Bright New Year's sock of fleece - one of the symbols of winter holidays. In decorative socks it is customary to hide little surprises or sweets for children on the eve of the New Year and Christmas. Now you do not have to spend money and time in search of exclusive decors in the form of a sock. They can be made at home from improvised materials: scraps, threads, cardboard and even disposable kitchen napkins.
New Year's sock from cloth by own hands - step by step instruction
Bright New Year's nosochek of cloth - this is not just a festive hand-crafted article. This is a wonderful souvenir and decor, which, unlike paper analogs, will last for many years. Just keep such a knitted sock sewn with your own hands, along with Christmas-tree toys, until the preparation for the next New Year comes.
To sew a sock from a fabric it is easy even without the sewing machine, and the manual embroidery decorating it, under force each beginning needlewoman.
Necessary materials:
- dense red fabric or fleece - 15 by 25 cm
- pink fabric - 10 by 10 cm
- white, black, orange thread
- needle
- scissors
- white fabric - 10 by 10 cm
- sintepon or cotton wool
Step-by-step instruction:
- Cut out two pieces of red socks from the red fabric in the form of a sock, doubling it. If it's hard for you to do it "by eye" - first draw out the contours of the sock on paper. Then cut out the templar and circle on the fabric.
- Cut out a white snowman figure. It should be placed at the top of the sock, as shown in the photo.
On a note! Instead of a three-dimensional snowman, you can sew the application of a deer, Santa Claus, a rabbit, a bell or any other symbol of the coming year.
- Embroider with a black thread the contours of the snowman's face, and the orange one with the nose in the form of a carrot.
- With a white thread, sew a snowman to one side of the sock with a "needle forward" seam. Put a little sintepon or cotton wool under the white figure to give the volume to the New Year's character. Embroider your hands with a black thread.
- From the pink fabric, make the lacquer. Sew them on those sides that will not stitch with the second half of the sock.
- Sew both halves of the New Year's sock with the "needle forward" seam. If the fabric does not shake - the top edge can be left untreated, otherwise sew the tape or sew the top, bending it slightly inwards.
- A ready-made New Year's sock made of fabric can be filled with sweets or used to decorate a house for a holiday.
Garland of cardboard New Year's socks - step by step instruction
Snowflakes from white paper and simple garlands of rings will be able to make everyone. And what about the garland in the form of New Year's socks? This is a simple solution for which it is not necessary to buy a set of colored paper or markers. Make a garland of a sheet of cardboard, thread and ordinary disposable napkins with prints. You can decorate your house or office with garlands-socks, make details larger or smaller at your own discretion.
Necessary materials:
- cardboard - 1 sheet
- PVA glue
- scissors
- dense thread
- colored napkins - 4 pcs.
Step-by-step instruction:
- Cut out a small piece of cardboard in the form of a sock. Make 7 more of the same copies. The quantity can be increased depending on the desired length of the New Year's garland.
- From each napkin, cut out 4 of the same figures. You can wrap a cardboard blank on a napkin and cut it out along the contours.
- Cut 2 socks of colored napkins into small parts: the heel, the tip of the sock and the upper strip.
- Whole preforms of napkins are glued to the figures of cardboard.
- For each garland toe, glue the small parts, as shown in the photo. Under the top strip of each cardboard sock, glue the thread that will connect the garland into one piece. A ready garland can be tied to a window, furniture or a Christmas tree.
New Year's sock on the magnet - step by step instruction
A new-year sock on a magnet is not just a decor for a refrigerator. This is also an interesting idea for the folding of sweets and daily sweets on the eve of the New Year. The main thing - find a suitable small box from under household chemical goods or office supplies.
Necessary materials:
- cardboard - 1 sheet
- PVA glue
- scissors
- soft magnet
- colored napkins - 4 pcs.
- A small box measuring 4 by 10 cm
Step-by-step instruction:
- Cut out a piece of cardboard from such a cardboard that you can hide a box behind it. From napkins, cut out the blanks in the form of strips and rounded parts of the sock.
- Cover the New Year's sock from cardboard with colorful pieces.
- On the box on one side, glue the rectangle of the soft magnet.
- On the opposite side of the box, glue a cardboard New Year's sock.
- Attach the magnet to the refrigerator and fill the New Year's sock with your favorite sweets or other delicious sweets.