A wonderful, festive and magical time is the New Year, for which adults and children prepare gifts and souvenirs for friends and loved ones. You don't have to shop at the store; you can make delicious gifts yourself from scrap materials, such as puff pastry. The crafts are original and bright. Unique toys decorate Christmas trees and are used as original and unusual souvenirs.
Prepares for making crafts salty dough, paints, beads, ribbons, rhinestones and other materials that allow you to decorate a gift, make it extraordinary, exclusive, and delightful. Crafts created with my own hands, have a soul, because they are created sincerely, with inspiration.
Salt dough recipe
To create a toy for the New Year's holiday, you will need to prepare salt dough. For this you need the following ingredients:
- Table salt – 1 part;
- Flour – 1 part;
- Water – ½ part.
All dry ingredients are mixed in a bowl, gradually adding water. The resulting mixture should have a soft consistency, not stick to your hands, and not be too thick. Knead the dough thoroughly so that it does not crumble or crumble.
To make the dough white, add ¾ of white acrylic paint to the ingredients.
Cold porcelain recipe
In addition to salt dough, for making crafts you can use so-called cold porcelain, which more closely resembles polymer clay. You can easily prepare cold porcelain at home. To do this you will need:
- Baking soda – 1 part;
- Corn or potato starch – 1 part;
- Water – 1 part.
Pour the dry ingredients into the pan and mix well. then add water and mix thoroughly again until a homogeneous mixture without lumps is formed. Place the frying pan with the mixture on low heat and cook for 1-3 minutes, stirring constantly, until thickened. Place the resulting mass on the table, let cool to room temperature and knead thoroughly for 2-3 minutes. That's it, cold porcelain is ready for use.
Cold porcelain should be stored in an airtight plastic bag.
Drying crafts
There are several ways to dry crafts made from salt dough or cold porcelain. The first one is natural. Leave the products for several days in a dry and warm place. The thicker the layer of dough in the craft, the more time it will take for it to dry completely. On average, it takes 24 hours to dry 1 millimeter of dough during natural drying. Crafts made from cold porcelain dry much faster - 8-12 hours.
Used for drying in the oven. It is heated as much as possible, and then placed in it ready-made crafts. After this, the oven must be turned off. Do not open it until it has cooled completely.
Let's reveal a secret. Crafts will not stick to the baking sheet if you cover it with parchment paper.
We paint ready-made crafts
You can make colorful gifts from dough different ways. You can paint dough or cold porcelain using various paints (oil, acrylic, gouache, etc.) and food coloring; to do this, you need to add color to the finished mass and knead until the color is uniform.
Roll out the colored dough with a rolling pin and create shapes. Multi-colored products look amazing; they turn out bright and colorful.
Also, crafts are then painted using gouache, felt-tip pens, and pens of different shades.
Toys are decorated with various accessories, ribbons, rhinestones, beads, sequins, and other items. Everything can be done here creative ideas, fantasies.
Gifts made from salt dough can be different. These are snowflakes and Christmas decorations, Santa Claus, Christmas tree, moon and various animals, hearts, flowers, and other decorations.
Creating toys from salt dough is very exciting. Children like making crafts; it’s a great development fine motor skills hands, lifts the mood. Adults can also become interested in sculpting. And New Year's crafts that you create with your own hands will definitely please you and cause admiration.
So, let's move from theory to practice. We figured out how to prepare the dough, dry it and decorate the crafts. Let's move on to creating our masterpieces!
New Year's crafts from dough for beginners
#1 Christmas tree decorations made from salt dough: step-by-step master class
We prepare the dough or cold porcelain, roll it out with a rolling pin a few millimeters thick, use baking molds to cut out figures, make a hole for the thread and send the toys to dry. After drying, paint the products and additionally decorate them with sparkles. We thread the thread and the Christmas tree decorations from the dough are ready!
#2 Simple New Year's crafts made from dough using baking dishes
And another version of Christmas tree toys made from dough. Unlike the previous MK, in this one we will decorate crafts not with paints, but with buttons and ribbons. Decorative elements must be glued after the products have completely dried.
#3 New Year's garland made of salt dough
Using baking molds from dough you can make not only toys, but also garlands. To make it easier to thread the thread, make holes for it not at the top, but in the first third of the craft. The base thread should be pulled only after the dough has completely dried.
#4 New Year’s craft from dough “Gingerbread Man”
We cut out gingerbread men from the dough (it’s more convenient to do this using a special mold), wait for it to dry, and decorate with stained glass or acrylic paint. Depending on how exactly you will use the ginger man, make a hole for the thread either at the top or in the first third.
#5 DIY dough stars: New Year’s crafts from scrap materials
Simple dough stars decorated with small elements - simple but very original way decorate christmas tree or a gift. You can also make an original garland from salt dough stars. To make the garland more original, roll out the dough and make an imprint on it, for example, of an openwork napkin, and then cut out the details. Don’t forget to make holes in the right places and only then send the craft to dry.
#6 Dough craft for children
Very little needlewomen and needlewomen cannot yet make complex crafts, but leaving your handprint is a great pleasure. A heart with a small palm will be great New Year's gift grandparents, and after the crafts have completely dried, the kids will be able to decorate with great pleasure, especially if glitter is used. You can also make a bullfinch from a child's handprint.
#7 DIY salt dough starfish
This is what a star will become the perfect gift lovers of the sea and sun. While we are in winter and the cold is fierce, this little star will remind us of the warm sea and scorching sun. Step by step wizard see class below.
#8 New Year's crafts from dough for beginners
For those who don’t have any time to master modeling, simple ones are an excellent option. Christmas balls from dough. To prevent the craft from looking too simple, you can color it at your discretion. You can take note of our ideas or get inspired to create your own creation.
#9 Simple New Year's crafts made from dough
And this is an option for those who still like to sculpt. If great experience there is no modeling, you can make simple crafts: a Christmas tree, a holly, a lollipop, a ball.
#10 Dough stars with luminous core
An unusual New Year's craft will be dough stars with a luminous center. Use a larger shape to cut out the star, and use a smaller shape to cut out the core. We cover a baking sheet with parchment, put stars, and put plastic beads in the middle. Place it all in the oven and wait for the beads to melt.
#11 Christmas tree toys made from dough from four-legged friends
If you have a four-legged friend in the house, an excellent option for a Christmas tree decoration made from dough would be some kind of furry attribute. For example, you can make a paw print or a personalized bone. The four-legged family member should also contribute to the decoration of the New Year tree.
#12 Christmas tree toy made of dough with a spruce branch
Winter motifs can be added using a spruce branch. Roll out the dough and tightly attach a spruce twig to it so that it is well imprinted. Cut out a circle and send the craft to dry. After the paint has completely dried, sketch the imprint of the spruce foot and the Christmas ball made of dough is ready!
#13 New Year's mitten from dough: making Christmas tree decorations from scrap materials
You can make a mitten as a New Year's craft. You can decorate the product in different ways, for example, paint it or make a print of an openwork napkin. In general, use your imagination!
#14 A simple New Year's dough craft for beginners
And one more option for New Year's crafts for beginners. Cut out round pieces from the dough (this can be done with a regular glass). We make holes along the diameter for the threads and send the workpieces to dry. After complete drying, we pull colored threads through the holes. You can additionally decorate with beads, rhinestones or sparkles.
#15 New Year's dough craft month
Another great option for New Year's crafts for those who do not have shapes for cutting is the month. It is very easy to do and looks very impressive. Decor options at your discretion.
#16 Dough bird: making New Year’s crafts with your own hands
If you don’t have baking pans and you don’t want to make regular round Christmas tree decorations, help will come dove of peace. If you don’t like our birds, you can find a template on the Internet. Roll out the dough, attach the template, cut along the contour and send to dry. Once dry, decorate as you wish.
#17 New Year's crafts from scrap materials: dough and sticks
And this option is for the most desperate. In addition to the dough, you will also need sticks. For residents of megacities, searching for ordinary wooden sticks can become a real quest, but if the kids have already brought home all sorts of “necessary” twigs, it’s time to use them!
#18 New Year's candy for the Christmas tree made from salt dough
To develop fine motor skills of children, you can make New Year's candy. To do this, prepare dough of two colors (without dye and with dye). We told you how to color the dough at the beginning of the article. Roll out sausages of two colors and weave them together with a rope. Bend the stick into the shape of a cane and you can send it to dry.
#19 “Knitted” dough heart: making New Year’s crafts from scrap materials
If you want to really surprise your friends and family, then you can make something like this warm heart. To do this, roll out several thin sausages and twist them into ropes, place them on top of the base and cut them out with a baking dish. By the way, mittens will look great in this version.
DIY Christmas trees made from dough
It's hard to imagine the New Year without a Christmas tree. And it just so happened that it is the Christmas tree that decorates our homes on the days New Year's holidays. The green beauty with colorful lights makes this time of year truly magical. So why not give a gift to someone dear and close to people the main symbol of the New Year in miniature. The dough will make a very original craft.
#1 Miniature Christmas tree made from dough
You don’t have to buy a real Christmas tree to decorate your home or office. A miniature forest beauty can be made at home from improvised materials, for example from salt dough or cold porcelain (we described the recipes above). We form a cone from the modeling mixture, and then “pinch off” the legs using scissors. For greater realism, the legs can be slightly bent upward. Next, we send the Christmas tree to dry. After complete drying, the craft can be further decorated, for example, with sparkles, beads, rhinestones, etc.
#2 Christmas tree toy made from dough “Christmas tree” for children
You can make a simpler craft with kids. Using a dough mold, cut out a Christmas tree, leave fingerprints in it and send it to dry. After the craft has completely dried, paint it. Fingerprints can be designed in the form of Christmas tree decorations, you can combine them with a stripe to make a garland, and if you slightly adjust the shape of the fingerprints, making them more elongated, you can depict glowing lanterns. In general, there is no limit to the flight of imagination!
#3 Simple Christmas tree made from dough: making New Year’s crafts from scrap materials with children
Kids simply love to sculpt; in addition, this activity is very useful for developing fine motor skills. With the little ones it’s worth starting with something simple. Prepare the dough, roll it out and cut out some Christmas trees (with or without a mold). There can be countless decorative options, for example, ribbon and sparkles (after drying), adding openwork patterns (you can make an imprint of an openwork napkin before cutting out the Christmas tree) or decorating the craft with buttons, beads, candies or marmalades. Buttons can be glued both before and after drying, but you should decorate them with candies or marmalades before drying and dry them in the oven (the candies will melt and look like glass decorations).
#4 Volumetric Christmas tree made of dough stars
If you consider flat crafts banal, you can make a voluminous Christmas tree, for example, from stars. To do this, you will need stars of different sizes (you can cut them out using a mold or make them yourself). Make a hole in the center of each star for thread and send it to dry. After drying, string the stars onto a thread, and for greater originality, insert a bead between each link. We tie knots, cut off the excess and volumetric herringbone made from dough with your own hands!
#5 DIY salt dough Christmas tree
Another option is a Christmas tree made from stars for those who do not have molds to cut out. Making stars without a shape is very simple. To do this, cut out a circle, divide it into 5 sectors and use your fingers to give each sector the shape of an arrow. Then stack the stars on top of each other and send the craft to dry. After complete drying, you can begin decorating.
#6 Miniature Christmas tree made from dough using garlic
An excellent Christmas tree made from dough is made with the help of a garlic clove. It is better, of course, to pre-color the dough with green pigment. Pass the dough through the garlic press, and then carefully glue these sausages to paper cone. You can glue the dough for a moment. After drying, the Christmas tree can be further decorated with sparkles.
#7 Another Christmas tree with the help of spadefoot
An original Christmas tree will be obtained if the dough passed through the garlic press is folded into loops, and these loops are glued to the base cone. Externally, the Christmas tree will look like a thread craft. In general, unusual!
You can find more Christmas trees made from scrap materials in the article:
DIY Santa Claus and Snow Maiden made from dough
Well, what’s the New Year without a kind Grandfather and his assistant granddaughter? Sculpting people is a special skill, and small details will help develop motor skills. Besides, who knows, maybe after such home entertainment your child will decide to become a sculptor, and his work will later surpass Michelangelo himself!
#1 Crafts from palms for the New Year: making Santa Claus
A simple craft made from salt dough on a palm print. Painting should only be done after the product has completely dried. By the way, do not forget to make a hole for the thread before drying.
#2 Santa Claus made from dough: a simple craft for children
You can also make a simple flat Santa Claus craft with your children. Roll out the base into a drop shape. Glue a piece of dough, previously cut into strips, into the lower part, then glue the mustache and hat. We lightly twist the strips of beard and mustache into flagella and send Grandfather to dry. After complete drying, we proceed to decor.
#3 Santa Claus head made from dough
And another version of a simple flat craft made from salt dough. In this version, the beard is made from individual “sausages” that are carefully glued to the lower part of the face. This work is suitable for older children.
#4 Christmas tree toy Santa Claus made from dough with photos step by step
And this craft is already at an average level of complexity, because... will require patience and perseverance from the creator. See step-by-step MK below.
And more ideas for Santa Claus heads made from dough
You can easily come up with the design of your craft yourself, but we decided to throw in a few more ideas that essentially differ only in the method of making the beard. You can make a cotton beard for Grandfather by passing the dough through a garlic press or making an openwork print; all kinds of curls will look great.
#5 Santa Claus on the Christmas tree with his own hands from dough
Dear Grandfather can be made to his full height. A flat craft of this type is very simple to make. To get started, you will need a figurine template (you can draw it yourself or find it on the World Wide Web if you don’t like ours). Next, cut out the outline from the dough, and then the component elements. When the figurine is assembled, we send it to dry. After complete drying, you can move on to decor.
And more ideas for flat crafts made from salt dough “Santa Claus”
#6 Santa Claus from salted teta on a frame step by step with photos
You can make a three-dimensional figure of Santa Claus from the dough. To do this, you will need a cone-shaped frame, which can be made, for example, from foil. We wrap the frame with dough, the head can be placed on a toothpick or glued with glue. For the beard, grate the dough onto a fine grater and attach it to the face. We send it to dry. After complete drying, you can move on to additional decor.
#7 Santa Claus made of salted teta on a lamp frame: step-by-step master class
Salt dough can be used as a frame for the Moroz case. old light bulb. It’s worth noting right away that such a craft needs to be dried in the air, and not in the oven. The glass part of the light bulb will serve as the body, and we will “place” the head on the base. See the step-by-step photo master class below.
#8 DIY salted Snow Maiden on a frame
And here is a step-by-step master class of the Snow Maiden made from salt dough. In this MK we make the granddaughter of Santa Claus on a frame made of foil. We “set” the head on a toothpick. You can decorate the Snow Maiden from dough only after the craft has completely dried.
And more ideas for Santa Claus from dough on a frame
You can also use a cut plastic bottle as a frame for Grandfather. A beard can also be made in different ways: simply stick thin strips on it or pass the dough through a garlic press. Cotton wool also looks great as a beard.
#9 Santa Claus and Snow Maiden: making crafts for the New Year from salt dough
And here is a version of three-dimensional dough figures without a frame. It’s worth noting right away that they dry volumetric crafts from dough without a frame much longer, because they contain more dough. In general, working with dough is like working with plasticine, only the dough dries out later. Start decorating the figures only after they have completely dried. See the modeling master class below.
Snowflakes from salt dough: making New Year's crafts from scrap materials
A snowflake made from dough will be no less of a New Year’s craft. You can decorate a Christmas tree, a gift, or an interior with this craft. Or you can give it as a gift New Year's souvenir friends or acquaintances.
#1 Snowflake made of dough with openwork print
Making an openwork snowflake from salt dough is a labor-intensive task. Therefore, we will be cunning. To give the craft an openwork look, we use a knitted napkin. Roll out the dough, place a napkin on top and run a rolling pin over it to imprint the design. Next, use a mold to cut out a snowflake and send the craft to dry.
#2 Openwork snowflake made from dough step by step with photo
And here is a more complex version of a snowflake made from dough. You will need cutting molds and a prepared plan. It is best to draw a diagram of your snowflake on paper in advance, and then start cutting out the elements. Start decorating only after complete drying!
And another version of a snowflake made from dough. From sausages of dough you make various elements: circles, droplets, ovals. Connect them together into a single structure. It’s better, of course, to draw a snowflake on paper in advance, and then start executing it in the test. You will find two versions of such a snowflake in the MK below.
And more ideas for do-it-yourself openwork snowflakes from dough
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Dough snowman
You can also make a snowman from salt dough. The main assistant of Santa Claus will look great not only on the Christmas tree as a toy, but also as a hand-made figurine or decorative element on a New Year's card.
#1 Salt dough snowman for New Year
A very simple Christmas tree toy in the shape of a snowman can be made from salt dough. We cut out the base circle, glue the carrot nose, make a hole for it and send it to dry. After complete drying, paint the snowman and you can decorate the Christmas tree!
More simple ideas snowman made from salt dough for the New Year:
#2 Do-it-yourself 3D dough snowman
It’s very easy to make a three-dimensional snowman. We roll three balls of different sizes from the dough (for the body of a snowman), connect them together and send them to dry. After the craft has completely dried, we paint and decorate it. Ribbons, scraps of fabric, pompoms, etc. can be used as decoration.
#3 Snowman made from salt dough: making New Year’s crafts from scrap materials with children
And here is another simple version of a three-dimensional dough snowman. The modeling mass can be colored with dye, or you can make a snowman from regular dough and then paint it. We make a snowman's broom from the dough by passing it through a garlic press. See the step-by-step master class below.
More ideas volumetric snowmen from dough with your own hands
#4 Fridge magnet Dough snowman step by step with photo
As a New Year's souvenir, you can make a refrigerator magnet from dough. Excellent themed crafts will become a snowman. See below for a step-by-step master class with photos on making a magnet.
More ideas for magnets
#5 Christmas tree dough snowman
Salt dough snowmen will be an excellent decoration for the New Year tree. In addition, children will love decorating the forest beauty with handmade toys. In terms of making, such a snowman is very simple: we draw a template on paper (you can find a ready-made one), cut out the base, and then glue on the rest of the details (face, hands, gift, scarf, etc.). We send it to dry and only after complete drying we proceed to painting. Important! Before sending for drying, do not forget to make a hole for the thread, in otherwise you will have to adapt the craft to a refrigerator magnet.
#6 DIY salt dough ice cream snowman: step-by-step master class
It is probably difficult to find a child who has not eaten snow at least once in his life. Yes, white and fluffy it looks very appetizing. Well, anything is possible on New Year’s Day, even ice cream snowmen! You can decorate the Christmas tree with them or attach a magnet to the back and hang it on the refrigerator. In any case, they will look very cool!
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DIY salt dough angel
Still don't know what to give your loved ones for the New Year? Give a handmade angel. Wonderful figurines are made from salt dough or cold porcelain, which can be easily prepared at home from scrap materials (we wrote the recipes above). In this article you will find step-by-step master classes on making angels from dough.
#1 DIY New Year's angel step by step with photo
A wonderful angel to hang on your Christmas tree. This little keeper will be an excellent decoration for a forest beauty. In addition, a handmade angel can be safely given to family and friends.
#2 DIY salt dough angel: step-by-step instructions with photos
And here's another one step-by-step instruction with a photo on how to make a Christmas angel with your own hands from salt dough. This version of the angel is a little simpler than the previous one, so you can safely involve the little ones in the work. Of course, you can’t do this without mom’s help!
#3 DIY Christmas angel made from salt dough
And another cute Christmas angel that will be a great home decoration and create a holiday atmosphere. The figurine is very easy to make, but looks very impressive. Salt dough angel self made will be a great addition to a New Year's gift.
#4 Fridge magnet angel made from salt dough: master class
As a New Year's gift for your family and friends, you can make a Christmas angel magnet. See the step-by-step manufacturing master class below.
And more ideas for dough angels for you, get inspired and create yourself!
And more ideas for Christmas angels made from salt dough
DIY salt dough houses
Small fairy houses made of salt dough will be an excellent decoration for your home and will help create an atmosphere of warmth and comfort on cold winter days. Like all crafts made from dough, houses can be flat or three-dimensional. Moreover, volumetric products can be made as a candlestick. A miniature house with glowing windows looks very cool in the evening. And to complete the fairy-tale image, you can separately mold the inhabitants for your house.
#1 Flat house made of salt dough for decorating a Christmas tree
The simplest house you can make with your own hands from salt dough is a regular one. flat craft. Roll out the dough several millimeters thick, cut out the outline of the house and decorative elements (windows, door, roof, etc.). We assemble the craft, make a hole for the thread and send it to dry. After complete drying, we move on to decor.
More ideas for dough houses for decorating a Christmas tree
#2 New Year's house made of salt dough: making a panel with your own hands
Salt dough can be used to make incredible beauty panels and paintings. New Year's themed houses covered in snow look especially cool. Snow can be made from foam balls, glitter, salt, cotton wool and much more.
#3 Salt dough house: making a New Year's magnet
An original New Year's gift will be a magnet in the form of a house covered with snow. Such a gift is especially valuable because... made by hand. The idea is simple: cut out the base of the house from the dough, then glue various decorative elements on top, dry it, and paint it. Glue felt to the back of the craft, and a magnet onto it. Voila, ours New Year's craft ready!
More ideas for panel dough houses:
#4 New Year's house made of salt dough: making an original candlestick with your own hands
A New Year's house made of salt dough can be used as a candlestick, it looks very cool. So, prepare the salt dough, roll it out to about 1-1.5 cm thick. Cut out the walls, windows and door. This can be done with special molds, and if there are none, then use a stationery knife and a ruler. Glue all the walls and glue the roof. Cover the joints with the remaining dough. When the house is dry, sand the rough edges with sandpaper and enjoy your creation!
#5 New Year’s candlestick in the shape of a house: making crafts from salt dough on a frame
This version of the candlestick house is a little more complicated than the previous one, because... will require more creativity. As a frame, you can use not only a plastic jar, it can be a glass or tin jar, even a frame made of thick paper will do (for example, a sleeve from toilet paper or paper towels). To ensure that the house can be easily removed from the frame, the jar can be wrapped in foil. Next, we paste the frame with dough, decorate it, and send it to dry (the base of the house and the roof are compressed separately, i.e., in a disassembled state). When the blanks are dry, remove the base and seal the bottom of the house. Next, we glue the roof and move on to decorating the future candlestick.
#6 Candlestick house made from salt dough: decorating the house for the New Year
And another version of a candlestick in the shape of a house on a jar. Decor options can be very different, you just need to use your imagination a little and you will end up with a charming winter house.
More ideas for candlestick houses made from salt dough:
#7 DIY salt dough house step by step with photos
In this master class you will learn how to make a salt dough house with your own hands on a cardboard frame. First, you will need to make a house out of cardboard, making all the necessary holes for windows in it. Next, according to the size of the house, we make dough pieces, immediately decorating them. After the dough pieces have dried, glue them onto the cardboard house. The dough “sits” perfectly in the moment. We cover the joints with the remains of fresh dough and smooth them out using a brush and water. Next we glue the roof. Please note that the roof is covered with fresh dough, and not with dried dough. Next we move on to painting and decor. This MK uses foam balls as snow.
#8 House made of salt dough on a frame: master class with photos
And here is a version of a house on a frame made from a can. When the house dries out, the frame may or may not be removed. This is critical if you want to make a candlestick, but if it’s just a house, then it’s not necessary to remove the base. We create a relief pattern and send the house to dry. After complete drying, you can move on to decor.
#9 House made of salt dough on a bottle: master class step by step
And another option for a house on a bottle. As we said above, you can use any suitable element as a frame: glass jar or bottle, plastic jar (bottle), can, plastic canisters, foam bases and more.
#1 Simple dough wreath
Traditionally, our Western neighbors decorate Christmas wreaths with green plants, and holly or holly tolerates frost well, which is why it can be so often found as a decorative element in Western culture. It is quite difficult to find this plant here, so we will decorate the wreath with holly made from dough.
#2 New Year's dough wreath for children
If you need to keep the kids busy, then you can make this simple wreath. It is advisable to color the dough at the time of preparation by adding a few drops of green dye to it. Fir branches, cinnamon sticks, star anise, cloves, beads and more are useful for decoration. Well, then – a flight of fancy!
#3 DIY Christmas wreath made from dough
You can decorate the Christmas wreath with any elements, for example, dough stars. And you can make the base for the wreath using a braid (as in the first option) or a rope (as here). The main thing to remember is that you can paint a craft made from salt dough only after it has completely dried!
#4 DIY autumn wreath: step-by-step master class
An excellent craft for school/kindergarten would be autumn wreath. If you didn’t have time to dry the leaves in the fall, it doesn’t matter, you can make them from salt dough. Moms will have to prepare paper templates, and the kids will take care of the rest. The leaves need to be cut out, veins made on them and sent for drying. After complete drying, paint and glue onto a cardboard base. Salt dough sticks well to Moment.
#5 Delicate New Year's wreath made of dough, decorated with roses
If you want to add a little tenderness and romance to your decor, then pay attention to this craft made from salt dough. It is better to color the rose dough with dye while kneading, this will help avoid the labor-intensive work of coloring the flowers. See step-by-step MK below.
#6 Alternative to an Advent wreath
If Christmas wreaths are not your thing, you can make an alternative craft that is more traditional in our culture - a horseshoe for good luck. If you color it in the appropriate New Year's colors, it will make an excellent thematic decoration. To make it more festive, you can decorate the horseshoe with a spruce branch, snowflakes (made from dough, of course), pine cones, etc.
Another option for crafts made from salt dough for the New Year can be animal figurines. We will not list everything in the article. possible options, but only those that we liked the most. You can get inspired and make something of your own, or you can take it already ready idea, especially since they are all with step by step photos instructions.
#1 Do-it-yourself owl from salt dough: Making Christmas tree decorations with children
The most popular animal made for New Year is the owl. Yes, the forest predator does not sleep in winter time. In addition, a small feature of owls is that they stay awake at night, adding to them a certain mysticism and mystery, which is very useful on the most magical night of the year!
#2 Volumetric owl made from dough: decorating the house for the New Year
Another option for an owl made from dough could be three-dimensional figurine feathered predator. The manufacturing process will require patience and perseverance from the craftsman, although there is nothing complicated in this craft. Try it and see for yourself! See the step-by-step master class with photos below.
More dough owls:
#3 New Year's crafts from salt dough: making a penguin
Penguins are no less relevant during the New Year holidays. Penguins won special love among children after the cartoon Madagascar. Well, why invent a bicycle if the idea of a New Year's dough craft for children is on the surface. It's decided: let's make a penguin!
#4 Crafts for the New Year from salt dough: making a hedgehog
You can make a wonderful hedgehog from salt dough. The prickly ball will be an excellent decoration, and will also go great as a gift for grandparents. How to make a hedgehog step by step with photos is described below.
#5 New Year's crafts from salt dough: making a lamb
Looks great quality New Year's decor and lambs. In this master class you will learn how to make a lamb from dough with movable elements. See photo instructions below.
#6 Lamb made from dough: New Year's crafts for children
But here is a version of a voluminous lamb that even children can handle making. A large number of small parts will help develop fine motor skills and have fun with the whole family!
#7 Dough fish: do-it-yourself New Year’s crafts
If you want to do it for New Year unusual craft with your own hands, then pay attention to such a fish. By the way, such a fish would be a great addition to a gift for a fisherman!
#8 Crafts for the New Year: dough horse
You can very easily make a horse out of dough. By the way, if you don’t already know, the domestic Father Frost delivers gifts to children on three horses, and not on reindeer, like his Western counterpart. You can use the dough to make an entire horse farm, decorate a Christmas tree with it and give it to friends and acquaintances!
#9 DIY New Year's pig made from dough: master class
A craft made from pig dough will be especially relevant for the New Year 2019. The symbol of the coming year is not difficult to make, so you can safely involve your little ones in the work. We remember that we paint the dough figure only after it has completely dried.
#10 New Year's crafts from salt dough: making a pig
Another version of a cute pig made from dough. This craft can be used as a Christmas tree decoration or as a refrigerator magnet. See the step-by-step master class below.
#11 Craft for New Year 2019 pig made from dough
And an option for experienced craftswomen. In general, you can make crafts of any complexity from dough, it all depends on your modeling skills. Well, we wish you creative success, inspiration and productive New Year holidays!
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Friends, are you ready for the new year? But the holiday is just around the corner. And this is a reason to work fruitfully with your little ones. What am I offering? Today we will talk about how and what kind of New Year's crafts to make from salt dough. Required condition– we will create with our kids. We involve them in as many processes as possible. In fact, the material is safe and easy to clean, so let’s allow the little ones to get their hands dirty.
Do you know what will add significance to these activities? The fact that the child will feel that all this is a very important matter! He will try hard when he finds out that his crafts will decorate the Christmas tree: as toys (we will hang some of them on the tree) or become part of the festive composition.
Let's decide. Remember? We have a main focus - New Year's themes. There is a basic material - salt dough. And in the kitchen of any housewife there is necessary tool. And our children have good helper- We! All that remains is to get down to business.
Ingredients and tools we will need
All we need is:
- Salt;
- Flour;
- Water;
- A little vegetable oil.
Of course, I want the figures to be bright. Therefore, we use any dyes of our choice:
- Food paints;
- Eco-friendly construction;
- Markers;
- Gouache;
- Nail polish (if you need to use very little).
And in order to make dough with your own hands, and then products from the dough, you need tools. Let's prepare in advance:
- Bowl;
- Rolling pin;
- Cup;
- Scissors;
- Pen/felt-tip pen.
We will also need additional tools. We'll talk about this in the next topic, when we look at different ideas for creativity.
Various ideas for decorating works
And there’s a sea of ideas! And, at the same time, boundless! But don’t forget, there are 2 points to consider:
- Abilities and capabilities of babies;
- Crafts should relate to the New Year 2018 theme. This means that, if not the symbol of the year itself, the Dog, we should succeed, then at least try to ensure that golden colors dominate in our products.
And a lot will depend on what tools we have at hand. In principle, absolutely anything can be a tool! And the decoration of the works, and even their form, will depend on what we own.
Now I intend to call something that can be used as a handy tool when making crafts, and how the work will depend on it.
Lace. They will add delicacy to the work. All you have to do is apply them to the dough and roll them over with a rolling pin.
Buttons. It will be simple and interesting for children to press buttons into finished products to create an unusual texture.
Beads. You can simply sprinkle it on your finished work, and everything will immediately shine.
Cocktail straw- This is an excellent “hole maker” that turns ordinary crafts into lace ones.
Marker. They can draw any patterns.
Hands, legs, paws. Attach your little one’s hand and make an impression of the palm; the same can be done with the leg if you have a baby. If your dog doesn’t mind, then the prints of its paws will also look symbolic.
Master Class
And now I’ll share what my baby and I did. And at the same time I will conduct a small master class.
I'll start with our video. In it we show how to knead the dough, how to sculpt a big owl on a Christmas tree, how to decorate a window in the form of a Christmas tree with dough toys.
And now, as promised, a photo lesson: how to make a slightly different owl, hedgehog and snowman.
You all remember the recipe:
- Flour – 1 tbsp;
- Salt – 1 tbsp;
- Water.
It is better to take fine salt. It is cleaner and mixes better with flour and water. But I specifically took a large one, because I mainly intend to bake all the products. And when baked, coarse salt gives an unusual golden color. As for water. I didn’t say how much is needed. It took me half a glass. But it is better to focus on how much the dough will take so that it is not liquid.
I will try to attach a photo to each step.
So, the ingredients:
The dough turns out tough, but very plastic. I divide it into 3 parts.
Of the two, I intend to make figures of a Snowman and a Hedgehog. And I will divide the third part in half, and the baby and I roll out the mass and twist two circles with a glass.
I'm eager to try how flathead owls are made.
And the second part is a toy for the Christmas tree.
Now I will talk about each craft separately.
Snowman
1.Making the base for the snowman. I cut out a circle and decorate it, squeezing out the relief with the tip of a knife.
I divide the remaining mass into 3 parts so that one is large, the second is medium, and the third is small.
I roll the largest piece into a ball in my palms. I make a small depression in the middle.
I do the same with the second one. This way the entire structure will stand firmly without any special fastening.
I insert a thin twig into the middle ball. These are the hands of the Snowman. I place a walnut shell on top. It turns out to be such a hat.
I make the nose from the tip of a toothpick.
How to paint a Snowman? I won't put it in the oven. I'll just wait for the dough to form a crust on top. I have matching colored nail gels. I use them for painting.
The details remain: mouth, eyes, snowflakes based on the Snowman.
And this is what happened to me.
Owl
I press the bottom half of the circle with a pen cap. The result is a feather pattern.
I fold the edges on the sides so that they touch each other.
I fold the upper half of the base in half and bend it slightly on top.
I squeeze it out on the top with a cap. Round eyes and draw a beak.
I round the corners at the bottom. I make the “ears” sharper.
I set it to bake, having previously greased the wings and ears with yolk.
This is the golden Owl after baking for 7 minutes at 180 degrees.
What other owls can you make?
Toy
I pierce the second round blank through the top with a cap. And below I make prints with the same cap.
I set the toy to bake.
After baking, I apply a little red varnish to all the circles, and draw leaves above them. This is mistletoe. All that remains is to thread the ribbon into the hole and you can decorate the Christmas tree with the toy.
Hedgehog
A small barrel-cylinder is rolled up, in which the nose of the future hedgehog is slightly extended.
“Needles” are cut throughout the body. To do this you will need nail scissors with curved edges.
First, the edges of the scissors are slightly pressed into the dough, then the “needle” is cut.
A Christmas tree is made from salt dough using the same principle: its branches are cut with scissors.
Now go over the face and along each edge of the needle with a brush with yolk, and the product can be sent to the oven.
After baking, make a nose and eyes by pressing in a piece of a twig, and the Hedgehog with Golden Needles is ready!
This is how I managed to make 4 toys with my baby!
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New Year's time is the most favorite among both children and adults. After all, preparations for the New Year 2016 will be filled with fun chores, purchasing gifts for loved ones, and waiting for a miracle. What joy does decorating the house and Christmas tree, choosing gifts, hanging garlands, toys, and New Year's attributes bring? We, in turn, offer to experience the joy of making crafts with your own hands for the New Year 2016.
This activity will be especially interesting for children, because joint creativity in the family always brings people together, makes everyone friendlier and closer.
Every year has its own symbol. In 2016, the Fire Monkey will be the patron, so it is worth taking into account its tastes when decorating your home.
First of all, keep in mind that there should be red crafts in the house. If you have a fireplace, then the best option will light it and prepare everything for the holiday. If there is no fireplace, then you can make candlesticks in which you should place red candles. During the New Year's meal it is worth lighting them. By the way, there is no need to exclude sparklers, however, when setting them on fire in the house, do not forget about the safety rules.
Monkeys
You can't do without a pet monkey this New Year. Excellent monkeys can be made from salt dough. Finished figures can be painted and varnished.
You can make toys in the shape of monkeys from felt, and also use macrame or felting techniques, embroider, or draw. In general, we use everything we can think of. It is simply impossible to list all the ideas.
Boot for gifts
This boot can be used both for gifts and as a Christmas tree decoration.
To make a craft you will need:
- burgundy and red felt,
- scissors,
- needles and threads,
- padding polyester,
- pattern,
- lace,
- rain and other details for decoration.
You need to print out the photos of the templates, attach the templates to felt and trace them with chalk or soap. There should be two blanks. If you will make several boots, the number of patterns will need to be increased by multiples.
Sew the side pieces. To do this, choose threads white. You need to stitch it using a loop method, creating a decorative effect. Sew a ribbon on top of the boot, and sew a satin bow on the side. Decorate the boot according to your tastes; you can use rain, golden paper, beaded details or colored felt figures.
You need to sew a loop on top, using it you can hang the boots on a nail or a tree branch.
Holiday balloons
You can make interesting crafts with your children. For example, a transparent thread ball. All children like this craft for its originality. Even children in age can be able to make such a craft. kindergarten, but of course under the guidance of adults.
Need to buy balloon and inflate it, coat it with PVA glue, and wind threads of different colors on top. To fix them, you should use a simple hairspray that you use to style your hair. Now pierce the balloon with a needle. As a result, you will have an unusual holiday ball.
Fir cones
Crafts made from pine cones fit very nicely into the New Year's theme. It's very easy to make them. It is worth mixing a solution of salt and water, 1 to 2, and bring it to a boil. Then remove the solution from the heat and put cones or spruce branches into it. Let them lie there for 5-6 hours.
Then you need to take them out and leave them to dry - crystals of “snow” will appear on them.
You can also dust your crafts with foam snow. To make snow you need to take polystyrene foam and glue. Cover the branches and cones with glue, and crumble the foam on top. Watch the video, you can get a lot of ideas from there:
Snowman
In winter, when there is a lot of snow, children traditionally go outside to build a real snowman. But you can make it not only from snow, but also from scrap materials. You can make a children's snowman from plastic bottles, dough, felt, thread and balloons, paper or origami.
Here are the instructions for making a pompom snowman:
- You can make three pom-poms using special bobbins or from yarn or cardboard circles. They will be the body and head. It is best to use blue or white yarn.
- Wind the threads into circles and tie tightly in the middle. Remove them from the workpiece.
- You need to cut the threads exactly in the middle, namely at the top of the turns. Such pompoms need to be transformed into neat balls - cut off the protruding threads.
- Connect the pompoms with glue.
- Trim the bottom and top of the snowman until they have flat view, because it will stand on the lower part. You need to put a bright red headdress on the snowman’s head, which can be made from felt. You can use a saucer as a place for the snowman; cover it with white foam.
Fridge magnet
But most simple option crafts for the New Year will be a refrigerator magnet. You can make it from a New Year's themed napkin and an old CD. We will use the decoupage technique.
- So, take a napkin and separate upper layer, where the picture is shown.
- Sand the disc with sandpaper, then spread it with glue so that there is an even and thin layer. Place the design in the center, smoothing it out to eliminate any wrinkles in the image.
- Cover the top with a small layer of glue, and as soon as it dries, secure with varnish. On the other side of the disk, glue it with Moment Magnet glue. To highlight the design, you can use glitter. That's all - the New Year's craft is ready!
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New Year is a wonderful time and the most best time in order to enjoy communication with family and children. Kids love New Year's crafts and homemade Christmas tree decorations. Fiddling with dough is also one of children's favorite pastimes. By combining both, you can decorate the Christmas tree with wonderful unique toys.
In this article:
You will need:
- 1 part fine table salt;
- 1 part white table flour;
- 1/3 part potato starch;
- water for kneading.
All dry ingredients need to be mixed in a bowl and knead the mass, gradually pouring water. The mass should have a pleasant consistency - not stick to your hands, and not be too tight (do not break or crumble).
After the salt dough is ready, decide when you will paint the products. You can paint the mass immediately, or you can paint the toys after baking.
How to dry New Year's crafts?
A few words about drying. To make the dough hard, you can simply wait a few days, or bake it in the oven. You need to preheat the oven to maximum temperature, then place the salted crafts laid out on a baking sheet. Then you need to turn off the oven and do not open it until it has cooled completely. You can bake them over very low heat (like crackers), but then you have to make sure they don’t burn. Another little secret- To prevent the figures from sticking, cover the baking sheet with a baking sleeve.
Of course, not all salt dough crafts can be dried in the oven. For example, those decorated with beads or beads should be dried naturally.
How to paint the finished product?
There are several ways to make products multi-colored. Dry cosmetic pigments and water-soluble food coloring, which are used to make handmade soap, are best suited for this. If they are not available, then you can use Gouache or watercolor paints.
After the salt dough is colored, you need to carefully roll it out with a rolling pin and cut out the desired shapes using molds. Products made from dough of different colors look very interesting (as in the picture). Kids have a lot of fun doing this kind of mixing.
Another way is to make crafts from white dough and then decorate them - there are many ways. Kids will do it with gouache, older children can draw beautiful patterns felt-tip pens or gel pen.
They serve as an excellent decoration acrylic paints! If you use silver paint to decorate your crafts, they will look like! Paints with shiny pigments look very good!
Decor ideas
In addition to coloring, there are many ways to decorate future toys. Just do this before you dry them. For example, cut out different holes with a straw.
Or make prints and imprints with stamps or some kind of figures.
Decorate with beads, beads or sparkles!
Dough crafts decorated with cosmetic glitter look very festive! Need something dry ready product Cover with PVA glue and then cover with glitter. You can buy them at any nail fashion store, they cost from 60 to 120 rubles.
Do you know that New Year is just around the corner? Today it seems that it’s still autumn on the calendar, and you’ll have time to do everything, but tomorrow - bang-bang! - and winter has come, and time is running out. Yes, yes, it's time to hurry if you want to decorate the Christmas tree this year New Year's toys made from salt dough! This is a completely affordable project that is 100% family friendly and matches your DIY skills perfectly. Well, seriously - that's it necessary materials can be found at home (and if not, then most likely we will talk about paints, but you can buy them at the nearest stall, and if a package of gouache or a couple of tubes of acrylic is not currently included in your financial plans, you can completely refuse to paint toys and do them in such an emphasized eco-style), and even a child can roll out the dough and cut circles out of it with a glass (yeah, don’t want circles? This means that your handicraft skills have stepped a little beyond the level of a novice pithecanthropus, and you will be able to create advanced-level New Year’s miracles) .
All in all, less words, more business: - the most complete step by step guide with photographic evidence, go under the cut and study carefully. Also join New Year's marathon "Handicraft Runet" VKontakte and show your finished toys on topic of a partner. Waiting for you!
Step 1 - dough
There is nothing complicated, the main rule is intuition. And even if the word “approximately” doesn’t scare you, everything will work out.
Let's start with the fact that there are trainloads of recipes on the Internet. And all the very best, of course - the best, tested, accurate and generally practically guarantee that New Year's toys from salt dough will be made on their own, dry and jump onto the Christmas tree. We urge you to believe everyone, but do it your own way - listening to your intuition. We tell and show in pictures.
Need to:
1/2 cup fine salt "Extra";
1/2 glass of water;
1 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
approximately 2.5 cups flour.
We measure out the salt. Many sources write that this should be the most ordinary small “Extra” and definitely not iodized-fluoridated. Yeah, that's right. But the author of the master class does not have non-iodized salt at home and, as you understand, her common sense does not allow her to leave the house in the nasty frost and disgusting slush to find non-iodized salt in the thirty-eighth supermarket. Believe me, for some reason it works with the one you have at hand.
Yes, for the haters of such a measure of volume as half a glass, let us clarify: we weighed it, it turned out that salt was exactly 170 g.
If you don't have a food processor, you're out of luck - you'll have to play with your hands. Pour salt into the bowl in which you usually knead the dough for dumplings. If you are using a food processor, pour it into the food processor bowl.
We measure out the water. Yes, yes, half a glass. Happened 130 g water.
Gurgling - to the salt, let them be friends.
Vegetable oil - to the same company. By the way, you can get by - if you are greedy and don’t want to transfer precious olive oil for some New Year's toys, but you never had cheap industrial palm and rapeseed at home, don't add it at all. The oil is needed so that the dough is a little more elastic than it would be without oil, that's all. By the way, if you suddenly feel the urge to show miracles of unprecedented generosity and pour half a glass of butter into the dough at once (why waste time on trifles, we measure everything out in glasses!), we warn you: this dough will have to dry until the next New Year. So you better be greedy. Or remember about golden mean and add a spoon, just one tablespoon of oil.
Now it's time to turn on your intuition. Add flour. We immediately measure the glass (the scales said that it turned out 160 g flour).
And into his water, straight into salt water.
Stir - you get thick, thick sour cream. You can't fashion anything out of it! The photo is a little unclear, but the meaning is 100% clear - there is not enough flour, you don’t have to be a professor of salty toy business to understand this.
Therefore, feel free to add another full spoonful of flour ( plus 20 g flour).
Mix. It’s okay, it already looks like something.
But in essence, it’s not enough: the dough sticks to your hands and its appearance speaks of your personal unwillingness to turn into Christmas tree decorations.
Add another spoon ( plus 20 g flour).
Oh, this is already beautiful - the dough has gathered into a ball, nothing sticks to the walls.
We check - everything is in perfect order in our hands too.
Well, almost completely - still, some tiny particles still stick to your hands, so you can play it safe and add another teaspoon of the dry ingredient (plus 5 g of flour). Extremely intuitive.
By the way, the longer you knead, the better the gluten of the flour will develop and the easier it will be to work with the dough - so let the processor work, it won’t hurt.
We check with our fingers - nothing sticks at all, the depressions in the dough do not blur, the holes “hold” their shape. It’s worth stopping at this point - excess flour will negatively affect the products, they will crumble, such dough is very, very nasty and difficult to work with.
Last test just in case - everything is fine.
Next is a proprietary secret: take a lump of dough and throw it forcefully on the table. Collect again into a ball and throw again. Once again. And so on - until you get tired of it, but at least 10-15 times - this way you will make it homogeneous, more elastic, pleasant and smooth.
That's it, you can wrap it in a bag so that the dough does not dry out while you prepare for the second stage.
By the way, many sources say that the dough needs to rest, they suggest wrapping it in three rolls of cling film and hiding it in the refrigerator for at least a day, or better yet, for almost a month. Liars! No, of course, nothing bad will happen if you have a week left and you let the test rest, but if you feel the urge to work with it right now, if you can’t deny your inspiration, then there’s no need - let’s do it right away !
Step 2 - cutting out the figures
This is perhaps the most interesting stage of work - creative, imaginative, “pure” and simple.
You can go three ways.
The first is not to cut out figures from salt dough, but to sculpt them - remembering school labor lessons or Roni Oren’s books, puffing and trying. In general, this is a very worthwhile and interesting option, but on one condition: if the level of your skills is such that, if you are going to sculpt an elephant, you at least get a cat, and not, waving a crooked hatchet, claim that this is actually a sleigh Santa Claus, then, of course, you can try.
The second is to print from the Internet or draw flat templates yourself New Year's toys(Christmas balls, Santa Claus's bag, bells, icicle stars, and then, following solely the call of the love of art, apply the templates to the dough, carefully and almost like a jeweler cut them out with a knife, making sure to be especially careful on turns: one awkward movement -
The third is not to reinvent the wheel and not to discover America, but to simply take cookie cutters and cutters for working with mastic and, using their help, cut out something simple, accessible and thematic. If you have a special passion for creativity, you should reassure yourself with the hope that your needs will be fully realized at the stage of painting and painting.
So, place a small piece of dough (we hide the rest in a bag, don’t relax) on a lightly floured surface.
We roll it out as we want, the main thing is evenly, while remembering that the thicker the toy is, the longer it will take to dry. The optimal size is 3 mm: it won’t break, but it will dry quickly.
Of course, not themselves: the use of child labor at this stage is welcomed and encouraged in every possible way. Mom needs to drink coffee sometime!
With a properly organized labor process, everything will be done quickly and efficiently.
Don’t forget to immediately make holes for future strings that will help hang the toys from the tree.
Or a lot of holes - for reliability: so that there is definitely something to cling to.
Please note that some cookie cutters leave “rags” on the cut - if they are thin and small, there is no need to remove them; they will fall off during the drying process, but if they are thicker, then it is better to spend another five minutes and carefully cut everything off.
Yield of products from the specified proportions.
Step 3 - drying
But here you have to slow down. If you want to cope with the task of making New Year's toys from salt dough in one day, you need to dry the products in the oven at a minimum temperature. Depending on the thickness of the toys, you will need 3-7 hours - put everything on a baking sheet, turn on the oven at 50-70 degrees, do not forget about the fan and wait, periodically opening the door slightly to “release” the moisture and occasionally turning the figures from side to side.
You can take a simpler route - lay out the toys on a sheet of parchment paper and leave them alone for several days. Depending on the room temperature, you will need 3-5 days for the salt dough figures to dry completely. Once a day they need to be turned over to the other side - you will see how the color of the toy will change during the drying process: the wet spot in the middle will be yellower than the white dried edges.
Do not try to speed up the drying process of toys - they will either burn (yes, this is possible!) or become severely deformed. Be patient, go for a walk, work out your abs, make homemade marshmallows - in general, anything, just not to rush things.
Well-dried products are uniform in color, do not wrinkle or bend, are light and pleasant.
Step 4 - painting and decorating
Do I need to tell you something? Take acrylic, gouache or even watercolor, contours and varnishes, multi-colored rhinestones and beads, brushes and sticks, toothpicks and cotton pads, forks and felt-tip pens, pencils and needles - everything that can be used for drawing in one way or another.
And draw. Paint it. Create. Decorate. Get creative. Create. Gush out. Create. All in your hands.
It is convenient to immediately hang painted toys on all protruding parts of the house to dry.
And the final decoration is done after the first layer of paint has dried.
A very wonderful remedy is spray paint: quick and easy. Lays down smoothly, dries instantly, labor costs are minimal.
Children's creativity - it is so... childish and beautiful!
Salt dough figurines can be used as Christmas tree decorations, as decor for self-wrapped gifts, and as figurines for other projects - for example, advent calendars.
