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Soon, soon New Year! He's in a hurry, he's coming! He will knock on our doors: “Children, hello, I’m coming to you!” We celebrate the holiday, decorate the Christmas tree, hang toys, balls, firecrackers...
This is how I decided to start today’s post in an unusual way. Which will be dedicated to making small souvenirs at home. After all, we all traditionally love to give them for the New Year. Namely, I suggest making a Christmas tree from what you have on hand. It can be anything, for example, paper, cotton pads, dry twigs, etc. After all, we all dream of surprising our loved ones with something special and unique. Therefore, if you are still thinking about what to give to mom, dad, etc. then you have a ready-made solution).
Of course, every home on New Year's Day has a brightly decorated living “forest beauty” that flickers and blinks with multi-colored lights. I suggest making a “little friend” so that she doesn’t get bored. And behind one, your decor in the rooms will be transformed, or perhaps you will place it on the holiday table.
In addition, this creative work will bring a lot of positive emotions and will delight children. Moreover, the winter evenings are long, and you can afford to create something beautiful and green).
Although it doesn’t have to be exactly this color, white is also in fashion. The tree will look as if it is covered in snow or frost.
Master class on creating a Christmas tree with legs
I’ll start with perhaps the most grandiose and magical tree in my opinion. I suggest you look and study these instructions in order to create such a funny and cheerful beauty for yourself or someone else as a souvenir. The work is made of sisal, who does not know this coarse fiber of a tropical plant.
On a note. A special feature of this craft is the presence of funny legs instead of a stand. And if you remove them, you get topiary, which can be made from any material, for example, coffee beans or thread.
Well, take action by looking at these pictures and detailed descriptions.
We will need:
- green sisal – 25 g
- Kinder Surprise cases
- heat gun
- Styrofoam
- wire
- green pencil - 2 pcs.
- colored paper
- green threads
- decorative braid
- any decorations such as balls, beads, etc.
- cardboard
Stages:
1. Take the Kinder case and cut off the lid. For the small part, cut off a small section on one side with a semi-oval, so that you can glue it together later.
2. Using a glue gun, glue the two parts together. This is how the boot will turn out, top top.
3. You should end up with two identical shoes. Make a hole in the largest bottle opener. Have you guessed what it is needed for?
4. Now let’s decorate the shoes. To do this, take a red sheet and cut out two strips 19 cm long and 2 cm wide.
5. Glue the longest strip, wrapping it completely around the shoe and giving it the desired shape.
6. Then glue decorative tape along the entire diameter of the sole for a beautiful appearance.
7. Then take your pencils.
8. Poke them into the prepared holes, and add a little glue so that they hold tightly. The legs are almost ready.
9. All that remains is to decorate them with tinsel, do as shown in this photo below.
10. Next, take a foam cone and paint it green. Let dry. Then wind the sisal fibers around the cone in a spiral. Secure with regular green thread.
11. This is what should come out. What does it remind you of already?
12. Now take the wire and insert it into the tip of the cone. Wrap it in sisal too and tie it with thread.
13. The next step is to make a skirt for the stomper. To do this you need to make pounds. Make rectangles of fabric measuring 10 cm x 9 cm, their number should be from 60-80 pieces. depending on the fullness of the skirt.
14. Then start gluing with a hot-melt gun. In this order. Bend the rectangle in half, but along an oblique line. Secure with glue.
15. Next, lift the lower left edge to the top, and also drip glue.
16. Then lift the right edge and glue it together.
17. The funnel is ready. It's really a funny name, even a little funny.
18. Then start assembling the Christmas tree. Glue the blanks in a circle.
19. To create a skirt later.
20. Insert the legs into the base.
21. Then use your imagination and get creative, glue on various kinds of decorations.
22. Glue a bow with beads to the top of the spruce and wrap it around the craft.
23. There will also be snowflakes and rhinestones here. Place the resulting masterpiece on a stand. Good luck.
What is needed for assembly
For soldering you will need a soldering iron, solder, flux (liquid rosin) and solder.
This article uses a T12 soldering station and liquid rosin as a flux.
The Hakko T12-JL02 tip is ideal for DIP soldering.
A multimeter will also be useful for checking parts (the most common one will do), and side cutters or wire cutters.
To clean the board from flux residues, we will use Galosh gasoline, a brush, cotton wool and napkins. You can also use alcohol.
How to make a voluminous Christmas tree out of paper at home
I think that many have ever thought about this question. After all, schools and kindergartens often give assignments on this topic. I suggest making, for example, a silhouette Christmas tree. To do this, take this sample and print it on office colored sheets.
Afterwards, cut out with a stationery knife and glue the blanks together. Use special clamps for this.
You can make a whole forest of such colorful coniferous beauties.
The following work will be completed in 5 minutes. Don't believe me? It couldn’t be simpler; you will need circles of colored double-sided paper and a pencil on a stand. The diameter of the blanks you see below:
1. Fold the circle in half with your hands, so that you get a semicircle.
Do exactly that! Carefully iron the fold with your hands.
2. Now fold the semicircle in half again.
3. Next, fold the workpiece in half again.
4. And in the same way two more times.
6. And this is what happens. Carefully trim the ends of each piece with scissors.
7. Start assembling the product. Place all the blanks on a stick. From the largest circle to the smallest.
8. The only thing missing is a star or Santa Claus.
I especially found a video for you so that if you need it, you can, in addition to everything else, roll up a grandfather out of paper. A new article will be released soon, in which you will find many works with this hero, but for now, watch the story.
For those who found the first option quite easy and simple, you can take and fold a Christmas tree in origami style; for instructions and description, see below in this film.
Christmas tree made of beads for beginners (diagram inside)
The next creation of nature is wow, cool and at the same time elegant. And such a souvenir will last for more than a dozen years. This is a spruce made of beads. I thought it was impossible to make such a tree myself. But as it turns out, I was wrong. I am sure you will cope with such work with a bang.
We will need:
- green beads – 7 shades
- white beads or transparent
- plate from under the flowerpot
- acrylic paint: white and brown
- wire 0.4 mm
- PVA glue
- ruler
- rod 4 mm and length 2 cm
- tape
- alabaster
1. Place the beads in a cup and mix all the colors. Place beads on the wire in different color sequences and measure 2.5 cm using a ruler. At the same time, leave the edge in the region of 5-7 cm without beads.
2. Make a loop for four circular turns.
3. From the loop, step back 2 cm of wire free and without beads of wire and again count 2.5 cm and make a loop.
4. For the smallest branch, wind 7 loops in this way. Then find the middle and fold it in half and twist the elements together.
5. Thus, you should have this number of branches.
7. Now take the rod and wrap the tape, and then 4 branches with 7 loops to it. The first one is in the center, and the rest are placed below in a circle, twist the stick and wrap it with tape.
6. Next, take 6 branches of 9 loops each. Wrap them in a circle in two tiers of three branches, wind them in a circle. Then step back down about 7 mm and take 5 branches of 11 loops each and wind them in one tier.
7. Retract 7 mm again and wind 6 branches of 11 loops each and again divide them into two tiers. And so on. The final stage is 5 branches of 7 loops.
Rewind the remaining barrel with brown tape. Spread the branches to make the tree lush.
8. Bend the table at 90 degrees and place it in a cup from under the flowerpot. Pour alabaster solution into it and let it dry.
9. Wait until the tree sets; you can also plant any symbol of the New Year. For example, a pig or a rat, a tiger.
Make a thick solution of PVA glue and alabaster, dip it in a kitchen napkin and glue it to the trunk. To get a natural look.
10. After complete hardening, start painting, but first remove the product from the cup. Paint the trunk brown and the platform white.
11. Decorate with large beads in the form of toys or something else.
Now a few more instructions that I found on the Internet.
But this model is somewhat similar to the first one, maybe someone will like this one more.
And look how lovely it is.
Well, in conclusion, I would like to show one more example of a flat spruce tree, which you can use as a pendant or keychain.
Kanzashi style Christmas tree made of satin ribbon
Well, friends have now reached another elegant option, which looks quite bright and elegant. The green beauty turns out beautiful and lush. But first, you must master the kanzashi technique; for this you need to learn how to make special blanks in the form of triangles. Take a look at the diagram, if it is not clear, then in this post you will find a more detailed master class on making such things.
You have to take a green satin ribbon, cut it into pieces measuring 5 cm x 5 cm and repeat all these steps.
Or consider this tip.
So you will need:
- cone made of thick paper or cardboard
- satin tape
- star
- scissors
- wire
- candle
- heat gun
Stages:
1. Prepare everything you need for work. Place the gun to warm up.
2. Carefully and slowly glue the fabric blanks to the surface of the green cone in a circle and in a spiral.
3. Try to place all the triangles fairly close to each other. After the product is ready, take a star or any bow and glue it to the wire.
4. Place the ornament on the top of the tree. Decorate the souvenir with beads; they will act as a garland.
I came across a more simplified version of the craft in this film, perhaps you will also like it and you and your children will master this technique. Good luck!
Simple DIY radio construction kit from AliExpress
Let's look at one of the options for a simple LED electronic Christmas tree.
At first glance, this is a simple constructor. However, it is very important to follow the assembly order, otherwise the entire structure will not work.
The RGB version of the designer is no different except for the LEDs used. In this case, RGB LEDs are used, which themselves switch the light within themselves when voltage is applied.
Spruce made from cotton pads: a craft for kindergarten children
Now let's get acquainted with a fairly simple craft that you can easily do with your child at home or in a kindergarten class. This option is so easy that it is suitable for any younger or older group.
For creativity, you will need to decorate cotton pads with green gouache. Let them dry completely. Then roll it into a petal and secure it with glue.
Since a Christmas tree is usually made for the New Year, let’s glue the snowdrifts on the blue background sheet first of all. And then arrange and glue the green blanks in the desired sequence in descending order.
You can also get creative and build a snowman or other character. Give free rein to your imagination and the souvenir or postcard will be ready.
It is with these triangular blanks that you can build other options.
The next option, for which you will need the materials you see in this picture. Make a bag out of cardboard, glue the parts with double-sided tape, and make the bottom even.
And then dilute the blue gouache in some water and dip a cotton swab in it. Draw dots along the outline of the disks.
Then glue the round pieces onto the cone, overlapping one on top of the other.
Then decorate the craft to your taste. Winter beauty is ready. What do you think of the idea? The truth is super and fast and cool!
You can go another way: fold each disc in half three times and fasten it with a stapler. Then glue these triangles onto the white cone. And then decorate the Christmas tree with beads and a star.
Or you can also go the other way, make a three-dimensional craft by cutting a cotton pad into four equal parts. See it all for yourself below:
The youngest assistants can be asked to do this kind of work.
Forest beauty made of spruce and pine cones
Of course, not a single New Year's holiday is complete without tangerines and, of course, pine cones. So why not use that too. After all, such natural material is easy to collect in a forest or park, and then sit down and make it.
We will need:
- glue
- gun
- scissors
- cardboard
- bumps
- varnish in a can
Stages:
1. Make a cone from a sheet of A4 paper and glue the ends together. Let me remind you how to do this. Draw a circle, and then cut it in half, coat the walls with glue and let dry.
2. After starting to assemble the product, glue the cones to the workpiece in a spiral. So until the product takes on a finished form.
3. Coat with glitter varnish for durability.
4. Cut out a star from a shiny lid or any other material.
5. Decorate the top with it.
You can go another way and make such a forest charm from husks. Also glue a cone out of paper.
And it is on it that, using a glue gun, glue the particles in a spiral, one after another.
For completeness, decorate with beads or other decorations that are typical for this holiday. For example, tinsel and stars.
Patterns
For the New Year tree you can use the following stencils:
They are suitable for both felt Christmas trees and paper paper Christmas trees. Use them as templates. Or use the pattern in a new way and sew this unusual Christmas tree:
To make a toy using these stencils, simply sew the cut out parts together and decorate them. Read more in the master classes below.
Christmas tree made from candies (step by step instructions)
Do you like sweets? Oh, and I just love them. I propose to lay out the symbol of the New Year from them, and take a bottle of champagne as the base.
1. Glue the green fluffy tinsel onto the champagne in a spiral using a glue gun.
2. As soon as the first row of tinsel is glued, glue the candy wrappers (tips) at the same distance.
3. And then add something else, for example a bow.
4. Well, how do you like this wonderful idea? Cool, congratulations to the author! It’s not a shame to go on a visit with such a souvenir).
Preparing for assembly
First of all, check all the radio components before assembling according to the diagram. The number of parts must match exactly. Carefully place them in small piles. And also test them with a multimeter to ensure they are working properly. Not a single detail should be mentioned briefly.
DIY sisal Christmas tree
Preparations for the New Year are in full swing, so let's do something interesting from such material as coarse fiber. Nowadays it is often used because it is not very expensive, and everyone wants to create with it.
We will need:
- sisal fiber green and white
- filler
- bamboo stick
- plastic cup
- glue
- cardboard
- satin tape
- scissors
- decorative elements: bows
1. Fold a cone from a sheet of cardboard and glue it together. Place the filler in it and insert the stick. The wand will need to be decorated with a satin ribbon. Secure the ends of the tape with glue.
2. Also add filler to the glass and put something heavy on the bottom, such as coins. Use corrugated paper or other material to decorate the glass; it will act as a stand. You can also put a piece of foam rubber on top, for strength, and make a hole in it for the stick.
Insert the prepared cone on a stick into the stand.
3. Roll the sisal into balls by hand.
4. Glue them to the workpiece in different combinations, I mean color. Alternate at your discretion.
5. Now dress up the beauty and sprinkle a little glitter polish. All that remains is to admire or give this masterpiece to someone.
Video on how to make a decorative Christmas tree from threads and PVA glue
And another little beauty that will fit very nicely into any interior or will be an excellent gift, like a miracle made of thread. Watch this story and follow all the steps from the author.
I decided to prescribe the next option for you, please read.
We will need:
- PVA glue
- threads
- water
- foil tape
- disposable cup
- cardboard or old box
- plastic bag
- battery operated candle
Stages:
1. Form a cone out of cardboard and glue it with foil tape. Dry. Then put a bag on the geometric figure, fix it even inside, otherwise it will fidget around the workpiece.
2. Place the threads in PVA glue diluted with water (50 to 50). But before that, make a hole in the cup right at the base and thread a thread into it.
3. Fill the cup with glue solution so that the entire thread is covered in glue.
4. Now start winding the thread around the cone in a spiral.
Important! The thread should not be too tight; it should lie easily on the surface of the cone.
3. Thus, in the end you will receive a new souvenir, cut the thread. Leave to dry.
4. After drying, remove the Christmas tree from the workpiece; the PVA will dry and become transparent.
5. Decorate the gift with sequins and then turn on the battery-powered candle and place it in the very base.
6. The Christmas tree will twinkle and act as a mini-lamp or garland.
Craft for the school competition “Tinsel Tree for New Year 2022”
Now we move on and perform the symbol of next year using ordinary tinsel. Still, such material is also an indispensable attribute. Do you agree? Plus it looks really beautiful and charming. Take a look for yourself.
We will need:
- tinsel of different colors
- cardboard - 2 pcs.
- glass or pot
- foil sleeve
- gypsum
- glue gun and PVA glue
- scissors
- thread with needle
- wire
- any decorations, lace fabric, bell, balls, etc.
1. Make a cone out of cardboard, take it green.
2. Then cut out a circle from another sheet, 1.5-2 cm larger than the diameter of the geometric figure.
3. Then make these slits on it.
4. On a round piece, trace a sleeve in the middle so that you can cut a suitable hole.
5. Glue the circle to the cone. This is what will happen in the end.
6.Wrap the sleeve with decorative tape and insert it into a cup of plaster.
7. Make a skirt out of lace, assemble it with a needle and thread to make it airy and fluffy.
8. Glue in two tiers to the green blank. Cut the tip of the cone and insert a wire with a bell into it.
9. Now take a glue gun and use it to fix the tinsel in a spiral.
10. Then glue on balloons and other decorations such as beads. Your magical miracle is ready. Create for your health!
Souvenir decoration
The finished Christmas tree should be decorated with elegant decorative elements. These can be: ribbons, snowflakes, sparkles, Christmas tree tinsel, beads and other handicraft components.
If you use your imagination and think a little, then any natural material, jewelry and even products, for example, painted cereal grains, sweets in beautiful wrappers, etc., will be suitable for decorating the New Year's beauty. The lightweight design does not need to be loaded with large decorating things.
Christmas balls and compositions
A similar method is also suitable for making Christmas tree balls.
- Fill the balloon with air to the required size.
- Wrap with multi-colored glue-based threads.
- After drying, poke a hole in the wall of the air sphere and carefully remove it out.
When composing plot compositions with large Christmas trees, figurines of fairy-tale characters, animations and traditional Father Frost and Snow Maiden are suitable. The use of various kinds of decorating elements and composite materials gives the room a unique winter landscape.
Making a souvenir lamp
The use of filament Christmas trees is justified as decoration for night sconces and portable lamps. A lampshade made of yarn, due to its openwork structure, displays the most phantasmagoric penumbra on the walls of the room and brings a magical, incomparable spectacle. Making a lamp is not difficult.
- First of all, choose the necessary light source.
- Measure the diameter of the lamp.
- Calculate the size of the lampshade.
- Make a thread tree using known technology.
Instead of a Christmas tree, the lampshade can be built in a shape resembling a ball or a snowman. This lamp will be an original gift and will add a little magic to New Year's Eve.
Using thread-grass yarn
In a modern retail network you can find handicraft products that are unique in their appearance and quality. A wide range of threads, yarn and sewing paraphernalia makes it possible to produce colorful crafts with a non-standard combination of texture and color. It doesn’t hurt to try making a Christmas tree from different yarns. A Christmas tree made from thread-grass yarn looks very natural.
Please note that the thread should be wound horizontally or in spiral turns onto the paper frame to give the product a slender look. Winding in a random order introduces chaos and sloppiness into the craft. There is always time for experimentation. It is possible to add sophistication to a souvenir by alternating yarn of different shades. Weaving them with a grass thread gives an amazing result.
Vintage corrugated paper Christmas tree
Now there is one more craft that you can also take and perform for an exhibition in a kindergarten or school. The technique will be trimming. Are you familiar with this method? I hope it's very good. And if not, then you will find out now. To work you will need corrugated paper, PVA glue, scissors, and a cardboard cone. And of course, a good mood.
1. So, take a cone to work with. This is what we will be processing now.
2. But before you do this, cut the corrugated squares: 1 cm x 1 cm, 2.5 cm x 2.5 cm, 3 cm x 3 cm, 4 cm x 4 cm, 5 cm x 5 cm, 6 cm x 6 cm.
You can replace corrugated paper with regular paper napkins.
3. Take a small square and wrap it around a stick, then dip it in glue and glue it onto the cone.
4. In this way, fill the entire geometric figure and move in a circle.
5. Take the smallest squares first, then larger and larger ones.
6. You can also make a star out of paper on the top of your head. Or take a ready-made version from the store.
This is the kind of wonderful green souvenir you should end up with. Don't forget to decorate with any beads or rhinestones.
General soldering rules
Solder radio components in “one touch”. The circuit has many LEDs and transistors. These semiconductor radio components with a pn junction are quite sensitive to high temperatures. Therefore, do not leave the soldering iron on the terminals of the parts for a long time.
If it is poorly soldered, wait until the contact cools down, apply flux again, solder and continue soldering.
First of all, solder the smallest radio components, and only lastly the large ones.
The soldering temperature should not be higher than 290 °C.
Two main methods of DIP soldering
For the first method you will need solder with flux.
We apply a solder rod with a small margin to the soldering area.
And apply a soldering iron, while simultaneously adding a little solder rod.
It turns out quickly and efficiently. The second method is to actively use flux.
For DIP soldering, regular alcohol rosin with a brush is suitable. We apply it to the contacts. Now we take solder onto the soldering iron tip. For DIP contacts, a small drop of solder is enough, no more. And we lean the soldering iron with solder against the contact on the board. The disadvantage of this method is the unnecessary consumption of flux, but this method is of better quality. There is no lack of flux as such, and soldering will be better. Read more about other soldering techniques in this article.
And remember that the performance of any device depends on the quality of soldering!
Creative spruce made from plastic bottles
I think that in any home there is a plastic bottle. Take it light green in color. The steps are quite simple, do it with your children to occupy your family leisure time.
Stages:
1. Cut out the middle of the bottles, and then cut it into pieces.
2. You should end up with rectangles like this. From which the branches for the Christmas tree will be made. Their sizes are:
- 8.5 cm x 6 cm – 6 pcs.
- 7 cm x 6 cm – 6 pcs.
- 6.5 cm x 6cm - 5 pcs.
- 6 cm x 6 cm – 5 pcs.
- 5.5 cm x 6 cm - 4 pcs.
- 5 cm x 6 cm – 4 pcs.
- 4.5 cm x 5 cm - 3 pcs.
- 4 cm x 5 cm – 3 pcs.
- 3 cm x 3 cm - 3 pcs.
3. Round each rectangle, bend the tip, and cut after the edge, as shown below.
4. For curl, scorch the fringe with a candle.
5. And then paint the fringes with acrylic paint or nail polish. Pollinate with glitter.
6. Thus, you should make this number of branches, and make a hole on each branch.
7. Then take a stick and stick it into the bottom of the bottle. This will be a stand for a souvenir. Make the hole using a drill.
8. Well, now all that remains is to assemble the Christmas tree, thread the branches onto the stick.
9. Looks chic and attractive.
10. Decorate with a bow and beads. Give such a masterpiece to your friends or keep it for yourself for the New Year's table. Product height 20-25 cm. Cool!
