There is nothing more wonderful when parents and children do joint work, and if it is also creative, it is doubly pleasant.

New Year is considered the most favorable holiday for the formation of festive family traditions.

Having prepared a minimum of material and a little imagination, you can get a result that will make the child believe in New Year's miracle. Worthy decorative decorations can be created from items and things available at home: pieces of bright fabric, beads, cardboard, candy wrappers.

FROM early age kids are interested various types creativity: drawing, modeling from plasticine, making appliqués. Joint creativity of parents and children has a number of significant advantages:

• development of the baby, his creative abilities;
• development of children's imagination and creativity;
• emotional unity of parents and child;
• stimulation of fine motor skills;
• self-confidence;
• desire to continue to be creative.

We offer several options New Year's crafts for children 3-4 years old. They are very easy to make and do not require much effort.

Christmas lollipop pendant

You will need:

• multi-colored felt;
• sticks;
• thin satin ribbons;
• hot glue gun.

It will not take much time to make the pendant, but this process will bring a lot of positive emotions to the child. He will be proud of his creation.

Step-by-step instructions for creating a lollipop pendant:

1. We cut out 7 narrow stripes from the fabric 1 cm wide and 15 cm long.
2. We stack them on top of each other, alternating colors.
3. We glue all the ribbons together.
4. We twist all the ribbons with a roll and fix them with glue at the base.
5. Glue a stick to a multi-colored roll.
6. At the top we attach a ribbon for attaching the product to the Christmas tree.
7. We remove the remaining glue.

New Year's fan

This craft is suitable for children 3 years old. The simple design will allow the child to develop motor skills of hands.

You will need:

• a set of colored paper for scrapbooking;
• glue;
• threads of a golden hue;
• hole puncher.

Even a kid can assemble a fan

Step-by-step instructions for creating an accordion:

1. Cut a sheet of paper into rectangular pieces.
2. We fold each part with an accordion, where the width of the fold is 1 cm.
3. We fold the accordion and give it about round shape from two sides.
4. Fold each piece in half. Blanks can be of different colors.
5. We connect 4 accordions in one piece.
6. We attach a golden thread for the pendant.

New Year's candy "Merry deer"

Children are very fond of sweets. Any lollipop placed in a deer's paper face will delight a child. It can be scrolled, and then it will seem that the deer's nose is moving.

You will need:

• cardboard or colored paper;
• scissors;
• pens, pencils, glitter;
• glue;
• round lollipops.

Reindeer lollipops

Step-by-step instructions for creating a New Year's candy:

1. We draw the outline of the head of a deer on a piece of cardboard or colored paper.
2. Outline the outline using two identical shapes.
3. Carefully cut out a round hole in place of the nose on both parts of the part.
4. We decorate the muzzle of a deer by drawing or gluing features.
5. We fix the lollipop in place of the slot for the nose.
6. We glue both parts.

New Year's Changeling Dog

You will need:

• watercolor paints;
• red pompom;
• white paper eyes.

Children love to make prints of their hands. new year dog will be a real gift for the whole family.

Step-by-step instructions for creating a New Year's dog-shifter:

1. We take paper and together with the child draw whatever we want.
2. We dip the child's hands in brown paint.
3. Gently put the handprint on the paper with your fingers up.
4. Then we dip again in brown paint and put another print on the paper with our fingers down so that these two prints converge with each other.
5. We dip the child's finger in white paint and draw a hat.
6. We dip the child's finger in red paint and draw a collar.
7. We are waiting for the paint to dry.
8. We put on the top imprint of the eye.
9. Attach a red pom pom to the hat.

New Year's game "Mouse and her cheese"

The game "Mouse and Her Cheese" will help to consolidate children's knowledge of colors. The child is invited to arrange the mice in the holes of the corresponding color.

You will need:

• cardboard;
• glue;
• markers;
• regular pencil;
• scissors;
• ruler.

Step by step instructions for creating a game:

1. Cut out a strip of white paper 3 cm wide and 21 cm long.
2. We bend the strip with a “loop” and glue the edges.
3. With a simple pencil, draw a semicircle on the glued edge, round off the corners.
4. Cut off the corners with scissors.
5. Cut out 2 ovals from white paper.
6. Glue the ovals, stepping back a little from the edge. These are mouse ears.
7. We draw with felt-tip pens a mouse mustache, nose, eyes.
8. Cut out the tail of a mouse from paper.
9. We fasten the tail on the back.
10. We make a piece of cheese.
11. From colored paper, cut out two semicircles. Yellow should be smaller than red.
12. First, glue a red semicircle on a sheet of cardboard, then yellow.
13. Cut out ovals from colored paper different colors and stick them on the cheese in random order.
14. For the game, you need to make as many mice as there are colored holes in the cheese. The color of the tails of the mice should match the color of the holes in the cheese.

Cheerful snowman-know-it-all

Making this craft will be interesting for children 4 years old.

You need:

• 2 paper plates;
• silicate glue or glue gun;
• scissors;
• 2 plastic eyes;
• yellow, orange, purple paper;
• felt or black paper.

Step-by-step instructions for creating a snowman:

1. We glue 2 plates so that one finds on the other.
2. We put the top plate on the front side, and the bottom plate on the back.
3. Cut out a carrot from orange paper.
4. Cut out a scarf from yellow paper.
5. Cut out mittens and socks for the snowman from purple paper.
6. Glue the eyes and nose in the form of a carrot.
7. Draw a smile with a marker.
8. At the junction of the plates we glue a yellow strip of paper in the form of a scarf.
9. Cut out 2 circles from black felt and glue on the snowman with a glue gun.
10. We turn the craft over with the back side and glue the arms and legs of purple paper to the body.

In the snowman, you can hide questions and answers about animals, cartoons, fairy-tale characters and play a funny game with your child.

The original mask of Santa Claus

Another way to introduce your child to New Year's fairy tale is to create a mask. Other family members can also try on the mask. The child will like it very much.

You will need:

• 2 paper plates;
• red paper;
• cotton wool;
• scissors;
• PVA glue.

Step-by-step instructions for creating a New Year's mask:

1. Cut out the bottom of 2 paper plates.
2. We glue the candies together.
3. Cut out 2 large triangles from red paper.
4. Lubricate each of them, glue along the contour, except for the lower part, and glue. We should get a red cap.
5. We put a circle of plates into a hat for 4-5 cm and coat with glue.
6. Glue both sides of the hat to the base.
7. We form a lot of white balls from cotton wool and glue them at the bottom of the white circle.
8. We also lay them out in a row at the junction of the cap and the circle of plates.
9. We make from cotton big ball and glue it to the top of the hat.

New Year's picture for a children's room

The picture that the child will make delights all family members. This develops in the child the desire to improve and strive for creativity.

You will need:

• cardboard;
• cotton pads;
• scissors;
• glue.

DIY picture in the children's room

Step-by-step instructions for creating a New Year's picture:

1. We put a few drops of glue on a sheet of cardboard. We attach cotton pads, forming a snowman.
2. At the base we place a large disk, then a smaller disk.
3. For the snowman's head, use the smallest disk.
4. We cut out a nose, eyes, a hat, a scarf from colored paper and glue all the details to the disks.
5. We decorate with snowflakes, a rain of a finished snowman.
6. To decorate the picture, we will make several Christmas trees from colored paper and glue them next to the snowman.

Felt Christmas tree

A felt Christmas tree will become a real decoration of a home Christmas tree. Also as New Year's souvenir it can be given to grandmothers and relatives.

You need:

• cardboard;
• felt;
• buttons;
• beads;
• scissors.

Felt Christmas tree

Step-by-step instructions for creating a felt Christmas tree:

1. We make a cone out of cardboard for the base.
2. Cut a strip of felt 2.5 cm wide.
3. We fold it in half and make cuts that should not reach the edge of the strip.
4. We glue the obtained strips with a cone along its height from the bottom up.
5. We decorate the Christmas tree with buttons, beads.

Craft "Waffle cup with a secret"

In the process of manufacturing New Year's toys With our own hands we are able to realize any idea.

Therefore, it is worth making ice cream that will decorate the festive atmosphere.

After all, children are very fond of this incredibly delicious dessert.

You will need:

• felt;
• curly scissors;
• threads;
• glue;
• felt.

Step-by-step instructions for creating a waffle cup:

1. With curly scissors, cut out a circle of felt with a diameter of 6 cm.
2. From the remnants of felt we cut out small balls, bells.
3. Cut out a cone from felt.
4. We connect the parts with glue, forming a cup and ice cream.
5. We attach bells and balls to the cone.
6. At the bottom of the product we place a small bow.
7. You can hide a small lollipop inside the ice cream. This will become a long-awaited secret.

Air lumps

Air balls of thread look very festive, especially if they are made from threads of different colors. Delicate lumps can decorate not only the Christmas tree, but also serve as a decor for a nursery, a child's bedroom.

You will need:

• small balloons;
• not very thick threads with lurex;
• glue;
• dishes with water for wetting the threads;
• petrolatum;
• thick thread for hanging;
• rhinestones and sequins.

Step-by-step instructions for making air balls from threads:

1. We inflate the balloon, which will correspond to the size of the finished product.
2. Lubricate it with Vaseline.
3. We wind the threads on the ball in random order.
4. We hang the ball and let it dry for two days.
5. We pierce the ball and remove it from the air figure.
6. We place rhinestones and sparkles on the ball.

Dear parents! Strive to help your child, trust him to work with details, do not limit his imagination, even if the works made by his tiny hands do not look like works of art.

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No less funny Santa Claus will turn out from a child’s handprint cut out of cardboard, decorated with cotton balls.

The same cotton balls can be used to decorate Santa Claus, drawn on a piece of paper.

A good basis for creativity - blanks Christmas balls. Together with the child, they are easy to color in different colors.

or decorate with pieces of thin colored tissue paper.

But any unnecessary object can become the basis for creativity - even the lid of a jar.

Just draw a beautiful unpretentious drawing on white cardboard,

insert it into the bottom of the lid and attach a loop of tape to it. Get a nice pendant.

The design of such a pendant can be anything - you can draw or lay out in the technique any images that your imagination draws.

And the child can give free rein to his imagination, drawing different patterns. finger paints. Randomly filling with stripes

or fingerprint space of a paper sheet, it will create the basis for making cute, uncomplicated Christmas trees.

Just cut out a triangle from the patterned sheet and fold it lengthwise. It will turn out a simple, but quite interesting figure.

Christmas trees, “dressed up” with color prints of various objects, look interesting. Make a blank for such a craft in advance and give the child the role of a graphic designer.

It is convenient to use disposable cups and lids from unnecessary cans as stamps, dipping them in paint spilled over.

A golden star will be a worthy decoration for such a Christmas tree. To make it, simply cut out a star from yellow cardboard, grease it with glue and sprinkle with glitter.

You can decorate cardboard Christmas balls with cardboard stars.

Or make voluminous trees and a Santa figure out of it.

By wrapping cardboard with yarn, you can make beautiful boots.

And by supplementing the plastic cork with fabric elements, chenille wire or fluffy pom-poms, it's easy to make pendants in the form of a Christmas deer, a penguin or a sandman.

The interesting thing is that taking any idea as a basis, you will get completely unique, unexpected ones that will reflect your personality.

See how to make a Christmas garland with a child.

There is very little time left before the New Year, and it would be time to think about holiday decorations for home. You can buy ready-made options in the store, but it is much better to make original things with your own hands.

sock snowman

From unnecessary socks you get such funny snowmen. You will need socks, rice for stuffing, some scraps and buttons. Cut off the toe at the sock, and on the other hand, tie it with a thread. Pour in the rice, giving it a round shape, pull the thread again and pour in more rice, forming a smaller ball. Sew on the eyes and nose, make a scrap scarf, sew on the buttons. And from the cut off part you get a great hat.

Christmas tree pendants

A cinnamon stick is taken as the basis, several artificial spruce branches and multi-colored buttons are attached to it with glue. Such Christmas trees will not only decorate the house, but also fill it with the warming aroma of cinnamon.

Cork deer

Bottle caps are a great craft material. For example, you can make such a cute deer. You will need some corks, glue, and assorted beads for decoration. This is not ashamed to hang on the Christmas tree.

stick crafts

From ordinary ice cream sticks, cute Christmas trees, snowmen and snowflakes are obtained. You need paint, glitter, buttons and a little imagination. Even the smallest kids can handle these.

Christmas trees made of colored paper

These wonderful Christmas trees can be made by making a cone of green paper or cardboard and decorating it with various little things. Buttons, pebbles, beads and various paper figures will do.

potato drawings

This cute print is obtained by dipping half a potato in ordinary gouache. And the rest of the adults will need to paint on when the paint dries. This option is ideal for very young children.

Snowflakes from pasta

Clip pasta different shapes with glue and cover silver paint, fasten the tape - unusual christmas snowflake ready.

Snowmen from covers

Cover the metal bottle caps with white paint (it is better to take acrylic) and glue them together, as shown in the picture. Draw a face for the snowman and decorate with a scarf from a bright ribbon. If you glue a loop on top of it, such a snowman can be hung on a Christmas tree.

Crafts from cones

From the cones you can make different animals and any other characters. You need paints, shreds, buttons and, of course, fantasy and inspiration.

Christmas tree made of buttons

Pick up green buttons of different diameters and a few brown ones for the swag and secure them with a thick thread. Decorate the crown with an asterisk.

painted balls

Place the pieces of wax crayons in a transparent Christmas ball, heat it with a hair dryer, constantly twisting it. Melting pencils will leave beautiful colored stains inside the ball.

Garland of fingerprints

Draw the cord of the garland and the bases of the light bulbs, then give the child different colors of paint - let him draw bright light bulbs with his fingers. This pattern can decorate new year card or a gift bag.

New Year's crafts with a child-2

Homemade toys a hundred years ago decorated Christmas trees in most families, regardless of wealth and origin. Parents with children grandmothers and aunts together they cut out snowflakes, glued garlands and wrapped nuts in foil. Merry New Year's chores were a natural part of the holiday, they created a magical atmosphere of anticipation . Let's continue the tradition and decorate our Christmas trees with homemade balls, garlands, gingerbread and nuts, make the Christmas tree unique.

A garland of flags is made just as simply - a long braid and colored paper or a colorful fabric cut into squares are taken. The squares folded in half are put on the braid at regular intervals and glued from the inside. A creative version of the garland - fasten on a braid or thread cut out from magazines christmas pictures, old postcards, funny family photos and hang on the wall.

Fashion trend - hand-decorated balls. This is not easy, but it gives you the opportunity to show your imagination and create things that will be kept in the family for decades. You will need purchased smooth balls and finishing materials. You can paint the ball with paints for glass - draw a flower or a snowflake, a clock face with arrows pointing to midnight, or use a stencil. It is very beautiful, although difficult to manufacture - to paste over the ball with fluffy braid, carefully wrapping the base from the bottom up, and then sew or stick small snowflakes or stars, tinsel, beaded "tails" on the braid. Ideas for design can be peeped in toy stores and supplemented with your imagination.

Edible decorations will delight little gourmets. You can paint walnuts with gold paint; tie loops to candy wrappers, cuttings of small apples or pears.

Traditional Russian decoration - curly gingerbread.

It's easy to cook them at home. Take 100g of oil, 300g of honey, half a glass of sugar, 1st. l. cocoa powder, 600 g flour, 1 egg, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, salt to taste.

For glaze - 1 protein, 200 g of powdered sugar. Honey, butter, sugar, cocoa and spices are carefully heated, stirring constantly so that the sugar dissolves. Sift the flour, mix with the baking powder, slowly add the honey mixture and the egg, knead the dough, leave it in a cool place for a day. Then we roll it out, cut out figures with molds or a knife - stars, houses, etc., make holes in the upper part of the gingerbread with a toothpick. We spread the figures on a greased baking sheet, bake for 15 minutes at t 200 degrees. Mix protein with powdered sugar. Lubricate the warm gingerbread cookies with the finished glaze, clear the holes with a toothpick, wait for the gingerbread cookies to cool completely (3-4 hours), thread the strings and hang them on the Christmas tree.

Have a beautiful holiday!

Making something for the New Year is easier than it seems. Website "Mom can do anything!" collected a selection of simple, but very effective and beautiful crafts which are easy to make with children for the holiday. And thanks to the description and photo of the master class, it will be easy to make them. They will decorate your home for the holiday, and they can also be taken as New Year's crafts in Kindergarten or school.

Little Christmas trees in five minutes.

1. Tape the cardboard on both sides with double-sided tape.
2. Cut out equilateral triangles from it.
3. Remove the protective strip from the adhesive tape and wrap the Christmas trees with threads.
4. Sew on beads and a loop. The tree is ready!

Asterisks

A simple postcard made with children.

We all had to sharpen pencils, but few people thought that pencil peels can also be used to make crafts. Glue them on paper in the form of a Christmas tree, add a trunk and a star - the card is ready!

small trees:

Snowman from cotton pads.

1. Take two cotton pads and sew the edges with a thread.
2. Use glue to fasten them together.
3. Make a scarf out of yarn.
4. Glue on the buttons.
5. Make handles from wire.
6. Add a triangular nose.
7. Paint the eyes and mouth.
8. Glue on a cardboard hat.

Christmas decorations made of corrugated cardboard.

Corrugated cardboard in different colors is easy to make original jewelry on the tree Stars, Christmas trees, circles of different sizes will look great.

Christmas tree forest.

You can make such a forest in just five minutes. All you need is paper, a wooden skewer, a hole punch and a base. Wooden circles, plasticine, a pot of sand are used as a base.

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