Recently, there has been a tendency to return to the past, that is, at a time when preference was given not to factory production, but to homemade things. And do-it-yourself Christmas tree decorations , complete confirmation of this.
However, the desire to create something of their own, incomparable with anything, for many sometimes remains only a rush, due to the lack of useful information. That is why today we will talk about how to make Christmas decorations with our own hands.
And now we will make Christmas toys from papier-mâché. To do this, take thick paper or cardboard, some toilet paper, an old newspaper, PVA glue, paste, pin, varnish and gouache.
From thick paper, cut out the shape of the future toy. Using this template, make several appropriate copies from the newspaper. And the more they will be, the thicker the future product will be. Stick the cut copies onto the form, greasing them with glue. If you need to make a thickening to get a voluminous toy, then on the penultimate layer in the right places, apply toilet paper dipped in paste. And only after that, glue the last layer, for which it is best to use white paper because of the convenience of staining. Insert the pin as carefully as possible between the layers of the newspaper, and then dry the blank. As a rule, this takes about three days.
After the specified time, cover the workpiece with white gouache. And as soon as it dries, color the toy as you wish. At the final stage, coat it with varnish.
We continue to do Christmas decorations with our own hands. Take a chicken egg and use a needle to make holes in it from two opposite sides. Pour all the contents. Rinse the shell under a stream of cold water and let it dry. Then apply a beautiful New Year's drawing on the shell. Glue a piece of plasticine to the bottom of it, to which attach the thread. Your Christmas decoration is ready.
How else can I make Christmas decorations with my own hands? The next option is ideal for people with an indefatigable imagination. Take a one-color Christmas ball and decorate it with any means at hand. It can be some old lace, pieces of velvet or brocade. Surely you have some kind of jewelry in your house. Unleash your design talent and give yourself completely to creativity.
We have considered only a small part of what you can build yourself. But all the options presented are of normal sizes. For those who want to make large Christmas tree decorations with their own hands, we offer the following: use plain paper to make, for example, Santa Claus or Snow Maiden. Such jewelry will not break when falling and will look great on a beautiful New Year tree. The dimensions of the future toy are completely dependent on the sheet format. And now directly about the technology of its manufacture.
Take a sheet of colored cardboard, preferably red, and cut out a part of the circle from it so that subsequently, when gluing the edges, a cone is formed. Color the blank, with a brush, draw hands, cheeks and eyes.
Then take a strip of white paper, on one side of which cut the fringe and fluff it, wrapping it on a pencil. This will be the beard, hat, sheepskin coat and eyebrows of Santa Claus.
Twist the cylinder of the right size for the nose out of red colored paper, then glue it between the eyes. It remains to roll up the crafts with a cone and glue the edges. Snow Maiden is made according to the same principle.
In the end, you can simply cut beautiful and original snowflakes from paper and decorate them with a Christmas tree, as well as a room and a window.
As you can see, making toys for the New Year with your own hands is completely uncomplicated. And this process will not take much time. And as a result, you get exclusive options for Christmas tree decorations!