We make presents for the New Year 2016 with our own hands using the example of postcards and Christmas toys

On the eve of such a magical family holiday as the New Year, everyone is puzzled by New Year's troubles, questions about what to cook for the New Year's table, how to decorate a tree, and most importantly - what to givetheir relatives and friends. In this article, several master classes will be presented, after acquaintance with which it becomes clear how to make original gifts for the new year with their own hands. Namely, ideas will be proposed for creating New Year's cards and the idea of ​​creating unusual Christmas tree decorations.

In the selection of the video presented below, the needlewomen will share their ideas and show several options for making New Year's greeting cards with various decor elements. Also will be told how to make an original New Year's hand-crafted item in the form of a snowman.

A postcard that will not leave anyone indifferent

The most memorable gift for any holiday, including the New Year, is a greeting card. In order to make a Christmas card, decorated with a colorful Christmas tree made of paper, you need a sheet of cardboard, sheets of colored paper, scissors, glue, as well as decor elements.

First you need to fold a sheet of brightly colored cardboard in half to make the basis for the future postcard, then on green and brown paper sheets draw the contours of the tree and trunk, then all the details have to be cut and pasted onto the cover of the postcard. After that, from the sheets of colored paper you need to cut out Christmas decorations, snowflakes of different colors, shapes and sizes, then all the carved ornaments should be glued to the base. You can also make a hole in the bottom of the postcard and stretch the decorative ribbon or rope and make a bow. In order to arrange the turn of the postcard, it is necessary to glue a sheet of white paper, on which it is possible to write congratulatory words.

Adding the technique of Quilling

You can make a stylish New Year card in the quilling technique, you will need sheets of colored paper, strips for quilling, cardboard sheet, figured scissors, glue, thematic picture and decor elements.

First you need a sheet of cardboard, preferably white, folded in half, then cut a square from the sheet of colored paper, the sides of which are smaller than the square of the base by half a centimeter, then use the curved scissors to cut off the corners and glue the square onto the base. Then the basis should be glued to the thematic picture, the corners of which can also be cut using curly scissors. After that, from the strips for quilling, you need to twist the elements for decorating postcards, for example, flowers, leaves, stick them on the base. You can also paste other decor elements, write a greeting card and the card is ready. All stages of work are shown in the photo.

Gift Christmas-tree ball-toy

As a presentation, you can present a Christmas tree ball decorated in an unusual way. To work you will need a ball of foam, dense thread, tape, beads, pins and glue.

First of all, you need to fix the bead on the pin, then you need to attach the thread, then apply a little glue on the bottom of the bead and stick the structure into the ball. Next, you need to put a little glue around the pin and you can start to evenly wind the thread around the circle. In the process of weaving the rows it is desirable to apply a little glue. After the last row is ready, the end of the thread should be fixed with glue, then you need to cut off pieces of decorative tape, attach pieces of tape to a pin with a bead and then attach to a ball.

Another variant of the decoration

Thanks to the master class presented below, you can figure out how to make a gift for the New Year on your own. For work, you will need strips of decorative paper, pins and a punch. First, using a hole punch, it is necessary to make holes on both edges of the strips, then it is necessary to fold the strips against each other, then fix the pins and after this the strips must be folded into a circle. Next, from the stripes, you need to make a hemisphere and straighten the strips so that the New Year tree decorations are made.