On the eve of the New Year and Christmas holidays, I want to transform my home, fill it with an atmosphere of magic. Of course, in the store you can buy everything you need for this, but jewelry made by yourself is perceived differently. It may seem to a person who has never had to take part in master classes that doing Christmas toys with his own hands is just children's fun with cardboard and colored paper. But this is by no means the case, sometimes you can create whole works of art from improvised materials, you only need imagination and a desire to create.
Jewelry Options
So, you yourself decided to bring bright colors and shine to your home, or maybe make original gifts for your loved ones. Let's see what options exist and where to start. The first thing that comes to mind is Christmas tree decorations of various shapes and sizes. They can be made from anything, from paper, polystyrene foam, cones, fabric, or you can bake gingerbread cookies, tie a ribbon to them and also hang them on the Christmas tree. Garlands and beads are next on our list; they also do not require special expenses, such as a snow-white garland consisting of snowflakes cut out of paper . They will look great and immediately attract the admiring glances of guests with wreaths, they can be hung on the door and the table can be decorated. But the stitched soft toy will appeal to both children and adults, look, most likely, you will find several shreds that are suitable for such a thing. DIY handmade toys are also good because they can be absolutely any size and color. There are a lot of options, you can’t count all of them, a little imagination - and your house will be transformed into a fairy tale.
Christmas wreaths
Hang this wonderful decoration on the door - and the festive mood will reach you on the doorstep. This tradition has existed for a long time: it was believed that evil forces, seeing a wreath, would bypass such a house, and good ones would certainly enter. As the basis, you can use a foam frame, or you can weave a semblance of a wreath of flexible rods or wire. Take a few fir branches and secure in a circle on the base with twine. You should get a lush green ring that you can decorate as you wish with Christmas balls or tinsel.
Paper, scissors and glue
It is these materials that you will need in order to make the simplest Christmas toys with your own hands. Prepare templates from cardboard in the form of circles with diameters from 3 to 7 centimeters, because wonderful products come out of the circles. Also, colorful ribbons or thin braid and stapler can be useful to you. From this set you will get both balls and garlands.
Option one
Take a template measuring 6 centimeters and use it to draw 12 circles on a piece of colored paper, then carefully cut them out. It is better to use thick paper, for example, from old postcards. Fold each element in half and fasten it along the fold line with a stapler to the other, you should get 6 pairs of bonded workpieces. Spread the circles lightly, glue the halves alternately from the bottom to the top. At the end, you get a chain of glued elements that folds into a ball. Before fastening the last pair, make a loop from the tape (we will hang it), and hide its ends inside the ball, having previously lubricated it with glue.
Second option
Christmas paper toys - it is very simple, you can attract children to their manufacture. Just as in the previous case, cut circles of 4-5 centimeters in diameter from thick paper, they can take from 3 to 8-10 pieces per ball. Fold each half and half of the first, connect with glue and half of the second, and continue until you find that this is enough for your toy. Then just connect the first circle with the last, attach a loop from the braid - that's it. Try to alternate colors to make the toy brighter and more interesting.
Thread Toys
DIY toys can also be made from threads. It will be weightless white balls of different sizes, and if sprinkled with sparkles, they will look even more beautiful. We will need threads, but not sewing, but yarn,
PVA glue, water, oily cream (for children), a plastic cup, balloons. To begin, inflate the balls to the required size and tie with a thread, give them the shape of a ball. In a bowl, mix glue with water in a ratio of 3 to 1, take yarn and measure the required length, cut. Put the prepared piece of yarn in a plastic cup, make a hole on the side and pull the thread through it, do not pull too much, just a centimeter. Pour the thread in a glass with a mixture of glue and leave for 5-10 minutes. Then, slowly pulling the impregnated thread, wrap the ball with it until all of it is covered with yarn, like a cobweb. The ball should first be coated with cream to facilitate removal. Glue the end of the thread and leave the workpiece to dry for at least 12 hours. After drying, lower the ball and carefully remove, attach a thread or tape, for which you can hang. Sprinkle the preforms with sparkles before drying, if desired.
Christmas soft toy
Fabric toys are available to everyone, they are not expensive, and there will not be much trouble with them. They are suitable for decorating the house for Christmas, and as a gift. Dolls, bears, bunnies, Christmas toys and symbols of the year - a great many options. Get unnecessary items, patches and ribbons or buy cotton and padding. You will also need scissors, threads, needles, pins, various beads and beads, ribbons and other details for the decor. You can make all the Christmas toys with your own hands, but if you have a sewing machine, it will facilitate your work.
Artichoke Balls
These are fabric balls, such will not break and look more comfortable and more tender. You will need a fabric, it can be a simple chintz, the color does not matter, foam balls and needles without abalone, which are more like carnations. First you need to cut squares with a side of 5 centimeters from flaps of multi-colored fabric. Take the foam ball and attach the first square to it with pins, fasten it from the four corners. All other fabric blanks will need to be folded in half, then taking the triangle so that the corner looks down, bend the other two corners to the first, you will again get a square. After ironing everything, it is necessary, so the product will look neater. Take one small square and attach it next to the first piece of foam on the foam. Continue to fasten them in a circle until you wrap the ball, then go to the next row, and so on until the end. Then it remains only to attach a loop.
Angel
Such a handmade Christmas toy, a kind of symbol or amulet. You will need only a few flaps of fabric, lace, bright floss and a little cotton. Cut a square from the fabric with a side of 15 centimeters. Then sew lace or a beautiful braid around the entire perimeter. Roll the cotton in your hands into a kind of ball and put in the center of the flap, fold it in a bag and tie it with a thread. Cut another square, but already smaller, also decorate it with lace over the entire surface, applying each next layer on top of the previous one. It will be wings, and lace will act as feathers. Tie the square diagonally with a thread and tighten, then the wings will need to be attached to the main workpiece, intercepting the thread in front crosswise. An angel amulet is ready, you can hang it on a Christmas tree. Or from many similar ones to make a garland and decorate the house with it. Now you know how to make a Christmas toy with your own hands, so do not hesitate, sit down to create.