Yarn crafts with their own hands - master classes on creating toys for children and interior decorations
Clubs of thread and yarn of different colors and textures easily become a resource for implementing various creative ideas.
One has only to hold a skein of this warm material in his hands, as the imagination already draws in the representation of images of finished products, starting with warm socks, pumping openwork table cloths. In this case, every craftswoman is faced with the fact that it is difficult to calculate the exact amount of yarn for a particular product. Therefore, most often it is necessary to buy materials with a small stockpile. From this, in most cases, at the end of the creative process, there are small unspent balls of yarn and thread scraps.
Particularly careful hostesses store them in the hope of finding a use for them. This article tells how to get new and completely unique things out of seemingly unusable scraps.
In fact, there are many ways to make from an ordinary skein of yarn toy, a gift for a friend, a handicraft for the garden, a picture and many other things. Especially entertaining this process will be for children.
Very often parents and teachers in kindergartens are faced with poor development of fine motor skills of kids, which is incredibly important for improving the sensory development, in particular speech and thinking. Involve your child in this kind of creativity and you will get not only a huge amount of positive emotions, but also a lot of benefits!
Handicrafts for kids
Applique Tree
For this craft you will need a minimal amount of equipment:
- a sheet of white paper
- pencils
- glue
- crochet thread
- scissors
Cut the yarn into small pieces, it would be best if the colors of the yarn match the shades of the autumn leaves.
On a piece of paper, draw the trunk of the tree with a pencil, trace the crown. Put some glue on the paper and start to lay out the threads, which will represent leaves, moving from the edge of the crown to the center.
You can depict the fall of leaves, gluing the falling leaves thread.
Allow your child to complete the picture, using pencils to depict the sun, earth and whatever else he wants.
Doggy applique
- colored cardboard
- PVA glue
- colored woolen yarns
- black beads
- pencil
On a sheet of colored cardboard, use a pencil to draw the outline of the dog. Begin the applique with the nose of the animal. To do this, mark the place where it will be and apply glue there. Twist the black thread in a circle in a snail and glue it.
Separate the rest of the thread by colors, finely cut and fluff it up. With their help depict the hair of the dog. In conclusion, glue black beads as the eyes of the dog, and from the red thread make a mouth.
Another fun and entertaining kind of application for kids will be three-dimensional portraits. Where the face can be done using paint or pencils, and hair from woolen yarn.
Toys from yarn
Give your child and adult alike the gift of a doll, made by your own hands out of yarn. These cute and funny things are created by winding threads on a cardboard frame. Hence the name of the toy "motanka.
Doll
It is not difficult to make such a soft and home warm toy. Prepare for it:
- cardboard
- scissors
- threads of two colors
- Decorative elements (optional)
Cut out a rectangle of cardboard measuring 7 by 10 centimeters. Wind the thread around the long side of the rectangle, passing each next coil parallel to the previous one. Remove the skein from the cardboard. Pass the thread under the top fold and tie it.
Step back a couple of centimeters down and loop another thread. This will be the head of the doll. Cut the second fold of the skein. The body of the toy is ready, make the hands. To do this, take a thread of another color, wrap it around the short side of the cardboard rectangle. Remove the skein from the workpiece. Step back a little from each edge and tie the knots.
Combine your hands with the torso. To do this, pass them through the fringe of the doll's body and tie it with a thread at waist level, trim and fluff out the fringe, if desired, decorate with eyes, jewelry. Doll ready.
Toy chicken
Make a fluffy cheerful animal out of threads of bright, lush colors and it will always cheer you up!
- cardboard
- colored paper
- glue
- crochet thread
- scissors
This toy is made like a pom-pom. From cardboard you need to cut two rings of equal diameter. Put them together. Wrap the cardboard blank with thread. On the density and number of wrapped layers of yarn, will depend on the puffiness of the future craft.
After that, cut the threads along the outer edge. Slightly expand the rings, but in no case take them off! Tie a tight knot between the rings. After this, the rings can be removed. Fluff up the chicken. From cardboard cut crest, beak, eyes and wings.
Assemble all parts with glue and let dry well.
Interior decorations
With thread, you can make not only children's crafts and toys. This material is great for creating interesting decorative elements. Try a little refreshment in your home with a new picture, a lamp or an intricate floral arrangement of woolen threads.
Lampshade
This element of decor has not the last place in the question of creating comfort in our homes. In order to make it with our own hands, we will need:
- woolen yarn
- PVA glue
- children's bouncy ball
- scissors
Find a child's pool ball of the right size, inflate it. Cover the surface of the ball with glue. Wrap the ball with string in any direction you like. Cover with a second coat of glue. The density of the wrap determines how much light the product will let in later.
Allow the glue to dry properly. When the glue has dried and the construction has hardened, the ball inside should be deflated. Make a hole for the cartridge, acting carefully so as not to damage the design. Carefully remove the ball from the cavity of the lampshade and insert the socket with the bulb.
You should not use ordinary incandescent bulbs for this lampshade. In case of overheating there will be a possibility of fire. Therefore, it will be safer to use energy-saving lamps.
Picture
To create truly complex paintings that are as beautiful as real works of art, you need to hone your skills. However, a painting with large elements and uncomplicated details can be made even by a beginner.
For her you will need:
- threads of different colors
- cardboard
- glue
- scissors
- pattern
Cut the thread into pieces and arrange by color. Transfer the sample of your pattern to the cardboard. Cover the elements of the picture that are painted one color with glue. Lay the threads of the corresponding color on them.
Do the same with all the other parts of the picture. Allow the glue to dry. Place a frame on the canvas to give it a finishing touch. Such a picture will be an interesting accent in any interior, and will emphasize the creative nature of the hostess.
This is just a small part of what can be done with a little imagination and assiduity. You can involve your loved ones in the creation of yarn crafts and then a warm evening in your circle is guaranteed. You do not have to spend a lot of money, because all the necessary materials can be found in almost every home.
Photo ideas of homemade yarn crafts
