Vytynanka for the Year of the Ox 2021 - cutout templates for windows

The silhouette cutting, which we know as vytynanka, came from China. There, they began to cut various bizarre patterns out of paper almost simultaneously with her invention, calling this type of decorative and applied art kirigami. It also includes snowflakes, which everyone cut out in childhood for the New Year.

In addition to snowflakes, you can make other cutouts for windows, creating a whole New Year's composition from them. The usual winter motifs (spruce, snowmen, snow-covered houses, Santa Claus and Snow Maiden) would be nice to complement the symbol of the upcoming 2021 New Year - the White Metal Bull. Perhaps this will cajole the patron animal and bring good luck, at least a New Year's mood and the opportunity to spend time with children, doing creativity, so for sure.

To make recesses for the Year of the Ox, you will need the following:

  • paper - you can use ordinary white office paper and color for origami with a density of 80 g / m22 or paper for pastels with a density of 130 g / m22;
  • scissors, clerical or breadboard knife - these tools must be very sharp, at the slightest sign of dullness, the blade on the knife should be replaced;
  • a backing so as not to scratch the table during cutting - this can be a special self-healing mat or a more affordable alternative (rubber mouse mat, wooden kitchen board or plywood sheet, chipboard).

You will also need image templates for cutting, which can be downloaded for free on our website.

Sequence of work:

  1. If the stencil is printed on the paper from which the vytynanka will be made, then it is laid on the mat and cut out.
  2. If the template is made from a regular office, and the work will be made of pastel paper, then the stencil must be fixed, for example, with tape.
  3. You can cut it with any convenient tool: it is more convenient for someone with ordinary or nail scissors, for someone with a knife.
  4. Here you need to adhere to the rule that the smallest details are cut first, then the larger ones, from the center of the sheet to the periphery.
  5. The outer contour is cut out last. The easiest way to do this is with scissors.

Here you can download a huge number of New Year stencils on different topics.

The finished vytynanka must be fixed on the window. For thin paper, a soapy solution is suitable, which is applied to one side of the work, then the paper figure is pressed against the glass in the right place. Pastel paper cutouts are attached to the window with transparent tape. In this case, you need to be prepared for the subsequent washing away of sticky traces.

Those who have been working in this technique for a long time advise:

  1. Calculate your strength without grabbing onto complex templates with many small details. It is best to start simple, gradually increasing the level of difficulty.
  2. Never rush, so as not to "kill" in the literal sense of the word, work, perhaps several days.
  3. Don't work in a bad mood. Otherwise, the work can be ruined by the wrong movement, but even if everything works out, then it will not bring joy.

You can add volume to the New Year's composition by highlighting it with an LED flying one, laid along the windowsill, or by decorating it with special artificial snow. In addition to decorating windows, openwork paper silhouettes can be used to create handmade New Year cards.

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