The eastern horoscope says that 12 animals represent a 12-year cycle. A master class and 85 step-by-step photos will teach you how to make animals of the zodiac signs from different materials.
The eastern horoscope consists of 12 signs of the zodiac. A certain animal corresponds to each year. You can make them yourself. See how.
How to make a bull with your own hands?
The rat begins the twelve-year cycle of the Eastern horoscope. You already know how to make a rat. Next 2021? year of the Ox. See how to make this animal from different materials. Check which animal matches your year. Perhaps you then want to make a talisman in the form of this beast.
But let's start with the bull. The easiest way to create it is from paper.
To do it, take:
- colored paper;
- glue;
- 2 matchboxes;
- scissors.
Cut a strip of yellow paper to wrap around the matchbox. Thus, you need to glue this blank. One strip will cover the box along, and the other across. Thus, you need to arrange two matchboxes.
To make the zodiac sign of the bull further, you need to glue horns, nose and ears here from brown paper. Draw the eyes. You can make not one, but several characters. It is interesting to create toys. And you can sew a bull for them. To do this, use the following pattern.
First you need to make a wire frame. It will help to rotate the legs, the head of the bull.
Connect the details of the body, then sew the head to them, sew the details of the legs to the bottom of the body. And on the head you need to attach double ears, horns. Then make a nose out of a circle of fabric, stuffing it with filler. Attach the eyes, the tail, and the bangs can be made from thread.
If you wish, you can easily create a bull from the pattern of the cow. First, cut out the presented details, then transfer them to a light fabric, cut out with allowances for the seams.
Now cut out patterns from black fabric to sew them on the head, legs, arms, body of the animal. The ears can be monochromatic, the horns are made of dark fabric. Sew all the details in stages, fill them with filler, attach eyes, hair that will become bangs. They can be made from fabric or straw.
And here's how to sew a bull from two types of canvas, so that it is a small bull. The pattern will help create this zodiac sign.
Now see how to make a tiger. According to the eastern horoscope, he is next after the bull.
How to make a tiger - master class
You can make a tiger toy to hang on the tree.
Take:
- cardboard;
- pencil;
- sample;
- acrylic paints of the desired colors;
- brush;
- a needle;
- awl;
- circle pattern;
- crayon;
- a candle;
- black and orange fabric.
You need to print the template or sketch it by enlarging the image, holding the sheet to the monitor screen.
Now cut out all these details, draw with a pencil in each hole, as shown in the photo.
Transfer each of these templates to cardboard, trace, then first use a wide brush to paint each piece with orange paint. Leave an unpainted space near the tail, near the nose.
When this paint dries, then apply pink acrylic on the lower parts of the feet, paws, inner parts of the ears. Then, with a thin brush, you need to draw dark stripes for the tiger.
Now take a circle of paper, attach it to the fabric and draw a small outline around it. You will need to cut out two orange and three black circles. Take a synthetic cloth so that then over the flame of a candle or with a lighter, burn the edges of these parts so that they do not fall off.
Take a black thread, thread it into a needle and sew a dark circle in a circle first. Tighten to make a pompom like this. In the same way, arrange two more circles from this fabric, as well as a couple of circles from an orange canvas.
Sew the two hind legs of the tiger to the black circle. Then stick an orange circle here. After that, there is black again. So, alternating these colored circles, fix them on the figure.
Then sew on the front legs. It is necessary to fix, like all cardboard parts, focusing on the holes made with an awl. Fix the head, tail, attach a rope to part of the tiger's head, after which it can be hung on the tree.
Here's how to make an Eastern horoscope sign out of paper.
It is interesting to do this kind of work together with children. They will surely enjoy creating such a character. This option is not difficult.
And parents can sew a tiger from fabric, from fur. The following pattern will help you make a stuffed toy.
- All the details shown in the photo need to be reprinted or redrawn. Now take the first part of the head, on the back side sew 2 darts at the top and bottom, as shown in the photo. Also style the back of the head. You need to sew two eyes on the front.
- If you have a solid orange fabric, then take a dark yarn and sew a few stitches on each piece. Then you get a drawing of tiger fur.
- Now take the two ear pieces and sew them on the wrong side. Also design the second eyelet. Place these parts between the two blanks of the muzzle and sew in a circle. There is no need to sew up the top yet. This is where you put your filler. Cut out the small bottom part of the muzzle from the white fabric, where the nose will be attached. It needs to be sewn from black fabric. Fill these blanks with filler, sew the nose to the white nose. Then sew this piece onto the face.
- To further you get such a sign of the Eastern horoscope, you need to take two parts of the front and hind legs. Then you need to sew them in pairs, do not close the top yet, fill the filler through these holes.
- Sew paws to the hind legs, then also connect the parts in pairs. The same goes for the torso. Stuff these blanks, sew them together. Close the hole at the top of the head, sew it over, and then attach here the same black thread that you used to make the tiger's stripes.
Next after that comes the year of the Rabbit. See how to create this character.
How to make a rabbit tilde doll?
Pay attention to the following patterns. It shows how many parts you need to cut out.
Better to make the inner parts of the ears a different color. Then take a fabric of a different color and cut these details out of it.
But first you have to redraw the pattern, cut it out of paper or from a newspaper. Then fold the fabric in half, attach your pieces here, pin and cut with small seams. 7 mm is enough. Cut with zigzag scissors.
See how the details will need to be matched then so that you get another horoscope character of this type.
- Now take these two pieces for one ear and line them up with the front sides. Sew around the edge, but don't close the bottom yet. Through it, you turn this blank onto the front side. Also design the second ear. Iron the seams. Sew the paired pieces of the Tilda doll's legs and arms. They will need to be stuffed in, and then these upper holes on the arms will be sewn up.
- Sew the torso part with the head with the second part of the same part. To do this, first combine them with the front sides, then put the ears in their place. Sew on the part around the head. Then put your hands and feet in place and sew as well.
- Leave some free space on the side for now so that through it you can turn your tilde on the front side. Now it remains to fill it with a sealant. You can use a long pencil for this.
- Then with an invisible seam, you will close this space in the side. But it will not be visible if you then dress this rabbit from the Eastern horoscope.
- You can turn him into a lovely lady, sew a skirt for her, tie a beret and a shawl. Sew on the eyes, draw the nose and mouth, and then you tell yourself that you were able to make the rabbit zodiac sign.
How to make animals of the Eastern horoscope - a dragon with your own hands?
This is another zodiac sign of the Eastern horoscope. See how to make a papier-mâché dragon and you can make one out of unnecessary newspapers.
Take:
- PVA glue;
- water;
- wire;
- newspapers;
- fabric for the wings;
- cardboard;
- the cloth.
First draw a dragon on a piece of paper. Then, based on these outlines, you need to create the base of this character from the wire.
Now start winding newspapers soaked in an aqueous solution of PVA glue on the wire. Where more thickening is needed, shreds of fabric can be used. Roll newspapers here too. They must first be moistened in a mixture of PVA glue and water.
Now we need to make the base for the wings. To do this, take a few pieces of wire, cut them off. There should be 4 pieces of different sizes. Create the base of the wings from them and tie at the base with thread.
Glue this base with white guipure, also using PVA glue.
To make fingers, take a thin copper wire, wrap it with strips cut from paper handkerchiefs. You tear them with your hands, then carefully apply glue here. Wrap these pieces of paper around the dragon's fingers. Then you need to dry this workpiece, like everyone else.
Take building insulation, cut out the head of a dinosaur from it. But at the same time, keep in mind that then you will also glue this blank on top, and it will be larger in the process.
Make a mass for papier-mâché with PVA glue, water and newspaper. Soak them in this liquid solution, then turn them into a homogeneous mass with a submersible mixer. Now you will need to place it in a plastic bag and roll it out with a rolling pin. If you need to store the mass for papier-mâché, you can also put it in cellophane for this.
Now wrap this mass of the dragon, placing it on the head blank. Then, in the same way, you need to arrange some parts of the body. When the figure dries up, you need to make holes with an awl in the details to connect them. Drop glue into these holes and attach the handles and legs.
To make a tummy, glue strips of cardboard here. And where you need to make folds, you will drape the fabric in this way.
Let the workpiece dry. After that, you can paint it. Here's how to make your dragon zodiac sign.
How to make a snake - master class and photo
This is the next animal in the Eastern horoscope. It can also be made from papier-mâché, for this you will need regular newspapers. Here is a list of the essentials:
- newspapers;
- PVA glue;
- foam rubber;
- paints;
- wire;
- masking tape;
- some red cloth or paper of that color.
To make a snake, first roll its wire frame. It will be a cobra, so she needs a hood. Consider this when making your papier-mâché snake.
Take strips of newspaper, wrap them around the created frame. Now style the next layer of newspaper pieces. They need to be lubricated with PVA glue and attached over the base. Dissolve the glue in water first.
If you don't have PVA, then even a paste made from starch, flour or wallpaper glue will do.
You need to wind up newspapers quite tightly. Let the snake dry, then paint it white. Or you can glue on white paper as the last layer.
You can make a homemade brush, for this take a piece of foam rubber, wrap it with masking tape to make such a bag. On the upper side, the brush will be larger. Using it, you will first paint the snake in the main color. On the other hand, there will be a semblance of a pompom. To make it work, style it using scissors. Then use this tool to paint dots on your snake.
Cut a tongue out of red paper or cloth and glue it near the mouth to be drawn, like two eyes.
If you wish, then make a horoscope using your zodiac sign, but create a funny snake. This is how it will turn out.
First, make its base. To do this, take a small ball. then wrap it with cling film or foil. Prepare a papier-mâché mass using toilet paper, water, and PVA. You must first soak the paper in water, then squeeze it out slightly, add glue. And then use a blender to turn the mass into a homogeneous mass. Start applying it to this ball so that the thickness of this layer is 4 mm. In this case, you need to attach a simple pencil to the ball down and also attach this mass here so that these two parts connect.
At this stage, you have a semblance of a tadpole. If you wish, then cut the figurine in the middle, remove the ball and pencil. Then these two halves need to be glued together with the same mass for papier-mâché. Leave the workpiece to dry. Next, you will need to make a cylinder for the snake. Create it from a toilet paper roll and cardboard. As you can see, you will get a craft from junk material.
Connect the cylinder parts to make a hat. To do this, you need to take either a paper towel or newspapers. Tear the pieces into small pieces, then glue them onto the hat. First, you need to fix a loop of this type or a paper clip in the upper part.
Then you can put this headdress on the head of the snake. If you wish, then make the same paper decoration in the form of a flower.
Now sand the figurine if necessary. Using acrylic paint, first paint this snake black. When it dries, then take a foam sponge, cover her face with a yellow tone. After it dries, apply a lighter color here on the protruding parts.
To make the snake further, paint it red at the back. Now take a dry brush and some green paint. Walk this composition over the cylinder. Cover the hat with red paint and paint over the face. You will get a charming snake of the Eastern horoscope.
You can also make these characters from other materials. The following animals of the Eastern horoscope are very hardy and run fast. These are horses. See how to make these characters.
You can make a horse out of thread.
To make one of these figures, take yarn of the desired color and wind it around a rectangle of cardboard.
Now cut this blank on both sides, tie it on one side, then unfold the part with winding down, straighten the yarn and tie it again to get a fairly even pompom. It will become the head of a horse.
This diagram shows what needs to be done. Now create the horse's ears. To do this, wind the yarn around two adjacent fingers, then tie here. We need to make one more of the same details. Lift the main threads below the winding line, insert one of these here, then the second resulting ear.
Take the same cardboard blank you used in the beginning. Wrap it across already. Also cut on both sides, wrap them around the horse's neck and tie with red string. Make several of these blanks. Three is enough. They will become a beautiful mane.
Now divide the warp threads in half, wrap the front with the same thread. These will be the front legs.
To do this further, the animals of the Eastern horoscope, you need to wind the threads across the cardboard. Cut them on one side and wrap with the other thread along the length of this workpiece.
Now take the remaining unformed threads on the horse's body, insert the newly made part folded in half into them so that some of the threads are on top and the same amount below. Rewind here with thread to form a tail and hind legs.
Now decorate the lower parts of the legs, rewind them with bright thread. Here's a horse made of thread.
The next sign of the Eastern horoscope? it's a goat. See how to create it.
How to make a goat with your own hands?
Tell your child how to create this horoscope symbol. Together with your baby, you can make a goat out of paper and cotton wool. To do this, you must first draw this character on the sheet. Then take a cotton ball or cotton pad and fluff it up. Now this element will turn into a gorgeous animal fur coat. You need to glue it to the body of this workpiece. Take a dark pencil and sketch the horns of the goat with the baby. Draw eyes, mouth.
You can stick several cotton pads on a cardboard base. You will make the head of a lamb out of felt. To do this, you need to sew it from this material and fill it with padding polyester. In this case, make your legs from beads. To do this, string it on a thread, and then sew it down to the body.
For this kind of work, cotton swabs are perfect. You need to trim them to leave only the fluffy parts on the base. Now cut out the body and head of the lamb from white cardboard.
To make the body more dense, you can cut 2 identical ovals for it and glue them together.
Now, on top of one and the other side of the body, pieces of cotton swabs are glued overlapping each other, as shown in the photo. Glue two sticks on the head of this character, which will become ears, and three of them will turn into the bangs of a lamb. Draw the features of her face. Glue the head to the torso. Tie a bright bow on your hair. Then cut four identical legs out of the cardboard and stick them in place as well.
Quilling for beginners will also help you make the following figure. Wrap a thin strip of paper on the rod, glue its tip. Make a few of these details. Then you need to glue them together to get the body, tail and hairstyle. Create legs and ears out of paper. It remains to draw the details, and the lamb craft is ready.
The next zodiac sign? a monkey. See how to craft this fun animal.
How to make a monkey - a master class and a photo?
The easiest way to create it is from a regular paper bag. Such an animal of the Eastern horoscope can be presented as a gift.
- To do this, just take cardboard. You can cut the muzzle blank out of the box. Flip it over if the cardboard has some kind of pattern on the other side. Here you will need to use markers to depict the mouth, other elements of the muzzle. Glue the flower, then attach this character to the bag.
- You can create such a wonderful pillow for a child. He will be able to fold this monkey at his discretion, play with it, and then sweetly fall asleep. To do this, you will need two types of fabric, faux fur.
- Cut out two identical rectangles from the fabric and fur. There will be small branches at the corners of each. These are pens. Use a different cloth to make the palms and soles of your feet.
- Now you need to cut out a detail from the fur for the back of the head, and from the fabric? for the muzzle. Sew the paired parts together, leave a gap on the side to put the filler through it.
- After that, it remains to firmly sew the eyes of the monkey, embroider its mouth.
You can make this zodiac sign out of plasticine. A master class with step-by-step photos shows how to do this.
- First, you will need to take brown plasticine, roll a cone out of it, with a sharper edge being the neck.
- Now you need to roll out two pieces of brown plasticine with a sausage. Bend them to make the hind legs.
- It is necessary to mold palms from lighter plasticine. And then use a stack or a plastic knife to mark your fingers on them.
- Now you need to make a ball, flatten it a little to get a blank head. Roll an oval out of the same beige plasticine, flatten it on one side and glue it onto the circle you just created. This will be the preparation of the head and muzzle. Now make the nose, mark the nostrils here, make the eyes, the monkey hair.
- Create the front legs by analogy with the hind legs, only you do not need to bend them almost in half, but just bend them slightly.
You can sew a monkey out of socks.
Take a sock, arrange it in the same way as in the photo. To do this, cut the upper part in half to get two legs. The inner side seams need to be sewn to mark these hind legs. From the second sock, make 2 front legs, as well as a tail, head and eyes. Sew the head back in place, attach other parts, as well as the ears. Remember to fill the parts with filler.
Sew on a long tight tail, front legs. It turned out such a wonderful sock monkey.
You can sew several of these toys out of socks. Also craft the next character with different materials.
How to make animals of the Eastern horoscope: a master class on making a rooster
He continues the Eastern horoscope. When the year of the Rooster comes, you will already know how to create such characters to gift them.
Few would refuse a pillow presentation in the form of such a pair. This is a cock and a hen.
See how to give the fabric a three-dimensional pyramid shape. First, grab a rectangle of fabric, then fold it in half and fold the top edges. Attach a pre-created rooster's head to one corner. To do this, place a comb, beak and beard sewn from paired parts here.
Now sew this edge, and fill the remaining unsewn so as to combine the two opposite corners. Fill the pillow with filler, then sew on this still-free side.
If you have textile paints, then you can paint a rooster directly on your pillowcase. Or buy a fabric featuring this poultry to sew on a pillowcase.
You don't have to make a rectangular pillow. You can create it based on this shape, but immediately cut out small branches for the tail, and on the other side for the head. You will create the tail from pieces of canvas of the same material as the head of the rooster.
If you have scraps of fabric left from needlework, you know how to sew, then we suggest creating just such a bird.
To do this, you need to cut the remnants of the material into even strips, sew them together. You will get a fabric canvas. It will be more interesting if you arrange these strips diagonally. Then you need to sew a rooster's head out of them.
When you create the wings, make a frill like this for them. To do this, you need to take two triangles of fabric, sew them together and fold them in half. Make some of these elements. Place them between the two sections of the wing, then sew along the edge. Cut a tail from separate strips and sew it into place. It remains to fix the crest, beak and beard on the head.
You can advise the kids to mold a rooster out of plasticine. Then it will be possible to create not only him, but the whole chicken family.
Show the children how to sculpt these characters. You can create a rustic background for them, as if poultry are having fun in nature.
You can make a rooster out of paper. To do this, cut off a triangle from it, round its bottom edge with scissors. Now match the two opposite sides and glue them together. You will have a cone.
When you glue the sides of the triangle, leave a small hole on top. Put strips of paper in it to make a tuft.
Take two colored strips, fold each with an accordion. These will be the legs of the rooster. At the ends you need to glue his paws.
To make the wings, cut different sized strips of paper. 4 pieces are useful for each wing. Fold each in half, but do not mark the folds. Now glue these blanks to make the wings. It remains to make a beak, eyes, beard.
Here's how to make a rooster out of thread. Take two rubber balloons and inflate the first more and the other less. Now wrap the surface of each with threads in stages. They need to be passed in different directions. Leave to dry. When the large ball is still wet, pull it out from one side to form an oblong body. When these blanks are completely dry, burst the balls with a needle and pull them out.
Now you need to glue them together. Cut out the blanks for the wings, other elements of the cock from colored paper and glue them in place.
Country crafts can also be in the shape of this poultry. Make her head from the bottom of the bottle. It needs to be cut so that the height is 8 cm.
A low bottom is suitable for a ridge. When you cut it off, follow the curves of this workpiece. Glue the comb on the head, having previously painted it red.
For the head, choose a bottle that tapers just above the bottom. Cut in a zigzag pattern near the neck. Turn this piece over. Then take a canister, stick the resulting head on it. Color the blanks. For the tail, cut the bottle into strips and glue them, attach the rest of the elements.
If you have wood cuts, you can also make a rooster out of them. Look, a small saw cut will turn into a head. The middle will be the neck. Half of the large saw cut will turn into the body of an animal. And for the wings and tail, you need to select a piece of wood, fix it with screws. Create the rest of the details and place the sculpture on the cut of the tree as well.
The sign of the Eastern horoscope is a rooster even from plastic bottles from dairy products. Flip each one, you get a body with a head. Now attach the wings and tails from plastic bottles, you also need to make combs and beaks from this material.
Fix them also with a hot gun. Color the figurines and place them in the garden.
You can even make a rooster and a chicken from edible materials. Take two apples of different sizes, attach them to each other using wooden skewers. A scallop can be made from rowan berries. Also fix them with toothpicks. The leaves will turn into wings, the plasticine will become the beak, eyes, beard and paws. So you can make fall crafts.
You can also make an oriental horoscope, or rather a rooster, from threads. To do this, wind them around a rectangle of cardboard, then cut on both sides. Step back a little on one side and tie with a thread. Now turn this blank over so that the threads go down. Tie up again just below the top, you get the head of a rooster.
Separate the bottom of the threads to make two blanks. Tie them up, these will be the legs. Separate the tail and label it as well. It remains to glue the other parts of the cock.
If your zodiac sign is a dog, then this is the next horoscope sign that comes after the year of the Rooster. See how to create this human friend.
How to make a dog - master class and photo
See how to make this friend of a person out of packages. You will get such a charming creature.
- First, craft the base of the animal. To do this, take foam rubber. You need to take a voluminous one. Use scissors and a knife to cut the dog's body out of it. Then make her head in the same way. Make a nose out of this material so that the muzzle is elongated. Create front and hind legs.
- Connect these parts with a thread and a needle. At the end of the thread, tie a knot, make the initial stitch, return the needle to the back and push it into the loop formed to secure the thread in this way.
- Now you need to sheathe this base with fabric. Then take the bags of the color you want the dog to be. Cut them into strips, start cutting with fringes from the back. Then attach the first strip to the back of the dog, sew it with a needle and thread.
- Then place the next strip on top of this one, tucking it slightly forward. So close the whole body. Place strips with a shorter nap on the face. Decorate the tail as needed.
- Then you need to sew the ears from the fabric, also attach strips of fringe to them. The black skin or fabric will turn into a dog's nose. If this is a girl, then tie a bow from the bag for her.
You can make a dog out of papier-mâché. To do this, first take the paper towel sleeve, if it is long, then cut off the excess. Now take a wire, roll the hind legs of the future dachshund out of it, create a tail out of the wire, securing it in the middle of the hind legs.
Make the same front legs. Tie a wire in the center and create a base for the neck and head from it. Now make the dog's head out of foil. Wrap this material around her front and hind legs, as well as her tail.
Now make a papier-mâché paste and start applying it to the dog. Allow the material to dry, when this happens, sand the dog's face.
Take toilet paper, cut 6 identical pieces from it. Glue them together with PVA and water, lay them in folds. Now place on the back of the dog from the Eastern horoscope. You will get such a skirt.
You can knit a sweater for her. This is very easy to do. To do this, simply create a rectangle, and close the loops in the right places to make holes for two paws.
Then you can paint your animal with acrylics, glue eyes made of colored paper here, add bright accessories and admire this work.
The twelve-year cycle of the Eastern horoscope is completed by such an animal as a pig. It is also interesting to create it with your own hands.
Master class on making animals of the Eastern horoscope - how to make a pig
One of the easiest options is to make a papier-mâché toy. To do this, take:
- balloon;
- newspaper;
- egg cartons;
- paste;
- PVA glue;
- paints.
Pour 2 tablespoons of flour into a suitable container, fill them with a glass of cold water, stir thoroughly. Put the container on fire. While stirring, bring to a boil. Leave to cool.
At this time, inflate the balloon and tie it with string. This blank should be the same size as the future pig. Cut the newspaper into strips. Then into the squares. Begin to glue the ball with these blanks.
Fill the entire space of the ball, leaving only the tail. Now let the craft dry completely. For the spout, a cardboard cell from the packaging of eggs is suitable. The same blanks will become the legs of the pig.
Now paint your creation pink. Take paper of the same color, make the tail and ears of the pig out of it. It remains to glue the eyes and see what kind of craft from the Eastern horoscope you got.
You can also sew a pig. For this, a soft material such as felt is useful. Take the pink fabric. Then attach your pattern here.
Outline and cut it out. Sew the existing parts on the wrong side on a typewriter, also attach the round pig nose. Where you will then sew on the tail, do not cover the hole just yet. Through it, you turn the pig to the front side.
Then put the ponytail here. It can be sewn from a strip of fabric by inserting a piece of wire inside to twist the ponytail as needed. Sew on the pig's ears, eyes, embroider two points on the patch.
You can make a toy out of a sock. Then take a sock from a pair, on one side, cut the workpiece in half to make two legs. Sew the side and bottom seams and fill the workpiece with filler.
Now from the rest of the sock, from the foot, make a head for this animal. This should be the oval that you will stamp. Then begin to pull together in some places with a thread and a needle to indicate the eyes, create just such a shape for the muzzle. From the other part of the sock, you will sew the nose and ears. Fill them a little with filler, then sew in place.
Create the front legs of the pig from the same material. It remains to sew the straps on her pants, attach the eyes for the toys. This is how a step-by-step master class with a photo helped you make a wonderful pig.
In the plot, you can see how to mold a dog.
