New Year 2014 will be held under the sign of the Horse. Many needlewomen have already wondered what gifts to associate with these noble animals to give to their relatives and friends. This article reveals a topic called DIY Crafts for the Year of the Horse. Here you will familiarize yourself with two workshops on the manufacture of original products from polymer clay and satin ribbons, as well as recommendations for their implementation. Study, recharge with a positive and creative mood!
Horse figurine made of plastic
In each house on New Year's Eve there should be a symbol of the coming year. Therefore, you can not do without a horse figure. Let's make it out of
polymer clay.For work, you need such materials:
- plastic of two colors;
- acrylic paints;
- rolling pin;
- blade;
- plank;
- plane horse figurine made of paper (template);
- toothpick.
The process of making crafts for the year of the Horse with their own hands from polymer clay.
Using a rolling pin, roll a piece of clay on a plank into a layer 0.5 cm thick. Put a paper figure of a horse on it and outline its contours. Cut the workpiece with a blade. Gently smooth the edges of the product. With a toothpick, “draw” a mane, tail, eyes, nose. From another piece of plastic, perform decorative elements: rings, hearts, ornament. Next, bake the clay product in the oven for half an hour at a temperature of 110 ° C. After cooling, the horse can additionally be decorated with acrylic paints.
Such a product can serve as a Christmas tree toy or a keychain for keys or a telephone. In this case, before baking the product, it is necessary to pierce a hole in it for attaching the loop.
Similar crafts for the New Year of the Horse can serve as brooches on women's attire. You will only need to attach the appropriate accessories to the wrong side of the product, which can be removed from the old brooch or bought in the store for needlework.
Horseshoe
A symbol of happiness, prosperity and peace - a horseshoe - should be in every home. And even more so, you can’t do without it in the year of the Horse. Crafts with your own hands in the form of a horseshoe will adequately decorate the interior of your home and will be a great gift. There are many options for making such a souvenir. We suggest you make a horseshoe in the style of kanzashi - from satin ribbons.
For work, prepare the following materials:
- plastic lid from a bucket or sudochka;
- satin ribbons of different colors;
- thermal gun;
- Toothpicks
- lighter or candle;
- paper;
- scissors.
From paper, make a horseshoe shape in full size. Transfer the template to the plastic cover, circle and cut. Fasten the end of the tape and glue it to the horseshoe using a heat gun. Next, wrap it over the entire surface of the product. Treat the end of the tape in the same way as the beginning.
The next stage of doing such crafts for the year of the Horse with your own hands is decoration. From the ribbon, make a flower. To do this, cut it into pieces 5-6 cm long. Bend the upper edge of each segment in half lengthwise, cut obliquely and solder the place of the cut. Fold the ends of the lower edge on top of each other with an “envelope” and seal them. It turns out a petal with a sharp tip. Thus, perform 5 such details for each flower. Glue the petals to the horseshoe. The middle of the flower can be made of a large bead, buttons.
Also, such a product can be decorated with spruce branches made in the same technique. To make them, burn a piece of green tape about 15 centimeters long from one edge and dissolve from the other, not reaching the bottom 1 centimeter. Put glue on a toothpick and wrap this workpiece in a spiral on it with an undissolved edge. It turns out a fluffy fir branch. It remains only to stick it on a horseshoe. A wonderful Christmas element of home decor is ready! Such a product will be a wonderful holiday gift to friends, relatives or colleagues.
We hope, having studied the information from our article, you will definitely want to complete such crafts by the year of the Horse with your own hands. Let the needlework be a joy to you!