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How to make a Christmas tree toy “Bell” from paper

One of the simplest forms for making a New Year's toy from papier-mâché is a bell. The base can be the top of a half-liter plastic bottle, the neck of which is carefully cut off to make it easier to remove the paper blank from

How to make a small and elegant Christmas tree

A small papier-mâché Christmas tree can be made in a couple of days: one day will be needed to make the paper blank and dry it, and one day to paint and decorate.

Christmas ball from egg packaging

A beautiful handmade New Year's toy is not cheap, but you can make it yourself. When you combine the papier-mâché technique and the technique of decoupaging products with napkins, you get quite decent Christmas tree decorations even with no experience.

Christmas tree from egg packaging

A papier-mâché Christmas tree will decorate a windowsill, bedside table, desk and help create a pre-holiday New Year's atmosphere.

Christmas tree toy “Snow Maiden” made of papier-mâché

Papier-mâché toys are an economical and homely alternative to mass-produced Christmas tree decorations. In addition, joint activities between children and adults develop creativity, fine motor skills, perseverance of the child and

How to make a big Kinder surprise

What amazing gifts for children for the New Year! What kind of design ideas do marketers come up with to attract the attention of not only boys and girls, but also, naturally, their parents. But you and I know the cooler the packaging,

How to make a large “Kinder Surprise” from paper

All children love Kinder Surprise eggs. And, most likely, not because they are sweet, but precisely because of the surprise that is hidden inside. After all, it’s always so exciting to open the package, eagerly getting to the toy to find out what

Garden figurines – Moai

Moai are stone statues located on Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean. These monolithic statues fascinate with their mystery. After watching enough documentaries about Moai, I decided to decorate my side with such figures, made from papier-mâché. In that

How to make a papier-mâché mask

Making a papier-mâché mask is a fun activity with which you can express yourself and a great opportunity to use the mask itself both at a costume party and as a gift. This article provides a step-by-step

Cucumbers using papier-mâché technique

Papier-mâché is an amazing technique that is perfect for working even with small children.Using this technique you can make anything your heart desires: a vase, a plate, a toy for the Christmas tree and many dummies. And today we will make crafts for everyone

Smesharik "Tigrisia"

We continue to expand our collection of Smeshariki. Today we will make Tigress. To begin with, we select frames from the cartoon on the Internet, where the structure of Tigritia is clearly visible. Or download the cartoon and select the necessary frames.

Christmas balls made of papier-mâché

The approach of the New Year holidays makes us think about how to organize a worthy farewell to the old one and the New Year. In our family, first of all, it was decided to update the outdated and no longer very attractive Christmas tree decorations, which

New Year's toys made of papier-mâché

The papier-mâché technique is ideal for making New Year's toys. With minimal material costs, you can get light and fairly durable crafts of absolutely any shape. On the eve of the coming New Year, we suggest doing

Candy bowl

Good afternoon. You can make anything from scrap materials. Especially plastic ones. From ordinary bottles you can make a beautiful and original candy bowl with your own hands, which will be useful around the house. For production we will need: -

Napkin holder

Today I will show you how easy and simple it is to make a napkin holder from materials that are probably found in every home. You don’t need any additional skills to make it, so you can use a child if you wish. What do we need

Garden sculpture of a cat

To make a waterproof and lightweight garden sculpture in the form of a cat from papier-mâché, you will need newspaper and gray toilet paper, flour paste, wire with a cross-sectional diameter of 5 mm, masking tape, construction plaster, alkyd enamel of various types.

Easter egg decoration

To decorate an Easter egg, you can use any beads and small buttons, as well as various ribbons and braid. The main thing in this way to decorate an egg for the holiday is to create a background from newspapers. For this master class I used

Vase made using papier-mâché technique

We will need: Form for the future vase; Newspapers; White paper; PVA glue; Disposable gloves; Polyethylene film; Gouache; Glossy varnish for coating; Brushes for gouache and varnish.

CD ball

I always wondered, is it possible to make a disco ball with your own hands? I tried it and it turned out that it is possible. In order to make a disco ball with your own hands, we will need a balloon, newspaper, water, paste, CDs and glue. Making the base

Papier-mâché Easter egg

In order to make our craft - a bright, unbreakable Easter egg made of papier-mâché, we will need PVA glue, newspapers, water, gouache paints and plasticine.

Beaded cherries

Everyone loves to receive gifts. At the market you can choose whatever your heart desires, but you won’t find such a gift anywhere. It’s not at all difficult to make such a souvenir, a little patience and effort - and you’re done!

Instructions for making a mirror disco ball

What's a disco without a disco ball? But it is not on sale! No problem . . . .

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