Often parents tired after work have to deal with difficult quests from teachers and educators on the topic of crafts. It's even more fun when it happens before bed.
“Mom, I forgot to tell you here, we were asked a Technology job for tomorrow!” Curtain. And not a single thought of how to make this craft, for example, Santa Claus?
Calm down! Don't panic, here are some simple Santa Claus crafts for the New Year:
Santa Claus from a plastic bottle
To make Santa Claus out of a plastic bottle, you will need:
- Plastic bottle (any bottle is possible, but it will be more convenient for children with a wide neck)
- Napkin or cloth (red or blue)
- Colored paper to match the napkin
- Empty blister (cells) from pills
- Black plasticine
- White paper or foil
- Cotton wool
- Scissors
- Glue
Progress:
- We stuff a napkin or cloth into the bottle. You can roll the material into a roll and simply drop it into the bottle.
- To make Santa Claus eyes, you need to cut out two small circles to the size of the blister cell and stick them on the bottle. Attach two black plasticine pupils to the paper and cover them with blister cells.
- You need to make a ball of cotton wool and attach it to the place of the nose.
- Now Santa Claus needs a cap. Roll a cone out of colored paper and attach it to the top of the bottle.
- To decorate a cone with cotton wool, you need to make a ball and attach it to the tip of the cone, and glue its base with a strip of cotton wool.
- The final touch to complete the craft is to make Santa Claus a beard, mustache and hair from strips of cotton wool.
A child can make such a simple Santa Claus from a bottle on his own.
Craft Santa Claus made of cardboard
To make Santa Claus out of cardboard, you need to prepare:
- Colored cardboard
- Colored paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Marker
- Plasticine or cotton wool
Progress:
- A large cone needs to be rolled out of cardboard, this will be the basis of Santa Claus.
- An egg-shaped figure must be cut out of white paper (it will indicate the face and beard of the craft). From the wide edge, cut the figure into strips by about ⅔. Wrap the strips on a pencil so that the ends curl up, and stick to the cone.
- On the top of the egg, glue a yellow or flesh-colored circle (face) and draw eyes with a marker.
- Cut a mustache out of paper, make a nose out of cotton wool or plasticine.
- You can also decorate your hair with smaller, curled stripes.
- When the face and beard are ready, you need to glue a strip of white paper on the upper part of the face, as the base of the cap, and decorate the top of the cap with a ball of cotton wool.
Such quick New Year's crafts of Santa Claus can be made by the whole family and used for holiday contests and sweepstakes.
Santa Claus from plastic cups
To make Santa Claus from cups you need:
- Cardboard
- Cups white and red
- Stapler
- Paper
- New Year hat
Work progress:
- First of all, a circle of the required diameter must be cut out of cardboard (along the widest part of the future craft).
- Fix the cups on the cardboard with a stapler in a circle. If Santa Claus is needed in the style of a snowman, but in the next row, reduce the number of cups, then you should get a ball. If you make an elongated figure, then the number of glasses does not change. Thus, form the necessary silhouette in circles from the glasses (all the glasses are fastened with a stapler).
- When the figure from the glasses is ready, you can start decorating. The face can be made of felt or cardboard, or you can use a regular children's carnival mask.
- For a beard and mustache, there are options from cotton wool, twisted strips of paper, felt, rope, fringe.
- The process of making a simple and rather fascinating Santa Claus craft with his own hands will bring many fun moments in the family circle, and you can also turn the assembly into a competition or a speed game and see what happens in the end.
Craft Santa Claus from a light bulb
To make Santa Claus from a light bulb, you need to prepare:
- Light bulb
- Paints (gouache, acrylic, glitter glue, the choice depends on your imagination)
- Glue
- Cotton wool
- Thread, twine or wire
Progress:
- First you need to decide on the design of the craft.
- Cover the light bulb with the paint of your choice.
- Draw the beard and fur on the hat and fur coat with white paint or glue cotton wool. Cotton wool can also be decorated with glitter if desired.
- A basement serves as a hat for Santa Claus from a light bulb. You can also decorate the top with a cotton ball.
- Draw a face with paints or a marker, eyebrows can also be decorated with cotton wool.
- The last step is to fasten the thread, twine or wire to the thread of the base and the toy is ready
Craft Santa Claus from a light bulb can be used as a Christmas tree toy or a gif.webpt.
Craft Santa Claus from socks
Surely every home has a few lonely socks. Since you won't be able to wear them, you can use them for Santa Claus's New Year's crafts.
So, you need to prepare:
- Socks, ideally Christmas colors
- Thread with a needle
- Rice (buckwheat, lentils, peas are fine too)
- Cotton pads
- Buttons to make eyes
Progress:
- First you need to cut off the bottom part of the main sock, tie it with a thread and pour the filler inside, tie it on top too.
- The resulting torso must be divided into two unequal parts with a thread.
- A hat can be made from a piece of fabric or the tip of a sock.
- The face can be decorated with buttons, embroidered, thread, or painted with an indelible black marker.
- Make a beard and hair from cotton pads or cotton wool.
Craft Santa Claus using quilling technique
This version of the craft is more complex, but the result is worth it. First you need to choose a picture or a photo of the future crafts of Santa Claus on the Internet. You will also need:
- Lots of colored paper (or special quilling strips)
- Knife
- Glue stick
- Toothpick or stick from the handle
Progress:
- First you need to print the selected picture, or draw it yourself.
- The paper is cut into strips about 5 mm wide. Then they are wound on a rod or a toothpick in tight turns, after which they are allowed to straighten out.
- You need to make a lot of these multi-colored curls to fill the whole drawing with them.
- Give the curls the desired shape and stick to the drawing with glue. It is worth making sure that the curl unfolds in an ascending order, and in the middle it is denser.
Such a performance will be more difficult for children, as it requires skills in working with paper and accuracy. But with the help of parents, each child will master this mesmerizing technique and create their first masterpieces.
As you can see in the photo, making Santa Claus crafts with your own hands is not at all difficult. The magic Santa Claus will definitely appreciate children's crafts and make the holiday even more fabulous and unforgettable.
Photo crafts Santa Claus
