The year 2020 is approaching, which according to the Eastern calendar will be held under the auspices of the White Metal Rat. To get the location of the totem rodent, make your own mouse figurines: you can give them as a New Year's souvenir, place them in rooms or decorate a festive tree with toys. There are a lot of ideas on how to make a mouse - choose any and start creating.
Symbol of the year 2020
The mistress of the upcoming 2020 will be the White Metal Rat: a cunning animal, hardworking, decisive and fair. To please the Rat, choose calm colors for outfits and room decor:
- white;
- grey;
- metal;
- ivory;
- pastel;
- pale pink;
- asphalt;
- cream;
- creamy.
According to the advice of astrologers, figures of mice, which need to be placed around the house, will help attract good luck next year. It is desirable that they be made of metal, but environmental materials are also welcome. The rat appreciates hard work, creativity, so she will definitely like homemade jewelry.
What is the best way to make crafts for the Year of the White Rat:
- wood;
- textile;
- natural materials;
- paper, cardboard;
- plasticine, salted dough;
- clay.
It is better not to use natural fur so as not to anger the hostess of the coming year. But artificial material is fine, unless it is painted in a "cat" print.
On New Year's Eve, it is so nice to get the whole family together for the creative process and create cute rats with their own hands. You can decorate a Christmas tree with unusual crafts, arrange them around the house, and you can also give them to friends, colleagues, relatives for the holidays.
How to make a paper mouse with your own hands?
The simplest crafts that even small children can handle can be made from paper. Kids will be happy to make a New Year's applique of geometric shapes that their parents will help them to cut out of colored paper. For invited guests, make cardboard cards in the form of funny mice. New Year's garlands and pendants will be made from paper, which will decorate the house and cheer up. And with children, you can create original holiday handicrafts-postcards made of cardboard and paper with the image of the main symbol of the coming year - a smiling mouse.
Mouse made of cardboard
To create the symbol of 2020, you will need very little time, as well as white cardboard, a piece of pink fabric, beads, fishing line, eyes (you can buy them in a creative supply store or use accessories from unnecessary toys).
How a cardboard mouse is made:
- Cut a strip out of white cardboard (size 5x28 cm).
- Glue the edges of the strip, cut a triangle on one side to make a pointed end.
- Cut out two circles (3.5 cm in diameter) from white cardboard, and 2 cm circles from pink fabric.
- Glue a pink blank in the middle of each white circle - these will be the ears.
- Using a ruler, bend the edge of each "ear" and glue to the white strip.
- Stick the eyes on the "muzzle".
- Cut 6 small strips of wire, thread them into the bead, attach to the "spout". You will have a nose and a mustache.
- Glue a strip of white cardboard to the back of the body - the ponytail.
Workshops on creating mice from cardboard and paper:
New Year's applique made of paper and colored cardboard
Necessary materials:
- paper: colored and white;
- multi-colored cardboard;
- cotton pads;
- glitter gel;
- curly hole punch (for snowflakes);
- rhinestones.
Getting started:
- Cut out stencils from cardboard for future applique.
- Transfer the templates to colored cardboard.
- White parts are cut from cotton pads.
- Glue green parts on the blue cardboard from below - this will be a herringbone.
- Attach parts cut from cotton pads to the sleeves, fur coat, hat of the Snow Maiden mouse.
- Glue the eyes, nose, mouth to the head.
- Assemble the mouse: attach sleeves, mittens, head with ears, felt boots to the fur coat.
- Glue a hat with a pompom on your head.
- Decorate the tree with colorful balls cut out of shiny cardboard.
- Glue the cotton pads halves at the very bottom of the picture to make drifts.
- Using a curly hole punch, cut out the snowflakes and attach to the applique.
- Apply a beautiful pattern on the mouse fur coat with a shiny gel, decorate the Christmas tree and snowdrifts with rhinestones.
More ideas for applications:
Papier-mâché rat
What you need to make a papier-mâché figurine:
- wire;
- foil;
- toilet paper;
- self-hardening paste;
- PVA glue;
- starch;
- dishwashing liquid;
- cardboard;
- acrylic paints.
Figures cannot be made in one day, as they need to be thoroughly dried. If you decide to make a rat as a gif.webpt, get started in advance in order to have time to make a surprise by the appointed date.
First, we make a mass for papier-mâché:
- Finely tear a third of a roll of toilet paper, pour into a deep container, pour boiling water over it.
- Wait for the mixture to cool, then squeeze to get rid of excess water.
- Pour in 2 tbsp. l. glue, add 1 tsp. starch, half a spoonful of dishwashing liquid, 1/3 bag of self-hardening paste.
- Put on disposable gloves and mix all the ingredients well with your hands.
Let's start sculpting a rat:
- Crumple the foil to form an elongated tapered piece.
- Make the upper part pointed, bend it slightly - this will be the muzzle of a rodent.
- Cut three pieces of wire for the hind legs, forelegs, and the torso with the tail.
- Carefully pierce the torso with the smaller wire piece where the front legs will be. Carefully place another blank for the hind legs at the back. Fasten the third segment a little closer to the base.
- Apply the mass of papier-mâché to the body, form slots for the ears on the head with a stack. Smooth the surface of the mass, leave to dry for several days.
- When the figurine is dry, cut out two circles from the cardboard - these will be the ears. Pour PVA glue into the slots, insert cardboard circles there.
- Bend the legs and tail with pliers, cut off the unnecessary wire.
- Stick paws, tail, papier-mâché ears, put them back to dry.
- The dried figurine can be painted. Draw clothes, nose, eyes, smile for the rat. To avoid smudging colors, paint each part separately.
From the mass of papier-mâché, you can make one large figurine or several small rat pups, which will become a decoration for the New Year tree.
Origami mouse patterns
The symbol of 2020 can be made out of paper using the origami technique:
Cloth and thread rag
You can sew adorable mice from scraps of fabric that can be found in every home. Use any material: old jeans, handkerchiefs, colored patches. And you can also knit a rat from the rest of the thread: this does not require certain skills, a simple master class on making a knitted toy will help you easily cope with the task.
How to make a mouse out of thread
Even if you don't know how to knit, it is very easy to make a cute rodent out of woolen threads. What materials will be needed:
- scissors;
- foil;
- threads (white or gray);
- glue "Moment";
- black beads;
- pink button.
Getting started:
- Cut a rectangle from the foil (the width must be at least 20 cm).
- Squeeze the foil with your hands to shape it into the shape of the rodent's body. Smooth the surface with your fingers.
- We make ears, for which we take a woolen thread, wrap a ring out of it, fix it with a knot. From the same thread we form another loop next to it.
- We apply glue to the ears and foil, where they will be attached. We attach the thread with ears to the foil, press it, wrap the “head”. Cut the rest of the thread.
- We coat the foil body with glue, start winding the thread so that there are no gaps between the turns.
- When the glue is dry, glue a piece of thread to the back of the body to make a ponytail.
- We glue black beads to the face - eyes and a pink button - a nose.
Another option for creating a mouse from threads:
Cloth mouse
To decorate the Christmas tree, make mice out of colored material. They are made simply: you need to choose the right fabric and cut out patterns, and then sew the parts together.
What you need to work:
- cotton fabric (one piece should be solid, the rest should be multi-colored);
- synthetic winterizer;
- twine;
- black beads;
- threads;
- tape.
How to sew a mouse:
- Print the templates, transfer them to the fabric.
- Take two parts for the ears (color and one-color), fold the right side, sew on the basting on a sewing machine.
- Make notches on each ear, but you do not need to reach the seam. Turn out the ears, sew as shown in the photo.
- Sew the rest of the details, but leave an unstitched place on the side so that the mouse can be filled with filler.
- Turn out the craft, fill it with padding polyester (you can use holofiber).
- Sew on a piece of twine - a ponytail.
- Make a mustache for the mouse from the threads, sew on black beads - eyes and a nose.
- Apply some crushed red lead to your cheeks for a perky blush.
- Decorate the tail with a ribbon and hang the mouse on the tree as the main symbol of the upcoming 2020.
Sock toy
In order to sew a mouse from a sock, prepare the following:
- unnecessary sock;
- pink button;
- two black beads;
- rope;
- a small piece of felt.
How to sew a mouse:
- Turn the sock inside out, fold it neatly, and cut the edges on both sides in a semicircle.
- Sew on one side, turn out, fill with filler.
- Sew the hole using a blind stitch. Pre-insert a string - a ponytail - into the unsewn space.
- Cut out the ears from pink felt, sew to the body.
- It remains to sew on the eyes, nose, mustache. You can decorate the toy with a bow, flirty hat, ribbon.
Master class on creating a toy on video:
DIY pom-pom mouse
Necessary materials:
- gray or white knitting threads;
- gray felt;
- black pom-pom for the nose;
- eyes (use ready-made fittings);
- glue.
Stages of work:
- Make a pom-pom with 9 cm thread.
- Trim the garment to an oval shape.
- Cut out the details of the ears and tail from felt, glue to the body.
- Attach a black pom-pom (1cm diameter) for the spout. It remains to add eyes, and the mouse is ready.
You can make two white and gray mice, put them under the Christmas tree or place them in a prominent place in the house so that mascot rodents bring good luck all year round.
DIY felt rat
In order to sew a felt mouse with your own hands, you will need the following:
- colored felt sheet (sheet thickness no more than 1.3 mm);
- filler;
- threads;
- fittings.
Sequence of work:
- Transfer the templates to felt, cut out the details of the future toy.
- Make a muzzle with a nose, mustache, eyes.
- Connect the torso and head.
- Fill the individual parts with filler, sew together.
You can deviate a little from the recommended colors and sew a rat out of colorful, bright felt. Such a toy will become a funny friend for a child, and will also decorate a Christmas tree. Sew felt mouse key rings as a gif.webpt for friends or colleagues.
Crafts from natural materials
Children will be happy to make cute mice from eco-materials: twigs, nutshells, cones, pebbles, shells, leaves.You can make mice from the halves of walnuts if you attach ears, tail and eyes molded from plasticine to them. Even a 2-3 year old child can handle such a craft.
A cone mouse is also made very easily and quickly. Sculpt a muzzle out of gray plasticine, attach a black nose and pink ears, attach to a bump. Stick a long tail on the back.
Applique from coffee beans
Crafts in the form of an applique are a pleasant New Year's surprise, which captivates not only with the original image, but also captivates with an invigorating coffee aroma. To make the applique, you will need the following:
- coffee beans;
- pattern with a picture;
- cardboard;
- glue;
- star anise stars.
Transfer the design to cardboard, and then glue along the lines of the coffee bean. You need to glue the grains in rows, very tightly so that there are no gaps. Decorate the applique with star anise stars to add a spicy flavor to the picture.
It is advisable to use coffee-colored cardboard so that empty voids are not visible.
Lemon mouse
An edible citrus craft is made in 5-10 minutes. A lemon mouse will become a decoration of the New Year's table: figures can be used to decorate meat and fish dishes, vegetable or cheese cuts. Cut the lower part of the lemon with a sharp knife, cut the ears from the peel, make a tail and antennae from a feather of green onions. Use a slice of olive or allspice peas to make the nose and eyes.
Mouse-shaped stuffed potatoes
Decorate New Year's dishes in the form of the main symbol of the coming year in order to win over the White Rat and surprise the guests. Bake whole potatoes, cut off the top, spoon out the pulp with a spoon. In mashed potatoes, add butter, grated cheese, milk, salt. Mix everything thoroughly. Fill the potato boats with the resulting mixture, place on a baking sheet greased with olive oil. Sprinkle with grated cheese on top, place in a preheated oven to melt the cheese. Cool the finished dish a little. Now you can start designing. Attach small cherry tomatoes with toothpicks to each potato for the noses of the mice. Radish circles will become ears, use green onion feathers for whiskers and tail. Make the eyes out of dark raisins.
The rat can be cut from beets, carrots, eggplant, squash, and other vegetables.
A few more delicious mice for the New Year's table 2020:
How and from what to mold the symbol of 2020?
It is possible to mold the symbol of the coming year from any materials: plasticine, polymer clay, salt dough. Involve children in your creativity, they will be happy to help you create cute figurines that will become the family's mascot for 2020.
We sculpt a mouse from multi-colored plasticine
The easiest option is to mold a mouse from colored plasticine. Cut a plate of gray plasticine into two parts with a stack, roll the balls: one larger, the second smaller. From the largest, form the body of the mouse, from the middle - the head, connect the two parts. Attach the eyes, which are made of white and black plasticine. Blind the ears, tail and legs from pink material. Decorate the figurine with a colored scarf that can be rolled out of brightly colored plasticine. In its paws, the mouse can hold a piece of cheese made of yellow mass.
Salt dough magnet
An original gif.webpt that will appeal to friends, colleagues, relatives - fridge magnets in the form of talismans for the New Year. Children will be happy to take part in their manufacture.
For salty dough, combine a glass of wheat flour, a glass of fine table salt, ½ glass of ice water. Make a mouse out of the mass holding a striped lollipop in its paws. Dry the craft well, and then start painting, for which you need acrylic paints. Cover the finished figurine with acrylic varnish, attach the magnetic tape on the back.
To create figurines, figurines, magnets, you can use polymer clay. It is a versatile craft material that kids and adults can work with.
Master class on making home slippers
To please children, grandmother, grandfather, parents or friends, present them with adorable home-made slippers in the form of mice for the New Year.
Necessary materials:
- a piece of fabric (drape, felt);
- a piece of leather fabric;
- synthetic winterizer;
- embroidery threads;
- fleece for lining.
Transfer the details of future slippers to the fabric: insole, upper part, lining. Cut out the ears, stitch them with a bright thread. Sew a fleece to the top, insert a piece of padding polyester into the insole. Connect both blanks, embroider the muzzle of the mouse on top, sew on the eyes and bead nose.
Pincushion mouse
To make a needle bed you will need:
- drape fabric;
- cotton in bright colors;
- knitted fabric;
- synthetic winterizer;
- lace.
How the needle cushion is made:
- Cut out the details of the future mouse from the drape fabric: the body and the outer side of the ears.
- Fold the torso parts with the front side, sew, leaving a small area unstitched where the ponytail will be located.
- Turn out the part, stuff it tightly with padding polyester, sew in a ponytail.
- Cut out the details for the inner part of the ears from cotton fabric, sew them with the outer blanks from the drape. Sew the ears to the mouse's head.
- Attach small black eye buttons, a pink spout bead.
For the New Year, you can make different figurines of the symbol of the coming year. This does not require special skills, you only need imagination, a desire to create and available materials. Home-made souvenirs will become an amazing gif.webpt for family and friends, will delight colleagues, and will guard the whole next year.
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