CHRISTMAS TOYS FROM LIGHTS: A FOOD OF IDEAS FOR NEW YEAR'S DECOR

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The closer the New Year holidays, the more I want to create! And the most grateful time for hand-made Christmas decorations is right now. You can create them from anything, for example, you can make Christmas decorations from light bulbs. Ideally, for this, take the accumulated burned-out lamps, but if the soul is boiling with inspiration, and the hands are required to create, then you can use new ones that have been waiting for their daylight hours in the pantry for many months. So what are Christmas decorations can be made from this ordinary and already useless thing in everyday life?

Cute and good-natured snowmen made of light bulbs.

Having caught fire to make toys from light bulbs with your own hands, the first thought or idea that comes up is snowmen. On a primed light bulb, painted in White color, easy to draw funny face, a carrot nose is easily made from salt dough, and for true hand-made craftswomen there is an opportunity to mold noses for snowmen from fimo or cold porcelain. The lamp base is beautifully decorated with a cute fabric cap. Well, you can also add stick hands by gluing them to a universal glue gel or a glue gun. There is a huge field for imagination here.

That's all - wonderful snowmen in such funny New Year's caps will gladly decorate your Christmas tree! And they will be paired with fabulous grandfathers, penguins and other New Year characters. Cute little animals and characters from favorite fairy tales

Since drawing faces on the lights turned out to be so much fun, why not increase the number of characters that will decorate your New Year's branches? Wonderful and very cute New Year's toys made of light bulbs are all kinds of little animals! Such an adorable pair of bunnies will look very cute! And you can supply bunnies New Year's caps like in this photo.

But besides bunnies, there are many other animals that we strongly associate with new year holidays. Which of them can come to your mind? For example, a deer. Yes, yes, if you wish, you can make funny deer out of a burnt out light bulb! And also New Year- the holiday is cold, snowy, which means that curious penguins on the Christmas tree will come in handy!

After the light bulbs are primed and the palette of colors lies in front of you, more and more new ideas come to mind. What other toys from light bulbs for the New Year can be made with your own hands? Sophistication of decoupage in the creation of toys from light bulbs

In addition to the rather childish crafts, which are distinguished by an enviable immediacy, you may wonder how to make a toy out of a light bulb in a more refined style. For this, a technique such as. AT recent times this type of hobby has become very popular, as it allows you to create very beautiful things without special artistic skills. Therefore, prime the light bulbs, pick up New Year-themed napkins and create an elegant New Year's masterpiece for your Christmas tree.

The lightness of balloons.

If in the coming year the only thing you really want to get from Santa Claus is a trip to hell and warmer, or even better - several trips a year, then the Christmas tree will need to be decorated ... That's right! Balloons!

You can create a graceful, lacy openwork by choosing multi-colored threads for work. From smooth silk threads, a classic lace pattern will turn out, and the products will be more sophisticated.

Simple and tasteful

Well, if you want to get the maximum effect with minimal effort, you can go the simplest way. Coloring the light bulbs different colors, they can be sprinkled with dry glitter on an adhesive base, or you can use ready-made glitter for decorating in a tube. You can make toys both completely shiny, and alternate matte and shiny stripes.

These toys from old unnecessary light bulbs will look very impressive! Especially if their decoration is complemented with shiny rhinestones!

For freelance artists.

Well, for those who confidently hold a brush in their hands, and a supply of paints at home is a must, you can paint the bulbs with wonderful patterns, turning them into real works of art. You can use clear ornaments or a noble floral pattern, or you can hit the avant-garde - in any case the result will be impressive.

Options can be very diverse. Can be used salty dough, cute caps and caps made of fabric, structural paste for creating icicles and three-dimensional relief, coloring and decorating with sparkles and beads, and possibly tying a light bulb on the base beautiful bow. Choose the option that best suits your idea!

Master class "Christmas tree toy from old light bulbs"

Author : Aktuganova Victoria, 15 years old, a student of the 9th grade of a boarding school of the VIII type, Art. Tepikinskaya, Volgograd region.
Supervisor : Biryukova Natalya Alexandrovna, teacher of a boarding school for children with disabilities st. Tepikinskaya, Volgograd region.

Target : Making Christmas decorations from old light bulbs.
Tasks :
- teach how to make a New Year's toy from improvised material;
- to develop labor skills and independent artistic activity;
- develop imagination and Creative skills children;
- to form artistic taste, aesthetic experience.
Purpose : I offer a master class for students, teachers and parents. Such a Christmas tree toy can be made at a labor lesson for the New Year holiday.

tradition to decorate Christmas tree is rooted deep in history. The balls, which previously represented apples, represent the forbidden fruit, burning candles are the essence of Christ's sacrifice, and the top of the head is star of bethlehem. All kinds of figured gingerbread, cookies, waffles are reminiscent of unleavened bread, which are used during the sacrament ceremony. The first Christmas decorations were edible.
It wasn't until the 17th century that more ornate jewelry began to be produced. For this, they were covered with gold Christmas cones, and eggshells with a layer of brass. Paper flowers, cotton wool crafts were used for decoration. Christmas tree fairies were made from brass sheets. Silver foil made it possible to create graceful butterflies, as well as stars and flowers.
First Christmas balls were made in 1848 in Germany from colored and transparent glass.
Today you can buy any products. They are made in the form of fairy-tale characters, various fruits and vegetables, all kinds of figurines. And you can make a toy yourself from different material. I propose to make one of these toys.

Progress.

So, we need materials: old light bulbs, New Year-themed napkins, gouache paints, PVA glue, paint and glue brushes, strong threads, scissors, golden and silver nail polish, hairspray.

1. We paint the light bulbs with paints in several layers. Let's dry.

2. From napkins we cut out fragments that we will glue on toys.

3. We tie threads to the light bulbs and fasten the loop.

4. Using a brush and glue, apply the cut-out parts of the napkins to the light bulbs and let dry.

5. With silver and gold nail polish, add glitter along the contour of the glued pictures.

6. top light bulbs are also covered with shiny nail polish. Let's dry.

7. From above we cover the finished toys with hairspray. This will give them shine. Let dry. Our toys are ready!

We decorate the Christmas tree together,
Feast of the whole family meet,
We are looking forward to the fun.
Seeing off the past year!

Happy New Year!

Old light bulbs are easy to turn into amazing Christmas decorations. And by the way, it is not necessary to collect burnt out light bulbs in order to acquire new New Year's toys - you can buy new, cheapest ones. Their price compared to ready-made Christmas decorations is simply microscopic.

What light bulbs to choose for toys

The shapes and sizes of light bulbs for Christmas toys can be any - depending on what kind of toys you want to make. If you plan to install a large one in the house for the holidays, feel free to choose large light bulbs. By the way, they provide great opportunities in terms of creating Christmas decorations. Large light bulbs can not only be painted, but also decoupage on them, decorate them different materials. You can even, by removing the base, put some interesting gizmos inside the lamp - you get an interesting New Year's composition.

But even from small light bulbs it is really possible to make an original decor for the Christmas tree. In addition, keep in mind that small toys decorate the Christmas tree a lot. Even if the spruce is very large, just place them on the branches between large Christmas decorations.

Particularly interesting toy crafts are obtained from elongated light bulbs, the so-called candle light bulbs.

What paints to use for painting light bulbs

In the process of turning light bulbs into, you will need paints for painting. Choose win-win options:

• paints on glass;
• paints on glass and ceramics;
• stained glass paints;
• contours for painting.

These paints are easy to draw, they cover the glass surface well, stick to it tightly, do not fade over time and last a long time.

You may want to buy paints with different effects for Christmas decorations. In addition to the fact that there are countless shades of paints for glass, there are pearlescent paints, metallic, glossy and matte, transparent and opaque.

With the help of a certain type of such paints, it is possible to obtain a structural surface (rough, “velvet”, etc.). If you want to enhance the effect, use a special sprinkle - get glitters (sparkles).

Contours are also paints, only thick and non-blurring - it is good to draw lines with them that separate parts of the picture, to draw details. They are convenient to use - they are sold in small tubes with thin tips.

How to paint a light bulb

With the decor of light bulbs, everything is exactly the same as with the painting of ordinary glass.

Before proceeding with painting, the surface is washed and degreased. To do this, take a glass cleaner, alcohol or solvent. They dry quickly, so the preparatory stage does not require much time.

The background staining is thin, special care should be taken if the paint is transparent / translucent.

We are waiting for the background to dry. We apply the drawing with a simple thin pencil.

We paint the sketch with paints of the corresponding color.

While the paint is fresh, sprinkle the selected areas with sparkles. You can do it differently: wait until the painting dries, grease the areas with PVA glue and then sprinkle them with sparkles. Remove excess glitter with a brush.

We leave for a day, after which we cover them with acrylic varnish.

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Every day of this year brings us closer New Year holiday. And, probably, there are few people who do not like him. What is a holiday? Still, these are not delicious dishes on the table and the opportunity not to go to work, but high spirits, the joy of time spent with friends and relatives. It's time to start creating good mood! Finish all the important things and start preparing for the holiday. A good mood will help to make pre-holiday chores, and decorating the house for the holiday also belongs to them. Crafts made by hand - they are alive, warm and create the atmosphere of your home. Today I will tell you what can be done on the basis of old, "burnt out" light bulbs.

In order to start making crafts from light bulbs, prepare:

• light bulbs of different sizes
• paints (watercolor, gouache or acrylic)
• brushes 2-3 pieces
• small pieces of fabric
• glue (in tubes, it is better to take supergel, it dries quickly) or a glue gun for hot glue
• acrylic varnish (it is sold in needlework stores)
• if there are plastic eyes
• twine or thread
• braid
• scissors
• sequins, beads, rhinestones

Several methods have been invented for making Christmas tree decorations from light bulbs. One of them very simple: apply glue from a tube to a light bulb and sprinkle it with sparkles. The light bulb must be held by the base and gently rotated so that the sparkles evenly cover the entire glass.

A light bulb smeared with glue can be dipped in sequins, the extra ones will crumble from it, and those that are stuck will stick well.

Keep in mind that to decorate light bulbs, you can take not only small sparkles, but also stars, snowflakes, hearts and any other small decorations that you have.

Light bulbs of different shapes, covered with multi-colored sequins, will decorate your Christmas tree this year.

You can hang such beautiful light bulbs-toys one at a time, or you can make a garland out of them. And there is another idea: stick light bulbs in a circle on a rim made of wood or thick cardboard and you get a New Year's wreath. it can be decorated with bows, spruce branches, beads or tinsel.

Second way as simple as the first one: paint the light bulbs with a brush and paints, and then glue stars, flowers, Christmas trees cut out of golden, silver or colored paper onto the dried paint. From the braid we make loops.

By the same principle, we make out the light bulbs, which are shown in the photo below. Just paint the bulbs white. Attaching Christmas stickers. If you don’t have such a mesh with beads at hand, you can replace it with ordinary gauze. Stick a piece of bandage on the plinth, do not forget to fasten the ribbon for the eyelet under it. Let the glue dry. After that, apply supergel to the “bandaged” base, on which sprinkle sparkles or stick small beads.

Third way light bulb decorations for the New Year are also based on gluing light bulbs to glass different decorations: beads, beads, rhinestones. The loop on which the toy light bulb will be hung can be made of soft copper wire.

But fourth waysuitable for those people who have recently done repairs and have a little structural paint left. Do not forget that any liquid color can be added to this paint and then the toy will be the color that the paint has acquired. Take an ice cream stick and carefully apply texture paint to the light bulb glass. Irregularities are only welcome! Then, when the toy is dry, continue decorating it as you wish. If you want to paint a “face” on a toy, do not forget to do not apply structural paint to this place.

Fifth way making toys from light bulbs consists in inventing an image of a toy and the ability to draw a little. You must figure out in advance how the future “masterpiece” will look like. Maybe even draw it on paper. The fifth way is the production of a thematic toy, an image toy, a mood toy. The faces of the toys will have to be carefully drawn and try to give them a good mood. Make "hats" from pieces of fabric by gluing them to the base. Do not forget to fasten and glue the twine for the eyelet under the cap. If everything works out, these toys will become a real decoration of your home during the New Year holidays.

To themed toy can be attributed to such a curly and "well-fed" angel. If you look closely, there is nothing complicated in its manufacture. And drawing a "face" will not be difficult.

And such a garland of snowmen in multi-colored hats is also not difficult to make, if only there were light bulbs.

In any case, there are not many snowmen on New Year's Eve.

And these attractive cooks, aren't they a miracle? And it's very easy to make.

And if the cooks seem boring to you, make a tribe of savages out of light bulbs or a flock of moles with shovels, as in the photo below.

Savages and moles are not your topic, then maybe penguins will do?

A cute bee is a light bulb painted in black and yellow stripes with wings. She can also attach antennae made of soft wire.

The bulbs shown in the photo below are painted in several layers of paint. First they were painted blue, and then after drying they added white and vice versa. And on top they have already drawn snowflakes, stars and a Christmas tree.

Method number six almost the same as the previous one with the difference that in that version the toy is only drawn, and here additional details are pasted. Like these ones funny snowmen(boys and girls) are made of small light bulbs. Spouts can be molded from plasticine or made from colored paper. Multi-colored hats are pieces of fabric glued to the base of the light bulb and tied on top with twine.

The variety of snowmen is amazing, but you can also come up with some of your own characters. Stick hands glued to hot glue (from a glue gun) look spectacular.

You can come up with your own image for each light bulb, there is no limit to your imagination.

We draw and paste everything that comes to mind, as long as it is fun and funny.

And this toy got quite a decent nose, but the eyes had to be glued different sizes because there weren't enough of them.

Method number seven very simple and does not require special skills and a large number time. And it consists in winding thick threads around a light bulb. Everyone who knits has a whole basket or box of leftover threads. Here, use them. Toy light bulbs will be multi-colored, because you probably have not only gray and black yarn! And the tip of the thread, both at the beginning and at the end of the work, must be fixed with glue.

Eighth way. Paint the light bulb as described above, dry it. Cut out the picture you like from a napkin or a magazine and carefully glue it onto the acrylic lacquer to the light bulb. When the painting is dry, dip the brush in acrylic lacquer and cover the entire bulb. And in the photo that you see below, the light bulb was not painted, but simply wrapped and pasted over with the top layer of a colorful napkin, and then varnished. And next to the left is a light bulb, which is painted with golden paint from a spray can, and the stripes are applied from sequins. To make these stripes appear, grease not the entire bulb with glue, but only those places where the sparkles should be.

Ninth way Turning light bulbs into toys requires perseverance, ingenuity and skill. If you are such a person, try to make such toys or come up with your own.

Beautiful Christmas toys from old light bulbs? Why not! No one will understand what these wonderful toys are made of, unless their secret is revealed.

Light bulb toys: master class

Option 1

Now we will analyze in detail how to make such a beautiful Christmas tree toy from an old light bulb.

1. We cover the light bulb with acrylic paint.

2. After the light bulb dries, draw a muzzle on it with a simple pencil.

3. The last stage - we paint the muzzle with acrylic paints and attach a "hat" sewn by hand. Instead of a hat, you can decorate the face with cardboard "wings" and curls of thread. Then you get such a pretty angel.

In general, options for decorating Christmas tree decorations using acrylic paint limited only by imagination. If you add plastic to the paint, you can create cute and funny characters with arms, a big beard and mustache.

Option 2

How to make a Christmas tree toy from a light bulb, lurex threads and yarn:

1. Pick up beautiful threads with lurex - they will shine and give the toy an elegant look.

2. Tie the light bulb with threads using a small hook. To do this, dial 5 air loops, gather in a ring. First, a fabric is knitted from single crochets - this is how the bottom is formed.

3. This is what the toy looks like from below:

4. Then the whole toy is tied with a fantasy pattern.

5. To make the toy look complete, a bow is attached, and rhinestones are glued into the space free from threads. The toy is ready.

Christmas decorations from a light bulb in the shape of a “candle” will look great in the form of a tied toy, especially if you pick up contrasting threads and rhinestones:

Option 3

Golden Christmas toys from used light bulbs:

1. In the base of the light bulb, we make a hole for the future loop.

2. We immediately thread the wire into the resulting hole. If you first paint the ball, and then thread the loop, then you can tear off the paint.

3. We hang the light bulb and paint the ball with gold spray paint. Naturally, it is not worth painting the light bulb indoors - the smell will be for the whole apartment, you cannot get rid of it by weathering. It is better to carry out the whole procedure on the balcony.

4. After the ball dries, add the ribbon. Ready!