The Christmas tree is the main attribute of the New Year celebration. Real or artificial, in every family it is dressed up in its own way. DIY toys give the Christmas tree a special charm.
Making Christmas decorations can become one of the family traditions. Children take part in a “creative workshop” with great pleasure, where they can realize their wildest fantasies.
The material for the manufacture of Christmas tree decorations can be cardboard boxes from juice or dairy products. Cover them with a bright cloth or glue them over with colored paper, and you will have blanks for funny animals. The imagination of young craftsmen will tell you what elements need to be added to each piece. Attach laces, ribbons, or shiny rain loops to the toys and the Fun Zoo set is ready. Ordinary wooden clothespins can also be used to attach toys to the tree.
Christmas decorations can be made from thick cardboard. Let the children draw snowflakes, stars of various shapes on it, and the adults use a clerical knife to cut it out. After coloring the products, spread them with glue and sprinkle with sparkles or chopped tinsel. Such decorations will sparkle festively by the light of candles or garlands.
Contour decorations from tinsel are not difficult to manufacture. Insert thin flexible wire into tinsel of different lengths and shape as desired.
Various toys for the Christmas tree can be sewn from fabric and stuffed with cotton wool or other lightweight filler. Use beads, beads, sequins, etc. to decorate these toys.
A traditional handmade Christmas tree decoration is a garland. The simplest is from strips of colored paper. Such a chain can be assembled by the whole family and used to decorate not only the Christmas tree, but also the apartment.
For a more complex garland, fold a strip of colored paper 5-7 centimeters wide with an accordion. Using a simple pencil, draw the desired pattern and cut along the outline. Make sure that the fold lines are not cut. Unroll the strip carefully. If you glue together several such blanks, you get a long colored garland. In addition, a congratulatory inscription can be made in the same way.
Homemade toys will make your tree unique. And with a design approach, the main attribute of the New Year will become an author's work of art.
