Some of us love to give gifts, some of us love to receive, but both of us agree that beautiful wrapping is essential in the process of creating a surprise. Today we will look at options for New Year's boot patterns, in which you can place a gift and give it to your loved ones and family. The traditional shoes of Santa Claus have become as important an element of the New Year holidays as a Christmas tree, a wreath on the door or a bottle of sparkling wine. We'll tell you how to create and design
DIY New Year's boot from scrap materials.
Traditionally in the West, Christmas gifts are placed in socks.
The history of the tradition with the boot
It is no secret that it is in Western countries that St. Nicholas and Santa Claus put sweets and gifts in stockings, which is where this tradition came to us. According to legend, they brought gifts to children unnoticed. One day, Nikolai learned that three sisters lived on the outskirts of the village. They lost their parents early and lived quite poorly, barely making ends meet. Nikolai decided to help the orphans, climbed onto the roof and threw three gold coins into the house through a chimney.
You can easily make a New Year's boot together with your child. The gold got into the stockings, which were hanging to dry over the fireplace.
The next morning, the sisters were very surprised and delighted at the gifts and shared the good news with their neighbors, and they also decided to hang the stockings over the fireplace so that they too would receive something. This tradition originated in the 16th century, since then its popularity has only increased and is conquering more and more countries every year. In modern houses, of course, you can’t find a fireplace, but people have also found a way out and hang their boots on the bed frame or put them under the Christmas tree.
What can you make a Christmas boot from?
In Western Catholic countries, Christmas is celebrated on a grand scale, with its own traditions and symbolism.
Christmas boot is used for gifts
This attribute is not present in the Orthodox holiday, but the borrowed tradition has found its fans among us.
Of course, not in every home you can see a boot filled with surprises or gifts on the mantelpiece during the Christmas holidays; it is more of a decorative element during the New Year holidays, so they are often made with their own hands as a props option. But you can also make a voluminous version for a sweet gift to family members.
The material is mostly soft and bright, there are quite a lot of ideas. Often used:
- felt;
- velours;
- fleece;
- felt;
- cotton.
Even an old sweater can be used. For the lining, so that the handmade craft holds its shape, take a padding polyester or make a base from several layers of dense fabric.
Design plays an important role. In this direction, the flight of imagination is not limited. The main thing is that Christmas symbols are present. In our case, New Year's: snowflakes, deer, Santa Claus, tinsel, Christmas tree balls. For this Christmas craft you will need a pattern; you can print it from the Internet or draw it by hand.
Paper boot with teddy bear
A New Year's boot can be easily made with children.
Let's start with the simplest design option for a New Year's boot made of paper. It is possible to involve children in this work; they will cope with it perfectly. Let's present one of the best ideas for designing a paper boot, for which you will need the following materials:
- thick colored paper or cardboard;
- scissors;
- PVA glue;
- pencil and eraser;
- ribbon.
Let's get started:
- Fold a sheet of paper of the desired color in half and draw the outline of a New Year's boot on it. The back of the shoe should coincide lengthwise with the fold of the sheet on which we are drawing. Cut out the silhouette along the contour, you will end up with a pair of felt boots connected to each other.
- Next, fold a sheet of white paper in half and draw fur from a felt boot. It looks like a rectangle with torn sides and one of the sides should fall on the fold. Cut out the piece with scissors.
- Transfer the boot with fur onto the fabric and cut it out without any allowance.
- Glue the details of the pattern of the New Year's boot made of fabric to the paper elements on the back side. Glue along the outline, leaving space for gifts.
- When starting to decorate, forget about conventions and completely trust your design talent, and you undoubtedly have it, since you have already taken on this work. Drawings with felt-tip pens, paints, pencils, stickers made of paper, felt, felt, gluing rhinestones and various sparkles will be used - here the imagination is limitless. If desired, it is even possible to carefully embroider the design.
- At the last stage, we fold the ribbon in half and sew it to the edge of the boot so that we can hang it later.
It’s possible to make a large number of felt boots of different sizes and colors, so that you can decorate the New Year tree with them.
How to decorate
How impressive the appearance of the shoes will be depends only on your imagination.
New Year's watch
Traditional New Year's watches can be made using various techniques. MK is dedicated to a simple paper craft that can be used to decorate a boot or hang it on a Christmas tree as a New Year's toy.
- For the dial, take 4 rectangular sheets of paper of the same or different colors. Each sheet is folded in half along the long side with the fold facing toward you. Do this 3 times.
- The sheet is unrolled and begins to be folded from the edge along the drawn stripes.
- Continue folding until the sheet is finished. In this case, the edge of the sheet should remain outside.
- You will get 4 accordions.
- Each is folded in half and glued together like a fan.
- All 4 fans are glued together.
- Hands are cut out of black paper and fixed to the dial.
- The place where the arrows are attached is closed.
- The numbers are pasted last. Four main ones are enough.
Christmas trees
There is nothing easier than depicting a green spruce.
- First, draw a template.
- Cut out a Christmas tree from paper or felt.
- Glue it to the boot and create a festive mood with colorful details.
Applications
Any remnants of fabric, colored paper, leather, felt, rope, laces, buttons will be suitable for applique. The compositions do not have to be New Year's, but certainly bright.
Stories with the symbol of the year, attributes of winter, and colored ornaments are popular. Sewing departments sell ready-made embroideries and kits that will help you create an original design for your shoe.
- Ready-made snowman and winter tree patterns are cut out and the parts are cut out from white felt.
- First, the elements of the design are applied to check the correct location in place and only then they are sewn with a seam over the edge.
- The upper parts of the tree overlap the lower ones, so start sewing from the lower ones.
- A snowman is also sewn on.
- Small details - mittens, scarf, hat trim - are attached last.
- After embroidering with sequins and decorating the snowman's face, the work becomes complete.
Felt boots made from a cup and foam plastic
An unusual combination of scrap materials attracts with its originality and accessibility, so we suggest making a New Year's felt boot from just such a combination. The result will be a voluminous craft that is well suited not only for decorating a Christmas tree, but will also take pride of place on the table as an extraordinary decoration. Let's prepare materials and tools:
- a piece of foam plastic with a thickness of 5 cm;
- popcorn glass;
- cardboard;
- fleece fabric;
- artificial fur;
- cotton wool;
- thread, needle;
- knife;
- glue;
- scissors;
- decorative cord;
- decorations.
Would you be interested in making such a craft with your child?
Not really
Let’s make ourselves comfortable and begin the exciting work:
- On cardboard we draw a blank for the sole of a felt boot. We cut it out and transfer it to a piece of foam plastic. We cut out the foam in the shape of the sole and cut off a place from it in the heel area where the cup is planned to be located.
- Use a knife to round the nose of the felt boot and begin assembling the craft. Glue a sock onto a cardboard sole and place a cup in the form of a boot. If you are going to glue with a gun, then do not set the temperature to high, as this may cause the foam to melt.
- We mask unevenness and transitions with cotton wool.
- We try on the fabric by stretching it over the felt boots. It can be temporarily secured using clothespins. We cut off the excess and begin gluing the fleece onto the workpiece. At the top of the boot, leave an allowance of 1.5-2 cm for the hem.
- Sew the back seam with thread. We drape the fabric beautifully at the front and also sew it together. Don't forget about the allowance at the bottom to wrap it over the sole.
- On top of the boot we glue a strip of faux fur with a fold inward no more than 2 cm.
- We mask the seams, joints and gluing areas with decorative cord. Glue or sew on the prepared decorations.
We fill the felt boots with candies and other sweets. It is also possible to place a long candle in it and get a completely independent decorative element. However, do not forget about fire safety.
DIY New Year's gift made from candies “Santa Claus Shoe”!
The New Year holidays are getting closer and closer, bright and positive. In addition to a lot of amenities - holidays, relaxation, decorated Christmas trees, funny performances - they are also famous for the gifts that are customary to give to relatives and friends, colleagues and acquaintances. New Year's gifts made from candy remain very popular.
Before the New Year 2022, there is still time to make your own souvenirs, which are always more heartwarming than store-bought ones. And they may become the most popular ones - Santa Claus's shoes. Why? Because this is not only an attribute of a recognizable New Year's hero, but also a kind of packaging for sweets.
Making such a shoe is not difficult.
For this we will need the following materials:
- 2 sheets of white felt (fleece) or any non-flowing material for the sole
- universal glue
- heat gun
- plastic 1.5 liter bottle
- corrugated cardboard
- scissors, needle, thread
- decorative braid
- New Year's decor: snowflakes, Christmas tree branches, composite material
You can choose the color of the shoe to suit your taste. We will just remind you that 2022 is the year of the red fiery Rooster and all shades of red will be especially popular.
So, we have decided on the color of our souvenir, and we begin to make New Year's gifts from sweets with our own hands.
First, from the middle of a plastic bottle with straight walls, we cut out two parts of the shoe base: the bottom and the pipe.
If you take a larger bottle, the shoe will also be larger.
On the cardboard, next to each other, draw two circles with a pencil - this will be the sole. We add sidewalls to the figure eight on the sides to make the sole realistic.
Then we cut out and glue black felt onto the sole.
Felt can be replaced with thick paper or cardboard with a pattern.
Next we decorate the high part of the shoe. Cut a strip of white felt with a height twice as long as the height of the plastic pipe and a length equal to the circumference.
You can cover only the outside of the shoe with felt, but the decorated inside will look more aesthetically pleasing.
Using universal glue, glue the felt along the bottom: outside and inside. The imperfections along the edge will then be removed under the tape.
For the toe of the shoe, cut out a circle from white felt.
The diameter of the circle should be one and a half times larger than the diameter of the bottom of the bottle.
We collect the material along the edge with a “forward needle” seam and tighten it, securing the thread.
The shoe parts - the sole, toe and heel parts - are ready.
For beauty, we glue a piece of felt under the heel.
You can paste a congratulations card inside.
Then we glue the two upper parts to the base - the sole - using hot glue.
Now we decorate the shoe with braid around the circumference of the top, the joining seam at the top and around the sole.
For a New Year's shoe, decor in the form of snowflakes would be appropriate: you don’t have to skimp on them and “draw” even a blizzard with snowflakes!)
And now the fun part - decorating the finished structure. It should be fluffy in order to collect the two upper parts into a single whole. You can take a ready-made composition, or you can make decoration options from individual elements. Tinsel, small balls, and beads will look great here.
We attach everything with hot glue.
Don't forget about the figurine of a rooster: in the coming year it will be appropriate in any New Year's composition.
Our New Year's shoe with sweets is ready! Agree: original packaging for sweets or a small souvenir!
Happy New Year everyone and good luck in your creative endeavors!
Boot made of New Year's vanity fabric
It is possible to make a new New Year's boot with your own hands with festive motifs from fabric. We find a scrap of the desired size, color and begin to create. But first, let’s prepare the basic tools and materials:
- pompom braid;
- thread;
- thin tape;
- needle;
- scissors;
- fabric stickers;
- paper and pencil.
The manufacturing instructions are approximately as follows:
- On paper, draw a pattern for a boot of the desired size and shape. We lay out the fabric with the wrong side up and apply the silhouettes of the product on it in two places in a mirror image of each other. Cut out both pieces, leaving an allowance of about 1 centimeter.
- Place them together with right sides facing in and sew along the outline, except for the top side.
- Turn inside out and sew the pom-pom braid to the boot, masking the fold. Sew several pompoms along the length of the sock.
- On the side of the craft, place thematic stickers symbolizing the New Year's fuss, for example, a Christmas tree, gifts, Santa Claus. Glue them with an iron. You can actually find a wide variety of stickers in fabric stores.
- Sew a loop of ribbon, fill the gift with souvenirs and hang it in a visible place.
I would like to note that you can actually make pom-poms for a New Year’s boot yourself if you don’t find anything suitable in the store.
1.Organizational moment
-Hello guys! I'm glad to see you. So, let's start our master class
(the teacher introduces himself, his institution).
Today in the master class you will make a gift for the wonderful holiday - Christmas. Our craft will be dedicated to him - a Christmas boot (demonstration of the teacher’s work).
The theme of the master class is “Christmas Boot.”
The goal of our master class is to learn how to make a Christmas boot from fabric and decorate it with sequins, beads and beads.
I will teach you how to make a boot from fabric using the needle-forward sewing technique, and decorate it with beads, beads and sequins.
The best Christmas gift is a homemade gift. Gifts are one way to do a good deed, so the act of giving is even more important here than the act of receiving a gift. Your gift will show attention and love for each other, will allow you to show the best qualities of the soul - so that the heart glows when giving, so that gratitude warms when receiving. Is it easy to do? The main thing is to want.
New Year's boot made of felt with a sleeping mouse
An arsenal of felt sheets is present in any needlewoman’s collection, so let’s consider the option of making a New Year’s boot from felt. The material is great for small-sized crafts. We will need:
- sheets of white, red, green, brown or blue felt;
- a small amount of white material;
- cardboard or paper;
- pencil;
- threads and scissors;
- Moment glue or glue gun;
- thin satin ribbon.
A felt boot can be decorated with any designs and patterns that only you have enough imagination for.
Manufacturing instructions:
- Draw or print a template for the top and main part of our New Year's felt boot. If an additional application is planned, then this should also be depicted on paper, in our case it is a mouse.
- Cut out the pattern, attach it to the wrong side of the fabric, trace the outline itself and an allowance of 1 centimeter. Cut out the parts and sew them by hand, or better yet by machine. Turn the workpiece inside out. Repeat with the boot and white felt.
- Sew the bootleg to the main part of the felt boot, turning the edges outward. Glue a figurine of a sleeping mouse covered with a blanket onto a New Year's felt boot.
- Sew a ribbon loop to the edge to hang the craft in the place you like.
The boot can be decorated not only with a mouse, but also with any other New Year's and winter motifs, for example, bullfinches, snowmen, Christmas trees, red berries.
Methodological information
Theme: "Christmas Boot"
The purpose of the MK: to teach students how to make a Christmas boot from fabric and decorate it with sequins, beads and beads.
Tasks:
- introduce students to the technique of making a Christmas boot from fabric;
- teach the sequence of actions, the use of methods and techniques in the “forward needle” sewing technique, and apply the acquired knowledge in practice independently;
- develop interest in making crafts, attention, perseverance;
- contribute to the aesthetic development of teachers.
Expected results of MK:
- mastering the techniques and methods of making a Christmas boot;
- increasing student creativity;
- manifestation of creative initiative, imagination, thinking.
Methods:
- interactive (verbal, visual, practical);
- research (the ability to independently distribute work, choice of action and its method, freedom of creativity).
Techniques:
- explanation;
- story;
- conversation with demonstration of practical actions;
- consultation;
- use of clarity: samples of finished work completed by the teacher and students;
- schemes for step-by-step work execution.
MK duration: 60 minutes.
MK equipment:
- fabric boot pattern,
- satin ribbon 10 mm wide,
- scissors, needles, pins,
- red reel,
- needle bar, thread threader,
- beads, beads of different sizes, sequins,
- glue "Moment"
- paper napkins,
- illustrative material.
MK structure:
- Organizational moment - 5 min.
- Communicating new knowledge – 10 min.
- Practical application of knowledge and skills - 35 min
- Reflection. Summing up - 10 min.
Progress of the master class:
New Year's boot made of candy
Not only can you put sweets in the boot, but it itself can become a gourmet treat. It will serve as a wonderful decoration for the New Year's apartment, and then you can simply take it apart and eat it - double the benefit! For work you will need the following materials:
A candy tree will be an excellent addition to the sweet New Year's attributes.
- foam sheet 5-7 cm thick;
- round cylinder made of foam 10-20 mm in diameter;
- candies;
- glue gun;
- decor as desired.
The step-by-step instructions are something like this:
- Draw the outline of the sole of the boot of the desired size on a sheet of foam plastic. Cut out the workpiece.
- Next we make the bootleg. If there is no cylinder, then a rectangle made of sheet metal with rounded edges will come to the rescue. Using a glue gun we connect both parts. Don’t forget that the foam melts at high temperatures, so we set the average values on the gun.
- We begin to glue the candies onto the finished piece, trying not to leave any gaps or large spaces. The boot must be completely covered in candy chain mail.
- If desired, among the candies we attach pieces of tinsel, ribbon bows, Christmas tree branches, large beads and other decor.
This will make a wonderful candy gift that will delight not only children, but also adults. And rest assured that after the holiday there will be no trace left of it.
Striped stocking
Remember the fairy tale about the girl Pippi who wore multi-colored stockings? You can create a similar long sock yourself by sewing it from multi-colored ribbons. Another option is to simply tie the stocking with a regular elastic band. On the resulting stocking, sew colored pompoms cut from old children's hats. If you don’t have any of these, make pompoms from fluffy knitting threads. You will get a spacious package - you can put a big gift!
As you can see, there are a lot of ideas for making New Year's boots. Choose any one and act! As soon as the packaging for the gift is ready, all that remains is to buy the gift itself. You can be sure: your friends and family will really like any gift in such a magnificent boot. Well, the children will simply jump with delight!
Boot with Santa made from ribbons
By making such a craft, you will find good use for fabric scraps.
The needlewoman always has a large number of cuts and just new rolls of assorted ribbons, and finally the time has come to put them to work. In addition to tapes, we will need the following materials:
- bias tape with lurex;
- adhesive web with a paper base;
- cardboard and scissors;
- canvas;
- red satin cord;
- red and green floss threads;
- pins;
- iron.
Let's stock up on imagination and get to work:
- Lay out any soft fabric on the table, and a cobweb on top, paper side down.
- Lay out tracks from different ribbons, butt to joint diagonally, and then thread other ribbons through to make a weave, secure with pins. Do the second part of the boot in the same way.
- Iron the base so that the ribbons are fixed on the web and unnecessary folds are removed.
- Print and cut out two identical parts of the boot from cardboard. One by one, attach them to the front side of the blanks, remove the paper part of the web and place the tape blanks on the canvas. Iron everything again, finish the edges of the fabric in any way and sew the parts.
- Sew bias tape with lurex on the edges, and canvas with winter embroidery on the tops. It is possible to attach a thermal sticker with Santa Claus to the side of the boot.
Instead of embroidered canvas, it is possible to sew strips of faux fur onto the bootleg.
3.Practical part of the master class
— Before starting work, we will repeat the safety precautions for working with a needle, pins, scissors and glue Moment:
- use scissors only at your workplace;
- place the scissors with the rings facing you;
- pass the scissors rings first;
- do not leave scissors open; store scissors in a case with the blades facing down;
- do not bring them to your face or play with them;
- keep the needle and pins in a pincushion;
- Apply glue to the fabric in a thin layer;
- make sure that the glue is closed with a cap;
- If glue gets on your hands, wipe them with a napkin.
Let's try to make an interesting and unique gift with you - a Christmas boot. Believe in yourself and you will succeed.
To make a boot, we take all the necessary material (photo 1).
1. We fold the parts of the boot from white and red fabric with the right sides inward, aligning the cuts. Pin the pieces together perpendicular to the seam lines.
2. Take a needle and thread and sew down the parts of the boot using a “needle forward” stitch along the basting lines. Remove the pins and place them in the pincushion (photo 2). To make the product neat, the stitches should be the same and small. Pull the thread all the way. Don't forget to make a knot at the end of the seam.
3. We wrap the upper part of the boot and sew the folded layer with a “forward needle” seam (photo 3).
4.Sew a loop of satin ribbon on the side of the boot to the lapel (photo 4).
5. Turn the boot right side out and straighten the seam with your fingers along the entire length of the product.
- Now let's take a break and rest.
Physical education - 4 positions of the hand on a plane replace each other. Performed first with the right hand, then with the left hand. Next, with both hands at the same time:
Palms up, Palms down. And now they are on their side and squeezed into a fist.
Have you rested? We continue our master class.
6. Decorate the boot with beads, beads, sequins, gluing them with glue (photo 5). To make the work neat, apply glue to the fabric in a thin layer or dots. Create your own unique pattern. You can decorate the boot only along the edge, you can decorate the middle of the boot or its upper part. You can also decorate the boot in a single color scheme.
The work is ready!
4.Reflection. Summarizing.
Look how beautiful and different Christmas boots we have made. Each boot has its own pattern. Some used more sequins for the pattern, while others used more beads. Such wonderful boots will decorate the holiday for your family and friends.
Reflection technique “Mood Tree”:
-Dear guys, you have three leaves: red, blue and green. On the board we have a tree, only without leaves. I suggest you decorate it with leaves. If you attach a green leaf to a tree, this will mean that the master class was useful to you. you have acquired new knowledge for yourself. If you attach a red leaf to a tree, it means that you were interested in the lesson, but you knew this technology before and you did not gain new knowledge. And if you attach a blue leaf to a tree, it means that you are not in a very good mood, you were not interested in the lesson.
— Try to justify your answer (participants speak about holding a master class).
— Dear guys, we worked hard today. Everyone got their own unique Christmas boot. Your family and friends will be glad to receive such a sincere gift.
“Now let’s clap each other for interesting and fruitful work.”
And all I can do is thank you for your attention and participation in the master class. In order not to forget the address of the page and share with friends, add it to your social networks: Do you want to know news about competitions or master classes?
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Felt boot
The best solution would be to make an individual gift boot for each family member.
Let's try to break the tradition of depicting not a felt boot, but an elegant lady's boot, which the Snow Maiden herself probably liked. Made from felt, it will turn out to be rigid and can be used as a stand for a New Year's composition. To make a craft, prepare the following materials:
- brown or gray felt;
- white cardboard or paper;
- scissors;
- dense red and white threads;
- large needle;
- round beige buttons;
- bells;
- white lace;
- red stones or beads for decoration.
Let's start the master class on making a New Year's boot:
- First, make a pattern of the part from cardboard or paper and cut it out. Place on sheets of felt and cut out two equal pieces.
- At the next stage, the halves should be decorated, because it will be inconvenient to do this later. Sew the prepared buttons, beads and rhinestones to the bootleg.
- We sew an openwork ribbon to the inside of the boot and let it out. Attach bells to the edges.
- We sew the two parts together by hand using coarse stitches and white thread. Attach a bell to the curved toe.
Place a gift, candy or a composition of fir branches inside. The boot will be an excellent gift for your loved ones.
Do-it-yourself boot for the New Year: pattern patterns from ribbons
Having a ready-made pattern cut out of cardboard on hand, you can make a festive “wrapper” for the New Year with your own hands from multi-colored ribbons. There is already a template for the boot. You don't even have to sew anything! It's still simpler.
We lay the spider web fabric on the cardboard template. We lay out any ribbons on top using the weaving method: satin, braid, scraps of fabric left over from children's crafts. Color combinations - as you like. We run a hot iron over our future boot.
Have you chosen what to give to your loved ones for the New Year ? Especially for you, we have prepared an article that will help you with this difficult task: “ Gifts for the New Year 2022: we make pleasant surprises. ”
Now we cut along the contour of the pattern and prepare the second side in the same way. We sew the details. All that remains is to process the product along the edge with bias tape (choose a color close or contrasting to the main tone of the ribbons) and make a loop from the same tape.
Original boot made from a plastic bottle
Agree, after reading the title, you were extremely surprised, because a plastic bottle is a rare material from which it is possible to make a New Year's boot. But our editorial team is always one step ahead and aware of trends in many aspects, including innovative approaches to decor. We suggest preparing the following materials:
- two-liter plastic bottle;
- cardboard;
- red and white fluffy fabrics;
- pencil;
- braid;
- glue;
- scissors.
Stages of making a boot from a plastic bottle.
Having prepared the tools and materials, let's get to work:
- Cut the bottle into 3 parts. We leave about 5-7 mm in height at the bottom, and the main part of the bottle will serve as the boot, so choose its size based on your desire. We don't need the neck of the bottle.
- Place the 2 pieces on the cardboard so that they touch each other and trace with a pencil. We cut out the sole of the New Year's boot, then it should be cut out.
- Place the sole on the red fabric and trace it directly and taking into account the allowance. The second part is made according to the dimensions of the cardboard blank without allowance.
- Glue the sole to the fabric, turning the edges. On top, on the folded edges, glue the second part of the pattern, which will cover the wrong side and the sole is ready.
- Let's start with the boot. We take the middle part of the bottle and cut out a rectangle from the fabric, where the height is equal to the size of the boot, and the length is the circumference of the bottle. Don’t forget to leave an allowance so that there are no obvious joints and there is enough material for the hem.
- Cover the entire plastic cylinder with a cloth using glue. When you fold the bottom edge and glue it to the bottle, leave the edges unglued, about 5 centimeters from each edge.
- Now we apply glue inside the bottle along the edge and glue a piece of white fabric, approximately 35-40 cm wide. We bend the fabric outward and it is already possible to estimate the appearance of the future product.
- We make the nose of the boot from the bottom of a bottle. We cover it with red fabric and sew it on, tightening it in the form of a bag.
- Apply glue around the base of the sock and shaft and glue the parts to the finished sole. The blank is ready, all that remains is to decorate it.
- We seal the joints with openwork braid. We also glue it along the perimeter of the edge of the white fabric. It is possible to attach a bell and a couple of spruce branches or glue a holly with ribbons and bells. Decorate as your imagination dictates.
The color of the boot does not have to be red, make it blue, like for the Snow Maiden, or green, like for the elf. If the size allows, you can put a bottle of champagne in the boot, which will create a beautiful and original stand.
Decorative boots
According to legend, it was in a sock left by the fireplace that St. Nicholas left coins that helped the girls who lived in the house get married. Since then, it has been customary for Catholics to hang decorative boots at Christmas. In Russia, Catholic Christmas is not celebrated, so the custom gradually transferred to the New Year.
From cardboard
Cardboard is the simplest material from which crafts are made in kindergarten to hang on the Christmas tree or give to parents. MK suggests improving the craft a little.
- The template is made from plain paper and transferred to cardboard.
- The template is covered with fabric.
- Cotton is stuffed under the fabric to create the appearance of volume.
- A loop of twine is secured to the back of the workpiece.
- The working elements of the back side are hidden under a layer of fabric. The excess is cut off.
- The boot is stylized as a rustic felt boot, so the decor is twine and burlap.
- And, of course, you can’t do without New Year’s toys and snowflakes.
From foamiran
Materials:
- red foamiran,
- cardboard,
- toilet paper sleeve,
- foam ball.
Glue or a glue gun and a hot iron will come in handy. It is better not to apply hot glue to polystyrene foam. The ball may become deformed.
- For the base, take a toilet paper roll and half a foam ball for a sock. The latter can be replaced with a crumpled napkin or cotton wool.
- A semicircle is cut out on the sleeve so that part of the ball fits inside. About a centimeter is cut off from the top so that the boot is proportional.
- A strip of foamiran is glued onto the sleeve.
- To cover the ball with foamiran, the material is heated with the matte side on the surface of a hot iron. It becomes flexible and holds its shape well. The cooled foamiran is glued and the excess is cut off.
- The time has come to place the boot and toe on the sole.
- The decorative sole can be glued on top of the rough sole or the blanks can be glued together first and then attached to the boot.
- One of the edging options is foamiran of a different color.
- Instead of fur, bulky white yarn is suitable for edging, but it must be applied in dense rows.
- A couple more green branches and the boot is ready.
From beads
Materials: red and white beads, wire.
The next master class will be useful for children who are going to learn to weave with beads.
- 16 beads are placed on the wire at one end, the opposite end is passed through the first 8 and tightened.
- Now 7 pieces are collected on one end, the second end of the wire passes through the last four beads.
- The next 4 rows, the ends of the wire pass through 4 beads. After each row, the wire is evenly stretched.
- The top rows consist of 5 white beads each.
- The ends of the wire are shortened to make it convenient to hide them. You can tie a loop on top and hang the boot on the Christmas tree.
From fabric
Material:
- fabric for top and lining;
- white fabric for lapel;
- free-form pattern.
A boot can be not only a decoration, it can be sewn for a gift, a name can be embroidered, and a small surprise can be placed inside.
- 2 layers of lining material are laid sequentially on the table with the right side inward, then the top fabric in the same way. Cut out 4 layers at the same time.
- The patterns are pinned and all layers are stitched at once.
- Turn the work right side out. The seams remain between the layers.
- For a loop, a piece of fabric 5x12cm is enough. The edges are folded inward and stitched.
- White fabric 20 cm wide is folded in half, the width of the boot is measured and stitched at this distance with an allowance of 6 mm. The workpiece is turned out and folded in half.
- The parts are smoothed with an iron and connected. A loop and lapel are placed inside the boot.
- Secure the parts with pins and sew in a circle. All that remains is to turn the flap out and straighten it.
Patchwork
Materials:
- pieces of fabric,
- pattern paper,
- colored threads,
- beads,
- braid.
Fabrics for crafts for the New Year are chosen in bright colors, plain or with ornaments. If you haven’t had time to master patchwork sewing, it doesn’t matter. You can divide the pattern into 3-4 large parts instead of 10-12 small ones.
- The paper pattern is drawn into parts. First, they are divided into transverse strips with different slopes, then into 2 more unequal parts. The back side of the boot is cut out entirely from fabric.
- Then the pattern is cut and small parts are cut out with a seam allowance of 0.5 cm.
- Connect the parts in reverse order. First in a row, then in a whole canvas.
- Along the face, the canvas is decorated with braid and decorative stitching.
- When the sewing of the patchwork side is completed, the pattern is applied to adjust the shape.
- At the last stage, the parts are sewn together, not forgetting the loop.
If desired, make a lining from any thin fabric using the same pattern. This product will be more voluminous.
Knitted
Crochet
Materials:
- knitting yarn of red main color and white for binding;
- sole made of plastic, cardboard, wood with holes around the perimeter;
- hooks 6 and 7.
The tying of the sole begins with connecting posts. Hook 6. The photo below shows the side of the sole on which the shoe will stand.
The next row is knitted with single crochets. The thread, as in the previous row, is pulled through the holes. On the toe and heel parts, 3 evenly distributed increases are made.
The third row is simple stitches without adding, after which the sole will be completed. The thread is cut.
The tail of the thread is secured and brought inside. The first row above the sole is knitted with a white thread, which is brought out under the two loops of the upper braid, in single crochets. Hook 7.
The last loop is brought out through the initial one inside. The hook is inserted from the outside to pull out a new loop. Then both loops are connected, a lock is formed and the row is closed. Similar steps are repeated at the end of each row.
The second row is single crochets.
The third row is single crochet with red thread. In the toe part, count 6 loops in each direction from the center and knit with decreases. Leaving the loop on the hook, knit a double crochet loop. The hook is inserted into the split between the loops. Then three loops are knitted together. You should get 6 complex loops.
The fourth row is single crochet. The decrease in the toe part begins 2 stitches before the decreases of the previous row. You will get 5 complex loops.
Row 5 - similar to the fourth. You will get 4 complex loops. Row 6 has 2 complex loops. 7th row - 1 decrease, but with single crochets.
8th row - in place of the decrease, knit 2 single crochets. Row 9 without additives. 10 - similar to row 8. 11 - without additives, in 12 add 1 column in front, 1 in back. 13, 14, 15 rows without adding loops.
Row 16 - with white thread, alternating a loop from the split of the previous row with a loop from the split of the lower row.
Row 17, modeled after row 16. The 18th row is also knitted, but with red threads. The final row consists of connecting posts, after which the thread is cut and the tip is hidden in the fabric.
Knitting needles
Material: white and red wool blend thread, 3 mm circular knitting needles. All rows are done in garter stitch.
31 loops are cast on the knitting needles with white threads and 12 rows are knitted. Switch to red thread and knit 16 rows.
In the next row they begin to form the heel. To do this, knit 21 loops, unroll the knitting and knit 11 loops. On these 11 loops another 15 rows are knitted.
The last row of the protrusion is continued, putting on the loops of the side and reaching the end of the entire canvas. Then do the same in the other direction.
The top of the sock is ready and there are 47 stitches in total on the knitting needles.
Knit 10 rows.
Now you can start knitting the foot. 28 stitches are knitted in a row, then knit 2 stitches together. Unfold the knitting and knit 10 stitches and purl 2 together. Continue in this manner until there are 11 stitches left on the needles.
The back side of the boot is knitted in the same way, placing loops on the knitting needles on the back side of the fabric. The white loops are not touched.
Having finished the height of the main color, switch to white yarn, putting the side loops on the knitting needles. In the top row, the remaining 10 loops are closed.
Made from fleece
Materials:
- children's rubber boots;
- toilet paper;
- cardboard;
- colored paper;
- red and white fleece;
- PVA glue.
- The rubber boot is given a more voluminous shape using rags and paper.
- The rubber is covered with foil to make the shape easier to separate later. The toe of the boot is slightly raised using the same foil.
- The entire side surface of the boot is covered with paper, soaking each sheet with glue.
- After the 5-6th layer of paper and the top layer of thin fabric, you can send the shoes to dry.
- The dried form is trimmed from above and removed by cutting at the back. Felt or other dense fabric is glued inside.
- The back seam is glued and the boot is covered with bright fleece.
- The sole is cut out of cardboard.
- Gray cardboard is covered on both sides with colored paper.
- The heel is cut out of white fleece. The lapel can be made from a piece of faux fur. Seams and joints are hidden behind decorative elements.
One of the decor options.
New Year's boot decor ideas
But you shouldn’t dwell on the options described above; there are a large number of ways and techniques for making New Year’s boots with your own hands, and here, for example, are a few more:
- A crocheted felt boot looks original and evokes warm thoughts about the coming New Year, the smell of a Christmas tree and tangerines and, of course, delicious Olivier.
- On a knitted item, embroider the names or initials of the people to whom you are going to give the gift. Believe me, even the most notorious skeptic will like this exclusive work.
- It is also possible to sew a patch with New Year's embroidery and warm congratulations on the New Year on a knitted New Year's boot for gifts.
- Make a garland from ready-made products, sewing them at an equidistant distance from each other. Place sweets, candy or cards inside.
- Make green elf boots with curled toes and scalloped tops from red fabric.
- Mini boots can really be used for serving cutlery. Guests will be very surprised to see spoons and forks peeking out of beautiful mini shoes.
- And what gorgeous products are made using embroidery! Cross stitch on a New Year's boot looks amazing, because the work and kindness of the needlewoman is put into every millimeter. The patterns are sold in many embroidery stores and are also easy to find online.
- A particularly original solution is a shoe made from pasta. It is made according to the same principle as snowmen, kitchen utensils and other things, only the balloon must be cylindrical in shape. The boot and toe are made separately, and then glued together and tinted with spray paint. The craft is so original that it does not need additional decoration, but if anything, it will not hurt.
The bright and beautiful symbol of Western Christmas has migrated into our culture and seems to be firmly entrenched in it. And it’s not surprising, because the very idea of hiding a New Year’s gift in an unusually beautiful boot is quite cute and interesting.
Materials
Multicolored felt
How to make a boot for the New Year? You will need materials from the list:
- cardboard;
- felt;
- felt;
- colored ribbons;
- web fabric;
- bright threads;
- beautiful stickers.
Stencils for boots for New Year's gifts can be found on the Internet - there are a great many variations there. We have chosen the most popular ones.
Well, let’s master the art of sewing “shoes” with our own hands? Let's start with felt boots - they are easy to make even for those who haven't held a needle and thread in their hands since school.