The symbol of the new year 2022 is the rat, so crafts from this animal or its close relative, the mouse, are especially relevant now. You can make a toy using various techniques of working with paper. Any crafts can be modified at your own discretion by adding accessories and additional details.
Mouse crafts can be made in many ways using paper.
Making simple luminous clouds from cotton wool with your own hands
The most interesting option for designing clouds is to make them on a base with the addition of lighting. They can be made with children or as a surprise for them.
For this craft you will need the following materials: cotton wool, spray glue, a rice paper lampshade, a light bulb or LED strip.
To decorate the lampshade, you need to evenly glue the prepared cotton wool onto its surface; to do this, the material is torn into small pieces and secured with glue. When everything is thoroughly dry, we begin to create the glowing effect.
You can use the lampshade for its intended purpose and simply screw a regular light bulb into it. Or you can carefully glue an LED strip along the inner walls of the workpiece. A ribbon in which the lights change color can give you complete immersion in a fairy tale.
Children are constantly exploring the world around them, which is full of various terms and names. There are a large number of types of clouds, each of which has its own shape and name. To better and faster master the information received, you can use a board game application.
To do this you will need cotton wool, glue, and a cardboard base with photographs of various clouds. First you need to carefully consider the proposed species, then say their names together with your child. After this, you can start making crafts.
The point is to lay it out as closely as possible to look like clouds and glue the cotton wool onto the cardboard. The material is torn off from the main part in small pieces for ease of use.
These clouds can be given a natural appearance. The master class is a fairly simple description.
For this craft you need to stock up on regular balloons, thin paper, glue and cotton wool. We inflate the balloons and tie them in the shape of a cloud. During the process, you can experiment with the size of the inflated balloons. If you fill them with helium, the clouds will turn out to be real - flying.
When the bundle in the form of a cloud is ready, we proceed to the next stage. We take thin prepared paper and PVA glue, which we carefully coat the workpiece with. Then we glue the paper to the balls, tearing it off in pieces, using the papier-mâché technique. This will add strength and integrity to the structure. Let it dry a little.
When the glue is almost dry, you can begin attaching the cotton wool to the paper using glue. Once all the strokes are completed, you get a pretty realistic cloud. It can also be equipped with backlighting if desired.
Mice and rats with knitting needles
This is Pip the rat. A master class on knitting it here.
Master class from Anna Karelina - “Thrifty Mouse”:
On Instagram from @_monya2583 you can buy a tutorial on knitting these little rats:
Would you like a free master class, please)
Mistress Hanka Manka is knitted according to the description that you can!
Rat with knitting needles from Olga Banifatova in video format:
The mouse (or maybe it's a rat) is knitted and crocheted. Master class from DROBYstudio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rlF_q-k4eY
Any toy will become more interesting if you knit clothes and accessories for it. Inspiring examples below:
Footprint slippers in the shape of the symbol of 2022 will warm your feet on winter evenings. Tatyana Kilmyashkina recorded a video for everyone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELqW9NqgQk4
You can knit mitten mice for your child! Elena Puzanova shares a master class :
A New Year's sweater for a bottle of champagne is a great idea!
“Mimimysh” by Elena Kasimova
How to make paper clouds
Paper clouds Paper clouds are a great idea for children's creativity and children's room decor. Also, paper clouds can be used as a decoration element in children's theater productions. Paper clouds can be flat, made from a single sheet of paper, or three-dimensional. Based on the principle of attachment, such clouds are divided into loosely attached and fixedly attached. Fixed clouds include paper clouds in the form of appliqués on a sheet of paper, securely glued with glue. Loosely attached - decorations in the form of clouds, attached with pins or double-sided tape to the surface, or attached to the ceiling on hanging threads, decorative elements of a children's room. Such clouds can be moved depending on the need for it. In our article we will look at three ways to make paper clouds, and you will be able to choose the one you need.
Paper mice for the Christmas tree
A great idea would be to decorate your Christmas tree with colorful paper mice. Before you start assembling the toy, you should cut out the necessary parts:
- oval for the body;
- a heart-shaped head, the continuation of which is two rounded ears;
- elongated small paws;
- a round part with a tangentially elongated rear leg.
Little colorful mice will decorate any New Year's cage.
Step-by-step process for making paper Christmas tree decorations:
- Bend your torso into an oval and arch your head. Before this, the ears should be bent forward.
- Glue the edges of the head to the upper part of the animal's body.
- Attach the eyes and nose to the muzzle, and glue the upper legs to the body.
- Attach a semicircle with a hind leg to the lower edges of the body.
- Glue a tail to the back, the edge of which can be unscrewed with scissors. It is best to attach the ribbon to the upper base of the body.
Paper face of a mouse with a New Year's hat
Another option is to make a face of a mouse with a New Year's hat:
- Cut out two semicircles for the ears and glue pink circles to them.
- Cut out two pentagons, glue ears to one of them and place a ribbon on top. Glue the other part of the head tightly on top.
- Secure the antennae, eyes and nose.
- Glue a red triangular hat with a white pompom on top.
We need to work, not toil about bullshit!
I am 47 years old and, according to the deep conviction of most of my relatives and acquaintances, I do garbage (the definition is relative, everyone has their own terms, not everyone is valued in polite society).
I have already learned to respond with the smile of an elven princess. It will only strengthen the existing reputation. By the way, about reputation: does anyone know the correct name for a female idiot? Otherwise, people very broadly formulate the definition of me in their value system. Otherwise, I would have suggested it right away, and that would have been the end of it.
My great sin before humanity is that a year and a half ago I dared to believe in my dream. And, the worst thing is, I continue to crawl towards her.
. I was young in the dashing 90s and carried the whole family on me. Mom didn’t work because she hadn’t been given disability yet, and it was difficult for her to work. My husband worked, but he was not given a salary for six months. The son is small. I don’t even remember how I earned money at one time.
Then my husband and I ran away (thanks to both mothers, but not about that now), my mother was given the 3rd group, my son was growing up, I worked like hell and studied in absentia at the university.
Then my mother was given the 1st group, my son grew up, he began to develop his own life, I had a dacha, work, part-time work, shops, cooking, cleaning, pharmacies, hospitals.
Then there were a completely terrible year and a half, when I wanted to howl like a wolf every other day, at best, and there was always a lump in my throat that prevented me from breathing.
Then - the month of hell.
A month of dull apathy.
Then they lifted their son and daughter-in-law by the scruff of the neck from the sofa and said:
“Mom, let’s stop thinking about life and start living.”
He told the kid to get the job device out of his head, redecorate his room, decorate his refrigerator like steampunk, and make a plan on how to make money doing what he loves.
A year and a half has passed, as I wrote at the beginning. Now I propagate plants (mostly unusual ones for a Siberian dacha), run a channel on YouTube, make and teach how to make fairy houses. That is, I’m doing garbage. To support my panties, I also copywrite. But, again, on my favorite topic, I am writing for a regular customer.
That's it, I just wanted to meet you. Moreover, it turns out that I already have a subscriber. Whole one! And it turned out to be a confession.
Oh well, what happened is what happened, let’s smile and dance.))
Please don’t forget about the female idiot, it’s very necessary!
In the meantime, a little of our ugliness with my assistant, for the mood. The assistant is a wonderful companion, the first cat in a family of hardened dog lovers, I can still show the outrages if anyone is interested.
Step-by-step instructions for creating hanging clouds with your own hands
First you need to prepare the paste:
a. Pour a glass of cold water into the vessel; b. Stir two teaspoons of starch evenly; c. Place the vessel with starch on the fire, constantly stirring the cloudy liquid; d. IMPORTANT! Do not bring to a boil under any circumstances and stir all the time; e. When the mixture reaches a consistency similar to sour cream, remove from heat and let cool;
While our mixture is cooling to the side, let's take on the clouds:
a. You need to form lumps of cotton wool of the size you need; b. Prepare another container with a wide bottom for dipping our clouds; c. Then pour a little paste to cover the bottom, and start rolling your lumps in this creamy liquid; d. IMPORTANT! Do not soak the cotton balls, but lightly coat them; e. Then combine sticky cloud-shaped lumps with each other
In order for our product to have a finished look, you should lay out the still wet clouds on a flat surface and let them dry, sometimes turning them over.
And, perhaps, the last piece of advice: after drying, the clouds need to be crushed a little, to give them a more lively and airy shape.
Such clouds will be a wonderful decoration for a nursery or bedroom. Hang them on a rope from the ceiling and enjoy the lightness of the feathery lumps.
Mice made from wooden blanks
The easiest way is to purchase wooden blanks for decoupage and painting, and then start decorating them. There are quite a lot of offers at the Fair:
A few videos to help you:
The Woodpile workshop (coinsib) produces stylish wooden magnets with the symbols of 2022:
The Derevyashki from Ivashka store sells mouse blanks in the form of puzzles (a wonderful gift for a child) and stylish minimalist figurines:
Decoupage of boards and boxes is masterfully done by runata :
Decoupage on a cutting board
Cheese set
Box “Cheese and mice”
Ready-made cutting and cheese boards, as well as wooden mouse toys, will be a worthy gift for the New Year!
Hanging volumetric clouds (decoration)
Sketchy contour clouds made of large-sized paper, of course, can be considered as an option for theatrical decoration for a children's play. But it's very simple. We offer you an original solution to this issue. In order to build an interesting volumetric cloud, we will need a durable balloon of the required size (it is better to have it in light, neutral colors), glue for ceiling tiles (quick-drying), a spool of white thread, cotton wool, fishing line, and several rolls of white toilet paper. It is recommended to take a soft, multi-layered option. Inflate the ball to the desired size. Then, we wrap it thickly with threads over the entire area until the gaps disappear. We coat the structure with glue, very carefully, and let it dry. Then, using cotton wool, gluing it, we form the outline of a cloud. After the threads dry, the ball can be pierced and removed. We will be left with a thread frame. The entire area of the frame and the cotton wool glued to it is glued with large torn pieces of toilet paper until the desired volume is formed. The structure is then attached to a fishing line and suspended at the required height. Your cloud will be even more original and alive if you fill the balloon with helium before installing the craft and do not remove it afterwards. Such a cloud needs to be attached to a fishing line from below so that it does not fly away. If the performance will take place in twilight, to enhance the effect, you can attach several LEDs powered by a coin cell battery to the cloud.
Mice love to eat!
Table setting... with mice
Gradually we are getting closer to the most delicious part of our review article! We cannot imagine a New Year's holiday without a set table, and a table without beautiful table settings.
Let's take note of ideas for decorating dishes and presenting them beautifully
Egg and cheese mice
Cookie Mickey
Cocoa with donuts
Cookies with chocolate icing
Table setting option
There are a lot of cakes and mouse figurines here - get inspired or order:
Gingerbread with painting
And, of course, we won’t forget gingerbread and cookies.
Author - @formo4ki.cookies
Author - @martynenko.olia
Author - @pryanichki.ot.anechki
Gingerbread coloring book for children @tatyana_pchelintseva
Author - @dasharokitskaya
Irina Khlebnikova tells how to make dough for gingerbread
The simpler options are the same Mickey ears:
Cloud application
Cloud applique is one of the easiest ways to make paper clouds. As a rule, single-layer templates are used for crafts of this kind. The outline of the cloud is drawn on white paper, then cut out, and glued to the required surface with glue. Sometimes application clouds are made textured or multi-layered. Multilayer applications are made by gluing cloud templates of different sizes and shades, similar in outline, to each other. Textured applications can be made using white toilet paper. The craft is recommended as a children's creativity option for children 2-7 years old.
Application Cloud with rain
To make this children's applique you will need the following materials: a ready-made template, colored paper, pencils or markers, cotton wool, glue, scissors and a sheet of white cardboard.
Print the finished template of clouds and rain on a white sheet of paper. If you want the craft to be stable, be sure to stick a sheet of paper with the image on the cardboard.
Now you can start creating the application. To make the cloud voluminous and fluffy, use lumps of cotton wool. Glue the cotton wool directly onto the image of the cloud.
Raindrops can be cut out of blue colored paper, or they can be decorated with pencils or felt-tip pens.
Mice made from natural materials
Fans of eco-crafts will love the ideas of creating a symbol of 2020 from nuts, cones, shells and stones.
Halves of walnuts turn into mice in one or two minutes:
Add hazelnuts and you get mice sleeping in cradles ♥
Cones are ideal for creating a mouse)
Shells are also applicable, even if real tailed masterpieces have not yet been made from them. Maybe you will be the first?)
But the stones, especially those painted with skillful hands, are worthy of admiration!
Don't be discouraged if you don't know how to draw - decoupage will help you!
As a last resort, get creative with your children:
Making fluffy clouds without a base with your own hands
To create this type of cloud, you will need a larger amount of cotton wool than in previous methods. You should also prepare a starch paste, a deep container and a tray.
First you need to prepare a paste. For this purpose in ? liters of cold water add 2 tsp. starch, the mixture is thoroughly stirred and brought to a boil. It should be remembered that there is no need to boil the paste. It is enough to stir it periodically to avoid burning. The prepared paste is used when it has cooled to a temperature comfortable for the hands.
Clouds of desired sizes are formed from cotton wool. The prepared container is filled with boiled paste. The formed clouds should be dipped into it for a short time. You can use your fingers to spread the glue evenly over the cotton wool. If you feel an excess of it, you can simply squeeze out the lump.
Place the workpieces on a tray with a smooth surface. Leave them to dry for a day, turning them over periodically for an even result. When the cotton wool is completely dry, you need to crush the resulting clouds. For the convenience of placing them around the apartment, thin strings should be tied to them, with the help of which the clouds will be attached to the ceiling.
The idea with clouds is used in the design of children's parties. All kids will appreciate the work done. Clouds can lift the spirits of a sick child who is forbidden to go outside until he fully recovers.
For themed games with children: you can imagine outdoor recreation. For young couples in love, this is a great idea to confess their love, additionally decorated with hearts and other attributes.
Using the proposed ideas for making clouds, you can create a variety of crafts. They can be made in completely different shapes, sizes and themes.
Mice made of polymer clay, plasticine, mastic
Let's start with the simpler ones. Help the children make them out of plasticine :
Using the nickname JooJoo on the Internet you can find wonderful works by the talented Iranian craftswoman Afsaneh Tajvidi. With this mouse, made from mastic , you can decorate a cake or holiday cupcakes:
These are good too:
This kid has first-class endurance!
We sculpt accessories from polymer clay :
Mouse and cheese - asymmetrical earrings from Katya Barysheva :
Decorating mugs using polymer clay is admirable!
Author - @vera_missmouse
Author - @lora_primdecor
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