Threads are simple and accessible to everyone material from which you can create many amazing things. In addition to clothing and embroidery, they will also make a wonderful decor. In this article you will learn how to make toys from threads with your own hands. How to budget decorate a house for Halloween or New Year, creating a real fairy tale for children. Little students will be able to decorate their stationery, and the housewives can make a charm of thread for the home.
Decoration for pen or pencil made of thread
Materials for work:
- pencils, pens,
- PVA glue,
- scissors,
- brush,
- piece of cardboard
- finished eyes.
To begin with, let's work on a haircut. Wrap threads on a piece of cardboard. Drag them in the middle and tie. Cut what happened with scissors.
We make a head. The tip of a pen or pencil should be dipped in PVA glue. Winding a thread on it until you get a semblance of a head. Glue the eyes to her. Stick the hair to the crown. You can make a doll a hairstyle: braid the braids, collect them in the tail or shag.
Take care of the lovely details: sequin earrings in the ears, a bow in the hair, a butterfly on the neck and everything that comes to your mind. Do not limit your imagination. So you figured out the step-by-step process of creating a toy from threads with your own hands. The master class is aimed at middle school students.
Thread horse
Make a horse-shaped thread amulet for your home. This is an ancient symbol of health and good ability to work. No wonder they say: "Plow like a horse." Making a toy of thread with your own hands can be the topic of a lesson in labor education.
For work, prepare:
- knitting threads of three different colors;
- a frame measuring 21 by 16 cm;
- ribbon or braid for decoration;
- finished eyes for toys or beads.
Work stages
Place the frame vertically. Make 60 turns of thread on it. Tie on top. Remove from the mold and cut from the bottom. Repeat the process.
Take yarn in two different colors, for example, white and yellow. Connect them. Position the frame horizontally. Make 20 turns, also bandage and cut. Repeat this with another skein.
Insert two rigid wires under the knot into the first workpiece. Stretch them all the way. Now you need to make the nose of the horse: bandage a bunch of threads at a distance of 1 cm from the beginning. Create a face: we will do the same, only at a distance of 3 cm. At this point, we fix the mane. Just tie it with a thread of the same color as the body.
Bend the horse’s neck. At a distance of 5-6 cm, grab the base again with a thread. Now you need to divide the bunch of threads into two parts - these will be the legs. Limbs intercept at a distance of 1 cm from the bottom of the product.
Take the second large workpiece. Insert a two-wire frame into it. Divide the bunch and stick in the middle of the horse’s neck. Lock with threads. After 5 cm, intercept the product again. Divide the bundle into two parts, each should have a wire. Similarly to the front, do the hind legs.
Tie a tail from a short bundle made at the beginning of the workshop. Wrap the ends of the wire in the shape of loops. Trim the threads. The horse is ready. We hope you enjoy the process of making a toy from threads with your own hands.
Balls of thread
Colorful and original crafts in the form of balls of different sizes can be made from yarn. Prepare threads, petroleum jelly or any cream (oil), scissors and balloons. The brighter the colors of the yarn, the more interesting the craft will look.
So, we begin the magic process of making a toy from threads. Do-it-yourself parents can hold a master class for children. An extraordinary evening for your family is guaranteed. Information will be given below on how exactly such crafts can be used.
Take yarn and a bottle of PVA glue. Pierce the container and put the thread there. Pull all the yarn through the bottle. This method will help to avoid dirt. When the threads are finished with glue, wind them around a pre-inflated balloon. The process is messy. The number of threads depends on whether you want a transparent ball or vice versa - with a dense curly web. The ball, before winding the thread, must be lubricated with any cream, oil or petroleum jelly.
Prepare in advance the surface on which the balls will dry. Leave them for a day. After the blanks are completely dry, pierce them with a needle. The balls are blown away and you can easily pull them out. Do this very carefully. If a large hole has formed in the process, then cover it with new yarn. You have to wait until the ball is completely dry.
Finished balls can be glued with sequins, rhinestones, beautiful buttons. For the manufacture, you can use yarn of different thicknesses, as well as twine.
How to use balls of thread?
You can make them of different sizes and build a snowman by fixing them on each other. You can make a garland of thread balls. It is very simple. You need to thread small blanks on the factory New Year's garland. Cute decor for the Christmas holidays or just to decorate the nursery is ready. This garland can be used in the garden, just hanging it on the branches of trees or in the gazebo.
DIY Christmas toys from threads (photo step by step)
Christmas tree toys are very easy to make. Even kindergarteners will cope with this task if you prepare materials and templates for them. Cut the figures out of cardboard. Hearts, bears, stars and everything that is enough for imagination will do. Do not make the drawing detailed.
Prepare PVA glue and knitting threads. Glue the tip to the cardboard and wrap the silhouette. At the end of the work, lock the thread. You can make a garland of such toys by attaching them to a ribbon, rope or twine.
Thread ghost
Want an interesting Halloween decor? Make a ghost out of threads! Such decor can be done in 20 minutes, and it will impress the guests and children indescribably.
Bend the thick wire in a semicircle. Cut white knitting threads. Tie them to the wire. Glue the mouth and eyes out of paper or black tape.
Do you want to surprise guests with exclusive decor and quickly and cheaply prepare a zone for Christmas or other themed photos no worse than in a studio? Stock up with yarn of different textures and colors and make toys from threads with your own hands. The photos will turn out to be magical, and you will not spend a lot of time and money on preparation.