On the eve of the New Year, each of us strives to bring a festive atmosphere into our home, decorating the interior with tinsel, rain and garlands. If you are already pretty fed up with the traditional New Year's decor, then you can diversify the festive atmosphere with the help of one of the main winter characters - a snowman made by yourself.
Sock snowman
Necessary materials:
- socks (one of them must be white);
- scissors;
- thread, thin elastic band or rope;
- cereal;
- buttons of different colors and sizes;
- black beads for eyes;
- orange felt-tip pen;
- pieces of fabric of different colors and textures, ribbons, buttons and other decorative ornaments.
Manufacturing:
First you need to make a base for a snowman from a white long sock. Take a sock and cut it in half at the heel. We turn the upper half of the sock to the wrong side and tighten the place of the cut with an elastic band or thread, after which we turn the sock back to the front side.
As a result, we got a kind of bag that needs to be filled with cereals to the very top. Any cereal can act as a filler, but rice or semolina is best suited for these purposes - they will not stand out through the sock. If desired, you can add an aromatic mixture inside the New Year's crafts. We also tie the top of the sock tightly with thread, twine or thin elastic band.
We visually determine the middle of the resulting workpiece, measure from it about 1 cm upwards and again bandage this place. The base for the snowman from the head and torso is ready.
The next step is to style the snowman's face. Sew black beads in place of the eyes. We make the nose from a bead or half of a toothpick, painted orange.
The remaining half of the white sock can be used to make a hat. Cut off the heel area and turn the toe inside out. Gently tuck the sock along the cut line and put the snowman on the head. If desired, a hat for a winter character can be made from a colored sock.
Now all that remains is to decorate the finished snowman. To do this, we make a scarf from scraps of multi-colored fabric, sew on buttons. You can decorate a Christmas decoration using any available materials: figures cut from fabric or shiny paper (hearts, stars, flowers, etc.), sequins, beads or sequins.
A snowman made from socks can be placed on a shelf or used to decorate a Christmas tree. Alternatively, such a snowman can be presented as a New Year's souvenir to friends or relatives.
Snowman made of plastic cups
Necessary materials:
- disposable plastic cups 3 packs of 100 pcs.;
- glue;
- stapler;
- bright scarf;
- cap;
- orange paper;
- dark fabric to create eyes and buttons.
Manufacturing:
To create a snowman, you need to make two large balls from disposable white cups. First, we start making the torso. To do this, put 25 plastic cups in a circle and fasten them together with a stapler.
We spread the second layer between the glasses of the first row, while moving them slightly inside the ball. Following this technology, we will get a hemisphere, which will give the structure stability. The second row requires the same number of disposable cups, and one less for all subsequent layers. The resulting blank should be left open, as another ball will be installed on it.
The head for a snowman is made according to the same principle as the body, only the ball should be smaller. You will need 18 plastic cups to create the first row.
When the small ball is ready, we install it on the large one, fastening them together with a stapler.
It remains only to decorate the snowman. Eyes and buttons can be made from pieces of dark fabric by simply placing them inside glasses. Cut out the nose imitating a carrot from orange paper, and the mouth from red paper. We tie a bright scarf or tinsel around the snowman's neck. Inside the structure, you can put a Christmas tree garland or a floor disco ball to create a bright backlight.
Snowman made of pom-poms
Necessary materials:
- white woolen or synthetic threads;
- cardboard;
- compass;
- scissors;
- glue;
- felt orange and black.
Manufacturing:
First, we make rings out of cardboard, which will be required to create pompons. To make the body of the snowman, we cut out two circles of the same size (the diameter of the outer circle is 6 cm, the diameter of the inner circle is 3 cm). To make a blank for the second pompom, cut out two more circles of smaller sizes (the diameter of the outer circle is 4 cm, the diameter of the inner circle is 2 cm).
White woolen threads, folded 4-8 times, cut into 2 m lengths. We connect two cardboard rings of the same size together. Then we begin to tightly wrap the ring with woolen threads.
The ring should be wrapped with threads until the hole is closed. For convenience, you can use a crochet hook to pull the threads through the hole. The thicker the winding layer on the ring, the more magnificent the pompom will turn out.
Next, cut the threads with scissors or a clerical knife along the outer edge of the ring. Then we slightly move the rings away from each other and tie the threads tightly. We remove the rings and fluff the pompom, then trim the shape with scissors. Follow the same procedure to create a smaller pom-pom.
When the main parts for the snowman are ready, we connect them together by simply tying the threads from the pompons.
We make a headdress for a snowman from black felt fabric. First, cut out a circle with a diameter of 6 cm and cut off ¼ part from the center. We grease the cutting lines with glue and connect the edges.
We make a nose for a snowman from orange felt. Cut out ¼ part of a circle with a diameter of 4 cm, fold it into a cone and glue the edges.
Cut out the eyes and buttons in the form of small circles from black felt. A snowman scarf can be made from felt fabric in any bright color. To do this, cut out a strip 20 cm long and 1.5 cm wide. At the ends of the strip we make a fringe.
To give the snowman from the pom-poms stability, we glue it to the base, cut out of thick cardboard.
Light bulb snowman
Necessary materials:
- burnt out light bulb;
- White paint;
- brush;
- scissors;
- orange paper;
- felt-tip pens;
- glue;
- shreds of bright fabric.
Manufacturing:
An unnecessary burned-out light bulb of a standard shape is painted with white or light blue paint. Apply a second coat of paint if necessary. If desired, the surface of the light bulb can be additionally coated with a layer of glitter. When the light bulb dries up, we proceed to the design of the New Year's toy. Cut out a small strip from a piece of brightly colored fabric that will serve as a scarf for the snowman. Cut the ends of the strip into noodles. Glue the finished scarf to the light bulb in the place where the wide part ends and the narrow one begins. Using a dark marker or felt-tip pen, draw the snowman's hands and face. Cut out the nose in the form of a carrot from orange or red paper. A DIY snowman made of a light bulb will be a wonderful decoration for a Christmas tree.
Snowman made of thread
Necessary materials:
- thick white threads;
- PVA glue;
- 5 balloons;
- needle;
- petrolatum;
- decorative materials (half from a kinder surprise, scraps of fabric, beads, colored paper, buttons, etc.).
Manufacturing:
We inflate balloons - three balloons of different sizes for the body and two balloons of the same size for the hands of the snowman. We apply a layer of Vaseline to the balls, so that in the future it will be easier to remove them from the blanks. We pierce the package with glue through the bottom part - this will allow you to evenly coat the threads with glue. We wind the threads lubricated in glue on the balls in a chaotic manner so that there are gaps that will give the product delicacy and lightness.
We leave the blanks to dry for a day, the glue should harden well. After that, we pierce the balloons with a needle and remove them through the holes of the workpiece.
Now you need to connect the resulting balls from threads to each other. We slightly squeeze the largest ball on one side and glue a smaller workpiece to this place. We do a similar procedure with a small ball. Glue the blanks for the handles on the sides of the middle ball.
A snowman made of threads is ready, it remains only to decorate the New Year's craft, giving it a finished look. From any available materials, we make a snowman a scarf (made of bright fabric or Christmas tree tinsel), a carrot nose (made of colored paper or fabric), a hat (made of fabric or half of a kinder surprise), eyes and nose (made of colored paper or fabric).
A snowman made of threads will be an excellent decoration for a festive interior; it can be placed on a windowsill, on a shelf, or placed next to a Christmas tree.
