DIY Christmas toys made of felt. Step by step instructions with photo
New Year's felt toys for children of the preparatory group. Master class with step by step photos.
Author of the work: Karakozova Mlada Vebertovna, teacher of the MADOU "Kindergarten No. 14 of a general developmental type", Syktyvkar, Komi Republic.Purpose: the master class is intended for children aged 7 and over, as well as for all adults who love to please their family and friends with interesting and unusual gifts! Toys can be used to decorate a Christmas tree, a music hall, a group (for the New Year holidays); gift for friends, parents.
Target: learn how to make Christmas toys out of felt.
Tasks:
- to form the ability to sew the simplest products (toys);
- to form the ability to thread a needle, tie a knot, sew with a buttonhole stitch;
- develop fine motor skills of hands;
- to consolidate the skills of accurate cutting and gluing;
- develop a sense of color, composition;
Though not bumps, not needles,
And hanging on the branches of the Christmas tree!
(Christmas decorations)
During the winter holidays, there are a lot of Christmas tree decorations and toys intended for New Year's decor in stores.
But these are finished products, and it’s much more interesting to make Christmas decorations with your own hands! This idea is especially relevant if there are children in the house. They, just, such fun will be the most entertaining. I offer you simple ideas for New Year's inspiration from felt- textile material made of felted wool.
Felt- this is a material that is obtained by felting fluff (or fine hair) of rabbits, hares or goats, as well as waste of various furs, semi-coarse or fine wool (sometimes with impurities of synthetic fibers). Felt is often used as a material for needlework, and is in great demand.(Wikipedia).
He has a carrot nose
Loves winter and frost!
And he got used to the blizzard.
It's white snowman!
(N. Sergiyanskaya)
For the manufacture of first toy "Snowman" we need materials:
- green and white felt;
- templates;
- pencil;
- glue "Moment Crystal";
- simple scissors;
- floss threads of green and white color;
- pins, needle;
- pompoms: 1 - medium size and 2 - small (orange);
- a small piece of soft plastic (orange);
- a narrow white ribbon 17 cm long;
- punch (snowflake), white paper;
- 2 decorative eyes;
- cotton wool (it is not in the photo).
Working process:
1) Pin the snowman template to the white felt, trace and cut out the details.
2) We cut out 2 parts (mittens, hats), a scarf detail (length - 16 cm, width - 2 cm, we make cuts at the ends of the scarf).
3) We pin the details of the mittens to the body of the snowman and begin to sew (with white threads) with a buttonhole seam (this seam is traditionally used when processing the edge of the product).
4) We connect two white parts with pins. Then - 2 details of the cap.
5) We fasten one part of the cap (with white threads) to the part of the snowman with a buttonhole seam.
6) We connect the two parts of the cap with a buttonhole seam (also with white threads).
7) Insert a loop of white ribbon. We finish overcasting.
8) We begin to overcast the white details with a buttonhole seam (green threads).
9) Fill the snowman with cotton wool (not tight). We finish overcasting.
10) We will dress the snowman with a scarf (glue the middle).
11) Glue a large orange pompom on the hat, and two small ones on the front of the torso.
12) Cut out the nose from soft plastic. Glue eyes and nose. Decorate the snowman's scarf with paper snowflakes cut out using punch.
Snowman is ready!
He is neither small nor big
snow white snowman!
He has a carrot nose
He loves frost!
(V. Savonchik)
Let's take a closer look at the snowman:
Christmas balls -
The best gift for kids!
Fragile, fabulous and bright,
This holiday gift!
For the manufacture of second toy "Ball" materials:
- red felt
- Christmas ball templates;
- simple white threads, red floss threads;
- oblong beads (old beads will do) and white half beads;
- a narrow red ribbon 17 cm long.
Working process:
1) We attach the templates to the felt: larger, with the shape of a ball - to white (we bend the felt in half), smaller, round - to red.
2) Cut out. You get 3 parts: 2 white, 1 red.
3) On the red part with a pencil (pressing lightly), mark the center and draw 2 cross lines (the lines should not reach 1 cm to the edges of the template).
4) Cut out a small circle from white felt (d - 1.5 cm). We overcast it with a buttonhole seam with white threads. We glue Moment Crystal glue in the middle of the red blank.
5) We take an oblong bead and sew it on any line. We start working from the edge of the white circle.
6) We also sew 3 more beads. It turns out 4 beads on the line.
7) Sew other oblong beads on the remaining 3 lines. It turned out long rays of snowflakes.
8) Glue half-beads on the tips of the rays. Between 2 long rays we make the ray shorter - we glue 4 half-beads next to each other. In the center of the white circle, we also glue a half-bead.
9) In the same way we make 3 other short rays.
10) We put a red part on the white part of the toy. Fasten with pins.
11) We begin to baste the red detail to the white looped seam with white floss threads.
12) Here's what happened:
13) We fasten the white parts with pins. We connect the parts together with a buttonhole seam with red floss threads, inserting a loop from a red ribbon.
14) A little before reaching the beginning, we fill the toy with cotton wool (not tight).
15) We sew our ball with a buttonhole seam.
Christmas ball is ready!
Been on the shelf for a whole year
And now it hangs on the tree.
This is not a flashlight
BUT Christmas ball!
Let's love the ball:
In order not to freeze, five guys
They sit in the knitted oven!
(mitten)
For the manufacture of the third toy "Mitten" we need additional materials:
- blue felt
- templates;
- a piece of tailor's chalk;
- blue floss threads;
- a narrow blue ribbon 17 cm long.
Working process:
1) Draw around according to the templates and cut out two parts from blue and white felt.
2) On one part of the blue part, draw a wavy line with chalk.
3) From the end of the line, we begin to sew on beads.
4) We reach the end of the line.
5) We attach the white part to the blue and loop stitch (blue threads) we tack.
6) Glue white half beads.
7) We fasten the blue parts. We pin another white part behind the first white one and connect the white parts with the same buttonhole stitch (blue threads).
Almost everything can be made from felt: clothes, handbags, accessories and jewelry, paintings, decorative interior items, educational books. Before the New Year, wonderful things will be relevant Christmas toys made of felt with your own hands, patterns see below.
Hundreds of materials for crafts are known, but there are not many types of needlework that can be done with children. You won’t give a hook and knitting needles to a child, it’s unsafe, a soldering iron and varnishes - even more so! Working with only colored paper and plasticine can quickly get boring if you do not alternate it with other types of creative work.
Then felt comes to the rescue. The material is sufficiently “adult” to construct all kinds of volumetric compositions from it. And at the same time, simple, confidently handling which even a child can handle.
Let's start at the beginning: what is felt?
This is wool, which is well pressed. Now you can find artificial acrylic felt, it is very thin and not suitable for a dense base, but it is much more convenient to cut it. In any case, each composition has its own disadvantages and advantages. It comes in different thicknesses, is presented in a chic diverse palette of colors, is sold as ready-made cut sheets or figured blanks (circles, stars, etc.), and rolled into rolls. It is unpretentious in work: it is cut, stitched, glued, pierced and subjected to other mechanical stress without problems.
Materials for creating a New Year's toy from felt with your own hands
Before starting work, clean your desktop, stock up on a good mood (because hand-made products store our energy, and we don’t need an angry or upset snowman on the Christmas tree), prepare the tools and materials necessary for work. We need:
- Template or pattern
- Scissors.
- Needle and thread (it is better to take threads of several colors, silk or floss).
- Glue (it is better to use transparent).
- Shiny or colorful jewelry (beads, glass beads, beads, sequins, buttons, etc.).
- Filler (if we want to add volume). Holofiber, synthetic winterizer, foam rubber will do.
- Felt in several colors.
- Compasses, cardboard and A4 sheet, thimble and lace for decoration can come in handy.
This is a standard set of materials; there will be no other components in the master classes in question.
Do-it-yourself New Year's felt toys in stages
There are a lot of options for decorating a green beauty - felt sweets, cones, houses, balls, bells.
Let's consider the creation of a simple New Year's toy made of felt, which is easy to make for a child of an older kindergarten group, or a younger kid along with one of the adults.
New Year's "Mitten" on the Christmas tree with your own hands
On the eve of the winter holidays, there is no more pleasant pastime than sitting in a warm room, breathing a sense of celebration, coming up with original .
The principle of operation is this:
1. We prepare the necessary materials. Everything as described above. We take felt of any thickness. The master class used felt 1 mm thick, 100% polyester.
When everything we need for work lies in front of us, it remains to wash our hands clean (to eliminate dirty spots on the surface of the felt), and proceed.
2. We are looking for the patterns needed for the New Year's toy. The dimensions of this mitten are 11 cm by 5.5 cm.
3. Fold the felt in half with your own hands. Cut out two symmetrical pieces.
4. We sew with a loop (overlock) seam, leaving a hole for stuffing with padding polyester.
5. We stuff. We glue the red felt part of the mitten to the main part with an iron using a cobweb. A white transparent gossamer is placed between two fabrics and ironed. If there is no cobweb, then glue the parts to each other with transparent glue, or sew them on.
6. We put a satin ribbon or any other convenient loop into the hole. We sew up. We decorate. In this case, the decoration and the eyelet are interconnected.
With a little imagination and patience, do-it-yourself Christmas toys made of felt will be ready. Patterns will help us in creating any toy.
By the same rules, cakes, sweets and lollipops are created, decorating felt sweets with circles of the main material or shiny elements.
DIY felt snowman
When we have learned so much about working with felt (or repeated the lessons of working with this material), it's time to try it in action. We will make another hero of the holiday - a snowman. The set of materials is standard, something in the process will not even come in handy, but it's better than if something, on the contrary, was not enough.
We cut out a single solid piece in the shape of "8", which will be our snowman's body and head. To do this, you can use the stencil, attaching it to the felt, and carefully cutting it off. As a result, it should turn out like this:
We sew with a buttonhole seam, trying to maintain equal distances between the stitches, make sure that the thread does not twist. We fasten the first stitch from the inside by threading the needle between the threads. Leave a small hole.
Ready to fill. I have this ordinary cotton wool, but this way the toy will be very hard, it is better to use a synthetic winterizer. We sew.
The base is ready. Sew buttons to the body. This can be done before sewing two parts, so it will even be easier to “work with a needle”.
We cut out the cylinder, also make it double, but do not fill it. When stitching, leave room for a loop. 
We will have a scarf of a somewhat unusual shape. We try it on right away, it is necessary that the back of the scarf follows the contour of the “neck”, and the front is narrow. We make this part of the “clothes” bifurcated so that it is convenient to twist it.
We glue the details. Never let children work with glue alone! I use super glue, when it gets on the felt, it heats up, hisses, foams like hydrogen peroxide, but sets in a split second. One drop is enough, and each detail is securely fixed.
We add a loop of felt scraps, glue it, putting it inside the upper hole in the cylinder. We love the result. We decorate with sequins, do not forget about the carrot. 
Patterns and patterns for creating felt toys
You can either expect miracles from others, or you can do it yourself. Using patterns and stencils, you can create do-it-yourself Christmas toys made of felt - small, but wonderful little things that will decorate any Christmas tree.
Numerous patterns of New Year's crafts made of felt with your own hands, see below ....
Meeting the New Year is not only a night when all wishes come true, the smell of tangerines and falling snow. These are garland lights and bright toys. Flappers and sparklers. The joy of gifts that appear under the Christmas tree after the chiming clock.
The holiday can be made even more amazing, and the expectation of it - more exciting with the help of felt New Year's surprises made by yourself.
patterns
The future image of the craft depends not only on the skill of the author, but also on the correctly cut out details for the felt New Year's product. To create them, you will need sheets of cardboard or thick paper. When transferring the form to the material, it must fit snugly and not slip off.
For large and basic details of crafts, it is advisable to prepare separate patterns. The selected pattern is transferred to a sheet of cardboard and carefully cut out. Ideas for images can be gleaned from master classes on the Internet, specialized magazines, create your own hands or copy your favorite picture.
If the author endows a felt toy product with an abundance of details for the New Year, then the base can be optimized.
- for the manufacture of the facade of a soft house on the main workpiece, it is advisable to make slots for windows and doors. This will allow you to coordinate the location of additional elements on the main part in the markup. And transfer them to the material without creating additional forms.
For the sake of saving space and convenience when storing the basics of small items for crafts, it is convenient to use factory-made stencils. Or create do-it-yourself analogues on sheets of cardboard. On an A4 sheet, make holes in the form of circles of different diameters, rectangles, squares or triangles of various sizes.
Felt toys for the New Year 2016
How to make felt toys for the New Year yourself?
Who does not remember the funny bear cub Umka and does not want to see him as a guest? Soft toys make everyone happy. But in families with small children, they occupy a special place. To make a soft toy handsome man, you will need a pattern of a figure made of thick paper or cardboard. According to it, it is necessary to outline the detail on the felt twice and carefully cut it out.
It is more effective to sew with a seam "over the edge". It looks nice and prevents gaps. The volume of crafts is achieved due to the use of a filler - paralon or synthetic winterizer. The muzzle is embroidered with threads. As a decoration, you can put a crocheted, knitted scarf or bow on a bear cub.
"Houses" felt, handmade
For single-layer cupcakes, you will need to cut out an arbitrary shape. Add vertical seams that emphasize the ribbed surface of the product. A berry or a bead on top will be a worthy decoration. And a thin strip depicting a layer of cream and rhinestones - candied fruit will complete the picture.
To make soft volumetric cupcakes with your own hands, you need:
- cut out 2 long felt strips of light and dark colors, in the form of elongated triangles;
- attach them to each other and roll into a roll. Collapse - from the wide side to the narrow;
- fasten the roll with threads and put on a “skirt” made of paper or lace.
Forms for New Year's volumetric snowflakes are simple:
- - apply a pattern of flower petals on a dense base;
- - transfer patterns to the material;
- - cut out the petals at the bases to pull with threads;
- - sew together the blades of the petals;
- - to decorate the middle of the blades of a snowflake, embroidery, beads, glass beads are suitable.
The New Year is approaching at a rapid pace. Here in the house it already smells pleasantly of gingerbread, fun and magic. The main guest of the holiday is the Christmas tree. It does not matter what it will be, live or artificial, the process of decorating it is always fraught with mystery and warmth. Ordinary glass or plastic toys are used as decorations. 
But if you show imagination, you can sew Christmas toys from felt with your own hands to transform the Christmas tree by putting on it a completely new outfit made by yourself. We offer to sew bright colorful New Year's toys from felt. 
Felt toys and benefits
Yes, yes, we already hear: “Oh, sewing is not for me”, “Such needlework is only for experienced seamstresses” or in general “My hands grow from the wrong place”. We assure you, sewing toys is not difficult at all. And even the most novice craftswoman will cope with the task.
Among the advantages of do-it-yourself Christmas toys made of felt is their colorfulness, uniqueness, ease of manufacture, the ability to make decorations of any complexity. Handicraft has always been appreciated. It is also worth mentioning the soul and warmth that you put into each product. Plus, it's a great holiday gift. It is also an opportunity to keep the kids busy for a long time. It will be very interesting for them to cut out the fragments and paste them under your guidance.
Rules for working with felt
Felt is a compressed material. It is usually produced in sheet or roll form. Outwardly and to the touch, it is somewhat reminiscent of felt, only not so rough, because undercoat or delicate fluff is taken as a raw material for its manufacture. Also felt can be made of synthetic and semi-synthetic materials. It is best to make Christmas tree decorations from felt. The material has a different thickness of sheets, so you can choose the right one for a particular product. The edges do not require processing, and a huge color spectrum allows you to create the most beautiful toys. 
- For work, felt sheets with a thickness of about 1-1.5 mm are used. Only with such a thickness will the toy be elegant.
- For give preference to felt with the addition of viscose or acrylic.
- The needle must be sharp. This will make it easier to pierce the flaps.
- Small parts can be glued together using PVA. But at the same time, control the amount of glue squeezed out so that it does not leak through the fabric.
- You can also use a thermostat.
- If you plan to make voluminous figures, do not forget about the filler - synthetic winterizer or holofiber.
- To transfer the design to the fabric, you can use chalk, a self-disappearing marker or a gel pen.
It is not recommended to use cotton wool or batting as a filler, because such material, protruding through the seams, makes the toy untidy.
Knowing all the nuances of working with the material, you can get to work. Consider how to sew Christmas tree decorations from felt with your own hands according to frequently used patterns.
Props for creativity
To make Christmas decorations you will need:
- patches of felt;
- scissors;
- floss threads with which you will connect the elements or decorate them with stitches;
- PVA glue.
- thermal gun;
- filler;
- various decor, such as braid, lace, beads, beads, rhinestones, sequins, buttons and other trifles;
- you can use wooden carvings, on which the carved figures will be glued.
Christmas decorations
As a rule, Christmas toys made of felt are made of two types: simple, flat and voluminous. In the first option, you should simply cut out the felt figures along the contour of the pattern and decorate them. In the second case, the base is cut out in two copies, and then I am decorated and sewn together. 
The figurine is stuffed with filler such as synthetic winterizer, holofiber. Both variations of the sewing method are interesting and unique.
As a pattern, you can choose any figure you like.
For example, from such simple patterns of Christmas toys made of felt, such beauty can turn out. Very simple, elegant and does not take much time. 
You can make a classic version - Christmas balls made of felt. It is even easier to make them, you don’t even have to look for patterns. Only fantasy is required. 
In the volumetric version, the figures are more interesting. 
Christmas stars and snowflakes
What is a Christmas tree without snowflakes or beautiful stars. You can make such Christmas decorations from felt with your own hands in several ways.
A plump figure will be obtained by stitching two parts and filling the space between them with a padding polyester. The decor is varied. You can even run beads around the edge.
The resulting stars can simply be glued onto a cardboard or wooden base.
Snowflakes are harder to make. The process of cutting them out is quite laborious. But if you try, the result will impress you. 
By connecting stars, snowflakes or just circles together, you can get an interesting version of a garland for decorating a Christmas tree or a room. 
Another option for making Christmas tree decorations from felt is the creation of multi-layer figures. All you need to do is to make cut-outs from felt of different sizes, and then connect them into one pile, turning a little relative to each other. 
Christmas tree
Felt makes a very pretty Christmas tree. You can do it in several ways:
Christmas sock
What is New Year's without a Christmas sock? It is in it that Santa Claus puts gifts. For the Christmas tree, we will prepare a mini boot. It is prepared very simply:
Having increased the pattern several times, you can make a boot for gifts.
New Year's doggy
The dog is the symbol of the coming year. We offer to make such a funny dog. For the Christmas tree. He will decorate the forest beauty and cheer up with his appearance.
The scheme for sewing a Christmas toy "Dog" from felt is simple:
- First, transfer the pattern to the felt. It is advisable to use different colors for individual parts of the dog's body. Brightness and contrast don't hurt.
- With the help of black threads "draw" the dog's mouth.
- Glue or sew eyes and nose.
- Pupils are made from black beads.
- Glue on the ears.
- Now the front and back of the head are sewn together, stuffed lightly with padding polyester and completely sewn up. Similarly, two parts of the body of the dog are sewn together.
- They put clothes on the dog, simply by sewing on a piece of blue felt.
- Using glue, connect the torso and head.
This is not the only option for creating a felt dog. You can take any picture as a basis, cut out the details and connect them in the right order. Try to flash the dog according to the following scheme. 
Making Christmas toys from felt according to patterns is a creative and entertaining activity for the whole family. Just a few shreds and a little imagination, and before you are unique products that will add beauty and charm to the forest beauty. Your tree will be the most fashionable!
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