As a rule, before the New Year holidays in all children's clubs, the main theme is the creation of various winter characters by one’s own hands. And first of all, children sculpt the main characters of the New Year - this is Santa Claus or Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. In this article you will learn how to mold Santa Claus from plasticine. You do not need a lot of materials. The main thing is stock up with patience and imagination.
The easiest Santa Claus from plasticine
To sculpt the simplest model of the beloved character of the New Year holidays by all, you will need plasticine of red, white, flesh, black and green colors. First, make a flesh-colored ball. This will be the basis. Then form a cap from the red mass and stick it to the ball. From the black mass, make two small black boots.
Then make fur and pompom from the cap from white plasticine. To give the necessary texture, treat the fur and pompom with an old toothbrush. Then again from white plasticine, blind your beard. To do this, roll up a few small sausages and stick to the face. Take a small piece of flesh-colored mass and make a nose. From two black pieces, blind the eyes.
To make Santa Claus from plasticine look more interesting, make him a lollipop. To do this, roll up three sausages of white, green and red colors. Twist them, bend in the shape of a candy and stick to our character. Now you know how to mold Santa Claus from plasticine simply and quickly!
Cap of Santa Claus
If you do not want to sculpt this character as a whole, then you can do with one cap. If you sculpt from polymer clay, you can make a beautiful jewelry in the form of earrings.
First, mold a cone of red plasticine. Then roll up the sausage and one ball of white plasticine. Stick the fur and pompom to the cap. Done!
Santa Claus as an interior decoration
Let's say that you are bored with sculpting simple figures. But you can mold Santa Claus from plasticine and decorate your apartment with it.
Take plasticine of red, flesh, black and white. First dazzle the foundation of flesh color. Highlight a wide nose and leave room for the eyes. Then, from white plasticine, blind your beard and eyebrows. For a beard, roll up a long sausage and stick it to the face of Santa Claus. Make a mustache and eyebrows in the same way. Then make two eyes from two circles of white plasticine. Stick black circles on them. Eyes are ready! Then make white plasticine fur and a pompom on the cap. Gently, with the help of the stack, give the texture to the beard, mustache, eyebrows on the head and fur on the hat. To make the cheeks of Santa Claus rosy, apply red shadows on them. Now you know how to mold Santa Claus with a long beard from plasticine.
Full height figure
And now let's try to mold Santa Claus from plasticine to the full height. If you do not want to spend a lot of material, then first roll up a lump of foil, which will serve as the basis for Santa Claus. The lump of foil must be wrinkled very well to be dense. Otherwise, you can ruin the figure during the sculpting process.
Wrap the lump of foil with red plasticine. Decide in advance whether Santa Claus from plasticine will be thin or thick. The master class that you are sculpting now, although difficult, can be handled by a younger student.
Then make flesh-colored plasticine face and palms and stick them to Santa Claus. From the black mass, form boots, eyes and a belt. Then, from white plasticine, make a belt, fur coats on the sleeves, a beard, fur and a pompom on the cap. Use a stack or toothpick to form a texture of wool and beard. Make a plaque on your belt from yellow plasticine. If desired, it can be coated with golden paint.
Simple rules to follow when sculpting
Before you make Santa Claus from plasticine, be sure to wash your hands and wipe the table with a slightly damp cloth. So you will avoid dust on plasticine, and it stands out very much, especially on white. If desired, you can make a plasticine model for papier-mâché. And if you want Santa Claus to be durable, then it is better to mold it from polymer clay. Imagine! Clothes for Santa Claus do not have to be red; you can take other colors.