There is already very little time left before the next new year. And, of course, many residents of our country have already begun to decorate the Christmas tree in their apartments and houses. Of course, in our time in stores, no matter what New Year’s toys and decorations they sell, it would seem, buy and decorate. But it’s much more pleasant and interesting to do new Year decoration with your own hands from available materials at home.
To make one of these Christmas tree toys we needed:

• postcards 2 pcs.;
• scissors;
• compass or small glass;
• PVA glue and super glue;
• pencil and ruler;
• ribbon;
• rhinestones or sequins.

The fact is that while I was still in school, I collected postcards, and after graduation I didn’t throw them away or give them to anyone, so I have a large selection of postcards for various kinds of crafts. So what are we going to do New Year's toy, then I chose the most brilliant ones from my variety of postcards, and which I don’t really mind cutting.

On the back side of the two postcards we have chosen, with a compass or as we do, using a small stack glass, we draw 20 identical circles.

And carefully cut them out with scissors.

Our mugs turned out to be 40mm in diameter. But you can make circles of any size, the main thing is that all circles have the same diameter.

Now in every circle with reverse side we need to inscribe an equilateral triangle. We made a template out of cardboard and traced the triangle with a pencil, duplicating it on each circle.

Then, on all 20 circles, we bend three identical sides, that is, we bend the edges of the circles along the lines of the triangle inscribed in it.
Tip: it’s better to do this with a ruler to make the folds smoother.

I decided to make the top and bottom of the toy from a postcard lilac color, and the middle is green. Therefore, next we take the first five circles of lilac color and, using PVA glue, glue them together one by one by the bent sides. It should look like the following photo.

By analogy, we make the bottom of the toy ball from the remaining five lilac circles.
Next we need to make the middle from the remaining 10 green circles. To do this, we glue them together into strips with PVA glue and close them into a “ring”. How to properly glue into stripes is shown in the following photo.

You should get these three parts of the future New Year's tree decoration: top, bottom and middle.

Since we plan to hang this toy on our home Christmas tree, we need to make a loop on which we will hang it. To do this, we carefully insert both sides of the ribbon into the center of the upper part of the toy and tie it from the inside with a couple of knots. The ribbon should be about 20 cm, otherwise our toy will look ugly. That is, the length of the ribbon should correspond to the size of the toy.

Now carefully glue all parts of the toy ball together with PVA glue.
I did this toy with my four-year-old son, so at the joints of the toy, irregularities and holes are visible here and there. To hide them and add beauty and shine to our toy, we glued round silver rhinestones left over from the nursery using super glue. But you can use sequins or shiny beads instead, for example.

Here is such a wonderful and original ball-toy on New Year tree we succeeded.

But it is absolutely simple to make and even school-age children can make it.
Happy New Year to everyone!
A family holiday should represent the warmth of the whole family, it will be great if you have a family gathering and make balloons from cards that will delight you throughout the Christmas holidays.

To make these Christmas tree decorations, you will need:

Old New Year cards;
- rhinestones, sequins;
- tapes; glue;
- triangular and round template;
- pencil; scissors.

Step-by-step technology for making Christmas tree balls:

Cut out a circle five centimeters in diameter and use it as a template to cut out 20 circles from old postcards. Cut out the template in the shape of a triangle.



Use a triangle to shape the circles as shown in the following image. Our Christmas tree decorations will consist of them.



For the upper part, glue five circles together, for the lower part, glue a similar number of circles together, for the central part, use the remaining ten. Don't forget to attach a ribbon loop to the top. You should have the following shapes. Glue all the parts of the ball together.


If desired, you can use sparkles, sequins, beads, rhinestones, bows and other beautiful little things as additional decoration that will make your postcard balls more festive. Making such a wonderful toy will take you just a few minutes, and you will spend a minimum of money.

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In stores today you can find New Year's cards for every taste. But the editors website believes that homemade ones are much warmer. After all, when we make something for someone with our own hands, we put our love into it.

Below we have collected ideas for beautiful, original and, most importantly, “quick” New Year’s cards, the creation of which does not require any rare materials - beautiful paper, cardboard, and colorful ribbons and buttons lying around the house.

Volumetric Christmas trees

Volumetric Christmas trees made of white and colored paper are so simple to make that you can make them at the last moment. Read more on the Bog&ide blog.

Making 3D Christmas trees even faster. All you need is a ruler, sharp scissors and cardboard. This blog shows you how to cut them.

Penguin

We really liked this penguin, well thought out. You will need black and white cardstock (or white paper), an orange paper triangle, and 2 miniature snowflakes, which we all know how to cut out. The eyes are, of course, the highlight of the postcard, and you will have to look for them at a hobby store (or tear them off from an unnecessary children's toy, with the consent of the children, of course).

Gifts

This cute and simple card requires 2 sheets of cardstock, a ruler, scissors and glue. And also pieces of wrapping paper that you have left over from gift wrapping, ribbon and ribbon. The manufacturing principle is very simple, but for those who want more details, we recommend taking a look at this blog.

Santa Claus

A friendly Father Frost (or Santa Claus) can be made in just half an hour. The red hat and pink face are strips of paper pasted onto a card or gift bag. The fur of the hat and the beard are obtained like this: you need to take drawing paper and simply tear off strips of the desired shape to get uneven edges. Place on the card over the red and pink stripes. And then draw two squiggles - a mouth and a nose - and two dots - eyes.

Simple drawings

An irresistible idea in its elegance - to draw with a black gel pen Christmas balls with patterns. The main thing here is to draw the correct circles and mark the lines for the patterns. Everything else won't be difficult - stripes and squiggles that you draw when you're bored.

The same principle that underlies the postcard with black and white balloons. Simple silhouettes, painted with simple patterns, this time in color - best done with felt-tip pens. Warm and very cute.

Many, many different Christmas trees

This is where patterned paper or cardboard left over from children's crafts or wrapping paper for gifts will come in handy. The Christmas trees are sewn in the center - this is not at all necessary, you can glue them on. But if you really want to, you first need to make holes with a thick needle along a ruler, and then sew with thread in 2 rows - up and down, so that there are no gaps left. Draw a snowball with white gouache.

Laconic and stylish idea- a grove of Christmas trees, one of which is glued to foam double-sided tape (and therefore rises above the rest) and decorated with a star.

This card requires 4 or 3 layers of cardboard (you can do without the red one). You can use paper rather than cardboard as a color layer. In the top, white one, cut out a Christmas tree (a stationery knife will do this well) and glue it with double-sided tape for volume.

A round dance of Christmas trees made from various leftover cardboard, scrapbooking paper, and wrapping paper, tied with a simple ribbon and decorated with a button. Try playing with colors and textures - here you can find an incredible number of options using different color ribbons, paper and even fabric.

Wonderful watercolor so in the spirit of New Year and Christmas! A simple watercolor sketch can be done by anyone, even those who last painted in school. First, you need to outline the patterns with a pencil, color them, and when dry, carefully erase the pencil sketches and complete the patterns with a felt-tip pen.

Winter landscape

For this postcard, it is better to use structured cardboard, but you can get by with regular, smooth cardboard - it will still turn out impressive. Using sharp scissors, cut out the snowy landscape and moon and paste it onto a black or dark blue background.

Another, white-green, option for a winter landscape that will take a little more time. If you find velvety cardboard (remember, back in school they made crafts out of this), it will be great; if not, you can simply color the Christmas trees with a felt-tip pen. Snow - polystyrene foam disassembled into peas. You can also use a hole punch to make circles out of cardboard and glue them to the card.

Hugging snowman

Snowmen peering inquisitively into the starry sky will look better if you can find a bright ribbon for a scarf.

For that postcard on the left, You need unpainted cardboard, white drawing paper and foam tape to glue the snowman with. Drifts are made simply: you need to tear off the drawing paper so that you get a ragged wavy edge. Fill it in with a blue pencil and blend it with anything, even with your finger or a piece of paper. Also tint the edges of the snowman for volume. For the second You will need buttons, a piece of fabric, eyes, glue and colored markers.

You will want to keep this card for a long time. All you need are circles made of cardboard, a nose and twigs made of colored paper. All this must be assembled using double-sided bulk tape. Draw eyes and buttons with black paint, and a snowball with white gouache or watercolor.

Balloons

Balls are one of the main symbols of the New Year and Christmas. These are made from velvety colored paper and ribbon. But balls are such a win-win option that you can allow yourself to fantasize: make balls from patterned paper, wrapping paper, fabric, lace, cut out from a newspaper or a glossy magazine. And you can simply draw the strings.

Another option is to stick patterned paper on inner part cards, and cut circles on the outside with a sharp stationery knife.

Volumetric balls

For each of these balls you will need 3-4 identical circles of different colors. Fold each one in half and glue the halves to each other, and the two outer halves to the paper. Another option is colored stars or Christmas trees.

Multi-colored balls

Wonderful translucent balls are obtained using a regular eraser on a pencil. It’s worth starting with a pencil to outline the outline of the ball. Then dip the eraser into the paint and leave marks on the paper. Fun and beautiful.

Cards with buttons

Bright buttons will add volume to the cards, and will also evoke subtle associations with childhood.

The main thing is to find buttons of interesting colors, but the rest is up to you - to “hang” them on the Christmas tree, on a branch with cute owls, or on newspaper clouds.

Back in school days, during labor lessons, everyone made similar Christmas decorations. Even now, such New Year's balls, which we will make from ordinary paper quickly and step by step with our own hands, have not lost their relevance. With a large selection of store-bought Christmas tree decorations, such homemade products are unique in their appearance and decorative design.

How to make bright Christmas balls from paper with your own hands

Very easy to make, such an interesting ball that is perfect for New Year's decor.In order to make such a ball you need to take the following materials:

1. Double-sided paper in three contrasting colors;
2. Stipler;
3. Glue;
4. Scissors;
5. Thread.

First you need to cut out circles from paper. A glass, shot glass or other container of the desired size is perfect for this. There should be 12 circles, 4 for each color.

The circles need to be folded in half and nested inside each other in such a sequence that two adjacent colors are the same. It turns out that we start with one color, then there are 2 circles of a different color, again circles of the third color and ends with a circle of the first color.

Along the fold line you need to connect the circles using a stapler.

After this you need to connect the circles together. To do this, one element must be connected to an adjacent element on one side from above, and to an element on the other side from below, and continue this until all the circles are connected to each other.

The result should be a Christmas ball like this.

Let's assemble an interesting ball of paper without glue using an interesting technique

To make such a ball you do not need glue. The technique for constructing such a ball is very simple. In order to make such a simple but interesting Christmas tree toy, you need to cut out three circles of different colors from thick cardboard and fold them according to the pattern. The assembly diagrams are designed so that even a child can understand the assembly sequence.

Ball from postcards:

Using old New Year's cards you can make a wonderful New Year's toy. To make such a ball you need to cut out 8 circles from a postcard (magazine, newspaper). In the middle of the circle you need to outline a triangle by eye so that its three vertices touch the edge of the circle. You need to fold the paper along the lines of the triangle. Next, 4 triangles need to be glued together along the folds. Having made an identical half, you need to fasten them with glue and tie or glue a ribbon on which the ball will be hung.

All steps are clearly visible in the photo.

If you don’t have postcards or you just want to make the toy brighter, you can print ready-made blanks for making such a ball.

DIY New Year's ball made from stripes:

Using ordinary strips of paper, you can make a wonderful toy that can decorate not only the tree, but also the table. Such lantern balls look funny, and additional decoration with the help of different beads will add zest.

In order to make such a ball you need to cut colored paper into strips of equal length and width. On average, 16 strips are used per product.

You need to fold all the strips into a stack and thread a thread from one end through all the strips and secure it with tape or a knot. The thread also needs to be threaded from the other end of the strips.

The strips need to be bent and the thread secured to the desired length. The thread can be decorated at both ends with different beads and tassels made of thread or yarn.

The result should be a flashlight like this.

Also, if you bend the strips at right angles in the middle, you can get a lantern of a more interesting shape.

Fluffy balls.

The interior can be diversified with such funny paper pom-poms. They are made very simply. To do this you need a stack paper napkins stapler glue and thread. A small stack of 6-8 napkins needs to be secured with a stapler in the middle. Next, you need to cut a circle out of them. After the circle is ready, you need to lift the napkin layer by layer, pressing it slightly at the base. The result should be a fluffy half.

Having made a second one using the same technology, they need to be glued together. After this you will get such a funny fluffy ball.

If you want to make balls different sizes According to this method, you need to make different diameters of the circle. For this you will need large napkins. The larger the ball, the larger the diameter and the larger the napkin.

You can also use doll eyes and a cap to decorate such a product. So you can have your own New Year's elf.

Video on the topic of the article

To make it much easier and clearer for you, we suggest watching a video selection on making New Year's Christmas balls. The video describes in detail all the manufacturing steps, so with the help of the video instructions it will not be difficult to make similar products to decorate the room on a holiday.

Even a modest souvenir accompanied beautiful postcard made with your own hands will be an excellent gift. Such a postcard will not only convey warm regards, but will also be an excellent home decor. We are sharing ways to make amazing New Year cards easily and simply.

1. Almost knitted card

You can put the leftover knitting yarn to work by making a DIY New Year's card out of it. Cut out a triangle from cardboard that will become a Christmas tree, generously coat it with glue and wrap it with colored thread. The more colors of yarn you use, the better. Then glue the Christmas tree onto a regular card and decorate it further if desired.

2. Contrasting textile applique

Pieces of brightly colored fabrics are useful for creating cards. Choose textiles that will not crumble. Cut out simple figures from fabric - Christmas trees, Christmas balls, animals - and glue them onto a white card. Contrasting color combinations look most impressive.

3. Balls and ribbons

Using ribbons in decoration is a win-win solution for those who want to create festive mood. Draw the contours of a New Year's ball on paper or lay it out using glued beads, and place a bow tied from narrow tape. The presence of three-dimensional elements makes the decorative card very original.

4. Christmas tree with voluminous branches

Roll thin tubes from multi-colored paper. Lubricate one of the edges with glue so that it does not unfold. Then glue the tubes different lengths on a postcard. Postcard with voluminous herringbone ready.

5. Laconic stripes

Fans of minimalism will appreciate a discreet but effective card, where Christmas tree branches are made from strips of paper. The only decoration of such a postcard is the decorative stitch on the paper branches and the frame along the edges of its front part.

6. Fragrant message

A card that not only looks great, but also smells great - really... a pleasant surprise. Use cinnamon or vanilla sticks as the basis for a decorative composition, surrounding them with New Year's tinsel, beads, and pictures.

7. Winter lace

Lace white becomes snow-covered Christmas tree branches, and the sequins glued to it - New Year's balls. For the background, use paper of any pastel shade or textured fabric, such as burlap.

8. Simple drawing

Even a simple drawing on a New Year's card can look impressive. In order for the card to look noble, pay special attention to the accuracy of its application. We also recommend using rough craft or snow-white glossy paper.

9. Sewing on paper

The easy way to make the card three-dimensional - sew on any paper shape with one seam running through the center and bend its edges. You can also use several figures of the same shape, stitching them with a common seam, and gluing one of them as a background. Then the image will be even more voluminous.

10. With quilling elements

Quilling is the art of creating decorative compositions from strips of paper. It will not be possible to fully master it in a couple of days before the New Year, but it is quite possible to apply certain techniques in decorating a postcard. Circles of twisted narrow strips of paper become Christmas balls, and the tree is a green curved line drawn on a card.

11. Combination of several different textures

Another simple way to diversify the usual appliqué is to use materials with a different texture. For example, knitted fabric, cardboard, ordinary thin paper. Then, despite the simple shape of the elements, the postcard will look non-trivial.

12. Eye-catching contrasts

It is not at all necessary to use white paper as the base of the card and make the applique bright. Do the opposite and decorative composition will sparkle with new colors.

13. Either an inscription or a drawing

To apply inscriptions and designs, choose paint that contrasts with the paper base. The more intricate and decorative the inscription, the better. Don't forget to surround it with small ones simple drawings.

14. Lovely landscape

A simple landscape applique will become a real decoration for a New Year’s card. Complete it with voluminous elements - cotton wool imitating snow, beads, sequins, and even chains. This DIY New Year's card looks very cozy.

15. Elegant brutality

On thick, richly colored paper, make holes along the outline of the triangle. Pull the threads between them in a chaotic manner. You shouldn’t make too many stitches - our New Year’s card is valuable for its brevity.

16. Maximum shine

Draw a Christmas tree on paper and generously coat it with silicone glue. Then add sparkles and beads. After drying, you can glue a thick thread along the contour. This DIY New Year's card will sparkle with all the colors of the rainbow.

17. Paper snowmen

The basis for the snowman card is white paper folded several times. Lubricate it a little with glue so that the snowman holds its shape. From the leftover fabric, make a hat and scarf for the snowman, and draw his face.

18. Second life of old buttons

In every home there are many buttons that are no longer needed, but it’s a shame to throw them away. The day before New Year's holidays buttons will come in handy. Glued onto a postcard, they become New Year's balls. Complete the composition with a simple inscription. New Year card ready with your own hands.

When gifts for loved ones are ready, it’s time to think about decorating your own home. Do not forget