DIY "Nutcracker" toy for the Christmas tree: materials, diagram, assembly, decor

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How to make a Nutcracker with your own hands. Two master classes and a New Year's fairy tale
The angular hero with kind eyes and a noble heart is remembered by everyone who has read the fairy tale about the Nutcracker, watched a cartoon or theater productions. A master class on making crafts will introduce children and adults to the classics and create a festive atmosphere.

You can make a Nutcracker with your own hands from different materials and using different techniques. If you are a master in a certain direction, then you can safely use your skills in practice to create an exclusive toy.

Can you crochet? Great. Do you work with wood? Amazing. Do you want to make paper toys? As easy as pie. The main thing is to remember all the distinctive details that characterize the character. Crocheting a Nutcracker is a little more difficult and will require some skill. We decided to make a Nutcracker out of felt.

Step by step making a nutcracker from a box

On the template cardboard we outline a small cardboard box. This can be done using a marker or pencil.
We draw a cocked hat for the future nutcracker and do not forget to leave a margin of 1 centimeter. We will use it to cut out our sketch.
Cut out the first slouchy cocked hat template and trace it again. As a result, we should have two cocked hat blanks, both with an overlap. We cover the blanks with red paper.
Cut a wide strip of red paper to make the top of the cocked hat.
We cut out 4 wide strips from white paper, twist them and place them inside the bobbins so that they take shape, from which we will later make a wig for our nutcracker.
On the box we measure the part on top on which the face of the craft will be located.
We cover the back and top sides of the box with white paper, from which we will also have curls. We cover the front upper part with beige or pale pink paper, this is where the face will be. We completely cover the bottom with red colored paper. And we seal the bottom part of the box on which the craft will stand with white paper.
We cut out a wig with a pigtail from white paper and glue the blank in the right place.
We also make small pieces for the front part to create the effect of hair falling onto the face. Glue it. We cut out small regular circles from white paper and cut them in a spiral. We glue these curls along the hair that falls onto the face.
We glue two parts of the cocked hat to the craft and cover the top of the headdress with the red stripe that we cut out earlier.
We decorate the headdress with a rope and other details.
On the sides near the cocked hat we glue the previously prepared curls of white paper.
We make two small bobbins from loose cardboard, glue them in the color of the suit and glue them below the curls, these will be the hands.
We also cut out small elements from white cardboard that will represent hands and glue them to the previous element.
We complete the nutcracker costume with small details from colored paper, making his nose and eyes.
We use toilet paper reels to make legs for the nutcracker, cover them with colored paper and glue cardboard elements to make the craft stable. Let all the glue dry and decorate a room, Christmas tree or exhibition with the craft.

Homemade nut cracker

Hello to all DIY lovers!

As you know, nuts are very good for health. They are recommended for regular use by people of all ages. Moreover, it is the whole nuts that are not pre-cracked that are truly useful, which it is advisable to eat immediately after cracking.

Therefore, it is best to buy whole nuts and crack them yourself. But this is where a problem often arises.

While small nuts such as hazelnuts or hazelnuts can still be cracked quite easily, large and strong walnuts can sometimes only be cracked by a healthy and strong man.

This is also facilitated by the fact that most nut crackers are hand-type, that is, they are driven by the muscular force of the hand, which again is not a problem for a physically strong man. But for physically weak people, such as women, children and the elderly, this often presents an insurmountable problem.

What to do in this case. You can, of course, take some heavy object, for example, a hammer and crack nuts with it. But on the one hand, this is not a very clean procedure, since shell fragments fly all over the room, and on the other hand, it won’t take long to get injured if, say, you accidentally hit your finger with a hammer.

Faced with this problem, I decided to make homemade walnut tongs. Moreover, the peculiarity of the design of my tongs is that they are activated not by the hand, but by the entire hand, by pressing on the lever, which makes it easy to crack nuts with such tongs even for physically weak people.

Below is a drawing of these tongs.

From the drawing I think everything is quite clear. However, I want to explain some details in more detail.

So holes No. 1 and No. 2 in the drawing are intended to rearrange the axis of the upper arm depending on the size and hardness of the nuts. The fact is that I noticed that walnuts can be divided into two groups. The first group consists of fairly large nuts with a not very strong shell. Hole No. 1 is intended for them.

The second group is smaller nuts with a very strong shell. Hole No. 2 is intended for them, which allows you to crack fairly strong nuts by reducing the section of the upper lever arm between its axis and the place where the nut is cracked.

In addition, by moving the upper lever to hole No. 2, you can chop smaller nuts, such as hazelnuts.

Materials and tools

For production we will need:

The working process

Our character's figure will be based on matchboxes. Therefore, we advise you to immediately decide on the size. To do this, decide where the finished toy will stand or hang.

We take six matchboxes and connect them together. The result is a rectangle. This is the body of the Nutcracker.
We cover the boxes with paper. The base is ready. Let's start decorating it.
You need to make a nose from a small triangle and glue it.
For the face, select the third part of our rectangle. Paint it with beige paint. Acrylic is better.
We cut out clothes from red felt and dress the character. The material is also attached with glue.
We make bangs from cotton pads and form four curls on each side.
We glue an improvised white felt tail to the back of the head and tie it with a black cord.
We put on the headdress and attach the feather using a hugger, which can be taken from the accessories department. This will be replaced by a regular piece of colored paper covering the tip of the pen.
From straws we cut out handles along the entire length of the body and legs.
We cover the parts with red felt.
Draw a big mouth on paper and glue it onto the red uniform.
A golden-colored satin ribbon can be tied on the body or glued again.
This is our character's belt. The smallest buttons or sequins act as buttons. Attach the arms and legs.
We sew shoes from black leatherette.
Finishing touches: draw a face, decorate the costume with sparkles and insert a skewer into the satin belt.

If you plan to hang a toy made by yourself on the Christmas tree, then make a loop from a lace or thick thread. Our Nutcracker is completely ready.

Video instruction

This video will help you figure out how to make a nutcracker with your own hands from a box. This New Year's nutcracker craft from a box is perfect as a toy even for a city Christmas tree.

A DIY nutcracker, a master class on making which you just saw, will look perfect on a New Year’s tree. This doll fits perfectly into the New Year's mood and instantly sends you back to childhood. Everything about The Nutcracker is perfect: the mask, the costume. Only the mouse king, who will be made in the same style, can complement this picture. In general, such a DIY nutcracker Christmas tree toy will win the hearts of all your guests, both children and adults. Did you like the article about how to make a nutcracker out of cardboard with your own hands? Would you like to make such a wonderful craft? Or maybe you've already done something like this? Be sure to share this in the comments!

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The child, having watched enough of the cartoon, asks to write a letter to Santa Claus and order the Nutcracker. Does anyone have any ideas on where I can buy a Nutcracker toy? I haven't seen it anywhere.

I was puzzled by the same thing last year. I found a luxurious painted wooden one on one of the educational children's sites (such as razvivalki.ru). But you ask the nutcracker in the search engine, there will be links (I did that). The toy cost about 1300 rubles. 11/30/2006 10:01:53 PM

I saw it in Multi today, about 700-800 rubles... Quite big :) And in DM on the 4th floor there are small handmade ones, last year I bought them for 80 rubles :) There were also large ones, I don’t remember the prices :) 11/30/2006 15:23 :20

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How to make a DIY Nutcracker craft

For this craft I needed a cardboard pill box. I drew the Nutcracker in such a size that I could cover the box with this drawing, and I also drew his arms, headdress and saber separately.

Rita and I colored everything with shiny gel pens, pencils and a red felt-tip pen, and laminated it with wide transparent tape. Individual parts were glued onto cardboard and cut out.

The box was pasted over with a pattern, the parts were glued to the right places (the saber and headdress decoration were glued to double-sided foam tape for volume). The wig was made from a white napkin, cut into strips and rolled into tubes. All that remains is to attach the string, and the toy can be hung on the Christmas tree.

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Hello, my dear fellow citizens of our doll country)). I want to show today my new creation - the Nutcracker. The doll was ordered urgently (3 days) by Father for the Orphanage. Here's what I got. The order was unusual in that I had never made such forms of dolls before. Naturally, there is no way to refuse Father, especially for orphans. Therefore, I pushed all my affairs aside for 3 days and began to get inspired)) - I found a suitable picture on the Internet with the image of the Nutcracker... I opened all my closets, boxes and caskets... and my soul flew to Heaven)). There was no time to take photographs, so there are not many photos. This is what I managed to capture and present to your attention. The doll was 50 cm long. For the frame I used thick corrugated cardboard (from boxes) in several layers. I covered it with foam rubber (backing under the laminate). Inside there are foam tiles for density. Finishing with fabric (velvet, suede, knitwear), leather, plastic, decor. elements. In short, I used everything that was at hand at home at that moment))

This is how my fairy-tale character turned out. Tomorrow Father will tell you how the children reacted to such a toy. Thank you all for showing interest in my topic! Good luck and inspiration to you!

Coming soon! We are preparing gifts for the children, and we also need packaging for sweets. Such an interesting Nutcracker packaging that the baby will not just throw away, but will be able to play with it is a very good idea. It can really be made in a few evenings from scrap materials that are usually thrown away (except for glue - 3 types of glue are used here: PVA, universal transparent and the same transparent “liquid nails”). This Nutcracker can be made for a Christmas tree or simply as a toy.

Here's what I used to make my own Nutcracker:

1. A box that is the most suitable size for the Nutcracker toy. If there is no such box, then you can make it yourself.2. Rolls of used toilet paper and foil. They are of different sizes, large for feet, small for hands.3. Silver candy wrappers4. Corrugated paper, which is usually found inside boxes of candy, you can take paralon.5. Braid, rhinestones, fluff and feathers for a hat.6. Some cardboard, bottle caps, pebbles for eyes.

The angular hero with kind eyes and a noble heart is remembered by everyone who has read the fairy tale about the Nutcracker, watched a cartoon or theater productions. A master class on making crafts will introduce children and adults to the classics and create a festive atmosphere. You can make the Nutcracker with your own hands using a variety of materials and using different techniques. If you are a master in a certain direction, you can safely use your skills in practice to create an exclusive toy. Can you crochet? Great. Do you work with wood? Amazing. Do you want to make toys out of paper? As easy as pie. The main thing is to remember all the distinctive details that characterize the character. Crocheting a Nutcracker is a little more difficult and requires some skill. We decided to make a Nutcracker from felt.

Other ideas

The shape of the toy is quite simple, which allows you to come up with a lot of other ways to make a Nutcracker with your own hands. For example, you can use a small wooden block as a base. With it you can draw all the main details: face, uniform, headdress. Then buttons, ribbons are glued on, and a champagne cork appears, cut in half lengthwise. The hairstyle can be made from paper twisted like a regular pencil. You can use paper as the material. First you need to draw and cut out the pattern of the toy, and then glue everything together and paint it. A crocheted or knitted Nutcracker will turn out to be a real soft doll that you can play with. Now you will learn how to make a Nutcracker with your own hands and you can share tips. Choose the technique that suits you best. Crochet, glue from paper, make a toy from wood and invent new ways. It’s better to start work in a good mood, without rushing anywhere. Then everything will work out. Watch similar master classes:

Looking at this toy, you might think that it is too difficult to do on your own without preparation. But a master class with a photo on how to make a nutcracker with your own hands will help you. You can see how to make a template from paper or cardboard step by step. You will be shown all the cutting processes. Believe me, such a nutcracker made from a box with your own hands will be able to conquer everyone at a children's exhibition in a kindergarten or school.

How to sew a dress for Marie with your own hands?

If the girl has a dress that looks like a princess dress, then you can use it. If not, sew such an outfit from a suitable fabric. It would be nice to use gold brocade. It holds its shape perfectly and looks chic. The dress has a seam at the waist and a zipper at the back. A full skirt is sewn down. To keep it in shape, use a petticoat. Sew it from taffeta.

To prevent the petticoat from becoming fuller at the waist, it is better to sew subsequent tiers of the petticoat below the waist.

Marie’s outfit from the Nutcracker fairy tale also implies the presence of long trousers. After all, this is exactly how they dressed in rich houses at that time. They are made from light fabric with elastic. It needs to be sewn to the bottom of these wardrobe items and to the top at the waist. And additionally decorate the bottom with a frill of braid.

All that remains is to do our heroine’s hair. To do this, you can tie your hair with a satin ribbon to match your outfit and make curls in advance.

Her brother will dress the same way boys dressed at that time. But you can use the child’s existing suit and wear a white shirt underneath.

Watch a master class on creating a Pinocchio costume

DIY industrial nut cracker

This is the hardest part and took me the most time because by nature I like to make my projects complicated.

I started with a regular steel pipe and welded some plates on it to cap both ends. I then drilled smaller holes in the now closed sides that matched the shaft I was using.

Electronics for DIYers in a Chinese store.

In the video you will see that I used a lathe to cut down the diameter of the shaft. This is an unnecessary step. I did this because the pipes were imperial diameter and my bearings were metric, so the pipe was a few millimeters too thick for the bearings and I needed to trim it down.

The shaft must be strong enough because relatively large forces can be generated when the nut cracks. I then welded some cross members to the roller so it could grip the nuts more effectively.

If you don't have all that metalworking tooling, you could probably skip the hardwood roller and you could screw some metal plates onto it to act as teeth for gripping the nuts.

The plate is just 2 thick pieces of rolled stock (5mm thick) that I welded together to get the required width. It must be strong enough to withstand the forces required to crack the nuts without bending. I used some primitive DIY hinges to hold the plate in place. Behind the plate is a large screw that pushes the plate forward to set the desired operating gap. I also added another screw for the anti-rattle system. It's basically a screw screwed into the plate itself and you use a nut to tighten the plate back so it doesn't rattle or bounce as the nuts crush, causing unnecessary noise.

The frame is made from 12x12cm steel section and is full of holes and welded add-ons because I made it up as I went along. I used a speed reducer from a broken pellet stove which was driven by a small motor to feed the pellets into the stove. It had a 1:14 gear ratio which was ideal for keeping the revs and torque down.

I made a rough coupling so that I can disconnect the gearbox if I need to use it anywhere else during the year.

In the video, I powered the machine using a cordless drill, and as you can see, there was more than enough power to get the job done.

I was planning on installing an induction motor on the speed reducer, but I abandoned the idea as the planter was quite powerful and the machine only runs a few days a year, so I saved the money earmarked for the motor to buy more tools.

I screwed everything to an old wooden board and the car was done. The machine can eat several kilograms of walnuts per minute. I have not yet experienced this with other nuts. Now we can crack all the walnuts very quickly. Source

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Master class on children's crafts “Nutcracker” with step-by-step photos:

1) Measure 5 cm from the top and cover it with tape in a circle, measure 13 cm from the bottom and also cover it with tape. We do this in order to paint the hat and jacket with a smooth edge, and leave the face untouched.

2) Using acrylic paints, paint the smaller part black and the remaining part red. We do this with acrylic paints because they dry quickly and are non-toxic. You can replace it with any other paints, for example gouache, but dilute it with PVA glue, or use colors.

3) Remove the tape. And this is how it turns out.

4) Next we need to use a hot gun. Do not trust children to use a hot gun themselves; burns may occur. And so we need to glue all our fittings. For the handles, we use a champagne cork; after cutting it in half, we glue the half from the narrow ends of the block. We take the buttons we like and glue them in the center in a row, these will be the buttons on the jacket. We will also decorate the headdress with a golden ribbon, attaching it to a hot gun.

5) Next we need to make hair blanks. We take paper with a width equal to the narrow ends of the bar, approximately 5-6 cm long. We wind the paper onto a skewer, remove it and glue it along the black edge. It turns out that the hair sticks out from under the hat. You can make two levels of curls, you can vary their number.

6) When everything is glued, draw a face. The eyes can be drawn or glued from sewing accessories (sold for 10 rubles a pair). And we paint the cork handles in the color of the jacket.

7) Having painted the face, we return again to the decor of the jacket. Let's make decorative green buttons. Pin buttons will help us with this; they easily fit into soft pine. If you do this craft with a child, then it will be very interesting and fun for him to hammer such buttons with a hammer (BUT remember!!! This should only be done under adult supervision, in order to avoid child injuries).

Maria Panteleeva

Dear colleagues, on the eve of the New Year, my children and I watched the cartoon

“
The Nutcracker
” and decided to make the main characters with our own hands! Today I present to your attention
a master
class on making
“
Mouse King ”
from the cartoon The Nutcracker
.

This is how it turned out for us!

So I’ll begin a detailed description of how to make the “ Mouse King”

“!For this we will need:
nylon tights
, padding polyester, a 5-liter plastic bottle,
brightly colored fabric
, multi-colored ribbons, eyes, a bow, a button, a belt plaque, foil for
the crown
and a yellow rope.

From nylon

Using tights and padding polyester we make faces.

First we shape the nose

We need to make three heads: don’t forget about facial expressions, because each head has its own character

Nylon

We cut the trace in half - these are the ears, sew them, stuff them with padding polyester

Heads ready

Now the torso - I took a 5 liter bottle as a basis. We cover it with nylon

and stuff it with padding polyester

Then we sew on the heads

Now let's take care of the paws - also made of nylon

Add eyes, tint noses and cover with PVA

And now all that remains is to dress up our king - ribbons go to the entrance

,
fabric
for the cloak, a belt plaque, a button and of course fantasy!

Sew a high collar

We make a belt - from a black thick ribbon and a plaque

We make cuffs from the same tape

I untied the bow in order to make " To the Mouse King

" - jabot!

From a thick red ribbon and a gold button - we make a ribbon over the shoulder

And now the crown

- I wrapped the wire with foil, a thick layer, then with yellow rope - it looks very interesting!

Sew on the collar

We put a cloak on our king

And our " Mouse King"

" - ready!

Oh, and most importantly, don’t forget about the tail! I tied it, inserted wire and stuffed it with a little padding polyester!

Thank you for your attention! And Happy New Year 2015 everyone!

Homemade mechanical walnut cracker

You can make a homemade mechanical nut cracker for cracking walnuts with your own hands from leftover materials. To facilitate shell breaking, the lever principle is used. The device looks interesting, the lever is quite large and even a child can handle the job of peeling the nut from the shell. The nut shell cracks easily and quickly.

You can buy it ready-made in this online store.

The base of the nut cracker is a pine board. The dimensions of this part are length 66 cm, width 95 mm and thickness 25 mm. Corners and edges should be rounded. The handle of the device is made of steel tube. Its length is 64 cm. The outer diameter of the pipe is 25 mm.

Assembly

The center of the hole is marked at a distance of 25 mm from the end of the tube. A through hole with a diameter of 8 mm is drilled from the center of the pipe along the diameter. The center of the second diametrical through hole is designated perpendicular to the line of the hole. The distance from the end of the pipe to the center of the second through hole is 110 mm. The diameter of the second hole is 4 mm.

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Cut two steel corners from the profile according to the markings. After the corners have been cut, all sharp corners and edges need to be rounded. This operation is performed with an electric sharpener, but you can also use a file.

After processing to get these dimensions. The height of the bottom shelf is 35 mm. The height of the shelves is 72 mm higher. Bracket length 55 mm. Material 3 mm thick. The centers of two holes are marked on the shelf.

The distance from the bottom plane to the center of the hole is 20 mm. The distance from the left edge of the corner to the center of the hole is 15 mm. The distance between the centers of the holes is 25 mm.

Holes with a diameter of 6 mm were drilled along these centers.

On the larger shelf, in the center, at a distance of 12 mm from the edge, mark the center of the hole. A hole with a diameter of 8 mm is made in this center. The same holes must be made in the second corner. The corners are connected to the lever using a 70 mm long hex bolt, the length of the smooth part of the bolt is 26 mm and the length of the threaded part is 37 mm. Bolt thread M8.

The M8 wing nut is screwed on. The wing nut may not be tightly tightened. The lever should move freely. The lever is located in the center of the board. The offset from the edge of the board to the corner is 10 mm. An awl is used to mark the centers of the holes for attaching the corners to the board.

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The corners are placed on the protruding parts of the screws and secured with four M6 nuts. The nuts are tightened with a wrench. The head of the furniture screw should be recessed into the wood on the back side of the base.

Two metal parts were removed from two faulty hydraulic front shock absorbers of the Lanos car. The first part is connected to the lever. To do this, use a screw 50 mm long, M4 thread.

The screw is inserted into the hole of the part. The screw head must be recessed. The screw is inserted into the hole in the lever and secured with a washer and an M4 nut. The second part is attached to the board through a wooden spacer.

Its width is 35 mm, thickness 10 mm, length 95 mm.

The position of the lower metal piece on the board is determined using a walnut. In a certain position, the backing is attached to the board using screws. Through the hole, the metal part is attached to the lining and base. For fastening, use three wood screws 32 mm long. All screws are tightened until they stop. The heads of the two screws should be recessed into the wood.

Limiter

The stopper is necessary to ensure that your fingers do not hit the base while cracking the nuts. The dimensions of the limiter are length 90 mm, height 35 mm and thickness 25 mm. The distance from the edge of the board to the stopper is 26 cm.

The limiter is attached to the base with two screws 50 mm long. They are screwed from below through pre-drilled holes. The screw heads must be recessed into the boards.

In the lower position of the lever, the distance between two metal parts is 10 mm. After control assembly and operation check, the nut cracker is disassembled. Wooden parts are puttied and painted. The corners and pipes of the handle are cleaned and painted.

After drying, the nut cracker can be assembled into working condition. A PVC garden hose is placed on the free end of the lever. The length of the hose is 30 cm. The material of the hose reduces hand discomfort when touching metal.

The walnut nutcracker is fully assembled and ready to use.

Another article discusses the method of fastening wood.

Large screw nutcracker

This is a nutcracker that is simple and enjoyable to use. It breaks sturdy nuts with a smooth turning action and offers elegant control. The design is a combination of wood and metal construction. You can hold it with one hand with the nut in place and turn the screw with the other hand. It is very convenient and pleasant to use. This Instructable section describes the basic design details involved in making this Nutcracker style.

Step 1: Materials

You will need a large screw and a small piece of strong wood. The nut crackers shown here have large 3/8-16 stainless steel cap screws that are 3″ long. The pressure pad for the end of the screw was made on a lathe from 3/4″ diameter stainless steel rod and 3/4″ diameter brass rod for the threaded sleeve.

Step 2: Shaping the Body

The rectangular body of the nutcracker measures approximately 3-1/2" by 3" by 1-1/2". The nut pocket was gouged out with a 2-1/8" diameter Forstner bit to a depth of 1-1/4"; this left a 1/4” thick wall behind the cavity, adding much needed strength to the cracker. The round shaped cracker started with a slightly wider piece of wood to leave a slightly thicker wall around the nut pocket; After boring the cavity, the workpiece was cut and ground to a round outline. This shape fits the palm very well. The hole for the brass bushing is centered so that the axis of the screw is in the center (that is, front to back and side to side) of the nut pocket. Threaded bushings are shown in the photo.

Step 3: Processing the Large Screw

The end of the screw was turned to the smaller thread diameter for a short length as seen in the photo. These particular screws have very finely machined smooth and almost polished threads to ensure the nutcracker operates smoothly. The pressure pad is made of 303 stainless steel. The concave tapered end helps lock and hold the nut in place when turning the screw.

Step 4: Processing

Step 5: Applying Beeswax

Treatment with a mixture of beeswax and pure mineral oil. When used, this compound is warmed slightly until it becomes very soft and almost liquid, then rubbed in. After some time, the piece is polished with a soft cloth. If the wood is sanded nice and smooth, this beeswax finish gives the piece a nice velvety finish.

Step 6: Final Assembly

Step 7: Two Finished Nutcracker Nutcrackers

How to make a Nutcracker with your own hands. Master class and video

Preparation of materials

Felt is easy to work with, and it also has a pleasant texture and exudes warmth, which is so lacking on cold winter evenings. A felt toy, made with your own hands, wherever it is placed, on the tree, under the tree, on a New Year's wreath, gives coziness to the home. It looks harmonious next to the fireplace or with candles.

For work we will need:

felt - more red, a little white;
leatherette - you can take it from an old bag or wallet;
satin ribbon - a narrow one will do;
matchboxes - 6 pcs;
cotton pads;
cocktail straws;
feathers;
skewers;
sequins;
acrylic paints;
glue gun;
a white sheet of paper—landscape or notebook paper will do.

The working process

Our character's figure will be based on matchboxes. Therefore, we advise you to immediately decide on the size. To do this, decide where the finished toy will stand or hang.

We take six matchboxes and connect them together. The result is a rectangle. This is the body of the Nutcracker.
We cover the boxes with paper. The base is ready. Let's start decorating it.
You need to make a nose from a small triangle and glue it.
For the face, select the third part of our rectangle. Paint it with beige paint. Acrylic is better.
We cut out clothes from red felt and dress the character. The material is also attached with glue.
We make bangs from cotton pads and form four curls on each side.
We glue an improvised white felt tail to the back of the head and tie it with a black cord.
We put on the headdress and attach the feather using a hugger, which can be taken from the accessories department. This will be replaced by a regular piece of colored paper covering the tip of the pen.
From straws we cut out handles along the entire length of the body and legs.
We cover the parts with red felt.
Draw a big mouth on paper and glue it onto the red uniform.
A golden-colored satin ribbon can be tied on the body or glued again.
This is our character's belt. The smallest buttons or sequins act as buttons. Attach the arms and legs.
We sew shoes from black leatherette.
Finishing touches: draw a face, decorate the costume with sparkles and insert a skewer into the satin belt.

If you plan to hang a toy made by yourself on the Christmas tree, then make a loop from a lace or thick thread. Our Nutcracker is completely ready.

Other ideas

You can use paper as a material. First you need to draw and cut out the pattern of the toy, and then glue and paint everything. Crocheted or knitted, the Nutcracker will turn out to be a real soft doll that you can play with.

Now you know how to make a Nutcracker with your own hands and can share tips. Choose the technique that suits you best. Crochet, glue from paper, make a toy from wood and invent new ways. It’s better to start work in a good mood, without rushing anywhere. Then everything will work out.

See similar master classes: DIY paper Christmas decorations.

Do it yourself wooden nut cracker

The private house I rent is rich not only in apple harvests, because of which I had to squeeze apple juice. With a plot area of eight acres, it can accommodate five walnut trees growing on the borders of the plot.

Therefore, in addition to apples, in fruitful years, a large number of nuts also appear. Much is given away, the rest is consumed locally.

The classic local device for cracking nuts is a hammer with a plank. The speed and convenience of splitting leaves much to be desired.

Of course, you can buy pliers for cracking nuts, but this is certainly not our way. In search of the design of manual nut crackers, we dive into the vastness of the Internet. After some time, there is a page for creative nutcrackers, on which, among others, there is this photo

This design is more than suitable for us, since it does not require complex equipment for its implementation - a jigsaw and a drill are enough. In addition, the nutcracker was originally supposed to be made of wood, so the above option is more than satisfactory for us.

We begin work with the main detail: a sketch of the handle of the nut cracker. We lay a sheet of A4 paper in front of us, take a pencil with an eraser and take a sketch of the pen by eye, adjusting the outline at our discretion. We attach a sample of the nut to the drawing, look - everything seems to suit us in terms of dimensions.

Then we cut out the sketch along the contour to use as a template when cutting.

We glue the paper template onto a piece of solid oak furniture board 18 mm thick. At the same time, we position the template so that the handle consists of almost one shield die.

After waiting about ten minutes for the glue to dry, we cut out the handle along the contour of the template using a jigsaw.

We lay out the cut out handle on the board of the shield, apply the board as an imitation of the base of the nut cracker, and thus mark the eyes for the pin under the handle.

The marked eyes are ready for cutting.

After cutting out the eyes, we put the parts of the eyes and handles together and check that the contours match. In any case, there are small deviations, since the jigsaw file, when cutting in a curved direction, often bends and bevels the side edges.

We cut out the base for the nut cracker from the same furniture board. We connect the parts together. We are making changes to the design along the way. Not being able to make cylindrical parts from wood (of course, it would be possible to make a small lathe based on a drill), we replace the handle axis and pins from the model design with metal elements.

We replace the pins securing the eyes to the base with pieces of a hundred and fifty millimeter nail (diameter 6 mm). We drill through holes, insert the pins with glue, and cut off the protruding parts with a grinder.

The process of creating the Nutcracker at home

We must immediately make a reservation that it would be better to involve children in creating a nutcracker from a cardboard box, since joint creativity helps to unite the family, and it is more fun to make something colorful together.

You need to start by cutting out various parts of a cardboard toy from colored paper.

You should not be afraid of some dissimilarity between the Nutcracker and the exemplary one from the cartoon - the main thing is to attach the hair to the toy with curls made of white paper and add more red. In everything else, you can improvise, adding some elements for the Nutcracker, or subtracting them.

Do not forget that the Nutcracker was not a toy, as everyone now perceives him, but he was a special tool, beautifully decorated, which was used for cracking nuts.

The Nutcracker was dressed in the red uniform of a soldier and steadfastly carried out his work, cracking nuts for the masters.

After cutting out the eyes from colored paper, you will need to use PVA glue or hot glue to glue red colored paper to the bottom of the box - this will be the body of the Nutcracker.

Using the quilling kit, you can also create curls of hair for the Nutcracker soldier's wig. Also, using a quilling kit, you can create any decorative elements for a cardboard toy and this will make it even more beautiful.

Next, you will need to cut out a red Nutcracker tricorne from paper. With the help of glue it can be glued to each side of the box without difficulty.

Next the nose and eyes are glued on.

The Nutcracker's working tool mouth must be square. A cut out black square will easily stick to the box and white strips of paper can be glued to the top and bottom of it, drawing lines on them indicating the teeth of the toy.

Using glue, you can easily attach a button to the toy's cocked hat and a feather.

The yogurt cup will act as legs, which can be easily glued into the holes cut out in the bottom of the box.

The cups will need to be covered with blue or black paper, symbolizing the Nutcracker's boots.

Hands can be made from matchboxes by gluing several on top of each other and pushing the last one forward. The hands are covered not only with red paper, but also with yellow and blue paper, symbolizing the decorative elements of the Nutcracker’s form.

The end result should be a colorful toy that the whole family can enjoy making.

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How to make a Nutcracker from felt - master class

Such a character will not only become the main character of the puppet production, but will also decorate the Christmas tree. Then you will have it not only beautiful, but also fabulous.

Take:

white, red, beige and black felt;
filler;
scissors;
gold fittings;
some pink felt.

See what parts you will need to cut out.

Two identical blanks must be cut out of red felt. This is the base of the back with the head and the base of the front with the head. Place a rectangle of beige fabric on this front side. Place bangs made of white material here.

Attach the eyes, nose, and pink ovals under the eyes. Then you will get rosy cheeks. Place a strip of white fabric on top and bottom of a rectangle of black felt. Topstitch it with black thread so that it looks like teeth. Decorate the front of the uniform with gold fittings.

We need to do the back too. As you can see, you will place a strip of beige felt under your head, and a blank in the form of a hairstyle with a braid made of white fabric will be placed on top.

You will also need to cut out pieces for the sides from red felt with white trim. You will stitch these elements together. Now lay out the blanks for the Nutcracker like this.

Sew them, then turn this blank right side out and stuff it with filler. Attach accessories in the form of a gold belt with a buckle down. Now start sewing the parts of the hat on your hands, at the same time attaching a finishing gold cord, a loop here, and filling this toy with filler.

Cover the seams with golden cord. Create curls. To do this, take white felt, cut out four ribbons from it and roll them into a roll. Then you will sew these blanks on the right and left to your character.

To make the Nutcracker further, cover out the arms and sleeves. To do this, you need to sew a narrower strip of beige felt to a square of red fabric. Then you will fold such a blank in half and stitch it on the side, leaving a free line at the top so that you can then turn your arms right side out.

Now sew a narrow gold braid between the palms and sleeves. And use an openwork golden ribbon to create epaulettes and attach them to the top of the sleeves.

To sew the Nutcracker further, pin the arms in place.

Now we need to make the legs for this character. To do this, take white felt and sew it with black. Then fold it in half and stitch the large and small sidewalls, turn them right side out and stuff them with filling. That is, the legs are created according to the same principle as arms with sleeves. Attach the legs in place.

All that remains is to make a saber and a hat decoration from thick gold fabric. Pin these items in place. This is the kind of Nutcracker for a New Year's fairy tale.

Preparing materials for creating a “Nutcracker” toy for the Christmas tree

Since felt is considered the most comfortable, it can be used to create details; wood is also often used. When choosing a shade, it is recommended to give preference to the red color, because it creates a New Year's mood. In addition, it is advisable to dilute the entire decor with white.

This combination is not very striking, however, it attracts the attention of people around. This is explained by the fact that the named product is pleasant to the touch, so it is most suitable for use. So, among other things, the following list of components will be useful

It includes:

So, among other things, the following list of components will be useful. It includes:

Six packs of matchboxes;
Several pieces of cotton pads;
Feathers;
Special glue gun;
Satin ribbon (you can choose any size);
Paints made from acrylic;
An ordinary blank sheet of white paper;
Sequins.

Nutcracker from a juice box. Nutcracker – gift box

Well, there are only a few days left until the New Year. But there is still time for inventions, for crafts, and for joy. A gift in a package that you can also play with is double pleasure for a child. And if it is made with love - not by the hands of a Chinese worker, but by one’s own mother or father - it brings incomparable joy. And although I made this box not for a child, but for a fully grown young lady with a hint of a meeting with an enchanted prince, I also received some special pleasure - apparently, the reason for this was the most New Year’s fairy tale character, the Nutcracker, and a cartoon from childhood, and a wonderful music, and ballet and, in general, a miracle that you want to believe in...

It’s possible to build something like this in 2 evenings. And it was made literally from nothing... For this packaging, I basically used only what is usually thrown away. Well, I always have glue. 3 types of glue were used here: PVA, universal transparent and the same transparent “liquid nails”. And here’s what was used: 1. The box is the right size. (If you don’t have one, you can easily build it yourself from cardboard.) 2. Thick rolls of toilet paper and foil: the thicker ones for the legs, the thinner ones for the arms.3. Metallic candy wrappers.4. Corrugated paper from a candy box (you can use regular corrugated paper, padding polyester, thin foam rubber, etc.)5. From the same candy box, a plastic golden backing for candies (patterned squares) was very useful for decoration.6. Packing tape and rhinestones also came in handy. The fluff and feathers for the edging of the hat are former handles from a gift bag.7. In addition, during the work I needed pieces of cardboard, two champagne corks for hands and two glass pebbles for eyes. Of course, for decoration you can use anything: wrapping paper, wallpaper scraps, and rags, but my task was to use waste material I have on hand. On the first evening, I “molded” the structure - the body of the Nutcracker, cut out the details, and then covered everything necessary with paper decor. The next day, all I had to do was collect everything and secure the small things. But first, I decided on the design - the character of a Soviet cartoon was taken as the basis - the Nutcracker is rectangular with arms, legs and a hat. Moreover, the legs can be made simpler - glue a smaller box (or boxes), but I was confused about the legs from rolls. To do this, I had to make two round holes in the bottom, and make cuts on the roll and bend it. Then, having coated them with glue, insert them into the hole from the inside of the box, press and let the glue set. I reinforced the bottom with another piece of cardboard for strength. I covered the box and legs with crumpled candy wrappers using PVA. Then I decorated it with braid, plastic parts from a candy box and simple rhinestones. I did the same with the hands and the hat - pasted it over and decorated it. The face and mouth are cut out pieces of cardboard, the applique is made of self-adhesive paper, and the eyes are glass pieces and are glued with transparent universal glue. The parts of the boots are made of cardboard with triangular pieces of foam glued on, and on top there is a black velvet material (a former cover from some purchase.)

At this stage, the first evening of needlework ended. Oh, yes - more letters! I rolled the corrugated paper into a tube and secured the end with universal glue. Then I will cut them into pieces of the desired length.

On the second evening, assembly began - using liquid nails: we glued the face, mouth, curls, hands to the box... I also secured the face along the edge using a stapler (it won’t be visible under the hat). I covered the holes in the pipe with shoulder straps - these are cardboard circles with golden paint. And on top there are plastic patterned details (from the candy backing in the box), rhinestones and fringe. Now let's glue on the hat and the details of the boots... Yes, I wanted to trim the hat with braid, but I remembered the bag with feathers - and here it is! And varnish with glitter completed the New Year's brilliant pretentiousness)) “Hair” can be made from any material or corrugated paper by constructing a sort of rectangular bag, which must be placed inside and secured with glue to the bottom and in the corners. Well, at the top - glue it from the inside around the perimeter of the box - you will get a bag, the ends of which hang down and are tied with a ribbon. I glued the ribbon to the “back”, leaving the ends for tying. From tin from cans - you can cut a sabre, bending the ends with pliers . But for children, it’s better to cut it out of cardboard and cover it with metallic paper (or paint it with paint). I made the hands from champagne corks painted with gold paint - I inserted them into tubes with glue. Phew! Well, that seems to be it... even the feet of the boots are covered...... you can load them with gifts and put them under the Christmas tree.

Do-it-yourself nut cracker: made of wood, electric and mechanical

How to make a nut cracker with your own hands

In the fall, when it’s time to collect walnuts, many people wonder how to make a homemade walnut cracker. Peeling nuts with a hammer is not very convenient and takes a long time, but a hand-made mechanical nut cracker is quite capable of effectively coping with the task.

On the Internet you can find many diagrams and designs of homemade nut crackers. Some of them will require wood to make, but stronger structures are better made from metal. How to make a nut cracker with your own hands will be discussed in this review of the construction magazine samastroyka.ru.

DIY wooden nut cracker

The nut cracker is made of wood and has a rather interesting and original design. To make it, it is enough to use a two-centimeter edged board, from which you will need to cut out a shaped handle and a base for the nut cracker using an electric jigsaw.

You will also need two side bases, to which a handle will be screwed through a pin. It must be made in such a way that when pressed, it crushes the walnut peel with its protrusion. It goes without saying that on the base, in the same place, there should be a small recess for the nut itself.

Mechanical nut cracker made from pipe

A more complex design, which is much stronger than a wooden one, is the design of a mechanical nut cracker. As in the first case, this homemade nut cracker consists of a base, which can be used as a board or MDF board.

Two metal corners are screwed to the board at a short distance from one edge, and a movable handle is fixed between them on a pin. A small nut stop is attached to the handle itself, and exactly the same one is installed on the wooden base. The advantage of a mechanical nut cracker of this design is much greater stability and ease of use.

How to make an electric nutcracker

If you need to peel a large amount of walnuts and doing it by hand is problematic, then you can make an electric walnut cracker with your own hands. Such a nut cracker is capable of splitting a bucket of nuts in one go, and more, it all depends on the size of the loading hopper and the length of the metal rollers.

The design of an electric nut cracker is as follows:

An electric motor from an old washing machine is quite suitable as a motor for a nut cracker.

Rollers can be made from two identical pieces of metal pipe, an inch and a quarter or more. Thus, you can quickly peel a walnut at home, and then sell it for a much higher price or eat it all winter while preparing delicious pies.

DIY dress for a doll from the fairy tale about the Nutcracker

If you are planning a puppet show, then create the image of Marie by making this character out of a doll.

Then you need to sew a dress for the doll. To make it fit her figure, you can make a finish in the upper part, which is called puffs. Sew puffy puff sleeves with cuffs.

For the skirt, cut out a rectangle, sew it on the side and gather it at the top. Sew this skirt to the top of the dress.

Having sewn a fluffy petticoat, you will also put it on the doll. All that remains is to do her hair and put on her shoes. This is how Marie will turn out from the Nutcracker fairy tale.

Now look at how a negative character is created. You can even use unnecessary tights for this.

Unusual and different nutcrackers for nuts

Surely, everyone loves nuts - some walnuts, some pistachios, some hazel, some all in a row. But it’s unlikely that anyone enjoys cracking nuts. Inventive designers are working to make this process more enjoyable and convenient. I offer a selection of the most interesting tongs for cracking nuts)))

Elegant solution in high-tech style)))

This is probably the most elegant option - it was invented by Christopher Kuh . All you need to do is put the nut inside this aluminum tube (with the cutters inside) and turn its halves in the desired direction. And there is no need to knock, risking hitting your fingers)))

They put it in, twisted it, poured it out, ate it)

The best master at cracking nuts is, of course, the squirrel. And designers never tire of playing with this theme. The squirrel is made of heavy metal so as not to be cracked instead of a nut.

Scoiattolo Nutcracker by Andrea Branzi