DIY New Year's deer - made from wire, cardboard, plasticine and other improvised materials

A variety of materials are suitable for children's creativity, especially in anticipation of the New Year holiday. Don’t neglect empty plastic bottles left over from Coca-Cola or kefir. In fact, they make amazing souvenirs and decorations. There are a lot of wonderful ideas in this regard. You just need a little imagination to make amazing and funny New Year's crafts from plastic bottles with your own hands. Make toys, Christmas trees and snowflakes. And we will tell you about some of the subtleties in doing this work, so that even small children can cope.

How to make a deer with your own hands?

While decorating the house for the New Year, I often thought about the need to make a reindeer. This decor is often made from wire, polystyrene foam, cotton wool and wood. But you can use completely different materials.

Making a deer is quite simple. You can do this together with your child. Creative work will allow the child to have fun and show imagination.

Materials such as plastic bottles are often used in creativity. It has a lot of advantages. It is very malleable and is found in every home.

Gallery: DIY deer (25 photos)

Step-by-step master class on making a deer from plastic bottles

In order to make a deer with your own hands, you will need a diagram and three plastic bottles .

1. First of all, let's make the body. To do this, you need to burn two holes for the legs of the future fawn in a five-liter plastic bottle.
2. Then you need to drive four sticks into the ground, which will be the legs of the deer, and put them on the made body.
3. Next, you should make a head from a one and a half liter bottle. In this bottle you also need to make a hole for the neck.
4. The stick, which will serve as a neck, must be threaded with one end into the body and the other into the head.
5. You can cut out ears from any plastic bottle and attach them to the head with a stapler.
6. If the craft will decorate the garden, then the deer’s antlers must be made from branches. And if the decoration is made for the home, then the horns can be cut out of cardboard.
7. At the final stage, you should paint the fawn and draw its eyes. You can paint it in any color; when painting, you can show your imagination and make the craft original.

Making a deer from felt: master class

A craft made from this material can serve as a Christmas tree toy . In order to sew a felt deer with your own hands, you need to select the desired pattern and prepare the following materials:

• small pieces of felt (the material should be three colors);
• thread;
• needle;
• filler;
• lace.

Next, you can start making crafts:

1. According to the pattern (you can get it on the Internet), you need to cut out all the details.
2. A head should be sewn from two pieces of the same color; filler should be placed inside.
3. Then you can sew on the horns and nose of the fawn.
4. Next, you need to draw or sew the eyes and mouth with thread.
5. Don’t forget to sew on a cord, with which you can hang the craft on the Christmas tree.

Deer using quilling technique

Currently, it is very popular to make paper crafts using the quilling technique. From a suitable pattern, you can make an original thing. It can be used as decoration or it can serve as a souvenir for family and friends.

Master class on making two quilling deer (boy and girl)

First of all, to make a craft you should prepare the necessary materials. For a couple of deer you will need:

• glue;
• small scissors;
• glue gun;
• colored paper (pink, blue, brown, dark brown and flesh-colored);
• quilling ruler;
• four small eyes (these can be purchased at the store);
• strips of pink paper (their width should be 7 mm and length 30 cm);
• strips of paper in pink, blue, brown and dark brown (width - 3 mm, length - 30 cm);
• strips of flesh-colored paper (1.5 mm wide and the same length as the previous ones).

Master class on making quilling deer boy

After all the necessary materials have been prepared, following the diagram, you can begin making the boy deer.

1. First of all you need to make the head. It will be made of two dark brown parts that need to be glued together. The first part is twisted in the shape of a crescent (diameter - 3.5 cm). The second part is made oval (diameter 5 cm).
2. Next, you can glue on the eyes and make a mouth using blue tape. For the nose, you need to twist an oval-shaped piece from blue paper (diameter - 3.5 cm).
3. For the ears you will need flesh-colored and dark brown paper. The cut paper strips should be rolled into a teardrop shape. Dark elements should be 1.3 cm in diameter, and solid elements should be 1.1 cm in diameter. Twisted parts must be glued together.
4. Next, horns are made from blue paper, which are also glued together. The strips are curled into a drop shape. The length of large elements should be 2.8 cm, and small ones - 0.8 cm.
5. Then you can start making the paws. The parts for the front legs should have a diameter of 2 cm and be dark brown. The diameter of the hind legs is 3.5 cm, and the diameter of the feet is 1.1 cm.
6. The belly and body of the deer should be oval in shape. The small element must be rolled from flesh-colored paper, and the larger element from dark brown paper.
7. You can make a bow for a boy deer from blue paper. Its side parts must be made in the form of a horseshoe, their size should be 2.6 cm. The lower parts of the bow are twisted in the shape of a heart, their diameter is 1.3 cm. The middle of the bow can be made round, 8 mm in size.
8. All manufactured elements must be glued from the wrong side and connected using a glue gun.

Master class on making quilling deer-girl

The girl is made according to the same scheme as the boy. Dark-colored paper must be replaced with light-colored paper. And instead of blue there will be pink. The parts for quilling a girl deer should be smaller than those of a boy.

The girl's accessory will be a pink skirt. You will need to make cuts in the form of a fringe on a strip of paper and fold it in half. After all the elements of the girl are glued, it will be possible to glue the skirt.

In conclusion, it can be noted that handmade crafts are always valuable. They can decorate your home and become an original gift for friends.

Holiday balloons

Toys for the New Year's tree are made of white and colored plastic, additionally decorated with ribbons, tinsel, and beads.

Manufacturing stages:

1. you need to take a bottle with horizontal grooves and, using a knife, cut exactly along the transverse grooves to get even, flexible rings;
2. four rings are combined into a ball, the joints of the plastic strips in the upper and lower parts are glued together with Moment;
3. so that they do not come apart, fix them with clothespins and allow the composition to dry;
4. Using hot glue, a ribbon for the loop is glued to the top of the craft (the glue must be applied to it, and when it sets, press it against the plastic);
5. You can stick satin ribbons, beads, flat shiny decorative elements on the plastic sides of the resulting ball, whatever you like best;
6. the top is decorated using elegant gauze and satin bows, in the center of which there is a shiny star, flower, or brooch.

If you make the balls transparent and roomy enough, you can place small toys and decorations inside. In this case, the top of the structure and its bottom must be decorated, onto which you can glue an impromptu snowflake and fasten a small bell or bead. A good idea is to place a tiny spruce branch and a bird inside, it looks amazing.

Such an original work will not only decorate the forest beauty, but can also be used as a holiday surprise for guests.

Selection of materials and color scheme

To create a New Year's deer at home you will need the following tools:

• sharp nippers;
• scissors;
• meter or ruler;
• pliers;
• masking tape;
• small hammer.

They are necessary for manipulating the main material - wire. It should be selected with a large diameter from 0.8 to 2 mm and a length from 30 m to 50 m, only in this case the figurine will be stable and withstand the weight of additional decor. You can use thick wire for the legs and main parts of the frame, and make difficult parts from thinner and more flexible wire.

New Year's balls (they are hung on horns) and garlands are usually used as decorations. Lights and lanterns greatly influence the perception of the craft - the mood depends on their colors:

• white reminds of snow and its shimmer;
• green looks mysterious and looks good next to the spruce;
• yellow creates a very warm and pleasant atmosphere;
• red and blue colors are reminiscent of parties and dancing.

The creation of a Christmas reindeer begins with a frame, and the shape is complemented with wire or thick colored woolen threads, which will give it a more cozy look:

• white is a win-win and standard option that goes well with any interior;
• gray is an unusual solution, suitable for lovers of stylish things;
• black looks defiant and bold, immediately attracts attention when shooting Christmas photos or videos, looks impressive with a white frame, red and blue garlands;
• golden and beige will fit perfectly into family evenings, will delight children, and combine perfectly with the warm shades of lanterns;
• brown has become one of the fashionable shades of the season; it looks great with a frame made of copper or bronze wire and red garlands.

Additionally, you will need: paper, glue gun, pencil or pen.

Unusual Christmas tree

You can create any New Year's crafts from plastic bottles with your own hands, but how can we do without the main New Year's symbol - the green beauty that annually decorates our homes and brings so much joy to all household members? Today we will make a wonderful craft from green plastic. For this, we will choose the option in which the spruce looks most natural, since simple cutting does not give such an effect.

You will have to work with glue, scissors, you also need a round plastic yogurt cup, a high-quality wine stopper made of oak bark, candles, pieces of foam rubber, a green plastic container:

1. The plastic must be cut into circles or squares of different sizes; the Christmas tree will be assembled in stages from large, medium and small parts, starting from the base.
2. Next, the whole family can start cutting out stars with sharp ends; by the way, geometric correctness in this case is not so important.
3. Using scissors, you need to cut through the edges of the resulting blanks, and to make them look more natural, the plastic is brought to the fire and held until the ends are bent down.
4. Small pieces of foam rubber in the form of cubes are cut from a sponge, glue is applied to the largest piece of plastic and a piece of foam rubber is placed, then the adhesive composition is dripped onto it and the next spruce paw is placed.
5. Thus, a pyramid is assembled, and the result is a picturesque tree. For the trunk, a cork is used, to which the Christmas tree is glued, then you can place it in the cut bottom of a yogurt container, after smearing it with glue.

We have created a small souvenir craft that can be placed on the table or given to a teacher or child’s teacher for a winter holiday.

Making a deer

You first need to draw the silhouette of the desired figure, understanding that it must be stable. This means abandoning the raised hooves and the beast in the run. It is better to leave such options as ideas for Christmas tree decorations. Therefore, before creating a Christmas deer from wire with step-by-step instructions and photos, it is recommended to simply select an image template on the Internet and print it on whatman paper or 4 A4 sheets.

Next follow the master class:

1. Attach the wire to the picture and bend it, repeating the silhouette of a deer, but without legs and antlers. Wrap its ends together with pliers/nippers or secure with masking tape.
2. The resulting flat shape is the basis, and to create a three-dimensional figure you will need rings. They should be along the entire length every 5-8 cm. It is better to measure the diameter of the rings immediately on the base (it will be equal to the width of the figure in the selected place) and twist it from wire. There should be 4 large circles on the torso; this point will be important in the further creation of the legs.
3. Place the rings in the correct places and secure the top and bottom with masking tape.
4. From the nose to the tip of the tail, one piece of wire should be laid on each side of the deer, attaching it to the circles.
5. The next stage is the legs, they are performed separately. First, just like with the body, you should attach the wire to the image and “circle” it, accurately repeating the shape, but at the same time, at the intersection with the body, you need to leave a margin of length for further attachment. The bends can be further bent by pressing with pliers or a hammer.
6. The hind legs are attached with masking tape on the sides of the body to two large rings.
7. To prevent them from looking flat against the background of the body, you need to make arches that should be placed in the place where the deer's hips are. It is important to attach them where the legs attach to the body.
8. Further along the outside of the legs you need to make 2 more such arcs - in the places where the knee is and just below it.
9. An even piece of wire should be drawn from the inside of the legs from the body to the hoof and secured with masking tape.
10. Similarly to the hind legs, outline the front legs.
11. Secure by placing the top pieces between the two base rings in the deer's chest area.
12. From the middle of the chest to the lower hooves of the front legs, you need to run a piece of wire and wrap it with tape.
13. The volume of the front legs is created by small pieces of wire that need to be attached between the sides of the main workpiece.
14. Once you've finished with the legs, place the deer. It should stand, and to make the hooves stable, you can wrap a little more tape and press it from below. Also, some masters advise making legs from two pieces of wire, and creating their joint just at the bottom of the hoof.
15. Recreate the horns. Their large and small branches can be made separately from each other and then fastened together. It is better to make horns from thinner wire, then they will look more elegant.
16. Fix the resulting blanks onto the largest ring of the head. They will probably be a little wobbly, but this can be corrected with further work.
17. Make ears out of wire; to do this, pieces of 8-10 cm in size need to be rolled into “droplets” and attached under the horns.
18. It is recommended to paint the finished frame to hide the attachment points using masking tape, or to cover the deer completely with it.

Next, there is a choice of actions - leave the craft in this form and get to work on the decor (garlands and balls) or wrap the workpiece with threads.

The second option will look more neat, since it will completely hide the places where the tape is attached. When wrapping threads around the deer, try to make the turns random and often attach to the base with hot glue. In the place where the animal's nose is, you can glue a small ball or wrap it in several layers. It is recommended to cover each part of the body with threads separately, only occasionally connecting them to the adjacent area. In addition, it is better to use short (no more than 1 m) pieces of thread and glue each of them at the ends. Such tricks will make the craft strong and neat.

Please note that the most difficult thing to wrap is the horns, but it is thanks to their elaboration that they will become more stable. They will need about 1 skein of wool, and 2-3 for the body.

You can wrap a deer faster and easier using tinsel. In this case, it will look fluffy and shiny, but for the horns you should use a “rain” with short pile.

Having learned the basic principle of how to make a deer from wire with your own hands, a diagram step by step and without welding for the New Year 2022, you can experiment with colors and materials. Some might want to add dangling balls of fur, or place mini-lanterns on the horns, or place an electric candle on the nose. The main thing is to believe that it will bring joy and comfort during the upcoming winter holidays.

Wonderful snowflakes

From unnecessary plastic you can create stunning snowflakes that will decorate the Christmas tree or can be hung (arranged) in the form of a garland on a table or windowsill - there will always be a use for such beautiful toys.

Prepare everything you need for creativity:

• thin wire;
• wire cutters;
• scissors and knife;
• brush and acrylic-based paints of any tones.

To create snowflakes, it is better to choose blue plastic, on which silver, gold, and white paints will look great.

Algorithm of actions:

1. For creativity, you will need bottle bottoms, which need to be carefully cut as close to the base as possible, keeping only the corrugated elements.
2. Then you can start coloring, using interesting patterns and colors - white stars on a blue background, white twigs and even leaves will look beautiful on blue plastic, but you can choose other patterns and shades.
3. The paint should dry, and after that, using pliers and wire, you need to make a small ring and, securing it to the toy, thread a thread into it.

What do you need

To create Santa's fleet-footed helper you will need the following materials:

• hard wire;
• garland or LED string lanterns (battery-powered, better so that the figure is mobile);
• spray paint (silver, gold, pearlescent, etc.);
• glitter and/or artificial frost in a can (optional);
• decorative accessories (optional): Christmas tree beads, ribbons, tinsel, etc.;
• metal or plastic brackets or tape for attaching the garland to the frame.

Decorative Christmas tree

Do you want to make an unusual, and most importantly similar to a real Christmas tree? It couldn't be easier! All you need is plastic bottles, scissors and your imagination. You will need a lot of bottles - their “body” will be used to create artificial fir branches.

Instructions:

1. Cut off the bottoms and necks of plastic bottles. All you need is a “body”. The leftovers can be used to make other crafts that we have considered. After this, using scissors, you need to make as many strips as possible - they will act as blanks for the subsequent creation of branches. Tip: make strips of different sizes to achieve a realistic effect.
2. To make the lower tiers larger than the upper ones, as you prepare the strips, divide each new bottle into 2, 3 or even 4 parts. If you plan to have a large Christmas tree, make it into 5 parts.
3. As a base, you can use one of the necks with a rounded base. Seal the bottom of a piece of plastic from one of the bottles with glue or heat treatment and fill it with something free-flowing. This will give stability to the entire structure.
4. To make a barrel, you need to take cardboard or something dense (whatman paper) and roll it into a tube. This tube will need to be inserted into the prepared base - the neck. You can start fixing the branches! Carefully bend the edges, lean them against them and glue them to the tube.

The craft is ready!

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How to do

When everything you need is prepared, you can start creating. The process of creating a deer is fun and not complicated, so be sure to involve the children in it - they will be delighted.

Complete the sketch

To do this, draw on a large sheet of whatman paper the figure of the future handsome man of the size that he should be according to your plan. You don't need to have artistic talent for this. It is enough to outline the contours of the animal, and not draw it in all details. But if you don’t know how to draw at all, then find an image you like on the Internet and copy it onto paper.

Make a frame

The first option is that if your product is small, you can use a single piece of wire to create the body. To do this, repeat the drawing, exactly copying each line, bending the wire in the right places. If it is difficult to bend, you can use pliers. Form the horns separately.

You must complete two blanks of each part (2 bodies and 2 pairs of horns). Then connect the parts to each other at a distance of 10-15 cm from each other, also using wire that can be wound arbitrarily. But do not forget to leave holes so that you can thread garlands and other decorative elements.

The second option is if you are planning to make a large deer, take wire with a diameter of at least 4 mm and construct each part separately: first the body, then the neck and head, then the legs and antlers. When focusing on the sketch, make sure that all elements are symmetrical, otherwise your fleet-footed animal may turn out to be clumsy or lame.

Take your chosen spray paint and spray it on the deer.

It is best to do this not indoors, but outdoors, in order to protect yourself from poisoning by toxic fumes and not accidentally stain the furniture. Silver, gold or snow-white figures look more beautiful and festive, but your animal can be of any color. Additionally, you can sprinkle it with glitter or spray it with artificial frost, and then it will look truly winter-like.

Final stage

Decorate the fairy-tale hero the way you want. For example, you can tie multi-colored ribbons on his horns, wrap tinsel or beads around his neck, and hang small Christmas tree decorations on his body. Don't forget to wrap a garland around your newly created friend, because he should glow. You can choose a garland with single-color small light bulbs with a warm or cold glow, or with shaped multi-colored lanterns.

If you plan to use a deer to decorate the street, then be sure to take a garland with moisture protection. Thread the strings with the bulbs into the holes so that the garland is distributed more or less evenly. If necessary, secure the wiring with special plastic or metal brackets or regular tape. The symbol of Christmas or New Year is ready.

As you can see, creating a glowing deer is not that difficult. You won't spend much time, but you'll have a lot of fun and be satisfied with the result. At the same time, you will save money, because making jewelry is much cheaper than buying it. A magnificent attribute of the winter holidays will delight you and delight your guests.

Elegant bells

New Year's craft - a bell made from bottles and tinsel, can be used for a Christmas tree, Christmas wreaths, New Year's installations in combination with candles, balls and other decorative components. Making them is not difficult at all.

To work, prepare a skein of linen thread, regular food cellophane, and a jar of PVA glue.

• A container of any color should be cut into two parts. The one with the neck should be smaller so that its shape follows the contours of the bell.
• It is necessary to wrap the film in several layers around the neck.
• Then we begin to wrap the future bell with linen thread, using glue so that it does not move out. If the thread is thick, no more than three layers will be required.
• When the linen body of the toy is dry, you need to carefully remove the plastic neck and film. Ready-made bells are decorated with bright bows, beads, pine cones, pine and spruce branches.

Bells, specifically from bottles, are even easier to create, but first you should choose bright plastic for such decoration. The top and neck are also carefully cut off, and the sides can be painted with snow patterns. If the bottles are small, it makes sense to fasten two toys together and decorate the top with shiny rain, tinsel, velvet or satin ribbon.

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Candlestick

Another notable craft option is a candlestick. Prepare brushes, paints, decorative elements such as beads or ribbons, as well as the required number of bottles. You will also need glue.

What and how to do:

1. Cut off the top part and save the neck. It will serve as a place to install the candle.
2. Using glue, create a New Year's pattern. Snowflakes, lines, like on windows in frosty weather - anything.
3. When the glue dries, paint the future candlestick in any color of your choice.
4. The neck can be covered with a ribbon, and the base can be decorated with beads, beads and small decorative stones.

Now check out the video of making simple and easy crafts from bottles with your own hands:

We sew a deer tilde. Master Class. Video / DIY toys, patterns, video, MK

Strange long-armed and long-legged fabric toys have become a part of our lives. Why do we see kindness and charm in these stylized faces and muzzles with dotted eyes? Let psychologists figure it out, and we’ll just work for a couple of hours, and we’ll have a New Year’s long-legged deer tilde.

Christmas tree decorations

Containers for water or other drinks are a material that can always be found in any home. With the New Year approaching, I want to create a festive mood for myself. Creativity together with your children will help you with this.

Plastic snowflakes will be a beautiful decoration for a street tree. It's not difficult to make them. The bottoms are cut off from two containers. Each product requires both elements. We draw snow patterns inside. Choose colors as desired. Using double-sided tape, connect in pairs.

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You can fill the inside with confetti, tinsel, small balls. The adhesive tape is masked using decorative tape. For hanging, use a regular paper clip. Despite such simplicity, Christmas tree decorations made from plastic bottles will amazingly complement the holiday tree.

Long-legged miracle

To sew a miracle with your own hands, we will need:

• pattern paper;
• a piece of fabric;
• tree branches;
• a strip of fabric or braid for a scarf.

Work order

• We will start the master class with a pattern, transferring it to paper in full size. The details do not fit completely in the photo, and the break points are marked with dotted lines.
• Fold the fabric in half and cut out the torso, legs, arms and ears. Sew up the darts on the head and stitch along the edges of all the blanks. Leave a small hole at the bottom of the body and ears, and to stuff the limbs, cut small holes in the places where they will later be attached to the body.
• Turn it inside out. Fill all parts with filler. We will fill the arms and legs with our own hands in two stages. Hammer to the knee or elbow, then wrap the thread and tie tightly. Fill the rest of the limb. Sew up the holes.
• Sew the limbs and ears to the body.
  Make two holes in the head with a knitting needle, apply a drop of glue to the tips of the branches and stick them in as horns. Draw the eyes and tie a scarf. New Year's tilde deer is ready to celebrate the New Year. If you sew a loop to the back of the head, you can even hang it on a Christmas tree.

From wine corks

Cork is a malleable material, it is easy to work with: it is easy to cut and molded into any shape. Wine corks are well suited for small crafts and New Year's toys.

New Year's mouse

You can make an original mouse from cork material and decorate the Christmas tree:

1. Use pistol silicate or Moment glue as glue.

2. Using a sharp knife, cut off pieces of cork - these will be the ears.

3. Make the body in the shape of a cylinder.
4. Cut a cone from the cork and make a head, glue it to the main part.
5. Glue on the ears.
6. Glue plastic eyes (you can use buttons or beads) and a nose.
7. Make the tie and legs from jute.

8. The mouse's tail is made at the end of making the craft.

9. Act according to your fantasy. For the New Year's mouse, make a suitable design: tie a bright scarf, fix a candy in its paws.
10. A cork mouse turns into a themed Christmas tree “pendant”.

No one will believe that such a funny mouse is a toy made from garbage. In addition, you can make cute animals from corks and threads for children, for a competition or for kindergarten.

Felt deer

From wooden sticks

Cute New Year's toys can be made from wooden ice cream sticks, barbecue sticks or stir sticks.

Sled

Homemade sleighs for the Christmas tree are easy crafts:

1. To begin, cut 2 larger and 3 smaller identical pieces from the stirring sticks with scissors.
2. Next you need to cut off 2 connecting pieces.
3. Glue 3 sticks.
4. Then place the sleigh on the runners on the glue.

5. For reliability, add another strip in front, and you can paint.

Paint the sled with any New Year's color. Attach to a string and to the Christmas tree.

Skis

Skis can be made even lighter:

1. Use scissors to sharpen 2 popsicle sticks.
2. Just glue the sticks on.
3. Attach a paper clip and tie a bright string.

New Year's decorations from scrap materials for the Christmas tree are ready.

House

The size of the pendant house can be made to any size:

1. Just cut the sticks to the appropriate size.
2. Assemble and glue.

3. Cut out 2 pieces for the heart and color.

4. Glue them onto the house.
5. Cover the house with paint and decorate it with artificial snow, beads and other little things. Add a bright loop.

This is how easy it is to make gifts for the Christmas tree.

Deer in clothes

The master class here is almost the same as in the first section. The only difference is in the pattern and shape. And this tilde-style reindeer is very homely. If we want to give ourselves or a friend a craft in the tilde style for the New Year, let this toy look like a man.

Elegant icicles

A chic decorative element in the form of a picturesque icicle is an excellent option for decorating your Christmas tree with taste.

Necessary equipment and materials are a long, thin stick, glue, scissors, bright ribbons of a contrasting color, beads.

Manufacturing technique:

1. the bottle should be smooth, a rectangle should be cut out of it along the entire length;
2. We cut ribbons according to its size, one of which should be thinner in width;
3. a piece of plastic is wound around a stick and pressed tightly against it, after a few minutes we take out the stick and in our hands you will be left with a curl-like curl - the basis for the future icicle;
4. Using glue, first a wide tape is carefully glued to the plastic, and then a thin tape is glued in the center;
5. Several bright beads are attached to the bottom of the icicle, and the top is decorated with a small bow with a loop for hanging.

Icicles on a coniferous tree look impressive, especially if they are multi-colored or made in the same color scheme, but with some differences in the decor and shades of the ribbons.

New Year's ideas: cardboard deer and a postcard with the symbol of 2018

Greetings, friends! The pre-New Year holiday is ending, but right now, according to tradition, is its hottest stage. And I want to add to the kaleidoscope of your pre-holiday ideas another option for affordable interior decorations, which can be made from ordinary packaging cardboard. Making such deer figurines requires virtually no material costs and will not take much time.

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Surprise your loved one. Inflate the balloons with helium, tie ribbons to them, and attach the ribbons to the bottom of the box with tape.

Master class: cardboard deer

Materials and tools:

— office paper (for printing templates); — corrugated cardboard 3 mm thick; - thin cardboard (or thick paper); - standard (stationery) knife; - scissors; - double sided tape; - glue stick; - Moment Crystal glue.

Download the necessary templates from the link:

Reindeer Templates (PDF)

Using these templates, you will get deer figurines of the following sizes: 25.5 × 35.1 cm and 18.8 × 24.3 cm .

We print the templates on regular office paper.

The largest deer template consists of several fragments printed on A4 sheets. I think there is no secret in how to glue composite templates together. But if you need a clear example, you can find it here.

We cut out all the templates with small allowances and attach them to the wrong side of the corrugated cardboard.

Here you can fold 2 pieces of cardboard with their right sides facing each other, fasten them with pieces of masking tape and cut out 2 deer parts at once. That's exactly what we need.

But it’s easier to cut it in one layer. I recommend this method for beginners. The main thing is not to forget that the parts must be mirrored.

Important point! The deer template must be placed on the cardboard so that the wave lines of the corrugated layer (they are clearly visible on the back side of the cardboard) run at an angle of approximately 20-30° to the vertical. In this case, the legs will be more durable, and their cuts will be quite neat.

We also cut out the deer. Also 2 mirror parts.

Then we cut out the stands. Here you can safely cut cardboard in 2 layers.

Here it is better if the wave lines of the corrugated layer run across the parts.

Ears, nose, eyes and spots can be cut out from thin cardboard or thick paper (you can use colored paper). To do this, use the same deer templates.

Or you can simply paint the deer with paints. Whichever you prefer.

We glue the parts of the deer and stands with Moment Crystal glue.

Then we simply insert the deer’s legs into the slots of the stands. It is not necessary to glue, then the figures will be collapsible.

These are the decorative deer we made from cardboard! They can be placed, for example, near the New Year tree, on the windowsill, on the fireplace (if there is one).

Cardboard figurines of deer can also serve as excellent props for a holiday photo shoot.

I think if the idea of ​​such New Year's decorations appeals to you, you will find where to use them. :)

By the way, you can complement the New Year’s cardboard entourage with a carved clock from the previous master class.

I wonder if you use cardboard for festive interior decoration? Share your experience or ideas in the comments.

In any case, now you have a good reason to do something new in this regard.

As you know, there are never too many deer on New Year's Day.