Horse figurines are made from a mass of materials. They are embroidered, molded from clay, forged from metal, glued from paper. But craftsmen do not stop there and are looking for more and more new ways to create crafts. In this article, we will introduce you to techniques for performing horse figures from papier-mâché and felt. Stock up with the necessary attributes for work and create with us.
We make a horse from papier-mâché. Preparation of materials
To work, you will need
plasticine, wallpaper
glue , flour, paper (newspapers, notebooks), a brush, petroleum jelly or baby cream, water. First you need to make a paste. Soak one large spoonful of wallpaper glue in water. Boil the same amount of flour with boiling water. Mix both solutions. The consistency of the paste should resemble sour cream. Tear the paper into small pieces. Mash plasticine in your hands to make it soft. Now you can proceed directly to the process of making crafts.
The process of performing a horse figurine
How to make a craft? The horse must first be made of clay. Then grease the whole animal figure with petroleum jelly or cream. This is necessary so that later the paper easily moves away from the plasticine base. Wet the paper in water and make out the whole figure with it. Fasten the next layer of material with a paste. Brush all the paper elements with a brush, aligning them and expelling excess air. Alternate layers made with water and paste. Their total number should be 8-10. Next, the horse (craft), made using the papier-mâché technique, should dry completely. After the product, cut in half, remove the plasticine, and again glue both paper parts back to back. Apply the last layer of paper on top. After the figure dries, paint it with paints, cover with a layer of acrylic varnish. The horse is ready! Craft, made with your own hands, can serve as a souvenir, a children's toy. It can also be used as a decoration on a Christmas tree, a pendant in a car.
Horse (craft). With our own hands we sew a toy from felt
To make a soft toy in the form of a horse, the following materials will be required: felt fabric, mouline thread, needle, filler (cotton wool, synthetic winterizer), satin narrow ribbon, paper, pencil, pins, decorative elements (beads, beads).
On paper, draw a silhouette of the animal and cut a figure. Transfer the template to a felt folded in half, pin it with pins. Make two identical parts from the fabric. Sew eyes on each blank - beads, embroider a mouth, nose, and hooves. Cut the tape into pieces, burn their edges with a lighter. Fold each satin section in half and sew the resulting loop with the ends to one of the felt parts in the head and back. This way you can get the mane. Now sew both halves of the toy with stitches, leaving a small hole. Fill filler through it. Sew a hole. That's all, the work is over, the soft horse is ready!
Craft, made with felt from your own hands, will become one of your child's favorite toys.