In the age of globalization and standardization of people increasingly want originality, uniqueness. Create a sense of comfort and a true holiday, like the feast of a child, help a unique homemade Christmas decorations. Production of toys allows advance feel the atmosphere of the holiday for both adults and children.

Joy Creativity

In his memoirs, many writers have long memories of pre-Christmas gatherings held over the manufacture of Christmas decorations. And let the gilded nuts and baskets of paper lace Lace in the modern wardrobe   something inferior to modern plastic balls - but they were made with love, and in their manufacture was attended by all members of the family from young to old. Some home-made toys were disposable, while others were kept for several years.

And in some houses and still thoroughly cherish snowmen made another grandmother in her high school years.

When finished Christmas toys became available, making improvised out of fashion. But times are changing, and modern man, weary of the standard template toys, again reaching for the manual work.

Manual work is appreciated above machine, toys and small imperfections are welcome.

Homemade Christmas toys more simplified. They do not try to compete with glossy balls ready and used to create original compositions stylish. A modern materials allow to decorate a Christmas tree in very different ways.

The variety of materials

From what we can make Christmas decorations? The exact answer to this question - to decorate a Christmas tree, you can use almost any material, which makes the possibility of almost limitless creative person. Until recently, the main criterion for the choice of materials was their shine, but now it is not necessary: ​​Christmas trees decorated with frosted toys, let him not look so luxurious as their shining sister, but very cute and original.

When selecting materials for decoration it is recommended to start to consider the concept of decoration. Christmas tree in a rustic style to anything shiny balls, but the soft toys from a rough burlap, colorful calico, straw and wood are very handy. Christmas tree in retro style you can decorate tangerines, paradise apples, gilded nuts, candies in bright wrappers, toys made of papier-mache and tissue paper.

It will look more modern Christmas tree, decorated with figures of shiny paper or paper with a holographic effect.

Paper toys

Toys made of paper - an excellent choice for a holiday. They do not fight, original look and have a little weight. And the variety of grades of paper allows you to get a variety of effects. From shiny paper well to do Chinese lanterns, a thin cigarette paper of different colors can be cut lace snowflakes and fruit baskets.

Cardboard useful for the manufacture of flat figures, and a thin colored paper can be folded in different techniques voluminous balls.

Sometimes there is no need to buy special paper craft - fit the remains of a beautiful wrapping paper, old postcards and even fancy paper bags. For example, you can make out of foam cubes, wrap them in beautiful paper and tied with elegant ribbon - and ready in half an hour of beautiful mountain 'boxes with gifts, "which can be hung on the Christmas tree.

If you roll into a cylinder piece of cardboard, put inside a small toy or candy and wrap on top of a thin flexible paper to get a "candy", the children will be delighted by this, in general, primitive decorations. In general, toy surprises are always a success. It may be tiny boxes or bags, always decorated with something brilliant - foil, sequins, tinsel.

Toys out of the eggshell

These toys were very popular until the mid XX century. For the preparation of many dishes require whole eggs: the remains of the shell will serve as material for a charming decoration. To start the egg should be thoroughly cleaned, then pierced at both ends and blow the contents into a bowl. After that there is only rinse and dry the shell, and then decorate it to your liking.

For example, you can just paint eggshell, cover it with a layer of adhesive and roll in glitter, artificial snow, beads or croup. Now it is enough to fix on the surface of the crystals or applications - and toys ready. You can attach a special top mounting for Christmas decorations, but you can use the old-fashioned way and threaded through the upper hole on the egg chip matches, to which is attached a loop of strong thread. The chip inside the toy will match the position of the cross, and the loop is secured.

It is interesting to look combined toys from eggshells and paper, feathers, fabric. For example, you can make a miniature peacock or angry bird cartoon.

Very showy toys can do, if done in the side shells oval "window" and decorate with the shell, not only outside but also inside. Outside the shell be painted and varnished or roll in spangles and inside also covered with a layer of paint and place a bulk composition of cardboard, clay (including curable in air), polymeric clays, fabric, webbing, miniature toy, beads, natural materials. Before you start, better inserted into the bottom of a piece of foam balls to the surface was smooth, and then have to start decorating. Edge "window" in the shell, too, can be finished in different ways, decorating, for example, tape, years, beads or fur Fur - Luxury is timeless .

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