Which New Year do without Santa Claus? Santa Claus is the main attribute of the New Year. The fabulous time is just around the corner, you need to start preparing. Today we will make Santa Claus with our own hands using scrap materials.

To create Santa Claus we will need:

• paper (for pattern);
• cardboard (for footrest);
• wire (to shape the legs);
• glue gun (for strengthening and gluing parts);
• thread with a needle (for sewing work);
• fabric (for pants, mittens, cap);
• padding polyester (to give shape to the body, nose and pom-poms);
• foam rubber (for boots);
• fleece (for covering boots);
• paints (to create a face);
• multi-colored felt (decoration for a fur coat, cap, shoes);
• buttons, beads, beads (decoration for a fur coat);
• wool (for creating a mustache, beard, hair);
• scissors.

We begin the creation of Santa Claus by cutting out his torso, as well as a stand for his feet. For this we use paper. The size of the finished product depends on the initial choice of pattern size. To make a stand for the future Santa Claus, take cardboard and cut out a circle from it. Then we conditionally divide it into three equal parts and cut at the intersection of the lines. We attach padding polyester to the cut cardboard using glue and cover it with a piece of fabric. We thread wire into the incised places and model future legs.

We fasten a thin, relatively long one to a massive wire. The places where the cardboard is fastened to the wire, as well as the wire to the wire, are fastened with hot glue using a glue gun. From the same fabric that covered the circle, we cut out two long rectangular strips. We sew both rectangles from the wrong side and put them on Santa Claus’s feet. These will be his pants.

Using a paper pattern, we sew a fabric cone. We do not sew the tip of the cone to the end. Turn the finished fabric cone inside out. We thread a thin wire into the resulting hole. We stuff the future torso with padding polyester and sew it to the legs.

In order for Santa Claus to stand strong and confidently, you need to strengthen the support of your legs. To do this, take cardboard and cut out the marks. Using hot glue, secure the traces and bent wire together. To give the boots a shape, we cut out the lining from foam rubber and secure it with glue.

To make the boots attractive, we cover them with fleece material. We glue felt onto the sole; if the material extends beyond the boundaries of the boots, we carefully trim it with scissors.

Now we come to the design of the face. Conventionally divide the cone into the body, head, and hat. We make the nose from a small piece of fabric and padding polyester. We put the padding polyester inside the fabric and use a needle and thread to tighten it to give it the shape of a ball. Sew the nose to the face of Santa Claus. First we paint the face with white paint, then we paint the eyes, mouth, red nose and cheeks with other colors.

It's time to dress up as Santa Claus. We sew a red fleece coat. We take a size slightly larger than the body itself. Cut, sew, turn inside out. By paper template cut out 4 strips of future hands. We also sew them together and fill them with padding polyester.

We put a fur coat on the body and sew on the arms. We decorate the fur coat with parts cut out of felt. Add beads, beads and snow drifts from white felt.

From white felt we cut out strips for finishing the sleeves, collar, and also cuffs for the boots.

We sew the hands to the toy. What is Santa Claus without a beard? At this stage we use a felting needle and attach luxuriant beard, then we model a chic mustache and hair. We trim the hair with scissors.

The final stage is making the cap. We sew two conical pieces of fabric together, then turn them inside out. Is this the time we need that little wire? sticking out of my head. The cap is put on the head, and with the help of wire we shape the tip of the headdress. We also decorate with a pompom made similar to the nose and a white fleece lapel.

That's all, we have made Santa Claus, which means we are ready to celebrate the New Year with our heads held high! Happy Holidays!

Today we will make with our own hands the main character of the New Year - Santa Claus. We have collected for you best ideas and master classes. All materials are elementary, and the diagrams are simple and understandable - even children can handle it. Get inspired and get to work!

You can decorate a Christmas tree or table with ready-made toys, place them under the New Year's tree or hang them on the window. In addition, a homemade Santa Claus is one of the best additions to a gift.

We invite you to try making this fairy-tale character from felt, paper and a bottle.

Santa Claus made of felt

Felt toys are always very popular. First of all, this material is very beautiful. Secondly, it is convenient to use. Thirdly, standard felt crafts are always sewn according to patterns, and therefore making even the most unusual souvenir is not so difficult.

Our Santa Claus is also very easy to sew. A little effort - and you will get a wonderful New Year's souvenir that will perfectly complete the gift for loved one or decorate the Christmas tree.

What do we need?

• pieces of red (or blue), white, nude and green felt
• red and white sewing threads
• some cotton wool for stuffing
• beads and any other decor

First you need to make a pattern. Take a look at what the details look like. You can draw them or print out the drawing and simply cut out all the parts of the future Santa Claus from paper.

Transfer the template to felt. It is better to take red, blue or blue felt as a basis - we will make a fur coat and a hat from it. Let the beard and mustache be white, and let the face and nose be flesh-colored. The edging for the cap can be made green or white - try on whichever you like best.

We put the large parts together and sew them together with red or white thread from the front side. When connecting the backing and the outer part, add a little cotton wool inside so that Santa Claus “grows” a small tummy - it looks very cute and funny.

Small parts and decor can be glued rather than sewn on. However, see for yourself what is more convenient. New Year's crafts can be decorated with beads (you can also make eyes from them), small details made of foamiran, plastic snowflakes and flowers, embroidery, etc.

Try making several Santa Clauses at once. Sewing several identical figures at the same time is much easier than making toys one at a time. Sew at once and decorate each one separately to make it more interesting and make the crafts a little different from each other.

Santa Claus made of paper

This is the simplest option for making the main symbol of the New Year. The process of “assembling” it can be great fun for children.

The finished toy is an excellent decoration for the table. Place these crafts next to each guest's plate and hide a candy or tangerine inside. This small but very pleasant surprise will immediately create Christmas mood.

By the way, you can increase the size of Santa Claus and hide someone’s gift under it!

What do we need?

• red cardboard or thick paper
• White paper
• glue stick
• colour pencils

We make a square out of red cardboard. Coat one edge with glue.

Roll the square into a cone and press the edge tightly.

We cut off the excess.

On a white sheet of paper we draw arbitrary shapes, a little reminiscent of the beard of Santa Claus.

We will make a hole in the center: such that the beard will fit through to a certain level of the cone. We do not throw away the cut off part.

Let's draw the face, eyes, outlines of the mustache and beard.

We will make pompoms from the cut out circles.

It is very convenient to do such crafts at the same time: fold the paper into a stack and cut it out at once. If you want a more durable product, replace paper with cardboard. If desired, you can cover it with fabric and various decorative elements.

Santa Claus from a bottle

In this master class, the basis of our favorite New Year's character will be a bottle. It doesn't matter which one. You can decorate a bottle of champagne with an image of Santa Claus New Year's table either as a gift, or simply transform an empty bottle and put it under the Christmas tree.

You can also use a plastic bottle as a basis. Just keep in mind that the structure will not be very stable. In this case, you can pour small pebbles or cereals inside.

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Before New Year's holidays There is very little time left. All kindergartens and schools are starting to make all kinds of crafts related to New Year's themes. Moms and dads are creative with their children at home. Very often children are given a task to take home and make an original New Year's toy or decoration. Often parents do not have special skills, but there is no need to be upset. This article will be a great help. Check out the master classes on creating Santa Claus presented below, and you will be able to make a rather original and unusual New Year's craft with your own hands, while the money will remain intact and your child will be happy.

Santa Claus made of paper. Applications for the little ones

Waiting for the New Year holidays is a wonderful reason to get creative and involve our children in this activity. The first master class is dedicated to making crafts that our kids can do with the help of their parents. This exciting process will help your child develop his perseverance, fine motor skills hands, imagination and have a fun and interesting time.

On the eve of the New Year holidays, you can make many bright and interesting applications. Invite your child to make an applique in the form of Santa Claus with you.

The Santa Claus model presented below is designed to decorate walls, windows, doors, you can stick it on thick paper or cardboard, and it will become a wonderful postcard.

Decorating a snow lawn

The first thing you need to do is glue all the ice puddles onto the snowy lawn, then cut out the Christmas tree figures and glue them onto paper, then start decorating Santa Claus. After that, glue the bear with the Christmas tree, the sleigh with gifts, and last of all, glue the rope from the sleigh.

Glueing Santa Claus

Separately cut out all the parts of Santa Claus in advance and paste them onto a diagram printed on paper. First of all, glue on the red fur coat, then glue on all the white parts (collar, beard, edge of the fur coat). The face, mouth, nose, white parts of the eyes, and eyebrows are glued on top of the beard. Use a felt-tip pen to draw the iris and pupil.

Using a blue marker, draw shadows on the eyebrows, beard and hat. Next, glue on the mittens. The mitten that holds the sled needs to be glued under the edge of the sleeve, and the other one - on top of the white edge, as in the image.

Felt boots are also glued under the lower edge of a fur coat. Additionally, using dark red paper, you can create a shadow between the left sleeve and the right side of the fur coat.

Bags with gifts on a sled

To begin, glue an orange bag, a red one on top of it, cut out a patch and two ties from green paper, and glue them. Using a felt-tip pen, draw the threads on the patch. At the end, you need to glue the cut out sleighs to the bottom of the bags.

Glue the teddy bear

Now you need to glue the body of the bear cub on top of the bags with gifts. Glue a hat, scarf, mittens, felt boots, nose and ear on top of it. Additionally, use a felt-tip pen to add eyes, a mouth, and the lower part of the paw. Using a pink pencil, draw in the cheeks. As for the Christmas tree, it must initially be glued with reverse side bear body in the shoulder area. Use a blue marker to draw shadows on the scarf and hat.

Now take care of the overall design of the picture. To do this, use colored pencils to outline the shadow and light areas, giving the picture additional volume. Leave the applique to dry, and then you can stick it to the window or door using a small piece of adhesive tape.

Santa Claus made of fabric

This Santa Claus can be made in the form of a toy, and it can also be used as a thermal cover. To make a similar Santa Claus from fabric, you will need red rags, prepare calico for the base and lining, a small piece of linen to decorate the face, padding polyester for stuffing, and additionally for decoration you will need scraps of white faux fur.

Start by cutting out two body pieces and four arm pieces on the fabric you prepared for the base. An additional 2 cm will be left for allowances. Next, use a pen to indicate the location of the face.

Now assemble a red fur coat from scraps, it is made using the “crazy” technique. You need to pin one triangle to the bottom of the base with an obtuse upward angle. After this, select a strip of another fabric, but also in a red shade, and sew it to one of the sides of the triangle. Place the flaps facing each other, sew, bend and smooth them. The third strip should cover the second side of the triangle and the cut of the strip sewn to it. You also need to place the strip right side down, stitch, turn and press it. In this way, cover the entire surface, giving it the appearance of a red fur coat. This will be the back.

As for the front of the product, there will be a flap of linen that will serve as the face. It can be immediately included in the overall product during assembly, or it can be sewn on at the end, when Santa Claus is completely ready.

Start assembling the arms. You should learn a kind of “sandwich” of lining, padding polyester and patchwork top, which are assembled on the main fabric. First, pin all the parts together, and then quilt them.

Next, you need to trim all the parts, leaving seam allowances of about 1 cm. After this, fold the two parts of the body face to face, sew them, zigzag the edges and turn them right side out. If this is a toy, then you need to make an additional part that will serve as the bottom. The body should be stuffed with padding polyester and the bottom should be sewn to it using a hidden seam. If you are planning to make a case, then you do not need to perform these steps.

Do the same with the parts of the arms, leaving the holes unstitched, through them you need to turn the parts out and fill them with padding polyester. After this, you can sew them up with a hidden seam.

Next, you need to sew an applique in the form of a nose and cheeks to your face. When performing this procedure, place a little synthetic padding under the bottom to give the part more volume. A beard, mustache, and eyebrows can be made in two ways: felt parts from wool using the dry felting method, or you can make them from leftover fur. All you have to do is carve out fur collar(the fur should be different from the one from which the beard is made), a fur strip for the hat and the bottom of the fur coat. Fasten the hands, embroider the eyes.

DIY Sweet Santa Claus

We must always remember that we create our own mood. Therefore, to make the atmosphere more festive, make sweet Santa Clauses that can decorate any table and holiday dishes.

This recipe is quite easy to prepare and does not require any dyes. All you need is strawberry berries, whipped cream, as well as chocolate or chocolate powder, which is used for baking.

First, cut off the part of the berry where the leaves were located; this must be done so that the figurine can stand in an upright position. Then cut off the top, which will be used as a cap in the future.

Next, using a spoon or piping bag, place a little whipped cream on the main part of the strawberry, cover with a cap (the cut off tip of the strawberry). You also need to put a small drop of cream on top of it - it will serve as a pompom.

Make eyes from chocolate powder, and also make two buttons, using a toothpick for convenience.

You can make it more difficult for yourself by adding an additional ingredient in the form of pineapple.

To perform this Santa Claus, repeat the same steps with strawberries, but in this version you need to insert a piece of pineapple between them and secure everything with skewers or toothpicks. Decorate your pineapple-shaped head with lush hair made from cream.

To place the chocolate eyes, cut small holes in the pineapple and insert the eyes using tweezers.

New Year's candlestick with Santa Claus

You can easily make a fabulous winter candlestick with your own hands. At the same time, in addition to Santa Claus, you can place any image with a New Year theme on it.

Take a half-liter jar and stick on it all kinds of applications of Santa Claus, Snow Maiden, bunnies, Christmas trees, etc., use PVA glue for this work. In this case, be sure to glue an applique of the fire around which all the characters are warming themselves.

Leave the jar to dry, then spray it with silver spray paint. Let it dry. Next, you need to peel off all the applications; the best way to do this is to wet the jar with water. After this, again give it time to dry, then paint all the figures using acrylic paints.

Let the jar dry, coat the product with varnish, dry it again and make additional decor for the candlestick. You can make snowdrifts from plaster and place them on top, and also make a stand for a candle from plaster. Allow your candle holder to dry completely.

Now all you have to do is place a tablet candle inside and Christmas story It's like he's coming to life. The flame will blaze, and Santa Claus will sparkle with new colors.

Sweet New Year's gift. Santa Claus with candy

This master class describes how to make an unusual craft in the form of Santa Claus with candy. It can be made for souvenirs in kindergarten, or use it in cases where you welcome guests with children at home. Such skewers can become bright and original decoration festive table. Therefore, read the instructions and get down to business. Don't forget to invite your children, they will also be very interested in participating in the process.

For work, prepare cardboard, wrapping paper(can be replaced with an ordinary one), a cotton pad, decorative elements in the form of ribbons, felt, etc., wooden skewers, glue and candy. First of all, you need to cut out a triangle from thick cardboard. Also cut out the piece shown in the photo from wrapping paper. You will need it to wrap the cardboard triangle.

Now start making the face. To do this, cut out a circle, carefully bend it and make the nose in the shape of a semicircle by cutting it out with scissors. Shade the edges of the face and draw on the cheeks using a cotton swab and blush.

Glue the wrapping paper to one side of the triangle. In this work, double-sided tape was used for these purposes. Glue a face on top.

Cut out mittens from felt, glue them and decorate the place where the candy will be located.

Glue a wooden skewer to the back of the triangle and cover it with paper on top. In this procedure, moment crystal glue was used.

Additionally, on a stick at the base of the triangle, you can tie a bow from satin ribbon. Fix it with glue, making a small drop - this way the bow will not move out.

And at the end of the work, give Santa Claus a piece of candy, attaching it with double-sided tape. Now your souvenir is ready.

Santa Claus from a plastic bottle

Such a Santa Claus can be made in just a few hours, without spending significant money. You will need one plastic bottle, a piece of padding polyester (70 X 50 cm will be enough), the same piece of red fabric, a small piece of fabric white, as well as all kinds of materials and tools that are always needed when sewing by hand.

To begin, take a bottle, place it on padding polyester and wrap it in a plastic container. In order not to spend extra money, you can look for padding polyester at home; in any case, you will find an old, unnecessary children's coat. If you still don’t have it, don’t despair, you don’t have to buy it. Wrap the bottle in several layers of fabric - this will not spoil the product. The bottle will serve as the body of the toy, and the padding polyester needs to be cut off a little above the neck - the head will be made from it.

Wrap the bottle and sew the edges together. You don’t have to pay too much attention to the quality of the seams; no one will see them anyway. The top of the padding polyester will become the head of Santa Claus, so sew up the top, and carefully tighten the neck with a rope.

To prevent the head of the toy from being made of synthetic padding, cover it with white cloth. Don't worry if you get creases, the main thing is that they don't fall on your face. Distribute them at the back. In the future they will disguise themselves.

Now start making clothes. Cut out two triangles from red fabric, sew them, sew a pom-pom from white padding at the top, and use it to make the edge of the hat.

Next you need to make a fur coat. Choose a red or of blue color and wrap it around the workpiece. Sew the edges together, it is best to sew the seam in the center, because. then it will still not be visible - we will cover it with padding polyester. Make fur for a fur coat by cutting padding polyester into strips. Sew a collar, the bottom of a fur coat from it, and also sew a stripe on the front.

Make hands from fabric strips and fill them with any material to add volume. Don't forget to wear gloves; the sleeves should also have white trim. Sew the arms under the collar, this way you will avoid unnecessary visible seams.

Now, using the same padding polyester, make a beard and mustache out of it. Eyes can be made from buttons, beads, or you can simply draw them. Give your cheeks a rosy glow; blush is best for this. Additionally draw the mouth and nose. Santa Claus from plastic bottle ready.

Toys and crafts in the form of Santa Claus are an excellent decoration for any interior. As you can see, it can be made from anything. So prepare all the necessary materials, call your child to help and start making real New Year's masterpieces. You'll see, your handmade Santa Claus will look unique, bright and beautiful, and besides, the flight of your imagination is not at all limited. Good luck in your creativity and happy New Year holidays!

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Key characteristics of Santa Claus include:

• warm earflaps
• long beard
• red fur coat
• staff
• gift bag

You can make Santa Claus yourself, together with your children, at the same time telling them where such a symbol came from and which children will receive gifts.

DIY Santa Claus from a bottle

A tabletop Santa Claus can even be made from a plastic liter bottle, which is found in every home. You will need:

• liter empty bottle
• colored paper
• scissors
• red and white paint
• buttons
• threads

1. Draw a face and mustache on the bottle with a marker. Paint all other parts red. Use acrylic paints or gouache, adding PVA glue to it for better application. Paint your face flesh color and make your beard white.
2. Wrap white thread around the transition to the tapering part of the bottle - this is Santa Claus's hat.
3. Make a pompom from threads and a disk and attach it to the lid.
4. Make a belt for Santa Claus from threads and buttons.
5. Eyes and mouth can be drawn on or small buttons can be used.
6. To make the legs and arms, fold long strips of paper several times to form an accordion and glue them to the bottle.
7. Cut out small palms or mittens and glue them instead of handles.
8. You can use round bobbins as boots, covering them with red paper.

Using the same technique, you can make a Snow Maiden and a snowman to accompany Santa Claus.

Santa Claus: DIY toy

To make a bright and cheerful Santa Claus toy, use one of the patterns given below. Depending on your preferences, you can make Santa Claus in the style of Tilda dolls or a more traditional version.

1. You need to purchase small pieces of fabric or use existing scraps; you don't need much for the toy.
2. Print and cut out the patterns, place them on the fabric and trace, you will need about 0.5 cm for an allowance.
3. Cut out all the parts and sew them together by hand or on a machine, leaving a small hole. Make cuts at the folds to prevent the fabric from wrinkling.
4. Turn the parts out and stuff them with padding polyester or cotton wool and sew them up until the end.
5. Collect all the parts.
6. Add decorative elements.

DIY Santa Claus costume: diagrams and patterns

To please the baby, the “real” Santa Claus can bring him New Year’s gifts. To make everything look like something out of a fairy tale, sew a suit for Santa Claus. This kind of work will not take you much time.

1. The most time-consuming part of the work is sewing the fur coat. You can purchase a long piece of red fabric, it can be fleece, satin, corduroy, or velvet. As well as white fabric for decoration.
2. The size of the fur coat depends on who it is sewn for, below is given simplest scheme. You can take measurements from “Santa Claus” himself.
3. All parts are sewn together, finish in white. The Santa Claus hat is made using the same principle.
4. Make a beard from a piece of padding polyester by cutting out several layers and placing them on top of each other.
5. For a staff, use a mop handle wrapped in gold packing tape.
6. Sew scraps into a gift bag.

DIY Santa Claus beard

The beard is a very important element that will add naturalness to the image, we offer you a few more ideas for creating a beard.

• Option 1: cut out the base from white felt, sew ties along the edges and stick cotton balls over the entire surface.

• Option 2: Cut out an oval-shaped piece of felt - this will be the basis for your future beard. Fluff felt or thick white yarn and sew it to the base, imitating a mustache and beard.

• Option 3: You can use a respirator as a base for your beard, in which case the beard will hold securely. Cut out holes for the mouth and cover the remaining parts with padding polyester.

DIY Santa Claus staff

If you approach the issue of making a staff more seriously, you can try the following methods.

• Option 1: Glue a Christmas tree decoration, which is usually used to decorate the top of a spruce, onto the top of the mop handle, cover the joint with tinsel, and wrap the base with ribbon or wrapping paper.
• Option 2: Use a shovel handle, sand the base and cover it with white paint, wrap the staff with thin tinsel, and decorate the top Christmas tree toy attached to a glue gun, add glitter.
• Option 3: An express way to create a staff is to use foil for decoration. Wrap the base (mop handle, gymnastics stick, etc.) in foil, then wrap it on top with tinsel.

DIY Santa Claus sleigh

As a gift for little and big sweet lovers, you can make Santa Claus's sleigh out of sweets, gummies and cookies. And immediately an ordinary and familiar gift will look magical and festive in a New Year’s way.

Christmas candy canes are suitable as runners; the rest of the sweets are placed on them and the entire structure is tied with a bow. To prevent the surprise from falling apart along the way, you can fasten all the parts with a glue gun or double-sided tape.

DIY Santa Claus mittens

Since Santa Claus lives in the North, he would be very uncomfortable without mittens, after all, he’s not even that old anymore, he needs to take care of himself. Mittens can be knitted from red yarn or sewn from the remnants of red fabric from a suit.

Santa Claus's mittens are even more like large mittens, so to sew them you can use the following pattern:

DIY Santa Claus from scrap materials

To build Santa Claus houses, you don’t have to go to the store; use materials that you already have on hand.

Using quilling technique

To perform you will need:

• colored paper
• cutter
• toothpick

1. Cut the paper into thin strips of 0.5 cm each and use a toothpick to twist it into a rope.
2. Remove from the toothpick, let it straighten a little to make a circle and secure the end with PVA glue
3. From such elements you can assemble a whole Santa Claus.

From toilet paper rolls or clothes cleaning rollers:

1. the roller will be the base
2. cover it with red paper or felt
3. draw a face
4. glue a beard from cotton wool
5. you can make a hat from a napkin

Santa Claus using origami technique

Small gift cards in the shape of Santa Claus can be easily folded using an ordinary piece of colored paper measuring 10*10 cm. There are a lot of experimental schemes, they are easy to implement. Involve young children in the work, this activity is useful for the development of motor skills.

DIY Santa Claus made of colored felt

Felt is becoming an increasingly popular material among needlewomen because it is very convenient to use, does not require edge processing, does not roll up, and attaches perfectly. You can make various versions of Santa Claus from felt:

• Option 1. Santa Claus toy for the Christmas tree: you just need to cut out all the parts according to the pattern below and sew them together, add padding polyester inside for softness.

• Option 2. Santa Claus on a Christmas wreath: more and more often in homes you can see decoration in the form of a Christmas wreath, more typical of Western culture. You can decorate the wreath with Christmas balls, branches or felt Santa Claus.

• Option 3. Santa Claus basket: you will need thick felt, about 4-5 mm thick, cut out all the parts and sew. Place a gift in the basket and hide it under the Christmas tree.

DIY Santa Claus made from cotton wool

Toys were made from cotton wool decades ago; probably your grandmothers still know this technique and can teach you all its intricacies.

The creation process is painstaking and time-consuming and the toy turns out to be very fragile. To create such a masterpiece you will need:

• paints
• threads
• wire

Making Santa Claus:

• Use wire to form the frame of the future Santa Claus, all parts of the body except the head.
• Wrap cotton wool around the frame and secure with threads.

• The next layers of cotton wool are attached using paste or PVA; apply the cotton wool in thin layers so that it sticks securely.
• Start making the head, first form a ball, then gradually sculpt the nose, brow ridges, lips, evaluate the proportions, the head should not turn out too large relative to the body.
• Attach the head to the body using glue and thread.

• Use wire to form a frame for a fur coat, which is attached to the waist.
• Wrap the wire with white thread.
• Cover the hem of the fur coat with cotton wool and form a hat, mittens, felt boots, and beard.

• After complete drying, start painting.

DIY Santa Claus made from tights

Ordinary nylon tights are perfect as a base for a toy; they stretch perfectly and allow you to form the desired shape. To work you will need:

• light tights or stockings
• padding polyester or cotton wool
• paints
• thread with needle
• red fabric for clothes

1. To get started, form 3 balls of cotton wool, one large for the head and three smaller ones for the cheeks and nose. Cut off the sock part of the tights and place all three lumps there, sew up the hole.
2. Now shape the nose and secure it with pins for ease of work and sew with light threads. Using the same principle, form the eyes and lips.
3. For the body, you can use the remaining tights, cut a piece about 20 cm long, sew up one edge and stuff it tightly with cotton wool.
4. Sew the parts together, now move on to the clothes. For the fur coat, use the attached pattern. Make the hat from leftover fabric.
5. Don't forget to add a beard and mustache, make them from leftover cotton wool.
6. Now the hardest part remains - paint the face and the toy is ready.

DIY Santa Claus on a glass

Decorated glasses will become an interesting table decoration. The trick is that the glass is no longer used as a vessel, but as a candlestick. The New Year's atmosphere of your evening is guaranteed!

You will need:

• wineglass
• decoupage napkins with Santa Claus
• tassel
• PVA glue
• scissors

1. Remove the bottom two paper layers from the napkins; you only need a bright picture. Cut out the elements that you would like to transfer to the glass.
2. Dilute the glue with water or cook the paste.
3. Using a brush dipped in glue, carefully spread the napkins over the glass, keeping in mind that the glass will stand upside down. Smooth out all the wrinkles to ensure a flawless decor.
4. Once completely dry you can add a few more decorative elements in the form of stars or snowflakes.
5. Place a candle on the foot and place it on the table.

DIY Big Santa Claus

Santa Claus can become a real interior decoration if done with quality and love. Here is a master class on how to make a big Santa Claus.

You will need wire, scissors, glue, needle and thread, thick cardboard, foam rubber, synthetic fluff, cotton wool, wool, white and red felt.

• The entire body and head is based on a cone. Its size depends on how big the toy you want to end up with. Cut out a cone and a circle from paper.

• Draw a diameter on the circle and divide it into three parts, the points equidistant from the center will be the legs.
• Wrap the circle on one side with bright felt or fabric, glue the edges with inside, thread the wire through the holes and form loops in place of the feet.
• Wind a thinner wire to the middle of the wire; its length should be greater than the height of the cone. To prevent the figure from losing its balance, the junction of the circle and the wire must be generously glued with a glue gun.

• Cut out two rectangles from fabric about 4 cm wide and 10 cm longer than the length of Santa Claus's legs. Sew from the long side, turn it inside out and put it on the legs. Baste to the bottom of the circle.
• Cut a cone out of white felt, sew and turn right side out. Fill it tightly with synthetic down and thread a thin wire through it, sew it to the circle with a hidden seam.
• Cut out the soles from thick cardboard or plywood; they should be larger than the wire loops. Glue the soles using a glue gun. Glue foam shoes on top.

• Cover the boots with red felt and pull them down at the bottom.
• Draw eyes and mouth at the top of the cone
• Cut out Santa Claus' fur coat and handles from red felt or fleece. The handles must be sewn and filled with synthetic synthetic material.
• Sew the fur coat directly to the cone with a hidden seam and decorate it with decor as you wish.

• Cut a white collar from white fleece and sew on it.
• Sew handles to the fur coat on both sides.
• Next, from the existing wool, you need to comb a beard and mustache and carefully attach them to the face of Santa Claus.
• Form a hat from the remnants of wool; its decor can repeat the decor on the fur coat.
• Santa Claus is ready to delight you and your loved ones!

DIY champagne Santa Claus

A bottle of wine or champagne is good gift for a holiday, there are many free days and guests ahead, this bottle definitely won’t be superfluous. To make the gift thematic, you can decorate it by dressing it up as Santa Claus.

Of course, the easiest option is to sew a tiny cap on a bottle and it will immediately look different, but you can also be even more creative, for example, sew a cover and decorate it as Santa Claus.

1. You can also make an amazing decoration for a bottle from a red satin ribbon.
2. To make it removable, you first need to prepare the base in the shape of a bottle, and then wrap it with ribbons
3. At the end, add white felt or fur decor

Knit a Santa Claus costume onto a bottle with your own hands

A bottle costume can not only be sewn, but also knitted. Here you have several ideas, symbolic simplified versions in red colors or humorous ones with Santa Claus hanging on the chimney.

Santa Claus - DIY pillow

Pillows with Santa Claus will help change the style of the interior and make it more New Year's. This can be a decor made on a regular cover, or the pillow itself can resemble Santa Claus.

In order to sew a New Year's cover you will need:

• base fabric
• felt or fleece for finishing
• threads
• needle

1. Cut a cover from fabric for an existing pillow and sew it together, inserting a zipper for opening and closing
2. Cut out all parts of Santa Claus's face from fleece: beard, eyes, mustache, nose, hat, pompom
3. Sew all the parts to the base one by one, you can use buttons as eyes
4. Make a pompom from threads and sew it to the hat
5. Santa Claus' mustache can be made voluminous by stuffing it with padding polyester.

If you have a lot of patience, you can try to cross-stitch a pillow with Santa Claus.

DIY Santa Claus made from spoons

Using disposable spoons, you can create unusual things, including lamp shades, vases and coasters. It turns out that by using your imagination, you can even build Santa Claus.

You will need:

• plastic spoons
• cardboard
• red paint
• felt-tip pen

1. Cut and glue a cone from cardboard, it will be the basis for Santa Claus
2. Now, with a pencil, mark the places where the mustache, beard and eyes will be located, paint over everything else with red paint
3. Break off the base of the plastic spoons and glue them to the beard and along the edge of the cone
4. Cut out handles from paper and glue on each side
5. Draw the eyes and your Santa Claus is ready

If you only have one plastic spoon lying around the house, and you need to make Santa Claus, then you can go the other way:

Santa Claus made from plastic cups

Continuing the theme of creativity from disposable tableware, you can try to create Santa Claus from ordinary plastic cups.

You will need:

• plastic cups of red and white flowers
• threads
• balloon
• fleece for hat
• buttons

1. Glue the cups together to form a ball-like shape. White cups will symbolize the hem of the fur coat and buttons.
2. Next, the head can be made from cups or made from PVA glue, thread and a balloon.
3. Glue the head to the base, add eyes and a beard using cotton pads.
4. Stick the cups into each other and glue them as handles.
5. Glue together a Santa Claus hat from fleece or felt.
6. From the remaining cups, glue a bag with gifts and tie it with a ribbon.

Santa Claus from a plastic plate

The simplest exercise for preschool children is to make Santa Claus from an ordinary plastic plate. It’s better for you to prepare all the necessary details in advance so that your baby can create in peace.

You will need:

• plate
• red triangle for hat
• white rectangle for hat lapel
• black circles for eyes
• cotton balls for beard
• nose pompom

Show your child how easy it is to glue all the pieces together and assemble Santa Claus.

Using the same pattern, you can easily assemble a snowman and a deer!

DIY chocolate maker with Santa Claus

Recently, giving just chocolate bars has become unfashionable; everything needs unusual packaging. The chocolate box is a postcard-box, inside of which there is a treasured sweet, and maybe a few lines with wishes are also written.

1. From thick red cardboard, cut out the base for the future box and iron all the folds, glue a pocket for chocolate
2. Glue ribbons to make your gift look more presentable
3. On the front side, glue or draw a face, beard, mustache, hat, nose and eyes
4. Place your favorite chocolate inside and write wishes for the New Year

Santa Claus made of paper, DIY diagram

One of the simplest options for creating Santa Claus, and perhaps the most technologically advanced, is to simply print it out on a printer and glue it together according to the attached diagram. The most advanced ones can even print a three-dimensional figurine on a 3D printer, and then simply paint it!

Do-it-yourself volumetric Santa Claus

You can fold a three-dimensional figure of Santa Claus using the technique modular origami, which has become very popular in the last ten years.

The product is assembled from identical modules, which allow you to create any shape.

For example, for Santa Claus we will need 493 identical modules (1 red for the nose, 275 white, 198 blue, 19 flesh). Each module is assembled from a rectangular piece of paper measuring 37*53 mm, or 1/32 of a sheet.

The technique for creating a module is as follows:

1. Having folded the required number of modules of a certain color, you can proceed directly to assembly
2. At the base there are 25 BM (white modules), placed on the short side in a circle
3. In the second row, place 25 BM in the same way as in 1, but on the long side and put it on the 1st row.
4. The third row repeats the previous one
5. In the fourth row, place 25 CM (blue modules) on the long side
6. Fifth row: 22cm on the long side and 3cm on the short side, turn the ring out
7. In the sixth row there are 4 BM and 21SM, all with the long side out
8. In the seventh row there are 5 BM and 20 SM, located as in the previous row
9. In the eighth row there are 6 BM and 19 SM, located as in the previous row
10. In the ninth row there are 7 BM and 18 CM, located as in the previous row
11. In the tenth row there are 8 BM and 17 SM, located as in the previous row
12. In the eleventh row there are 25 BMs, located as in the previous row
13. In the twelfth row there are 25 BM, located as in the previous row
14. In the thirteenth row there are 1KM and 24 BM, located as in the previous row
15. In the fourteenth row there are 2 BMs with the long side outward above the CM of the 13th row, on both sides of them there are 2 TMs (body modules) with the short side, the remaining 19 BMs
16. In the fifteenth row there are 7 TM and 18 BM with the long, short and long sides facing outwards, respectively.
17. In the sixteenth row there are 8 TM and 17 BM with the long, short and long sides facing outwards, respectively.
18. In the seventeenth row, reduce the number of elements of the row by putting 6 modules on 3 corners, a total of 22 BM with the short side outward
19. In the eighteenth row, 20 cm outward with the short side
20. In the nineteenth 18 CM short side out
21. In the twentieth 9 BM short side forward
22. Form handles from the remaining elements, glue on the eyes and nose

DIY Santa Claus doll

To make your child remember this holiday for a long time, sew a doll Santa Claus for him. Print out all the patterns and cut out the pieces.

1. Lay out the fabric and trace all the details, leave 5 mm for an allowance. Cut along the outline and sew on a machine.
2. Gather all the parts together, use a thick thread to decorate the doll’s clothes, the yarn will make an excellent beard.

Santa Claus on the Christmas tree with his own hands

On the New Year's tree, among other toys, there must be Father Frost and Snow Maiden. They can be made from felt or cut out of colored paper to create an applique.

Another interesting idea is to make Santa Claus from beads; you only need fishing line and glass beads in white and red colors. String the beads according to the diagram, and at the end make a loop from the remnants of the fishing line.

Santa Claus made of balloons

A very convenient and compact option for later storage - Santa Claus from balloons. You will need white and red balls for the fur coat and hat, pink for the face and black for the shoes.

1. Inflate 31 red and 11 white balloons of the same size and arrange them in the shape of a cone, so that in the first row there are 6 white balloons, in the second and third 6 red, in the fourth 4 red 1 white, in the fifth 5 red, in the sixth 5 red, the seventh has 5 red, the eighth has 4 white.
2. Blow up a large beige or pink balloon, this will be your head.
3. Place a Santa Claus hat on top of your head and draw eyes with a marker.
4. Make a beard from white felt or fleece.

Santa Claus made from salt dough

Another great material for creativity - salty dough. It allows you to create amazing things that will last a long time.

1. First, prepare the dough: mix 200 grams of salt and flour, 100 ml of water and half a teaspoon of PVA and knead the dough
2. Form a cone-shaped base from the finished dough.
3. Fashion sleeves and handles and glue to the cone
4. Use two long strips of dough to form the lapel and hem of the fur coat.
5. Make hats and noses from small balls of dough
6. Add a beard and mustache, eyebrows
7. Place in the oven to dry for 40 minutes
8. Then paint the finished product with acrylic paints and varnish

Santa Claus felted from wool

The felting technique allows you to create real masterpieces from ordinary wool. To felt Santa Claus, take flesh-colored and white wool, felting needles, red felt for a fur coat, wire, beads and glue.

• Felt flesh-colored wool into a cone-shaped shape with a ball on top. The cone is the body, so add a small roundness on one side, this is the solid belly of Santa Claus.
• Cut out a fur coat for Santa Claus from felt and sew it directly onto the base.

• Sew a small cone-shaped hat from the remaining red fabric.
• Felt flagella from white wool so that they are fluffy on one side, place them on a sponge and use a needle to drive them into the sponge. Glue the finished flagella to the fur coat using glue along the hem and collar.
• From the remaining white wool we form a beard and mustache and pin them with a needle.
• Glue on the eyes and nose
• From the wire, measure the required length for the handles, wrap the wire with red felt and glue it to the ends of the mittens. Stick the open end of the wire into the body.

Making toys with your own hands is very interesting activity, if you haven't tried this yet, now is the time to start. Don't be discouraged if something doesn't work out the first time, you can always try again. Santa Claus will bring New Year's mood and a feeling of the approaching holiday to your home! New creative ideas to you and a happy New Year!

Video: DIY Santa Claus step by step

Who knew that these days they would be fashionable? Christmas decorations from the childhood of our parents and grandmothers, and that people will buy them for unrealistic money. One of these toys is Grandfather Frost made of cotton wool, who stands under the tree and brings us gifts on New Year's Eve.

It turns out that it is not at all necessary to run around flea markets and overpay. You can make this Santa Claus yourself. To do this you need to stock up on patience, time and mood.

For work you will need

Materials:

• cotton wool (it should be in layers, not lumps);
• glue (starch + water);
• wire for frame;
• toilet paper (for papier-mâché);
• foil for blanks;
• paints (acrylic and watercolor);
• wooden stand;
• padding polyester;
• threads

Tools:

• wire cutters;
• brushes (hard – for glue, synthetic brushes No. 6 flat, No. 1 round – for painting);
• scissors;
• sewing needle.

Before starting work on making Santa Claus, we prepare a lot of papier-mâché. For half a glass cold water add a tablespoon (without top) of starch, bring to a boil. Separately, tear the toilet paper into small pieces. Add paper to the resulting warm glue and rub the resulting mass well with your fingers. It should be like dough.

Beginning of work

Head. Most the best option, if we find a head from an old Santa Claus doll at home. But it’s not always possible to find such wealth in our apartment, so we’ll use what we have on hand. We will need food foil 50-60 cm long. We make a large ball out of it and begin to crush it to the size and shape of a chicken egg.

Where Santa Claus's eyes should be, we press the beads. We put a layer of papier-mâché on our blank. Very important to know! – each layer of papier-mâché must dry well. Then we make a “carrot” from the mixture and smear it where the nose is. We make small balls - we get cheeks, chin, forehead. Don't forget to dry.

Now we apply a little of our mass in the eye area and form the eyelids. After the face is ready, we sculpt the back of the head. We dry everything well and sand the face of Santa Claus with sandpaper.

The head is ready, now we need to paint the face. Let's take acrylic paint white or ivory, add to it pink color. You can add watercolors. Stir and get the color we need for Santa Claus's face. Apply the paint with a flat synthetic brush No. 6. We make 4-5 layers. Dry each layer well. Paint the eyes with round brush No. 1. Apply pink paint to a sponge or piece of foam rubber and swab the cheeks.

Torso. We calculate the proportions as follows: the height of Santa Claus should fit six of our heads. For the frame we will need, preferably, three-core braided copper wire.

We cut the braid between the wires from above to shoulder level. We will put the head on the middle pin at the top, and bend the two side wires horizontally - we get shoulders, then we bend it down, and we get a frame for the arms. We make a loop in the palm area. From below we cut the braid to the line of the hips, bend it horizontally - we get hips, and bend the wire down - these will be our Grandfather’s legs. We lift the middle part of the wire up, strengthening the spine. We immediately bend our arms slightly at the elbows.

We cut the padding polyester into ribbons 3 cm wide. And we begin to tightly wrap our frame. We wrap the neck, shoulders, arms (separately), torso. Santa Claus's hands will be in mittens, so at the same time we use padding polyester to give the ends of the wire the desired shape.

In the lower part of our Santa Claus doll, the legs will not be visible from under the suit, so you should wrap two legs together with padding polyester until you get a blank for the suit. For this procedure we will need 50-60 cm of padding polyester. We take a needle and thread and secure our design with stitches. Having received such a torso, we see that our Grandfather Frost begins to take on a human appearance.

Cloth. Now let's start working with cotton wool. This technique is called cotton papier-mâché. To begin, prepare the glue in the same way as for papier-mâché, only add a little blue or blue watercolor paint to the glue. As a result, when the cotton dries, it will have a cool, bluish tint, like snow.

• We lay out the first layer of clothing on the doll itself. We spread the cotton wool in a thin layer (5-7mm) on the table, and, using a brush, coat it well with glue. The pieces of cotton wool should be small. First we form a hat on the head of Santa Claus. We smooth it with our fingers so that the joints are not visible. Important: dry thoroughly. Using the same principle, we make mittens, sleeves (from mittens to shoulders) and a suit on the body of Santa Claus. We iron our dress thoroughly and dry it.
• Second layer. Before doing this, you need to prepare a layer of cotton wool measuring 50*50 cm. Lay the cotton wool on the table in a thin layer (5-7mm), coat it well with glue and leave to dry. While the cotton wool dries, on a separate sheet of paper we draw up costume patterns for our Santa Claus. We transfer these patterns to an already dried layer of cotton wool.

We will get the following details:

• hat, cap lapel;
• eyebrows, mustache, beard;
• sleeves, sleeve cuff;
• mittens;
• front half of the suit;
• back half of the suit;
• cuffs at the bottom of the suit;
• lapel along the side of the suit;
• collar;
• belt.

The above parts must be cut out with scissors and again soaked well with glue. This will be our final, top layer of clothing. We begin to “dress” the doll, immediately laying out the folds and draperies of the clothes. We smooth it well with our fingers and let it dry.

Stand. We take a wooden board measuring 15*15 cm, make two holes in it (to glue the wire from the legs). We prepare a layer of cotton wool, 20*20 cm in size, soak it with glue and place it on our stand. If necessary, there can be two or three such layers. Dry well. There is no need to paint the stand; cotton wool perfectly imitates snow.

We dye the clothes of Santa Claus, while taking into account that this technique is very valuable natural color cotton wool. Where necessary, apply shadows with paint.

Completion of the production of Santa Claus

The final touch remains. We glue our cotton Santa Claus into the stand, give him a staff in his hands - it can be a sushi stick wrapped in thread, a bag with gifts - we make it according to the principle of cotton papier-mâché.

Also, for Santa Claus you need a Christmas tree, which can be made from beads. (You can find out how to do it by).

We are pleased to admire the work done and welcome the New Year.