a face from papier-mâché. The entire body of the bell hangs freely on the top button. Of course, a bead would have been better for a beater, but I didn’t have one at hand.

Garlands and beads

The simplest of New Year's garlands- so-called English, see fig. It still requires the same paper accordion. The desired figure is drawn on it, with some protrusion beyond the edges. First, use a scalpel (better) or a mounting knife to cut out the internal holes. To tear the paper, holes are punched in their corners and, at some intervals, on the sides, and the jumpers are cut with a knife. Let's unfold the accordion - we get a ribbon like the one on the top right in Fig. Below it are several templates suitable for an English garland of stars.

The simplest of glued garlands is a chain of rings, above in Fig. on right. But glued garlands made of paper fans, two poses, look much more magnificent. 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 pos. at the bottom. It clearly shows that the blanks for them should 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 is also perfect for “shaggy” garlands. How to do them is clear from the poses. 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 cut in the same way (flip + cut halfway on the other side). Then the accordion is unfolded and rolled into a spiral. In order for the “corkscrew” to hold, you can, after securing its ends, sprinkle a little, literally just a little, with water from a perfume spray bottle. Once it dries, it stays that way. But if you give it water, it will spread.

There are also stringed garlands. One of the simplest ones can be assembled from small booklet balls like openwork ones, only without gluing the sheets together. How is clear from Fig.

A strung garland in the quilling style is also simple and effective, see next. rice.:

Christmas tree garlands, as you know, can also be luminous. Modern microbulbs allow you to equip yourself with lampshades. 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 it by inserting a sliver or piece of toothpick between the wires. This work is quite safe, unless the garlands are homemade for 220 V. Then let the master manufacturer refine it.

Very beautiful lampshades are made from polygonal balls, but glued with wings inside. For what? And from the wings, fancy shadows will fall on the sides of the lampshade from the inside. Finally, lampshades for a glowing 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 from paper. How to make origami lampshades is shown in Fig. below.

Translation of explanations:

  • Repeat on the opposite side – repeat on the opposite side.
  • Repeat on the other 3 corners – repeat on the remaining 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 hole to inflate.

Beads for the Christmas tree, which look just like the factory ones (on the left in the picture), can be made from aluminum foil, salt dough and painted plastic tubes.

First, the foil is cut into squares from 10x10 to 20x20 cm, depending on the desired size of the beads. The bead blanks are rolled into balls between the palms, on the right in Fig. Next, cut out circles from the salt dough with a diameter slightly larger than the size of the beads, stick them around the workpieces and smooth them out. The beads are dried on newspaper and painted with bronze or silver, or colored metallic. All that remains is to string it mixed with tubes, and you’re done.

Rain and tinsel

The old Testament silvery rain on the Christmas tree can be made using the same manual noodle cutter as glitter, but you no longer need to cut the “noodles” with scissors. The rain will be less tangled and will last longer if it is covered not with a baking sleeve, but with silver or golden, or simply colored, shiny plastic.

But the “shaggy” homemade tinsel is made from an aluminum baking sleeve, like a garland of corrugated paper. Then the ribbons twisted into a spiral will not unfold on their own. As for the “sausage” tinsel, it’s still better to buy it. Without special equipment you can’t make long pieces; thin strips interlock and stick together. You can make short sections for branches tabletop Christmas tree, but this is another vast in the vast.

Wreath

New Year and Christmas wreath older than the holiday New Year and older than any of the current calendars. His ancestry 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 Druid wreath was such that it would not be said by night.

In Russia, the New Year is celebrated relatively recently. Before Peter the Great, years were counted “from the creation of the world” (now according to Orthodox Slavic calendar 7524 g.s.m., there is also Orthodox Byzantine; in Hebrew - 5775. Like.); the beginning of the new year fell on March 1 and this day did not stand out in any way. For the first time, according to Peter’s decree, “with great noise and revelry” and “decorations from branches and trees of pine, spruce and juniper,” the year 1700 from the Nativity of Christ was celebrated on January 1.

The Christmas wreath came into Russian holiday usage just a few years ago. To the branches of coniferous trees none of the world's religions sacred meaning does not attach; all 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 alone); a pair of different sizes - for divorced and single mothers.

All this, of course, is pure convention. What New Year's wreaths are not made from, see fig. below. It is not forbidden to use a wreath in the most frivolous way, see fig. on the left above, and the goblins with the kikimors of the swamp against actions do not seem to be happy.

As for a real wreath-amulet and talisman, it’s not difficult to make it with your own hands: spruce branches, natural or artificial, pine cones, wire frame, balls, bells, bow, and - forward, see picture:

Learn more about how to make a wreath from fir branches in the video below:

Video: DIY wreath of pine cones and fir branches

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

Video: preparations for New Year's wreaths

An original and popular craft for the New Year - a wreath made of pine cones. It’s also easy to make, see next. rice. The tinted cones are provided with loops, pos. 1. Special kits are also sold for this, pos. 2, but you can get by with paper clips bitten off by side cutters. The holes under their legs are pricked with an awl, and after inserting a loop, superglue is dripped under them. All that remains is to string it 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 complete confusion. Obviously, everyone calls the same style in their own way, or exactly different ones call them by the same name. However, there is still something in common; especially for small ones artificial Christmas trees on a conical base. They are very dense, so they are decorated 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 as pretentious as you like. 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 general style room decoration; finally, simply the taste of the owner or customer.

Hi all! The approach of the New Year requires, so to speak, pleasant chores and preparations. In this article you will find many ideas for DIY toys (balls, snowflakes, snowmen and many others)

This master class inspired me to create. It turned out regular cardboard

from the box you can make something like this: Unfortunately, I don’t know what they sprinkle on the photo on the right, but I can recommend dry wallpaper glue and glitter. In the article about

You can also read about sparkles (where to find them and what they look like).

I really like the idea of ​​sock snowman toys. You can put these under the Christmas tree or make a craft in the kindergarten. This is not new, but they look great... and do not require special skills or material costs!

They won me over :)

Watch a video on how to make these snowmen on our channel.

They turned out so cute! The most simple toys for the New Year these are felt toys. Felt available material

, and patterns do not need to process sections. My sister has been able to do this since she was 6 years old hand stitches

do. I think it won’t be difficult for any girl to sew such felt toys under the supervision of her mother! Available for sale bright colors which will make interesting decorations , which will look great on the green needles of the Christmas tree and are also safe for the child. I remember the eldest, when he was still small, climbed onto the back of the sofa and tore it from the tree glass toy “icicle”......and took a bite... Luckily it only cracked and he didn’t swallow anything. Good thing I was there. But I was convinced that I had secured the toys high. This year we will hang on the lower tier safe toys

and secure the tree more tightly, otherwise the youngest is a hurricane!

Light bulbs + imagination + some drawing skills =

All children love to draw! So give them free rein for their creative imagination!

Balls, balls, balls...the most popular New Year's toys:

I suggest you look at an interesting technique for decorating a ball:

I found these photos as an example. After all, if you think about it, there are a lot of ideas for decorating balloons, just change the color of the ribbons, fabric, paper, glitter and paints... Go ahead and create, friends! Where can I get the blank for New Year's ball , if there is no opportunity to buy? Do it yourself!

The video shows in great detail how to make a high-quality blank for the ball.

And this video will tell you how to make a papier mache base:

Originally, yes, from bottle openers. I wonder if the author collected from friends or if he drank so much soda! Well, the one who knows how to weave from newspaper tubes

A voluminous ball of kusudama paper is perfect for decorating a Christmas tree if you sprinkle it with a little glitter.

How to make a kusudama ball:

Very cute mobiles:

You can make such a lantern from two components from hanging flowerpots and a garland. Especially relevant for terraces and verandas of private houses.

Colorful bells are made from coffee machine capsules:

Dinoyogurt cups are also suitable for this purpose!

Napkins come in handy too: