Scarecrow - an integral attribute of the festival of Pancake week. Its burning on the day of Forgiveness Sunday symbolizes farewell to winter. This attribute was made of a wide variety of materials that yielded well to burning: straw, hay, fabric, paper. In this article we will talk about how a stuffed Pancake week with your own hands can be done. Following the instructions, you can create a real symbol of winter, which can be used in traditional holiday ceremonies for burning. Also here is a master class on making a souvenir doll Shrovetide, which can be both a toy for children and an original gift for friends and relatives.
Getting ready for the wires of winter. What to make a stuffed Carnival of?
To perform the ritual figure, we will use the following materials:
- wooden blocks of different lengths - 2 pieces;
- nails or screws;
- paper;
- colored paints or felt-tip pens;
- straw or hay;
- ropes;
- brooms;
- women's clothing (shawl, sundress).
Description of the method of manufacturing a large stuffed animal
From the bars we knock down the cross and dig it into the ground. We decorate the wooden blank with straw, wrapping it with ropes. We form in this way a figure similar to a human. From an sheet of white paper we cut an oval, draw facial features on it. We attach this detail to the stuffed Pancake week with our own hands. We put a sundress on the body of the figure, a scarf on the head. We put brooms under the stuffed bottom. It is they who are set on fire. This material lights up quickly and brightly. That's all, the ritual doll is ready!
News Pancake week: we make crafts with children
A small figure - a symbol of winter - will surely appeal to your daughters and sons. The very process of its implementation will also interest and captivate them. For work, you will need affordable materials, which are definitely in every house. These include:
- colored paper or newspaper;
- threads for sewing or embroidery;
- rags of fabric;
- ribbons or braid;
- scissors.
Stage of performing children's crafts
So, we will tell you how to make a stuffed Pancake week from paper. Cut it into long strips with a width of 1.5-2 centimeters. The resulting stripes are stacked in bundles. From them we form a figure. We fold one bundle in half and tie it with a thread, stepping back from the place of addition down 2 centimeters. As a result, we get a torso detail with a head. We attach the second bundle to the first, forming a figure in the form of a cross. The ends of the strips are fixed with threads. So we completed the pens. The lower edge of the body part is divided into two equal parts and rewound, making legs. As a result, we get a paper doll. Now we will dress up the stuffed Pancake week with our own hands. From the fabric flap we cut out a triangular-shaped part. We put this blank on the head of the figure in the form of a scarf. From a rectangular cut of textiles, we make a rectangle and fix it on the part of the body, forming a kind of sundress. Dolly, a symbol of winter, is ready.
Pancake week from the fabric. Learning to make such a figure. Preparatory stage
If you are doing a scarecrow in order to burn it on Forgiveness Sunday, then use old unnecessary rags of cloth or clothing to make it. It is advisable to make a souvenir doll from beautiful bright textiles and decorative elements. We study the list of materials necessary for the creative process:
- two wooden sticks;
- bright cuts of fabric;
- strong threads (kapron or acrylic);
- a flap of white textile;
- dry rags (synthetic winterizer for souvenir dolls).
We make a stuffed Pancake week do-it-yourself textile
We will make a head out of a square piece of white fabric. To do this, we wrap a lump made of rags (synthetic winterizer) in it, wrap the ends gathered together with threads. We tie the resulting workpiece to the end of the stick. This we did stuffed head. We attach the second wooden stick to the first, forming hands. We wrap these parts with rags, fasten with threads. From the fabric we make the petticoat. To do this, we collect a rectangular flap on the thread from one long edge and tie it to a stick. Next, we carry out a dress from a textile cut of a square shape. Fold it in half twice, cut off the corner. We unfold the fabric and get a blank with a hole in the middle. We put it on the head of the doll. We sew the product at hand. You can also make Maslenitsa an apron. To do this, sew a braid on a small shred from two sides and tie it to a figure. We put a handkerchief on the detail of the head. Following the old traditions, we attach red ribbons to the stuffed pens, while making wishes. Old-timers say that they will come true! You can make a doll face by painting it with acrylic paints.
What does a stuffed Shrovetide look like? Very cute and pretty. Sometimes, having completed such an article, just a hand does not rise to burn it. If the figurine is made as a souvenir, then you still need to make a stand for it.
We attach the doll to the wooden bar with a screw screwed from underneath the stand into the stick. To make the composition stable, we additionally tie a bar to the stick under the skirts, and glue the other end to the stand obliquely. You can also install a scarecrow in a container with divorced gypsum or alabaster (according to the principle of topiary).
Now you know how to make a stuffed Carnival. The master classes presented in the article will help you quickly and efficiently complete a doll at home, a symbol of winter. Create with pleasure!