How to make Christmas toys out of paper?This question is asked not only by parents of children of kindergarten or primary school age, when children are asked to do some creative work as homework and make decoration on the threshold of the holiday. Co-creation is an opportunity to spend time in an interesting activity with your significant other or grown-up children. So why not make Christmas toys with your own hands out of paper? This is the simplest and cheapest material, the work with which does not require special knowledge and skills. And how many interesting things you can do, armed with colored paper, scissors and glue, felt-tip pens, desire and imagination. So, let's begin. How to make a toy out of paper on the Christmas tree?
Christmas tree balls
The traditional decoration of the Christmas tree is balls.They can be glass, plastic, you can buy them in the store or make your own hands from scrap materials, including paper. For this, thick colored paper or cardboard, old magazines and postcards will do. You can even use the covers of unnecessary notebooks.
How to make Christmas toys out of paper with your ownhands? You need to take a few sheets of thick paper or cardboard, the covers of old magazines, using a compass to circle on them 21 even circles of any diameter and cut. The stock is ready. Now each circle needs to be folded in half from one side and the other to mark the center point.
Далее вогните в центр только одну сторону, согнув in the same way two more sides, you get an even triangle. In one of the circles this triangle needs to be cut out - it will serve as a stencil for other details. It now remains to overlay the cut triangle on the remaining circles, to circle it with a simple pencil and to bend the edges along the contour.
The first 10 circles need to be glued into a strip, butalways alternating - five down and five up. The resulting part is folded into a ring, this will be the basis for the future Christmas toys. Divide the remaining 10 blanks into 5 pieces and glue them into a circle; you will get two unique caps. These caps need to be glued to the base-ring. Do not forget about the loop with which you can hang a toy.
Simple paper strip ball
Toys made of paper for the New Year can be verysimple, but no less interesting. To quickly make a ball on the Christmas tree, you will need scissors, colored paper and ribbons for wrapping gifts. Cut a few strips of colored paper. Five pieces of such blanks will be quite enough. They should be the same width, but of different lengths, from larger to smaller. Along the edges of the strips need to make holes with a hole punch or awl. Now, with the help of a stationery clip, you need to assemble the ball so that you can pass the tape through the holes. It remains only to secure the entire design of the packing tape.
Simple Christmas toy
A simple ball-shaped toy that can beto decorate the Christmas tree, make it even easier. From colored paper (you can use the pages of old magazines, special paper with a picture, and so on) cut at least 4 identical circles. Now everyone needs to be folded in half, and each half glued to another circle. Before you stick the last one, you need to put an eyelet in the toy, for which the ball can be hung. If you glue more circles, the ball will be larger. By the same principle, it is possible to make crafts of other forms: in the form of a Christmas tree, a snowman, cones, berries or candies.
Christmas ball of harnesses
What and how to make a toy out of paper, iftraditional smooth christmas balls bored? You can experiment with other techniques for doing handicrafts, such as making a ball from harnesses, using decoupage or quilling techniques. For such crafts you will need old glossy magazines or colorful newspapers (thin pages will be easier to twist and stick), scissors, glue gun, the base - a ball of foam, foil, crumpled paper soaked in glue.
You need to cut a few strips of paper andtwist them into tight bundles, but so that the workpiece does not break. Then you can begin to glue the base of the ball with these blanks with a glue gun. Press each rope well so that it does not come off, but be careful - the glue is very hot, you can burn yourself. When the ball is ready, let it dry for at least 10 minutes.
Decoupage ball
Очень красиво смотрятся на новогодней красавице homemade decorations in decoupage technique. To make such an author's ball, you need a base (such as are sold in handicraft stores), glue, napkins with a beautiful pattern or pages of an old book, magazine, threads and felt-tip pens for decorating a toy. Napkins or sheets with which you will glue the toy, first you need to soak a little in the solution of glue and water, and only then apply to the ball-base. This is done layer by layer until the toy takes on the desired look. If you cover the base with non-bright sheets (for example, pages from a magazine or a book without illustrations), you can write something on the ball with a felt-tip pen, wrap it with a shiny thread several times. Also, do not forget to form a loop.
Jewelry in the technique of quilling
Very original paper toys are obtained inThe technique of quilling is the art of making bulk or flat compositions from twisted strips of paper. Need for such beauty glue, scissors, bakeware, ruler, old newspapers or magazines, and better - a special paper for quilling. Useful and various elements of decoration: braid, beads, beads, and so on.
If there is no special paper that has already been cutstripes, cut color, newspapers or magazines into strips. The optimum width is 5 centimeters. Now each strip needs to be folded in half, flattened, folded edge to the center and then bend again in half. Lubricate the strip with white glue and begin to twist. The same steps should be repeated with all stripes.
In pre-prepared baking dishplace the twisted strip along the contour. Next, fill all the free space with twisted strips, among themselves, and also from above, they need to be fixed with white glue. Wait until everything is well dry, it will take several hours. Now you can pull the toy out of the baking tins. It remains to carefully attach the loop and decorate the toy at its own discretion.
Original Christmas toy
Bright ice cream in a waffle cupIt is associated with hot sometimes and rest, but on a New Year tree such an article will look quite original and festive. To make such a paper toy, you need thick beige paper for cups (it is better to take kraft paper or the one from which paper bags are made), as well as corrugated different colors for ice cream balls.
Из крафт-бумаги для вафельного стаканчика cut circles, cut them into two parts and form a cone from each semicircle. Glue it. Glasses are ready, it remains to make only bright ice cream balls. Hand-fold the corrugated paper of different shades into lumps. For one Christmas toy made of paper with your own hands you will need two such lumps. Now it remains only to strung on a string "cups" and "ice cream." Do not forget to leave the top loop for which you can then hang ornaments on the Christmas tree.
Christmas candles from paper
Paper candles are more likely not Christmastoy, and the original decoration for the holiday table. These candles can be placed between dishes to create a festive atmosphere. Making Christmas toys out of paper is very simple. All you need is glue, scissors and two shades of colored paper: yellow and red. You can use orange, yellow or red felt-tip pen to draw a flame.
First, cut two identical strips of yellow(orange will do) or red paper. Glue the edges of the strips perpendicular, at right angles. Now you need to bend one strip over the other, alternating them. It will be an accordion. Separately, cut out the base on which the candle will stand in the form of a circle or other shape, as well as a flame. Do not forget to leave at the bottom of the "flame" a place to stick it on the accordion. Next, you only need to glue the harmonica on the base-circle, and to the “candle” itself glue the flame.
Bulky snowflake
Mandatory attribute of the New Year holidays -snowfields. Snowflakes-toys on the Christmas tree made of paper can be made big, three-dimensional, using the origami technique. To make such beauty, you need to cut out six squares of equal size from white paper, each of which is then folded diagonally and in half. Bend the need to make cuts, make sure that they are parallel to each other. Now you need to expand the square, and turn the resulting tongues and fasten them together. The outer parts of the snowflake are connected in the same way with the edges of the other squares. A paper toy can be stapled with a stapler, which is more secure, or with glue.
When the snowflake is ready, you canadditionally sprinkle with sequins or sequins, wrap a shiny thread. You can make a garland of large paper toys with your own hands or decorate the whole wall, Christmas tree with them.
The simplest garland do it yourself
It really is one of the easiest to make.do it yourself paper from Christmas toys. Probably everyone in elementary school or even in kindergarten made such garlands of white or colored paper. You can diversify the craft if you use crafting paper with drawings or pages of old magazines instead of ordinary ones. First you need to cut a lot of strips of the same length. The first strip is glued to the ring, each subsequent one is glued in the same way, but first you need to pass it to the previous link of the garland. Such a toy paper garland can be made with your own hands with a child of 4-5 years old.
Christmas paper wreath
Traditional Christmas paper toys - balls,snowflakes and snowmen, cones, candy, but wreaths are not so common in our country. But they are actively decorating houses in Germany, because this is an attribute of Lutheranism. But you can make such an easy to make and interesting decoration for the Christmas tree, without going into details of the origin of the wreath.
Для елочной игрушки из бумаги понадобится зеленая and red colored paper, stapler, stationery knife, ruler, PVA glue, felt-tip pen and a simple pencil. It is better if the colored paper is thick. A sheet of green paper should be folded in half, a few centimeters from the edge, and then under the ruler hold a simple pencil line at a distance of 1-2 cm from each other. Now you need to cut the paper with scissors or stationery knife along these lines and unfold the sheet. Roll a sheet of green paper horizontally and secure the edges along the entire length with a stapler. The wreath is ready, it remains only to decorate it with a red bow, cut out of paper, and “berries” of mountain ash.
Origami stars
In the technique of origami, you can also make starswhich (if you combine them with a luminous garland) really create an atmosphere of magic. Each asterisk will require a long strip of paper. It is better to take the pages of old magazines or special paper for handicrafts with drawings. The scheme of making such an original toy is below. You can decorate a Christmas tree with stars or decorate an apartment on the eve of the holiday. Such toys on a Christmas tree made of paper are easy to make, they attract the eye with their originality.
Christmas toys made of paper - this is room for imagination. Even on the basis of the above options, you can come up with several interesting decorations that will create a festive atmosphere.
