New Year just around the corner. Absolutely everyone, especially children, is looking forward to this holiday! We associate the New Year with snow and all the accompanying winter fun: sledges, skis, skates and of course, snow woman... As soon as the first snow falls, the children run into the yards to make a snowman.

But what if there is no snow, but the soul requires a snow friend? Nothing is impossible in the world, especially on the eve of the New Year! You can make a real snowman not only from snow, and in this article we will tell you in detail and even show how!

Snowmen made of paper

You can make snowmen with your own hands from any materials and even the most unexpected ones, but we will start with a simple one - with paper. Well, firstly, everyone has paper in the house, even those who are completely far from needlework. In any case, there will definitely be a couple of sheets of white paper. And for a snowman, we are just White paper and needed. And secondly, paper crafts are quite simple and straightforward to make.

# 1 Draw a snowman

There you are great idea crafts for kindergarten- a snowman in a snow globe. You need to cut out two simple blanks from colored paper, by the way, the kids can easily cope on their own, the elements are large and do not require special care. And then draw a snowman and a snowfall in the ball with your fingers. Craft a snowman for kindergarten is ready!

And here is another craft idea for the little ones. Snowmen in this case are drawn using plugs from plastic bottles... You need two plugs of different sizes (larger and smaller). You smear it with white paint and make a print. Finish the face, pens and buttons with felt-tip pens when the paint is completely dry. A hat and a scarf can be made of colored tape, colored paper or felt, for example.

# 2 Applications

Simple crafts of snowmen - using the applique technique. You will need white paper, glue, and some imagination. The easiest option is three circles glued to a sheet of colored or colored paper for contrast. You can additionally decorate the craft with glitter, sequins, stickers, etc.

Here is another version of a simple crafts using the applique technique. The snowman does not look straight, but upward, which adds magic and reality to the craft.

And here is a slightly more complex version with small decorative elements. You can download the template of a snowman and decorative elements under the picture.

And here is a snowman's craft, which can be hung on a Christmas tree as a toy or used as a gift tag, indicating who the gift is for and from whom.

And here is a version of a snowman for kindergarten. The kid will completely cope with such a task, and most importantly, he will not have time to lose interest, because he can do almost everything himself.

And here is a great version of the Advent calendar. You can make such a craft with a child, and it will be very convenient for him to count the days until the most important holiday or before the holidays. You can download the template under the photo.

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# 3 Origami

You can make a snowman out of paper using the origami technique. There is nothing complicated, you just need to clearly follow the instructions, which are detailed in the picture below.

# 4 Bulky snowmen

You can also make voluminous snowmen from paper. For example, here is a volumetric geometric snowman, which you can easily make using ready-made templates, which can be downloaded under the picture. How to fold the workpiece is described in detail in the MK in the picture.

And here is the same snowman, just melted. You can also download the scheme under the master class.

And here is a snowman with a voluminous belly. Draw a blank for the snowman's body and additionally cut out a few circles to fit the bottom of the snowman. Bend the circles in half and glue them together, and then glue them to the workpiece. Volumetric snowman hectare a Christmas tree with your own hands is ready!

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#Vytynanka

If you have never heard of vytynanka, then it's time to get acquainted with this type of needlework. What are these same vytynanka - these are carved patterns from paper. Moreover, you can cut not only abstract patterns, but also entire concrete compositions. The protrusions are often used to decorate the windows of schools, kindergartens, shops and office buildings. Winter compositions look especially beautiful. Perhaps that is why it is customary for us to decorate windows with cutouts in new year holidays. Ready templates snowmen you can find below.

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Snowmen made of felt

Felt is considered to be an excellent material for needlework. From this, at first glance, unremarkable material, you can create incredible crafts... In this article, you will find more than 30 DIY snowman templates and patterns.

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Embroidery

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Snowmen treats

You can decorate with snowmen New Year's table... Themed treats for children's parties are especially relevant. So if you are planning a big children's party, be sure to pay attention to the snowmen as a treat.

An unusual delicacy awaits guests of salty rings and white chocolate. You will need: chewy toffee, ringlet, chocolate (white and dark). Put the toffee on the parchment and put some melted chocolate in the center. Then put the rings in this place and secure with chocolate again. Fill the rings themselves with chocolate and decorate with chocolate chips (eyes, nose, mouth, buttons). Wait until the chocolate hardens and wrap the toffee scarf. Treats are very easy to remove from the parchment. All that remains is to put the snowmen on a plate!

And here are the snowmen on a stick. For cooking, you will need a sandwich cookie, white chocolate, chocolate chips and red round candies. Place the cookies on a stick and dip in chocolate. Decorate immediately with chocolate chips and red candy and send to dry. You can dry it on parchment, the chocolate will not stick or rub off.

And for the preparation of such a treat you will need: chocolate (white and dark), bread sticks, marmalade for the nose. First, dip each stick in white chocolate and press firmly against each other on parchment paper. Wait until it is completely dry. After that, dip this design in dark chocolate (for the hat), draw the eyes, mouth and put the gummy nose. Wait until it dries and you can try it!

Here is such a delicious gift you can decorate as a snowman. You will need powdered sugar donuts, a plastic bag, red tape, black paper, a marker. Donuts can be bought at the store or made by yourself. Well, then everything is simple: put them in a bag, tie them up with a ribbon (like a scarf), stick on a hat and draw a muzzle. A great gift for a work colleague!

And here's a special treat - melted snowmen. Take a cookie, put chewing marshmallows (marshmallows) on it, cover with foil and put in the oven for a few minutes. The marshmallow will melt a little. Now put on the second marshmallow on top, draw a face and decorate with marmalade or sweets. Use toothpicks as pens.

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Snowmen christmas balls

A snowman with your own hands can be made from Christmas balls... For such a craft, you will need either a special blank or an old Christmas tree ball. Below are several master classes for making snowmen from Christmas balls with your own hands.

To make such a snowman, you will need a ball blank, an old sock, acrylic paint(or gouache), marker. Cut off the sock and put it on the ball. Pour some paint inside the ball and twist the workpiece so that the paint evenly covers the walls of the ball from the inside. Tie a sock on top and draw the eyes, nose and mouth for the snowman. The snowman Christmas toy is ready!

And here is another simple option for making a Christmas tree toy in the form of a snowman with your own hands. For manufacturing, you will need a ball blank, foam balls or white beads, a marker. Pour foam or white beads into the blank to the top, close the ball and draw a face. The Christmas ball-snowman is ready!

Here's another variation on the theme of foam balls or beads. The only difference between this MK and the previous one is the decor of the ball itself, i.e. snowman. In this craft, the Snowman is additionally decorated with warm headphones. Alternatively, you can put on a hat, a cap or a more traditional option for us - a bucket.

But about the same snowman from a Christmas ball, only artificial snow is poured into the workpiece.

And here great option crafts for children. Kids still do not know how to draw properly, but they will definitely be able to decorate the Christmas ball with snowmen from fingerprints. For a detailed MK, see the photo below.

And this option is suitable for those who do not have a blank, but have an ordinary Christmas tree ball that is not decorated with anything.

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Snowmen from scrap materials

It often happens that you want to be creative, but there is nothing at hand. Someone gets upset and leaves this venture until better times, while someone is looking for other opportunities. And rightly so, you can make crafts with your own hands from a variety of and sometimes unexpected materials, which are sure to be found in every home. Now we will talk about such crafts.

# 1 Cotton pads snowmen

It's hard to find a woman or girl who doesn't have cotton pads... And they make wonderful New Year's crafts, especially if it comes about snowmen. The cotton pad already has the correct round shape so you don't need to cut anything out.

To create the volume of the craft, you can put some ordinary cotton wool between the discs. Then the craft will resemble a miniature soft toy.

With babies from cotton pads, you can make appliqués by arranging them in a frame like a picture or make, for example, a postcard to grandmother or dad.

If there are no cotton pads, cotton balls are also suitable for crafts. As a last resort, just pick up small pieces of regular cotton wool and glue. It will even be more interesting.

Well, how exactly to glue cotton wool is up to you. Turn on your imagination, and ice cream snowman is not the limit!

# 2 Paper plate snowmen

Cool crafts can be made from ordinary paper plates. Step-by-step master class for making a snowman-skier you will find below. The craft will appeal to both toddlers and older children.

And here is a simpler option: a snowman made of a triangle. Ideal for kindergarten.

Or, for example, another simple do-it-yourself snowman, which can be made with kindergarten children. Simple, fast, cute!

And of course a shiny snowman. We all saw how the snow shimmers in the sun. So that our snowman also shimmers like this, we will cover it with coarse salt. A pair of buttons for the eyes, a pair for a blush - and the snowman is ready!

# 3 Snowmen from paper cups

Of the materials at hand for making a snowman, paper cups are also suitable. In addition, for decoration, you will need several strips of felt, pom-pom and fluffy wire. Step by step photo see instructions below.

# 4 Snowmen from plastic cups

You can also make a snowman with your own hands from plastic cups. The statue turns out to be huge and better fit for outdoor decor. So if there is no snow, collect the children from the yard and make a snowman without snow for the whole yard! Snow and snow, and the festive mood should be no matter what!

# 5 Snowman made of plastic bottles

By the way, healthy snowmen are made from ordinary plastic bottles. So if you collect your trash separately, it's finally time for plastic bottles. Go ahead for the decor! By the way, snowmen from plastic bottles can be used as bowling pins for New Year's bowling! Sign the number of points on each snowman and the whole family have real pleasure from new year holidays!

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# 7 Salted dough snowmen

If you haven't found anything suitable for crafts, then it's time to do some salt dough crafts. There is definitely a place for real sculptors to roam here. Well, kids can make crafts using fingerprints.

You can get a little creative and mold a melted snowman.

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TO new year, everyone is trying to do original crafts and postcards... I would like to suggest to the MAAAM people to make a multi-layered tunnel postcard... The technique is interesting and my favorite.

HAPPY SNOWMAN

On the Internet, I found a coloring suitable for the topic and made stencils out of it. Then I decomposed them into 3 parts.: foreground, middle and background. I drew 3 frames from white cardboard and began to fill them with characters. In the background, I decided to place trees, then Christmas trees. And in the foreground was the main snowman hero... I carefully cut out all the blanks and decided to decorate them with glitter glue different colors... It's fast and beautiful. The back wall - a background of blue cardboard - decorated using multi-colored satin ribbons and sequins. Cut out another frame of blue color and eight accordions with a width of one strip of 1.5 cm, a total of 4 strips in one accordion. When all the details were ready, I proceeded to the most interesting thing - assembly. Here is such I got a three-dimensional New Year card. A cheerful snowman is ready for the New Year!

For this craft you need:

1) 4 sheets of A4 white cardboard

2) 2 sheets of A4 blue cardboard

3) Stencil coloring with snowman

4) Scissors

6) Satin ribbons different colors

7) Sequins

8) Glitter glue

SNOW MAIDEN

And here is the option postcards with the Snow Maiden.

For this craft you need:

1) 4 sheets of A4 white cardboard (3 character sheets, 1 accordion sheet)

2) 2 sheets of A4 purple cardboard

3) Stencil coloring with Snow Maiden

4) Scissors

6) Fluorescent colored paper

7) Sequins

8) Glitter glue

9) Self-adhesive holographic silver film

10) White thread with lurex for braids

11) Braid, ribbons

Postcard "Snowman": do-it-yourself paper crafts with children. Master class in step by step photos.

Postcard: snowman

The master class on the "Rodnaya trail" is conducted by Vera Parfentieva - a reader of the site, a participant in our Internet Workshop of developing games "Through the game - to success!", A technology teacher, head of the circle artistic creation for kids.

Postcard "Snowman" made of paper: tools and materials

To make a Christmas card with a snowman, you must prepare the following materials and tools:

- ½ sheet of white cardboard or landscape sheet;

- ¼ sheet of colored paper;

- corner punch;

- gouache paints;

- brush, sponge or foam rubber;

- cardboard template;

- glue stick;

- 2 paper clips.

Read a poem about a snowman to your child and invite him to draw it on a New Year's card.

DIY paper card "Snowman": a description of the manufacture in step-by-step photos

Step 1. Making the basis for the card with a snowman.

Cut a sheet of A4 white cardboard or a landscape sheet into 2 equal parts. Fold 1/2 sheet of cardboard in half.

Step 2. Making a frame.

Reduce 1/4 of a sheet of blue paper by cutting it off by 1.5 - 2 cm on both sides (the value depends on how much you want to leave the frame white).

Use a corner punch to arrange the corners on blue paper.

Lubricate with glue seamy side the edges of the blue paper and stick it on white cardboard so that a white frame remains on all sides.

Step 3. Making a snowman template.

Cut cardboard to the size of the postcard (from a notebook cover or from a box of chocolates), on which draw two circles with a compass: the upper one is slightly smaller in size than the lower one, or circle any two round objects. V this case the diameter of the upper circle is 4.5 cm, the diameter of the lower one is 5.5 cm. Cut out two circles, getting the shape of the number 8 inside the cardboard.

You will end up with a piece of cardboard with an 8-shaped hole inside (our snowman template).

Place the template on the blank of the postcard.

Step 4. Draw a snowman.

Attach the cardboard template to the card with paper clips. Dip a sponge or a piece of foam rubber in white paint and stamp them on the blue paper inside the circles, leaving the uppermost part, where the snowman's hat will be, unpainted.

Step 5. Let's see what we've got.

Remove the template from the postcard. Here's what you got.

Step 6. Draw drifts.

Similarly, apply white paint around the snowman - these are snowdrifts. You can press down the sponge stick harder to print a white circle - snowballs.

Step 7. Draw a snowman's hat.

Draw a hat with a lapel and a pompom in a bright color.

Step 8. Decorate the snowman's face.

Draw orange nose - carrots. Mark the mouth with black paint, and with the help of an ear stick, put two dots - the eyes.

Step 9. Draw a scarf.

Draw a scarf, fringe with bright paint. And draw stripes with several lines of black paint.

Step 10. Draw handles and buttons.

Use an ear stick to put 3 dots on the bottom circle of the snowman with dark green paint - these are buttons. And draw handles - brooms with brown paint with a thin brush.

Admiring, our snowman is ready!

Of course, you can choose the colors yourself! Instead of a hat, you can draw a bucket, a saucepan, a hat with earflaps, a beret, a cap - this is your creativity!

This is what happened with Nastya, 7 years old

Or you can decorate the corners of the postcard with shiny stickers - there are a lot of them now on sale and so diverse!

Creative task:

- Learn any snowman poem. Draw a snowman and design a New Year's card. What character does your snowman have? How did you depict his mood on your postcard?

- You already know several ways to draw trees. Draw a winter tree. Make several snowman templates of different sizes and draw a winter landscape with snowmen under the tree on another card.

Good afternoon. Today we will make our own New Year cards. I will show you the most interesting ways and techniques. You will not only see the photos, but you will also receive detailed instructions and schemes for creating each such postcard. I will give you the necessary master classes to illustrate complex techniques (quilling, origami) step by step.

I decided to divide the entire article into 5 parts - on topics of New Year's cards.

1. We will first look at the most different trees on postcards.
2. Then I will show you what Santa Clauses can decorate your postcard.
3. Then we will make Snowmen using different techniques.
4. Then we move on to Christmas wreaths.
5. And of course, consider the applications of snowflakes on postcards.

So let's get started ...

Part one

Christmas tree on New Year's cards.

Method number 1 - paper triangles.

If you still have old signed New Year's cards, you can no longer transfer them in a second round. But you can use them to create NEW postcards... You can cut a triangle out of a New Year's card, put it on a leg and get a Christmas tree. The New Year's motive on the card turned out by itself - like the coloring of a Christmas tree.

Or you can cut the Christmas tree out of a regular cardboard box - the rough corrugated packing carton will blend in with delicate lace or pearls beads. And you will receive an elegant handmade New Year card.

You can cut out a triangular silhouette of a Christmas tree with wavy edges, and glue it over with sequins imitating Christmas decorations on the tree.

You can give the triangular silhouette of the herringbone a scalloped edge (like in the photo cards below). And also you can cut out several silhouettes at once and arrange them on one New Year's card.

On the blue New Year's card with the photo below, we see how a voluminous blade herringbone is glued from three triangles.

Or one silhouette of the Christmas tree can be larger in size and with a different shade of color - we put it as a duplicate background under the upper silhouette (as on the right Christmas card with the photo below).

Method number 2 - paper ribbons on a New Year's card.

From paper or textile ribbons, you can very quickly and easily form a herringbone applique.

You can use regular strips of colored paper. Or buy a braid with embroidery in the sewing department of the store. Or in the gift department of the store, buy a sheet of elegant wrapping paper and cut patterned stripes from it for a Christmas tree applique on a New Year's card.

Here in the photo below we see several options for creating such a Christmas tree applique.

The paper strips do not have to be glued in a strict order and symmetry. You can cut strips of four lengths - 10 cm, 8 cm, 5 cm, 3 cm.And arrange them in a chaotic oblique order starting from the bottom of 10 cm, in the middle we lay strips of 3 cm and 5 cm, and at the top of 3 cm. paper star and we get a New Year's card with our own hands as in the left photo below.

You can also take a triangle cut out of thick cardboard and glue it over with strips of paper or fabric, bending the edges of the strips to the wrong side of the cardboard triangle. And we will get a ready-made elegant Christmas tree that you can safely stick on your postcard (right photo below).

But with paper strips, you can do not only flat applications. You can make Christmas trees in volumetric technique... Here I give detailed description how to make a looped Christmas tree on a red New Year's card from the left photo below with your own hands.

Step 1 - cut into narrow and long strips - their lengths will also be different: 2 strips of 15 cm, 2 strips of 12 cm, 2 strips of 9 cm, and one strip of 7 cm.

Step 2 - v front side postcard with a blade we make slots - 2 slots on both sides along an imaginary line(the width of each slot is such that our strip can easily fit into it).

Step 3 - pushing each strip at one end through 2 slots- we turn it with a loop and again return to the same slots. The ends of the strip that meet on the side glue in the same loop as on the opposite side.

We repeat a similar procedure with the rest of the strips. Naturally, it is necessary to arrange the strips from bottom to top in decreasing order (long at the bottom, short at the top).

Or you can cut 6 paper strips the same length of 12 cm... Bend each strip in half and intertwine the flaps of the halves with each other cross to cross - in a checkerboard weave. It just looks difficult. And in fact it is simple. Here you can tear out a sheet from a notebook and cut 6 strips of any length and practice on such a rough material - to see how simple and easy everything is.

And here is another New Year's card, where the tree is also made of strips of paper... Only used here crepe paper(with a crumpled wrinkled effect) - it is sold in rolls in stationery stores (like wallpaper).

Step 1 - We cut wide strips of different lengths - 12 cm, 10 cm, 8 cm, 6 cm, 4 cm.

Step 2 - On the postcard, we outline the line-tiers (rounded), to these lines we will glue each tier of our Christmas tree made of paper. We attach a strip of double-sided tape to these drawn lines.

Step 3 - We take the longest strip (12 cm) and fold its entire upper edge into small folds - tweaks - and place these tucks on the lower line of the tape. Take the next largest strip (10 cm) and do the same. And so we move to the upper tier of the tree. Then we decorate the Christmas tree on the New Year's card for any design at our discretion.

Method number 3 - paper circles.

And here is a way to make a Christmas tree on a New Year's card using mugs cut from paper. You can cut the circles to the same size (like the blue postcard in the photo below). Or you can cut the circles into 4 different sizes - 2 circles for each size. And then the Christmas tree will turn out triangular(tapering towards the top) as in the red New Year's card from the photo below.

Method number 4 - quilling technique for postcards for the New Year.

And here is another technique by which very beautiful handmade New Year cards are obtained. Beautiful twists can be made from paper strips.

This is how the process of creating a Christmas tree using the quilling technique looks like. Cut the paper into even strips(It is convenient to do this under the ruler with a paper knife - on a wooden board so as not to cut the table. Or you can buy ready-made strips for quilling. Or you can get a machine for cutting quilling strips.

We lay each twist in a circle template(so that the twists are the same size). Let the tight twist open a little, unwind - but within the framework of a round stencil. And then glue the tail-tip of the twist to the barrel of the twist itself... That is, we fix its size. So it will be possible to remove it from the stencil frame and not be afraid that it will unwind and increase its size.

If you don't have a stencil, you can use round caps for creams or drinks... Place the twist on the bottom of the glass or lid and allow it to unwind to the diameter of the lid. Then gently pull it out with tweezers and fix the twist tail with glue.

Pinch the round twists on one side with your finger to give it the shape of a drop.

We add drops of different sizes in pairs - and we get a quick and simple Christmas tree.

Quilling technique allows you to create the most different models Christmas trees made of paper twists.

Method number 5 - paper rolls.

Or you can cut the paper into wide strips different lengths- and roll each strip into a roll. It's easy to do if wrap it around a pencil- glue, wait for the glue to set - and only then remove from the pencil. These rolls of different lengths make a beautiful Christmas tree on a postcard. Do it yourself quickly and easily. Paper can be used simple color... Or buy sheets gift wrapping paper(sold in the gift department).

Method number 6 - mosaic herringbone on a postcard.

It is possible as a quality material to create christmas tree use any small details. Sliced ​​snowflakes or butterflies. Buttons or origami stars or bolts and nuts (if you are preparing a postcard for your husband and want to make it in a brutal style).

Method number 7 - lace Christmas tree on a New Year's card.

You can make beautiful lace on a New Year's card. you can use ready made lace paper napkins (sold at a household goods store, in the same place as the muffin tins). These napkins are often placed under cakes and other culinary items.)

Or you can create paper lace yourself- by folding the paper as for cutting out a snowflake. And put an interesting pattern with holes along the folded edge.

Can you fold the cut-out snowflake in the shape of a herringbone and stick on a New Year's card.

Method number 8 - origami technique.

And here are New Year's cards, which are decorated with a Christmas tree folded from a napkin. Such folding origami in the form of a Christmas tree are made quite quickly and from a simple square (you do not need to cut anything). The main thing is that each upper square is slightly smaller in size than the lower one. And then the tiers of our Christmas tree will narrow towards the top.

Below I have depicted a diagram that illustrates the process of creating paper blanks for a Christmas tree for a postcard.

But you yourself can come up with YOUR OWN interpretations of a modular paper tree. Come up with your own triangular folds and create your own personalized Christmas card with a Christmas tree.

Method number 9 - folding herringbone on a postcard.

And here is another foldable herringbone. Everything here is quite simple and is made from a detached solid sheet of cardboard. And if you wish, you can additionally decorate the Christmas tree with inserts of colored paper and decorations.

And also you can quickly fold an origami Christmas tree out of paper in this semicircular pattern. You can copy the shape of the tree and fold lines directly from the monitor screen. To zoom in or out on the screen, scroll the mouse wheel forward or backward while holding down the Ctrl button.

Or you can make such a tree yourself without a drawing. And just bending the semicircle back and forth several times, as shown in the picture below.

If such a semicircular pattern for a folding Christmas tree is not made with an even edge, but the circle of the pattern is serrated into soft ruffles or teeth, then the edges of our tiers at the Christmas tree will turn out to be curly, as in the photo of New Year's cards below.

Method # 10 - paper carving.

Also, for Christmas cards, the cuff carving technique is suitable. This technique is very easy to do. Part of the picture is cut with a razor blade and folded back. We see the most primitive sample in the right photo below - half of the contours of the Christmas tree and snowflake are cut off and simply bent.

You can make a double contour - and then the fold will turn out in the form of a narrow silhouette strip, as is done on the left postcard with the photo below.

Or you can cut and bend downwards each tier silhouette of a Christmas tree on a postcard. And we will get a Christmas card with the photo below.

You can first practice on any rough piece of paper - to see how easy it is to actually implement such a postcard carving technique and make your own unique New Year's craft.

This we examined New Year's cards with a Christmas tree theme, and now let's look at all the other New Year's themes with which you can decorate our cards with your own hands.

Part two

GRANDFATHER FROST on postcards.

Large applications in the shape of Santa Claus will decorate any Christmas card. There is no need to make a full-length silhouette of Santa Claus somewhere in the corner of the postcard in the form of a small booger. It is better to take the largest size of a hat, beard and take the whole part of the postcard with these main elements of Santa Claus - a red nose, mustache, beard, hat.

You can fold Santa Claus for a postcard using the origami technique - as shown in the photo below.

Part three

SNOWMAN on New Year's cards.

Now you can move on to the new character of the Christmas holidays - the snowman. Usually we are used to seeing him on crafts in the form of three white rounds and a bucket on his head. But you can get creative with the task of portraying a snowman on a postcard. For example, make it look out from behind the Christmas tree - as in the left photo below.

Or take already finished postcard with a snowman - cut it into strips of different lengths - and from these strips fold a herringbone pyramid. Fold in such a way that on some of the strips you can see the sly face of a snowman (as on the left Christmas card with the photo below).

Also, you are not required to make a snowman applique on a classic white paper postcard. You can take the music staff of a New Year's song on the Internet - put it on print, and cut out round discs from such paper for applying a snowman.

Or take a printed text about New Year's traditions and from such a text embed rounds for a snowman.

You can make a snowman on a postcard from a paper fan. When the fan is bent in half - and its blades unfold in a circle.

You can make a snowman on a postcard using the quilling technique. Twist twist modules from paper white strips, and fold a quilling snowman.

You can portray a snowman in an interesting, unusual angle or setting. It could be a snowman TOP VIEW (like in the left photo below) ... or a snowman inside a snow globe (like in the right photo).

You can make an applique for a snowman that pierces a snowflake with his nose. Or a snowman-lord with a top hat and a red bow around his neck.

It is not necessary to put a bucket on the snowman. The snowman looks good in a neat black hat with a brim decorated with a sprig of holly.

A snowman on a postcard can be depicted in an extremely schematic way. A semicircle, a strip of a scarf, two beads of eyes and an orange triangle of the nose.

You can make a simplified silhouette of a snowman as the side of a two-layer postcard as in the photo below.

Or you can use the entire white background of the postcard as the body of a snowman. This principle is shown on the New Year's cards with the photo below.

The most difficult thing is to make a volumetric 3D postcard with a silhouette of a snowman.

Part four

DEER on Christmas cards.

Another New Year's character that looks festive on New Year's cards is a deer.

It can also be portrayed outside the box, but in an interesting situation. For example, it can be a reindeer singing Christmas songs with inspiration, playing a drum, or ice skating - everything is up to your imagination.

You can choose the simplest silhouette applique of ONLY DEER HEAD on postcards.

Or you can decorate a New Year's card with the silhouette of a whole deer - from horns to hooves.

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SNOWFLAKES on New Year's cards.

You can cut 2 ordinary stars out of paper and fold them on top of each other with an offset of one ray - and we will get an elegant snowflake on a Christmas card with our own hands.

Can be done beautiful snowflake in volumetric convex technique.

Or embroider a snowflake from threads. That is, apply a symmetrical pattern of punctures. And then, in a certain order, lace up these puncture holes with threads to make an openwork snowflake.

You don't have to come up with very complex weaves. Even small patterns of thread and needles will decorate your New Year cards.

In this thread technique, you can perform not only snowflakes, but also any other New Year's motives.

And of course a snowflake using the quilling technique.

Here in the photo below we see the stages of creating a complex snowflake from ordinary quilling modules - you need to start each snowflake from the center - and grow petals to the middle - circle by circle.

Your Christmas card with snowflakes can resemble a layer cake, in which a variety of details are mixed, layering and bumping into each other in an elegant chaos of beauty.

The snowflake on your card can be made of paper modules made using origami technique.

Part five

Wreaths on New Year's cards.

And here is the theme of festive Christmas wreaths. On a postcard, they can be depicted in any technique. It can be a flat appliqué of any geometric shapes, decorated with ribbons, buttons and other tinsel.

You can make a New Year's card in the form of a door on which such a Christmas wreath hangs.

The quilling technique is also ideal for creating modules for a Christmas wreath.

New Year's cards can be decorated with birds. They can sing winter songs while sitting on birch musical branches.

Also, New Year's cards can depict a winter window through which you can see either a snowy landscape or a festive room with a Christmas tree.

And here are some more ideas for how to give money in a New Year's card ... We are used to investing money inside a postcard. But you can put the money outside, making it part of the overall New Year's application. I will now explain how to place the money on the front side of the postcard and not spoil it with glue.

Here on the first postcard we see a bill folded in a triangular cone - a ribbon was glued to the card (not money, we don’t spoil it with glue) and glued the ribbon so that it was glued to the glue in the middle, and its tails hung loosely. We put a cone of the Christmas tree-money on the ribbon - and we tie it, we tie it with the free ends of the ribbon.

In the second case we glue the snowman - but not just glue it - but on plump pieces of styrofoam stumps. That is, the snowman turns out to be towering on the postcard. Thus, the snowman's neck turns out to be pushed away from the postcard canvas - and you can safely slip a bill rolled into a strip under his neck.

And in the third case - we roll up the candle tubes out of paper. We glue them with ribs to the postcard. And in each tube we put a banknote rolled into a narrow roll.

Like these ones original ideas for New Year's cards I found for you during these holidays.

Successful New Year's crafts and a Happy New Year.

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Snowman card is wonderful volumetric applique, which a child can do for his loved ones on the eve of the New Year holidays.

For work, you will need the following materials:

• White paper for a snowman;
• Cardboard of the desired shade for the postcard;
• Red paper for a hat;
• Yellow and brown broom papers;
• Scissors, pencil, glue stick, black felt-tip pen;
• Any decor or figured composters to decorate a postcard.

Christmas card with a snowman step by step

Making a snowman

Use a template or draw a snowman yourself, consisting of two circles, where the bottom larger, and the top one is less. Cut off the top of the top circle.

Cut 5 blanks out of white paper using your own or provided template.

Fold each of them in half.

Now you need to glue all the blanks together. Apply glue to one side of the folded blank and glue the other to it.

In the same way, glue all 5 parts, carefully adjusting the edges so that the snowman is as consistent and neat as possible.

Making a cylinder

Now cut 5 cylinders according to the template.

Fold each in half. And then glue it together, just like you would a snowman.

A voluminous snowman and a top hat are ready. They are not yet glued to the base, so they can subsequently be positioned as desired.

Making a broom

Optionally, you can make a broom for the snowman. To do this, fold brown paper into a thin tube. Then cut off a strip of yellow paper and cut its wide edge into thin strips.

Finally, the yellow fringed strip should be wrapped around the brown tube.

What could be a card with a snowman?

All parts of the snowman are ready, now you can make a postcard. You will need cardboard. You can cut out a rectangle from it, a little larger than a snowman, and glue a hat in the center of the snowman, on top of it, add a broom, draw eyes, a smile, buttons with a black felt-tip pen. Decorate the card itself with snowflakes or any desired decor. You can also fold the cardboard in half, glue a snowman on top, and write a congratulation in the middle.

Another great option for decorating a card with a snowman is to fold the cardboard in half, having previously determined the height and width. And then glue the snowman in the very center, in the fold area. Due to the fact that the snowman and his hat are themselves folded in half, they will fit perfectly into the fold, the card can be opened and closed without any problems. The rest of the area of ​​the postcard can be decorated at your own discretion.