The country of craftsmen of the composition of the herringbone of buttons. Craft from buttons with your own hands

If you have accumulated buttons, make pictures, panels, decorations for clothes out of them with your own hands.

Making pictures from buttons with your own hands

Lots of ideas. They will help create artistic masterpieces for children and adults. For it use:

  • buttons of different colors;
  • glue;
  • thick cardboard or thin plywood;
  • simple pencil.


Paint the plywood or cardboard in the desired color, let the canvas dry. Redraw the outlines of the future masterpiece on it. As you can see, the vase is lined with bronze-colored buttons. For its edging, small pieces of fittings are used, inside there are larger ones.

Lay cheerfully colored buttons on the canvas to form flowers. Lay out the stems and leaves in green. If you have a lot of white buttons, decorate the background with them. This will help the picture become more voluminous and original.

Even if you have a few buttons, it will not hurt to make a panel.


Kids will love this idea for sure. But first, cook with them:
  • white cardboard;
  • paints;
  • buttons;
  • glue;
  • brush;
  • bath with water;
  • white paper.
Draw a tree trunk on cardboard. Glue the buttons to the location of the crown. Now you need to outline each with green paint. To make the tree even more cheerful, draw petals around the buttons.

Let the child fold a strip of white paper in half, draw the right side of the butterfly on it. When he unfolds the leaf, he will get a white-winged insect. It remains to paint the body of the insect with black paint with a thin brush, apply a pattern to the wings and, after the paint dries, glue the butterfly to a flowering tree.

Using buttons, you can create another tree with your own hands.


To reproduce this idea, take:
  • buttons in brown, red and yellow;
  • blue, white and yellow watercolors;
  • glue;
  • a sheet of cardboard;
  • photo frame;
  • pencil.
Manufacturing instructions:
  1. First, the cardboard is covered with watercolors. Draw the sky blue, for this add a little blue to white, mix with a brush. The location of the ground can be green if there is grass growing there, and if it is sand, then make this part of the background yellow.
  2. After the paint has completely dried, draw the contours of the tree on the canvas with a pencil.
  3. Fill the trunk with buttons of a brown shade, black. Attach red and yellow to the crown. You can use other tones.
  4. Put the picture in a frame and you can hang the masterpiece on the wall.
If you use buttons to decorate a tree, children's paintings can be like that.


After drawing the background with paints, you need to give them time to dry. On blue or green colored paper, draw a tree crown, glue it to the canvas. On the back of black or brown paper, draw its trunk, which also needs to be glued in place.

Now let the children give free rein to their imagination by gluing buttons of various colors to the crown.


Hang this picture in your living room, which will have large buttons, medium and small.

First draw the sea, it is bordered by a coastline consisting of sand. So make it yellow. Next comes a darker coastal spit, in the background it is green.

Now you need to stick white buttons on the sea so that they add extra shine to the water. Shells on the sand can be both light and darker tones.

The following button picture will also help you relax after a hard day.


First, gouache draws a blue background of the sky and green, which will become the stems of flowers. Buttons are glued above them. If they are on legs, then you need to sew them to the cardboard with a thread and a needle.

It will be easy for children under the guidance of adults to make just such a basket of flowers.


To make a panel in the form of an owl, take:
  • wooden board;
  • two metal loops;
  • rope;
  • buttons;
  • twig.


Draw the outline of a bird on the board. Lay out the brown buttons around the eyes, body and wings, and make the tummy, the outline around the pupils from white buttons, the pupils from black. Instead of a beak, attach a red one.

Glue a wooden stick down the panel. Attach the paws of an owl to it and around it.

This accessory will help to embody the most daring ideas. To make a Christmas tree for the New Year, take:

  • buttons of a green, light green shade of different sizes, brown;
  • green thread;
  • a needle with a large eye;
  • scissors.
Thread the needle, tie a knot. We will sew in two threads. Put on them first 4 brown buttons, then the largest green one. Decorate the Christmas tree so that the buttons are evenly distributed, the smallest is on top.

A star can be made from accessories of this shape or cut out of cardboard, also stitched with a needle and thread. We hang our Christmas tree and admire the beautiful creation.


If you want to make flowers from buttons, take:
  • buttons;
  • thin wire;
  • scissors;
  • vase.
Put the buttons on the wire so that the smallest one is in the center. First, thread the wire through the first hole, then into the second. Twist this little tip with the main wire on the back. When you make flowers, weave their bending stems, put in a vase.

Interesting crafts from buttons are both a clock and a wall calendar. For him, you need to cut out circles from cardboard, draw a number on them and stick them in the center of the buttons.

These blanks are sewn or glued to the base and the original calendar is hung on the wall or placed on the table next to it.

If you have a lot of such accessories, you can decorate a mirror, a bathroom wall and even a toilet bowl with it.



But first, the surface must be washed and wiped dry. After that, it is degreased and the accessories are glued in two rows, closing the gaps between the buttons so that the decorated surface does not show through.

If you liked making a Christmas tree, see what other crafts for the New Year you can make from buttons.


Degrease the surface of the ball, pour buttons to match it. If you are celebrating the New Year in nature in the country, there are no toys, then make them from the same sewing accessories.

Do not hold back your imagination, if you wish, arrange buttons according to height or large ones in the middle, small ones at the edges. The color scheme can also be varied.

What New Year's snowflakes are not made of, from: napkins; yarn; paper. And the fact that they can be created even from buttons is known to few.


To do this, take:
  • white buttons;
  • Super glue;
  • rope;
  • metal hangers;
  • pliers.
Using pliers, separate 6 pieces of 10 cm and four of 7 cm from the hangers. Glue them in the form of a star on one large button.


On the face, this blank will look like this.


Glue the remaining buttons to the metal wire.


Such New Year's snowflakes can be hung on a Christmas tree, on a wall. To do this, glue a rope to the end of the snowflake, tie a loop.
Here is another idea that will show you how to make a Christmas tree out of buttons.


String green on the wire, thread both ends through two large buttons, which will become the leg of the product and give it strength. For the second Christmas tree, you need to make a cone out of cardboard, glue it with buttons. Such accessories will help you make Christmas wreaths.

If you want to make a napkin ring to serve a festive table in this way, take:

  • flexible transparent plastic kitchen board;
  • buttons;
  • glue;
  • scissors.
Determine the size of the future ring, cut. Connect the edges of the board by gluing them. Glue and buttons, placing them in rows.

A flower from sewing accessories also looks great. And you will make original candles from old shoes or those that are small for a child. Glue the buttons on the shoes, tie new laces, put fireproof glass jars inside the shoes, in which you place candles.


See what buttons are wonderful helpers in terms of room decor. Sew them on the pillow by making a pattern or creating the first letter of the name of the person you want to give it to.

Embroider with buttons on a dark bag, and it will become unique.


Decorate curtains with these accessories by sewing them here. Remember how fashionable bamboo curtains used to be? Someone made similar ones from paper clips and beads wrapped in pieces of postcards. You will make these from accessories.


For this you will need:
  • buttons;
  • fishing line;
  • needle;
  • rail;
  • scissors.
Everything is quite simple, string the buttons on the fishing line. Attach the resulting blanks to a wooden rail, placing them parallel and at the same distance.

Using this technique, you can make not only curtains for a doorway, but also an analogue of blinds for windows.

DIY button jewelry: photo and description

You will make them from the same material. See what an unusual button belt turns out. It goes great with jeans. It will need a strong thread so that it does not break during wear. You can replace it with a thin white rubber band.

Thread the needle, tie both ends with a knot. Move it a little to the side, twist the thread in this place, making a loop. String on the first button, then the second and all the rest.


They fasten such a belt with a button, throwing it over the loop that you made at the beginning.

If you have a men's shirt, add some femininity to it by sewing beautiful buttons on the collar.


They will help create your unique image. Make a rainbow bracelet by looking at the step by step photos. This is how wonderful it will turn out.


To make a decoration on your hand, take:
  • buttons;
  • threads;
  • a needle;
  • scissors.
Sort the buttons by color, see how the gamma of the future product will look like.


To work, you need flat buttons with four holes. Take a needle with an eye so that it fits well into them.


Pass the needle and thread through two opposite holes of one button on the wrong side. On the face, taking the needle out of the second hole, thread it into the first recess of the second button. Bring the needle back into the second hole of the first button on the wrong side. On the face, thread the needle again into the second hole.


Having created the first row, work the second, connecting these rows at the same time. Do the same for the third one.


Weave the free ends of the threads with a pigtail. Trim off the excess.


Tie a loop from the pigtail, which you will put on a button and fasten the bracelet in this way.

If you have metal buttons on the leg, make this bracelet. You can attach them to the chain using wire or metal rings.


Lovers of voluminous jewelry can also recommend another necklace around the neck. The fittings are fastened with metal rings or ordinary paper clips.


If you want to make tiered button beads, then check out the following idea. The main thing is to take a very strong thread or fishing line so that at the most inopportune moment they do not break and the beads do not crumble.


If you have a broken automatic hairpin, and its mechanism is still good, upgrade the thing. To do this, take:
  • three flat buttons;
  • Super glue;
  • two beads;
  • cord;
  • scissors.
Pass the cord through the hole of one button, put beads on its ends, tie knots here to fix the design.


Attach the buttons using super glue.

Lubricate the surface of the metal hairpin well with glue, attach a design of buttons and beads here. After that, you need to let the accessory dry and you can try on a new accessory.

Attach a blank with lace to it, after which you will get an amazing do-it-yourself hairpin.


If you stick three buttons on ordinary black invisible ones, see how the hairpins immediately change.


If you have an elastic band and a matching button, in 2 minutes you will turn them into a new hair accessory. To do this, slip the edge of the elastic band under the leg of the button, thread the free end under it, tie it in a knot.


Crafts from buttons for yourself are not only jewelry, hairpins, but also decorating shoes in an unusual way. Beach flip-flops will be transformed in half an hour if you sew bright buttons to them.


If you want the decorated surface to increase, then first sew the buttons to two triangles of fabric, and then attach them to the slippers.

Buttons will transform other shoes as well. If your favorite shoes are worn, hide them behind these accessories and everyone will think you should buy another pair of shoes.


The same applies to sports shoes - slippers, sneakers, sneakers. Why buy new ones if you can transform the old ones in an hour?


Even if there are only 6 buttons, they will allow you to decorate shoes. Sew them on ballet shoes, thereby adding a twist.


Attach buttons to leggings, hats to create your original and naughty look.


As you can see, button crafts can be very diverse and unexpected. With the help of them you will add new interesting shades to your home, create accessories, update shoes and be fashionable, self-confident.

And in order to better remember what can be made from buttons and recharge with new ideas, watch 2 informative videos.

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You can make Christmas decorations for your home with your own hands from the most ordinary household items, the main thing is to show your imagination! Today we will once again take out our multi-colored collections and see how these little beauties can be used in preparation for the holidays.

Creating compositions from buttons, like putting together a puzzle, is not a quick, but very exciting activity. Involve children in the process - button crafts develop creativity, sometimes it’s enough to make very little effort to get a good result, there would be suitable ideas. Well, for inspiration, I propose to use my today's examples of creating New Year's decorations, gifts and Christmas decorations from buttons.


New Year's wreaths from buttons. There are several options for creating such wreaths. You can, as in the first example, make a cover from fabric for covering the finished shape and embroider it with bright buttons. If you make a wreath of green woolen threads, you will get something like a pine branch, and the buttons attached on top will become a replacement for Christmas balls. A small wreath on a wire frame is suitable for decorating a Christmas tree.



Christmas trees from buttons. To create a New Year's beauty, we need a ready-made foam base or a thick paper cone. There are a lot of examples on the Internet how to make it, so let's go straight to the buttons. We glue them and prick them with pins for strength, and if the workpiece is hollow, then we fix it from the inside with wire. It turns out a very beautiful and simple Christmas decoration for the house, which can be done with the children.


Christmas balls from buttons. A ball of buttons can become both a Christmas tree toy and an element of the New Year's decoration of an apartment; it is not difficult to make it, especially if there is a special foam blank in stock. We glue the buttons to the ball, fixing them with pins with multi-colored heads. If the ball is multi-colored, it is better to slightly tint the base.

Buttons make very cute New Year's compositions, the plots themselves are simple: an elegant Christmas tree, a snowflake, a Christmas wreath. Pay attention to how good such a picture looks if you make it a good frame.




It is a pleasure to create Christmas decorations from buttons with children, and the scope for imagination is very wide. Even one single large red button can become a separate decoration. Probably the most popular craft in this area is a Christmas tree made of buttons, assembled with a pyramid, but there are other equally worthy options.







Button gifts. The ideas from the previous section are suitable not only for decorating the Christmas tree, but also as an additional DIY souvenir and pinned to the festive New Year's gift wrapping. Here are a couple more similar ideas.


New Year's cards with buttons. If you and your child are going to make cards for the New Year with your own hands, do not forget about the buttons! These little helpers will come in handy here. A button can successfully replace a painted Christmas ball, a flower, or even a whole snowman.





For such a Christmas tree, you will need thin but thick cardboard (not too hard so that it does not break at the slightest bend), glue, buttons, pins, beads or beads, other decor as desired and available.

The order of the craft:

Roll a bag out of cardboard and glue it on the side. Cut the bottom of the cardboard bag so that you get a cone.

For each pin (if they are without decorative heads), put on a bead or a small bead and pin the button on the cone with a pin. Buttons should cover the entire surface of the cardboard. If there are gaps left somewhere, use beads on pins or the smallest buttons to mask them.

Glue a large button with a bright pattern on top, a small star-shaped Christmas toy, pompom, lush bow will also work.

Helpful advice: for the base, you can take not a cardboard cone, but a cone from a floristic base for bouquets, polystyrene.

Attention! You can not pin each button on a pin, but glue them (see top photo).

Flat herringbone from buttons

For such a Christmas tree, you will also need cardboard (only hard), buttons, glue and a cord for hanging.

The order of the craft:

Cut out the base of the Christmas tree from cardboard (its silhouette can be both naturalistic and the simplest - a large triangle).

Glue the buttons close to each other, trying to alternate them by color. Distribute the buttons so that they fit as tightly as possible, without gaps. If the gaps between the buttons still remain, you can stick the smallest buttons or small beads on them.

Glue a loop of string or ribbon on the back of the Christmas tree.

Helpful Hint: d For the basis of such a homemade Christmas tree, you can take not cardboard, but thin plywood.

Buttons of various sizes, shapes and colors are a versatile material for various DIY crafts. Today we offer you some interesting ideas on how to make Christmas decorations from buttons. Making toys from buttons is a simple and fun process, so you can safely involve children in such a creative activity.

Christmas decorations from buttons: Christmas toys and balls

From buttons you can make a variety of Christmas decorations in the form of figures of Santa Claus, a snowman, Christmas trees, snowflakes, wreaths, as well as balls that can be used both for decorating a Christmas tree and for a festive interior decor.

To make a ball of buttons, you will need:

  • a ball of foam, polystyrene, polyurethane foam or floral sponge;
  • pins with a bead head (optional - glue);
  • ordinary buttons with holes;
  • ribbon

The polystyrene or polystyrene ball itself can be purchased in online stores, from a floristic sponge - in flower shops, and you can even make a ball from polyurethane foam yourself, however, the process is not easy, so it will be easier to buy. Alternatively, you can use a fabric ball tightly filled with padding polyester. If, for the sake of children's safety, you plan to use glue, and not pins, then you can take any ball - plastic, rubber, tennis, to which buttons can be glued.

Depending on which buttons you will use, the ball must be pre-dyed or left in its original color. For example, if you want to make a New Year's toy from white and beige buttons, then leave the ball white, but if you want to make it bright red with a green ornament, then it is better to paint the foam plastic from a can.

Attach with pins or glue a loop of ribbon or string with glue, for which the ball can be hung on the Christmas tree. Then, button by button, gently pin to the ball with pins. You can combine colors and sizes of buttons, fasten buttons one on top of the other. You can fill the space between the buttons with pins.

More options for Christmas balls from buttons:



Buttons can be strung on a thread or wire in a certain order to make figures of snowmen, men or small Christmas trees.

Here is a small tutorial on how to assemble a small snowman on a string.





You can also stick buttons on some kind of base, such as sticks to create a snowflake, a cardboard circle for a wreath, and the like.

More examples of Christmas decorations from buttons:




Decorative Christmas button wreaths

A Christmas door wreath is a popular holiday decoration in Western countries. Most often, wreaths are hung on the outside of the doors of the house. Nothing prevents us from inheriting the tradition and decorating the interior with wreaths for the holidays. A button wreath can be made in several ways.

Buttons can be glued onto a cardboard circle, like this:


To make a voluminous wreath of buttons, you can sew a cover, fill it with padding polyester, and sew buttons on top.


Small Christmas trees from buttons

Small cone-shaped Christmas trees look great in the interior.

In order to make such a Christmas tree, you will need:

  • a cone made of foam, polystyrene or thick cardboard;
  • buttons;
  • fabric or colored paper (optional);
  • pins (or glue, wire, thread with a needle).

The course of work is identical to the creation of Christmas balls with buttons. If you are using a Styrofoam or other foam cone, you can attach the buttons to the base with pins. If you have a cardboard cone, then you can sew on the buttons with thread or fasten with wire. Also in both cases, you can use glue. It is better to pre-paint the base green or cover it with a green cloth or paper.




Button garlands

It is very easy to make a long garland of buttons. It will take some time, but such an unusual decoration on a Christmas tree or indoors will look very interesting.

WITH Every day the New Year is getting closer and closer, which means that it's time to prepare holiday decorations and gifts. Unfortunately, there is not always money and time to run around the shops. But this is not a reason to be upset, because you can always make something unusual, bright and original with your own hands.

Beautiful crafts for the New Year with your own hands - “snow globe”

Such a classic, but at the same time wonderful craft, like a “snow globe” can be done at home without much effort. To do this, you need to prepare a glass jar that will close tightly, boiled water, glycerin (available at the pharmacy), sparkles, pieces of foam, and New Year-themed plastic figures. You can make your own figurine from polymer clay. Additionally, purchase epoxy waterproof glue from the hardware store.

When all the materials and tools are prepared, you can get to work. The first step is to prepare a decorative composition for the New Year theme. It should be attached to the lid. Pick up all kinds of figurines of Christmas trees, Santa Claus, you can make snowdrifts from polymer clay, if there are suitable figurines from kinder surprises, you can use them by pre-treating the surface of the toys with acrylic paints.

The entire composition must be carefully glued to the base cover using epoxy glue. When all the work is done, you need to start making the liquid. It is the unusual composition that helps the snowflakes spin slowly and smoothly. You need to mix boiled water with glycerin in a ratio of 1: 1. Add glitter and styrofoam to the solution, and you can start collecting the ball.

Pour the solution of water and glycerin into the prepared glass jar and close it tightly with a lid with a glued composition. Take into account the amount of liquid in advance, you do not need to completely fill the jar, because the figures glued to the lid will displace it. After closing the lid, turn the jar over several times and check how the snowflakes will fall. If too fast, then a little more glycerin should be added to the solution. The craft will be ready when the snowflakes fall slowly and beautifully.



For greater tightness, coat the junction of the lid and jar with the same glue, it will help prevent leakage. Optionally, you can additionally decorate the jar using ribbons, beads, etc.

DIY button jewelry

There is such a variety of brightly colored buttons that you just want to turn them into something more original and interesting. For example, on the eve of the New Year holidays, you can make very unusual decorations from them by collecting a lot of interesting balls, snowflakes, wreaths, etc.

Making such a bright Christmas tree toy with your own hands using buttons of different shapes and sizes is quite simple. As a base, use any plastic ball that you just need to paste over with buttons. Additional decor in the form of sequins, beads and ribbons will not be superfluous.



Also, button balls can be made using a foam base. In this case, the buttons are simply attached with pins.

Also, buttons are an excellent material from which you can make many bright pyramids, cylinders and other Christmas tree decorations. Just take the wire and string the buttons on it in different sequences, make the second end in the form of a hook, and the toy is ready.



In a similar way, you can make a small Christmas tree, you see, it looks quite bright and impressive.


Using mother-of-pearl, white and silver buttons, you can make very beautiful and delicate snowflakes. On the largest button, glue the metal rods as shown in the illustration. On them you need to glue other buttons, attaching the smallest of them at the edges.



But the easiest option for making New Year's decorations from buttons is a small wreath or ring. Just string the buttons on a fishing line, wire or strong thread and make a ring, additionally decorate it with a satin ribbon bow.


Salt dough Christmas toys

On the eve of the New Year, you can make a lot of original decorations from salt dough. Get your kids involved and have fun together. Such unusual decorations are ideal for creating Christmas decorations and garlands, and as souvenirs for grandparents. Make your loved ones happy too.



To create such a toy, we need products for making dough, parchment paper, a ribbon, a tube, paints, as well as a variety of molds in the form of an asterisk, mittens, etc.

Salt dough has many recipes. In this master class, to make dough, we need half a glass of water, half a glass of salt, a glass of flour and one tbsp. a spoonful of vegetable oil.

To create such a mitten, you can use a special mold. If it is not there, you should not specifically run to the store. Draw it on paper, cut it out and attach it to the rolled out dough. As carefully as possible, walk along the edge of the stencil with a knife. If any bumps form, smooth them out with your own hands.


As you can see, there are also children's prints on the top of the jewelry. Therefore, when making mittens, make sure that they fit the size of your baby's palm.



After that, make a small hole with a straw or any sharp object. In addition, apply some kind of inscription: the name of the child, a small wish, etc. Patterns made with lace will look very original and unusual. Just cut out the desired pattern from the lace ribbon, attach it to the dough and press down with a rolling pin.


Next, lay out the decorations on parchment paper and dry them in the oven at a temperature of 100-120 degrees. At the end, paint the toys, sprinkle them with sparkles and thread a ribbon by which they will be hung.

Openwork snowflake from a plastic bottle

Snowy beauties are circling outside our windows, bringing us a fabulous New Year's mood. Since they can only be observed outside the window, we try to fill our house with something similar. Most often, these are paper snowflakes, although there are many other improvised means from which you can make real openwork decorations. A real snow beauty can also be made from a plastic bottle. And there will be nothing complicated. And the master class below will help you with this.



You need to prepare a plastic bottle, a stationery knife, scissors, blue, silver, and white acrylic paints and a clear varnish that is used when working with plastic.



Use a utility knife to cut off the bottom of the bottle. That is what we need in our work. Next, using scissors, give the bottom the shape of a snowflake, making two cuts in the places of the recesses converging towards the center.

On the inside of the base, apply varnish and sprinkle it with decorative white powder until it dries. Wait until the varnish dries a little (10-15 minutes will be enough for this), and blow off the excess powder.

Now work on the top of the snowflake. Apply the pattern using a thin brush. Perform whimsical ornaments with all sorts of curved lines and curls.

When the snowflake is fully decorated, varnish it on both sides. Make a hole with a red-hot metal needle and thread the ribbon through it. Now a cute snowflake that can be hung on a Christmas tree or a chandelier is ready.

Unusual New Year's wreath with your own hands

Although this topic has already been raised a huge number of times, there are so many variations of this decoration that it is simply impossible not to touch on this topic. Moreover, the New Year without a wreath above the door is no longer conceivable in many families.

A wreath of plastic bags

To make such a decoration, you need materials that can be found in any home. Prepare a piece of thick cardboard, glue, scissors, satin ribbon, and plenty of clear plastic bags.


Make a cardboard ring that will serve as the basis for the future wreath. Next, take the bags, cut them into strips with a width of about 7-8 cm. Each of the strips must be cut as shown in the diagram, leaving a place in the center uncut.



Prepare a lot of these strips, take a cardboard base and glue the strips from the bags to them, gathering them up. If desired, make the wreath more fluffy by fixing more or less polyethylene strips in one area.

Wreath made of paper

As in the previous version, you will need a cardboard frame and colored paper from which you need to cut out the leaves. Use glue to secure the paper leaves to the round base, overlapping them. Decorate the wreath with a ribbon and the Christmas decoration is ready.

Paper roses for decorating a New Year's wreath

To make such an original wreath, take a strip of paper (width - 5 cm), bend it in half, as shown in the diagram.



Now wind the paper tape around the toothpick so that you end up with a kind of rose. Additionally, prepare paper of a different color. Take a small piece of it, twist a cone out of it, and cut off the excess.

Having made all the necessary blanks, glue them to the cardboard base using a glue gun. You can use ordinary glue.

Wreath of ties

In fact, a wreath can be made from any materials at hand, and old ties are no exception. In this work, everything is also very simple. Glue the ends of the ties onto the paper base. It is best to use a glue gun to create such a wreath. At the end of the work, you can stick a kind of bow made of a thin tie on it.

Christmas monkey made of felt

New Year's toys made of felt have long been popular. They are quite simple in their execution, but they look very bright and cute. The symbol of this year is the monkey, which we will try to make today.



Prepare brown and beige felt, cardboard, scissors, stuffing material, thread, and a needle.

First, draw patterns for all the details. You can come up with them yourself or find them on the Internet. Cut out and transfer all the details to the felt. Flip the patterns in a mirror image and circle them again.



When all the details are drawn on the fabric, cut them out as neatly as possible. Start collecting the monkey from the head. First, sew all the details of the muzzle with an overlock stitch, and then sew the two parts of the head, leaving some space for stuffing. Fill the head with holofiber or other material and sew it up completely.



Similarly, start sewing all the details. When sewing the torso, gradually insert the details of the arms and legs. Fill the body with stuffing and sew on the head using a blind stitch. Do not forget about the ears and tail of the monkey. Now it remains for you to decorate the muzzle by sewing on beads as an eye and nose.


Make it more fun by dressing the monkey in a skirt or holding a snowflake. There are a lot of design options. Such a wonderful monkey made of felt will be a great decoration for your Christmas tree.



Candy Christmas tree gift

Not only jewelry can be made with your own hands. You can also beautifully pack a gift set of sweets. And how to do this, tell the master class, which you can find below.



Prepare thick paper in two colors, scissors, double-sided tape (it can be replaced with glue), decorative ribbon for decoration and sweets (cookies).

To make such an original packaging, you just need to bend the colored paper in a certain direction, this will make cells where the sweets will be placed.

First, make the main triangle of the Christmas tree. As you can see in the first illustration, the base is quite easy to make by cutting out a wide rectangle of the required size and gluing a triangle out of it. The size of the box depends entirely on your wishes. When preparing such a package, plan in advance how many sweets will fit there, you can attach one of them for clarity. In this master class, a rectangle with dimensions of 26 and 5 cm was used as an example. To properly fold the triangle, step back a little from the edge and divide the part into three equal segments. Fold the rectangle at the folds and apply glue to the small end to secure the structure.


Now you need to cut out three additional rectangles that correspond to a length of 28, 18 and 10 cm, their width will be the same - 5 cm (such dimensions should be used provided that the base is the same size as in this master class).


On each of the segments, every 2.5 cm, you need to draw along the line and fold the figures along them in such a way as shown in the photo.


Place them inside the base, fixing them with glue or double-sided tape.


In the photo below, you can see how to make a Christmas tree trunk in a similar way. To do this, you need to follow all the above steps. Only in this case the base will be square. Glue the two parts of the Christmas tree together with double-sided tape or glue.



At the end, you can wrap the finished holiday packaging with foil and make a bow out of ribbon or decorative rope. Now your candy tree is ready.