Reindeer is one of the symbols of the winter holidays. The image of this animal can be seen on Christmas cards and in New Year's interior compositions. How to make a deer with your own hands? The best ideas for Christmas crafts to create a festive mood especially for you - in our article.
Simple crafts for children
All children love to make crafts. So why on the eve of the New Year holidays not to show the baby how to make a deer with his own hands? Interesting gizmos can be made by drawing an assistant to Santa Claus in creative technique. Have the baby leave the prints of their own hands, previously coated with brown paint, on the background sheet of paper. Let the prints of the pens are arranged so that the lower parts of the palms are as close to each other as possible. Agree, it turned out very similar to deer horns. It remains only to finish the muzzle and body of the animal at will.
The finished drawing can be hung on the wall to create a festive mood or used as a greeting card. In a similar technique, you can make an applique by cutting out your outlined palms from brown paper.
Another interesting idea for children's creativity is a deer from a toilet paper sleeve. Take a cardboard cylinder (if necessary, you can make it yourself) for the body. From cardboard, colored paper or fabric, cut parts for the face, ears and horns. Paint the bushing body brown and let it dry. If desired, the cardboard cylinder can be glued with colored paper or cloth. Glue all muzzle elements, horns and ears to the workpiece. Your craft is ready. Now you know how to make a deer from a roll of toilet paper.
Flat figures and silhouettes of deers
Another simple idea for creating Christmas crafts and decorating the interior is flat applications and drawings. How to make a New Year deer in these techniques? Everything is quite simple - draw a sketch of the future crafts or print a suitable picture (you can use the template from our article). Flat figures of deer can be cut out of paper or cardboard and used for interior decoration, creating postcards and holiday panels.
An interesting idea is to make a stencil by cutting out the image of the right size from a sheet of paper. Attach the stencil to the surface on which you want to apply the drawing. Paint the silhouette with paint and carefully remove the paper template. Deer applications and drawings can be decorated according to your own taste.
Volumetric deer from wire
A great solution for decorating houses and streets is volumetric figures. The cost of such decor is quite high. How to make a deer yourself? Stock up on enough wire that is easy to process. Remember, you need material that can hold a shape. Model the frame of the future deer from wire. The figure must be stable and have a clear contour.
The next stage of the work is quite interesting - it is necessary to give the sculpture a volume. Use foam rubber, synthetic winterizer or plasticine for this. If you choose a soft filler, fix each piece of it on the frame using threads or masking tape. Plasticine is enough just to stick around the wire. If desired, the deer can be made voluminous using papier-mâché mass (shredded paper with PVA glue diluted with water). After covering the frame with the material that creates the volume, you can proceed to the design of the figure.
How to make a deer of wire really New Year? Everything is quite simple: paint the sculpture with paints, add sparkle, make eyes and nose and do not forget to stick a bright ribbon or other decoration on your neck.
Deer from bottle caps
Cute miniature deer figurines can be made from corks from wine bottles. To complete this craft, in addition to the basic material, you will need toothpicks or matches and thin branched tree branches for horns. Take one cork from the bottle and stick four toothpicks / matches representing legs in it. The workpiece must rest confidently on supports on a flat surface. Cut the second cork in half and attach it to the body with another match. Make horns from thin small twigs or wire. Fasten them to the head of the animal. Your craft is ready, if you wish, you can dye it with paint, wrap it with thread or decorate it in some other technique.
How to make a deer with your own hands: experiment with materials and textures!
In anticipation of the New Year holidays, you can make not one deer, but several. Of course, in different techniques. Encourage your child to make a fairy-tale hero from plasticine or salt dough. In summer and autumn, many children collect natural materials. If you have reserves of cones and acorns, you can try to make a deer from them. Best of all, natural material is combined with plasticine and other modeling masses. Pick up a bump for the animal’s body and a nut for the head. Legs, neck and horns can be molded from plasticine.
Antlers: interesting manufacturing ideas
Horns are one of the most striking details of the appearance of a reindeer. How to make this item for crafts yourself? The easiest way is to cut the horns of a suitable shape and size out of cardboard. If you need a more voluminous and realistic option - bend the necessary elements from the wire.
Some craftsmen make deer horns from wood. At home, not being a master carpenter, it is easiest to use suitable branches or roots in the shape. How to make deer horns more interesting and festive? Wrap them in tinsel, sprinkle with sparkles or artificial snow.