So, let's see what applications on a New Year's theme you can implement in application classes in kindergarten groups.
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New Year's applications with Christmas trees.
The simplest and brightest paper applique on the New Year theme is a decorated Christmas tree. This application is very easy to prepare and is always understandable to children.
The most primitive The New Year's tree applique is created according to the principle of laying strips on top of each other (starting from the longest to the shortest). The strips can be cut or torn (as was done on the New Year's applique with the left Christmas tree in the picture below). A simple Christmas tree applique for children 4-5 years old.
The most classic The Christmas tree applique looks like three triangles glued overlapping each other in a pyramid. You can complement this method by beautifully cutting fringe along the bottom edge of each triangular tier of the tree (as was done in the left photo from the picture below). Or you can make a backing tier out of white paper for each green paper tier of the tree. So that it looks out from under the green silhouette (as it is designed in the right picture with the photo of the Christmas tree below). This application is suitable for children (5-6 years old).
In the younger group of kindergarten (for children 3-4 years old), you can make very simple New Year's applications with a Christmas tree. Here the Christmas tree is presented just one triangle of green paper. And you need to put it on red beanie cap, add white trim and pompom. And then add a stand leg and a red nose. And then draw snow around the tree with white gouache using your fingertips. A simple and bright applique for kids.
Also, small children will really enjoy making an applique with their own hands, where the silhouette of a Christmas tree is made from colored paper, even before gluing on cardboard, needs to be decorated with stamps.
To do this you need to use STAMPS ( bottle caps) and containers with thick paint. I put gouache in ordinary plastic jar lids, a little at a time - and put it in each lid a teaspoon of PVA GLUE- stir with paint into a homogeneous mass - like this in the lids it turns out more paint and gouache is used more economically). And then I put a stamp in each paint - a bottle cap. On the table where 4 children are sitting I put 4 lids with different colors of paint. And the children take turns taking different stamps and making prints.
Then carefully apply glue to a sheet of paper, where the same silhouette of a Christmas tree has already been drawn - and onto this glue silhouette spot we carefully transfer our Christmas tree detail decorated with stamps. This is also a suitable application for kids 3-4 years old.
Children also love geometric pyramid applique in the form of a New Year tree. Where you need to lay strips and rows of circles with your own hands according to the logic of their number.
First the children themselves must understand which circles are larger, which are smaller, and determine which stripe which circles belong to. I deliberately cut circles of a different color from the one in the sample, so that the children do not stupidly guess from the color sample how to do it - but they themselves compare their own sets of circles - highlight the larger, middle and smaller set. And then they laid out and pasted them into an applique.
And here is an applique of a New Year tree using the ORIGAMI technique (for children 6-7 years old). Where modules are made of paper - which are then arranged into the image of a Christmas tree. I showed in detail exactly how to fold the modules for this application in the article, where we glued similar Christmas trees onto postcards -
And here are New Year's tree appliqués with interesting overlapping and folding techniques. If you look closely at the photo you will understand exactly how these works were done. And you can teach children to make a similar carved pattern with their own children’s hands.
Here's an idea Christmas tree appliques using QUILLING technique. The difficulty here is that you need prepare quilling modules yourself in advance.
How to make modules for quilling.
A strip of paper is wound on a stick for quilling (or a regular toothpick) - then the twist is placed into a stencil ruler with round holes– and is released into free unwinding within the framework of this stencil.
Next, the twist that has untwisted to the size of the stencil is removed from the stencil and Glue the tail-tip to the side of the twist. We make several twists like this - due to straightening in the stencil, they all turn out to be the same size.
Then we bend each twist and flatten it with our fingers, giving it drop or petal shape. And from such drops (petals) we lay out a Christmas tree - we place the twist modules on PVA glue.
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Applique Father Frost and Snow Maiden.
And now we move on to New Year's applications with the traditional participants of the New Year holiday - Father Frost and Snow Maiden.
You can make a simple symmetrical silhouette of Santa Claus with a triangular beard (in the left photo below). Or you can make an applique of Santa Claus with smooth rounded lines of all the details.
How to copy an idea for an applique from a computer screen.
You can copy the lines of all applique details straight from the screen this monitor. To do this, I place a sheet of office paper directly on the screen - the picture on the screen shines through the paper and with light pencil movements I trace it along the contour. And I receive a ready-made template for the application.
If I need to enlarge or reduce the image on the screen, I press the button with one hand Ctrl on the keyboard and with the second hand spin the mouse wheel– forward (to increase) back (to decrease). This way I get the applique size that I need. If, when enlarged, the picture creeps sideways off the screen, then the arrow buttons on the keyboard help left and right.
Here are more beautiful motifs for a DIY New Year's appliqué with Santa Claus, where he is presented in a long fur coat and felt boots and with a duffel bag.
Santa Claus's hands can be placed to the sides, or pressed to the belly (to save paper consumption). The beard can be pointed in the shape of a triangle, or rounded in the shape of a cloud (see photo below).
Here is another simple and beautiful application with Santa Claus full size. I like the technique here that the white mustache is glued on top of the beard. The red round nose and buttons add bright richness to this children's New Year's applique.
You can make your own collage applique, which contains many details of New Year's paraphernalia, where the silhouettes of Christmas trees, gifts, gingerbread houses, deer, and Santa Clauses are layered on top of each other in a cheerful holiday chaos (as is done in the applique below).
You can create your own collage of funny snowmen playing hide and seek behind the Christmas trees. Or scatter New Year's deers, penguins in red caps, etc. everywhere.
You can see the idea for a collage applique on any New Year’s picture on the Internet or on a postcard. And bring this idea to life using colored paper. Removing something original and adding something of our own.
It is not necessary to depict Santa Claus in full height. You can make an economical version of the application, where the character is displayed only in portrait.
It will look beautiful if you glue the face and nose of Santa Claus out of beige paper (light orange) and then put a red imprint on your cheeks and on the tip of your nose (with a weak solution of red and using not a brush but a foam sponge - or you can use blush and apply it with your finger for the application). This is a simple, quick and economical application of colored paper. Suitable for parents - for a crafts competition in kindergarten.
You can get templates for such applications, if you place a sheet of paper directly on the monitor screen and trace with a pencil the drawing that is visible from the screen. To enlarge the image to the size you need, press the Ctrl button with your left hand and while holding this button down, roll the mouse wheel forward.
And below is an example of a New Year's application where, in addition to colored paper, paper lace napkin for decorating the beard of Santa Claus (you can buy such napkins in the store, or cut them out of paper with your own hands). We simply cut out a BIG SNOWFLAKE with a lace pattern and place it under the cut out round face of Santa Claus - we get the same effect.
But here are simple applications of Father Frost and the Snow Maiden, where each element is a rectangle of colored paper with a white back side.
If a square of blue paper bend the white corner outward– then we get the Snow Maiden’s white face against the background of a blue kokoshnik (see in the photo below). And the Snow Maiden’s hands are obtained due to double bends left and right corners a simple RECTANGLE made of blue paper.
A simple DIY New Year's applique - with design elements made from colored paper.
Here is another silhouette applique of the Snow Maiden – decorated with cotton wool and rhinestones. Suitable for children 5-7 years old.
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New Year's applications with cotton wool.
And here is a series of applications where white soft cotton wool is used as snow material. Here is an example where the snowman is made from cotton pads, and the snowy crown of the trees is made from cotton balls(you tear off a piece of cotton wool and roll it into a ball with your hands - take a bowl of such balls and start creating a New Year's applique.
And here is the craft made from smooth cotton pads– to save money, I tear the disk into two layers.
And here is an applique of Santa Claus, made from cotton pads beard and pompom on the hat.
And here Santa Claus’s beard is made of large cotton balls - they are sold in ready-made ball form in pharmacies - just tell the pharmacist: I need cotton wool balls.
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Layered applications for the New Year.
I like very much voluminous applications– when the picture jumps out of the sheet. The 3D effect on applications always looks attractive and increases the pleasure of the work done.
Here Christmas bell idea– a simple application for children of the middle group. They themselves must roll the yellow flat paper circle into a bell. And fold the holly leaves in half. You already prepare the beads on the strings yourself. Or they can be replaced with plasticine beads rolled onto twine.
But here is a multi-layer application with your own hands, where the parts are glued to each other with an air space between them - this is achieved due to the fact that we glue the parts not with glue, but with WINDOW INSULATION (a thick foam tape with an adhesive edge).
We lay the insulation tape between the applique parts (if necessary, we use double-sided tape - since one side of the insulation tape is not sticky, but we need the adhesive surface to be on both sides).
There is also double-sided PLUGGY tape on sale - it is as thick as insulation - and it can be used for such plump New Year's appliques.
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SNOWMAN on New Year's applications.
And here is the snowman applique. It can be made using the three-dimensional SHIP technique - as in the right photo, or it can be done in the usual flat form - but then, try to come up with some interesting angle for the snowman. For example, let him throw his head up and admire the snowflakes.
I am giving only the simplest snowman applique for the younger group of kindergarten - a Snowman inside a glass snow globe. A simple and very beautiful New Year's applique.
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New Year's applications with DEER.
Also, New Year-themed applications may contain other characters- for example, a deer or a penguin.
It’s very easy to depict a deer on an applique with your own children’s hands. Bend the pointed triangle point downwards. Add eyes, horns and nose.
You can make an applique from the silhouette of a deer's face. With big eyes and elegant bright horns.
If you don’t mind the paper, you can depict a full-length deer on the New Year’s applique. With a big red nose and a bright striped scarf.
And very often deer are depicted with Christmas tree decorations on their branched antlers. You can see options for such images in my article
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New Year's city on applications.
And here is another beautiful applique for children in the form of a winter city. If you add an elegant Christmas tree to this urban landscape, the applique will take on a New Year's theme.
The snowflakes on this applique are made with a hole punch with stencil cutting of snowflakes. Such shaped hole punches are sold in craft stores. And the cheapest way to order them is on the Ali-Express website with free delivery from China - one piece will cost 0.5 dollars.
The windows on such an application can be drawn with a regular black marker. The moon can also be made from a cotton pad painted yellow.
Here's an idea on how to make a remote mountain town. Snow-capped mountains are depicted using white paper napkins. We scatter houses and Christmas trees on the mountain slopes, and scatter confetti snowflakes across the sky (they can also be pressed with a regular office round hole punch). And in the sky we add a Christmas star with a long train-tail made of narrow strips of paper. Beautiful Christmas applique for children for the New Year.
And above the winter town you can stick an applique of Santa Claus flying on his magic sleigh with reindeer. Beautiful magical applique for the New Year.
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New Year's applique ON THE WINDOWS.
Separately, I would like to bring up such a topic as applications on windows. Ready-made window sticker applications are available for sale. But why buy if you can make it yourself. Now large sheets of colored paper in A3 and A2 formats are already on sale, so you can cut out New Year’s characters yourself for window applications.
In kindergartens, we are used to decorating windows with silhouettes of Christmas trees and angels. But why not break this stereotype and set a NEW New Year's mood this year with a new storyline.
For example, make this white bear or Santa Claus on the glass, which seems to be looking into our window. Beautiful window application for a kindergarten.
It could be a brave snowman or a timid deer.
Or your window can be decorated with an applique of friendly penguins or snowmen in knitted hats.
You can make a window applique in the form of bullfinches sitting on rowan branches.
This is the selection of applique ideas for the New Year theme that I have prepared for you today. Your children and you yourself will enjoy spending these pre-New Year days with interesting activities in kindergarten or fun activities at home.
Just a little colored paper and real magic will come into your home. After all, a child’s hands are clean. And what they do will definitely come true. Let your children create the magical reality of happiness in your family.
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The bright three-dimensional applique “New Year Tree” is an easy creative work for children. It is interesting to make the Christmas tree itself, and then decorate it with everything that your imagination suggests.
What will you need for the application?
- Green colored paper for the Christmas tree;
- Some brown paper to make a trunk;
- Cardboard of the desired color on which you will need to glue the Christmas tree;
- Scissors, a simple pencil, a ruler, a glue stick;
- Sequins, any New Year-themed decor, stickers. Decorations made with your own hands or using a shaped composter.
Volumetric applique “Christmas tree” step by step
To make a Christmas tree, you will need square paper. To do this, you can fold A4 paper, pointing one of the corners towards the opposite side. See photo.
Then the strip on the left is cut off, and you get an even square.
Fold it in half, corner to corner, to form a triangle. Then you can immediately cut the bottom side into small strips, but it is better for children to draw lines so that they cut everything correctly and evenly. The photo shows a line along the fold, defining the area to which the strips need to be cut. The stripes themselves are also drawn, up to 1.5 cm wide.
Carefully cut all the strips without going beyond the drawn line. Fold at the top.
Unfold the paper, as you can see, there are even stripes on the sides converging towards the center.
All the stripes were glued and the result was a Christmas tree like this. The sharp tip at the very bottom needs to be turned up and the trunk glued to the back side. This is an ordinary small rectangle made of brown cardboard or paper.
The Christmas tree can be decorated at this stage with various decorative elements.
Or first glue it onto colored cardboard, and then decorate it all together.
The result is such a festive 3D applique “New Year Tree”.
09.09.2017 by Detki-malavki
In preschool institutions and primary classes, teachers pay special attention not only to the logical thinking of each child, but also to their creative development. Therefore, they conduct interesting lessons that involve the creation of colorful crafts, paper origami and thematic applications.
The latter is especially often used on the eve of many holidays. So the New Year holidays are no exception to the rule, annually offering children various New Year applications for kindergarten and school. By 2018, the Yellow Earth Dog, the fairy-tale theme had not changed much, but interesting solutions still appeared in it. Now teachers can offer their students to make applications not only from colored and white paper, but also plasticine, fabric, cotton wool (cotton pads), napkins, beads and even cereals. Among the most interesting solutions: any breed of dog (as a tribute to the symbol of the year) in New Year's clothes, Grandfather Frost, Snow Maiden, Snowman, winter landscape, snowflakes, Christmas tree, fir branch dressed with bright decorations, Christmas tree decorations, starry sky, bag of gifts, elves, a Christmas wreath, deer and even the chimes.
New Year's applications for the New Year 2018 for kindergarten and school
To create New Year's applications, you can use various available items. It is true that it is best to use those that children like best. For example, soft cotton wool, pasta or plasticine.
Application from plasticine
This material is suitable not only for creativity, but also for the development of fine motor skills. Therefore, its use is recommended in labor lessons in kindergarten and primary school.
- Herringbone
Making a Christmas tree for a child is sometimes problematic, so templates and a simple pencil come to the rescue. The point of the craft is to trace the outline of the Christmas tree on white cardboard, and then use plasticine to fill in the free areas, decorating with yellow and red circles.
- Bell
To create this work, the teacher needs to distribute ready-made templates of a bell cut out of thick cardboard. It is also necessary to ask students to bring a modeling board from home so that children do not stain their desks. But if the child has forgotten, then you can use white sheets.
The technique is exactly the same as for a Christmas tree... the child must apply an even layer of plasticine over the entire surface of the work, decorating it at his discretion with flowers, snowflakes or stars.
- Snowman
Making a snow helper is as easy as shelling pears! It is enough to mold 3 flat balls (large, medium and small) and connect them together. For eyes, handles and buttons you can use black plasticine, and for the cap and nose - orange or red.
Fabric applique
The fabric is usually used to create greeting cards for mothers, fathers, and grandparents. However, the technique is quite difficult, so it is only suitable for 3rd and 4th grade students.
- Snowman
To make a fleece snowman, just cut out three circles from fabric, differing in size by a few mm. Afterwards, you need to glue each one using special glue on blue cardboard. You can use velvet, foil and twigs as clothes and a nose.
- Herringbone
Give students Christmas tree templates (one per desk) so that they can trace the outlines on the fabric and evenly cut out the base of the craft. Next, tell us how to stick it on cardboard and decorate it.
Application made of colored paper
There are many variations of crafts made from colored paper. For the little ones, the following are suitable: snowflakes, little red riding hood, sock for gifts, gift, Christmas tree. Older children can be asked to make Santa Claus, a landscape, an origami dog, or even three-dimensional 3D crafts.
The photo shows examples that will help you choose the right idea for creating a suitable application:
Application made of cotton wool and cotton pads
Among the simplest works made using cotton wool and cotton pads are the following: a snowman and a snowwoman (girl), a snow bunny, a lamb, a poodle, a fluffy snowflake. The photo below shows examples of the work the children did:
Ideas for New Year's applications for the New Year 2018 for school and kindergarten, do-it-yourself master class in the photo:
Well, who has already started preparing for the New Year? The days on the calendar are inevitably approaching the cherished night, which means it’s high time to create a New Year’s mood! Last year, unfortunately, I didn’t have time to write an article about our New Year’s crafts. However, I saved everything and now, finally, I was able to put everything together
In this article you will find New Year's crafts for children 4-5 years old; some of this, with parental help, can be done at 3 years old; some will be interesting later. As usual, first of all, you should focus on the child. For me, the main criterion when choosing a craft is always its accessibility - so that my daughter can master the creative work with a minimum amount of my help, and at the same time the creative process is not too drawn out
Christmas tree toy “Snowman”
Let's start with the most important thing - with Christmas tree toys. An easy-to-make and, in general, quite impressive toy - a three-dimensional snowman. To complete this you will need 6-10 white circles, which are most conveniently drawn using a mug or glass. Also prepare additional elements: head, hat, nose.
Christmas tree toy “Angel” made of cotton pads
To make one angel you will need 1 whole cotton pad and 1 half, white plasticine, and a thread. First, together with your baby, roll the head and legs out of plasticine. Fold the thread in half and use a needle to thread the thread through the head and legs. Tie knots at the ends so that the legs do not move off the thread.
Now you can start assembling the toy. Place half a cotton pad on the table, drop a drop of PVA glue in the middle and attach a second, whole pad on top. Place a thread with a head on it, coat everything inside thoroughly with glue, then bend the disk as in the photo and secure it again with glue - you get an angel.
You can make very unusual Christmas tree decorations with your own hands if you stock up on beautiful winter-New Year-themed napkins and plastic lids for jars in advance.
So, first we cut out circles the size of a plastic lid from napkins. At the same time, we try to have a beautiful pattern on the circle, Santa Claus, for example. Note! If the napkins are double, you need to separate the bottom layer and leave only one top layer, with a pattern! Thanks to this, the design will beautifully shine through on both sides of the toy.
Next, we do everything as in the photo: put the circle with the design in the lid, put in a string and fill it with water. It is very important to use boiled (and cooled) or filtered water. This is necessary so that the ice in the toys is transparent and not cloudy. When everything is ready, carefully place the toys in the freezer.
As an option, instead of painted napkins, you can use rowan berries or dried flowers, it also turns out very beautiful.
By analogy with Christmas tree decorations, you can make a whole ice garland. To do this, first fill the ice tray with all sorts of small things: beads, sequins, sparkles, pieces of foil, small pom-poms. Then we also fill it with boiled or filtered water. If desired, you can add dye to the water. And don’t forget to put a string through all the cells of the form!
Another option for a voluminous Christmas tree toy, easy to make. Here you will need to make blanks in advance - 8 multi-colored circles with equilateral triangles drawn on them. To make it easier to fit triangles into a circle, you can calculate in advance how long the side of the triangle should be; this can be done using the formula, where r is the radius of your circle. I hope I didn’t scare you too much with mathematical formulas)) In fact, you can draw triangles, of course, by eye, but then the toy runs the risk of not being completely even.
Christmas decoration “Stars”
The idea for this New Year's craft is taken from the book " New Year's paper decorations" Actually, decorative paper is also taken from it. The book is very wonderful, I already wrote about it in the collection, but if you wish, you can make this craft without this book, just using any wrapping or colored paper.
DIY Christmas garland
To make such a simple and at the same time very effective garland, you will need many, many colored stripes. It is advisable to use double-sided colored paper, then the inside of the balls will also look beautiful.
To make one ball you need four strips. Explain to your child that you first need to glue two strips crosswise, and then add two more to make something like a snowflake. At the end, we collect all the strips in a bunch into a ball. The step-by-step process can be seen in the photo.
Garland “Men”
I bet you made such a garland as a child, or as a teenager. So let’s not forget such good ideas.
For those who have forgotten: first we fold an accordion out of paper, draw half a man on it, and cut it out. And decorate it the way you want
DIY Christmas tree craft
Now it’s the turn of the Christmas trees. The variety of crafts in the form of Christmas trees is limitless, I’ll tell you about those that, in my opinion, are well suited for children 4-5 years old.
A Christmas tree made from several cones with homemade fringe looks very stylish. The Christmas tree, as in the photo, consists of four cones with a height of 5, 8, 11 and 14 cm. It is most convenient to make cones from a quarter of a circle.
If gluing the cones on your own will be a little difficult for your child, then he will definitely shred the fringe with pleasure. In order for the fringe on the Christmas tree to bend a little, you need to run the sharp side of the scissors along it, as gift wrappers do when curling the ribbons.
Once the cones are ready, you just need to put them on top of each other.
Postcard "Herringbone"
You've probably already come across this craft somewhere; it's quite popular on the Internet. It looks original and is easy to do. All a child needs to be able to do is cut in straight lines and fold the paper.
The Christmas tree in our card is made from one green A4 sheet. I cut the sheet crosswise into 6 strips with a thickness of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 cm. Taisiya cut them, made an accordion out of each strip and glued them with my help.
Craft lacing “Christmas tree”
For those who are tired of paper crafts and are looking for something more original, this is just a great solution. Tasya really liked this craft. The biggest problem for mom here is to find chenille wire (aka fluffy wire), although now it is becoming increasingly popular, you can, of course, not find it in every store. Definitely available in stores that position themselves as “everything for creativity.”
So, before class, we make holes in the right places on a disposable plate with a knife. The child will need to insert the wire like a shoelace through these holes. The wire will need to be secured at the back by wrapping the wire properly. Christmas tree decorations can be attached to the plate using a glue gun. It is most convenient to make the trunk and star for the Christmas tree from plasticine.
Craft “Christmas tree” from plasticine
For children 4-5 years old, drawing with plasticine is a very relevant activity. In kindergartens, children are often asked to “color” pictures with plasticine at this time. This is really a very useful exercise for building finger strength.
For a child who is already familiar with this type of creativity, it will not be difficult to “color” a cardboard cone with plasticine, thereby turning it into a Christmas tree. After the entire surface of the Christmas tree is covered with plasticine, it will be very convenient to attach decorations to it - sequins, beads, buttons, small pompoms.
Craft “Santa Claus” from a disposable plate
I wrote about such a craft in detail in my last year’s article “”, take a look there.
Craft “Santa Claus” from a sleeve
Here is another interesting version of Santa Claus. For this you will need a toilet paper roll. In principle, if you don’t have one at hand, but you really want to make a craft, you can prepare a cylinder from thick cardboard in advance.
Together with your child, cover the sleeve (or cylinder) with red paper, separately paint and glue the face of Santa Claus. Add additional cotton wool elements and a cap.
Pencil craft “Snowman”
Surprisingly, this snowman, made last year, has been serving us for a whole year now! I think the craft turned out to be so durable because it is based on a durable glass jar.
The idea was to paint the jar with white paint, and then glue cotton balls or pieces of cotton wool onto it. But my husband, who was sent to the pharmacy to buy cotton balls, bought zig-zag cotton wool, which was completely unfamiliar to me, and it turned out that it was even better suited for this craft! This type of cotton wool is a fairly dense cotton roll, which is very convenient to cover a jar with. Since in this case the can is not visible at all, we didn’t even have to paint it.
If such wonderful zig-zag cotton wool is not available at your nearest pharmacy, then paint a glass jar with white acrylic (!) paint, and then stick on pieces of cotton wool or cotton balls.
Refined sugar castle
When Taisiya was younger, we built from sugar cubes, but now we can afford larger-scale construction, this time it’s a castle for the Snow Queen. In general, you can come up with any idea for building from refined sugar that matches your interests and perseverance child, fantasize!
Winter applique
When you add cotton wool, cotton balls, cotton swabs or cotton pads to any application, it automatically takes on a winter look, so run to the pharmacy as soon as possible, cotton wool and its derivatives will definitely come in handy for your crafts this year!
Craft “Crown”
It may seem that the craft does not quite correspond to the topic of the article, but if, like us, you fell in love with the book “The Snow Queen”, then you will not think so
For this craft you will need thick yellow cardboard, sequins, and cotton wool. The great thing about this craft is that the child can cut out the crown himself, decorate it himself, there is nothing complicated.
Bird feeders
I’m also adding here our feeder from a five-liter bottle, which we already talked about. The craft is not only interesting, but also useful
Snowflakes
And, of course, don’t forget about the good old snowflakes on the window. As practice shows, for children, cutting out snowflakes is often more interesting than any newfangled and exotic crafts that we spend hours searching for on the Internet.
I wish you a very bright New Year's Eve! Don't forget to check out other articles on New Year's themes:
In preparation for the upcoming holiday, you can make many unique decorations, as well as engage in creative activities with younger family members. Children will willingly take part in creating applications for the New Year 2018. Such crafts are easy to make, but will be interesting even for adults, as they allow you to create stunning compositions from a wide variety of materials, using various techniques.
The advantage of appliqués is that they can be designed in different ways. For example, they can be a wonderful decoration for a holiday card, and some of them are made in the form of panels or paintings. Such works look like a real work of art and will become spectacular New Year's gifts from kids.
You should start by recreating the symbol of the coming year - the dog. Its color is yellow, but you can add shades of brown and white if desired. You can use the puppy from this master class as an example. It is assembled from the simplest shapes and elements.
To create such a talisman of the year you will need:
- colored paper, single sided will do;
- artificial eyes;
- scissors;
- PVA glue;
- pencils for marks.
First of all, you need to cut out the head of the future dog. It has the shape of a circle, therefore, it is recommended to use a compass or attach any object of a similar shape to the paper and circle it. All pencil lines must remain on the back of the sheet, otherwise the work will look untidy.
Then you need to make the cheeks. To do this, cut out a small rectangle from brown paper, fold it in half and round its edges using scissors. It is important not to cut the paper at the fold, as the part will be damaged.
Next, the two parts can be glued together. When the puppy's cheeks are already marked, the tongue, nose and eyes are glued on top of them. If desired, you can draw all this with a marker or make eyes out of white paper, adding black pupils.
The next step is to create the ears. For them, cut out a large rectangle and fold it diagonally. It is necessary to cut the paper along this line, thus obtaining two identical triangles.
At your discretion, the ears can be given any shape, for example, you can round off the sharp ends. If the details seem too large, you can always make them smaller. The main thing is to maintain symmetry. To do this, it is better to superimpose one part onto another.
Large floppy ears should be placed slightly behind the dog's head. Don't rush and glue all the parts at once. It is recommended to first cut out all the parts, arranging them together, and then place them on paper and glue them.
At the next stage, a body is cut out of a yellow sheet of paper. Its outlines should first be drawn with a pencil on the reverse side. In this case, the body has the shape of an oblong egg, slightly trimmed at the edges to give the animal’s breast more expressiveness.
Then they begin to create the front legs. First, two brown ovals are cut out, and then a notch is made on one side. You can rely on the shape of the beans. Due to this, in the finished composition the puppy’s paws are slightly raised up.
Next you need to make the dog’s hind legs. According to the idea, she sits, so the legs will consist of two elements. First of all, you need to cut out 2 circles from brown paper. They will serve as the basis.
After this, you should cut out a circle of the same size from yellow paper and cut it in half. These will be the pads on the paws. You can see how the parts are located in the photo. The front paws should also not be left without pads. All that remains is to cut and glue the tail. The application is ready.
Making applications for the new year 2018 with your own hands is a real pleasure. The following composition is perfect for decorating cards, as well as for New Year-themed paintings. For example, such a Christmas tree will be perfectly complemented by gifts cut out from magazines, children's drawings, images of all relatives around the holiday tree, and even real sweets in multi-colored wrappers.
Application "New Year tree"
To create you will need:
- thick sheet of cardboard;
- decorative paper or ribbon;
- double-sided narrow tape;
- green corrugated paper;
- Christmas tree decorations;
- scissors.
This master class presents an option for creating an application on a greeting card. When planning to make a picture, you can skip the first stage.
To decorate the card a little, cover a sheet of cardboard with a thin strip of decorative paper or ribbon. To do this, you can use regular PVA glue, but double-sided tape will also work.
Next, you need to use tape to mark the silhouette of the future Christmas tree. It is worth noting that each subsequent tier is larger than the previous one. It is recommended to start marking from the top. A small square of tape will suffice for it.
Since the strips of adhesive tape are even, they are cut a little, and in no case completely, with scissors. This is done in order to give the tree a crescent shape and make it more magnificent. In the photo you can see that the stripes are not straight, but slightly curved.
Then the protective film is removed from the tape and, starting from the lowest tier, strips of corrugated paper are placed on top of it. The photo shows how to correctly fold paper like a small accordion. Upon completion of the work, it is important to thoroughly iron the area where the paper adheres to the tape with your fingers.
The top can be decorated with a bright star by pressing it onto the last layer of paper. Small beads are suitable for decorating a Christmas tree; you can string large beads on a string, or use sparkles and other materials to give it a snowy look.
The next application has an unusual execution technique. This Christmas tree is assembled from several elements and decorated with improvised means, but each tier is made of paper folded using the origami technique. This work is not difficult and will be very useful for the development of motor skills of the child’s hands.
To create such a volume of application you will need:
- several sheets of paper, mostly green;
- PVA glue;
- scissors;
- additional decorations.
First of all, you need to cut out a square with equal sides from paper.
Then it is folded diagonally to form a triangle. If the square is initially uneven, this is a good opportunity to trim it using scissors. To maintain symmetry, it is recommended to press the corners of the paper together and only then fold it. Any slight misalignment can affect the final result.
Afterwards, the paper should be carefully unfolded. As you can see, the square is now divided into 4 triangles, two of them are divided in half. Further work will be done with them.
The square must be folded in half, while simultaneously pressing these side triangles inward. You should end up with two volumetric triangles connected to each other.
At the last stage, the edges of the upper one are folded towards the center. With this, the first fragment for the Christmas tree is ready. You will need at least five of these, in addition, different in size.
Original application “Bullfinches”
The latest applique master class describes step by step the process of creating an entire composition - bullfinches on branches in a snowy forest. This painting will be an excellent gift and home decoration on the eve of the New Year.
For production you will need:
- velvet paper or felt of your choice, in red, black and gray shades;
- polyethylene foam, used for packaging goods;
- a piece of foam;
- blue or light blue cardboard;
- branches of any bush;
- wooden frame without glass;
- Super glue;
- pencil and scissors.
Templates are also included with the work. They can be redrawn by hand or printed and cut out. It is recommended to make templates from cardboard, as they wear out less and hold their shape much better.
At the first stage, you need to prepare a sheet of cardboard and cut out snowdrifts from polyethylene foam. They are arranged in three tiers, but it is important that they do not fill more than half the space. Instead of polyethylene foam, you can purchase a meter of padding polyester. The material is no less pleasant to the touch and matches the texture.
The snowdrifts begin to stick from the center of the sheet and gradually fall down. The elements are placed on top of each other, thereby giving the work volume and the snow airiness. Gluing with overlap is also necessary in order to avoid background gaps.
Next, several Christmas trees are cut out according to the template. As you can see, they are made of thinner material, due to which they look advantageous against the background of snow. Trees should not be placed too close to each other, as this may spoil their snow-covered silhouettes, but they can touch slightly. In addition, each tree has its own height and width; they do not have to be the same.
Once the cardboard is already inserted into the frame, you can begin placing the branches. They are arranged to your taste or trimmed a little so that they do not go beyond the frame. In addition, the branches can be pre-painted or decorated with small pieces of cotton wool, giving them a snowy look. It is not recommended to apply a lot of glue to the branches, as excess glue can leave unsightly stains.
While the branches are drying out, it’s time to start creating bullfinches. This composition required only 4 birds. All parts are cut out according to templates and then assembled together.
First of all, the wings are assembled. They consist of a black base and a gray fragment near the base so that the wing does not merge with the body. If desired, you can lightly draw the feathers with a marker. Then a red breast is glued to the body of the bird. And only after that the wings are glued on top of the breast. Eyes can be drawn using a corrector and a marker or glued on with a small shiny bead.
All that remains is to place the birds on the branches and add some foam snow. Rowan berries are perfect as an additional decoration; they will help enliven the picture, and the bullfinches will have something to eat.
It is worth noting that there are many different methods for creating applications. For example, based on the first master class, you can make a simple, but no less cute dog from hearts, and in its paws it can hold New Year's treats.
The application for the New Year 2018 can take the form of a pet. It is enough to depict its silhouette on paper and fill it with pieces of paper using the free mosaic technique, observing the natural spots inherent to the animal.
Having certain templates you can create the most amazing applications. Don't limit yourself to paper, because there are still many cute fabric appliques. You just need to cut out the parts from a dense material, this can be not only fabric, but also felt, and then glue them together and sew them onto clothes or a fabric handbag.
If desired, the edges can be covered with an overcast seam or each element of two halves can be sewn together, filling them with padding polyester just a little.
The work can combine a variety of materials, such as natural resources: branches, cones, etc., and office supplies. The puppy applique can also be made from faux fur. You will get a fluffy and cute baby.
When creating a New Year's composition with the participation of a dog, do not forget to put on a red festive cap, show him the widest smile and give him a bag of candy or several boxes tied with ribbons. Such a talisman for next year will bring only joy and prosperity to your home, especially if you put it in a frame in a prominent place.
