New Year is a holiday with a uniquean atmosphere of anticipation of a miracle that is on the threshold of your home. New Year is a miracle that is about to happen. But why should we wait for miracles if in this magical pre-New Year time we can perform miracles with our own hands? In any case, for our relatives and loved ones in the New Year we can become real wizards. And for this it is not at all necessary to spend huge sums on gifts. After all, a purchased thing, no matter how expensive and desired it is, does not carry the warmth of our soul. But simple and inexpensive gifts made with your own hands have a truly magical energy. Making New Year's gifts with your own hands is not only exciting, but also pleasant. The very process of creating such a gift turns into a holiday! And they will please your relatives much more than another perfume set, cufflinks or figurine bought in an antique store. Because your gifts will be special, no matter what ideas come to you, and what exactly you make. But first, try to implement such ideas.
New Year cards
Remember your school labor lessons.With what delight did you paint cotton wool, glue it to pieces of cardboard and decorate it with tinsel, making New Year's cards! Why not remember your childhood and make cards for the holiday with your own hands? Give it a try! What do you need for this? A sheet of colored cardboard, confetti, glitter nail polish, pieces of foil and a little imagination. Make a composition of dragon figures cut out of foil, glue them to a sheet of cardboard folded in half, decorate with confetti polka dots and cover with nail polish. If you want to do something special, you can "boil" the paper for the card yourself, following the example of the ancient Egyptians with their papyrus. Just finely shred sheets of paper, candy wrappers, threads, confetti, Christmas tree tinsel, and throw them into a pot of water to boil. Cook until the paper turns into mush, then put it in a sieve and roll the resulting mass with a rolling pin on a cutting board. It is better to take a glass cutting board so that the paper does not stick. Press it on top with a second board and let it dry for 24 hours. This handmade papyrus can be decorated with the same glitter or a voluminous applique.
Icy Candle
Candles at the New Year's celebration create a specialan atmosphere of mystery, intimacy and warmth. The idea of casting handmade candles is simply in the air. In any case, looking at the New Year candles sold in stores, you think: "What if I try to make such a candle with my own hands and present it to my loved one as a gift?" And even if such an idea has not visited you before, then still try yourself as a candle maker. For this, you will need several ordinary stearin candles, which are most likely in any home in case of power outages. Ice cubes, coloring, flavoring, a mold greased with vegetable oil, and a saucepan. Place a long candle in the middle of the mold, surround it with ice cubes - this is the base. Remove the wicks from the remaining candles and put them in a saucepan. Melt the stearin in a water bath, stirring it constantly. When the stearin heats up to a temperature of ninety-five degrees, add the coloring and flavoring. Carefully pour all this into the mold with the candle and ice. Make sure that the wick is always above the surface of the mold. Set the mold aside and let it cool. When the candle cools down, carefully remove it from the mold and let it dry. The lacy splendor of the "ice" candle will not leave anyone indifferent.
Sculptures of cold porcelain
DIY New Year gifts arean opportunity to realize your creative potential to the fullest. If you prefer more “durable” gifts, such as cards or candles, try to express your mood in a craft made of plasticine (cold porcelain). It does not require firing in an oven, like regular clay, and you can mold anything your heart desires from it. You will need a set of colored plasticine (you can buy it in a specialized store), a metal pin for the frame and molding tools. Make figurines of the symbol of the next year (according to the Eastern horoscope), or mold figurines of funny cartoon characters, a vase, a bouquet of flowers and even an unusual hair clip. By the way, in this case you will also need a special base. Crafts made of cold porcelain will dry within a few days. And they will delight your loved ones for a very long time! If you do not have the opportunity to buy plasticine in a store, then you can make cold porcelain yourself. Mix half a glass of cold water, a third of a glass of PVA glue and a teaspoon of glycerin in a saucepan. Now add a cup of corn or potato starch to this mixture and, stirring constantly, cook over low heat. The mass will first begin to gather into small lumps, and then into a ball. When your cold porcelain begins to move away from the sides of the pan well, put it on a towel and knead. First, while the mass is very hot, directly in the towel, and then just with your hands. Here you have the material for sculptural works.
Handmade soap
And ideas for making your ownexclusive soap hasn't occurred to you? In any case, New Year's preparations are a great opportunity to learn how to make soap at home. Soap made with your own hands, and taking into account the tastes of the person to whom it will be given, can also be a pleasant surprise. To make it, you will need:
- soap base - it can be purchased at a specialized store;
- aroma oils;
- vitamins in capsules - best A and E;
- molds for soap - children's forms for playing in the sandbox are also suitable;
- a couple of pots;
- wooden spatula.
Melt the crushed soap base in waterin a bath, stirring constantly. Add essential oils, dye of the color you like, and at the very end - vitamins. Pour it all into molds, sprinkle with alcohol and leave to cool. By the way, this is just one of the countless recipes for soap made with your own hands. It all depends on your choice. After hardening, it is best to wrap such soap in parchment, and then in wrapping paper. A useful and pleasant gift is ready! Giving gifts for the New Year is an old and very pleasant tradition. After all, giving gifts is no less pleasant than receiving them. Choosing and buying gifts, of course, is a responsible task, because you don’t want to give your loved ones something completely ordinary - New Year, after all. So what to do? Ideas for hand-made gifts are your salvation. It is in your power to interrupt the endless cycle of faceless New Year's gifts and put a piece of your love, a little time and an endless flight of fantasy into each of them. Make a gift for the New Year with your own hands. This will say better than a thousand words how dear your loved ones are to you, how highly you value your relationships, how much you treasure them and how much you love them! We recommend reading:
