An indispensable and beloved attribute of the New Year holidays is, of course, a Christmas tree. It has long been a symbol of festive fun and joy. From year to year, the decoration of this evergreen beauty brings a lot of pleasure to adults and children.

What do you need in order to get a charge of such positive emotions? Nothing at all - just in a warm family atmosphere.

You can use factory toys that you (and thousands of other customers) purchased in the store. But even with all the desire, they cannot be called unique, and therefore the decor of your New Year's tree will not be original and unique.

In order not to turn another Christmas tree decoration into an annual deja vu, you can decorate it with homemade toys and small souvenirs. Such crafts always look bright and unusual, and even save the family budget.

And did you know that…

Since ancient times, the ritual of decorating a festive tree among all peoples had a special purpose: it was believed that by hanging things made by oneself on it, one could achieve the fulfillment of the most cherished desires.

In addition, modern psychologists argue that such an assumption may well turn out to be true, because a person is inclined to realize his thoughts in life if he sees their material embodiment in front of him.

Simple, Affordable, Beautiful

There can be a million options for homemade Christmas tree decorations, because each such toy is unique in its own way. Its design depends entirely on the imagination of the master, in the role of which you will act.

First of all, you need to decide on the material. It can be paper, fabric (for example, felt popular today), plastic, beads, salty dough and much more. In this article, we will consider the brightest and most attractive products that you can make with your own hands, pleasing yourself and your family with a creatively decorated Christmas tree.

Classics of the genre: paper toys

One of the simplest and most common materials for crafts is considered to be paper.

You can use white or colored paper, cardboard, glossy and matte finish sheets, and even old newspapers. Here are a few options for such homemade paper toys:

Balls from blanks.

Usually, simple templates are needed to make them, which are cut out from colored paper or magazine covers. Options for such blanks can be seen in the photo below. The advantage of such crafts is that glue is not needed for their manufacture - they are assembled according to the principle of the designer.

Below you will see a photo instruction for the manufacture of such a ball.

Details for manufacturing you need to cut out of colored paper according to patterns.

We offer to download in pdf format and print templates for making a ball, and.

Lanterns from strips of paper.

To make such a toy, you will need to cut colored paper into even strips. The longer they are, the more voluminous the lanterns will turn out.

For 1 product you will need about 12-14 strips. As you can see in the photo step by step manufacturing paper lanterns, you can connect them in different ways, getting a ball or disk.

Snowflakes.

These could be the traditional snowflake variations we all loved to carve as kids. To brighten up their look, you can decorate them with sequins, beads, styrofoam balls, or sequins.

love unusual snowflakes? Then try to make volumetric snowflakes by following the video instructions.

Ice cream.

This craft has unusual shape but it's pretty easy to make. To do this, you need to roll the cones of cardboard paper, fixing them with glue, and from corrugated paper make pompoms of different colors and glue them inside the cones. For greater strength of the product, it is better to use a heat gun with glue.

Artificial colored Christmas trees can be decorated with ice cream cones in contrasting colors.

Jewelry in the technique of "quilling".

You can purchase a quilling kit and make a wide variety of crafts on Christmas tree: from ordinary snowflakes to complex shapes (eg angels). If you are new to this business, try using only quilling elements when making paper toys.

You can decorate a finished snowflake made using this technique with sparkles or use strips of velvet paper or cardboard for quilling.

Kusudama.

Such a Japanese-style ball is stylized as buds of small inflorescences and is made in the traditional origami manner based on the use of paper blocks-modules.

How to make such an unusual decoration for the New Year's beauty, see the video master class.

Without paper decorations not a single New Year's holiday is complete. Do not change the traditions and try yourself in this art!

Fashion trend: felt toys

Felt fabric became incredibly popular a few years ago. Its quality, richness and brightness of colors allow you to create masterpieces. handmade. The felt is very soft, and therefore you will not have to sew pieces of fabric on a sewing machine - you can do it manually, and such seams will look expressive and impressive.

Sets of multi-colored felt are sold in almost any store with handmade materials. I saw even in Bukvoede.

What Christmas toys can be sewn from felt? Answer: absolutely any. You can choose and make their design, cut and color yourself, decorating the finished products with beads, beads or buttons. Here are some options for inspiration:

Birdies.

Cutting options can be different: a side view of a bird, in front and with spread wings. Anyone with basic drawing skills can do it. If you doubt that given task you can do it, make a pattern based on the finished craft (which you see in the photo).

Snowmen.

The image traditional for the New Year is made of white felt quite simply: the base of the toy will have two or three circles (you can also cut out a solid figure of a snowman), eyes and mouth can be sewn on with beads or simply embroidered with threads, sew on buttons, make a scarf from any fabric, and for the nose of the snowman, use orange fabric in the form of a triangle.

Matryoshka.

This toy is cut out in the same way. For it you will need colored felt. You can also combine colors to your liking. The patterns on the matryoshka are embroidered or made from beads, beads, buttons, etc. The photo shows some options for the possible design of such a toy.

Traditional New Year symbols.

From felt, you can sew stars, candy canes or Christmas trees, i.e. those attributes with which we associate this holiday.

Contrasting seams (for example, red on white or beige fabric) will look beautiful on such products.

Flowers.

Liven up your Christmas tree with images of unusual flowers made of bright felt. It's easy to make them. Usually, the technique of sewing flowers from this fabric comes down to stitching ready-made pieces cut out according to a pattern.

Felt flowers can be used as Christmas decorations or decorate the base of the Christmas tree.

Felt toys are made quite quickly, because this fabric is easy to cut and sew. Usually such products are stuffed with cotton wool or small pieces of fabric in order to make them more voluminous.

Salt dough toys

Such material for creativity is simply ideal: it is inexpensive, and you can sculpt figures of any complexity from it. The ingredients for it are quite simple and can be found in every home:

1. 2 cups wheat flour.
2. 1 glass of salt.
3. 1 glass of cold water (250 g).

By mixing the ingredients, you get the dough. You need to knead it well so that it sticks to your hands as little as possible and keeps its shape well. In the process, you can add a few drops to it vegetable oil. After you make a figurine out of it, it will begin to dry quickly and become covered with a crust.

What kind of Christmas decorations can be molded from salt dough?

• New Year's paraphernalia (stars, sweets, Christmas trees, snowmen).
• Hearts.
• Animal figurines.
• Houses.
• Snowflakes and a thousand and one crafts.

You can decorate the finished figure in several ways:

• Regular watercolors, acrylics or gouache.
• Ornate patterns carved with a sharp stick or pierced needles.
• Sequins.
• Decoupage.
• Stickers.
• Ribbons.
• Shells.
• Glass decorative pebbles for the aquarium.
• Beaded.

If you buy dyes (preferably edible, harmless), then you can cook several servings of colored dough and make fun multi-colored crafts.

Other options for Christmas tree decorations

Human fantasy is a storehouse of truly amazing ideas. And the modern variety of homemade toys for the Christmas tree is proof of this. In addition to the above materials, you can use a number of other, even more unusual:

Crafts from cotton wool

Usually, figurines made of cotton wool are processed with a special paste or glue so that the material keeps its shape. Then it is painted (with watercolors, acrylics, gouache) and decorated with various elements. And of course, you can make a large figure of Santa Claus or a Snowman from cotton wool and salt dough and put it under the Christmas tree.

For it, you will need to make a frame (made of wood or strong wire) so that the whole product is stable. You also need to place the toy on a small pedestal (it can be a wooden plank or a thick layer of cardboard). In more detail, the whole process can be seen in the photo instructions below.

Styrofoam.

Usually, artificial snow is made from polystyrene by stringing balls on a string or fishing line. But you can use it in another way - as a core for fabric toys (for example, Christmas balls). In addition, various figures can be cut out of it, pasted over with ropes, beads or glossy fabric.

Ready-made balls and figures, in particular, hearts are also sold in needlework and art stores.

Plastic.

From an ordinary plastic bottle, you can also make balls (similar to paper ones, which are made from stripes), garlands, bells and flowers. After you cut out the desired shape, the plastic can be decorated with paints or covered with a cloth.

Dried oranges.

Hang circles of dried oranges or lemons on the Christmas tree, decorate them with thin ribbons or cover them with sparkles (you can use special glue - glitter).

Sliced ​​oranges on the Christmas tree pair well with a homemade popcorn garland.

Cones.

You can simply hang them on a ribbon tied with a bow or make crafts from them: birds, squirrels or even Santa Claus. In order to give the cones the effect of light snow, cover them with a layer of artificial snow from a special can.

Beads.

In order to make such toys, it is not necessary to be fluent in the technique of beading. You can make frilly figurines by putting beads on a strong wire that will hold its shape well.

You can also cover a foam ball with beads, combining them with ribbons or sequins. If you are still familiar with the principle of beading, the following video is for you. You will see how you can make a New Year's toy - an angel, using beads, beads and fishing line.

Knitted toys.

Can you knit or crochet? Amazing! This skill will certainly come in handy when decorating a Christmas tree. The photo shows options for toys that craftsmen made with their own hands. You can safely repeat this by linking your version of decoration for the New Year.

These are just some of the possible toy models that anyone who wants to transform the Christmas tree and make it original can do. Believe me, this decor will not go unnoticed: your family and guests of your home will feel homely comfort and creative atmosphere throughout the New Year holidays.

Jungle style

Soon the new 2016 will come into its own - the year of the Red (Fire) Monkey. Have ideas for decorating the Christmas tree? And what if you decorate it in the style of the wild jungle?

What color to decorate the Christmas tree in 2016? The simplest thing is to make the toys as bright as possible - red and bright yellow!

When making toys for the Christmas tree-2016, you can stylize them under the theme of the tropics:

Christmas decorations in the form of monkeys can be made from felt or beads.

In addition, you can “seat” the hostess of the new year under the Christmas tree: buy or sew big toy in the form of a monkey and place it near Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden under the Christmas tree you decorated.

The celebration of the New Year and Christmas is based on the idea of ​​bringing family members, relatives and close people closer together. The general occupation of creativity is a good opportunity to interest adults and children, and the actual occasion will be the manufacture of New Year's paper toys with your own hands. On the eve of the holidays, it's nice to spend time with your family and beautifully decorate the house before the clock strikes 12 times.

DIY paper Christmas decorations can be hung on the Christmas tree, walls, ceiling. Bright colors of toys and garlands will fill the house with a festive atmosphere, give a good mood in last days outgoing 2019.

Christmas decorations made of white paper (master classes)

Simple and affordable material for creativity - White paper. The color is fully consistent with the New Year theme. Decorations are associated with fluffy snow, frosty patterns on the windows, snow-white hoarfrost. Snowflakes are cut out of white paper, funny vytynankas, figurines of angels are made, you can use decorations for decorating a room, windows, decorating a Christmas tree. The master class for making such products is quite simple, adults and children will successfully cope with the work.

Snowflakes

A classic Christmas decoration is the usual bulky snowflake. White products look beautiful on windows, especially if you make snowflakes of different sizes with different patterns. The main thing is to fold paper snowflakes correctly.

Manufacturing process:

1. Take a sheet of A4 paper, fold it in half diagonally.
2. Cut off the excess, leaving a triangle.
3. Connect the corners, bend the paper, repeat.
4. Wrap the right corner of the workpiece to the edge.
5. Cut off excess paper, transfer the pattern pattern.
6. Cut out a white snowflake and unfold.

It is more convenient to glue simple white snowflakes made like napkins on windows. They are easy to fold, apply a pattern pattern, cut. Ideas for schemes can be taken from the photo below or come up with your own.

6 variants of snowflakes with different patterns

Vytynanki

Volumetric figurines of a vytynanka with many holes can be given as a cute New Year's present, hung on a Christmas tree, or you can decorate a window with them. To create crafts, you need white paper, a vytynanka template, stationery knife, glue, cutting board (chopping board is suitable).

How to make a bulge:

1. You need to print a figure template from the Internet.
2. For a three-dimensional figure, 2 copies are printed.
3. The paper is placed on the board, all the patterns are cut out with a knife.
4. At the bottom of the picture, leave a strip of paper for gluing.
5. Cut out drawings are glued in the upper part.
6. The lower strips are formed into a clasp ring, glued together.

The figurine turns out to be voluminous and stable, such paper decor looks beautiful in the room. As a basis, you can take the Christmas tree template in the photo below.

Download this picture and print it out

Angels

New Year and Christmas themes are ideally matched with paper angels. Traditionally, they are made of white paper flat or voluminous.

Several options for how to make angels:

• Print the template using a printer, cut out a figure, decorate with sparkles, rhinestones, hang on shiny threads.

• Cut out a three-dimensional angel, paper elements: two truncated cones, head, halo, sleeves, wings. The cones are folded, glued, and the remaining elements of the figure are attached to the dress.

• Craft by own drawing. The sheet is folded in half, the figure of an angel with wings, a halo is drawn on one half, the craft is cut out, unfolded - the figure is ready.

If you thread the strings through the halo of an angel and prepare several figures, you get interesting decoration for a chandelier.

small house

For christmas decoration can prepare fairy houses and decorate some parts of the craft with sparkles. The houses themselves can be made from old postcards, cardboard, unnecessary boxes. There are many options! A template for making Christmas decorations from paper is downloaded and printed.

Template example

Next, the scheme is transferred to paper. Cut out the house according to the template, bend the paper along the fold line (it turns out a box). Separately cut out the roof, smoker, windows. All elements of the craft are glued to the finished box, decorated as desired.

From such New Year's paper decorations with your own hands, you can create a whole composition, decorate a window sill with it, add figures of fairy-tale characters, Santa Claus, Snow Maiden.

Christmas decorations made of colored paper (master classes)

Beautiful and unusual New Year's decorations made of colored paper with your own hands can be made for the holiday in advance. Such bright crafts used to decorate a room, hung on a Christmas tree. Even a small child can make a simple chain garland.

You need to prepare scissors, glue, several sets of colored paper for craft blanks, optionally choose beautiful beads, beads, rhinestones, sparkles, colored ribbons. Simple DIY paper Christmas decorations are interesting and relevant.

simple garlands

The simplest Christmas garland is a chain. For her choose paper different color to alternate links with each other. They cut blanks of any length and thickness, then glue all the strips - first they make the first link, thread a paper strip into it, glue it again and repeat the steps until a garland of the desired length is obtained.

Another interesting decoration option is a chain of colored hearts, and it is much easier to connect the elements with a stapler. By analogy with the previous master class, the required number of narrow strips are cut from colored paper. They take the first two strips, fasten them with a stapler, turn them inside out (as if opening them), connect the two free edges, add two new strips to them, and then fix them with a bracket. It turns out an unusual decoration, looks elegant in the decor of the room.

More intricate decoration- a voluminous garland made up of multi-colored paper balls. Additionally, for the manufacture of crafts you need sewing machine, but if not, you can do the work manually.

How to make a paper balloon garland:

1. Cut out 6 circles of the same size from colored paper in different colors.
2. Prepare several sets of circles along the length of the garland.
3. Stitch a stack of blanks on a typewriter, then the next and to the end.
4. Carefully wrap the fragments at the seam, forming bright balls.

For crafts, you can take wrinkled or non-uniform paper - the craft will turn out more fun. Garlands are hung from the diagonal corners of the room, they decorate the Christmas tree, walls, and ceiling.

Garland of flags

A popular Christmas decoration for the home is a garland of colorful multi-colored paper flags. On colored paper, draw the shape of a flag with a fold line in the middle and cut it out. It should be a two-sided element. In the same way, flags of a different color are prepared. Each flag is opened, glue is applied to the fold line and a strong thread is glued until the required number of paper parts for the garland is collected.

Alternatively, the flags can be made triangular by gluing the free corners of the products. Sometimes patches of colored fabric are used for such decoration. After the New Year, you can hang garlands with flags to decorate a children's holiday.

Christmas trees

What is the New Year without a Christmas tree? You can decorate the festive beauty with your own colored paper crafts. To make a three-dimensional hanging decoration, you need to take paper, scissors, cardboard, glue and tape.

We make a Christmas tree in this order:

1. Cut multi-colored narrow identical strips and make a paper cone.

2. Glue the edges of each strip like a loop.

3. Glue the blanks to the cone starting from the bottom with adhesive tape or glue.

4. Decorate the top of the Christmas tree and loops with any decor, you can also hang decoration on the Christmas tree.

As an option, an interesting garland is assembled from paper Christmas trees - the figures are sewn to a bright ribbon or fixed above and below (chaotically) on a colored cord.

Christmas balls

Balls are one of the most popular Christmas decorations. Colorful, bright, shiny toys make the Christmas tree more beautiful and more fun. Christmas balls can be made from colored paper.

From paper strips

To make a simple ball, cut thin paper strips(at least 18 pieces, more stripes, a prettier toy) and two small circles. A large bead is selected, a thread is inserted into it, and both ends of the thread are threaded into the eye of the needle.

After that, a paper circle and all prepared strips are strung on a needle over one edge. The next step is to string the second edge of each strip, the second circle and one more bead in order, bring out the loop. If the thread is loosened, a beautiful ball-shaped toy is obtained, it can be additionally decorated.

From circles

Wicker paper balls

You can use ready-made schemes for Christmas decorations to make balls and make them out of paper with your own hands or weave complex toys. Curly stripes and a small circle are cut out according to the templates. Lay out the details in the shape of a flower, glue a circle in the center. Next, the strips need to be woven like a pigtail of many strands.

So that the structure does not fall apart, and it is convenient to work, the strips are fixed with ordinary clothespins. By the end of the weaving, a ball will form, the edges of the curly strips are again fastened with a circle and a loop of shiny thread is threaded.

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On video: christmas ball from colored paper.

magic lamps

Colored paper lanterns look unusual and original on the Christmas tree. Decorations are easy to make, even children can handle the work. Lamps symbolize warmth, wealth, prosperity and good luck. There are several simple master classes on how to make DIY Christmas decorations from paper in the form of Christmas tree lanterns.

The most popular option: they take two sheets of different colors, glue a tube from one - the middle of the flashlight, and fold the second sheet in half, retreat 1 cm from the edge, draw a line. Then cuts are made from the fold to the drawn line. The cut sheet must be opened, wrapped around the tube of the cylinder, glued the edges and made a loop-handle at the top of the flashlight.

Striped lantern

To make a beautiful toy, you need to cut many thin strips of colored paper - all the details of the decoration should be the same in size, approximately 15 cm long. The strips are folded edge to edge, each piece is pierced in this place with a needle, pulling a cord or thread through them.

The free edge of the lace is pulled through the hole from the other edge of the strip and pulled lightly to form an arc - an elongated loop. top flashlight (where the edges of the strips) are glued with a thin strip of paper in a circle, and the rounded loops will hang freely, forming a pear-shaped flashlight from thin strips.

Chinese lantern

The Chinese are the inventors of paper, they learned how to make interesting decorative products from it. New Year chinese lantern will decorate the Christmas tree. To work, they use a diagram, you can draw segments of a flashlight yourself. The size of one part is an average of 10 cm, according to the diagram at the top and bottom of each segment there are circles for fixing the flashlight.

How to make jewelry:

1. Transfer the drawing to colored paper.
2. A flashlight is made of six segments.
3. Cut out the workpiece, glue the edges.
4. Form the top and bottom of the flashlight.
5. Sew the lower circles with a thread, then the upper ones.
6. Make fasteners and a loop. A cute Chinese lantern is ready.

Use this template to cut out the flashlight segments

sky lattern

The decoration will be made on the principle of a flying lantern, but it does not need to be launched into the sky. Decoration is made of bright colored paper. Need to prepare big leaf- 24 by 60 cm. It is folded in half, and then in the form of an accordion. Next, the sheet is unfolded, triangular creases are made in the center (along the fold line). The same creases are made from above and below. A figurative-triangular cylinder is glued from the workpiece, a bright loop is glued.

Ded Moroz and Snegurochka

The New Year is unthinkable without the main characters of the holiday - Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. They are quite simple to make using colored paper in blue (blue), red, white, yellow color to cut out the elements of New Year's figurines yourself.

A circle is cut out of blue paper for the Snow Maiden, and from red paper for Santa Claus. The circles are cut to the middle, folded into a cone and glued together, getting the bases of the figures. Separately, a flat kokoshnik is cut out for the Snow Maiden, small cuts are made on the cone and the resulting element is inserted into them. Previously, the face of the figurine, drawn on a white oval, is glued onto the kokoshnik, and a yellow braid is attached to the back. For greater realism, you can make small cone arms, decorate the bottom of the Snow Maiden's coat with white fringe.

Santa Claus is painted a face, glued to the base cone. Then cut out a small red cone-cap. A mandatory element of decoration is a thick beard; if desired, you can make a bag with gifts.

To make the figures of the main New Year's characters more durable and voluminous, you can use colored cardboard instead of paper. To make a fringe or a beard, white paper is cut into thin strips, each strip is wound around a pen or pencil - it will turn out voluminous. You can decorate ready-made figures at your discretion with snowflakes, stars, pieces of cotton wool.

New Year's wreath

In decorations for the New Year holidays, a wreath is used, symbolizing prosperity, longevity, hope and happiness. The wreath serves as a kind of amulet of the family hearth from various troubles. Traditionally, the decoration is hung over the front door. To make a very simple colored paper wreath, you need more green sheets. The child must be involved in the creative process.

Master class on making New Year's door decor:

1. Choose a large plate, circle its outlines on a sheet of colored cardboard (the wreath will turn out stronger) - this is the base.
2. In the center of a large circle, a smaller circle is cut out under the saucer, as a result, a wreath ring resembling a donut is obtained.
3. On green paper, they circle the child’s palms with a pencil and cut out many fragments - the more, the prettier the decoration.
4. "Palms" are glued onto the ring, partially overlapping each other. It's not scary if it turns out randomly - it's more interesting.
5. Upstairs "palms" are glued bright decorations- bells, bows, ribbons.

Volumetric paper decorations (master classes)

New Year's decor always looks more interesting if the decorations are voluminous. Making them is more difficult than flat toys, snowflakes or garlands, but everyone can do it. For creativity, paper of different colors, additional decor, bright ribbons, laces, shiny threads are used.

Volumetric crafts - stars, snowflakes, balls, garlands - are hung on a Christmas tree or on the ceiling. Having shown a little imagination and patience, you can create original toys, elegant and voluminous Christmas decorations with your own hands from paper.

Volumetric pointed balls

An interesting decoration made of white paper is quite simple. To make crafts, you need sheets, glue, a pencil, scissors, a small saucer, a coin, beads (rhinestones, sparkles), fishing line.

How to make balls:

1. Attach the saucer to the paper, circle 4 blanks.
2. Draw the outline of a coin in the center of each circle.
3. Cut out paper circles (do not touch the middle yet).
4. On each circle, draw eight lines with a pencil, not reaching the central circle.
5. Insert a pencil into each sector, wrap the edges, glue.
6. For each ball you need 4 blanks, they are allowed to dry.
7. The elements are connected by the inner sides, a hole is made with a needle, and a fishing line is pulled through. The original Christmas decoration looks beautiful on the Christmas tree and in a garland.

3D star

popular toy for Christmas tree is a pointed star. It crowns the top of the tree, gives the decoration a complete look. To make the product look more realistic, you can make a three-dimensional 3D star out of colored paper.

Completing of the work:

1. Two identical squares are cut out - the size and color are arbitrary.
2. The blanks are folded in half twice, two more times diagonally.
3. A fragment of the toy is unfolded - the fold lines are clearly visible.
4. Each corner is wrapped inward to the fold (like a children's airplane).
5. The edges of the corners are glued according to the principle of paper bags for volume.
6. The second fragment of the toy is performed similarly.
7. Connect the blanks with the inner part to each other crosswise, glue.

It turns out volumetric sprocket with pointed rays. A ribbon or string is attached to it and a toy is hung on a Christmas tree. To simplify the work, the loop can be laid between the fragments of the star before gluing.

In the video: a voluminous star made of paper.

Volumetric snowflakes

White snowflakes are used to decorate windows, they decorate the area near the fireplace. If you stretch a silver thread through the products, you can hang garlands of snowflakes in the room. New Year's decorations made of white paper look interesting when snowflakes are of different sizes with unequal patterns. To make snowflakes with a voluminous middle, you will need white paper, a pencil, and scissors.

Operating procedure:

1. An A4 sheet is folded in half, cut into 2 parts.
2. Each blank is folded diagonally, the excess is cut off.
3. The resulting squares are again folded in half and diagonally.
4. The core of the snowflake is made from blanks by making two cuts.
5. Cuts are made from edge to corner, without cutting the workpiece to the end.
6. A figured cut is made in the upper part to make petals.
7. The product is unfolded, the inner petals are glued to the center.

Similarly, perform the second part of the snowflake. After that, the parts are glued together crosswise. The result will be a two-sided volumetric snowfield, on one side and on the other side there is a flower in the center.

Christmas decorations made of cardboard (master classes)

Cardboard is often used to make toys and Christmas decorations. Thick paper keeps its shape well, allows you to make beautiful three-dimensional figures, four-sided Christmas trees, cones for making Santa Claus and Snow Maiden are ideally made from cardboard.

volumetric balls

Decorating a Christmas tree is not complete without decorations in the form of balls. Big and small, plain and colorful toys hung on a tree in a random order.

Volumetric balls made of colored cardboard or colored paper and white cardboard look interesting. They are easy and quick to make:

1. Circles of the same size are cut out of thick colored paper - 20 pieces, a radius of 3.5 cm.
2. Separately, an equilateral triangle template is made so that it is clearly inscribed in a circle.
3. A triangle is circled on the inside of the blanks, its sides will be the place where the circles are folded.
4. Under the ruler, carefully fold on each mug, wrapping the paper on the front side.
5. Five fragments are taken, the resulting valves of the circles are smeared with glue, the blanks are connected - the top of the ball.
6. A hole is made with an awl, a lace is inserted into it, the bottom is made from 5 other blanks in the same way, but without a lace.
7. Of the ten remaining blanks, glue the valve strip to the valve, close the ring, connect the top, bottom and middle of the ball.

For the manufacture of volumetric balls, you can use old postcards or colored cardboard. Toys are decorated with small decor, sprinkled with sparkles, chopped rain.

Cardboard fir trees

A variant of a New Year's decoration or a toy is a Christmas tree made of colored cardboard. On a dense sheet, they draw the most ordinary Christmas tree, trying to maintain the symmetry of the spruce paws. According to this blank, a second similar part is made, the Christmas tree is bent vertically, the blanks are glued together and decorated with small circles of colored paper, stars, beads, rhinestones, beads.

In order not to glue the figures, you can make cuts (cut one blank from the top to the middle along the fold line, and the second from the bottom to the center) and insert the parts into each other. Due to the density of the cardboard, the figurines will not fall apart.

How to decorate a Christmas tree with paper decorations

To make the Christmas tree, decorated with your own crafts, look beautiful, you need to properly hang paper toys and decorations. There are several options for placing jewelry - in a pyramid, in a spiral, vertically or horizontally. Each method is interesting, you need to pay attention to the shape, size and color of homemade paper toys.

New Year's beauty design options:

• The top of the spruce is decorated volumetric star golden hue - the color of the Earth Dog.

• In the coming year of the Dog, spruce is dressed up with medium-sized figurines of a restrained colors. Especially relevant is the use of jewelry made from natural materials - paper, wood, burlap, cones and twigs.

• In the central part of the Christmas tree, you can place a dog figurine to attract good luck and prosperity.

• Use garlands of golden, brown, yellow, green, red, purple, beige.

• Paper beads, chains, flags connected in a garland are hung in one direction - horizontally, spirally, vertically, from top to bottom.

• In a chaotic manner, medium-sized balls cling to a tree; toys can be the same or different.

• The decor is complemented with figures of Santa Claus, the Snow Maiden, angels, and several voluminous snowflakes are pinpointed.

Before decorating the spruce with paper toys and crafts, a garland with light bulbs is hung on the tree. You can use a little shiny rain or complement the design with a fluffy “snowball”.

Spruce is decorated to your liking, but in the coming year, decor should be chosen natural, restrained, in brown colors (all shades), with unobtrusive bright accents - a few red bows, burgundy bells, paper cones decorated with beads. Then 2019 will surely bring good luck and prosperity to the house.

Christmas origami crafts (2 videos)

Volumetric quilling star

With the help of quilling, you can get crafts that are amazing in their beauty, and even a schoolboy can deal with it. Of course, when making a voluminous quilling star, you will have to spend a little patience, but in just 20-30 minutes you will have a wonderful Christmas decorations.

Cut a thick paper sheet into strips, the width of which will be 1.5-2 cm, divide them into equal long parts. Using a special quilling tool (you can replace it, for example, with an awl), you will need to twist from one end, but you should not completely twist it.

Slightly loosen the curl inside, because for this work it should not be excessively tight. Take another strip and try on the length of the curl. Cut the strip and glue it to the free end with one side, and the other side to the roll itself to form a loop.

Prepare 5 pieces of such blanks and glue them together for a wide part, while in the center there should be some free space. Ready, it remains only to hang on a ribbon and you can decorate the Christmas tree.

shining stars

In just 10-15 minutes, you can easily make a shiny Christmas tree decoration, you don’t even need paper Christmas tree toys. To do this, take a strip of thick paper, it should be quite wide so that the effect is better. Fold the workpiece in the form of a large accordion to form five corners. Apply glue to the strip and sprinkle with glitter. Glue the ends of the workpiece and form a star, it remains only to hang the one made on a ribbon.

Flashlights

Flashlights will charge good mood and bring joy to both children and adults. You can hang them on the Christmas tree, or you can put them under it, along with the figures of Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. And to make it even more fun, you can do Christmas tree toys made of paper Smeshariki.

Take a bright double-sided paper sheet and cut out a rectangle measuring 15 by 10 cm. Make cuts on the part, their width should be 1 cm, and 1 cm should also not reach the top and bottom edges.

Pass the ribbon through the resulting stripes, while alternating should be observed, one strip up, the other down, and so on. After you tie the ribbon, the flashlight will have an inner and outer layer. Raise the outer stripes, then glue the two remaining edges together.

flower ball

To make such a craft, you need to take thin crepe paper, however, ordinary table napkins are also suitable for this needlework. Usually, the manufacture of such a decor takes about half an hour (of course, everything will depend on the size here).

Cut the crepe paper into thin long strips (about 4 cm wide), fold the cut in half lengthwise.

On the right side, bend the end of the strip a couple of times into a triangle, such a blank will act as a rosebud. Now hold the bud with your hand and bend the strip back to fold the triangular petal. Wrap a petal around the bud and bend the next one back, these actions must be performed until the strip ends, the tip must be glued to the rose. Using this method, make a lot of roses and glue them over a foam ball. For more decorativeness, glue beads between the roses, as well as a ribbon with which the flower ball will be hung on the Christmas tree.

Of course, these are not all handmade options. Christmas crafts, so, for example, you can make paper origami toys for the Christmas tree.

These "machines" look very attractive, but are quite difficult to manufacture, which is why you may need origami paper toys on the Christmas tree video.

If spending on New Year's paraphernalia is not included in your plans, then do-it-yourself New Year's paper toys will be your way out. In addition, such original gift on the tree will be remembered for a long time.

The sacramental meaning of the New Year and Christmas is in the rapprochement of family members. And what brings people together better than joint creative work?! Making New Year's toys with your own hands in the company of household members is an exciting activity in itself, not to mention its results - original New Year's decorations that can be hung on Christmas tree.

If you make toys with your own hands from glass, porcelain, beads, then it will take a lot of time and require certain skills. Against this background, paper toys are a simple option that you can make with your child and put on the Christmas tree. Let's bring step by step diagrams and video master classes - 2017 making such crafts with your own hands.

Christmas paper balls 2016

To make this Christmas tree decoration with your own hands, you will need a minimum of materials. The main thing here is patience and sleight of hand. Do not be discouraged if you do not immediately get a toy, as in the photo - such decorations require some skill, which will come with time. Therefore, immediately tune in that the first toys will not turn out to be the most accurate. But the result will exceed all expectations and justify your efforts!

Christmas paper balls 2016: making stencils

So, in order to make this christmas ball on the Christmas tree, you must perform the following sequence of actions:

• Print the stencil on the printer. We suggest using the following drawings:

• Then take thick sheets of colored paper and circle the stencil with a pencil.

Advice! If the printer allows, stencils can be printed immediately on colored paper. This will save time and effort.

• Carefully cut out the details of the future toy.
• Arrange the resulting blanks in the shape of a flower. Fasten the center with a circle cut out of colored paper, firmly gluing it, as shown in the photo.

New Year paper balls-2016: main work

To carry out further work will require sleight of hand.

• The most responsible and interesting step is weaving. To do this, successively weave one strip into another, as shown in the photo.

Advice! Use paper of different colors to make the toy more interesting and colorful. And so that the toy does not fall apart when weaving, use clothespins.

• When you are almost done weaving, then glue the ends of the paper ribbons.
• In the part of the ball where you glued the circle (see step one), make a small cut in the form of a line. Paste in it beautiful ribbon and glue it on. P It is better to singe it beforehand so that it retains its original appearance.

The original New Year paper toys of the new 2017 are ready! Using different stencils and colors, you can create a variety of balls. Another interesting version of the 2017 ball with your own hands can be seen in the video:

Interesting New Year's paper toys for the celebration of 2017 can also be made in the form of lanterns. This version of New Year's decoration came to us from our grandmothers and was popular in those days when toys were hard to find on sale. The flashlight is even easier to make than the previous toy. Even a child can be involved in the process of its creation. An interesting version of crafts in the form of a flashlight can be seen in this video:

magic lamps

Lamps for the new 2017 can be made from improvised materials. All you need is scissors, glue and colored paper or carton packing:

1. Take two sheets: one is yellow, the second is a contrasting one, for example, purple. Cut out two rectangles. Yellow - 100x180 in size, purple - 120x180 (with millimeters).
2. Take the yellow rectangle and glue its edges into a tube shape. Next, set it aside and proceed to the purple part. You should fold the sheet in half and make cuts with scissors, leaving room at the edges. We also glue it in the form of a tube, like a yellow sheet of paper or cardboard. The photo shows how to make a red flashlight. The sequence of actions is similar.
3. If you cut everything carefully, then the yellow tube should go into the purple one. At the same time, it must not be pushed through to the end. Its edge must be smeared with glue, and only then insert the resulting yellow flashlight into the purple tube completely. The same must be done on the other side. Slightly pull up the purple part to release the yellow. Coat it with glue. This will fix the yellow leaf in purple.
4. To make the flashlight more realistic, you should make a handle. To do this, cut a narrow strip of purple paper or cardboard and glue it to the flashlight.
5. Your magic flashlight is ready. This is one of the most simple crafts even a child can handle it.

How to make a flashlight with your own hands for the celebration of 2017, you can also see in this video:

Asterisk 3D made of paper

Another popular Christmas tree toy for 2017 is the star. Rare tree does without it. This toy is both spectacular and easy to make. To do this, you will need the same materials as in the manufacture of the previous decoration. It remains to add only a thread. Read the master class or watch the video.

• From colored paper, you need to cut out two squares measuring 10x10. You can use your imagination to the fullest: your stars do not have to be yellow. Use purple, red, blue, pink colors! And your Christmas tree will sparkle with different colors.
• On a sheet of colored paper, fold in half twice, and then two folds diagonally.
• Make small cuts on the edges of the paper and fold into the corners (as shown in the photo).

• Glue the corners in the center, leaving the rest of them free (this will give the future star volume). You should get some kind of rays.

Advice! Hold the corners while gluing with your finger. That way they stick better.

• Repeat the above procedure with the second sheet of colored paper.
• We glue the two halves of the star into one. Do not forget to put the edge of the ribbon between them, for which you will hang the star on the Christmas tree.
• Give the star time to dry. This will take approximately 20 minutes.

The New Year is getting closer, and for those who know how to do DIY Christmas toys, it's time for fruitful work. Making toys is a tradition that arose at a time when it was not yet established mass production decorations for the Christmas tree. Today, there are plenty of factory-made toys in stores, but the tradition of making them yourself has not disappeared. The explanation is simple - handmade jewelry and toys give off a special warmth, they look homely and cozy. A nice bonus - you can be proud that a toy made by yourself exists in a single copy.

How to make Christmas toys with your own hands?

New Year's outfits for the green beauty during the existence of the tradition of decorating the Christmas tree have undergone changes many times. In stores, you can still buy standard decorations - glass balls of various colors and sizes, stars reminiscent of the Soviet past, glass cones, fruits and other traditional items. And you can also bring to Christmas and new year holidays an element of creativity, and try to make New Year's toys for 2017 with your own hands.

DIY Christmas toys from improvised materials

The choice for work is almost limitless - any material at hand can be used. Christmas tree toys are sometimes made from the most unexpected materials. There are also "leaders" in New Year's creativity - materials that are used most often:

• Wood, plywood;
• Paper;
• Beads;
• Felt;
• Textile;
• Beads;
• Natural materials - branches, vines, cones, etc.

Salt dough Christmas decorations

Christmas toys with your own hands for the New Year 2017, you can even make it from flour. One of the simplest and most inexpensive materials for making Christmas toys is salt dough. There is flour in every home, the process is interesting (especially for children), and the result is a worthy replacement for ceramic and glass toys.

For work you will need:

• Wheat flour;
• Water;
• Salt (fine);
• Paints;
• Lacquer (optional)
• Leg-split;
• Butter;
• PVA glue.

Important! To give the dough plasticity, you can add a little baby oil (can be replaced with vegetable, olive oil).

Dissolve salt in warm water, add flour, knead the dough. To get a variety of figures, you can use the forms for the test. The lack of forms is not a problem; figures from salt dough can be sculpted by hand. To give texture, you can use anything - pencils, caps from plastic bottles, lace. Until the dough is dry, you need to make holes for the holder rope.

After drying (1-3 days, depending on the thickness of the product), the toy can be painted, applied with a pattern, pasted small photos and covered with acrylic varnish.

Christmas decorations from branches

Do-it-yourself Christmas toys are often made from improvised materials. A simple but effective way to decorate a Christmas tree or a house for the New Year is to make toys from natural materials- for example, from branches. To do stylish toy"Eco-style ball" will need wire and branches.

Life hack! Branches are best harvested in October or November, when they still contain enough moisture. Later harvested vines and branches may be brittle and unsuitable for making toys.

Make several (5-6) circles from the wire. From them, form the "skeleton" of the ball, fasten the circles together with hot-melt adhesive or wire. On top of the base, carefully wind branches or a vine of small diameter. In order for the branches to hold tightly, they can also be fixed with hot glue. It is easy to thread a twine or ribbon ring into the finished ball. Stylish eco-ball is ready!

Toys for the New Year from beads

Spectacular New Year's toys with your own hands can be made from beads. It will not be easy for beginners to make massive or intricately shaped jewelry. But without any problems, you can make hearts, Christmas trees, stars. To make such a toy you will need wire and beads. First you need to string the beads on the wire, and then form the desired shape, tightly securing the ends of the wire. Ribbons can be used for hanging.

New Year's toys from light bulbs

For those who are still puzzling over the question "How to make Christmas toys with your own hands?" the option using items that previously had a utilitarian function is perfect. The New Year is coming soon, so do not rush to throw out the burnt out light bulbs. They make adorable Christmas ornaments. A little imagination, and you won't have to be content with the usual glass balls.

Attention! For the first (background) layer, it is better to use spray paint. It is easier to apply, and besides, such paint lays down in an even layer. It is much more difficult to create a uniform coating with a brush or sponge.

DIY Christmas toys made of paper

Paper is a versatile material, and Christmas decorations and decorations made from it are cheap, practical and simple. For starters, you can choose flat (not voluminous) decorations. It can be snowflakes, Christmas trees, other thematic figures.

Important! Do not take too thick paper or high-density cardboard: when cutting, the edges of these materials are “shaggy” and the product does not look neat.

Another affordable way is to use paper to decorate ready-made toys - for example, balls. Ordinary glass bowl will look much more original if you stick decorations cut out of paper on it. Or, for example, a small collage of photos.

A more complicated way is to make toys using the origami technique. With the help of separate paper blocks, you can collect a variety of decorations - for example, a Christmas tree.

Even children can make New Year's toys out of paper with their own hands. Most of the patterns and patterns are simple, it will not be difficult for a child to cut a snowflake, a Christmas tree or a silhouette of a bird. And from individual paper figures and silhouettes, you can make a New Year's garland to decorate a Christmas tree or a room. To do this, you can use a ready-made scheme from the Internet or come up with a design yourself. Christmas garlands can be decorated with snowmen, balls, patterns, Christmas trees, animals.

From felt

Felt is a soft, rather dense felt. This material is perfect for making Christmas toys. It is easy to work with it - you do not need to process the edges, in the store you can buy felt of almost any color and shade. To make a stylish New Year's toy, just two or three colors of felt cuts are enough. For example, a combination of red and white - classic New Year's colors, is perfect for creating simple decorations. It is not necessary to choose complex patterns, it is enough to cut out simplified silhouettes from paper. For example, these:

You can transfer the pattern to felt with chalk or a bar of soap. Then the figure of each type must be cut in two copies. Large do-it-yourself Christmas toys can also be made from felt, as it is sold in sheets of various formats.

Attention! Felt lends itself perfectly to cutting, but for work you need to choose sharp scissors. It is better to fasten the pattern on the fabric with pins to get a neat silhouette.

In the photo: DIY Christmas toys made of felt:

It is better to sew felt parts with contrasting threads - if the toy is red, then you can use white or beige threads. If the toy is white, the finish with red, green, brown threads will look harmonious.

And don't forget the buttons!

Small felt toys can be used both to decorate the Christmas tree and to make interior garlands. Bright ribbons, plain white clothesline, twine can be used as a basis.

Christmas trees, hearts and houses are traditional details of New Year's design. IN Lately toys in the form of animals with which the New Year is associated - deer and elk are becoming more and more popular.

New Year's toys made of felt, made by hand, look bright and festive and without additional decor. If desired, you can give them additional color by decorating them with buttons, sequins, ribbons, or, for example, embroidery.

The advantage of a homemade garland is that it can be made taking into account the size and color scheme of the room that needs to be decorated. In order to make a garland, you do not need a sewing machine - the felt parts are sewn by hand.

Due to the suppleness and softness of the material, it takes very little time to make toys - about half an hour for each. If there is a need to make the toy voluminous, it is stuffed with cotton wool or holofiber.

Important! For stuffing, you can use both cotton wool and holofiber, but you need to take into account that when washing the cotton wool inside the toy goes astray, the product loses its shape. If you are going to use toys in the future, it is advisable to use holofiber for stuffing - it perfectly transfers moisture, the product does not lose its shape.

From fabric

To make a New Year's toy out of fabric with your own hands, it is not at all necessary to have sewing skills. For example, such a ball can be made using scraps of fabric. As a basis, the usual christmas ball or a piece of foam.

The fabric can be tightly wound on the base, or glued. To work with the fabric, you can use any glue available, but:

Important! When dry, PVA may leave a yellowish mark on light fabrics. Stationery glue will hold the fabric to the base, but since it is not designed to work with textiles, the product may not be durable. hot glue - a good option for working with fabric, but it must be applied as thinly as possible.

DIY Christmas toy Cockerel

The upcoming 2017 is the year of the Fire Rooster, so toys in the form of birds will be especially relevant. A do-it-yourself Christmas toy rooster is easy to do - just draw or copy the sketch you like from the Internet.

Most easy way- make a rooster out of felt or paper. To do this, you need a piece of felt, a pattern, threads, scissors. The toy can be flat or voluminous. From dense felt, you can make parts for a garland, or toys - pendants.

For decoration, you can use beads, for the manufacture of a suspension - suede or waxed cord, twine.

There are many manufacturing options, and the approach of the New Year is the best way to inspire creativity. It is advisable to start preparing for this holiday in a good mood - toys made with a positive attitude radiate special warmth.