If spending on New Year's paraphernalia is not included in your plans, then DIY paper Christmas toys will be a way out for you. In addition, such an original Christmas tree gift will be remembered for a long time.

The sacramental meaning of the New Year and Christmas is in bringing family members closer together. And what brings people together better than joint creativity ?! Making New Year's toys with your own hands in the company of household members is an exciting activity in itself, not to mention its results - original New Year's decorations that can be hung on tree.

If you make toys with your own hands from glass, porcelain, beads, then it will take a lot of time and require certain skills. Against this background, paper toys are a simple option that can be made with your child and put on the Christmas tree. Here are step-by-step diagrams and videos of master classes - 2017 making such crafts with your own hands.

Christmas balls made of paper 2016

To make this Christmas tree decoration with your own hands, you will need a minimum of materials. The main thing here is patience and sleight of hand. Do not be discouraged if you do not get a toy right away, as in the photo - such decorations require a certain skill that will come with time. Therefore, immediately tune in that the first toys will not turn out to be the most accurate. But the result will exceed all expectations and justify your efforts!

Christmas paper balls 2016: making stencils

So, in order to do this with your own hands christmas ball on the tree, you must perform the following sequence of actions:

• Print the stencil on the printer. We suggest using the following pictures:

• Then take thick sheets of colored paper and trace the stencil with a pencil.

Advice! If the printer allows, stencils can be printed immediately on colored paper. This will save time and effort.

• Carefully cut out the details of the future toy.
• Place the resulting blanks in the shape of a flower. Fasten the center with a circle cut out of colored paper, firmly gluing it, as shown in the photo.

Christmas balls made of paper-2016: main work

Further work will require manual dexterity.

• The most important and interesting step is weaving. To do this, sequentially weave one strip into another, as shown in the photo.

Advice! Use different colored paper to make the toy more interesting and colorful. And so that the toy does not fall apart during weaving, use clothespins.

• When you are almost done braiding, glue the ends of the paper ribbons together.
• In the part of the ball where you glued the circle (see step one), make a small cut in the form of a line. Insert a nice tape into it and glue it on. NS It is better to burn it beforehand so that it retains its original appearance.

The original New Year's paper toys of the new 2017 are ready! Using different stencils and colors, you can create a wide variety of balls. Another interesting version of the 2017 ball with your own hands can be seen in the video:

Interesting New Year's paper toys for the celebration of 2017 can be made in the form of lanterns. This version of New Year's decoration came to us from our grandmothers and was popular at a time when toys were hard to find on sale. The flashlight is even easier to make than the previous toy. Even a child can be involved in the process of creating it. An interesting version of the craft in the shape of a flashlight can be seen in this video:

Magic lamps

Lamps for the new 2017 can be made from scrap materials. To do this, you only need scissors, glue and colored paper or cardboard packaging:

1. Take two sheets: one is yellow, the second is contrasting, for example, purple. Cut out two rectangles. Yellow - 100x180, purple - 120x180 (in millimeters).
2. Take a yellow rectangle and glue its edges in a tubular shape. Then put it aside and move on to the purple part. Fold the sheet in half and make cuts with scissors, leaving space at the edges. We also glue in the form of a tube, like a yellow sheet of paper or cardboard. The photo shows how to make a red flashlight. The sequence of actions is similar.
3. If you cut everything neatly, then the yellow tube should go into the purple one. Moreover, it must not be pushed through to the end. Its edge must be greased with glue, and only then insert the resulting yellow flashlight into the purple tube completely. The same must be done on the other side of it. Pull up on the purple part slightly to release the yellow part. Cover it with glue. This will lock the yellow leaf into the purple.
4. To make the flashlight more realistic, you should make a handle. To do this, cut a narrow strip of purple paper or cardboard and glue it to the flashlight.
5. Your magic flashlight is ready. This is one of the simplest crafts, even a child can handle it.

How to make a do-it-yourself flashlight for the celebration of 2017, you can watch in this video:

3D paper star

Another popular Christmas tree toy for celebrating 2017 is the star. A rare tree does without it. This toy is both effective and easy to make. To do this, you will need the same materials as for the previous jewelry. All that remains is to add a thread. Read a master class or watch a video.

• Two 10x10 squares need to be cut out of colored paper. You can use your imagination to the fullest: your stars do not have to be yellow. Use purple, red, blue, pink colors! And your tree will sparkle with different colors.
• Make two folds in half on a piece of colored paper, and then two folds diagonally.
• Make small cuts on the edges of the paper and fold into the corners (as shown in the photo).

• Glue the corners in the center, leaving the rest of them free (this will give the future star volume). You should get some kind of rays.

Advice! Hold the corners while gluing with your finger. This will make them stick together better.

• Repeat this procedure with the second sheet of colored paper.
• We glue the two halves of the star into one. Do not forget to put the edge of the ribbon between them, for which you hang the star on the tree.
• Give the star time to dry. It will take about 20 minutes.

The New Year is certainly a fun and long-awaited holiday, but often the joy of the celebration is overshadowed by long receipts from stores and colossal cash costs. If you want to forget about the "wind in your wallet" once and for all - learn to make New Year's toys out of paper! Free, exciting, and most importantly - with a soul! Isn't this a gift each of us dreams of?

Toy "Bunny"

Instructions on how to make a New Year's toy will come in handy if you want to decorate a room or present a gift in an unusual package! You can put sweets, money, cute knick-knacks or any other gift into such an unusual shape!

All that is required is to print the scheme you like on a color printer and glue the elements! Even a child can cope with this task, so you can safely engage in this fascinating hand-made with the whole family!

Paper toy "Bunny" can be a great decoration for a Christmas tree or a cute gift wrapping.

Paper lantern

Children's New Year's paper crafts are stunning in their variety. Help your child cut and glue such an openwork lantern, which can be a wonderful gift wrapping at the same time.

Follow the scheme shown in the photo, and you will definitely succeed! As a material, you can use thick paper or cardboard.

If you want to make a paper Christmas toy, download these schemes for free!

Volumetric snowflake

Volumetric paper snowflakes look very impressive and beautiful. Making such beauty with your own hands is quite simple. We offer you schemes of volumetric paper snowflakes of varying complexity. Among them, you will definitely find the one that you like the most.

Fold the two square sheets diagonally and then again to form isosceles triangles. Then cut out the "petals", as shown in the photo, and in each of them make 2 equally spaced cuts, not reaching the core.

Expand the resulting blank and glue the middle "petals" to the core. Do the same with the second triangle, and then fasten both blanks with the back sides crosswise.

Even a small child can make such a voluminous paper snowflake. Fold the sheet of paper like an accordion and staple it in the center with a stationery stapler. Cut out any drawing you like or punch the "accordion" with a hole punch.

Make a second exactly the same blank, unfold them and fasten together with a stapler or transparent tape.

Such New Year's paper crafts can be decorated with sparkles or made from multi-colored materials.

We hope you found at least one instruction on how to make a Christmas toy useful. Such creativity significantly improves the mood and creates the desired festive atmosphere. Therefore, if you feel that the joyful vanity for some reason bypassed you, try to "lure" it by starting to make paper toys for the new year! Finally, the video material will allow you to "stir up" your imagination and, perhaps, throw up a couple of creative ideas!

Do not think that New Year's paper toys are boring and primitive, because everything depends on you! Choose unusual paper and create real miracles with it!

Lanterns, garlands, snowflakes - famous paper crafts from childhood - will not cease to be interesting and delight kids in the pre-holiday season. Together with the children, you can plunge into the magical atmosphere of the holiday and take a short break from adult affairs.

Paper is the most affordable and easy-to-use material. We have prepared both traditional crafts and unusual ideas that will allow you to look at creativity in a new way!

For such an asterisk and a Christmas tree, double-sided scrapbooking paper is best suited: it is thick, beautiful. Kids will love to tinker with it.

A garland of strips of paper is a well-forgotten old thing. The more colorful the stripes, the better! This craft is suitable for diligent children, in addition, making it develops other skills. For example, ask your child to continue the sequence of colors on the garland - two blue, two red, one yellow ...

Not a single New Year is complete without snowflakes, even colored paper is not required, plain white is enough. We have prepared a huge number of cutting templates for you.

And here is a large snowflake made of strips of paper, you can use it to decorate a door or hang it on the wall.

Unusual snowflake patterns will be a great decoration for a New Year's candlestick.

Very young children can simply wrap glasses with colored paper and then watch the color of the flame change (of course, under the supervision of adults).

New Year's crafts can be made not only from plain paper, but also from toilet paper. That is, from a tube from her 🙂 Paint the tubes in different colors, draw funny faces, glue the eyes.

The vintage star and wreath on the door are made of the same material.

Not only toilet paper can help in creating New Year's decor, you can use bags of juice, paper plates, cups.

A beautiful house made of cardboard or paper is a creative option for older children. Following the link, you can download a large number of templates and schemes.

Crafts using the "accordion" technique give a lot of scope for creativity and imagination. See what you can create!

Very young needlewomen can be given to paint the figures of snowmen, grandfathers, frosts or snow maidens. And then cut them out. The result will be visible immediately, because kids don't like to wait so much!

We hope these photo ideas will help you in family preparation for the holidays. Have a nice creativity and Happy New Year!

You don't have to buy a lot of toys and ornaments to decorate your Christmas tree or home.

If you have colored paper, cardboard, glue, and a few extra simple materials, you can create a ton of Christmas crafts.

Here are just a few of the paper crafts for the new year:

What can be made of paper for the New Year: tube decoration

You will need:

- 2 sheets of cardboard of different colors or 2 sheets of paper for scrapbooking

- scissors

- PVA glue

- braid

- a ring with a chain attachment (if desired)

1. From one piece of cardboard, cut 14 squares approximately 2.5 cm on a side.

2. From the second sheet of cardboard, cut 14 squares with a side of about 3 cm.

3. Begin bending the opposite ends of the squares as shown in the image — one end on top of the other. Add some glue where the ends overlap.

4. From any sheet of cardboard cut out a circle with a diameter of 5 cm. Mark its center.

5. Apply glue to the circle and start gluing the prepared tubes - first the large tubes, and then the small ones - they are glued over the large tubes.

* Try to stick the tube to the tube evenly.

* You may not need all the prepared straws for the craft - this is normal.

* As additional decorations, glue some rhinestones to the craft (this is optional).

6. Add braid - it can be glued or threaded into the ring attached to the jewelry.

DIY Christmas paper cones

You will need:

- colored paper or cardboard

- Ruler and pencil

- scissors

- PVA glue or pins

- foam ball

- braid

* If you did not find a foam ball, then it can be replaced with a crumpled sheet of ball-shaped paper wrapped in thread that secures the shape.

1. From paper or cardboard, cut out strips that are 2.5 cm thick.

2. Cut each strip across into small pieces 2.5 cm wide - you will get several squares.

3. Fold each square as shown in the image - make an arrow by bending the opposite ends.

4. Prepare a ball and start gluing (or pinning) paper blanks to it as shown in the image. Do everything in layers - first the bottom row, then move up, creating new rows.

5. Glue the braid to the top of the head so that the tree can be hung on the tree, and you can also add some artificial leaves as a decoration.

New Year's paper crafts in quilling style

You will need:

- pages from old magazines or newspapers

- PVA glue

- baking tins (optional)

- thread or braid and bead.

1. Cut strips 4-5 cm wide from paper.

2. Fold each strip in half lengthwise. Unfold the strip and fold again, but this time each side to the center, and then the whole strip again in half (see image).

2. Prepare the glue and start rolling the strips into circles, adding a little glue to keep them from spreading.

3. Take another paper strip and fold it as in step 2. Prepare a baking dish (in this example it is in the shape of a star) and insert the paper strip into it, carefully laying it out inside the mold.

4. Now begin to lay out the curled paper circles inside the mold. Apply glue to them so that all the circles connect to each other and to the strip inside the mold.

4. When the glue is dry, remove the blank from the mold. You can add more glue to make the piece even stronger.

5. Pass a string or braid through the craft and add a bead for beauty. Tie a knot.

* For such a craft, you can use different molds, for example, a heart.

Wall decoration of colored paper for the New Year

You will need:

- 10 paper plates

- 20 sheets of green paper

- stapler

- double sided tape

- scissors

- cardboard decorations (can be cut from old postcards or drawn and cut)

- white braid (if desired).

1. Cut out large squares from green paper - one square from one sheet. The square should fit inside the paper plate. Reduce its size if necessary.

2. Fold each paper square with an accordion, and then in half.

3. Secure the ends of the half-folded accordion to form a semicircle.

4. Repeat steps 1-3 for other paper.

5. Connect the two semicircles together using double-sided tape or a stapler to form a circle.

6. Using double-sided tape, attach the circle to the middle of the paper plate. Glue double-sided tape or glue to the back of the plate so that you can stick to a wall or other surface (you can glue it to plywood, wooden board, cardboard and then put it on a shelf or hang on the wall).

7. Make 10 similar blanks.

8. Start making your Christmas tree decorations. Cut out paper Christmas tree decorations and glue them together to form a circle. Having made several circles (3-4 pieces), they can be glued to the plates, like Christmas tree decorations.

* You can add a white braid to the top of the Christmas tree, on which the Christmas tree supposedly hangs on the wall.

Christmas decorations made of paper: 3D paper droplet

Vyou will need:

- cardboard

- colored paper

- pencil

- scissors

1. Draw a large droplet on the cardboard and cut it out.

2. Use the blob template to create a few more - place the cardboard blob on the paper, trace and cut out.

3. Fold a few drops into one stack, fold the stack in half and cut out a circle in the middle (see image).

4. Begin to glue the sides of each drop to create one bulky drop. In this example, 16 droplets were needed to make one volumetric, but more can be done.

* You can add thread or braid to hang the decoration on the tree.

Christmas paper toys: balls from cones

You will need:

- paper (you can use old magazines)

- scissors

- thread and needle

- double-sided tape or glue.

1. Cut out circles of the same diameter from paper (choose any size)

2. Make a radius cut in each circle.

3. Make two cones from each circle - twist the paper from one end and the other (from the notch) to the middle, and secure the blank with glue or tape (see image).

4. Also make two cones from each of the remaining circles.

5. Prepare a thread with a needle and thread them through each piece so that a ball is formed from 10 pieces. Tie a knot.

6. Add string or string to hang the toy on the tree.

How to make Christmas lanterns out of paper

You will need:

- stationery knife

- pencil and ruler

- thick colored or decorative paper

- needle and thread

- braid

1. Prepare a sheet of paper, fold it in half and cut into two rectangles.

2. Place one rectangle on a flat surface that you can cut on. Using a clerical knife, make several transverse cuts from one end of the paper to the other - the distance between the cuts is the same, and they should lag about 1.5-2 cm from the edges.

* You may need to mark the incisions first. Use a pencil and ruler.

3. Roll the paper into a tube as shown in the image. Secure the ends with tape.

4. Take a needle and thread and start threading them alternately over and under the strips that formed after the cuts.

5. When you have wrapped the thread around the entire piece, tighten it and tie a knot.

6. At the top of the flashlight on opposite sides, make two holes and pull the tape through them so that the flashlight can be hung.

DIY Christmas paper toys: colorful garland

Vyou will need:

- colored paper

- lights (garland)

1. Make a square out of a colored sheet of paper.

2. Fold the square in half horizontally, vertically, and diagonally on both sides.

3. Using the resulting folds, create a blank as shown in the image.

4. Bend each corner up.

5. Bend the horizontal corners (you have 4 of them) to the center (see image).

6. If you look closely, you can find 4 pockets at the place of the folds. Thread the front edges of the workpiece into these pockets. But since the edges are still too large, fold them in half: bend the edge to the left, then bend the part that protrudes to the right - right along the line of the workpiece.

7. Now thread the hem into the pocket. Do the same with the other two pockets.

8. Unfold the workpiece and blow through the small hole inward - you get a flashlight.

Make several of these lanterns out of different colored sheets of paper, and slide them over the bulbs.

Useful Tips

You don't have to buy a lot of toys and ornaments to decorate your Christmas tree or home.

If you have colored paper, cardboard, glue, and a few extra simple materials, you can create a ton of Christmas crafts.

Here are just a few of the paper crafts for the new year:

On our website you will also find:

What can be made of paper for the New Year: tube decoration

You will need:

2 sheets of cardboard of different colors or 2 sheets of scrapbooking paper

Scissors

PVA glue

Chain ring (optional)

1. From one piece of cardboard, cut 14 squares approximately 2.5 cm on a side.

2. From the second sheet of cardboard, cut 14 squares with a side of about 3 cm.

3. Begin bending the opposite ends of the squares as shown in the image — one end on top of the other. Add some glue where the ends overlap.

4. From any sheet of cardboard cut out a circle with a diameter of 5 cm. Mark its center.

5. Apply glue to the circle and start gluing the prepared tubes - first the large tubes, and then the small ones - they are glued over the large tubes.

* Try to stick the tube to the tube evenly.

* You may not need all the prepared straws for the craft - this is normal.

* As additional decorations, glue some rhinestones to the craft (this is optional).

6. Add braid - it can be glued or threaded into the ring attached to the jewelry.

DIY Christmas paper cones

You will need:

Colored paper or cardboard

Ruler and pencil

Scissors

PVA glue or pins

Foam ball

* If you did not find a foam ball, then it can be replaced with a crumpled sheet of ball-shaped paper wrapped in thread that secures the shape.

1. From paper or cardboard, cut out strips that are 2.5 cm thick.

2. Cut each strip across into small pieces 2.5 cm wide - you will get several squares.

3. Fold each square as shown in the image - make an arrow by bending the opposite ends.

4. Prepare a ball and start gluing (or pinning) paper blanks to it as shown in the image. Do everything in layers - first the bottom row, then move up, creating new rows.

5. Glue the braid to the top of the head so that the tree can be hung on the tree, and you can also add some artificial leaves as a decoration.

New Year's paper crafts in quilling style

You will need:

Pages from old magazines or newspapers

PVA glue

Baking tins (optional)

Thread or braid and bead.

1. Cut strips 4-5 cm wide from paper.

2. Fold each strip in half lengthwise. Unfold the strip and fold again, but this time each side to the center, and then the whole strip again in half (see image).

2. Prepare the glue and start rolling the strips into circles, adding a little glue to keep them from spreading.

3. Take another paper strip and fold it as in step 2. Prepare a baking dish (in this example it is in the shape of a star) and insert the paper strip into it, carefully laying it out inside the mold.

4. Now begin to lay out the curled paper circles inside the mold. Apply glue to them so that all the circles connect to each other and to the strip inside the mold.

4. When the glue is dry, remove the blank from the mold. You can add more glue to make the piece even stronger.

5. Pass a string or braid through the craft and add a bead for beauty. Tie a knot.

* For such a craft, you can use different molds, for example, a heart.

Wall decoration of colored paper for the New Year

You will need:

10 paper plates

20 sheets of green paper

Stapler

Double sided tape

Scissors

Cardboard decorations (can be cut from old postcards or painted and cut)

White braid (optional).

1. Cut out large squares from green paper - one square from one sheet. The square should fit inside the paper plate. Reduce its size if necessary.

2. Fold each paper square with an accordion, and then in half.

3. Secure the ends of the half-folded accordion to form a semicircle.

4. Repeat steps 1-3 for other paper.

5. Connect the two semicircles together using double-sided tape or a stapler to form a circle.

6. Using double-sided tape, attach the circle to the middle of the paper plate. Glue double-sided tape or glue to the back of the plate so that you can stick to a wall or other surface (you can glue it to plywood, wooden board, cardboard and then put it on a shelf or hang on the wall).

7. Make 10 similar blanks.

8. Start making your Christmas tree decorations. Cut out paper Christmas tree decorations and glue them together to form a circle. Having made several circles (3-4 pieces), they can be glued to the plates, like Christmas tree decorations.

* You can add a white braid to the top of the Christmas tree, on which the Christmas tree supposedly hangs on the wall.

Christmas decorations made of paper: 3D paper droplet

Vyou will need:

Colored paper

Pencil

Scissors

1. Draw a large droplet on the cardboard and cut it out.

2. Use the blob template to create a few more - place the cardboard blob on the paper, trace and cut out.

3. Fold a few drops into one stack, fold the stack in half and cut out a circle in the middle (see image).

4. Begin to glue the sides of each drop to create one bulky drop. In this example, 16 droplets were needed to make one volumetric, but more can be done.

* You can add thread or braid to hang the decoration on the tree.

Christmas paper toys: balls from cones

You will need:

Paper (old magazines can be used)

Scissors

Thread and needle

Double-sided tape or glue.

1. Cut out circles of the same diameter from paper (choose any size)

2. Make a radius cut in each circle.

3. Make two cones from each circle - twist the paper from one end and the other (from the notch) to the middle, and secure the blank with glue or tape (see image).

4. Also make two cones from each of the remaining circles.

5. Prepare a thread with a needle and thread them through each piece so that a ball is formed from 10 pieces. Tie a knot.

6. Add string or string to hang the toy on the tree.

How to make Christmas lanterns out of paper

You will need:

Stationery knife

Pencil and ruler

Heavy colored or decorative paper

Needle and thread

1. Prepare a sheet of paper, fold it in half and cut into two rectangles.

2. Place one rectangle on a flat surface that you can cut on. Using a clerical knife, make several transverse cuts from one end of the paper to the other - the distance between the cuts is the same, and they should lag about 1.5-2 cm from the edges.

* You may need to mark the incisions first. Use a pencil and ruler.

3. Roll the paper into a tube as shown in the image. Secure the ends with tape.

4. Take a needle and thread and start threading them alternately over and under the strips that formed after the cuts.

5. When you have wrapped the thread around the entire piece, tighten it and tie a knot.