New Year's articles from plasticine

Working with plasticine or polymer clay brings not only pleasure to children, but also helps them develop their creative abilities, assiduity, fine motor skills. Therefore, on the eve of winter holidays, it is possible to offer the child to prepare New Year's articles from plasticine. They will help in creating a great mood. They can be presented to your beloved grandmother or carried to a kindergarten for a thematic exhibition. Of course, by the New Year a good idea will be to make a Christmas tree and fairy-tale characters connected with this magical holiday.

Materials and Tools

First you need to prepare everything you need in the process:

• plasticine or polymer clay;
• stacks;
• a piece of thick cardboard or a board.

Herringbone from plasticine

You can start with the preparation of a toy New Year tree. To understand how to blind a Christmas tree from plasticine can even a child.

1. First you have to roll out the sausage from the green material. It should be noted that the longer it is, the higher the tree.
2. Next, carefully place the sausage with a spiral upward.
3. Then it is required to make small multi-colored balls and decorate them with a tree. You can also use beads.
4. The top can be decorated with plasticine or plastic star.

The first article is completely ready and you can proceed with the following.

Santa Claus from plasticine

Now let's figure out how to dazzle the main character of winter holidays.

1. The first step is to make a red cone. It will be a fur coat. For the edge, roll out the white thin sausage. To get a neat strap, you have to fashion a thin black ribbon. For the buckle you need a beige box and a black little piece.
2. Now you should make short sausages of red and white color, cut each of them in half. These are sleeves of a fur coat with white cuffs. From beige material, you need to make small white flat cakes, put on them notches, so you get a palm. Then you need to attach them to the sleeves.
3. It's time to assemble the entire body. It is necessary to attach the belt with the buckle, the edge and hands.
4. The next stage will be the preparation of the head. Of beige plasticine for the head and spout, two balls of the appropriate size must be rolled. For the peephole to fashion very small details, or you can use black beads. Make a beard from a white piece. To do this, make a flat cake and decorate the edges. For the cap, make a red triangle, a semicircle and a white ball for the pomponchik.
5. Now you need to complete your face. It is important not to forget about the edging on the hat and mouth.
6. In conclusion, you need to connect the head and trunk.

A wonderful figure of Santa Claus is ready. Of course, you can make a granddaughter for your grandfather. We need to figure out how to make a Snow Maiden out of plasticine. You can prepare it in a similar way, but take into account some of the nuances.

Snowman from plasticine

It is interesting to consider how to make a snowman from plasticine. This character is loved by all children, because they will gladly take part in the creative process.

1. You need to start with the preparation of a white cone for the body, a ball for the head, a sausage for hands. You also need to make an orange carrot and small balls for the eye and mouth.
2. Now you need to be careful with the details. It is necessary to connect the trunk with handles and decorate the face, that is, to attach eyes, carrots and make a smile.
3. From the piece, like the color, you need to fashion the details for the scarf and attach them to the body.
4. You can make warm headphones on your head. To do this, you need to roll two balls and flatten them, then join them with a thin strip.
5. Also an interesting idea is to make a scarf, twisting together, two thin snakes of different colors.
6. At the last stage it will be necessary to completely assemble the Snowman. You can make several figures, because children love this character and will be happy to play with him.

Plasticine toys can become heroes of New Year's puppet shows.