All about New Year's reindeer

If you are one of the happy owners of your own cottage or country house, then you probably thought about decorating your personal plot and facade of the building for the New Year. A deer figurine complemented by a flickering garland will come in handy here - it will undoubtedly help create a magical atmosphere, improve the mood of the hosts and attract the attention of guests. However, if you have not yet acquired your own yard, then you can always put a small figurine under the tree in your apartment.

New Year's and Christmas days are among those extraordinary magical holidays that often inspire people to their most daring creative impulses. It is during this period that the maximum number of handicrafts has to be created, which, long before the onset of the solemn moments, bring the feeling of a fairy tale and magic. One of the most popular options for decorating a home and a plot near the house is deer - these noble animals in the West symbolize the coming of Christmas.

Of course, the reindeer are by no means traditional Russian characters.

However, despite the fact that the deer are classified as "foreign" fairytale heroes, more and more often these adorable animals are found in the festive decoration of Russians, their company is our forest dwellers - moose.

Of course, such jewelry can be easily found in any store, but they are very expensive, and besides, it can be much more fun to make them yourself with your little children. Therefore, let's arm ourselves with simple materials at hand and build an elegant figure of such a cute artiodactyl.

Making a deer with your own hands is not difficult at all. In the overwhelming majority of cases, you do not need to buy special expensive materials for crafts, and decorative figurines at the exit turn out to be unusual, beautiful and truly magical. Traditionally, when it comes to New Year's reindeer, we present large luminous figures that can become a worthy decoration of any courtyard, park or square.

Small figurines with LED lights can always be placed under the tree or placed on the festive table... In order to decorate the hall for the New Year celebrations, you can make amusing and funny deer from felt, plush or other soft fabric.

Especially popular are knitted and woven products - there can be a lot of options.

To decorate the New Year's table or Christmas tree, miniature models of deer are used - they can be created using one of the following techniques.

• Origami - at first glance, making Japanese figures for novice craftswomen may seem difficult, however, after some practice, you can easily make many original New Year's crafts that can become a worthy element of festive decor.

• Deer and moose from cotton wool - in this case, a wire frame is made, after which cotton wool is cut into small strips, greased with paste and generously wrapped around the wire, like bandaging. When the workpiece dries up, it can be painted with acrylic and sprinkled with sparkles.

• Look pretty unusual little deer made from wine corks... All parts of the animal are made of this material, connecting them together with a wire. The eyes and nose are made of beads.

• Small children will surely love the idea of ​​creating a Santa's helper figurine out of paper. In this case, it will be enough to find the picture you like on the Internet, print it on a printer and cut it out, armed with scissors. Such crafts usually form the basis for creating garlands, they are used to decorate windows, doors, as well as a fireplace.

• And, of course, the applique. This is a familiar way of creating crafts from early childhood. Such pictures can be framed and placed on the shelf.

• Miniature figurines for decorating a festive table can also be dazzled from ordinary plasticine.

Large figures of LED animals are traditionally placed on the street near the entrance to the house - they create a Christmas mood for the owners of the house and their guests. If you don't have your own courtyard, then you can place a deer figurine in the hall or living room. - usually animals are placed under a tree or near a fireplace, it all depends only on the size of the room.

If the dimensions of the room do not allow accommodating a large figure, then you can always decorate it with a funny garland of several crafts. In this case, deer and elk are sewn from felt, made from foamiran, or made from cardboard. In addition, Christmas balls from an old light bulb and some other improvised means can be used.

A variety of materials can be used to make New Year's reindeer, Let's take a closer look at the most popular ones.

• Cotton wool. Deer and moose made of cotton wool remind us of New Year's toys made during the Soviet era - for sure they cause nostalgia in many. To make the frame of such a toy, wire is used, and the main raw material is cotton wool - its small pieces are rolled into balls and fixed to the wire with masking tape. To make the toy come out colorful and decorative, several cotton balls can be painted with multi-colored paints.

• Cardboard. This is one of the easiest methods to build a New Year's reindeer, while spending a minimum of money, since there are boxes in almost every home, and even if they are not there, they will always be found in any nearest store. Such a deer is created on the basis of a stencil - the blanks are cut out with a knife, the elements are connected to each other and painted with paints. To make the figures more colorful, they are sprinkled with rhinestones and sparkles or hung with Christmas decorations. This method is especially good if you plan to create a whole family of deer. Very bright and stylish toys can be made if the cut-out elements are pasted over with self-adhesive foil.

• Plastic bottles. Another simple method is to build a noble animal that can settle near the Christmas tree on the site near the house. To create this deer, you will need two bottles - they will go to the body and head, as well as branches - from which the craftswomen create horns, a neck and legs. There is a 5-liter container on the body, holes are made in it and branches-legs are inserted. To create the head, you need a 1.5-liter bottle, holes are also formed in it and a stick is inserted, which will act as a neck. This stick is connected to the body, resulting in the body of a deer. All you have to do is cut the ears from any other bottle, insert the antlers and paint your deer. The color scheme in this case depends only on the imagination of the master.

• Wire and plaster. These toys are made for indoor use only. In this case, it is very important to correctly make a wire frame, which will include the torso, head, legs and horns. The prepared figure is pasted over with two or three layers of adhesive plaster, and then wrapped with a plaster bandage.

• Wire and polyethylene... Create a Shimmering Silver Deer for your outdoor decor with this set of materials. Making such a toy will take very little time. First, the hind legs are formed from the wire, then the abdomen, then the front limbs, neck and head. The weaving is completed with the formation of the vertebrae and tail. The resulting frame is tightly wrapped with polyethylene. Decorating such a figurine is not at all necessary, since it looks sparkling enough even without additional decor.

• Styrofoam... To create a New Year's animal, plates with a thickness of 5-10 cm are usually chosen. A template with a deer image is transferred onto it, and the figure is carefully cut out with a clerical knife. It is advisable to sharpen and warm the knife before work - in this case, the cut will be even. If the figure comes out not stable enough, then a small stand can be made of plexiglass, PVC or any other composite material, and then fix the deer on it with hot melt glue. At the end of the work, the craft can be decorated - covered with paint, sprinkled with sparkles or hung small Christmas balls on the horns.

• A deer is performed in a similar way. from ceiling tiles. In this case, you need to choose the simplest neutral color panels without textures and additional decor.

The most beautiful and stylish New Year's reindeer are made of wire and New Year's garland.Such figurines are widespread in America and in Western countries - a rare house there does without a large shining Christmas decoration. In our country, such products are found mainly in parks, squares and city squares, but no one forbids having your own pet on your personal plot.

To create such an unusual animal, you will need:

• strong wire - diameter 6.5-7.5 mm;
• LED strip or garland - preferably one that glows with a silvery light;
• tape / glue gun or any other retainer;
• glitter or lurex.

The technique for creating a deer is very simple, so you can involve even the smallest needlewomen in the work. A step-by-step master class involves several stages of work.

1. To begin with, on a piece of paper you need schematically depict a deer, and then, trying not to deviate much from the drawing, twist it out of the wire, you need to prepare 2 such elements.
2. Both parts are fastened together with the same wire. - this must be done in such a way that a small distance remains between the blanks to obtain the maximum volume. The body, legs, and also horns are well wrapped with the same material.
3. Carefully place the garland through the remaining small holes inside, the entire body and legs of the animal are tightly tied with it, and masking tape is used to secure it. You need to fix it, directing it to the body between the paws. Your deer is ready!

Glowing deer look most spectacular in the dark.

They do not always look presentable in daylight, therefore against the background of a shimmering snow cover, figures made of plywood will be harmonious... Their silhouette can be anything from traditional to cartoon.

It is not at all necessary that the color of the animal should be white or silver, the shade of natural wood also looks stylish and truly festive.

A cute and touching fawn can be made from regular logs. Just a few additional decor items and a charming Christmas symbol will be ready to welcome friends at home.

Experienced needlewomen can weave large animals from vines and twigs of trees. Such animals turn out to be beautiful and stylish.

If you have basic sewing and sewing skills, you can try building a textile deer that you can hang on the tree. All you need is to simply cut it out of the felt pattern and sew with large stitches. Even the youngest craftswoman can handle this craft.

Experienced seamstresses often create reindeer using the Tilda doll technique.... This kind of decor turns out to be very funny and creative. This animal, no doubt, has every chance of becoming a good New Year's gift for friends. And if you don't have time to make crafts at all, then simply wrap your presents in a package with a picture of cute deer.

In the next video, you will learn how to make a deer from a sleeve with your own hands easily and quickly.