DIY crafts for the New Year 2019

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

DIY crafts for the New Year 2019 can become pride at an exhibition at a school or kindergarten, where participation is not so much important as victory. The symbol of the year, the Yellow Pig, will look no less interesting as a decoration on a Christmas tree or a festive table.

Depending on the availability of materials and tools for making a boar with your own hands, you can choose the appropriate options. Some crafts will take longer, while others can be done a few hours before the event starts.

New Year's craft from cones "Pig"

If there is very little time left, crafts for the New Year 2019 in the form of a symbol of the year of the pig are easy to make from cones. And for decoration, use gouache or acrylic paint, which fits on wooden products an order of magnitude better.

Traditionally, the animal is made pink, but if you want to bring a real symbol of the year to the exhibition or hang on the tree, you can always use yellow paint.

Would need:

• cone;
• white and pink or yellow paint;
• brushes that are convenient to work with;
• colored plasticine.

Step-by-step manufacturing:

We cover the cone in one layer with white paint, and then pink or yellow. Wait until both layers are completely dry and proceed to the next part of creating the pig

We make a patch with two nostrils from plasticine of dark pink or dark brown color and fix it on the wide part. Sculpt ears from the same shade. They are easy to fix on the plates of the opened cone

We sculpt eyes from circles of white and black plasticine. We fix it on the craft

We roll pink or brown into koloboks and sculpt legs with hooves from it. We place them at the base of the cone

It is not difficult to make such beautiful animals. You just need to carefully study the step-by-step photos and repeat all the steps. Simple instructions without complex diagrams will be the best helpers in making crafts for the New Year in the form of a pig

How to sew adorable felt pigs

It is easiest to work with such material, so all people who are keen on needlework love it. The cost of the felt is very low and is sold in small pieces in stores.

Would need:

• felt light and dark shades of pink;
• black paint acrylic or regular marker;
• pink, lilac ribbons up to 0.5 mm wide;
• small sequins or large beads - 2 pcs.;
• threads to match the selected fabric;
• large sequins - 4 pcs.;
• scissors and glue gun.

Step-by-step manufacturing:

We download the template or sketch it ourselves by attaching an A4 sheet to the monitor screen. Cut out

We apply it to the felt and cut out the bases for crafts for the New Year 2019. In order for the product in the form of the symbol of the year of the pig to turn out bright and colorful, it is important to correctly combine the shades of the fabric

We sew the resulting ovals with a overlock seam using white threads. You do not need to stitch them together

We glue the head, ears, patch and eyes to the body, gently squeezing the glue out of the gun

To the second part of the body we attach a 20 cm long tape folded in a loop with glue. We fix large beads at its ends. Then we measure out 2 more strips of tape and fix it so that all 4 received legs of the pig are at the same level. We also decorate them with beads, tying the ends of the ribbon into knots

Draw in black the eyes and nostrils on the patch, squeezing out the acrylic pointwise. If you are using a can version of paint, you can use a zero or one brush, or even a gypsy needle

• We form a small bow from the lilac ribbon and glue it at the base of the pig's head.
• The finished craft can be presented as a souvenir to friends, family, or presented as a decoration at an exhibition. And if you make a few of these pigs, you can always hang them on a doorknob, on a Christmas tree, or wherever you like.

You can also always use other patterns and templates, from which it is easy to make more time-consuming toys and decorations.

Puff pastry crafts in the form of a symbol of the year of the pig

You don't have to buy beautiful animals from the store. Having once mastered the technique of making crafts from dough from a photo or video, you can further decorate the house with unusual holiday souvenirs.

Products covered with acrylic paint will look attractive and will definitely win prizes at any exhibition.

Would need:

• flour, sea salt, water in a ratio of 1: 1: 1;
• dessert knife, toothpicks and sculpting shovels;
• sponge for washing dishes;
• acrylic paints and thin rope.

Step-by-step manufacturing:

Knead the salted dough and roll into a bun. Then we roll out a piece into a layer 4 cm in diameter, and from a small ball we make a patch. Immediately pierce holes in it, forming the nostrils

We form triangles from small pieces of dough, squeeze with our fingers and make a notch with a spatula or knife. We fix the ears on the pig's head and draw lines with a toothpick. This will make the craft more beautiful and look more natural

We fix the pig's eyes over the patch. Cut out the heart from the dough and attach it under the nose of the pig. Press lightly with your fingertips

We work on the edge of the head with a pencil or a special tool, creating a relief edge

We roll thin handles from the dough, form fingers or hooves with a toothpick

We fix them on the heart, pressing lightly. We also make legs for the pig

• We make holes for the thread-rope at the top of the head and at the bottom.
• We leave the product to dry at room temperature or in the oven with a minimum heating of 80-100 degrees.

• We blot the pig with a sponge soaked in acrylic paint. Then we rinse under cold water, leaving the color in the grooves. When the contouring is complete, you can start processing with other bright colors.
• We draw pink ears and a piglet for the pig, highlight the heart in red, and the head in white or yellow. Highlight the contours of the eyes in black and, if desired, make inscriptions.
• When the acrylic covers the craft with a thick film, we pass the ropes through the upper holes so that it can be hung in a convenient place. We fix the legs so that they hang down and fix them with knots.

A ready-made souvenir can be presented to the director of the school where the exhibition was held or to the teacher, if it was held in a kindergarten. And having learned how to sculpt from dough, you can create unique, inimitable products, delighting family and friends with unusual gifts for the New Year 2019.

Origami symbol of the year Yellow Pig

It is easy to make unique paper crafts by following the diagrams developed in Japan. To do this, you can use a regular A4 sheet, cutting it to the desired shape. The Yellow Pig symbol of the year is made quickly and easily and can become a decoration for table setting or an excellent Christmas tree decoration.

In the Land of the Rising Sun, both children and adults are taught the art of origami. Exercising diligence and tolerance in the manufacture of light and complex crafts is considered the highest achievement and one of the ways of education. Therefore, you can involve children in making paper souvenirs in order to tackle more time-consuming craft options.

DIY eco-style pigs

You can create interesting and beautiful crafts not only from new, but also from old materials. Socks, clothes or leftover fabrics can be used. Having shown imagination and using templates, you can make complex or simple crafts in the form of a symbol of the year.

Would need:

• plain and colored socks - 1 piece each;
• small, medium buttons of the same size - 2 pcs.;
• cotton wool or other similar materials - for stuffing;
• threads, needles, scissors and white chalk.

Step-by-step manufacturing:

1. We fill the sock with cotton to the heel, stuffing it tightly inward so that the finished pig figurine keeps its shape. Cut off the unfilled part.
2. We pass the thread along the base with basting stitches and tighten the edges into a ball. We sweep thoroughly so that the filler does not come out. This edge will become the back of the pig, and the tail will later be secured in place of the seam.
3. We stretch the sock with an elastic band on the front of the body, and fold the hanging excess and carefully sew it. The torso is ready.
4. We take the second sock, cut off the elastic from it and cut it in half. We turn the resulting strips inside out so that the front side of the fabric is adjacent to the front side.
5. We draw a small semi-oval shape of the ears. We cut out according to the intended template. Sew carefully with small stitches.
6. We turn it out. If the elastic is loose to keep the ears in shape, you can fill them with filler or insert a piece of cardboard. Then we sew them to the body.
7. Sew buttons in place of the nostrils and eyes.
8. We sew the rest of the fabric, making it into a tail and fix it on the back of the body.

To keep the shape of the ears and tail better, you can use not only filler and cardboard, but also wire. In this case, these parts of the toy's body will bend and shape into any shape.

DIY crafts can be done with children, turning preparing for the holidays into a fun leisure. And even if the child's first attempts are unsuccessful, in the future, with regular practice, his skills will become better. The main thing is to treat everything with positive and patience.