Unique solutions for decorating a New Year's and a stylish Christmas tree with their own hands

February 26, 2018 handmadebase

The New Year holidays are approaching - this isa wonderful time that makes you come to your senses and come up with how your Christmas tree will look on the wonderful New Year's Day. On the eve of the country's main holiday, stores are overcrowded with people, and souvenir shops earn tons of money selling various decorations for the evergreen. But does it make sense to spend money if you can prepare for the holiday yourself and make your own toys using standard and traditional work methods?

Unique solutions for decorating a New Year's and a stylish Christmas tree with their own hands

This issue becomes especially relevant inthat moment when you need to keep the kids busy and try to spend time with your family! Such a hobby will be useful and very interesting. Let's consider the best options for interesting decorations that you can use on your Christmas tree Textile toys made of satin ribbon and beads

Prepare beads in quantities of 8 to 15 pieces - preferably large and square at the base, round at the stem
half a meter of satin ribbon 15 millimeters wide
Needle and thread

Felt toy

Let's take a multi-colored felt material
Let's prepare templates using cardboard
We will take thick threads of a contrasting color to create seams, and also thin ones to sew on the loop.
Filling made of silicone or synthetic padding
Scissors
Needle

To make toys you will needmake two forms of identical templates. We will make one for the front part, the second we will decorate the back of the product. Here you can fantasize and make decor depending on your own ideas. But, you should only do decor on the front part. You can decorate with beads, add rhinestones, do embroidery and complement the work with ribbons. After, the loop must be sewn on and then sew both parts. If your idea is to create a voluminous toy, you need to leave a small hole in order to fill it. We stuff the toy and then sew up the product.Toy - wire and rope To createthis toy you will need to use your own imagination, as well as the acquired skill in handling wire. Using twine and ordinary iron, you can make a version of the original toy. You can also hang your ideas for New Year's toys on such wire and thus, very quickly and beautifully decorate a version of the New Year's decoration. We will also make paper garlands and complement the product with the help of balls Harmony toys Let's prepare scrapbooking elements for work - a special set of decor, which allows you to create voluminous and unique crafts. We will also need decorative elements of beads and buttons, as well as tape on both sides. Updating a toy Perhaps you have an old toy lying around in your house that has already outlived its usefulness and is not quite suitable for the Christmas tree. This is not a problem, because such a toy is not difficult to update to a proper condition! For decoration, it is best to use a plastic toy that does not have the properties needed for a toy. As decor, we will use beads and cords of different diameters. For a small ball, you should take a thin cord option, as well as a string of small beads. For large toys, options of large, small and other beads are suitable. Christmas tree decorations that were decorated with special threads, as well as cords at one time, will also look more original. Work orderIt is necessary to unravel the garland in its finished formvarious threads. The cord must be taken and then its end must be sunk into a ball made of polystyrene foam using tweezers or the ends of small scissors. Then, apply a small amount of adhesive to the entire ball, attach the end of the string of beads to the secured cords. Then, gradually cover the entire area with glue part of the ball, and at the same time, row by row, lay the cord, as well as the beads, until the entire surface is filled. Cut off the excess and drown the ends of the laces using polystyrene foam. Thread the thread into the needle, and then pass it inside the cord, making a loop to hang the product.In the same way we can decorate the heart fromfoam plastic. To do this, take a glue gun to secure the bead thread to its ribs. Then, you should glue each bead on one side, laying the threads from the edge of the product to its center.There is no obligation to make a toy withidentical beads. Use your imagination, choose different colors and sizes of the product. After we go to the central part of the heart, we need to cut the thread and then glue its small parts, cutting them with scissors in the required number of beads. Then, fill one side of the heart in order to then move on to the other.Here are our special toys ready!Christmas tree decorations made from light bulbs Often old objects that have already outlived their usefulness in the household can come in handy for the home when you need to decorate the apartment. For example, an incandescent light bulb can be an ideal option for decoration and the basis of a future toy. However, such a light bulb should be filled with something or covered with transparent varnish. But, a completely natural question arises: how to separate the base part from the bulb? How to get the stem, where is the internal fittings?The problem can be solved with the help of a regularboiling. The bulb is placed in a special container (a saucepan, for example) filled with cold water, the product is heated using slow (!) fire until it boils in a weak state. Then, the product is boiled for another ten minutes. The base will fall off, but will not fall to the bottom. The wires will hold it. To do this, you need to take side cutters and cut off unnecessary parts after the product has cooled down a little. Next, take a small basin and put a block of sandpaper in it to fill it with water. After that, using light pressure, as well as movements along the circular axis, it is necessary to erase the sides of the bulb until the stem falls off. This procedure takes no more than 5 minutes for one lamp. After you fill the bulb with everything you need and carry out the necessary manipulations, the base can be fixed back. For this, you will need superglue. Also, do not forget that glass is dangerous, so you need to work with the product using household cotton gloves. It is also very important to disassemble only incandescent bulbs. Light tubes or new bulbs (energy-saving) contain mercury vapor (!). The amount is small, but it is almost impossible to remove from the body. That's it! Your bulb will be ready!

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