The Second World War will remain in the memory of many people for a long time. Witnesses of those terrible events are becoming less and less every year. Therefore, it is very important to remain proud of the great-grandfathers in the hearts of the younger generation. Surviving veterans are always pleased to receive the crafts for Victory Day, made with their own hands, and not bought in a store. How to make such a thing? It is on this topic that we will talk in our article.
Crafts for Victory Day do it yourself do not last long. In addition, it does not require large expenses, the main one will be the enclosed warmth of the hands and heart. You can make voluminous toys related to the military theme, postcards and drawings.
So, how is the DIY Victory Day craft made? First, make the layouts. Usually they reflect real objects, only made in miniature. The materials for their execution take the most diverse: sand, paint, cardboard, polystyrene. In mock-ups, individual battles of the Great Patriotic War, scenes from the life of that period can be displayed.
Interesting craft from the time of the war
During the attack, people always believed that Victory Day would come. Crafts with their own hands were made at that time. In the State complex "Battle of Stalingrad" there is a real doll "Front Sister", which was made by a nine-year-old girl. She was really waiting for her father, she believed that he would return home. The girl made a doll with a sanitary bag and a scarf with a red cross. The daughter did not send notes to her father, but gave them to her craft and requested that the doll help her father in the war. The request was heard, and the father returned home safe and sound, without a single wound. This is what true faith can do, which has been incorporated into the ordinary craft. Now it’s clear what the thing that you did yourself matters.
Great gift if you know how to knit
So what will be the DIY handmade craft for Victory Day? A useful and wonderful gift will be a cover piled from wool, it is designed to store a flash drive. The cover is made in the form of a tank figure.
Greeting card with a bird of peace
A handmade postcard for Victory Day looks beautiful. For manufacturing, you will need a yellow sheet of cardboard, white napkins, corrugated green paper, St. George ribbon and red colored paper. It is necessary to make flowers from napkins, and paint their edges with red paint. An origami pigeon is made from a white sheet of paper. Green paper corrugation will help to depict the stem and leaves of flowers. Prepare the inscription "May 9" in advance. Now you can create a composition using all the blanks.
Another postcard
What kind of thing can I make? For example, another postcard. To accomplish this, the following materials are needed: red, yellow, blue and white cardboard, red paint, green and pink braid, number "nine", St. George ribbon. From cardboard, make blanks for flower petals, form carnations from them, gluing them to blue cardboard. Cut and glue the triangles of green - this will turn out inflorescences. Green braid will act as stems and leaflets. It remains only to stick a number and a bow from the St. George ribbon to the base of the picture. The frame is made of yellow cardboard, tape of any color is glued to it.
Do-it-yourself postcard for Victory Day is ready. Now you can think about the fact that you can make more interesting.
The eternal flame of paper
This is a simple and original thing that even a baby can do. As a craft, there will be an eternal flame of paper. Draw on the cardboard a blank-layout of a five-pointed star, fold it.
From a sheet of (dense) colored paper or colored cardboard, fold a three-dimensional star, making a hole in the center of it. A piece of red paper should be placed in it, which will represent the fire.
Stained glass window
Crafts for May 9 (Victory Day) do-it -yourself can be simple to perform and complex. It all depends on the skills that one who wants to make something himself possesses.
You can make a stained glass window. First you need to choose a picture of the future image on the glass. A sketch is placed under the glass, the surface of which is degreased. Then the drawing is applied with contour paint. Degreasing is done using a cotton pad dipped in nail polish remover. When all the applied contour drawing has dried, you should paint the sketch with paints. The final step is to insert the glass into the frame.
Vytynanka
The next version of the crafts in technology - vytynanka. This technique has gained incredible popularity. Cutting out silhouettes from paper is not such a complicated matter. This technique is mainly used in the New Year decoration of windows and walls. But it can also be used for crafts on Victory Day. You can add paper inserts in color, so it will look more voluminous and original. How are the protrusions made? A drawing is applied to the paper, the intended slots are cut out. To make the picture look clear, you can paste any color background from the back. In the same way, you can make an entire composition of individual small silhouette cuttings.
DIY brooch
What else is DIY crafts done for Victory Day? During the Great Patriotic War, women fought along with men on the battlefields. And you can give a thematic brooch to women participating in the war. The main part of such a brooch will be the St. George ribbon. From it you need to tie a bow on which to attach three small flowers from multi-colored pieces of braid. Glue everything to a small pin so that when handing you can pin a woman to her dress.
Little conclusion
Now you know how to please veterans on Victory Day. Crafts, made with their own hands, will carry the warmth of the soul and will warm these very people to whom they are intended. Such handicrafts will be individual and unique. Veterans will be grateful to the younger generation, who remembers the people who gave them peace without war. Therefore, do-it-yourself crafts for children on Victory Day. May 9 - this is the holiday when you need to delight veterans with gifts, congratulations.