Since ancient times, both adults and children prepared for this event, symbolizing the birth of Jesus Christ, prepared houses, prepared various dishes, taught and sang Christmas carols. Fortunately this tradition has survived to this day, which is why the topic of Christmas crafts is so urgent on the eve of the holiday, which you can make with your own hands, so that you can not simply decorate your house, but also fully enjoy the fabulous pre-holiday atmosphere.
What crafts can you do with your own hands for Christmas?
The process of creating decorations and gifts for loved ones can be extraordinarily fascinating and fun, and you can make Christmas crafts for the whole family. This is an excellent opportunity to introduce the child to the traditions of his people, to show imagination and imagination, and also to feel an extraordinary sense of unity and harmony. No matter what you do, let it be a kind Christmas angel, a wreath or asterisks, the main thing is that this hand-crafted article will help create a special aura - clean and bright.
And now we give some examples of simple and beautiful crafts on the Christmas theme.
Option 1
It's hard to imagine a Christmas night without a Christmas angel who, according to tradition, was the first to bring the good news about the birth of the son of God. That is why the handmaid in the form of an angel made by oneself for Christmas is symbolic. Making a good angel is easy. For this we need the usual white napkins, glue, braid, walnut, scissors.
So, let's start creating our masterpiece:
- Let's start with the torso angel, to do this, separate the two layers from the three-layer napkin. Then wrap them in a walnut and bind it with a braid.
- There are no angels without wings, and our creation is no exception. Therefore, using adhesive glue the middle of the top wiper, so as to form the wings.
- Next, make a beautiful and magnificent skirt. Gently trim the napkin from below and straighten the hem. In the front we sew a skirt with a ribbon.
- It remains to be a small thing to make a halo. To do this, we form it from the ribbon and attach it to the head with the help of an adhesive thermo-pistol.
Minimum of costs and time, and as a result we have got such a wonderful Christmas angel, which will become a symbol of good and faith for all family members.
Option 2
Pay attention to the sky on Christmas night - it's certainly stellar. And the most important star in it is Bethlehem, which, according to tradition, brought the Magi to the Virgin Mary with the newborn Jesus. That's why the stars are also considered a traditional symbol of the holiday. And they can be made from a favorite material for needlework - puff pastry. By the way, this is an excellent variant of a Christmas craft, which can be done with children.
So, for the joint creativity in advance, prepare the dough. To do this, mix 1 cup of flour and a half glass of salt, then pour a mixture of 125 mg of water and allow to stand for several minutes. Then the kids can connect to the process:
- Roll the dough on the flour-sprinkled surface.
- Next, using ready-made molds, we make blanks. In principle, it can be any figures, for example, Christmas trees, flowers, hearts, but we will stop on the stars.
- In the upper part of our workpieces we use a straw to make a hole through which the ribbon will then be passed.
- We put the asterisks from the puff pastry on the baking sheet and send it to the oven. Bake them at 100 degrees for 2-3 hours.
- After drying, we decorate the asterisks with golden acrylic paint. You can choose the color and the very paint on your own, and with the help of PVA glue the product can be decorated with sequins, beads, sequins and other decorative elements.
Here, in fact, our hack and ready, it remains to pass through the hole a beautiful ribbon and complement it with a festive interior.