Crafts for the New Year 2013 - crafts by 2013

Perhaps the New Year is one of the few holidays that gives us an inexplicable anticipation of some kind of enthusiasm, stormy bliss( yes, it's stormy, otherwise not to say!) And happiness. And especially those are those who, of course, have children. With what niggardiness we choose them gifts( only the best), after reading the other day "a letter to Santa Claus"!With what zeal we try to realize the desire of our beloved child. .. But few people think that the child will forget about the gift placed under the Christmas tree today in a couple of days. There is not in the bought thing that soul and understanding, which is invested in what is done by themselves. There is no spark that will suddenly flash, spreading all over the body with an understanding of true happiness from a single glance. .. Where can we find this spark? In creativity. In joint creativity. With baby. Find time in this crazy rhythm and do something together. Let, for example, it be toys for the New Year 2013. And it does not matter what the child can do because of his age. Even if he gives you a thread with a needle, this will already be his important, important contribution. You will just admire what YOU did. You are together! For example, we offer you the works that you can do with the child.

Is this a real New Year without a beautiful tree? We'll start with it.

Christmas tree of pompons

Prepare thick cardboard, yarn( better acrylic, well, the color of yarn is the color of the future Christmas tree), Whatman, scissors, scotch, thread with a needle, pencil and glue( better "Moment", or analog).At work you will take no more than a couple of hours, but the Christmas tree will turn out really amazingly beautiful. Such a Christmas tree can be placed in the room where the child sleeps. By the way, Santa Claus could well "bring" a gift just for this Christmas tree. And this gift, believe me, the child will remember, because the fabulous Santa Claus chose his Christmas tree!

Let's get started. Cut out two discs from cardboard. The outer radius is about 4 cm, and the inner one is about 1.5 cm. You can choose any diameter, dimensions are given only for an example. Then we add the disks and wind the thread on them. In order for pom-poms to turn out to be equally fluffy, it is desirable to measure the same length( ideally 7 m for specified sizes of disks).Now we cut the thread along the outer radius and pass another thread between the disks( which will remove the pieces obtained), tighten the thread and remove the disks. You got the first pompom. The number of pompoms in the herringbone on the photo is 55pcs.

Now - the basis. As a basis, a cone is required. Again, everything is just up to you. The higher the cone, the higher the herringbone, the larger the diameter, the herringbone will be wider. Let it be a circle with a radius of 50 cm. Draw it and cut it out. Now make a straight cut from the edge of the resulting circle to its middle. Form the cone by turning the circle and applying one cut side to the other. Do not forget to spread one side with glue and fix it with adhesive tape.

Next step. We paste pom-poms. We start from the top( by the way, you can make it smaller).In the first row, 4-5 pompoms, in each of the next we increase the number of pompoms by 2-3.Leave the herringbone for an hour( let it dry).

Well, now you can decorate the beauty. Alternatively, you can sprinkle it with hair spray with glitter( it will flicker even in the moonlight), you can paste small crystals, putting it on "rain".And if you do not have enough imagination, ask the child, he will definitely tell. ..

Once we decided to leave the Christmas tree in the child's room, let's design this room. It does not take long to do this, and the costs will certainly be minimal. So, we continue to make New Year crafts with our own hands.

A set of herringbone will need garlands. What is the New Year without garlands and without snowflakes? Here we will stop. I suggest you two kinds of garlands. They can be combined, and you can choose one. By the way, snowflakes will look great on the window, and garlands will be located in the room. And some parts of this garland will very much adorn the main Christmas tree, just like toys.

Let's not confine ourselves to paper and scissors today. It is too primitive, too familiar, though. .. Volumetric snowflakes look really fascinating indeed. But let's start experimenting with other materials. These children can do on their own. Under the strict guidance. Very interesting can be snowflakes from pasta. Form - your imagination, only pasta choose curly, small: feathers, flowers. Think of the future shape( or maybe she will come herself in the process), lay it on the table and glue it gently, spreading the corners of the pasta and connecting it to the other. It's so exciting, and the kids from such an occupation are simply delighted! When the snowflake dries, you can paint it, or, again, sprinkle with hair spray with sparkles. Better yet, both.

Snowflakes from the test

Any housewife knows how to knead the dough. Deliver pleasure to the child, make the usual salted dough, for which only flour, salt and water are needed. A little vegetable oil will give plasticity. By the way, if you drip a drop of gouache, the dough changes color. From this test, you can also make snowflakes. The easiest way to do this is by stenciling it by applying it to a thin piece of paper, circling it with a needle and then cutting it. The dried product is painted with nail polish. The varnish can be used with sparkles, but you can use ordinary, sprinkling the sequins on a fresh, not dried lacquer( so that you had time to "grasp").

Bulk snowflakes

Prepare, of course, paper with scissors and glue.

1. We make six workpieces.
2. Cut out the squares, add them diagonally in half( we make internal cuts with scissors).
3. We open the square, folded diagonally and spread out, as in the photo.
4. Tube fold the first row of strips, glue( or staple the stapler).
5. Flip the snowflake. Similarly, connect the two strips closest to the center.
6. Turn it over again and hold it together again. And so we repeat until we finish. With all the other squares, we repeat exactly such manipulations.
7. We connect the parts and fasten( glue) those places where the parts touch each other.

And for clarity - photo:

We collect garlands from snowflakes, gluing them on a string, or hanging them separately, like toys.

Something is missing in our fairy tale. .. Perhaps frost.

Take the twigs. Any. Put them in a well-saturated hot brine for two hours, and then dry it. On the branches will appear "hoarfrost", which does not melt in the room.

But there is another option - with polystyrene foam. Rub it on a grater, grease a branch with glue and dip into the resulting crumb. And again - a hair spray with sparkles. Without magic flicker here is indispensable!

Do it yourself. Let your creativity bring pleasure. You and your child, who will one day teach your tricks to their children.

Author: Tatiana K. /Favourite/