DIY crafts for the New Year 2018

New Year is one of the most beloved holidays. That is why we begin to prepare for it long before the holiday date. In addition to buying gifts and making a New Year’s menu, home decoration is on the list of must-haves. To do this, you can use a different decor, which is sold in every store on the eve of the holiday, or you can make crafts yourself. We offer you several types of crafts that you can easily do yourself.

 

Craft from threads

The symbol of the New Year 2018 will be a dog, which can easily be made from simple threads for knitting. The craft can be used not only to decorate your home, but also as a gift to friends and family.

For this you will need:

• Knitting;
• some felt;
• scissors;
• glue;
• cardboard.

Dog Production Process:

1. From a piece of cardboard we cut 2 identical rings, the size of which will depend on what size dog you want to get. We put the rings on top of each other and wrap the threads on them for knitting until you get a dense coating. Holding the threads in the center, gently cut them between the rings at the top. Pull a long thread between the rings so that all of our threads are connected by a tight knot. So we got a pompom. In total, for the production of a dog, you need to make 2 large and 1 small pompon.

2. Using a thread of contrasting color, we tie a small part of the threads from the pompom.

3. Carefully cut off part of the yarn that was fixed with a contrasting thread.

4. We do the same with the rest of the pompons.

5. Using glue, glue 2 large pompons.

6. On one of them we make eyes and nose from a black thread.

7. Ears are cut from a piece of felt.

8. We glue all the prepared parts and get a dog.

With the help of threads, you can make other dogs or animals.

Dog made of cotton pads

If your child needs to make a craft, use these tips and get an excellent applique with a symbol of the coming year. By the way, this craft can be presented to friends or relatives.

For crafts you will need:

• cotton pads;
• paper and color cardboard;
• sharp scissors;
• glue;
• stapler;
• flormasters.

The instruction is quite simple:

1. First we need a template. Thus, you can make a dog of any breed, for example, a poodle.

2. Transfer the image from the template to the cardboard.

3. From prepared cotton pads we make blanks. To do this, you can simply cut a spiral from each of them, which is then glued to the prepared template. There is another option - fold each disk in half twice and secure with a stapler.

4. The dog template is glued onto colored cardboard and prepared cotton pads are fixed on it with glue. The muzzle is painted with felt-tip pens.

Cheerful Santa Claus

With the help of cotton pads, you can make another original crafts for the New Year.

In addition to cotton pads, you will need:

• plastic spoons;
• threads
• glue.

Such Santas are made as follows:

1. A small drop of glue is applied to the wide part of the spoon on the back side. After gluing the end of the red thread here, wrap the entire handle with it, fixing the opposite end with glue.

2. Wrap and glue one of the edges of the disk. Make cuts at the other end. It will be a beard. A red marker draws a smile.

3. Glue the disc to the wide edge of the spoon.

4. At the end, the nose and eyes are glued.

Using cotton pads, you can do other Christmas crafts.

Salt Dough Crafts

For the manufacture of New Year's crafts, a variety of materials are suitable, including dough.

To do this, just take the following products:

• a few tablespoons of flour;
• some water;
• salt (it should be 2 times more flour);
• stencils for the test;
• brush and gouache paints.

How to make crafts from the test:

1. First, the flour is mixed with salt. After which, water is added here and soft dough is kneaded.

2. On a table sprinkled with flour, the dough is laid out and the layer is rolled (about 4-5 mm in thickness). With the help of a stencil, figures are cut out of dough.

3. Each figure should dry well. Usually 24 hours is enough for this.

 

4. After the figures have dried, they need to be painted with gouache paint.

5. Additionally, you can decorate them with various sparkles and other decor.

Christmas tree made of threads

You can decorate your home or office with such home-made thread Christmas trees.

For this we need the following materials:

• a cone of thick paper, polystyrene foam or any other material;
• threads
• scissors, glue, buttons.

The production process is as follows:

1. Using glue, fix the edge of the thread near the base of the cone.

2. Thread the entire workpiece.

3. Make a pompom from threads of another color. And stick it on top of the workpiece.

4. Decorate the Christmas tree with buttons, gluing them in a chaotic manner.

Similarly, you can make other Christmas trees. To do this, you can use this template for the manufacture of the cone.

Christmas star

Using multi-colored paper, you can make incredibly beautiful Christmas stars.

In addition to paper you will need:

• glue;
• scissors;
• pencil.

The process of making stars is as follows:

1. We are preparing everything you need.

2. Roll a sheet of paper in half twice. Unfold it and put it in front of you with the wrong side up. Fold the sheet diagonally in half.

3. Fold folds.

4. From the wrong side, mark the middle of the folds with a pencil.

5. Using scissors, make incisions to these marks.

6. Bend the edges to the middle.

7. Apply glue to one of the edges of the beam.

8. Connect the two edges of the beam.

9. So make another stars.

10. Glue 2 stars together.

Snowman sock

Today in stores you can find small snowmen, which can easily be made at home on their own.

To do this, you will need:

• sock;
• scissors;
• threads
• a ring of large diameter (but you can do without such a workpiece);
• buttons
• glue;
• rice or other cereals;
• decorative needles;
• a small piece of fabric.

The process of making a snowman is as follows:

1. Prepare everything you need.

2. Cut the sock.

3. We use the part of the toe on which the heel is located. One end is tied with thread on the wrong side.

4. Unscrew the workpiece and insert a ring of cardboard inside. If there is no ring, then you can do without it.

5. Pour groats inside the sock.

6. Before you tie the free edge of the sock, shape the head of the future crafts.

7. Tie the top of the sock with a thread and tie the place where the head should be.

8. It remains to decorate the snowman. Make a snowman a scarf from a small piece of cloth.

9. That sock, which was cut off at the beginning, is rolled up and a hat is made of it, which is glued to the snowman's head with glue.

10. Using decorative needles and buttons to make eyes, nose.

Using socks, you can make other crafts.

Christmas pasta

If you have pasta of various shapes, you can make such a Christmas tree.

In addition to pasta you need:

• cardboard or plastic glass;
• glue;
• paints.

Christmas tree manufacturing technology:

1. If there is no plastic glass, then you can just make a cone out of cardboard.

2. Stick pasta in the shape of bows to the base of the cone.

3. Glue the other pasta to the top of the cone in a checkerboard pattern.

4. As soon as the whole cone is sealed, you need to make a stand for the future Christmas tree. For this, a spool of thread is suitable.

5. Paint all the pasta green. Using pasta of other forms, you need to make decorations for the Christmas tree.

There are other options for pasta Christmas trees.

As you can see, from the most ordinary materials that are in every house, you can make original crafts for the New Year.

And what New Year's crafts do you do?