See how to make Christmas tree toys from plastic bottles, yarn, felt and even toilet paper rolls, as well as the symbol of 2018 - a dog. The content of the article:
- Christmas toys made of yarn
- How to make felt Christmas tree toys
- DIY Christmas tree toy in the form of a dog
- From plastic bottles
How nice it is to admire the Christmas tree on which there are handmade Christmas toys. You can create them for a festive matinee at school, in kindergarten, for city events.
Christmas toys made of yarn
You will quickly create such openwork decorations from the material at hand. You will need:
- yarn;
- plastic tray;
- a bowl;
- pins;
- PVA glue;
- marker;
- paper.
Pour PVA into a bowl, dilute with a little water. Dip the threads here, let them soak in this solution for 5 minutes. Insert the pins into the inverted tray so that they follow the shape of the star. Wind a thread on them, first creating the outlines of the future product from it.
Now lay the yarn so that you get symmetrical curls, or use a pattern of your own.
Set aside the work, let the product dry until the end, after which it is time to hang it on the tree. In the same way, you can make a smaller copy of this tree. Do not forget to make a loop for hanging it on the tree.
Yarn is a very malleable material, so you can create toys of almost any shape from it.
To make such a ball on a Christmas tree, take:
- white threads;
- Balloon;
- sequins;
- PVA glue;
- a bowl.
Inflate the ball, wrap it with threads and lower it into a bowl filled with PVA glue and diluted with a little water. Turn this blank several times so that the yarn is well saturated with glue.
Now take the ball out of the bowl, let the glue drain. Then cover the piece with glitter and hang it up to dry. When the day has passed, pierce the ball with a needle and remove it through the hole. Such a product can become not only a decoration for a Christmas tree, but also after the New Year will decorate a room.
Not only white threads, but also colored yarn will quickly turn into Christmas tree decorations. With your own hands, you will start 2018 by contemplating an elegant Christmas tree, the items for which you will make yourself or with the involvement of other family members.
Very soon you will have such sparkling balls. To make them, you need to take:
- yarn;
- air balloons;
- a bowl;
- glue;
- scissors;
- a needle.
As in the previous case, saturate the ball with PVA glue diluted with water. Hang the workpiece to dry, then pierce the ball to remove. If you want, then don't pierce, just untie it and release the air. Then you can take out the whole ball and use it.
If you want, then make a backlight for each product, fixing Christmas tree garlands or an LED inside the element. For such creativity, you can use almost any thread, even a jute cord. See how decorating these items with satin ribbons gives them extra charm.
If you wish, cover the finished balls with gold paint, it will turn out very beautifully.
The next DIY Christmas tree toy can then be taken to school or kindergarten.
Similar decorations are also made from yarn. First, pompons are created from it, then they turn into an animal or a bird. To make such a Christmas tree toy, take:
- yarn of the desired color;
- PVA glue;
- colored cardboard.
Cut a ring of the desired diameter out of cardboard. Start wrapping it with yarn in several layers. When a very small hole remains in the center, finish this stage of work, cut the yarn in a circle. Tie this bundle with a thread, remove the cardboard.
By the way, you can use such a base to create other Christmas tree decorations. It can be round, heart-shaped, drop-shaped or herringbone.
You will need to wrap the cut out cardboard blank with threads, fix the ends with glue, then decorate the toys as you see fit.
How to make felt Christmas tree toys?
This material is very fertile; even beginners can create decorations for the New Year's holiday from it. At the same time, you do not need to have a sewing machine, since the presented Christmas tree decorations from felt are sewn on the hands.
If you want to create such a tree, then take:
- cookie form;
- green felt;
- scissors;
- light green threads;
- a needle;
- multicolored beads.
Attach the Christmas tree cookie cutter to the piece of felt, cut out. One toy will require two identical blanks. Place one on top of the other, sew them together, stitching along the edge.
Decorate the Christmas tree with beads; you can also use round buttons on the leg.
If you have red and white felt, you can combine these colors to create extraordinarily beautiful Christmas tree decorations.
If you do not know what to present for the New Year to your friend, mother, grandmother, you can sew potholders out of felt that correspond to the mood of this holiday and hand them over.
Patterns are not required to make the following felt toys. But if you are not sure that you can immediately cut the star correctly, then draw it first on a cardboard template, cut it out, and only then attach it to the felt. Draw with chalk, cut out two parts for each toy.
Such blanks are placed one above the other, a synthetic winterizer is placed inside and swept along the edge with a basting. Sew on the beads, attach on the loop on top and you can hang decorations on the Christmas tree.
Even small pieces of felt will do the trick. Cut out snowflakes of various shapes from them, sew to each loop so that you can hang these products on the tree.
To make the next decoration, you need to cut a strip 5 cm wide from the felt, and if you need a Christmas tree toy for a large Christmas tree, then make it 10-15 cm wide. Cut one of the long edges of this strip of fabric in a straight line, making cuts at the same distance.
Roll this cut tape into a tight roll. Sew the tape on top to fix the workpiece in this position. Sew on the eyelet, after which the work can be considered finished.
Decorate your Christmas tree with felt cones. To do this, take a material of light and dark colors.
On cardboard, draw patterns of flowers of different sizes, consisting of 4-8 petals. Thread a strong thread into the needle, string these blanks onto it in the following sequence: first put on it a small brown circle with a tail made of the same fabric, then put on a small light flower, on it - brown of the same size. Next comes a pair of blanks, a little larger in size.
Using this technology, collect the cone so that the largest blanks are in the center. String further the smaller ones, the last - the smallest flower.
If you are crafting with your child, invite him to draw a Christmas tree on paper, cut it out and use this template to create a felt tree. It is decorated with white circles that represent snowflakes.
Under the careful guidance of adults, a child will be able to make a snowman out of felt.
For such a toy, you need to cut out a blank from white fabric, consisting of two circles of different sizes. You will need 2 parts for each character. They are not sewn along the edge to the end, then the synthetic winterizer is put inside, and only then the remaining slot is swept away. It remains to decorate the figure with a scarf, a hat, sew on facial features from the remnants of fabric.
If you want to make a Christmas wreath, you can also use felt or other thick fabric for this. For the base, you need to cut two rings from such a canvas and one from a padding polyester or holofiber. This soft filler is placed inside, the edges are swept away.
Now you need to decorate the wreath with gingerbread characters. Look, they are given in the following pattern.
For each, you also need to cut out two parts, seal them with filler, decorate the blanks, following the photo clue.
DIY Christmas tree toy in the form of a dog
Since 2018 is the year of the dog, do not forget to hang a toy made in the shape of this animal on the tree.
If you want the Christmas dog toy on the Christmas tree to be as voluminous as in the photo, then you need to cut out two outer parts of the body from the fabric, as well as two inner lower ones. Small workpieces are sewn together, and also grind off with a large one. The head will be more voluminous if the insert is sewn at the top.
A Christmas tree toy dog can be made from almost any material. Even a toilet paper sleeve will do. See how this waste material can be turned into a fun little dog.
To do this, it is enough to press well on the workpiece from above to indicate the ears of the animal. Then you need to paint the sleeve and glue the details of the dog's muzzle, tail and paws to it.
And here is another idea for such a decoration. If you want the toy to hang on the tree, then fold the thread in the form of a loop and glue to it. The sleeves are arranged horizontally, then to each you need to glue the animal's face and paws from paper, paint it all in the appropriate colors.
Many funny dogs can be made from such sleeves. It will be enough to glue to each paw and a muzzle, on which ears and facial features are drawn, and the dog is ready for a Christmas tree toy.
If you need to quickly decorate trees or a room for this holiday, then inflate balloons, glue two ears to each. With a marker, draw the features of the face, you get wonderful dogs.
Even old hats can be turned into original dogs. Cut out the eyes and ears out of felt, and make the nose out of pom-poms. Glue these elements onto your hat, and then you can admire the work done.
If you have ice cream sticks, glue them onto a cardboard base to create the animal's face and front legs. Attach toy eyes, other features of the face, and ears and tail.
You can also make a dog for the New Year from a plastic bottle. The following photo tip will help you create one.
By the way, you can make other decoration elements from plastic containers for this bright holiday.
Christmas toys from plastic bottles
To make such a pinecone, you need to take:
- brown plastic bottles;
- scissors;
- pliers;
- awl;
- wire;
- beads.
Cut the top and bottom of the bottle, cut the central part in half to make a rectangle of plastic. You can use a template or freehand blanks that look like flowers, which consist of five petals.
In the center of each, make a hole with an awl. Hold these flowers over a burner flame, holding them with pliers. When the workpieces are cool, string them on the wire, starting with the largest one. Secure with beads so that the elements do not slide off.
To make a ball from a plastic bottle, take this container, cut out rings of the same size from it.
Now connect all of them together so that the blanks resemble a ball. Tie the individual elements together using rain.
Now you can decorate the balls with tinsel, sequins, gluing these elements to the base.
What is a tree without a New Year's bell? To make such a toy, take:
- plastic bottles;
- scissors;
- glue gun;
- expanded polystyrene ball;
- ribbons;
- organza;
- sandpaper;
- nylon thread;
- decor elements;
- gold paint.
Cut off the top of the bottle where the neck is.
To prevent the cut from being sharp, sandpaper it or burn it over a flame. Paint the items with gold paint. Through the neck, lower the nylon thread to which you want to tie the expanded polystyrene ball. Organza tape should be glued to the bottom of the bell. Attach the wire to hang the bell from the tree. But first, don't forget to decorate it as you see fit.
The wreath will be a decoration for a Christmas tree or room decor. To do this, you need to cut off the bottoms of plastic bottles, cut them to make such pointed flowers, and then connect them, giving the shape of a wreath.
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