A handmade Christmas composition will allow you to decorate your house and yard. Create it from paper or natural materials, make a Christmas Nativity scene, the Star of Bethlehem.
Christmas composition will be a wonderful gift for this holiday. It will allow children and adults to find themselves in a fairy tale for a while.
DIY Christmas composition made of paper
Orthodox Christians celebrate the Nativity of Christ on the night of January 7 and on this day. Please your loved ones with this handmade craft. You can give it not only for Christmas, but also for the old New Year, for Epiphany, which is celebrated on January 19.
To create such beauty, take:
- sheets of white paper or whatman paper;
- saw cut from a tree;
- glue;
- LED bulbs;
- Styrofoam;
- scissors.
Step-by-step master class:
- Let's start making paper houses. Cut out two rectangular walls, and 2 more with pointed tops, which will be the ends of the roof. On the back of some of the blanks, draw where the windows will be located. Cut 4 small squares in each, so that a crossbar forms in the middle.
- And cut out the door on three sides so that it opens. Fold the sides of all four pieces 1 cm and glue them together.
- To make the roof, glue the rectangle of paper previously folded in half on top.
- The Christmas tree is very simple. Draw 4 identical pieces of this tree. Fold each in half. Now glue all four elements in such a way that you get a three-dimensional tree. To do this, you need to glue the last half of the first blank to the first side of the second blank, and attach the second half of the second blank to the first half of the third. You need to glue all the elements from the wrong side.
- In the same way, you will create other trees out of white paper to create a snow-white Christmas composition. Cut a small fence out of white cardboard or whatman paper.
- Now you need to fix these elements on the tree cut. It can be sanded and varnished first. Glue houses, trees and trees. If you want to place some objects at the top, then glue small branch cuts here. Attach the fence.
- Apply glue to some areas of the composition and sprinkle them with a colored sheet of thick foam. All that remains is to place LED bulbs or a garland and turn it on to create such a cozy Christmas composition.
With your own hands from paper, you can easily create another.
To do it, take:
- sheets of white paper;
- glue;
- scissors;
- tree branches;
- white acrylic paint;
- brush;
- vase;
- cotton wool or synthetic winterizer;
- New Year's toys;
- white ropes.
Follow the instructions below:
- Assemble the houses out of paper according to the principle described above. But in these buildings, the windows are simpler, they do not have an internal partition. Doors are not cut here. You can create roofs from a darker sheet of paper. Glue a string folded in half here to form a loop.
- Remove the bark from the branches, paint them white. At the same time, on some areas you can apply two layers, and on others you can limit yourself to one in order to achieve an interesting effect. Place the branches in a vase with a synthetic winterizer and several Christmas tree decorations. Hang houses on the tops of the branches.
You can place such a Christmas composition on a flat dish on which there are animal figures, a toy with a New Year's house, small Christmas balls and candles with candlesticks.
The next Christmas composition can be made of paper with your own hands.
Take:
- a box of chocolates or a lid from a shoe box in white;
- light sheets of paper;
- scissors;
- glue;
- LED backlight.
Step-by-step master class:
- If your box is not white, then paint it in the desired tone or cover it with white sheets of paper. Draw trees on the other sheets.
- For the tree that will be in the foreground, you need to perform the following design. Draw stars on its back with a pencil and cut them out with a clerical knife. You need to do the same with the figurine of a deer, which you will create from the same material.
- These blanks must be cut so that a rectangle of paper remains at the bottom on each. You will bend it and attach these objects on different planes. There will be a deer in front, and then three trees, from small to large.
- Place the LED lights so that they are between the first and second tree. And put some of the bulbs in front of the last tree. Then you can achieve a play of shadows, and you get a wonderful effect. It looks especially mesmerizing in the dark, when it's already dark outside.
See also how to make a beautiful paper snowflake with your own hands.
New Year's Christmas compositions with toys - master class
Looking at such, it will be immediately clear to what event their creation is timed. Take:
- two small hemp;
- two artificial Christmas trees;
- New Year's toys;
- felt;
- beads;
- glue;
- artificial moss.
Step-by-step instruction:
- Instead of stumps, two cuts of a tree are useful. Make a hole in the center of each drill. You insert a wooden stick into the vessel and fix it with glue. This is the trunk of an artificial tree. If you want, you can make it from natural materials. To do this, roll a cone out of whatman paper, put it on the trunk of the tree upside down. Then glue the spruce branches here. You can also use a foam cone.
- Christmas tree toys will be well attached to such a base with pins. Fix the decor elements in this way or glue them. Cut out the hearts from felt, glue them on the front part of the saw cut made of wood.
- Decorate the top of these chocks with fake or natural moss by gluing it on. Glue small Christmas trees and small deer here, as well as cones. The surface is decorated with white beads, which will personify snowflakes.
You can sew white birds from felt, fill them with padding polyester and decorate the space around with trees in this way.
The following Christmas composition is created from the following materials:
- willow vines or twigs;
- white cardboard;
- artificial moss;
- foam balls;
- white threads.
You need to weave a small basket from flexible rods. Put the remnants of the branches inside, Cover it all with moss. Glue trees and stars cut out of cardboard, attach balls. Wind the white threads over the top to create a beautiful Christmas composition.
For the next one, take:
- a small plank;
- white figurines of deer;
- miniature herringbone;
- New Year's toys;
- glue;
- synthetic winterizer;
- foam ball;
- burlap;
- beads.
Using a knife on one side, you need to remove the roundness of the foam ball. Here, in the center, make a recess to put the LED light bulb here. You need to decorate the ball with strips of burlap and beads.
Glue the synthetic winterizer to the surface of the board, decorate the sides with burlap. Attach animal figures, Christmas toys and a Christmas tree on top.
To make the following Christmas composition, take:
- ottoman or threads, hook and filler;
- cardboard;
- burlap;
- flesh-colored lace braid; New Year's toys;
- white paint;
- candles;
- glass containers;
- glue.
- If you have a small light-colored ottoman, it will make an excellent base for making crafts. If there is none, then crochet or knit a base of threads, then stuff with padding polyester and give a flatter shape.
- To create a candlestick frame, take a piece of fabric and try it on on a container. Cut out the fabric, sew on the side, and decorate here with a strip of cotton lace. Put a candle on top in a glass container, put it all inside the newly created fabric decoration.
- These candles are placed here only for beauty, in order to avoid a fire, they must not be lit.
- Paint the buds white. When the paint is dry, glue them and toys to the base. Cut the trees out of cardboard and also attach them. Tie the likeness of cacti out of threads, arrange them on the surface.
The next Christmas composition, created with your own hands, will fill the room with coziness, add a festive mood.
Arm yourself:
- by cutting a tree;
- white cardboard;
- a glass;
- burlap;
- thuja branches;
- cones;
- Christmas tree decorations;
- candle;
- salt.
You can pre-close the upper part of the tree saw cut with moss or small branches of thuja. Pour salt into the glass, put a candle here.
Please note that you need to take a refractory transparent glass, and place the candle so that the flame is inside the container.
- Cut out a couple of deer and the same number of trees from cardboard, glue these figures on a horizontal surface. Also stick some bumps here.
- It is good if you have thuja in a pot. You will need a small tree. Sew a soft planter out of burlap and place the plant pot here. Decorate this makeshift tree with toys.
- You can take spruce branches. Glue them onto a styrofoam ball, or attach them to coiled wire. Decorate the twigs with toys. Some decorative elements can be pre-attached to satin ribbons. Pour some salt into a glass vase, place a pine cone on it. Place the spruce ikebana on top.
The next Christmas composition is made in silvery colors. Place a pine cone, twigs, or a curled vine on a suitable tray of this color. Previously, these things must be painted with silver paint in a spray can. Place toys of this color and admire the sparkling creation.
DIY star of Bethlehem - photo
You can make it out of leftover materials.
If you have a few wooden planks left over from handicrafts or repairs, grab them. You will need 10 pieces. But you can also buy these, they are inexpensive. First, draw a sketch of the future star on a piece of paper, then attach 10 sticks to this place. Glue them together at the corners.
You can paint the star dark. When the finish is dry, write your wishes in a light marker. You can also use a template and white paint. Such a star of Bethlehem will decorate the Christmas holiday, like the next one.
Glue the wooden planks together so that you get an openwork star. Glue the branches of the Christmas tree on top of this frame. Use a hot glue gun for this. You can then decorate your creation with glitter tinsel or leave it that way.
DIY Christmas crafts for the street
If you are spending New Year's holidays in the country or you have a private house, do not forget to decorate the space on the street. Hang a wreath in front of the door. Then, upon entering the room, you can admire it and decorate even this part of the house so that it is festive.
To make such a wreath, you will need:
- flexible rods;
- rowan berries;
- needles branches;
- dried plants in the form of ears;
- tapes;
- wire.
Bend the bars to make a ring out of them. Secure this natural material in this position with a wire. On the left side, attach plants and rowan branches to the wreath. Weave this natural splendor with bows.
Don't forget street lighting. To make a candlestick, you will need a thing that everyone has, this is a glass jar. Wash and dry it, then paint the outside dark. Leave a heart-shaped space in the center. Put a candle inside, and through this window you will admire the combustion.
But you can make your Christmas decor in a slightly different style. Lubricate the jar with glue, then sprinkle with salt and leave to dry. Then tie a twine and a twig of a thuja and rowan berries on top. The candlestick is ready.
You can then place it in a clean metal bucket, tie it up with a red ribbon, and decorate it like New Year's.
Hang stylized baskets. Even old products can be used for this. If such handles have become unusable, cut them off, process the edges of the basket, intertwining them with wire. Tie metal chains here with wire or attach with carabiners. Decorate your creation with LED string lights. Put the folded stars inside, on the back of which you write New Year's wishes.
If you only have cones and a strong thread, then from this small set you can create a Christmas composition. Tie each cone to a string at the same distance, then hang this garland.
Make wreaths from fir branches, also decorate them with cones. You can place such a composition on top of a bucket, decorate with red fruits, for example, apples or pomegranates.
It is enough to attach a few coniferous branches and red canvas bows, and you will have wonderful decor items for this holiday. Thus, you will decorate the old staircase, other non-new items.
It will be great if you dress up a Christmas tree that grows in your yard, but it is better not to use an electric garland, place an LED one, it is safer for the street.
If you do not have growing conifers on the territory, then you can place a couple of small artificial Christmas trees, decorating them with cones, toys and garlands.
And if you are growing conifers in pots, it is a warm day, take them outside. This Christmas composition looks great. If there are no such plants, then you can make some of the foam cone or cardboard. You will glue the green paper trims here to make this thing look like a Christmas tree. And the third you can create a fancy shape, this one also looks wonderful.
After visiting the store, do not throw away the paper bags, because these will come in handy for the next handicraft. Also, gift bags will be used, which usually accumulate in the house a lot.
You will need to cut a Christmas tree on one side of the package, put an LED candle inside. When it gets dark, the packages will turn fabulous and add to the festive mood.
You can lay out a herringbone garland and fix that on the outside of the door. You can also make such a decor item on the outside wall of the house. Attach a few balls here, tie a red bow on top.
If you love gardening, you have a table that has everything you need for this, decorate it for Christmas. Place a few cones here, put a few Christmas tree balls in a glass container. You can also use a clear plastic container.
If in summer you have pots hanging outside your house and flowers grow, then in winter the containers should not be empty. Place a string of natural material or straw inside, and place a ball of twine on top. Stick in the spruce branches to make this Christmas composition. It is fascinating to create it with your own hands, like the next one.
You can also decorate a secluded corner in the garden by placing small garden spatulas in a basket, putting cones here. Take a wicker box, place a jug for watering plants, as well as other small tools and apples.
Put spruce branches in a metal hanging planter, place an LED lantern or a foam ball on top, attach a synthetic snowflake below. When it snows, it will sprinkle the branches, decorate your decor.
Even the old sled will play in a new way if you put cones and candlesticks here.
Let the sled stand near the entrance to the house. Decorate the path with lanterns, hang a garland of conifers and cones on top, attach a wreath of these materials above the door.
It is important not to forget to make a nativity scene for Christmas. After all, this is an important detail in the interior for this holiday. You can make figurines from felt, from cones, from other materials.
How to make a Christmas nativity scene - master class
Take:
- small wooden or foam ball;
- burlap flap;
- tape;
- felt-tip pens;
- an ice cream stick;
- glue;
- a piece of soft red and white cloth.
Color the round piece so that it turns into a face. Glue this blank onto an ice cream stick. Wrap the blank in burlap. Tie up the baby with a ribbon or piece of string. Put a hat on his head that you will sew from fabric.
To make the next piece of the Nativity scene, you will need to take the opened pinecone. Glue a wooden or Styrofoam ball onto the thinner tip, to which you want to apply facial features with felt-tip pens. Cover these blanks from above with a cloth cloak, tie with ribbons. Make the baby also from a round blank, wrapping it in a soft cloth, which will become a diaper.
It is good to do such elements of the Nativity scene together with the children in order to tell them about the basics of Christianity. You can create the next craft from small flat stones. They must first be painted black, when it dries paint the stones so as to create the heroes of the Nativity of Christ on them.
Also show them how to cut them out of white cardboard. Place these nativity scenes against a dark wall.
And if you decide to wish some of your friends and family a Merry Christmas, then make the following postcard.
How to create it, shows a master class and step-by-step photos to it. And if you watch the video master class, then you will see how a Christmas composition can be created with your own hands.
The second video lesson will teach you how to make a New Year's composition in a circle.
