Do-it-yourself New Year's soft toys will be a wonderful New Year's interior decoration, a gift for kids and adults.
New Year's soft toys in stores are very expensive, in general all New Year's decor is not cheap, so I suggest saving a little and making New Year's decor with your own hands, today in particular about New Year's soft toys. For example, let’s take Father Frost or Santa Claus in the store, the prices for them will not add up, but in this post there are patterns of the most charming New Year’s grandfathers that will become a wonderful decoration for your home; such New Year’s soft toys will make the house festive and joyful.
What I especially like about New Year’s home decor with soft toys is that you do them once and then hide them until the next New Year. This is such a wonderful tradition, taking New Year's soft toys out of a special New Year's box and remembering when they were sewn, each toy has its own place, someone settles under the tree, their task is to create a “fairy tale” under the tree, others decorate doors, windows, become New Year's curtain holders, decorate the kitchen, children's room.
You can also make a small New Year's soft toy and attach it to the main New Year's gift, because often there is a gift for the New Year, and its theme is not too New Year's, but rather practical, and such a cute addition will remind you of the reason for the gift, such little things remain for a long time memories and give warmth to the heart.
Even if you, like me, are not particularly skilled and don’t know how to sew complex things, sewing a soft New Year’s toy with your own hands will not be difficult, the patterns are very simple and intuitive, the main thing in this matter is bright, themed fabrics and desire, and you can sew them even by hand and without a sewing machine)
This post contains a wonderful selection of patterns for New Year's soft toys: snowmen, deer, Father Frost, Santa, gnomes and other New Year's characters, which are very easy to sew with your own hands.
This New Year's season, such old gnomes have become very popular, I don't know what they are called correctly, with caps that are pulled over the eyes and only the nose is visible, so I have a pattern for such a soft New Year's toy, it is very easy to make this character with your own hands !
I wish you a magical New Year's mood, creative inspiration, so that the thread does not get tangled and the needle does not get lost!
Crafts from foamiran
How to decorate your workplace or New Year's table? The Christmas tree branch is very large and can interfere with your work. But a little Santa Claus made of shiny foamiran is just right. It will not only decorate, but will also attract the views of your colleagues. Children in kindergarten will also appreciate this craft.
MK was prepared by Svetlana Sorokina. Let's start.
To create Santa Claus we will need:
- Glitter foamiran red and white, 2 mm thick;
- Chinese or marshmallow foamiran, beige, 1 mm thick;
- Pink or red pompom with a diameter of 1 cm;
- White pompom with a diameter of 1.5-2 cm;
- 2 half beads for eyes with a diameter of 2-3 mm;
- Decorative splint in silver color.
Step-by-step description of the work:
We will make Santa Claus in the shape of a cone. For this we need a compass. We measure 11.5 cm on a compass, apply it to the corner of the back side of the foamiran and draw from one edge to the other (Photo 1).
We draw another blank with a compass width of 8 cm (Photo 2).
Cut out the blanks (Photo 3).
Glue the edges of a large piece together to form a cone. Don't worry if you can see glue on the glue line (Photo 4).
Cut a strip of white glitter foamiran 1-1.3 cm wide. Stretch it a little at one edge (Photo 5).
Glue it to the bottom of the cone (Photo 6).
From the decorative tire we cut a strip with two rows of rhinestones and glue it in the center onto white foamiran (Photo 7).
We make a Santa Claus hat from a small piece of red foamiran. We glue the edges not to each other, but to overlap one edge over the other (about 2 cm). This will make the hat thinner. We glue a decorative strip along the edge. We bend the tip of the cap and glue it (Photo 8).
Glue the white pompom (Photo 9).
Trim the top a little. We glue the rhinestone tire along the gluing line, but not the entire length. The beard will hide the rest (Photo 10).
Cut out the shape of a face from a flesh-colored one. I made it a little longer than the template so that it would hide behind the hat (Photo 11).
Glue the face, pink pompom and draw eyes (Photo 12).
Cut out two blanks for the beard. Small along the contour of the face, and the second one is slightly larger (Photo 13).
Making fringe. Apply it to the iron for a few seconds to make it curl a little (Photo 14).
First glue the large part (Photo 15).
Then a small one. Glue half beads into the eyes. Funny Santa Claus is ready.
How to make Santa Claus from fabric
A master class on how to make a Grandfather using the “sculptural textile” technique from Natalia Kudinova became the winner of our New Year’s competition. The work, of course, will require a lot of time and effort, but as a result you will receive a toy that is in no way inferior to factory ones in quality, but with its own character, appearance, and in an individual suit.
There is a similar video master class on YouTube:
Another version of Grandfather. The base is a plastic bottle. Description of work
Felt craft
Recently, homemade New Year's toys have become very popular. With their help, you can create a unique festive look for your Christmas tree. Today we will sew a Christmas tree toy in the shape of Santa Claus from felt. Master class with a pattern from Anna.
To make such a toy you will need:
- Felt red, beige, white;
- Needle;
- Sewing thread;
- Knitting thread;
- Sintepon;
- Scissors;
- A sheet of paper and a pen;
- Black nail polish.
First, as usual when sewing from felt, let's draw a template on a sheet of paper. All details can be drawn together. Photo 1
Now you need to cut out all the parts from felt. You can make such a toy from any felt, both soft and hard.
First we will work with the red material, that is, with the main one. Cut out Santa Claus from paper and trace him on felt. Cut out 2 identical figures. This will be the front and back of the toy. Now we cut out the mustache and beard from the paper template. Can be cut in one piece. Then we trace the part on white felt and cut it out in 1 copy. Now we cut out the frill element of the cap. We also trace it on white felt and cut it out in 2 copies, since the toy will be double-sided. All that remains is to cut out the details of the face and nose. They will require beige felt. We cut out these parts 1 piece at a time.
Now let's start stitching. First we need the front part to be red. We sew the face, nose and beard with mustache onto it.
Now we put the back part of Santa Claus on the back and start sewing the 2 parts. In this case, you need to place the details of the cap's frill on the back and front. When we sew 2 parts, we will sew the frill at once, so as not to make unnecessary seams. We’ll also sew on the pompom right away. Cut out 2 identical circles from white felt. Between them we place the tip of the cap and stitch it.
Then we sew to the bottom, connecting the 2 parts. At this stage we fill the part with padding polyester. But not too tight so that the toy does not swell.
All that remains is to design the face. To do this, it is more convenient to use black nail polish and a needle. We blot the tip of the needle with varnish so that a small drop forms at the end. We drip it into the place of the eye, and then repeat again, forming the second eye. Lightly apply blush to your cheeks and nose.
We will attach a red knitting thread to the back so that the toy has a loop for hanging. The felt Christmas tree toy is ready, is it Father Frost, or Santa Claus, or maybe a Christmas gnome?
