To fully enjoy the New Year holidays, you need to create a special atmosphere and recharge yourself with the pre-holiday mood. We recommend that you take up handicrafts and make excellent crafts for the New Year 2019 with your own hands. You can easily learn simple ways to make interesting figures from paper, plasticine, yarn, cotton pads and even salt dough.
The most anticipated holiday of the year is usually accompanied by bustle and various preparations. On the eve of the special event, we try to choose original gifts for children, colleagues, friends and just acquaintances. But why not make them yourself? We have prepared for you many ideas that can be used to make DIY New Year's crafts for 2019. Make sure that it is not only simple, but also extremely beautiful!
Create many beautiful crafts for the New Year; the master classes offered below will be mastered not only by adults, but also by children 5-6 years old. We will tell you in detail how to make a New Year's toy, craft for a kindergarten or school in the simplest and most accessible way.
Christmas tree made of plasticine
Making New Year's crafts for kindergarten is as easy as shelling pears; it won't take much time, but will give a lot of positive emotions to both children and their parents. So, let's start making a plasticine Christmas tree for the New Year, which the kids can take to the garden.
How to do: 
Bunny and fox made of pine cones and plasticine
If you don’t yet know what crafts you can make for your child in kindergarten, then pay attention to products made from pine cones and plasticine. Easy to make animal figurines will delight kids.
You will need to prepare:
- Two big shots;
- Chestnut;
- Plasticine.
Cheerful Santa Claus
Children's crafts for the New Year can be made not only from colored paper, but also from other available materials, for example, teaspoons, threads and cosmetic cotton pads. You can get acquainted with the features of making crafts from disks for the New Year thanks to the proposed master class.
Progress: 
Now you can confidently say that making New Year’s crafts from cotton pads is fun and easy. This is a great way to create original New Year's crafts for school, take note of it.
Ideas for decorating crafts made from cotton pads:
Wonderful Christmas tree made from salt dough
DIY New Year's crafts can be made from a wide variety of materials, and in particular from dough. For many, working with salt dough will be a novelty. Note that these can be given as a gift.
What you will need:
- Wheat flour – 3 tbsp. spoons;
- Table salt – 6 tbsp. spoon;
- Water – 10 ml;
- Recess for dough - herringbone;
- Paints (gouache);
- The brush is thin.
As you can see, for such children's New Year's crafts, materials that everyone has are used, everything can be done quickly and easily. Unusual Christmas tree made of threads and buttons
If you want to have fun with your own children and create a unique craft for the New Year in kindergarten, then you should pay attention to this master class.
You will need:
- A cone-shaped piece of foam plastic or thick paper rolled into a cone;
- Buttons of various colors and sizes;
- Glue gun;
- Yarn;
- Scissors;
- Pompom threads.
Using the same principle, you can make different sizes for the New Year. Original holiday solutions
If you want to get a portion of the New Year's mood and decorate your home with the “attributes” of the holiday, then turn the ideas proposed below into reality. Anyone can make New Year's crafts, you just need to try a little.Christmas star
Creating bright New Year's paper crafts with your own hands is incredibly exciting; try making a three-dimensional star - it's very simple.
To work you will need:
- 2 sheets of colored paper;
- Scissors;
- PVA glue;
- Pencil.
Making paper New Year's crafts 2019 will give you a lot of positive emotions, fantasize and create!
Snowman made from a sock
Nowadays, not everyone finds the time to make New Year’s crafts with their own hands, but in vain. From scrap materials you will make an excellent holiday accessory, which is not cheap in stores. Well, let's get to work?
You will need to prepare:
- Scissors;
- Cardboard ring (possible without it);
- One white sock;
- Buttons in several colors;
- Threads;
- A piece of scrap fabric;
- Decorative needles;
- Super glue;
- 1 kg rice.
You can also make other animals from a sock, see another master class: DIY dog.
What you will need:
- Bow pasta;
- Paints;
- Plastic wine glass or sheet of thick cardboard;
- Glue.
Another option using pasta and tinsel:
Christmas toys made of yarn and cardboard
Crafts for the New Year of the Pig can be created using various materials; the simplest and most affordable are yarn and cardboard. Try making original Christmas tree decorations with your own hands.
What to take:
- Thick cardboard;
- Yarn of various colors;
- Scissors;
- Pencil.
We invite you to learn another exciting way of making New Year's crafts. A large snowman made of thread will become a real decoration for your interior; photo instructions will help you complete the job.
If you've never made Christmas crafts with your kids, be sure to give it a try! Simple and exciting master classes will allow you to discover the world of handicrafts from a completely different side, create and have fun with your children. We wish you creative success!
Interesting ideas for New Year's gifts
You can also make a craft for kids from a bottle and gouache, just stuff the bottle with cotton wool, make eyes, a nose and add a scarf. It will turn out beautiful and irresistible, the kids will definitely love it.
Older children can make a snowman out of cotton swabs by gluing the sticks clockwise onto regular cardboard.
Or from decorative ribbons, like this toy for the Christmas tree.
If you are a stick lover, then you can make such interesting New Year's toys for the Christmas tree: 
Or like this:
You can use your imagination and ingenuity and simply use one stick to make any cartoon character, even Santa Claus.
You can also easily build a Christmas tree from paper or satin ribbons. Make a cone and glue the needles.
Crafts for the New Year 2020 from various available materials (paper, pine cones, bottles, cotton pads, cardboard, beads, felt)
Of course, we all love to make crafts from what we always have on hand, in a hurry.
If you decide to make New Year's toys and crafts from paper, then here are the most original ideas, here everything is clear how to make:
Santa Claus and Snowman
Mouse or rat
All kinds of decorations from caps and bottles:
You can also simply make a Christmas tree out of books:
In schools, kindergartens, and institutes, you can design this creation in the form of gloves like this:
But if you like to collect cones in the forest, and then create from them, then you can also get the following ideas for yourself:
Products made from bottles have also become popular, as everyone likes them for their simplicity and originality of presentation, see for yourself in these photos:
Bells
Snowman made from cups
You can create Christmas tree toys from ordinary light bulbs, but of course such souvenirs are not for toddlers and preschool children.
You can even find uses for socks. It really looks very funny and wonderful.
You can generally make paintings and Christmas trees out of cotton pads:
You can also make various creations and masterpieces from cardboard and threads:
But with beads, of course, if you don’t know how to weave, it will be difficult to immediately master this technique. But still worth a try. Keychains are popular with most people, for example this snowman (diagram) or snowflakes.
And of course, made from felt, here the task is of course more difficult, but many cope with it with a bang.
We make crafts with our own hands with the symbol of the coming year in the form of a mouse (rat)
Of course, most of us will make a cheerful and amusing mouse this year, because it is she who will patronize the coming year.
The most accessible and easy to make toy is, of course, sculpted from plasticine.
Or sew it from felt, this pattern will help you.
The kids also love to create things out of yarn, in the form of donuts:
New Year's crafts with patterns and diagrams for children
If there are children in your house, then I suggest you quickly make these toys and crafts with them that will bring joy to everyone.
I give you ready-made layouts and step-by-step master classes from photos, put them into practice, I’m sure it will turn out just great and very cool!
Attention! Do this craft together with your parents!
Believe it or not, the idea came to me to make a candlestick, and imagine from a tangerine, it’s cool and also delicious, so to speak, a natural flavoring)))
I really liked the idea of making a Christmas tree out of plywood or cardboard with my own hands, how charming it looks, a nice New Year’s composition:
If you want the rat to always accompany you during classes at school or in another educational institution, make a bookmark for the book.
Crafts for the New Year for kindergarten with parents and children from all sorts of things
I thought and thought about this question and decided this year to create such a culinary masterpiece in the form of a Christmas tree made from cookies. As a basis, you can take any recipe for your favorite cookies, and then what, make stars out of it and put together a Christmas tree, and then decorate with cream, or candies, mastic, simply:
Well, the most common and fashionable option is a craft made from the hands of a child and an adult:
Photo illustrations, pictures of crafts for the New Year holiday
I would also like to give you a bunch of ideas on this New Year’s theme; you yourself have probably already come up with something unrealistically beautiful in your imagination while you were looking at this article.
Video selection of New Year's master classes with different ideas for toys and crafts
In conclusion, I would like to offer you videos for viewing. I hope that if you have not yet decided what you want to do, they will help you with this, especially since everything is described in detail and shown from A to Z:
You can make a snow globe:
A cool friend made from paper in origami style, after all, this is the symbol of the year:
The most vivid and colorful memories, of course, come from childhood. Remember how we waited with trembling anticipation for the most fabulous holiday of the year? We decorated the Christmas tree, decorated the room with garlands and, of course, waited for a miracle! But isn’t waiting for a holiday a miracle? Do you remember how magical garlands made of colored paper seemed, and how sweets in shiny wrappers seemed like the best Christmas tree decorations?
Let's plunge into the pre-holiday atmosphere and create a miracle with our own hands. Christmas decorations, decorations for the room, and just DIY crafts, what could be nicer and warmer than homemade gifts or souvenirs.
The best thing about creating New Year's crafts is that you don't need any extraordinary skills or any special materials. After all, an unusual thing can be created from ordinary materials.
Paper Kingdom
Paper is perhaps one of the simplest and most accessible means for creativity. Paper crafts can be either simple, something kids can easily handle, or they can be complex designs.
A snowflake is an openwork carved figure familiar to everyone from childhood. Cutting it out is very easy, especially since there are many templates.
A beautiful decoration made of snowflakes will refresh a forgotten candlestick and breathe into it the anticipation of the holiday. A snowflake can be not only flat, but also three-dimensional, made using the quilling technique.
Vytynanka is a type of handicraft when working with paper; these are the most beautiful patterns and entire scenes cut out from an ordinary sheet. Very often, this technique is used to create beautiful New Year’s window decorations.
Christmas tree - can be made in various ways, but the simplest one, which even a child can handle, is as follows. Roll the green paper into a cone shape, trim the bottom and decorate with bright sequins and beads.
And if you want a larger Christmas tree, make several cones of different sizes, secure them in the form of a pyramid, and use scissors to make a fringe at the edges of the levels of the pyramid.
Balls for the Christmas tree - technically, making such a ball is very simple. We cut strips of the same length, color and texture (it’s better to use different ones), then glue each strip from opposite ends. Next, we assemble a ball from these multi-colored rings.
There are a huge number of options for crafts and methods of making paper. Lanterns and garlands made of colored paper, which come from our childhood, are still relevant today. Having this simple material available and letting your imagination fly, the question of how to decorate a room for the New Year will not arise.
Unusual from the usual
Often, designer items are made not from expensive materials brought to order, but from ordinary improvised materials that either lay around on the mezzanine or simply forgot to throw away.
Buttons
Beautiful decorations for the New Year are made from ordinary buttons. You can make a creative New Year's beauty with your own hands, thereby saving a living Christmas tree from being cut down. We will need green cardboard, thread and buttons.
Make a cone out of cardboard, wrap it in a chaotic manner with woolen thread and use glue or pins to decorate it with multi-colored buttons. You can decorate a Christmas tree decoration in the same way, just take a foam ball and decorate it with buttons in the same way.
Beads
A Christmas tree toy made from beads, made with soul, will be a wonderful gift for friends and relatives. Even a novice craftswoman can successfully master the beadwork technique, and a wonderful idea for crafts of this kind can be offered in the form of a symbol of the coming year. This is a wonderful souvenir and a kind of talisman.
Light bulbs
If you still use incandescent light bulbs, then do not rush to throw away the burnt ones, you can give them a second, and no less radiant life. Arm yourself with acrylic or gouache paints, and don’t contradict yourself in any creative impulses!
Funny snowmen, just a light bulb painted white with eyes and a hat, how cute. Touching symbols of the year: bunnies, chickens, or just a string of garlands.
Threads
An unusual Christmas ball can be made from simple knitting threads. Inflate a balloon of the diameter you need, grease it with PVA glue and wind the threads in any order. Set aside until completely dry.
When the glue has dried and the threads have become stiff, carefully remove the balloon after puncturing it. Next, you can decorate the finished ball with contrasting bows, beads or ribbons, or you can not decorate it, because the decoration is self-sufficient.
From several balls made in this way you can make a snowman, a headdress and a carrot and your unique character is ready.
Modeling
Funny and unique crafts can be made from plasticine, and to make cute figurines delight for as long as possible, make them from polymer clay. After drying, polymer clay hardens and holds its shape perfectly.
You can also use salted dough for modeling, although you must remember to thoroughly dry the finished product in the oven. What figures to make depends only on your imagination, or pay attention to the photos of New Year crafts made from polymer clay.
Cones
A special material that I would like to highlight from all others is cones. Its appearance itself resembles a small Christmas tree, so we won’t go far - the basic New Year’s craft is almost ready. You just need to paint our mini “Christmas tree” with paint and stick on beads or sequins.
If you have accumulated a lot of such natural material, then you can make a forest beauty of quite impressive dimensions and indescribable beauty. Roll a cone out of thick cardboard, fill it with either old newspapers or any other sealant.
Fix it on a round stand with a diameter slightly larger than the base of the cone. Then, using a glue gun, we attach the cones to the base.
The finishing touch is, of course, the outfit for our Christmas tree. If the tree is not small, you can decorate it with a garland, and for a small craft, beads, tinsel, in a word, everything that you use to decorate a classic spruce is suitable.
Using pine cones, you can use the same principle to assemble a Christmas wreath for room decor. Almost any round plastic material that can be shaped into a ring is suitable for the base. Next, according to the proven scheme: we cover the ring with cones, beads, bows - everything that your imagination whispers to you.
Pine cones and felt make endlessly cute Christmas tree animal toys: bunnies, foxes, birds, very funny gnomes and much more.
Postcards
A great idea for a souvenir for family and friends is a handmade postcard. If you imagined a homemade postcard in the form of a folded album leaf with the inscription “Happy New Year”, then this is no longer the case.
DIY postcards are a whole direction in needlework and are called scrapbooking. Yes, of course, the basis remains the same, in the form of a small book where you congratulate your loved ones and wish something nice. But the decor has truly become a work of art, especially since the material for this type of creativity is amazing in its diversity.
It’s so nice to spend a quiet pre-holiday evening with your family doing a pleasant creative activity. It doesn’t matter at all which craft you choose, the main thing is that the process itself brings pleasure.
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Crafts can be made from absolutely any materials: felt, paper, thread, pine cones, etc.
We create the most important and valuable things with our own hands and, of course, they are preserved as a memory. What did this child and you do in different years? You can even build a chronology. Or you can work hard once and save a lot on holiday decor. Decorate the Christmas tree with homemade felt figures or balls of thread, completely creating a designer design option.
And how will your children remember the evenings before the holiday, which they spent together preparing and creating masterpieces?
Knowing how busy moms and dads are these days, I picked out some quick but beautiful craft options. Which are not embarrassing to show and are easy to do.
A very easy craft to make. Another option for an interesting dog made from pompoms.
I suggest making a cute dachshund out of paper and toilet paper rolls.
We will need:
- Brown and orange colored paper
- 1 bushing
- Plasticine
- Double sided tape
Cut out a semicircle with a diameter of 8 centimeters and roll it into a cone. This will be the head of our dog.
Now we cut out a rectangle of brown paper measuring 12*20 cm and paste it over the sleeve, bending the ends inward.
Now we cut out 2 ears in the form of elongated ovals, a long tail and 4 strips from orange paper, which we will fold into paws. The size of the strips is 2*20 cm.
Glue the ears to the cone.
Glue the tail and legs to the sleeve.
We make the paws like this: we take a strip and wrap it around a finger or around the body of a glue pencil, spreading the top layer with glue to secure the circle.
Now we attach a nose to the head from black plasticine, and make eyes from white and green.
We glue the head to the body with double-sided tape and that’s it.
DIY “Shoe of Santa Claus” for kindergarten and school
Plastic bottles are in vogue this holiday! We make bells out of them, and then we make containers for gifts.
And today you can quickly sew a presentable craft from scrap materials for a kindergarten or school.
Only it is better to take fabric in bright colors. And it will be faster if you use a glue gun.
We make a Santa Claus shoe from a plastic bottle.
We will need:
- Plastic bottle
- Red cloth
- Braid and decor
- Sheet of cardboard
We cut the bottle into three parts: we need a bottom and an oblong body. You can leave the neck of the bottle for the “Bell” craft.
We measure the approximate length from the beginning of the bottom to the heel of the future shoe and cut out a base in the form of a foot from cardboard. You can trace the contours of the bottles directly onto the cardboard.
We cut out the sole and cover it with red fabric.
Measure the diameter of the bottom and cut out the same circle from the fabric with an allowance of three cm. The top needs to be sewn up so that the fabric gathers in shape.
We cover the bottom with fabric and sew it to the sole.
Now we take the tube from the body of the bottle and also cover it or cover it with fabric with hot glue (do not seal the seam at the bottom at a distance of 3-4 cm). You can use Crystal glue. And we also sew or glue the covered part to the base - the sole.
All that remains is to decorate all the seams and voids. To do this, use braid, cones, tinsel, and Christmas tree branches.
Shoe height may vary.
You can also not glue it inside, but collect it on top with a ribbon, like a bag for sweets.
How to make beautiful New Year's crafts from paper
I suggest making not only a paper craft, but a whole voluminous New Year’s decor. Believe me, it is not difficult as it might seem at first glance.
It is better to use beautiful cardboard. You can buy it a little thicker than normal at a scrapbooking and craft store.
We will make a wonderful Christmas tree from cardboard. But you need double-sided cardboard.
Now we draw a Christmas tree template.
1 side of the Christmas tree 7 cm.
5 sides of 6 cm, edges match the bottom of the first template.
Now we make three cuts to the middle of the Christmas tree: the distance between them is 0.5 - 1 cm. The middle cut is one centimeter higher than the side ones.
The first template has slits at the bottom.
Three have slits at the top, two at the bottom.
We begin to thread the Christmas tree into each other.
1 template is the center. Thread into each incision one by one. First to the leftmost one, then the middle one, and so on until the Christmas tree is assembled.
Such a Christmas tree can be large or more voluminous and made from thicker cardboard or plywood, if you have a craftsman who can do any work and even cut and sand the workpiece for you.
Children's crafts for the New Year
The New Year is symbolized by figures of deer, Father Frost and Snow Maiden, sleighs, gifts, Christmas trees and balls.
Therefore, you can quickly make a Santa Claus figurine using the origami technique.
A small child of four years old needs help making straight folds, otherwise the Frost may not work out, and the child will be upset. All of these techniques perfectly improve fine motor skills and hand control.
Take a sheet of paper, it should be two-color. Square size 10*10 cm.
We draw diagonals on the square by turning a corner on one side and repeating the same on the other.
We work on the white side.
Fold the top corner towards the center.
Now we turn the corner to the edge. Let's expand it and see the lines.
Now let's wrap the bottom edge up to this line and turn it.
Let's check it this way.
We wrap the lower part to the already folded edge and make a fold back to the bottom point.
The lapel looks like this.
Now we turn the workpiece over to the front side, we need to wrap the side part. We wrap a small strip on one side and the same on the other.
Now we turn the side parts at an angle to the center line.
All that remains is to make Grandfather's hand. We wrap the protruding edges.
Fold diagonally.
Now, when you unfold the figure, you will see that it is already Santa Claus. All that remains is to draw the nose and eyes.
A garland of such Frosties will look very interesting.
You can take cotton pads and make three-dimensional crafts on cardboard. They paint perfectly and are glued with ordinary PVA glue, which... As we know, it is absolutely non-toxic.
Here's another idea: using cotton pads you can make a cute polar bear.
Also look at what a cute little sheep can be made from cotton swabs, paper and a wooden clothespin.
Interesting crafts are also created from ice cream sticks. You can ask for them in any supermarket; they are usually given with popsicles.
The snowflake is glued together with hot glue. We paint it in the desired colors and hang our craft on a wall or window.
You can sprinkle it with glitter or shiny varnish. You can also put a garland on it or glue other New Year's decor: light balls, braid, cones, twine or gold braid.
Another version of the snowflake in the photo below.
And more options.
Another interesting craft option that we also use for home decor is hanging cardboard snowflakes.
The calendar established by Julius Caesar determined the beginning of the year on the first of January. Under the Roman Empire, this day received its meaning, later turning into a New Year holiday. As the Gregorian calendar spread across countries, the celebration became popular among many nations.
On the eve of the holiday, everyone is waiting for changes. They convince themselves that the coming year will be better. On New Year's Eve they want to believe in a fairy tale, they dream about their deepest desires. They prepare for this day, decorate the Christmas tree, and select gifts. A celebration is not complete without crafts. After all, a souvenir bought in a store cannot be compared to one made with one’s own hands, so such a gift is the most valuable.
Symbol of the year made of felt
Preparations for the celebrations begin in advance. The symbol of the coming 2019 is the pig, which, according to traditional characteristics, brings good luck. For the holiday, it is appropriate to prepare products that correspond to iconic figures. Thin felt (felt) is chosen as the main material for the toy. A homemade yellow earth pig made of felt will be a delightful gift for loved ones and relatives.
To make a three-dimensional pig, you need a minimum of tools and raw materials. First of all, you will need felt, which makes up the “skin” (outer shell), filler (foam rubber, cotton wool, unnecessary pieces of fabric), buttons to imitate eyes, threads for sewing crafts, scissors for a pattern. Flat products do not require any fillers. The craft can be made in the form of a souvenir, keychain, case, or even a panel.
To make a pig, and at the same time it turns out beautiful, you will need to use templates. They are cut out of cardboard and attached to the fabric from which the blanks are made using pins. First, the animal's muzzle is sewn together from the resulting shapes. Eyes, ears, mouth, and snout are sewn to it. The prepared product is filled with filler, preferably made from padding polyester or holofiber.
Ideas for creating candlesticks
On New Year's Eve, the lights are often turned off, leaving only sparkling garlands and flickering lights of lit candles. In this way an emotional atmosphere is created and bliss is achieved. But a naked candle looks dull. In such a situation, a candlestick will help. A handmade product gives off a feeling of warmth and home comfort.
There are a lot of ideas for creating candlesticks, as well as their frames. Let's look at some of them:
- Restoration of old factory products. If there are candlesticks left in the house that have been passed down through generations, or were once bought and forgotten, they can be given a special look by resorting to decoration. You can use fabrics, ribbons, and napkins as decorations. They can be covered with jewelry, wrapped with rope, and ribbons attached;
- Wooden logs. If you make a hole in them for a candle, it will be a unique masterpiece made from natural materials. The log can be used as a separate element, they can be assembled into a composition on stands, or decorated with branches;
- Glasses. The candle can be placed both inside and on its base. They can be decorated with ribbons and lace, played with flowers, covered with rhinestones, or installed with an interesting toy inside;
- Fruits. In addition to its aesthetic appearance, such a candlestick will give a pleasant aroma.
The tradition originates from the legend of St. Nicholas, when he threw a gold bar through the chimney into the socks of three sisters on Christmas Day. The boots should hang by the fireplace, but this is not important; they can be placed above the children's bed, under the spruce tree. Those who behaved well during the past year will receive a gift.
The Christmas stocking is not only intended for gifts and sweets, but first of all it is a decorative element. Therefore, there are many options for their manufacture. First you need to decide on the fabric for the boot. Felt, fur, and cotton are more in demand. Knitted boots or those made of leather occupy a special place.
Having chosen the material and sewn the New Year's boot, they begin to decorate it. Embroidery, appliqués, stripes, beads, ready-made mini-toys, and ribbons are used as decoration. Making a boot is a creative activity that the whole family can do.
What would a holiday be without sweet pleasure? And also beautifully decorated. The motives for decoration are chosen according to the celebration. Traditional images of a chocolate bar in the form of Santa Claus, twisted lollipops, candies on a Christmas tree are memories from the childhood of any parent. It is on this day that I want to convey the festive mood to children who are also looking forward to the New Year, and just a gift will not satisfy them.
Various decorations are made from sweets. For example, you can bake the most ordinary cake, decorate it with candies in the shape of snowflakes, draw a New Year’s motif from cream or chocolate, and package it beautifully. Or make cupcakes, decorating them in the shape of a snowman. Cupcakes are good to use to create reindeer. Bake cookies in the shape of snowflakes or frosty patterns.
If you use your imagination, you can even create entire compositions of sweets. These can be candy trees, additionally decorated with fabrics, appliqués, and branches. A log house made of round-shaped cookies, dipped in white chocolate to imitate snow. Ships, bouquets of flowers, sleighs, imitation fruits and many other crafts also work well.
The celebration will not be complete without the main symbol. There will always be adherents of traditional spruce or pine in the house, but even they are not alien to making additional decorations in the form of their favorite tree. Crafts are made in completely different sizes; the product can fit on a shelf or take the place of a standard attribute.
It is impossible to combine in one expression the variety of objects and materials from which you can make an artificial spruce with your own hands. There are a lot of ideas. Even plastic cups and glass jars are used as raw materials. The most daring ideas are to make an imitation of wood from hot pepper pods, beans, springs from an old bed, spokes from a bicycle wheel, horse shoes, computer motherboards. There are a lot of options. Let's look at the most common of them:
From paper
A paper Christmas tree is the simplest and most budget option. For production, you can take colored, corrugated paper, use old books, newspapers, cardboard boxes. Images and inscriptions on the sheet do not play a special role. The finished product can be plain or colorful. When working with a Christmas tree, any type of paper processing is used: papier-mâché, origami, collage, quilling, modeling, three-dimensional applications.
There are many master classes on creating paper Christmas trees. For example, when making a three-dimensional product, you will need a compass, which is used to draw a circle on a piece of cardboard, scissors, glue, and colored paper. The cardboard circle is cut in half and rolled into a cone. The edges are glued together, you can additionally fasten them with a stapler. The finished base serves as the base for a future toy; fluffy spirals, toilet paper balls, colored roses, and twisted strips can be applied to it. Decorate with rain, ribbons, and homemade toys.
From threads
You can literally make a Christmas tree from scrap materials. There are several ways to assemble a craft. To do this you will need thick paper or cardboard, scissors, glue, a set of threads and needles. The installation technique is as follows:
- A cone is made from a piece of whatman paper or cardboard;
- The base is wrapped in oilcloth or a polyethylene bag;
- Threads coated with glue are randomly wound around the cone, starting from the bottom;
- At the final stage, you need to dry the craft and remove the paper base.
You can decorate your Christmas tree with different components. Anything will do - candies, colored cereals, multi-colored buttons, beads, sequins, lace, paper snowflakes, rain of different shades. To make the composition more original, you can place a lamp, lantern, or light bulb inside.
The product is fragile and should not be heavily loaded. It can have different heights, but the color design should be standard, in green tones.”
From forest cones
The cones do not have a solemn appearance, but you just need to use your imagination and show a little ingenuity, and the natural material will turn into a luxurious spruce. Anyone can make such a decoration or a holiday gift. Finding raw materials will also not be difficult; to do this, just go for a walk in the forest or city park, planting. Trees also grow near multi-storey buildings and buildings owned by city authorities.
A simulated tree can consist of one cone mounted on a base (cork, branch, pot), or represent an entire composition. To create a three-dimensional product, you will need spruce or pine cones, paints, paint brushes, glue, a disk or cardboard for the base, and decoration items.
Before starting work, the cones must be processed. To keep them closed, they are coated with glue; if you need open ones, you should place the raw materials in the oven for a couple of hours or boil them in boiling water for half an hour. The master class on creating a three-dimensional spruce is as follows: the first row of cones, which consists of the largest shoots, is glued in a circle onto a base made of cardboard cut out in the shape of a disk. The next row is more difficult to install, since here the cones have to be glued together. This is a very painstaking and long process, because until the previous layer has dried, you cannot begin the next one. The rows are applied to each other until the top is formed, where an elongated cone with a sharp tip would look appropriate. The Christmas tree created in this way is painted and decorated. You can use a cone as a base and glue the pine cones directly to it.
Christmas wreaths
The ancient Slavs and Germanic tribes used this attribute as a talisman, placing it on the door at the entrance. There is a story about a Hamburg Lutheran who, a month before the holiday, hung a wreath with 28 candles in it. Over time, wreaths lost their symbolic purpose and became a decorative element.
The material for the wreath can be spruce and pine branches, ribbons of different colors, dried flowers, fabrics, items of clothing, New Year's toys, jewelry, snowflakes of various shapes, pine cones, balls. To make the craft and hold everything together, you will need a base. To create it, it is better to take metal wires; aluminum is especially good. You can also use straw, cardboard, plastic, or foam as a base. The circle twisted from wire must be wrapped in newspaper or paper and secured with threads. The finished base can be decorated with fir branches of different shades and glass balls added. How to decorate an object depends on the intention of the author of this attribute.
Fairy lights
It is impossible to imagine the New Year without garlands. They are elegant, bright, elegant. They can be monochromatic or multi-colored, consist of paper, candies, threads, fabric, and have a complex structure. There are many options for creating these decorative elements. As an example, let's look at a few original ideas.
| Name | Materials | How to do |
| Twine balls | Balloons, glue, twine, needle, LED garland, cream, water | The inflated balls are coated with cream. The string is soaked in glue diluted in water and wound around the ball. After drying, the ball is bursted and removed, and a garland light bulb is placed inside. |
| Edible light bulbs | Multi-colored candies, marmalades or jelly, thread | The marmalade is cut into the shape of a small base, heated, and round or oval sweets are attached to the hot edge. Then the resulting elements are strung on a thread. |
| Salt dough garlands | Flour, dyes, molds, paints | Flour and salt are mixed and filled with water and dye. The dough is kneaded, then rolled out and pressed into shapes using molds. A hole is made with a match or toothpick. The figures are left to dry for a couple of days. After the blanks have dried, you can decorate them with a brush and apply glitter. At the final stage, the figures are strung on a thread. |
The process of decorating a New Year tree is a joyful event in which all family members participate. To do this, they use glass toys, rain showers, garlands - whatever you can buy. But it’s much more interesting to decorate a tree with handmade crafts. This decor will appeal to all household members and will create comfort. In order to create crafts for the New Year, any available material will do.
Toys can be made from yarn. Simple needlework will allow you to get a spectacular decoration. In just a few minutes, you can freely create a wire craft. A Christmas tree is formed from a ribbon and divided into layers with beads. A knitted deer, a folded card, a paper ball, thread hats - everything will be in place. Let's take a closer look at popular materials:
From old light bulbs
A burnt out light bulb that seems useless at first glance can be a good basis for a New Year's decoration. A decorated object will be an excellent replacement for plastic balls. With some ingenuity, you can make:
- Snowman. To do this, you will need to paint the light bulb white and draw a cheerful face on it. Then a nose made of porcelain and salt dough is glued on. A cap sewn from fabric is hung on the base. If desired, you can attach hands to him from ordinary wooden sticks or paper.
- Father Frost. All you need is to draw a characteristic face and costume, put on a cap, for the manufacture of which even a rolled-up paper tube can be used.
- Dog. A button or pebble imitating a nose is glued to the base, and a fluffy muzzle is made around it using yarn or thread. Next, glue on the eyes, eyebrows and mouth. You can wear a beautiful hat on top.
The light bulbs will make a good fake of the original glass toys, be it the Snow Maiden, a bee or a bag.”
Bigwigs
Pine cones can act as a complement to toys, or become the basis for many Christmas tree crafts. The door, shelf, window are also well decorated with decorations made from this raw material. After walking down the street and collecting the necessary material, you can safely get to work, but first you need to sort through and process them.
When creating products you will need pine cones, decoration items and imagination. From blanks you can make funny gnomes, families of penguins, birds, hedgehogs, elves, squirrels, foxes, mice, butterflies, bees, owls, snowmen on skis, angels and many other characters. You can use pine cones to make garlands, a star for a New Year tree, a miniature holiday tree, a ball, or simply paint it and use it as a separate decorative element.
Thread
Crafts can be made from the most ordinary threads. They make unique balls, stars, Christmas trees, and various flat decorations that do not need to be sewn. To create toys, there will be enough available materials in the house - threads, glue, scissors, needles.
Working with such material must begin with a template. It is cut out of cardboard or thick paper, after which a sketch of the future product is applied to it. Having ready-made templates, you can begin to implement your plans. To do this, stencils are laid out on the substrate and attached to it using needles located in all corners. Next, the glue is poured into any convenient container; if necessary, it can be diluted. The threads are dipped into a container with diluted liquid and allowed to soak. The moistened thread is pulled between the needles in a chaotic manner. That's it, the product is almost ready. All that remains is to dry it naturally or artificially, carefully separate it from the substrate and let the back side dry. The homemade product can be decorated with sparkles, jewelry, rain, and ribbons.
Snowflake is a traditional decoration. This is one of the first crafts that a child does for the New Year. A standard attribute that decorates windows in kindergartens and schools. It's hard to imagine a holiday without them.
Simple products can do everything. Three-dimensional snowflakes are more difficult to make, although the materials used to create them are the same as for flat ones. They look impressive. Such a miracle is created from various raw materials, they can be woven from elastic bands, sewn from fabric, filled with cotton wool, or wrapped around a voluminous frame with threads. Let's consider the most common options for making New Year's decorative elements:
From paper
Paper is the most suitable material for creating a snowflake. When making it, you can use a landscape, newspaper, or cardboard sheet. The simplest pattern for three-dimensional crafts is an accordion. To create such an element, you will need two sheets of paper. The work begins with folding the raw materials like an accordion. Then, using a pencil, mark the middle on the compressed sheets. Stepping back from it a couple of centimeters in each direction, marks are made for the cutouts, and the rounding of sharp corners is also noted. Having cut off the marked areas with scissors, the accordions are carefully inserted with their ends into each other up to the first holes and tied with threads. To finish the product, all that remains is to straighten and glue the places where the two sheets come into contact.
3D snowflakes are interesting in their structure. Ornaments for an element may be different. They can be made by placing cut blanks on top of each other or gluing them from multi-colored strips cut from a sheet. The finished product is decorated with sparkles.
From foam plastic
Polystyrene foam is available in every home; in extreme cases, it can be purchased. The material is popular in handicrafts. To make a snowflake out of it, you will need a pencil for drawing a sketch, a sharp stationery knife, and glue. The main condition for getting started is having a template. You can draw it yourself, download a sketch from the Internet.
A stencil cut out of paper is applied to a piece of foam plastic, onto which the image is transferred with a pencil. After this, you can begin to work, the edges are cut first, then precise cuts are made. The finished craft can be smeared with glue and sprinkled with salt; such actions will allow it to reflect light and shimmer. The work area must be covered with a tablecloth, otherwise the foam will spread throughout the house.
Creating a New Year's mood is very simple. It is enough to give your friends or relatives an original postcard made yourself. Children especially like to give such gifts to their peers in kindergarten. Wishes are often written inside, and figures are made to drop out.
An ordinary postcard can be made without much effort, just fold a sheet of paper in half and draw some kind of ornament on it. But New Year's crafts are something more. They are created with passion. To do this, they come up with different decors: they decorate the product with appliqués, glue various origami, create 3D compositions that appear in all their glory when opened, use quilling, and trim them with textile elements.
Topiary is represented by a beautiful homemade tree planted in a pot. First of all, this is an interesting craft. Like the original plant, it consists of a trunk and crown. Additional attributes are decorations and a pot that forms the base of the product. The topiary is created as follows:
- It all starts with the basics. An alabaster solution is poured into a decorated vase and allowed to harden;
- Trunk. Natural branches, wire, and plastic will work as raw materials. It is installed in a pot with a solution that has not yet hardened and fixed;
- Crown. It is made of paper (ideal for simulating a Christmas tree), thread, polyurethane foam, polystyrene foam. Attached to the trunk;
- Decor. These are all the elements that give the craft an original look.
Champagne bottle decoration options
On such a festive day, everything should be irresistible. This also applies to the table, on which the main role is assigned to a bottle of champagne. You can cover it with New Year's stickers by first removing the label. Sparkling wine will look good placed in a basket decorated with flowers, balls, snowflakes, ribbons, and chocolates.
There are quite a few interesting ideas: the bottle is wrapped in corrugated paper, tied with ribbons, decorated with balls and flowers; a container wrapped in red felt, with the addition of decorations, turns into Santa Claus; You can cover the champagne with rain, attach jewelry and make a Christmas tree out of it.
Conclusion
New Year's crafts are a creative process in which all family members can participate. Handmade jewelry is the most valuable. They will always delight children and adults. There is an unlimited number of decorative elements and materials for creating them.