Master class: Three-dimensional New Year's card - "Merry Snowman" and "Snow Maiden". Do-it-yourself voluminous Christmas card Postcard voluminous snowman
A card with a snowman is a wonderful volumetric application that a child can make for his loved ones on the eve of the New Year holidays.
For work, you will need the following materials:
- White paper for a snowman;
- Cardboard of the desired shade for the postcard;
- Red paper for a hat;
- Yellow and brown broom papers;
- Scissors, pencil, glue stick, black felt-tip pen;
- Any decor or figured composters to decorate a postcard.
Christmas card with a snowman step by step
Making a snowman
Use a template or draw a snowman yourself, consisting of two circles, where the lower one is larger and the upper one is smaller. Cut off the top of the top circle.
Cut 5 blanks out of white paper using your own or provided template.
Fold each of them in half.
Now you need to glue all the blanks together. Apply glue to one side of the folded blank and glue the other to it.
In the same way, glue all 5 parts, carefully adjusting the edges so that the snowman is as consistent and neat as possible.
Making a cylinder
Now cut 5 cylinders according to the template.
Fold each in half. And then glue together, just like the snowman.
A voluminous snowman and a top hat are ready. They are not yet glued to the base, so they can subsequently be positioned as desired.
Making a broom
Optionally, you can make a broom for the snowman. To do this, fold brown paper into a thin tube. Then cut off a strip of yellow paper and cut its wide edge into thin strips.
Finally, wrap the yellow fringed strip around the brown tube.
What could be a card with a snowman?
All parts of the snowman are ready, now you can make a postcard. You will need cardboard. You can cut out a rectangle from it, a little larger than a snowman, and glue a hat in the center of the snowman, on top of it, add a broom, draw eyes, a smile, buttons with a black felt-tip pen. Decorate the card itself with snowflakes or any desired decor. You can also fold the cardboard in half, glue a snowman on top, and write a congratulation in the middle.
Another great option for decorating a card with a snowman is to fold the cardboard in half, having previously determined the height and width. And then glue the snowman in the very center, in the fold area. Due to the fact that the snowman and his hat are folded in half by themselves, they will fit perfectly into the fold, the card can be opened and closed without any problems. You can decorate the rest of the postcard area as you like.
New Year is just around the corner. Absolutely everyone, especially children, is looking forward to this holiday! We associate New Year with snow and all the accompanying winter fun: sledges, skis, skates and, of course, a snow woman. As soon as the first snow falls, the children run into the yards to make a snowman.
And what if there is no snow, but the soul requires a snow friend? Nothing is impossible in the world, especially on the eve of the New Year! You can make a real snowman not only from snow, and in this article we will tell you in detail and even show how!
Snowmen made of paper
You can make snowmen with your own hands from any materials and even the most unexpected ones, but we will start with a simple one - with paper. Well, first of all, everyone has paper in the house, even those who are completely far from needlework. In any case, there will definitely be a couple of sheets of white paper. And for the snowman, we just need white paper. And secondly, paper crafts are quite simple and straightforward to make.
# 1 Draw a snowman
Here's a great craft idea for kindergarten - a snowman in a snow globe. You need to cut out two simple blanks from colored paper, by the way, the kids can easily cope on their own, the elements are large and do not require special accuracy. And then draw a snowman and a snowfall in the ball with your fingers. Craft a snowman for kindergarten is ready!
And here is another craft idea for the little ones. Snowmen in this case are drawn using plastic bottle caps. We need two plugs of different sizes (larger and smaller). Spread it with white paint and make a print. Finish the face, pens and buttons with felt-tip pens when the paint is completely dry. A hat and a scarf can be made of colored tape, colored paper or felt, for example.
# 2 Applications
Simple crafts of snowmen - using applique technique. You will need white paper, glue, and some imagination. The easiest option is three circles glued to a sheet of colored or painted paper for contrast. You can additionally decorate the craft with glitter, sequins, stickers, etc.
Here is another version of a simple crafts using the applique technique. The snowman does not look straight, but upward, which adds magic and reality to the craft.
But a slightly more complex version with small decorative elements. You can download the template of the snowman and decorative elements under the picture.
And here is a snowman's craft, which can be hung on a Christmas tree as a toy or used as a gift tag, indicating who the gift is for and from whom.
And here is a version of a snowman for kindergarten. The kid will completely cope with such a task, and most importantly, he will not have time to lose interest, because he can do almost everything himself.
And here is a great version of the Advent calendar. You can make such a craft with a child, and it will be very convenient for him to count the days until the most important holiday or before the holidays. You can download the template under the photo.
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# 3 Origami
You can make a snowman out of paper using the origami technique. There is nothing complicated, you just need to clearly follow the instructions, which are detailed in the picture below.
# 4 Bulky snowmen
You can also make bulk snowmen from paper. For example, here is a volumetric geometric snowman, which you can easily make using ready-made templates, which you can download under the picture. How to fold the workpiece is described in detail in the MK in the picture.
And here is the same snowman, just melted. You can also download the scheme under the master class.
And here is a snowman with a voluminous belly. Draw the blank of the snowman's body and additionally cut out some circles to fit the bottom of the snowman. Bend the circles in half and glue them together, and then glue them to the workpiece. A voluminous snowman hectare with your own hands is ready!
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#Vytynanka
If you've never heard of vytynanka, then it's time to get acquainted with this type of needlework. What are these same vytynanka - these are carved patterns from paper. Moreover, you can cut not only abstract patterns, but also entire concrete compositions. They are often used to decorate the windows of schools, kindergartens, shops and office buildings. Winter compositions look especially beautiful. Perhaps that is why it is customary for us to decorate windows with cutouts on New Year's holidays. You can find ready-made snowman templates below.
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Snowmen made of felt
Felt is considered to be an excellent material for needlework. From this, at first glance, unremarkable material, you can create incredible crafts. In this article, you will find more than 30 DIY snowman templates and patterns.
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Embroidery
If you are a jack-of-all-trades and perfectly handle thread and a needle, then you definitely need to embroider with a snowman this New Year. Here you will find more than 40 cute schemes.
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Snowmen treats
You can also decorate the New Year's table with snowmen. Themed treats for children's parties are especially relevant. So if you are planning a big children's party, be sure to pay attention to the snowmen as a treat.
An unusual delicacy awaits guests of salty rings and white chocolate. You will need: gummy toffee, ringlet, chocolate (white and dark). Put the toffee on the parchment and drip some melted chocolate into the center. Then put the rings in this place and secure with chocolate again. Fill the rings themselves with chocolate and decorate with chocolate chips (eyes, nose, mouth, buttons). Wait for the chocolate to harden and wrap the toffee scarf. Treats are very easy to remove from the parchment. All that remains is to put the snowmen on a plate!
And here are the snowmen on a stick. For cooking, you will need sandwich cookies, white chocolate, chocolate chips and red round candies. Place the cookies on a stick and dip in chocolate. Decorate immediately with chocolate chips and red candy and send to dry. You can dry it on the parchment, the chocolate will not stick or rub off.
And for the preparation of such a treat you will need: chocolate (white and dark), bread sticks, marmalade for the nose. First, dip each stick in white chocolate and place it tightly against each other on parchment paper. Wait until it is completely dry. After that, dip this design in dark chocolate (for the hat), draw the eyes, mouth and put the gummy nose. Wait until it dries and you can try!
Here is such a delicious gift you can decorate as a snowman. You will need powdered sugar donuts, a plastic bag, red tape, black paper, a marker. Donuts can be bought at the store or made yourself. Well, then everything is simple: put them in a bag, tie them with a ribbon (like a scarf), stick on the hat and draw a face. A great gift for a work colleague!
And here's a special treat - melted snowmen. Take a cookie, put chewing marshmallows (marshmallows) on it, cover with foil and put in the oven for a few minutes. The marshmallow will melt a little. Now put on the second marshmallow on top, draw a face and decorate with marmalade or sweets. Use toothpicks as pens.
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Snowmen christmas balls
A snowman with your own hands can be made from Christmas balls. For such a craft, you will need either a special blank or an old Christmas tree ball. Below are several master classes for making snowmen from Christmas balls with your own hands.
To make such a snowman, you will need a ball blank, an old sock, acrylic paint (or gouache), and a marker. Cut the sock and put it on the ball. Pour some paint inside the ball and twist the workpiece so that the paint evenly covers the walls of the ball from the inside. Tie a sock on top and draw the eyes, nose and mouth for the snowman. Christmas toy snowman is ready!
And here is another simple option for making a Christmas tree toy in the form of a snowman with your own hands. For manufacturing, you will need a ball blank, foam balls or white beads, a marker. Pour foam or white beads into the blank to the top, close the ball and draw a face. The Christmas ball-snowman is ready!
Here's another variation on styrofoam balls or beads. The only difference between this MK and the previous one is the decor of the ball itself, i.e. snowman. In this craft, the Snowman is additionally decorated with warm headphones. Alternatively, you can put on a hat, a cap or a more traditional option for us - a bucket.
But about the same snowman from a Christmas ball, only artificial snow is poured into the workpiece.
And here is a great craft option for children. Kids still do not know how to draw properly, but they will definitely be able to decorate the Christmas ball with snowmen from fingerprints. For a detailed MK, see the photo below.
And this option is suitable for those who do not have a blank, but have an ordinary, not decorated Christmas ball.
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Snowmen from scrap materials
It often happens that you want to be creative, but there is nothing at hand. Someone gets upset and leaves this venture until better times, while someone is looking for other opportunities. And rightly so, you can make crafts with your own hands from a variety of and sometimes unexpected materials, which are sure to be found in every home. Now we will talk about such crafts.
# 1 Cotton pads snowmen
It's hard to find a woman or girl who doesn't have cotton pads. And they make wonderful New Year's crafts, especially when it comes to snowmen. The cotton pad already initially has the correct round shape, so you don't need to cut anything out.
To create the volume of the craft, you can put some ordinary cotton wool between the discs. Then the craft will resemble a miniature soft toy.
With babies from cotton pads, you can make appliqués by arranging them in a frame like a picture or make, for example, a postcard to grandmother or dad.
If there are no cotton pads, cotton balls are also suitable for crafts. As a last resort, just pick up small pieces of regular cotton wool and glue. It will even be more interesting.
Well, how exactly to glue cotton wool is up to you. Turn on your imagination, and ice cream snowman is not the limit!
# 2 Paper plate snowmen
Cool crafts can be made from regular paper plates. You will find a step-by-step master class on making a snowman-skier below. The craft will appeal to both toddlers and older children.
And here is a simpler option: a snowman made of a triangle. Ideal for kindergarten.
Or, for example, another simple do-it-yourself snowman, which can be made with children of kindergarten age. Simple, fast, cute!
And of course a shiny snowman. We all saw how the snow shimmers in the sun. To make our snowman shimmer like that, we will cover it with coarse salt. A pair of buttons for the eyes, a pair for a blush - and the snowman is ready!
# 3 Snowmen from paper cups
Of the materials at hand for making a snowman, paper cups are also suitable. In addition, for decoration, you will need several strips of felt, pom-pom and fluffy wire. See step-by-step photo instructions below.
# 4 Snowmen from plastic cups
You can also make a snowman from plastic cups. The statue turns out to be huge and is better suited for outdoor decor. So if there is no snow, collect the kids from the yard and make the whole yard a snowman without snow! Snow and snow, and the holiday mood should be no matter what!
# 5 Snowman made of plastic bottles
By the way, healthy snowmen are made from ordinary plastic bottles. So if you collect your trash separately, it's finally time for plastic bottles. Go ahead for the decor! By the way, snowmen from plastic bottles can be used as bowling pins for New Year's bowling! Sign the number of points on each snowman and the whole family have a real pleasure from the New Year holidays!
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# 7 Salted dough snowmen
If you haven't found anything suitable for crafts, then it's time to do some salt dough crafts. There is definitely a place for real sculptors to roam here. Well, kids can make crafts using fingerprints.
You can get a little creative and mold a melted snowman.
We don't know if there will be enough snow outside tomorrow to make a snowman with children, but we know how to make a snowman out of paper. And it will be not just a snowman, but a real 3D postcard that can be made with your child and presented to your family for the New Year 2017.
We will not only tell you how to make a New Year's card with your own hands in stages, but we will also illustrate the step-by-step photo instructions, so even a child can figure out this craft.
DIY Christmas card with a snowman: Step by step instructions
Materials that will be needed to make a 3D postcard with a snowman with your own hands for the New Year:
- colored cardboard
- ruler
- figured hole punch snowflake
- light blue or gray ink stamp
- curly scissors
- black felt-tip pen.
- pencil
- regular scissors
How to make cards with a snowman for the New Year with your own hands (photo 1)
Step one. We need to find three round shapes that will become templates. They should be different sizes, but not larger than postcards.
After you have made your choice, you need to circle the templates on white cardboard and cut them out.
How to make cards with a snowman for the New Year with your own hands (photo 2)
Step two. To prevent the circles from merging when you put them together, trace the circles around the outline with an ink stamp. Mark the edges only slightly.
How to make cards with a snowman for the New Year with your own hands (photo 3)
Step three.Cut the edges of the blue cardboard with curly scissors, as shown in the photo below.
How to make do-it-yourself cards with a snowman for the New Year (photo 4)
Step four.Spread the center of a large circle with glue and glue it to the blue cardboard. Glue a medium-sized circle on top.
How to make do-it-yourself cards with a snowman for the New Year (photo 5)
How to make cards with a snowman for the New Year with your own hands (photo 6)
Step five. Glue two strips to the middle circle, which will be a scarf, and then glue the smallest circle.
How to make do-it-yourself cards with a snowman for the New Year (photo 7)
How to make cards with a snowman for the New Year with your own hands (photo 8)
Step six. Use black marker to draw eyes, buttons and arms that will come out of the middle circle. Glue a small orange triangle for the snowman's nose.
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How to make do-it-yourself cards with a snowman for the New Year (photo 9)
Step seven. Make a few snowflakes with a curly hole punch and glue where you like best to your New Year's card.
How to make do-it-yourself cards with a snowman for the New Year (photo 10)
How to make do-it-yourself cards with a snowman for the New Year (photo 11)
Step eight. The snowman card is ready! But the most difficult thing remains - to wait for the New Year to present it to family and friends.
How to make do-it-yourself cards with a snowman for the New Year (photo 12)
As you can see, there is nothing easier to make a DIY Christmas card with a child. We have many more ideas for original New Year's cards that you can make with your own hands with your children. Follow our updates.
Good afternoon. Today we will make our own New Year cards. I will show you the most interesting ways and techniques. You will not only see photographs, but also receive detailed instructions and diagrams for creating each such postcard. I will give you the necessary master classes to illustrate complex techniques (quilling, origami) step by step.
I decided to divide the whole article into 5 parts - on topics of New Year's cards.
- First, we'll look at a variety of Christmas trees on postcards.
- Then I will show you what Santa Clauses can decorate your postcard.
- Then we will make Snowmen using different techniques.
- Then we move on to Christmas wreaths.
- And of course, consider the application of snowflakes on postcards.
So let's get started ...
Part one
Christmas tree on New Year's cards.
Method number 1 - paper triangles.
If you have old signed New Year's cards, you can no longer transfer them in a second round. But you can use them to create a NEW postcard. You can cut a triangle out of a New Year's card, put it on a leg and get a Christmas tree. The New Year's motive on the card turned out by itself - like the coloring of a Christmas tree.
Or you can cut a herringbone out of a regular cardboard box - rough corrugated packaging cardboard will blend in with delicate lace or pearl beads. And you will receive an elegant handmade New Year card.
You can cut a triangular silhouette of a Christmas tree with wavy edges and glue it with sequins that imitate Christmas decorations on the tree.
You can give the triangular silhouette of the herringbone a scalloped edge (like in the photo cards below). You can also cut out several silhouettes at once and arrange them on one New Year's card.
On the blue New Year's card with the photo below, we see how a voluminous blade herringbone is glued from three triangles.
Or one silhouette of the Christmas tree can be larger in size and with a different shade of color - we put it as a duplicate background under the upper silhouette (as on the right Christmas card with the photo below).
Method number 2 - paper ribbons on a New Year's card.
From paper or textile ribbons, you can very quickly and easily form a herringbone applique.
You can use regular strips of colored paper. Or buy a braid with embroidery in the sewing department of the store. Or in the gift department of the store, buy a sheet of elegant wrapping paper and cut patterned stripes from it for a Christmas tree applique on a New Year's card.
Here in the photo below we see several options for creating such a Christmas tree applique.
The paper strips do not have to be glued in a strict order and symmetry. You can cut strips of four lengths - 10 cm, 8 cm, 5 cm, 3 cm.And arrange them in a chaotic oblique order starting from the bottom 10 cm, in the middle we lay strips of 3 cm and 5 cm, and at the top of 3 cm. paper star and get a New Year's card with your own hands as in the left photo below.
You can also take a triangle cut from thick cardboard and glue it over with strips of paper or fabric, bending the edges of the strips to the wrong side of the cardboard triangle. And we will get a ready-made elegant Christmas tree, which can be safely glued to your postcard (right photo below).
But with paper strips, you can make not only flat applications. You can make Christmas trees using 3D technique. Here is a detailed description of how to make a looped Christmas tree with your own hands on a red New Year's card from the left photo below.
Step 1 - cut into narrow and long strips - their lengths will also be different: 2 strips of 15 cm, 2 strips of 12 cm, 2 strips of 9 cm, and one strip of 7 cm.
Step 2 - in the front side of the postcard we make slots with a blade - 2 slots on both sides along an imaginary line (the width of each slot is such that our strip can easily fit into it).
Step 3 - pushing each strip at one end through 2 slots - turn it with a loop and again return to the same slots. The ends of the strip met on the side glue in the same loop as on the opposite side.
We repeat a similar procedure with the rest of the strips. Naturally, it is necessary to arrange the strips from bottom to top in decreasing order (long at the bottom, short at the top).
Or you can cut 6 paper strips of equal length 12 cm... Bend each strip in half and cross the flaps of the halves with each other - in a checkerboard weave. It just looks difficult. But in fact it is simple. Here you can tear out a sheet from a notebook and cut 6 strips of any length and practice on such a rough material - to see how simple and easy everything is.
And here is another New Year's card, where the tree is also made of strips of paper... Only here is crepe paper (with a crumpled crinkled effect) used - it is sold in rolls in stationery stores (like wallpaper).
Step 1 - We cut wide strips of different lengths - 12 cm, 10 cm, 8 cm, 6 cm, 4 cm.
Step 2 - On the card we outline the line-tiers (rounded), to these lines we will glue each tier of our Christmas tree made of paper. We attach a strip of double-sided tape to these drawn lines.
Step 3 - We take the longest strip (12 cm) and fold its entire upper edge into small folds - tweaks - and place these tucks on the lower line of the tape. Take the next largest strip (10 cm) and do the same. And so we move to the upper tier of the tree. Then we decorate the Christmas tree on the New Year's card for any design at our discretion.
Method number 3 - paper circles.
And here is a way to make a Christmas tree on a New Year's card using mugs cut out of paper. You can cut the circles to the same size (like the blue postcard in the photo below). Or you can cut the circles into 4 different sizes - 2 circles for each size. And then the Christmas tree will turn out to be a triangular shape (tapering upwards) as on the red New Year's card with the photo below.
Method number 4 - quilling technique for postcards for the New Year.
And here is another technique by which very beautiful handmade New Year cards are obtained. Beautiful twists can be made from paper strips.
This is how the process of creating a Christmas tree using the quilling technique looks like. Cut the paper into even strips (It is convenient to do this under a ruler with a paper knife - on a wooden board so as not to cut the table. Or you can buy ready-made strips for quilling. Or you can get a machine for cutting quilling strips.
We lay each twist in a circle template (to make the twists the same size). Let the tight twist open a little, unwind - but within the framework of a round stencil. And then glue the tail-tip of the twist to the barrel of the twist itself... That is, we fix its size. So it will be possible to remove it from the stencil frame and not be afraid that it will unwind and increase its size.
If you don't have a stencil, you can use round caps for creams or drinks... Place the twist on the bottom of the glass or lid and allow it to unwind to the diameter of the lid. Then gently pull it out with tweezers and fix the twist tail with glue.
Pinch round twists on one side with your finger to give it a drop shape.
We add drops of different sizes in pairs - and we get a quick and simple Christmas tree.
The quilling technique allows you to create a variety of Christmas tree patterns from paper twists.
Method number 5 - paper rolls.
Or you can cut the paper into wide strips of different lengths - and roll each strip into a roll. It's easy to do if wrap it around a pencil - glue, wait for the glue to set - and only then remove from the pencil. These rolls of different lengths make a beautiful Christmas tree on a postcard. Do it yourself quickly and easily. Paper can be used simple color... Or buy sheets gift wrapping paper (sold in the gift department).
Method number 6 - mosaic herringbone on a postcard.
You can use any small details as a material for creating a Christmas tree. Sliced \u200b\u200bsnowflakes or butterflies. Buttons or origami stars or bolts and nuts (if you are preparing a postcard for your husband and want to make it brutal).
Method number 7 - lace Christmas tree on a New Year's card.
You can make beautiful lace on a New Year's card. you can use ready made lace paper napkins (sold at the household store, in the same place as the muffin tins). These napkins are often placed under cakes and other culinary items.)
Or you can create paper lace yourself - by folding the paper as for cutting a snowflake. And along the folded edge, put an interesting pattern with holes.
Can you fold the cut-out snowflake in the shape of a herringbone and stick on a New Year's card.
Method number 8 - origami technique.
And here are New Year's cards, which are decorated with a Christmas tree folded from a napkin. Such folding origami in the form of a Christmas tree are made quite quickly and from a simple square (you do not need to cut anything). The main thing is that each upper square is slightly smaller in size than the lower one. And then the tiers of our Christmas tree will narrow towards the top.
Here below I have depicted a diagram that illustrates the process of creating paper blanks for a Christmas tree for a postcard.
But you yourself can come up with YOUR OWN interpretations of a modular paper tree. Come up with your own triangular folds and create your own personalized Christmas card with a Christmas tree.
Method number 9 - a folding Christmas tree on a postcard.
And here is another foldable herringbone. Everything here is quite simple and is made from a detached solid sheet of cardboard. And if you wish, you can additionally decorate the Christmas tree with inserts of colored paper and decorations.
And also you can quickly fold an origami Christmas tree out of paper in this semicircular pattern. You can copy the shape of the tree and fold lines directly from the monitor screen. To enlarge or reduce the image on the screen, scroll the mouse wheel forward or backward while holding down the Ctrl button.
Or you can make such a tree yourself without a drawing. And simply by bending the semicircle back and forth several times, as shown in the picture below.
If such a semicircular pattern for a folding Christmas tree is not made with an even edge, but the circle of the pattern is serrated into soft ruffles or cloves, then the edges of our tiers at the Christmas tree will turn out to be curly, as in the photo of New Year's cards below.
Method # 10 - paper carving.
Also, for Christmas cards, the cuff carving technique is suitable. This technique is very simple. Part of the picture is cut with a razor blade and folded back. We see the most primitive sample in the right photo below - half of the contours of the Christmas tree and snowflake are cut off and just bent.
You can make a double contour - and then the fold will turn out in the form of a narrow silhouette strip, as is done on the left postcard with the photo below.
Or you can cut and bend down each tier silhouette of a Christmas tree on a postcard. And we will get a Christmas card with the photo below.
You can first practice on any rough piece of paper - to see how easy it is to actually implement such a postcard carving technique and make your own unique New Year's craft.
This we examined New Year's cards with a Christmas tree theme, and now let's look at all the other New Year's themes with which you can decorate our cards with your own hands.
Part two
FATHER FROST on postcards.
Large applications in the shape of Santa Claus will decorate any Christmas card. There is no need to make a full-length silhouette of Santa Claus somewhere in the corner of the postcard in the form of a small booger. It is better to take the largest size of a hat, beard and take the whole part of the postcard with these main elements of Santa Claus - a red nose, mustache, beard, hat.
You can fold Santa Claus for a postcard using the origami technique - as shown in the photo below.
Part three
SNOWMAN on New Year's cards.
Now you can move on to the new character of the Christmas holidays - the snowman. Usually we are used to seeing it on crafts in the form of three white rounds and a bucket on the head. But you can get creative with the task of portraying a snowman on a postcard. For example, make it look out from behind the Christmas tree - as in the left photo below.
Or take a ready-made card with a snowman - cut it into strips of different lengths - and from these strips make a herringbone pyramid. Fold in such a way that on some of the strips you can see the sly face of a snowman (as on the left Christmas card with the photo below).
Also, you do not have to make a snowman applique on a classic white paper postcard. You can take the music staff of a New Year's song on the Internet - put it on print, and cut out round discs from such paper for applying a snowman.
Or take a printed text telling about New Year's traditions and from such a text embed rounds for a snowman.
You can make a snowman on a postcard from a paper fan. When the fan bends in half - and its blades unfold in a circle.
You can make a snowman on a postcard using the quilling technique. Twist twist modules from paper white strips, and fold a quilling snowman.
You can portray a snowman in an interesting, unusual angle or setting. It could be a snowman TOP VIEW (like in the left photo below) ... or a snowman inside a snow globe (like in the right photo).
You can make an applique for a snowman that pierces a snowflake with his nose. Or a snowman lord with a top hat and a red bow around his neck.
It is not necessary to put a bucket on the snowman. The snowman looks good in a neat black hat with a brim decorated with a sprig of holly.
The snowman on the postcard can be depicted in an extremely schematic way. A semicircle, a strip of a scarf, two beads of eyes and an orange triangle of the nose.
You can make a simplified silhouette of a snowman as the side of a two-layer postcard as in the photo below.
Or you can use the entire white background of the postcard as the body of a snowman. This principle is shown on the New Year cards with the photo below.
The most difficult thing is to make a volumetric 3D card with a silhouette of a snowman.
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DEER on Christmas cards.
Another New Year's character that looks festive on New Year's cards is a deer.
He can also be portrayed outside the box, but in an interesting situation. For example, it can be a reindeer singing Christmas songs with inspiration, playing a drum, or ice skating - everything is up to your imagination.
You can choose the simplest silhouette applique ONLY DEER HEAD on postcards.
Or you can decorate a New Year's card with the silhouette of a whole deer - from antlers to hooves.
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SNOWFLAKES on New Year's cards.
You can cut 2 ordinary stars out of paper and fold them on top of each other with an offset of one ray - and we will get an elegant snowflake on a Christmas card with our own hands.
You can make a beautiful snowflake using the volumetric convex technique.
Or embroider a snowflake from threads. That is, apply a symmetrical pattern of punctures. And then, in a certain order, lace up these puncture holes with threads to make an openwork snowflake.
You don't have to come up with very complex weaves. Even small patterns of thread and needles will decorate your New Year cards.
In this thread technique, you can perform not only snowflakes, but also any other New Year's motives.
And of course a quilling snowflake.
Here in the photo below we see the stages of creating a complex snowflake from ordinary quilling modules - you need to start each snowflake from the center - and grow petals to the middle - circle by circle.
Your Christmas card with snowflakes can resemble a layer cake, in which a variety of details are mixed, layering and bumping into each other in an elegant chaos of beauty.
The snowflake on your card can be made from paper modules made using origami technique.
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Wreaths on New Year's cards.
And here is the theme of festive Christmas wreaths. On the postcard, they can be depicted in any technique. It can be a flat appliqué of any geometric shapes, decorated with ribbons, buttons and other tinsel.
You can make a New Year's card in the form of a door on which such a Christmas wreath hangs.
The quilling technique is also ideal for creating modules for a Christmas wreath.
New Year's cards can be decorated with birds. They can sing winter songs while sitting on birch musical branches.
Also, New Year's cards can represent a winter window through which you can see either a snowy landscape or a festive room with a Christmas tree.
And here are some more ideas for how to give money in a New Year's card ... We're used to investing money inside a postcard. But you can put money on the outside, making it part of the overall New Year's application. I will now explain how to place the money on the front side of the postcard and not spoil it with glue.
Here on the first postcard we see a bill folded in a triangular cone - a ribbon was glued to the card (not money, we don't spoil it with glue) and glued the ribbon so that it sticks to the glue in the middle, and its tails hang loosely. We put a cone of a Christmas tree-money on the ribbon - and tie it, we tie it with the free ends of the ribbon.
In the second case we glue the snowman - but not just glue it - but on plump pieces of styrofoam stumps. That is, the snowman turns out to be towering on the postcard. Thus, the snowman's neck turns out to be pushed away from the postcard canvas - and you can safely slip a bill rolled into a strip under his neck.
And in the third case - we roll up the candle tubes out of paper. We glue them with ribs to the postcard. And in each tube we put a banknote rolled into a narrow roll.
These are the original ideas for New Year's cards I found for you during these holidays.
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In stores today you can find New Year's cards for every taste. But the editors website believes that homemade is much warmer. After all, when we do a thing for someone with our own hands, we put our love into it.
Below we have collected ideas for beautiful, original and, most importantly, "quick" New Year's cards, for the creation of which no rare materials are required - beautiful paper, cardboard, and colorful ribbons and buttons lying around in the house.
Volumetric Christmas trees
Bulky Christmas trees made of white and colored paper are so simple to design that you can make them at the last moment. Read more on the Bog & ide blog.
Make 3D trees even faster. All you need is a ruler, sharp scissors, and cardboard. This blog shows you how to cut them out.
Penguin
We liked this penguin very much, well thought out. You will need black and white cardboard (or white paper), an orange paper triangle, and 2 miniature snowflakes that we can all cut out. Eyes are, of course, the highlight of the postcard, and for them you will have to look into a hobby store (or tear off an unnecessary children's toy, with the consent of the children, of course).
Gifts
This cute and simple postcard requires 2 sheets of cardboard, a ruler, scissors and glue. And also pieces of wrapping paper that you have left from gift wrapping, ribbons and ribbons. The manufacturing principle is very simple, but for those who want more details, we advise you to take a look at this blog.
Santa Claus
A friendly Santa Claus (or Santa Claus) can be made in literally half an hour. The red hat and pink face are strips of paper pasted onto a card or gift bag. Fur hats and a beard are obtained like this: you need to take paper for drawing and just tear off the strips of the desired shape to get uneven edges. Stick on the card over the red and pink stripes. And then draw two squiggles - a mouth and a nose - and two dots - eyes.
Simple drawings
Irresistible in its grace, the idea is to draw Christmas balls with patterns with a black gel pen. The main thing here is to draw the correct circles and mark the lines for the patterns. Everything else is easy - the stripes and squiggles that you draw when you are bored.
The same principle is behind the postcard with black and white balls. Simple silhouettes, painted with simple patterns, this time in color - best done with felt-tip pens. Warm and very cute.
Many, many different trees
Here you will need paper or cardboard with a pattern left over from children's crafts, or wrapping paper for gifts. Christmas trees are sewn in the center - this is not at all necessary, you can glue them. But if you really want to, then you need to first make holes with a thick needle along the ruler, and then sew with thread in 2 rows - up and down so that there are no gaps. Draw the snow with white gouache.
A laconic and stylish idea - a grove of Christmas trees, one of which is glued to the foam double-sided tape (and therefore rises above the rest) and is decorated with a star.
This card requires 4 or 3 layers of cardboard (you can do without red). You can use paper instead of cardboard as a colored layer. In the top, white, cut out a herringbone (a clerical knife will do well with this) and glue it on double-sided tape for volume.
A round dance of Christmas trees made of various remains of cardboard, scrapbooking paper, wrapping paper is tied with a simple ribbon and decorated with a button. Try to play with colors and textures - here you can find an incredible number of options, using different colors of ribbons, paper and even fabric.
Wonderful watercolor so in the spirit of New Year and Christmas! A simple watercolor sketch is within the power of everyone, even those who last painted with paints during their school years. First you need to outline the patterns with a pencil, paint them, and when it dries up, gently wipe the pencil sketches and add the patterns with a felt-tip pen.
Winter landscape
For this postcard, it is better to use structured cardboard, or you can do with plain, smooth cardboard - it will still be effective. Cut out the snowy landscape and the moon with sharp scissors and paste onto a black or dark blue background.
Another, white and green, variant of the winter landscape, which will take a little more time. If you find velvety cardboard (remember, even at school they made crafts from this), it will be great, if not, you can just paint the Christmas trees with a felt-tip pen. Snow - polystyrene disassembled into peas. You can also use a hole punch to make cardboard circles and glue them to the card.
Hugging snowman
Snowmen looking inquisitively at the starry sky will look more advantageous if they can find a bright ribbon for a scarf.
For the postcard on the leftyou need unpainted cardboard, white drawing paper and foam tape with which you glue the snowman. Snowdrifts are simple: you need to tear off the drawing paper so that you get a torn wavy edge. Paint it with a blue pencil and blend with anything, even with your finger or a piece of paper. Also tint the edges of the snowman for volume. For the second you will need buttons, a piece of fabric, eyes, glue and colored markers.
You will want to keep such a postcard for a long time. And all you need is cardboard circles, a nose and twigs of colored paper. All this must be collected using double-sided volumetric tape. Paint the eyes and buttons with black paint, and the snowball with white gouache or watercolor.
Balloons
Balls are one of the main symbols of the New Year and Christmas. These are made of velvety colored paper and ribbons. But balls are such a win-win that you can afford to fantasize here: make balls out of patterned paper, wrapping paper, fabric, lace, cut out of a newspaper or glossy magazine. And you can just draw the strings.
Another option is to glue the printed paper on the inside of the postcard, and cut out circles on the outside with a sharp clerical knife.
Volumetric balls
For each of these balls you will need 3-4 identical circles of different colors. Fold each in half and glue the halves to each other, and the two outer halves to the paper. Another option is colored stars or Christmas trees.
Colorful balloons
Wonderful translucent balls are obtained using a regular pencil eraser. It is worth starting to outline the outline of the ball with a pencil. Then dip the eraser into the ink and leave your prints on the paper. Fun and beautiful.
Postcards with buttons
Bright buttons will add volume to postcards, as well as evoke subtle associations with childhood.
The main thing is to find buttons of interesting colors, but otherwise it's up to you to "hang" them on a Christmas tree, on a twig with cute owls or on newspaper clouds.
