New Year's reindeer Rudolph – wool felting technique and DIY master class
The New Year holiday period ismoments when all people on earth are preparing for festive events, decorating New Year's tables, running around the shops in search of unique gift ideas, and also preparing completely new ways to please their relatives and friends. The variety of ideas and possibilities for such a holiday can undoubtedly please us, and sometimes we even prepare for Christmas celebrations ourselves, independently thinking up new gift ideas.
New Year's reindeer Rudolph – wool felting technique and DIY master class
The felting technique has become popular for manyus because we can independently invent and organize beautiful gifts for our friends. Even small, insignificant little things can preserve the details of the holiday and a long memory of the past day. Therefore, creating a keychain using the capabilities of wool and this technique opens up a new world of amazing toys for us that we can invent. We are sure that many of you know about such a popular New Year character - Santa Claus. He is the European brother of our Father Frost. In turn, Santa Claus, like our Frost, has a couple of faithful companions who help deliver him gifts exactly on time and help during the holidays. Felting the reindeer Rudolph from New Year's fairy tales! Among such characters is the Reindeer named Rudolph. This popular, fabulous animal has repeatedly won the attention of children from Europe in fairy tales on the New Year theme. This master class is designed to introduce you to European traditions and surprise you with new, interesting characters from Europe, which you can create using the felting technique. In order to start working, we will have to familiarize ourselves with the instructions in the form of a set of materials for work, as well as with step-by-step instructions, which will become a reliable assistant in finding exciting and interesting ideas, will help make a toy with your own hands:
- It will take wool of black, red, brown, green, red, white for felting technique
- You will also need two felting needles, one medium and one thin.
- You will need a special brush for felting, or sponge
- Also, beads
- Take the wire
Torso and headFirst, you need to prepare the bodies forfuture fawn. To do this, you need to take and twist the red wool into a small lump, using a medium-sized felting needle. Next, you need to give it the shape of a cone with a truncated view of 1.5 centimeters in length with a product diameter of 1.2 centimeters. Using a thin needle, we compact and grind our parts. After that, the head is formed. To do this, you also need to roll the red wool, and then tangle it into a lump. From it we form an oblong cylinder, which will be rounded at both ends. The deer's muzzle will look wider, it will also be larger than the head as a result, on the hero's muzzle we will place a nose in a spherical shape, and also make the size of the muzzle wider in the form of 1.5 centimeters in diameter. The head will be narrow, small, but the diameter should correspond to the diameter of the body at the end, be slightly wider. Rudolph the Reindeer IngredientsThe nose for the deer is formed usingtangling and then rolling the red wool into a small ball using a medium-sized needle. Then, the process of felting the shape of a sphere. After that, use a thin needle for grinding. The nose will have dimensions of 1.2 centimeters in diameter, respectively. We also form horns. For this, take brown wool, which is rolled into oblong-shaped cylinders, in small sizes. Two cylinders are formed, which will be longer than the rest. Next, we felt the small ends to the shape, using an angle of 50 degrees. Or, we will felt the horns using particle breaking. The third option is to form a frame using wire, and then wrap the wire. After, you need to make ears for the future Fawn. For this, we use red wool, which must be twisted into cylinders to a length of 1.2 centimeters. Using a medium needle, we form an element of the cylinder, flattening from above. Next, using a thin needle, we clean the felting. It is necessary to remove the thin hairs, and also to form for the deer flattened under the tips for the shape.Connecting all the particles and decor Using a needlemedium size, it is necessary to felt the body of the future fawn to the head. To do this, the muzzle must be directed upward, because the fawn will look up. The fawn has a long job ahead, so do everything correctly. Next, we form a spherical nose, bright in color, directly to the head. The horns also need to be felted in the same way. But, make sure that they look up, in addition, so that they do not interfere with each other. Next, one pair must be turned perpendicular to the other. Thus, the horns will not touch each other. After - we will felt the ears, using a position lower than the horns. Directly under them, in one line. Using beads, we form the eyes for the animal. Next - a scarf in green is formed. To do this, you will need to take the green component of the wool and form a strip 1 centimeter long. It should be longer than the circumference in the body. Then, the scarf needs to be felted to the body, then polished with a needle. Leave one end free. Using white wool, form a flower pattern on our scarf. For a long scarf, shorten it with scissors. Also, polish with a needle. Next, you need to form a loop with wire so that it can be hung on a keychain or on a Christmas tree. Thus, our work on creating Rudolph the reindeer is complete!