Beautiful crafts from salt dough for the new year. Master class on making Christmas decorations from salt dough "New Year's toys
A wonderful time, festive and magical is the New Year, for which adults and children prepare gifts and souvenirs for friends and loved ones. It is not necessary to shop in the store, delicious gifts can be prepared independently from improvised materials, such as puff pastry. Crafts are original, bright. Christmas trees are decorated with unique toys, used as original and unusual souvenirs.
To create crafts, salt dough, paints, beads, ribbons, rhinestones and other materials are prepared to decorate a gift, make it unusual, exclusive, delightful. Crafts created by one's own hands have a soul, because they are created sincerely, with inspiration.
salt dough recipe
To create a toy for the New Year's holiday, you will need to prepare salt dough. This requires the ingredients:
- Food salt - 1 part;
- Flour - 1 part;
- Water - ½ part.
All dry ingredients are mixed in a bowl, gradually adding water. The resulting mixture should have a soft consistency, not stick to the hands, not be too thick. Knead the dough thoroughly so that it does not crumble, does not crumble.
To make the dough white, add ¾ parts of white acrylic paint to the ingredients.
cold porcelain recipe
In addition to salt dough, for the manufacture of crafts, you can use the so-called cold porcelain, which is more like polymer clay. You can easily prepare cold porcelain at home. For this you will need:
- Baking soda - 1 part;
- Corn or potato starch - 1 part;
- Water - 1 part.
Pour dry ingredients into skillet and mix well. then add water and mix well again until a homogeneous mixture without lumps is formed. Put the pan with the mixture on a small fire and stir constantly, cook for 1-3 minutes until thickened. Put the resulting mass on the table, let cool to room temperature and knead well for 2-3 minutes. Everything, cold porcelain is ready to use.
Store cold porcelain in an airtight plastic bag.
Dry crafts
There are several ways to dry crafts made from salt dough or cold porcelain. The first is natural. Leave the products for several days in a dry and warm place. The thicker the layer of dough in the craft, the more time it will take for it to dry completely. On average, it takes 24 hours to dry 1 millimeter of dough, with natural drying. Crafts from cold porcelain dry much faster - 8-12 hours.
Use for drying and oven. It is heated as much as possible, and then ready-made crafts are placed in it. After that, the oven must be turned off. Do not open it until it has completely cooled down.
Let's reveal the secret. Crafts will not stick to a baking sheet if you cover it with parchment paper.
We paint ready-made crafts
There are many ways to make colorful dough gifts. You can paint dough or cold porcelain using various paints (oil, acrylic, gouache, etc.) and food dyes, for this you need to add color to the finished mass and knead until the color is even.
Roll out the colored dough with a rolling pin and create figures. Multi-colored products look amazing, they turn out bright, colorful.
Also, crafts are painted later, using gouache, felt-tip pens, pens of different shades.
Toys are decorated with various accessories, ribbons, rhinestones, beads, sequins, and other items. Here you can embody all creative ideas, fantasies.
Salt dough gifts can be different. These are snowflakes and Christmas decorations, Santa Claus, a Christmas tree, the moon and various animals, hearts, flowers, and other decorations.
Making salt dough toys is a lot of fun. Children like to make crafts, it perfectly develops fine motor skills of hands, cheers up. Adults can also get carried away with modeling. And New Year's handicrafts, which are created by oneself, will surely please, will cause admiration.
So, let's move from theory to practice. We figured out how to cook the dough, dry it and decorate crafts. Let's proceed directly to the creation of our masterpieces!
New Year's dough crafts for beginners
# 1 Salt Dough Christmas Decorations: A Step-by-Step Master Class
We prepare dough or cold porcelain, roll it out with a rolling pin a few millimeters thick, cut out figures with the help of baking dishes, make a hole for the thread and send the toys to dry. After drying, paint the products and additionally decorate with sparkles. We thread a thread and Christmas toys from the dough are ready!
#2 Easy New Year's Dough Crafts Using Bakeware
And another version of Christmas toys from the dough. Unlike the previous MK, in this we will decorate crafts not with paints, but with buttons and ribbons. It is necessary to glue the decor elements after the products have completely dried.
#3 Christmas garland of salt dough
With the help of baking molds from dough, you can make not only toys, but also garlands. To make it convenient to pull the thread, make holes for it not from above, but in the first third of the craft. The base thread should be stretched only after the dough has completely dried.
#4 New Year's craft from the Gingerbread Man dough
We cut out gingerbread men from the dough (it is more convenient to do this using a special mold), wait for it to dry, decorate with stained glass or acrylic paint. Depending on how exactly you will use the ginger man, make a hole for the thread either at the top or in the first third.
# 5 Do-it-yourself dough stars: New Year's crafts from improvised materials
Simple dough stars decorated with small elements are a simple but very original way to decorate a Christmas tree or a gift. You can also make an original garland from salt dough stars. To make the garland more original, roll out the dough, make an imprint on it, for example, an openwork napkin, and then cut out the details. Do not forget to make holes in the right places and only after that send the craft to dry.
#6 Dough craft for kids
Very young needlewomen and needlewomen cannot yet make complex crafts, but leaving an imprint of their hand is a great pleasure. A heart with a small palm will be an excellent New Year's gift for grandparents, and after the crafts are completely dry, the kids will take great pleasure in decorating, especially if sparkles are used. From the imprint of a child's hand, you can also make a bullfinch.
#7 DIY salt dough starfish
Such a star will be an ideal gift for lovers of the sea and the sun. While we have winter and the cold is fierce, this little star will remind you of the warm sea and the scorching sun. See the step by step tutorial below.
#8 New Year's dough crafts for beginners
For those who have absolutely no time to master modeling, simple Christmas balls from dough will be an excellent option. So that the craft does not look too simple, you can color it at your discretion. You can take note of our ideas or be inspired to create your own creation.
#9 Simple Christmas crafts from dough
And this is an option for those who still like to spit. If you don’t have much experience in modeling, you can make simple crafts: a Christmas tree, a holly, a lollipop, a ball.
#10 Dough stars with luminous core
An unusual New Year's craft will be dough stars with a luminous center. With a larger shape we cut out an asterisk, with a smaller shape - the core. We cover the baking sheet with parchment, put the stars, and put plastic beads in the middle. We put it all in the oven and wait until the beads melt.
#11 Christmas decorations from dough from four-legged friends
If there is a four-legged friend in the house, some fluffy attribute will be an excellent option for a Christmas tree toy made of dough. For example, you can make a paw print or a personalized bone. The four-legged member of the family should also contribute to the decoration of the New Year tree.
#12 Christmas toy made of dough with spruce branch
Winter motifs can be added with a spruce branch. Roll out the dough and firmly attach a spruce branch to it so that it prints well. Cut out the circle and send the craft to dry. After the paint has completely dried, draw the imprint of the spruce paw and the Christmas ball from the dough is ready!
# 13 New Year's dough mitten: we make Christmas toys from improvised materials
As a New Year's craft, you can make a mitten. You can decorate the product in different ways, for example, paint it or make an imprint of an openwork napkin. In general, turn on your imagination!
#14 Simple Christmas dough craft for beginners
And another option for New Year's crafts for beginners. We cut out round blanks from the dough (this can be done with an ordinary glass). We make holes for the threads along the diameter and send the workpieces to dry. After complete drying, we stretch colored threads into the holes. You can additionally decorate with beads, rhinestones or sparkles.
#15 New Year's dough craft for a month
Another great option for New Year's crafts for those who do not have cutting shapes is the month. It is very easy to do and looks very impressive. Decor options of your choice.
#16 Dough bird: do-it-yourself Christmas crafts
If there are no baking molds, and you don’t want to make ordinary round Christmas decorations, a dove of peace will come to the rescue. If you do not like our birds, you can find a template on the Internet. Roll out the dough, attach the template, cut along the contour and send to dry. After drying, decorate as you wish.
#17 Christmas crafts from improvised materials: dough and sticks
And this option is for the most desperate. In addition to the test, you will also need sticks. For residents of megacities, the search for ordinary wooden sticks can become a real quest, but if the kids have already brought home all sorts of “necessary” branches, it's time to use them!
#18 Christmas tree lollipop from salt dough
For the development of fine motor skills of children, you can make a New Year's candy. To do this, prepare the dough in two colors (without dye and with dye). How to color the dough, we told at the beginning of the article. Roll out sausages of two colors and weave them together with a flagellum. Bend the stick into a cane shape and you can send it to dry.
# 19 "Knitted" dough heart: we make New Year's crafts from improvised materials
If you want to really surprise your friends and relatives, then you can make such a warm heart. To do this, roll out a few thin sausages and twist them into flagella, put on top of the base and cut out with a baking dish. By the way, mittens will look great in this version.
DIY Christmas trees from dough
It is difficult to imagine the New Year without a Christmas tree. And it just so happened that it is the Christmas tree that decorates our homes during the New Year holidays. A green beauty with colorful lights makes this time of year truly magical. So why not make the main symbol of the New Year in miniature as a gift to dear and close people. From the test you get a very original craft.
#1 Miniature Christmas tree made of dough
You don't have to buy a real Christmas tree to decorate your home or office. A miniature forest beauty can be made at home from scrap materials, such as salt dough or cold porcelain (we told the recipes above). From the mass for modeling we form a cone, and then with the help of scissors we “pinch off” the paws. For greater realism, the paws can be bent up a little. Next, we send the Christmas tree to dry. After complete drying, the craft can be further decorated, for example, with sparkles, beads, rhinestones, etc.
#2 Christmas tree toy from the Christmas tree dough for children
With kids, you can make crafts easier. Using a mold, cut out a Christmas tree from the dough, leave fingerprints in it and send it to dry. After the craft is completely dry, paint it. Fingerprints can be designed in the form of Christmas toys, you can combine them with a strip and get a garland, and if you slightly correct the shape of the prints, making them more elongated, you can depict luminous lanterns. In general, there is no limit to the flight of fancy!
#3 A simple Christmas tree made from dough: we make New Year's crafts from improvised materials with children
Kids just love to sculpt, in addition, this activity is very useful for the development of fine motor skills. With the smallest, it’s worth starting with a simple one. Prepare the dough, roll it out and cut out some Christmas trees (with or without a mold). Decor options can be countless, for example, ribbon and sequins (after drying), add lace patterns (you can print an lace napkin before cutting the Christmas tree) or decorate crafts with buttons, beads, candy or marmalade. Buttons can be glued both before and after drying, but candies or marmalades should be decorated before drying and dried in the oven (the candies will melt and look like glass decorations).
#4 Volumetric Christmas tree made of dough stars
If you think flat crafts are banal, you can make a voluminous Christmas tree, for example, from stars. To do this, you will need stars of different sizes (you can cut it out using a mold or mold it yourself). In each star in the center, make a hole for the thread and send to dry. After drying, string the stars on a thread, and for greater originality, insert a bead between each link. We tie knots, cut off the excess and a voluminous Christmas tree made of dough with our own hands is ready!
#5 DIY Christmas tree made from salt dough
Another version of the Christmas tree made of stars for those who do not have shapes for cutting. Making asterisks without foma is very simple. To do this, cut out a circle, divide it into 5 sectors and give each sector with your fingers the shape of an arrow. Then fold the stars on top of each other and send the craft to dry. After complete drying, you can proceed to the decor.
#6 Miniature Christmas tree made from dough with garlic maker
An excellent Christmas tree made from dough is obtained with the help of garlic. It is better, of course, to pre-color the dough with green pigment. Pass the dough through the garlic maker, and then carefully glue these sausages to the paper cone. You can glue the dough for a moment. After drying, the Christmas tree can be further decorated with sparkles.
#7 Another Christmas tree with garlic
The original Christmas tree will turn out if the dough passed through the garlic maker is rolled into loops, and these loops are already glued to the base cone. Outwardly, the Christmas tree will look like a craft made of threads. In general, unusual!
You can find more Christmas trees from improvised materials in the article:
Santa Claus and Snow Maiden from dough with their own hands
Well, what is the New Year without the good Grandfather and his assistant granddaughter? Sculpting people is a special skill, and small details will help develop motor skills. In addition, who knows, maybe after such home entertainment your child decides to become a sculptor, and his work will surpass Michelangelo himself in the future!
# 1 Crafts from the palms for the New Year: making Santa Claus
A simple handprinted salt dough craft. It should be painted only after the product has completely dried. By the way, do not forget to make a hole for the thread before drying.
# 2 Santa Claus from dough: a simple craft for children
With children, you can also make a simple flat craft "Santa Claus". Roll out the base in the form of a drop. Glue a piece of dough, previously cut into strips, into the lower part, then glue the mustache and hat. We slightly twist the strips of the beard and mustache into flagella and send Grandfather to dry. After complete drying, proceed to the decor.
#3 Head of Santa Claus from dough
And another version of a simple flat craft made from salt dough. In this version, the beard is made from separate "sausages" that are carefully glued to the lower part of the face. This job is suitable for older children.
#4 Christmas tree toy Santa Claus from dough with a photo step by step
And this craft is already of an average level of complexity, because. will require patience and perseverance from the creator. See step by step guide below.
And more ideas for the head of Santa Claus from the dough
You can already come up with the design of your craft yourself, but we decided to throw in a few more ideas that, in fact, differ only in the way the beard is made. A wadded beard for Grandfather can be made by passing the dough through a garlic maker or making an openwork print; all kinds of curls will also look great.
#5 Santa Claus on the Christmas tree with their own hands from dough
Cute Grandfather can be made in full growth. A flat craft of such a plan is done very simply. To get started, you will need a figure template (you can draw it yourself or find it on the World Wide Web if you don’t like ours). Next, cut out the outline from the dough, and then the constituent elements. When the figurine is assembled, we send it to dry. After complete drying, you can proceed to the decor.
And more ideas for flat crafts from salt dough "Santa Claus"
#6 Santa Claus from salty theta on the frame step by step with a photo
From the dough, you can make a voluminous figure of Santa Claus. To do this, you will need a cone-shaped frame, which can be made, for example, from foil. We wrap the frame with dough, the head can be put on a toothpick or glued with glue. For a beard, three dough on a fine grater and attach to the face. We send to dry. After complete drying, you can proceed to additional decor.
# 7 Santa Claus from salty theta on a lamp frame: a step-by-step master class
You can use an old light bulb as a frame for Case Frost from salt dough. It is immediately worth noting that you need to dry such a craft in the air, and not in the oven. The glass part of the light bulb will serve as the body, and we will “plant” the head on the base. Step-by-step photo master class, see below.
# 8 Snow Maiden from salty on the frame with your own hands
And here is the step-by-step master class of the Snow Maiden from salt dough. In this MK, we make the granddaughter of Santa Claus on a foil frame. We “sit” the head on a toothpick. You can decorate the Snow Maiden from dough only after the craft has completely dried.
And more ideas of Santa Claus from the dough on the frame
You can also use a cut plastic bottle as a frame for Grandfather. A beard can also be done in different ways: just stick thin strips on it or pass the dough through a garlic maker. Cotton wool also looks great as a beard.
#9 Ded Moroz and Snegurochka: making crafts for the New Year from salt dough
And here is a variant of three-dimensional figurines made of dough without a frame. It should be noted right away that voluminous crafts made from dough without a frame dry much longer, because. they have more tests. In general, working with dough is like working with plasticine, only the dough then dries up. Start decorating the figurines only after complete drying. Master class on modeling, see below.
Salt dough snowflakes: we make New Year's crafts from improvised materials
No less New Year's crafts will be a snowflake made of dough. You can decorate such a craft with a Christmas tree, a gift, and an interior. And you can give as a New Year's souvenir to friends or acquaintances.
#1 Snowflake from dough with openwork print
Making an openwork snowflake from salt dough is a laborious task. Therefore, we will be cunning. To give the craft delicacy, we use a knitted napkin. Roll out the dough, put a napkin on top and go over it with a rolling pin to print the pattern. Next, using the form, cut out the snowflake and send the craft to dry.
#2 Openwork snowflake from dough step by step with photo
And here is a more complex version of a snowflake from dough. You will need cutouts and a prepared plan. It is best to draw a diagram of your snowflake on paper in advance, and then proceed to cut out the elements. To proceed with the decor only after complete drying!
And another version of the snowflake from the dough. You make various elements from dough sausages: circles, droplets, ovals. Connect them together into a single structure. It is better, of course, to draw a snowflake on paper in advance, and then proceed to the test. You will find two options for such a snowflake in the MK below.
And more ideas for do-it-yourself openwork snowflakes from dough
Need more snowflakes?
Dough snowman
You can also make a snowman out of salt dough. The main helper of Santa Claus will look great not only on the Christmas tree as a toy, but also as a hand-made figurine or a decorative element on a New Year's card.
#1 Snowman from salt dough for New Year
A very simple Christmas tree toy in the form of a snowman can be made from salt dough. We cut out the base circle, glue the carrot nose, make a hole for the egg and send it to dry. After complete drying, paint the snowman and you can decorate the Christmas tree!
More Easy Salt Dough Snowman Ideas for Christmas:
# 2 Do-it-yourself voluminous snowman from dough
It is very easy to make a voluminous snowman. From the dough we roll three balls of different sizes (for the body of a snowman), put them together and send them to dry. After complete drying, the crafts are painted and decorated. As a decor, you can use ribbons, shreds of fabric, pompons, etc.
#3 Salt Dough Snowman: DIY Christmas Crafts with Kids
And here is another simple version of a voluminous snowman made of dough. The modeling mass can be dyed with dye, or you can make a snowman from ordinary dough, and then color it. We make a panicle for a snowman from dough, passing it through a garlic maker. See the step by step tutorial below.
More ideas for do-it-yourself voluminous snowmen from dough
#4 Fridge magnet Snowman made of dough step by step with photo
As a New Year's souvenir, you can make a fridge magnet from the dough. A great themed craft would be a snowman. See below for a step-by-step master class with a photo on making a magnet.
More ideas for magnets
#5 Christmas tree dough snowman
Salt dough snowmen will be a great Christmas tree decoration. In addition, the kids will like to decorate the forest beauty with handmade toys. In terms of manufacturing, such a snowman is very simple: we draw a template on paper (you can find a ready-made one), cut out the base, and then glue the rest of the details (face, hands, gift, scarf, etc.). We send for drying and only after complete drying we proceed to coloring. Important! Before sending it to dry, do not forget to make a hole for the thread, otherwise you will have to adapt the craft for a fridge magnet.
#6 Do-it-yourself ice cream snowman from salt dough: a step-by-step master class
It is perhaps difficult to find a child who has not eaten snow at least once in his life. Yes, white and fluffy, it looks very appetizing. Well, everything is possible in the New Year, and even ice-cream snowmen! They can decorate the Christmas tree or attach a magnet to the back and hang it on the refrigerator. In any case, they will look very cool!
We have more snowmen:
DIY salt dough angel
Still don't know what to give your loved ones for Christmas? Give an angel made with your own hands. Wonderful figures are obtained from salt dough or cold porcelain, which can be easily prepared at home from improvised materials (we wrote the recipes above). In this article you will find step-by-step master classes for making dough angels.
# 1 New Year's angel with your own hands step by step with a photo
A wonderful angel that can be hung on a Christmas tree. This little keeper will be an excellent decoration for a forest beauty. In addition, a handmade angel can be safely presented to relatives and friends.
# 2 DIY salt dough angel: step by step instructions with a photo
And here is another step-by-step instruction with a photo for making a Christmas angel with your own hands from salt dough. This version of the angel is a little simpler than the previous one, so you can safely involve the smallest in the work. Of course, you can't do without the help of your mother!
#3 DIY Christmas angel from salt dough
And another cute Christmas angel, which will be a great home decoration and create a festive atmosphere. The figurine is very easy to make, but it looks very impressive. Handmade salt dough angel will be a great addition to a New Year's gift.
#4 Fridge magnet angel from salt dough: master class
As a New Year's gift to relatives and friends, you can make a Christmas magnet angel. See the step-by-step master class for making below.
And more ideas of dough angels for you, get inspired and create yourself!
More Salt Dough Christmas Angel Ideas
DIY salt dough houses
Small fabulous houses made of salt dough will be an excellent home decoration and will help create an atmosphere of warmth and comfort on cold winter days. Like all dough crafts, houses can be flat or voluminous. Moreover, bulk products can be made as a candlestick. A miniature house with luminous windows looks very cool in the evening. And to complete the fabulous image, you can separately mold the inhabitants for your house.
#1 Flat house made of salt dough to decorate the Christmas tree
The simplest house that you can make with your own hands from salt dough is an ordinary flat craft. We roll out the dough several millimeters thick, cut out the outline of the house and decorative elements (windows, door, roof, etc.). We assemble the craft, make a hole for the thread and send it to dry. After complete drying, we proceed to the decor.
More ideas for Christmas tree decorations
# 2 New Year's house from salt dough: do-it-yourself panels
You can make panels and paintings of incredible beauty from salt dough. In the New Year theme, houses covered with snow look especially cool. Snow can be made from Styrofoam balls, glitter, salt, cotton wool and much more.
# 3 Salt dough house: making a New Year's magnet
An original New Year's gift will be a magnet in the form of a house covered with snow. Such a gift is especially valuable, because. made by hand. The idea is simple: cut out the base of the house from the dough, then glue various decorative elements on top, dry, paint. Glue the felt to the back of the craft, and a magnet on it. Voila, our Christmas craft is ready!
More ideas for panel dough houses:
# 4 New Year's house from salt dough: we make an original candlestick with our own hands
Salt dough New Year's house can be used as a candlestick, it looks very cool. So, prepare the salt dough, roll it out to about 1-1.5 cm thick. Cut out the walls, windows and door. You can do this with special molds, and if there are none, then use a clerical knife and a ruler. Glue all the walls and glue the roof. Cover the joints with the rest of the dough. When the house is dry, sand the bumps with sandpaper and enjoy your creation!
# 5 New Year's candlestick in the shape of a house: making crafts from salt dough on a frame
This version of the candlestick house is a little more complicated than the previous one, because. will require more creativity. As a frame, you can use not only a plastic jar, it can be a glass or tin can, even a frame made of thick paper (for example, a toilet paper or paper towel sleeve) will do. In order for the house to be well removed from the frame, the jar can be wrapped with foil. Next, we glue the frame with dough, decorate it, send it to dry (the base of the house and the roof are burned separately, that is, in a disassembled state). When the blanks are dry, we remove the base and close up the bottom of the house. Next, glue the roof and move on to the decor of the future candlestick.
# 6 Salt dough candlestick house: decorating the house for the New Year
And another version of the candlestick in the form of a house on the bank. Decor options can be very different, you just need to dream up a little and you will get a charming winter house.
More ideas for candlestick houses made from salt dough:
# 7 Do-it-yourself salt dough house step by step with a photo
In this master class, you will learn how to make a do-it-yourself salt dough house on a cardboard frame. To begin with, you will need to make a house out of cardboard, making all the necessary holes for the windows in it. Further, according to the size of the house, we make dough blanks, immediately decorating them. After the dough pieces have dried, glue them onto the cardboard house. The dough perfectly "sits down" on the Moment. We cover the joints with the remnants of fresh dough and smooth them with a brush and water. Next, glue the roof. Please note that the roof is glued with fresh dough, and not with a dried blank. Next, we move on to painting and decoration. Styrofoam balls are used as snow in this MK.
# 8 Salt dough house on a frame: a master class with a photo
And here is a variant of a house on a frame from a can. When the house dries, the frame can be removed, or you can not clean it. This is critical if you want to make a candlestick, but if it’s just a house, then it’s not necessary to remove the base. Nasim relief drawing and send the house to dry. After complete drying, you can proceed to the decor.
# 9 Salt dough house on a bottle: master class step by step
And another version of the house on the bottle. As we said above, you can use any suitable element as a frame: a glass jar or bottle, a plastic jar (bottle), a tin can, plastic canisters, foam bases and more.
#1 Simple dough wreath
Traditionally, our western neighbors decorate their Christmas wreaths with green plants, and the holly or holly tolerates frost well, which is why it is so often found as a decorative element in Western culture. It is quite difficult to find this plant here, so we will decorate the wreath with dough holly.
#2 New Year's dough wreath for children
If you need to keep the kids busy, then you can make such a simple wreath. It is desirable to color the dough at the time of preparation by adding a few drops of green dye to it. Fir twigs, cinnamon sticks, star anise, cloves, bead and more are useful for decoration. Well, then - a flight of fancy!
#3 DIY Christmas wreath
You can decorate a Christmas wreath with any elements, for example, dough stars. And you can make the basis for a wreath with a pigtail (as in the first version) or a tourniquet (as here). The main thing to remember is that you can paint a craft from salt dough only after it has completely dried!
# 4 Do-it-yourself autumn wreath: a step-by-step master class
An excellent option for school / garden crafts will be an autumn wreath. If you didn’t have time to dry the leaves in the fall, it doesn’t matter, you can make them from salt dough. Moms will have to prepare paper templates, and the kids will take care of the rest. The leaves need to be cut, make veins on them and send to dry. After complete drying, paint and glue on a cardboard base. Salt dough is well glued to the "Moment".
#5 Delicate New Year wreath made of dough, decorated with roses
If you want to add a little tenderness and romance to the decor, then pay attention to this craft made from salt dough. It is better to color the dough for roses with a dye during kneading, this will help to avoid the laborious work of coloring flowers. See step by step guide below.
#6 Alternative to Christmas wreath
If you don't like Christmas wreaths, you can make an alternative craft, more traditional in our culture - a horseshoe for good luck. If you paint it in the appropriate New Year's colors, you get a great themed decoration. To make it more festive, you can decorate the horseshoe with a spruce branch, snowflakes (from dough, of course), cones, etc.
Another option for crafts from salt dough for the New Year can be animal figurines. We will not give all possible options in the article, but only those that we liked the most. You can get inspired and make something of your own, or you can take a ready-made idea, especially since they all come with step-by-step photo instructions.
#1 DIY Salt Dough Owl: Making Christmas Decorations with Kids
The most popular animal that is made for the New Year is an owl. Yes, the forest predator does not sleep in winter. In addition, a small feature of owls is waking at night, we add some mysticism and mystery to them, which is very useful on the most magical night of the year!
# 2 Volumetric owl from dough: decorating a house for the New Year
Another option for an owl from dough can be a three-dimensional figurine of a feathered predator. The manufacturing process will require patience and perseverance from the master, although there is nothing complicated in this craft. Try it and see for yourself! Step-by-step master class with a photo, see below.
More owls from the test:
#3 New Year's crafts from salt dough: making a penguin
No less relevant during the New Year holidays and penguins. Penguins won special love of children after the cartoon Madagascar. Well, why invent a bicycle if the idea of a New Year's craft from dough for children is on the surface. It's decided: we're making a penguin!
#4 Crafts for the New Year from salt dough: making a hedgehog
You can make a wonderful hedgehog from salt dough. A prickly ball will be a great decoration, and will also go with a bang as a gift to grandparents. How to make a hedgehog step by step with a photo is described below.
#5 New Year's crafts from salt dough: making a lamb
Look great as a New Year's decor and lamb. In this master class, you will learn how to make a lamb out of dough with movable elements. See photo instructions below.
#6 Dough lamb: Christmas crafts for kids
And here is a variant of a voluminous lamb, even children can cope with the manufacture. A large number of small details will help develop fine motor skills and have fun with the whole family!
# 7 Dough fish: do-it-yourself Christmas crafts
If you want to make an unusual craft for the New Year with your own hands, then pay attention to such a fish. By the way, such a fish will be a great addition to a gift for a fisherman!
#8 Crafts for the New Year: dough horse
It is very easy to make a horse out of dough. By the way, if you don’t already know, then the domestic Santa Claus delivers gifts to kids on a troika of horses, and not on deer, like his Western counterpart. You can make a whole horse farm out of dough, decorate a Christmas tree with them and give them away to friends and acquaintances!
# 9 Do-it-yourself New Year's pig from dough: master class
Particularly relevant for the New Year 2019 will be a piece of pig dough. In manufacturing, the symbol of the coming year is not difficult, so you can safely involve the kids in the work. Remember that we paint the figurine from the dough only after complete drying.
#10 New Year's crafts from salt dough: making a pig
Another version of a cute dough pig. This craft can be used as a Christmas toy or as a fridge magnet. See the step by step tutorial below.
#11 Craft for the New Year 2019 dough pig
And an option for experienced craftswomen. In general, crafts of any complexity can be made from dough, it all depends on your modeling skills. Well, we wish you creative success, inspiration and productive New Year holidays!
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Salt dough is a worthy alternative to plasticine and clay. The advantage of this material for creativity is that the figures become strong after drying, they can be decorated with paints, varnish, felt-tip pens, you can play with them for a long time.
By the way, look at what you can make as a gift for the New Year.
The advantage of dough over clay is its low cost. Today I want to show you how to make Christmas toys from salt dough and how to decorate them. Flour is needed the most common. Whole grain or rye will not work, because. the dough from them is sticky and not suitable for sculpting toys. We also take the cheapest, fine-grained salt.
What you need to make toys from dough:
- Wheat flour,
- salt,
- water,
- Bowl,
- lodge.
Stages of creating toys for the Christmas tree from salt dough:
Place flour, salt and water in a bowl. Knead the dough. It is necessary to achieve the consistency of plasticine. To prevent the dough from sticking to your hands, you can moisten them with water or sprinkle with flour. We put salt at the rate of 1 tablespoon per full glass of flour. The taste of the dough will be very, very salty. This is necessary so that the toys do not get moldy over time. We connect the child to the process. The result should be an elastic, flexible, uniform dough. 
We put the resulting elastic dough on the table, roll it out with a rolling pin or a jar. Do not roll too thin, otherwise the toys will be fragile. The optimal thickness is 5-7 mm. 
On the rolled salt dough, we squeeze out the figures with the help of molds. To do this, you can use a glass, then the toys will be round. Can be cut with cookie cutters. Or you can fantasize and draw something original on the test, for example, circle your child’s palm. 
Or carve a Christmas tree. 
I used a brush for these purposes, piercing the back end along the fingers, leaving marks on the dough, then cut it out with a knife. If the toys are made as Christmas decorations, you need to make a small hole for the string in the top of the toy. It is convenient to make straws for juice. In general, you can make any figurines. 
New Year's toys made from salt dough can be decorated with beads of different colors and sizes, shells, sequins, beads, etc. You can make a spiral of beautiful woolen yarn. While the dough is fresh, it is very pliable and it is easy to fix various decorations on it. You need to let the child fantasize, let him decorate the toy in his own way, you should not interfere, even if it turns out clumsily or not very aesthetically pleasing from the point of view of the mother. Completely decorating the toy on their own, the child will be proud and pleased with himself. 
Next, be sure to dry the carved toys. This can be done in the oven at the lowest temperature for a few hours. And you can dry on the battery, it will take one to two days. And finally, toys can be decorated. 
I use acrylic paint and nail polish. My son (3 years old) and I got such Christmas decorations. He did half last year, half this year. When the Christmas decorations were taken out, he remembered that he made them himself, he was happy and wanted to work with the dough again, to create something beautiful with his own hands again!
If you love sewing, then you can sew beautiful
Salt dough Christmas tree. Step by step instructions with photo
Modeling from salt dough for schoolchildren.
Master class "Herringbone"
This work is intended for teachers and parents, as well as for school-age children.
Target: learn to sculpt a Christmas tree from salt dough.
Tasks:
- teach how to knead and color the dough;
- teach how to make needles by cutting salt dough with scissors;
- develop motor skills of the hand,
- develop creative abilities.
Required material:
- 1 cup flour
- 0.5 cups of fine salt,
- 0.5 cups of water,
- container and spoon,
- gouache
- beads, beads, sequins,
- stapler,
- cardboard.
Lesson progress:
Guess the riddle:Needles grow on it
Thick and prickly
And resinous cones,
Sticky, fragrant.
She's on New Year's Eve
Will come to visit us!
Slim, fluffy
With golden lights
Today we will sculpt a Christmas tree from salt dough and decorate it with decorations. There is a very beautiful song from the cartoon "New Year's Tale" Poems: I. Shaferan
Christmas tree, Christmas tree - forest aroma
Christmas tree, Christmas tree -
Forest fragrance.
She really needs
Nice outfit.
Let this Christmas tree
At the holiday hour
With every needle
Pleases us
Pleases us.
Stages of work
1. Take half a glass of water and pour it into a container. Pour half a glass of fine salt and mix well. Gradually add flour to the consistency of batter.
2. Add green gouache and mix to make a green batter.
3. Gradually add the remaining flour and mix.
4. We dump the resulting mass on the table and knead the dough with our hands. The dough should be plastic, should not stick and crumble in the hands. If the dough sticks, then add a little flour, if the dough crumbles, then add a little water.
5. Cut out a semicircle from cardboard. From the resulting dough, roll out the layer and cut out a semicircle from the dough using a template.
6. Fold the template into a cone with a stapler.
7. Carefully wrap the cone in a semicircle of salt dough and glue the seam with water, moistening it a little with a brush. Gently smooth the seam with your finger.
8. We take scissors with sharp ends and begin to cut the needles in rows. It is better not to raise the Christmas tree so that the dough does not slip, and keep the scissors at an angle of 30 degrees. You need to cut the needle from the top row.
9. Knead the dough for decorations and paint it with gouache in different colors. Proportions: 0.5 cups of water; 0.5 cups of salt and a glass of flour.
10. We sculpt a star from red dough and glue it with water.
11. There are many ways to decorate a Christmas tree. The first way: we sculpt a lot of multi-colored balls, toys from colored dough and glue them on the Christmas tree with the help of water.
12. The second way: we decorate the Christmas tree with beads, beads, sequins, which we simply gently press into the dough. They hold well without glue, but if the beads fall off after drying, then you can glue them with varnish or glue.
13. When the Christmas tree is dry, you can varnish or gloss for children's creativity. Christmas tree is ready!
14. Works of my students!
Oksana Seifert
Good afternoon, dear colleagues! Winter has come into its own and very soon a cheerful and joyful holiday will come - the New Year! And as always, by tradition, we decorate Christmas tree, forest beauty purchased toys: colorful balls, icicles, snowmen, snowflakes, tinsel, etc. Well, what if we decorate herringbone toys made by hand. After all, such toys made with love, carry warmth and positive emotions of the one who made. Today I propose master class on making Christmas decorations(balls) from handmade salt dough. Such toys can be done together with children, since working with test develops fine motor skills of children's fingers. For making New Year's balls to us need: 1 cup flour, 1 cup fine salt, a little water, a cap of felt-tip pens, gouache paints, brush, non-spill glass, glue "Moment", or glue "Titanium", green, blue, silver sequins, star-shaped sequins, satin ribbons. Mix flour, salt and a little water in a small bowl and knead dough. It must be firm and thick so that it can be molded. Dough Roll out to a thickness of about 1 cm, and use a glass to cut out circles. With a cap from felt-tip pens cut a hole for threading the tape. Then our balls must dry. To do this, you can bake them in the oven, or you can leave them on a piece of paper for several days. After the balls have dried, you can proceed to the most interesting thing - their design. Here you can show all your imagination. Can be colorized gouache paint toys, draw patterns, glue multi-colored sequins using any available glue. Pass a satin ribbon through the hole and tie a bow. Our Christmas ball is ready! Can be decorated Christmas tree! Thank you for your attention! I wish you all good luck and creative success!
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Many people do it - and every time New Year's crafts with their own hands turn out to be original, in their own style, even if they are made according to the instructions. We invite you to make Christmas decorations from salt dough with your children. You can pack them beautifully - and you will get a gift for the New Year with your own hands. The problem of Christmas gifts for grandparents and family friends will be solved!
To make Christmas toys from salt dough, we need:
- salt dough (100 g flour, 100 g salt, 125 ml water)
- cookie cutters
- rolling pin
- lace doily
- ribbons
- gouache
- brush
- sponge
- souvenir bags
Making toys from salt dough:
- Knead the salt dough. We roll out the layer with a thickness of 3-5 mm. We put a lace napkin on top and roll it with a rolling pin two or three times (we are not afraid to press). We've got a very interesting terrain.
- We squeeze stars, hearts, houses, Christmas trees with molds. Do not forget to make holes - then we will insert ribbons into them.
- The first stage is over! We dry our New Year's souvenirs in the oven (convection mode, 60 degrees, 3 hours). Let it cool down properly.
- Now the fun part! We take a brush and gouache and paint. We cover the edges with dark paint - so our souvenirs will look neater (you can skip this step).
- We walk with a slightly damp sponge dipped in paint over ready-made souvenirs. So the drawing will be more noticeable. Let's dry. We cover with varnish, wait for it to dry, and then insert the ribbons.
- Now let's get to the fun part - gift wrapping. We pack three or four souvenirs in each bag, and the gifts are ready!
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