DIY Santa Claus made from a sock by a master. How to make a snowman out of a sock: step-by-step instructions. From toilet paper rolls
The closer New Year, the more often we think about decorating our home for this wonderful holiday. DIY Santa Claus craft - new ideas with photos will help you create bright and interesting accents in your home.
PAPER FANTASY CLAUS
Having done this wonderful toy, you can hang it on the Christmas tree or, making a garland, decorate the room.
What will you need? Double-sided colored thick cardboard (or paper), wooden red beads (can be replaced with a tube), bead, needle and thread, pompom and thin ribbon, scissors, glue.
As you can see in the picture, the Santa Claus craft consists of two balls. To make the body with your own hands, you need to cut out 6-8 strips 1.5 cm wide and 26 cm long. For the head, you should take 5 narrow strips 1 cm wide and 16 cm long.
To assemble the ball, place the strips in a circle - make sure that they divide it into equal parts. They should lie so that their ends intersect. To achieve this, we recommend using a template. Now we decorate the bottom of the ball - pierce the junction with a needle and thread, secure the bead.
Next, we make a base to which we firmly attach the free ends of the strips. IN original version in the photo these are wooden red beads, but they can be replaced with a cocktail straw. The length of the beads should be equal to half the length of the strip.
Having made two balls, cut out stencils of the face (1) and hands (4) from paper. Attach a pompom to the head. The picture shows two versions of the Santa Claus craft - with legs (2) and without. Choose the one you like. An interesting addition would be a gift bag made using the same technique. Top stencil with number 3.
SANTA CLAUS FROM A BOTTLE
New ideas with photos help you take a fresh look at already familiar things. We can make a cute Santa Claus from an unnecessary plastic bottle. And not alone - a hare will keep him company.
What is needed for this? Bottle, acrylic, paints, knitted scarf and a bandage.
To make the figure stable, fill the bottle. You can either not empty it before work, or fill it with cereal.
Once the bottle is de-stickered, rinsed and dried, coat it with white acrylic primer. When it's dry, start painting the bottle with colored acrylic.
To prevent your handmade Santa Claus from freezing, you should put a scarf and a “hat” on the painted bottle. If you make a hare, you can also cut its ears from an unnecessary plastic bottle.
CRAFTS OF SANTA CLAUS FROM COTTON WOOL
In order to make a craft from cotton wool, you need paste - 1 tbsp. Mix a spoonful of starch with water until creamy, pour boiling water into the resulting mixture, stirring constantly. When the mixture becomes clear, it is ready for use.
Now we dip cotton pads and cotton wool into the paste and form the details of the future figurine - two cones from cotton pads(these are hands), cotton balls - one large and two smaller (these are the head, nose and pompom).
Prepare a small bottle - for example, from drinking yogurt. It will become the body of Santa Claus, so you also need to glue cotton wool on it.
The formed parts will dry for 24 hours, then they are painted with gouache. After the paint has dried, we attach the finished parts to the body, add the finishing touches - sleeves, collar, mustache, beard and everything else using PVA glue. Eyes are painted with gouache.
Additionally, make Santa Claus a staff and a bag of gifts.
MACARONI
This is such a fun decoration New Year's table done with your own hands. The materials you will need are noodles, vermicelli and olives. And a flat surface on which to lay the craft.
The cooking process is simple - cook the noodles and place them on a dish, creating a New Year's image. If you don’t find colored noodles, we recommend coloring regular ones.
FROM PALM
How do you like this new idea like in the photo? You can literally make a craft with your own hands.
What is the making of such a Santa Claus that will become interesting decoration postcards, you need: red and white fabric, a postcard with a picture of Santa Claus.
As you understand, everything is simple - you just need to trace your hand and cut out the resulting outline from the fabric. Next, we put together a figurine of the main New Year's Grandfather from the pieces and attach a head cut out from the picture on top.
FROM A BULB
To make such a decoration, you need to paint the light bulb with white paint in two layers.
While the paint is drying, start sculpting with mastic (it will also work salty dough) of a round flattened ball is the nose of the figure. And sew a hat so that Santa Claus won’t be so cold.
If the paint has dried, then it’s time to glue the finished nose to the area of the future face. We recommend doing this using a “hot gun”.
Now let's start drawing with a simple pencil facial contours, eyes, eyebrows, mustache and beard. Now you can paint over the rest of the body with red paint.
Now let's start painting the face - don't forget to add sparkle to the eyes. To make the painted parts look voluminous, we recommend drawing them with an outline.
Now we put on the hat (to keep it securely, secure it with a hot gun). Sew a thread to the hat so that the toy can be hung on the Christmas tree.
Additionally, you should use a thin brush and black paint to draw the details of the toy. And don't forget the glitter!
FROM A SOCK
An amazing craft, a real Santa Claus can be made from ordinary socks!
First, let's take a sock white– this is the body of the toy. Cut off the unnecessary, leaving only the length that is convenient for you.
If you end up with, for example, a cropped boot, then carefully sew or tie the bottom so that you get a “bag”. If you bandage it, turn the sock inside out, so the toy will become stable.
The workpiece should be filled with cereal or cotton wool. We fix the top with an elastic band. Santa Claus' fur coat is made from another sock - red. Usually the bottom part of the sock is used, in which case the part that used to wrap around the toes will become a hat, and the rest will become a fur coat. Mittens are made from parts of the boot.
Using cotton wool, the craft is decorated - a pompom, a beard, and the edges of clothes are made. We make a bag and a staff with our own hands. Don't forget your eyes and nose! They are made using beads or buttons.
We hope the photos from this article gave you new ideas for creating crafts for the New Year, which is just around the corner. We wish you good luck!
Let's see what ways you can create unique New Year's crafts for a competition for school or kindergarten in the form of Santa Claus. I will also show you how to beautifully decorate gifts for the New Year with the symbol of Santa Claus. Let's start with gifts...
Santa Claus on a gift
How to do it yourself.
(simple options).
Here in the photo below we see an excellent New Year's decorations the most ordinary gift packages made of gray wrapping paper.
For the first idea you will need:
- a round shape made of white cardboard, a piece of red cardboard,
- red pompom (or regular cotton wool + PVA glue + red gouache)
- a piece of white foam packaging interlayer (which is often placed in boots in the store, or in boxes with equipment). Or (if you don’t have such material) you can take white cardboard and cover it with cotton pads.)
On a white round cardboard eye shadow or blush Draw spots on the cheeks and black beady eyes with a marker. In a bowl, stir red gouache and PVA glue (a couple of drops of paint per teaspoon of glue); dip a piece of cotton wool into this mixture. We form a ball from this sticky red cotton wool with our hands and dry it on a radiator (it will dry overnight).
Cut out a triangle-cap from red cardboard. We glue it to the edge of the white round piece (Santa Claus's forehead) - it is better to glue it dry, that is, use a glue stick or double-sided tape, since wet PVA glue will wet the cardboard and make it bend.
On top of the connecting line (between the hat and the head) we lay a “fur edging”, as I already said, it is better to cut it out of foam packaging material. Or cover the cardboard with cotton pads and cut out the edging of Santa Claus’s hat from such “cotton-shaggy paper”
And here two more ideas craft pendants in the form of Santa Claus - already from just cardboard... and cardboard with paper cupcake tins.
Here are the large bags with large size Santa Claus.
You can even make a bag yourself from a sheet gift paper. The template here is very simple. You can make such a drawing yourself with a pencil, cut it out, bend it along the fold lines and you’re done. Beautiful box- glue the face and beard of Santa Claus to it and you're done. 
You can make your own from cardboard (or from soft felt, or formiam as in the photo below) make PACKAGING POCKETS for gifts, decorated with an applique of Santa Claus on top.
Here is a diagram of such a pocket made of colored paper or cardboard. We bend along the lines, glue the sides and the container for sweets and chocolates is ready.
All that remains is to glue on top the head of Santa Claus with a beard and a hat. Simple and fast, no complexity. You will love making these quick pocket crafts with your own hands with Santa Claus, a snowman, angels and other New Year's characters.
Here is a pocket package made of soft felt or fleece, which is suitable for gifting a smart phone, or jewelry. It will be nice to receive such a gift, decorated manual labor and the imagination of the donor.
Santa Claus WITH CANDY
(just do it yourself).
Here's another new craft for this year. Santa Claus hides a candy in a bright wrapper in his tummy. A simple children's craft that you will quickly understand and can do with your own hands in one sitting.
As you can see (in the photo below) there is nothing complicated or tricky here. It’s just that the tummy and back of Santa Claus are a FULL DETAIL - in shape it looks like a FIG. which has a hole only in the upper turn of the number.
This “figure eight” is bent in half - and we get a tummy with a hole in the center in the front and a closed back at the back. At the top we fix our halves with a drop of glue, or a stapler or tape. And all that remains is for our Santa Claus to glue on the head with a beard and the legs-stand.
Santa Claus do it yourself
Craft using the spider web technique.
There is an article on our website where I show in great detail how to make such balls with your own hands from glue threads and air small ball. In this article “Balls of thread and a sea of crafts using the spider web technique,” I posted a master class. Therefore, I will not explain in detail here, so as not to waste unnecessary words. Follow the link, everything is explained there.
Just look at the photo below and fall in love with these cute ones New Year's characters made from thread balls. Simple and fast. In one evening we make balls, in the second evening we cover them with pieces of colored paper - and the craft is ready and worthy of going to a New Year's exhibition at school or kindergarten.
You don’t have to cover the balls with paper parts, but just put a cap like this on the top ball - where a face with a mustache and beard is already glued to the cone-hat.
In general, such cardboard caps (from the photo above) can be put on ordinary white inflatable balloons. And you’ll get a quick craft for the New Year in the form of Santa Claus. Such quick crafts comfortable . (By the way, the link contains a lot of quick ideas for crafts for decorating a New Year’s office).
DIY Santa Claus.
Balloon craft
using papier-mâché technique.
You can make such a pot-bellied, big-nosed, sweet and charming Santa Claus from the cheapest materials. PVA glue + white paper napkins + balloon IR + gouache for coloring.
What is the secret of the SIMPLICITY of this Santa Claus craft.
The papier-mâché technique is very simple. If you mix a paper napkin with PVA glue and mold something out of this mixture and dry it, we will get a dense, almost wooden, hard craft.
This principle of creating a durable material from fragile paper and liquid glue became the basis of the Papier-mâché technique.
Instead of white paper napkins, you can use regular NEWSPAPER. But then you will need to paint it on top with white paint (acrylic or gouache) before drawing Santa Claus on it.
What do we do.
Step 1 Let's buy a balloon with an elongated tail (that is, pear-shaped). Let's inflate it so that it retains its slightly elongated pear-shaped shape. Turn the ball upside down and insert it inside the vase (to make it easier to work with). You can even tape it a little to this vase so that it doesn’t jump out of it.
Step 2 Tear the white napkins into shreds (or leave them whole, whichever is more convenient for you). We coat part of the ball with PVA glue and place a white napkin on this puddle. On top of the napkin, again apply PVA glue with a wide brush and again place the napkin on this wet place. Thus, we glue the entire ball in several layers - generously pouring glue and generously laying down layers of napkin. Let it all dry (overnight).
Note – you can cover the ball with newspaper, dry it and paint it white paint. Or start the first layers from newspaper. And the last upper layers should be made from a white napkin, then there will be no need to paint it white.
Step 3. We crumple the napkins into large lumps - these will be tozhki. We also pour glue over it, and we also cover it with napkins, forming a wet crust of papier mache. We also leave it to dry.
Step 4. We take the ball out of the vase-pot on which it stood. We turn it with its tail up (we will cover this empty space that was in the vase with Santa Claus’s hat, it will not be visible. Using a marker on the dry round paper surface of the ball, we draw the silhouette borders of all the elements of Santa Claus - a face with a nose, a beard, a fur coat. We decorate this with gouache round decoration. Don't forget to glue the legs
Note. For papier mache you need a lot of PVA glue. If you buy it in the stationery department (where the glue is in small tube jars) you will overpay 5 times the price. Better and It’s cheaper to buy PVA glue in liter buckets in the construction departments of the store. For one liter of glue you will pay about 2 dollars. And such a bucket will be enough for you for a whole bunch of crafts. Any PVA glue labeled “universal” or “construction” will suit you. In composition, it is no different from ordinary school stationery PVA glue. The manufacturer can be any company. With this bucket you will not only make Santa Claus from papier-mâché, but also a snowman and a penguin (also based on balloon). Details in other articles on this site.
By the way, based on a BALLOON you can make the most various crafts with Santa Claus. You can decorate a ball covered with newspaper with strips of colored fringe. We buy rolls of crepe colored paper from the stationery store. cut it into strips, cut them into fringe, paste the BALL IN A CIRCLE with fringed stripes. It turns out another version of the Santa Claus craft with your own hands - mischievous and shaggy.
Or you can decorate a balloon covered with newspaper with a FLEECE WRAP - the soft material will make a very cozy and warm craft. 
Making our own Santa Claus
from stones and natural materials.
Ordinary stones - small or large river cobblestones can become the basis on which a New Year's fairy tale will grow.
You can simply find oval stable stones (or make them stable using play dough). Cover the stones with white gouache (spray with hairspray to fix the color and prevent it from staining your hands). Then draw all the lines of the future Santa Claus on a white background. Decorate each drawn sector with gouache. And then once again draw clear black boundaries between the elements of the drawing - make outlines with a black marker. Markers work great on rocks. It is best to use a marker for signing CDs - it does not wash off and does not stain your hands.
You can depict any New Year's theme on suitable flat stones. Article-lesson on creating beautiful New Year's drawings is already on our website “Family Handful”.
And from several stones (also painted with gouache) you can put together an entire plot applique on a single background cut out of plywood.
We buy a small sheet of plywood at a hardware store (or find a suitable one in a pile of trash near the entrance). We cut a round piece out of it. We tint with ink the color of snow and the color of sky. And against this background we lay out Santa Claus, his sack, his reindeer, his sleigh... whatever.
Please note that the stones perform only one part of the element - the rest are painted with paints, laid out from twigs, ropes and other natural material.
It is not necessary to choose smooth round stones. The most uneven curved stones can work to your advantage. Lay them out, try them on next to each other and try to see the outlines of your future craft in this arrangement. Who knows what masterpiece your little “rock garden” will give birth to on a piece of paper.
You can also use shells as a natural material for crafts in the form of Santa Claus. It will turn out interesting and beautiful.
You can come up with your own New Year's pictures from magic pebbles. Do not forget to spray the craft with hairspray - this will make it brighter and will not stain your hands with gouache or smudge. You can also sculpt some details of such a panel craft from plasticine (it can also be coated with hairspray)... or sculpt it from papier mache ( paper napkin mixed with PVA glue, see point above in this article).
Craft Santa Claus
Made from plasticine.
From ordinary plasticine (or from polymer clay) you can also make a beautiful Santa Claus. The main thing is to work slowly and remember to wash your hands when moving from one color of plasticine to another. There we will get pure colors of the parts and the whole craft will look neat.
After making the craft, you need to dry it in a cool place and spray it with hairspray. This is necessary so that it stops being sticky and does not collect room dust. You can cover the craft with acrylic matte varnish with a soft brush. Acrylic varnish for crafts is sold at office supply or craft stores.
Such varnished, non-sticky plasticine figures are also good because they can be used inside small Snow capsules. Where the foam snowball will fall. You can make capsules for plasticine Santa Claus with your own hands - from transparent plastic bottles. Cutting off the top and bottom of them and joining them together. Sprinkle nail glitter, sequins or foam balls inside, or cut the fluff from pillows with scissors - the fluff will slowly settle, creating the illusion of snowfall.
Can be done flat crafts made from plasticine. Roll out colored plasticine with a rolling pin on the table. A wooden rolling pin is not suitable - it leaves rough marks on the plasticine. A round glass bottle or a can of any deodorant can be used as a smooth rolling pin.
Place a stencil image (details of Santa Claus, or his clothes) on the rolled out layer of plasticine. We trace with a sharp object. Remove the stencil and cut with scissors along the scratched lines. We get planar parts from which you can put together a plasticine graphic applique. Or make something like this to decorate the kitchen in New Year's style(as in the photo below).
You can get ideas for plasticine crafts in the form of Santa Claus from New Year's cakes decorated with mastic characters. Santa Claus is often sculpted from sweet confectionery mastic from different angles. Look through New Year's cakes on Google and you will find many ideas for plasticine New Year's heroes.
You can find even more New Year's plasticine ideas for children's crafts in the classroom and at home in a special article on our website
DIY Santa Claus
FROM CONES.
Pine and fir cones can also be painted with gouache (like the stones from the paragraph above). And when painted, the cone immediately becomes interesting basis for a New Year's craft in the form of Santa Claus. We insert beads and buttons, a fluffy dusting brush painted with white gouache becomes a fluffy beard. Cut out a hat from a piece of felt.
Also in the company of Santa Claus With your own hands (also from pine cones) you can make a deer (with antlers made of fluffy wire), a snowman, a penguin in a felt scarf, and a green Christmas tree pine cone, decorated with beads and flowers cut from lace.
Other bright crafts and toys made from pine and fir cones collected in a large article with photographs
Volumetric Santa Claus
From modular origami.
If you know how to fold an Origami module. It doesn’t cost you anything to create such a pot-bellied Santa Claus. YouTube is full of videos that will teach you how to fold a triangular paper origami module in 2 minutes. For 2 pm make yourself a bunch of modules (the family will help), and on the third evening fold Santa Claus. Assembly takes place without glue. Each module fits into each other - like a groove into a groove.
Green Christmas tree also consists of modular origami. And you can make a snowman and a deer, if you think about it with your head...
DIY Santa Claus
FROM PAPER CONES.
We all know how to make paper cones - like bags for seeds. We need a semicircle - which we roll into a bag and glue the side seam of the bag with glue (or not with glue, but with a stapler).
Or you can provide paper latches on the bag - slits and ears that fit into each other. On the template below we see that on the left we have an incision (short dotted line), and on the right there is a protruding eye (along the edge of the hem of the fur coat). We cut out such a template (diagram below), paint it and connect it into a bag - inserting the eyelet into the cut (or you can simply fix everything with glue without any ears).
Santa Claus is easy and quick to make based on a regular cone. Below I give large circuits for large figures. Life size The diagram corresponds to A3 format - it’s like two landscape pages. You won't be able to print it on a printer - you need to go to the printing center. But the craft will be large and nice in size.
Here is another large template for making Santa Claus out of paper - it is also in A3 format - print in the center of the printout.
But this template is smaller - if you want, you can also enlarge it to a large size. Each craft is beautiful - you must agree. You can just imagine how Grandfather Frost stands proudly on the windowsill and pleases the eye. Great craft- elegant and simple.
Children's craft Santa Claus
From toilet paper rolls.
Cardboard rolls are great for children's crafts. In the photo below we see how you can play up the image of Santa Claus based on this “toilet roll” form.
The elements can be made from paper, felt, cotton wool, formiam, fabric or knitted socks.
Santa Claus and dishes
(pots, cups, plates).
And in this section of the article I want to show you how to make it yourself original craft from non-standard material.
You can make Santa Claus from flower pots. We will make a beard for this grandfather from gypsum plaster. You can buy it at a hardware store gypsum plaster(it’s cheap in small packaging, you can buy half a kilo). We dilute the gypsum mixture with water to a thick porridge. And quickly, before it thickens and dries, we sculpt a beard for Santa Claus. Pots can also be coated with plaster porridge, in those places where we depict fluffy fur or snow. If sprinkled on top glitter(nail polish) it will turn out that snowy places sparkle in the sun.
Or here are New Year's crafts from disposable colored cups. Here the cups are placed in a circle on the floor (glue the round dance together using hot glue from a gun). Then, on a round dance, we make a second tier-floor, then a third - they themselves will be rounded into a spherical shape (because the cups at the bottom are narrower than at the edge). We make one ball for the belly and one ball for the head of Santa Claus. We make mittens, a belt, eyes, a mustache, and a hat from paper and fabric.
And we begin to make a green Christmas tree from cups according to the principle of a round dance. But we put a paper cone inside it. And we also attach the cups along the upper floors to the walls of this paper cone.
From the remaining red cups and toilet paper rolls you can make cute Frosties with a cotton wool beard.
And disposable flat plates can become a source of such children's crafts. Place beige paper on the bottom of the plate (this will be the background of the face). Without a beige or pink background (just on a pale plate) it will not be beautiful.
Craft Santa Claus
Made from felt and formiam.
Now a new ornamental material has appeared on sale - formiam. This is a baby modern technologies very suitable for making voluminous, plump crafts that are well attached to each other with hot glue. In the photo below you see a Santa Claus craft made from formim (a porous thick material).
But crafts made from felt will still be more durable. And warmer to the touch. More dear, closer.
You can make Santa Claus appliques from felt on a round piece of paper - you will get a toy pendant for the Christmas tree.
Please note how in the photo below the fastening of the applique parts is done - with sparse stitches, parts are tacked here and there (the beard and mustache are held on by 4-5 stitches).
If you make a HOOP from cardboard, wrap it in fabric and decorate the front with a figure of Santa Claus, then we will get a headdress for the New Year. It can be worn for children's holiday dinners, or worn directly over a hat on the street - delighting passers-by with its New Year's look.
In addition to hard felt, you can use SOFT FLEECE. This is the material from which sweatshirts and bikers are made. It is suitable for sewing soft toys in the form of Santa Claus or plump pillows (as in the photo below).
But Santa Claus, where FELT (wool for felting) is present, is in the left photo below. And also a figurine of Santa Claus made from a ball of red thread and a piece of white centipon and a felt cap. The face can be made from a tennis ball, tinted beige.
Knitted Santa Claus.
You can also knit a New Year's Santa Claus from threads with crochet or knitting needles. Below, for inspiration, I have posted several photo samples of such DIY crafts.
You can simply crochet a flat figure. Use it as an applique for a craft, or as a toy pendant for the Christmas tree.
You can make a beard from chopped bundles of thread (fluffy like a real one) or simply tie it with a wedge (like a knitting sprout).
And here is an example of Santa Claus knitted with his own hands. Choose your favorite knitting method and start making a real surprise for the whole family with your own hands. Such New Year's toy will accompany your holiday every year, as a tradition, as family heirloom, made by mom's loving hands.
Here are some ideas on the theme of Santa Claus with your own hands - from everything - from paper to knitting. Now you will definitely make yourself magical Grandfather Frost, who will fulfill your wishes this year. Because you deserve it. Because you are good.
Continuation of PAPER crafts in the form of Santa Claus - in our SECOND article
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New Year- this is a magical time of fulfillment of all desires and pleasant surprises. An unforgettable festive atmosphere of fun, it is at this moment that you want to bring joy to your loved ones and friends, to please them with your efforts and attention.
You can pleasantly surprise your loved ones, do it yourself some kind of craft. Put your warmth and love into creating a gift.
An unusual surprise for your household will be the toys you made from socks.
There will be a snowman made from a sock suitable decoration festive table. You can put it under the Christmas tree or decorate your green beauty. After all, what New Year’s holiday could be complete without beautiful homemade decorations?
Necessary tools for creation
Before you make a snowman out of a sock, you need to prepare what will be used to create a masterpiece. To create this craft you will need:
- White or colored socks.
- Multi-colored buttons different sizes.
- Beads for eyes of dark colors.
- Thin elastic band or rope.
- Scissors, glue, needle and thread.
- Any cereal or cotton wool.
- Markers or permanent markers.
- Beads, ribbons, pieces of fabric, and any other decorative decorations.
Snowmen made from socks (step by step instructions)
It’s interesting that you can make not only one snowman, but two or a whole “family”.
Prepare everything necessary materials and begin the manufacturing process. We will help you figure out how to make a snowman out of a sock. Shall we start?
- Cut the sock or golf into two parts at the heel.
- Take the top of the sock and tighten one edge with thread or elastic.
- Turn it inside out front side so that the node is inside.
- Place the resulting bag vertically and fill it to the top with any filler.
- Fill the snowman's body with cereal, compacting it well.
- Tie the top of the filled bag, as well as the bottom, with white thread or an elastic band. Pull it tight enough to prevent the filler from spilling out.
- Divide the “body” of the snowman in half and tie it with thread. Now your snowman has a head and a body.
- Let's work on the face of the toy. Make the eyes from large beads or dark beads. You can sew or glue them.
- Glue or sew on a nose button or insert a piece of toothpick.
- Use a red felt-tip pen to draw on the cheeks.
- Use the remaining half of the sock to make a hat for the snowman. To do this, cut off the heel part. Turn the sock inside out. Turn the edge back a couple of centimeters, creating the edge of the hat.
- Give the product a finished look. Make a scarf from a piece of multi-colored fabric.
Decoration
There are many varieties of decor. The snowman can be painted using paints or felt-tip pens. In addition, it can be completely covered with beads or covered with beads. In front of the snowman's body you need to sew several colored buttons. Decorate the hat with shiny beads, sequins or stars. It all depends on your imagination and creative inspiration. You will be pleasantly surprised that in a few minutes you will already have a snowman craft made from a sock in front of you.
For a white sock, it is recommended to use rice as a filling. It won't show through white fabric, unlike other cereals. Of course, snowmen can be made from other grains and materials. You can also use socks of different textures and qualities. They can be regular or terry, as well as with figured knitting.
Snowman can be made in different sizes and shapes. The nose can be made from a piece of toothpick, pre-colored with an orange or red felt-tip pen.
In order to give stability to the snowman, you can cut a circle out of cardboard. In the future, it is simply inserted into the toe of the sock.
By the way, you can move away from the standard approach. Your sock snowman craft can be made from green, red or yellow material. The new color is original, will bring joy to loved ones and will become a great addition for the holiday.
Cotton snowman made from a sock (master class)
Start by creating the simplest model, for this you will need:
- Colored and white socks;
- scissors;
- cotton wool;
- needle and thread;
- markers.
As you can see, you don't need a lot of materials at all.
So, fill a white sock with cotton wool, it is better to first tear it into small pieces so that the snowman’s body turns out without lumps. Then tie the top tightly with a rope, and it’s better to cut off the elastic altogether.
Then form the levels of the figure. To do this, distribute cotton wool over the body of your future snowman. It remains to rewind the body in some places. Usually the sock snowman craft is created in two or three levels.
For clothing design, take any colored sock and cut it into three parts. So that it turns into a hat, scarf and jacket. Put a little cotton wool in the hat for volume and sew it to the head. Place the jacket over your body and secure the neck with a scarf. Now all you have to do is make a red-cheeked face and paint it with felt-tip pens. It is important that these toys do not break and are safe even for the smallest children. And when new year holidays will pass, you can place the snowmen on bookshelves or in another place convenient for you.
Scented sock snowman
Now let's look at how to make a snowman with winter incense out of a sock. The list of materials may vary slightly; you need to take cotton socks with a fine weave. It would be a good idea to use any white cereal as a filler. You will also need cinnamon, a vanilla stick, fir needles or other flavorings.
It is advisable to fold the socks one inside the other so that the cereal does not spill out. Then fill them with rice, and add broken vanilla and cinnamon sticks or finely chopped fir needles.
Carefully sew up the top of the sock and pull the snowman's body with a rope to separate the body and head. Clothes can be made in the same way as in the previous variation from colored socks.
Decorate the toy by sewing a few buttons onto the costume, and you can also attach a button to the top of the hat. Draw the face with felt-tip pens. You can use dried lavender or tea rose petals as a flavoring agent.
Congratulations, you have made a fragrant snowman from a sock - you have completed the master class.
Gift or game?
Know that this toy self made You can give it as a gift not only to friends, but also make it part of the New Year's decor.
Not only can kids make a snowman out of a sock, it can be a very rewarding experience for them. interesting activity. This joint entertainment will amuse and entertain your household.
Let each of them try to become a participant in this exciting action and create this an entertaining craft. After this, you can hold a competition: “Who will make the most well-fed or funniest snowman?”
Conclusion
Now you know how to make a snowman out of a sock. Made with your own hands, it will bring warmth and comfort to everyone around you. Among other things, a snowman made from socks will decorate any interior, giving your home a festive atmosphere.
Material for a snowman can be found in every home. With a little training, you will be able to conduct a handicraft master class with professional skill. Make your New Year truly magical and bright. Believe in a miracle, and it will certainly happen.
