
On the eve of the children's or main holiday, families and loving mothers strive to decorate their homes with interesting decorations. Some varieties are suitable for the main decor of the created interior. Especially popular are toys made of threads, which are performed in numerous techniques - everyone can prove himself. Further, the popular and simple techniques of making toys from threads, their use in interior decoration will be discussed in detail.
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Knitted toys
Knitted toys are not easy to manufacture, but nicely combined with the embodied interior of the house. So, you can knit toys or crochet. The minus of the presented invention is the impossibility to cope with the manufacture of a toy, if previously no needles or a hook were ever held in the hands.
There are the following options for knitting toys from threads:
- Toy-pillows knitting. Often these are standard pillows, connected by a face or scarf, with subsequent decoration. For example, if cats are formed, it is necessary to tie a square or a rectangle, fill it with cotton wool and other varieties of filler, and at the end embroider a mustache on the “muzzle”, tie up two corners, forming ears.
- Crochet toys for home theater. Thread toys can be universal if they are made small in size with a special hole inside (they are crocheted in the shape of a cone). Such products are attractively placed on the shelf, are used when playing children, when strung on fingers.
- Crochet toys. These wonderful products are made for children or as a decoration item. Various “coasters”, coin boxes, knitted figurines, made in a color suitable for the interior, can complement the entire room design.
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return to menu ↑From threads for washcloths
Adventurous mothers use knitting yarns for knitting toys to attract a child to water procedures. Not all kids love to take a bath, and even more so to wash with washcloths, even if they are soft and designed specifically for children.
Mothers began to lure children, tying up funny toys in the following forms:
- hedgehogs;
- owls;
- strawberries, watermelons;
- snowmen;
- bees;
- flowers;
- cartoon characters - Minions or Smeshariki.
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return to menu ↑Woolen yarn
Beginners in needlework are recommended techniques for making toys from wool. This implies the obligatory use of woolen yarn of different colors..
Variants of crafts can be presented in the following list:
- Pompom toys - The most common option for interior decorations. With the help of pompons, they collect compositions, make toys for children, or make children's mobs for babies.
- Dreamcatcher - embroidery hoops and wool threads are used here. With proper winding using different colors of the threads, you can recreate a dream catcher or just a craft for the child - the sun, the heart, the fruit in the cut and so on.
- Compositions of homemade brushes - Often, special volumetric tassels are made of wool yarn (winding yarn with a slit in one side and overtightening the base on the other side). You can make a snake, a caterpillar, a bird with a head and a tail, and even a doll with a few pulling threads.
- Of similar homemade brushes often make charms of various shapes.. For example, a doll charm, which is present in the house, is able to protect those living in it from the evil eye and damage. To make it, they simply fold the thread in several layers and by a certain tugging of the threads in the corresponding sections form a figure - separate the head, torso, arms and leave the doll in a skirt (the master class of the technique is described below).
- Of wool threads often make the figures of animals and dolls using the technique of felting. The processing technology of the thread is complex, so only people who know the peculiarities of the threads and the rules in their work resort to such things.
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2-3 months before the New Year, families think about the principle and idea of celebration. Do not forget about the jewelry, which is easy to do with your own hands from the thread.
In this question, there are three manufacturing techniques:
- "Tight" ball on the Christmas tree - to make it, you need to take a standard ball for the Christmas tree (it is better if it is sprinkled with spangles or to have a relief surface), and wrap it with glue and thread. Both melange yarn, and monophonic with strung beads or beads will be suitable for decoration.
- "Balloon - This is another way of making Christmas-tree decorations from threads. Here it is necessary to take a balloon, inflate it to a small size and wind it with a thread in a chaotic order (the thread is previously passed through the PVA glue).Next, the workpiece is dried, the ball is gently punctured and deflated - there remains a "balloon".
- Figures and elements of the thread - with the help of thread, glue and rubber mat (or a piece of polyethylene) you can make any crafts and figures on the Christmas tree. To do this, pour the PVA glue in a small amount on the base and evenly distribute it. Next, you want to lay out the thread in a chaotic manner, but in the form of the embodied object (asterisk, herringbone, mitten, snowman, etc.). After the glue and threads have dried, you can remove the product from the base and hang it on the Christmas tree.
These simple toys are easy to do with children, so spend your free time with benefit and interest.
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Quite interesting are toys made from corks and threads. Technique involves the proper arrangement of traffic jams, as well as the use of additional wire. After proceeding with the winding and winding of the thread in a certain sequence and angle, in order to get a figure as a result, which will be further decorated.
A master class with step-by-step photos can be presented in the following form on the example of making a bunny:
- It is necessary to prepare a cork from the wine and wire in a small amount, but dense with the property it is easy to take shape.
- It is required to make 6 pieces of wire of such a length so that it can be twisted in half - it will be required for the paws and ears.
- Next, the wire is inserted into the appropriate places in the cork - at the bottom two for the legs, on the sides two and the same at the top for the ears. The loops when bent remain outside.
- The frame for the rabbit is ready. Then, using a thread and glue, they form a toy, winding all the parts separately - first they wrap the wire parts and then go to the cork.
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return to menu ↑ return to menu ↑Octopus Making
Toys with their own hands are always carefully stored and used by children, so the child can be offered to make their own octopus from threads. For the manufacture you will need a wool or acrylic thread of bright color and scissors.
The sequence of manufacturing is as follows:
- It is required to lay the thread in several layers for a length of 50-60 cm. In order for the octopus to be large, you may need more than one skein of yarn.
- Further, at two ends of the thread is cut - get separate pieces of thread.
- From the top edge, it is necessary to retreat about 25 cm and tie up a "pile" of threads with a rope or a beautiful ribbon.
- Then retreat from the bandaged area about 17 cm and tie the threads again - you should have a ball of thread with a “head of hair” on the head and still unformed legs below.
- The lower ends are required to distribute evenly on 7-8 tentacles. To form each, braid the braid, pre-distributing the separate “shoveling” of threads into three parts. Tie the ribbon.
- Similarly, braid the remaining tentacles.
- Glue on the face of the octopus eyes, nose, draw a smile.
Conclusion
Toys made of threads are something new, unknown to children, since modern products no longer cause the expected delight in children. To please your child, it is not necessary to be a professional and learn numerous techniques in needlework. It is enough to approach the matter with enthusiasm and start small - weaving or winding.Delight children with unusual things to make you proud.
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