DIY clock craft - 133 photos of clock ideas for kindergarten, school, home decor

DIY watch for the New Year.

New Year is one of the holidays with a particularly warm and soulful atmosphere. And it is created from many small little things. A festive tree, colorful lights, beautifully wrapped gifts and, of course, various New Year decorations.

For those who want to create a festive and warm atmosphere with their own hands, we will tell you how to make a beautiful New Year's clock that can decorate any home. Beginning needlewomen can try to make a simple round clock from foam plastic, and those who have skills in this matter can try making a New Year's craft that looks more like a cuckoo house.

Stencil of a New Year's clock made of paper and a dial for a New Year's clock: print the template

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In principle, New Year's watches can have completely different shapes. If you wish, you can make them look like an ordinary round alarm clock or make a more massive product that can be placed on the wall.

But whatever form your craft takes, remember that in this case it is extremely important to pay attention to the decor. To make your watch really look like a New Year's decoration, be sure to decorate it with fir branches, cotton wool, shiny snowflakes and sequins.

As for the dial, it can be either simple or complex. If you don't want to bother, then just draw a circle, put numbers on it and attach it to the base. If your goal is a more original craft, then decorate it with an interesting thematic dial. You can see examples of holiday stencils for making New Year's watches a little higher.

How to make a beautiful New Year's watch out of a box?

If you want to make a New Year's craft as quickly as possible, then a ready-made box is exactly what you need. An ordinary rectangular box or, for example, a round cake box is perfect for these purposes. If you prefer this particular craft option, then you will only need to correctly fix the parts together and, of course, decorate them in an original way.

Watch from a cake box:

First of all, wash the box and dry it thoroughly
Next, take the paper of the color you need and cut out the numbers for the dial from it
Gently coat them with glue and secure them to the top of the box
While they dry, start decorating the inside of the craft.

Place colorful rain, small Christmas tree decorations, or just cute animal figurines in it.

Make plasticine blanks (they should be shaped like cones) and wrap them in foil
Connect the two parts of the box together, fix the pine cones on them and additionally decorate the craft with rain

New Year's watch from a gift box:

So, take a rectangular box and fix ribbons on its bottom, to which the cones will later be tied

At the next stage, using a stencil, cut out the festive dial and also fix it on the workpiece

Next, take two thin rectangular boxes and 2 pieces of triangular shaped cardboard and make a roof for your clock

Decorate the craft at your discretion (you can use absolutely all the New Year’s tinsel or fir branches)

Option three Wall clock using decoupage technique

Anyone can make a model of a wall clock; the main task is to install a large working mechanism.

To work you will need:

Wooden base (square or round).
Clock mechanism with hands.
Napkins for decoupage.
Acrylic paints.
Sponges, brushes.
Sandpaper for processing the workpiece.

Master Class

Making a watch in decoupage style is carried out in the following sequence:

Sand the base of the future workpiece using sandpaper.
Cover the processed workpiece three times with acrylic paint. The coating will serve as a primer.
Give the paint time to dry.
Step back a couple of centimeters from the edge of the workpiece and mark the future frame.
Choose a paint color for the base that best suits the interior. Dilute the paint and apply it with a sponge in a chaotic manner to age the product.
Highlight the frame of the future chronometer with a darker color. Brown paint is ideal for this purpose.
Cut out a pattern from the prepared rice paper and apply it to the workpiece. If you use special napkins for decoupage, first soak them in water and apply them to the selected place on the dial.
Apply special glue over the image.
Using paints of appropriate tones and a sponge (brush), create a smooth transition from the pattern to the surface of the dial. Use all your imagination and carefully make the drawing fit organically into the surface.

Coat the workpiece with varnish (as a protective layer).
Install a clock mechanism with arrows into the blank and glue the numbers.

Now the clock has a completed look and can be used in any room as decoration.

A wonderful educational toy for children is a cardboard clock. Especially if you make them with your child. This article contains a master class on how to make a clock from cardboard with your own hands.

I wonder why such a watch is needed?

Play.
Study time.
Develop hand motor skills (during the process of cutting out circles).
Develop creative imagination. Let the children choose the color of the clock, hands, and numbers themselves.

How to make a beautiful New Year's clock from cardboard?

New Year's clock made of cardboard Recommendations for making a box

Decorations for crafts
If you like to do everything with your own hands, then try making the very basis for the New Year's watch yourself. Any box made of thick cardboard is ideal for these purposes. If you have never done it before, you can watch the master class posted a little higher. The picture shows a diagram, following which you can make a blank for an original craft without any problems.

But remember, even such a simple thing must be done as diligently as possible. This means that you cannot afford to cut out fold lines, as they say, by eye. If in the end you want to get the perfect blank, then you will first need to arm yourself with a ruler and a pencil, draw the cardboard correctly, and only then start cutting the lines.

When the box is ready, all you have to do is decorate it with New Year's tinsel. And don’t forget that first you definitely need to mark a festive dial on it. To make it clear to others that the craft was made in honor of the New Year, give preference to dials with Santa Claus, a Snowman, or simply beautiful snowflakes on them.

Making a Christmas tree craft from a reel of tape

I also liked the idea of a New Year's watch made from a reel of tape.

Let's take:

a reel of tape,
printout of the dial,
awl,
cocktail straws,
foil,
2 shoe cover containers,
paints,
brown thin braid or thread,
glue,
shaggy wire and decor as desired.

First of all, we make two holes in the bobbin with an awl. One at the top, the other at the bottom.

Measure the width of the side of the bobbin. We measure the resulting value on the tubes and cut off many pieces of the size we need.

Glue them end to end on the side of the bobbin.

Now take the foil and tightly wrap it around the sides. So that the ribbed surface of the tubes becomes visible. We bend the foil inward from the edges and fix it from the inside with glue.

This is what happens.

Now we’ll make acorns from shoe cover containers. First, glue a thick thread to their wide part. Wrap the colored part of the container with brown thread or braid.

And paint the transparent part with brown paint.

Now we cut out the dial of the diameter we need, which coincides with the diameter of the bobbin. We outline our dial on a sheet of white cardboard. This will give us the front and back of the clock.

We use paints to draw the arrows and numbers on the dial if we printed it without them.

Glue the dial to the front empty side of the reel using hot glue. We also cover the wrong side with a round piece of white cardboard.

We decorate the edge with shaggy wire.

We decorate our watches with decor: these can be small Christmas tree decorations, pine branches, pine cones and ribbons. We tie our “acorns” from below.

All is ready.

How to make a beautiful New Year's clock from candies?

New Year's watch made from candies Recommendations for making a box
If you want to make a New Year's watch from candy, you will have to make a round box of the required size with your own hands. In order for your craft to turn out perfect, you will need to make sure that the side of the cardboard blank is the same length as the candies you have chosen.

Manufacturing recommendations:

To begin, cover the cardboard blank with corrugated paper, foil or simply beautiful packaging. Try to fix it on the base as well as possible, because this will determine how well the candies will stick to it.
Glue the dial to the top of the box and be sure to make arrows. They can be made from more contrasting paper or wooden blanks painted in the desired color.
When all this is ready, you can start fixing the candy on the box. Try to lay them in such a way that there is no greater distance between them. If you have chosen candies with uneven edges, then fill in the resulting voids with rain.
After all the candies have been glued, all you have to do is decorate your New Year's clock with additional holiday decor. At this stage, you can allow yourself to use all your imagination and, in addition to the standard New Year's decor, use, for example, beautiful buttons or original rivets.

Option two Active function clock

For an older child, you can make a functional model with a working clock mechanism. These watches can also be used as a decorative item.

Materials for work

To make a clock out of cardboard so that the hands rotate, prepare the following materials for work:

Thick cardboard. You can also use a sheet of corrugated cardboard, for example, from a box or crate.
Multi-colored yogurt (vitamin) caps or large buttons.
Compass.
PVA glue.
Clock mechanism with hands from any cheap version of quartz watches.

The manufacturing process is as follows:

Prepare a sheet of thick cardboard and place colorful caps on it to get an idea of what the size of the future watch should be.
Cut out a base circle from cardboard.
Using an angled ruler, mark based on the location of the caps.
Glue the caps (buttons) to the base at an equal distance from the center and each other.

Write numbers indicating time on the lids with a marker. If the material of the parts allows, then you can use acrylic paint.
Make a hole in the center of the circle.
Install the clock mechanism on the back wall of the clock and screw in the hands.
Insert the battery into the clock and set the time.

A handmade watch can become a wonderful element of interior and decor. We invite you to familiarize yourself with the following version of the watch model, which can become an original and unique decoration for your home.

How to make a beautiful New Year's clock from disks?

The easiest way to make a clock from a disk is to simply take it, secure it on a string, and then use a marker to draw a dial on it. As a result, you will get a simple craft that can be used to paint a Christmas tree.

If you want to surprise others with a more interesting decoration, then don’t be lazy and make a more complex figure from the disks. After they are well fixed to each other, all you have to do is decorate them accordingly and attach arrows to them.

Another good option is to cover the disc with a ready-made holiday dial. In order to make such a watch, you will need to print a stencil to the required scale, cut it out and carefully stick it on the disk. As soon as everything dries well, you can attach a rope by which the decoration will be hung, and place it in any place convenient for you.

Embroidery clock - detailed MK + 5 embroidery patterns

You can also create a festive decor in the form of a clock using embroidery, if you have the desire and some skills.

Miniature watch - simple embroidery pattern + step-by-step instructions

The counter and general appearance of the watch is embroidered on the fabric; thicker fabric is sewn to the back so that the figure holds its shape. Feathers on chains are attached to the bottom of the watch, and a thread is added to the top so that it can be hung somewhere.

New Year's clock cross stitch - 5 patterns

In accordance with the pattern, the complete appearance of the watch is embroidered on white fabric.

A more complex pattern that requires a larger piece of fabric as a base, on which you can embroider another New Year's clock.

Monochrome scheme of New Year's clock.

A simpler, but no less attractive scheme, in which you can use any desired shades to create a New Year's watch.

A charming embroidery pattern with a squirrel will help you make a unique decoration for the holiday.

How to make a beautiful New Year's clock from polystyrene foam?

New Year's foam clock

Clock cut out of foam plastic

Figurines for decorating watches
If you have been doing needlework for a long time, then you probably know that foam plastic is a very malleable material. If desired, you can make a very beautiful New Year's watch out of it. If you have time, you can cut out a round piece of the desired size from this material, and then treat it the same way as with a round box. You can cover it with decorative material and then decorate it to your liking.

Also, if desired, the foam plastic can be decorated with paints and then decorated with shiny tinsel. Well, those needlewomen who are not afraid of painstaking work can try cutting out clocks from foam plastic. And in order for your craft to turn out festive, you will need to give it an interesting shape or simply decorate it with New Year’s figures made from the same foam. You can see how all this can be brought to life in the pictures posted above.

How to make a beautiful New Year's clock from salt dough?

Preparing for New Year's Eve

New Year's clock made from salt dough
If you like to do handicrafts with your children, then you will definitely enjoy making a New Year's clock from salt dough. There is nothing complicated in this process, as all you have to do is give the material the correct shape. But still remember that in order for your craft to turn out correctly, you need to approach the preparation of the dough as responsibly as possible.

You must achieve such a consistency that it does not crumble or stick to your hands. Some needlewomen advise beginners to add a little vegetable oil to the dough, citing the fact that it will be easy to roll out. But as practice shows, such dough ultimately dries very poorly and quickly cracks after drying.

In view of this, it will be better if you prepare the dough according to the following recipe:

Flour - 500 g
Salt - 250 g
Water – 250 ml

Yes, and remember that the prepared dough cannot be left to lie for a very long time, as this will certainly affect the strength of the finished product. Therefore, it will be better if, after mixing, you immediately begin creating a festive masterpiece. There are two ways to make a New Year's clock. You can simply roll out the dough and then cut the clock into the shape you want.

You can also try laying out the craft from small parts and only then drying it in the oven. Remember that the dough must be dried, because this is the only way you can get a strong structure that will not be afraid of moisture. If you try to quickly bake your workpieces, they may not dry out inside and this will lead to the formation of cracks after drying.

DIY New Year's craft cuckoo clock: photo

New Year's cuckoo clocks are made according to the same principle as those crafts with which we have already introduced you. In view of this, first you will need to prepare thick cardboard, glue or tape, holiday decor and paints for painting, and you can safely begin creating a New Year's decoration.

So:

First, cut out the blanks from which you will later make a house. When cutting, make sure that all parts are the correct size. If at least one of the blanks is smaller or larger than necessary, then in the end you will not be able to assemble the structure.

Having cut out all the necessary blanks, begin to connect them together, first with glue, and then with tape. This will help ensure that the finished structure is as strong as possible.

Having made the box, start making a blank that imitates a cuckoo's house. In this case, it is important to correctly calculate the size of the hole in which the bird will be visible. In order for her to look harmonious in it, it should be at least 1-2 cm taller and wider than she is.

At the final stage, make a cuckoo (it can be made of paper or plasticine) and fix it in the opening. Connect all the parts of the clock together and decorate them the way you like.

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The hands are secured to the dial using a bolt and nut. At the top and bottom of each arrow, washers cut from thin tin or sheet brass are placed on the bolt - circles with holes in the center. A stand for the dial is cut out of plywood - a rectangle measuring 55x30 centimeters. The dial for personal use of schoolchildren is made of cardboard. You can not paste the circle with the clock markings, but draw it directly on the cardboard square if you paste the cardboard on both sides with paper.

You can secure the hands to the dial with wire and place washers. The pointer is made from a pine strip about 80 centimeters long and with a cross-section of 2×2 centimeters. Large demonstration models of a cube and a parallelepiped are glued together from cardboard. Small models can be made from thick paper. Having cut out the development, make light cuts along the dotted lines with a knife along a ruler and then bend the cardboard in the opposite direction. If the development is cut out of paper, then the folds are smoothed with a smoothing iron or a pencil eraser.

Lever scales, in turn, can be manual or tabletop. Manual lever scales do this. A rocker arm is cut out of plywood or a thin strip - a strip 20 centimeters long and 2 centimeters wide. The finished scales are finally balanced by gluing strips of paper or foil to one of the cups from below. Tabletop lever scales are made mainly of wood. A rectangular base and a stand are cut out of a piece of board, and a rocker is cut out of plywood.

At one of its sides, in a hollowed out hole, a square section stand is secured with glue. The arrow is made of copper or iron wire. One end of the arrow is flattened with a hammer into the shape of a spatula and sharpened with a file.

You can make a dial for mastering the concept of time with your own hands from thick paper, cardboard, or paper glued to cardboard. Pieces of a circle cut out of paper at 45, 90 and 135 degrees will also help. We offer a simple clock layout for learning time with your child. Thank you! For older children, as an option, you can make a dial with small numbers under large numbers - under 1 hour 5 minutes, under 2 - 10, under 3 - 15, etc.

DIY New Year's watch ideas for the competition: photo

And finally, we offer you some original ideas for creating a New Year's watch. All presented models can be easily made using all the methods that we introduced you to in our article.

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