New Year's crafts are always nice. Let's start decorating the Christmas tree decoration made of plywood. The main materials for work are a decoupage napkin with images of gnomes and New Year's gifts, a plywood blank in the shape of a ball, and a kitchen openwork napkin. All this can be purchased at special craft stores.
What options for creating Christmas tree decorations with your own hands on the eve of the holidays cannot be found on the Internet. These are products made from paper, from threads and glue, from felt, from corrugated paper and old newspapers. In general, there are a lot of materials for making such crafts and, if you have a specific diagram at hand, then in the end everything will be done quickly and easily. In this material we will give options on how to make New Year's toys from plywood; templates will help you make beautiful New Year's decorative elements with your own hands.
If you want to make stylish and beautiful New Year's toys from plywood, you should find high-quality templates and download them in advance. A large number of Various templates that are suitable for these purposes can be found directly in this material and immediately downloaded from here to your computer, so that you can then print it out on a printer for work or transfer it directly from the screen to a piece of paper. This wooden decor looks original, and the design is interesting and unusual.
To date wooden Toys for decorating a Christmas tree - this is rather a rarity. But once upon a time, these were the types of decorations that were most often used for Christmas decorations. Unfortunately, wood was replaced by plastics, but even now, despite all the diversity possible options New Year's crafts, plywood toys still occupy their own special niche.
Advantages of plywood for making toys
Ready-made drawings of plywood toys can be downloaded from this material, but if you are still wondering why you should choose this particular material, then it’s time to bring important advantages. First of all, Christmas decorations made of plywood are extremely rare today, which means they are stylish and incredibly original. This Christmas tree decoration will definitely not be found anywhere else and will be one of a kind.
I would also like to note that wooden Christmas tree decorations allow you to decorate the Christmas tree to your liking. Even a child can practice such skill and the process itself, not to mention the result, brings great amount positive emotions and vivid impressions. This decor will be relevant for many years in a row. It is suitable not only for decorating a New Year's beauty, but also for doors and windows, as an independent exclusive gift to loved ones.
Another advantage of this decor, which cannot be ignored, is its durability. Do-it-yourself plywood toys do not break when hit or dropped. They retain their shape even in the most difficult conditions. stressful situations, where plastic or glass would have failed long ago.
What you need for needlework
This is not the most common type of handicraft, as already noted, so you need to carefully prepare for the work in advance. In particular, you need a sheet of plywood (you can buy it, you can take scraps of cut sheets that were used in construction).
Also, to work, you must have a jigsaw, manual or electric, on hand. You will also need a drill with a set of drills and sandpaper. Plus, to bring the toy to life, you need to buy acrylic paints and acrylic varnish in advance. As additional decor, you can safely use paper, tinsel scraps, satin ribbons and even ready-made New Year and Christmas images.
Master class on creating a toy
First, we prepare the blank for decoration. Take white acrylic paint POLYCOLOR and a large foam sponge. Dip the sponge into the paint and smoothly swab it over the workpiece. The paint should be applied evenly to both sides of the plywood. If necessary, apply two or three coats of paint.
When the surface is dry, sand the plywood with a piece of fine-grit sandpaper. The workpiece must be absolutely flat - this is the main condition for decorating a Christmas tree decoration.
Remove the top layer from the napkin and tear out the fragments with gnomes. There should be a white paper field around each figure.
Now you can do decoupage on the prepared plywood surface. Place a piece of napkin with a gnome on one side of the ball. Using a small brush with soft bristles, dip into acrylic varnish (HOBBY LINE was used), and then gently brush over the top on a napkin. The varnish will quickly saturate the paper and it will stick to the workpiece. So, the varnish will perform two functions: both as decoupage glue and protective varnish. After the varnish has dried, glue the fragment to the other side of the workpiece in the same way.
Next, we create lace details on the plywood Christmas tree decoration. We place a kitchen openwork napkin on top of the decoupage so that you can visually imagine where to make the drawing (you can move the napkin until you like the location). Acrylic contours various colors Place dots in the holes of the napkin.
Choose the color of the contours to your taste, taking into account compatibility with the overall composition (HOBBY LINE, MARABU, and DECOLA were used). Such a dotted ornament can be placed over the entire surface of the Christmas tree decoration, or only along one edge.
When the dot painting is dry on both sides, open the decoupage with glossy acrylic varnish. Apply several layers of varnish and dry each thoroughly.
Place a ribbon or thick thread into the hole in the blank and hang the plywood toy on the Christmas tree. Dwarfs with gifts rush to the New Year with
A Christmas tree in the house during the New Year holidays is a wonderful tradition that has already for a long time more than one generation follows. This tree, decorated with shiny toys and sparkling garlands, invariably evokes awe and delight in the hearts of children and adults.
Despite the enormous popularity of the live Christmas tree, many still decorate their home with its artificial counterpart in order to preserve green spaces. coniferous trees. Therefore, in Lately Alternative Christmas trees have come into fashion, thanks to the inexhaustible imagination of decorators, made from a wide variety of materials. Among them you can find structures made of wire, fabric, feathers, plastic, paper, glass and wood.
Today's article is dedicated to unusual option wooden Christmas tree, because we are sure that such a tree can be a very effective solution.
Wooden Christmas trees
Maybe you recently changed flooring from boards, dismantled wooden table on shaky legs, or in utility room unnecessary boxes are stored at home. All this can be reused to create original New Year's decor.
It is not necessary to have any special skills to put together a cone-shaped flat design, and you can style the Christmas tree according to your idea of what it should be.
For example:
- Naive, as in cartoons Soviet cartoons, covered with half-erased paint
- Made from unfinished boards, mounted directly on the floor or leaning against a wall, with a minimum of decoration
- With a clear geometry of shape and a sparkling garland, in a group of several simple Christmas trees with original homemade decorations
- Stacked design
Christmas tree made entirely of wooden elements, is able to resemble a traditional one with its silhouette, thanks to its volumetric design. And creating something like this is not at all difficult, because all that is needed is a cross-shaped base with a high metal pin in the center, onto which thin boards or branches of different lengths are strung in turn from bottom to top in descending order.
It is noteworthy that decorating a wooden Christmas tree is a pleasure. Glass balls and the figurines are simply hung at the ends of the boards, decorative figurines can simply be glued to them with double-sided tape, and tablet candles can be placed in pre-formed recesses.
- "Layout" of the Christmas tree
As proof of great possibilities wooden structures, here is another simple way to create a decorative tree. In this form, trees are most often recreated in small copies of parks, squares with models of residential and public buildings at the design stage.
Therefore, it seems to us interesting idea embodiment of the outlines of a New Year's tree following the example of objects made of papier-mâché and cardboard. It is possible to repeat each of the options below on our own at home.
The tree consists of two identical pieces of medium-thick plywood, which are connected to each other thanks to central cuts. In one part of the tree, in its center, a thin strip is cut (equal to the thickness of a sheet of plywood) from the base to the middle of the height of the tree, in the other part - from the top to the middle, with the help of which the structure is securely fastened.
A more detailed master class can be found in our article ““.
- A three-dimensional model of a Christmas tree, made not entirely from wood, but rather from its derivative material - cardboard. Several fragments of the same size and shape are folded in half lengthwise, and then glued together at the folds, forming a single figured model.
- Tabletop decorative Christmas trees
Your imagination is the most effective assistant in the task of realizing ideas on the theme of miniature wooden Christmas trees. In the event that there is not enough of it, we suggest turning to our photo selection.
Residues from plywood, fiberboard, MDF will serve as materials for tabletop decor for New Year's holidays and Christmas, and in order to preserve the characteristic texture of the tree, we recommend limiting yourself to a small number of decorations or thin layer acrylic paints.
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Master class: whatnot - Christmas tree
If you have a mechanical jigsaw on your household, you can use it to design an absolutely charming Christmas tree, which, moreover, can be used as a wall shelf or tabletop shelf.
So, before you get started, you need to prepare:
- Thin plywood sheet
- Mechanical jigsaw (or manual, if you don't find it difficult to work with it)
- Wood glue
- Roulette
- Simple pencil
- Acrylic paint, brush
Step 1:
On a sheet of plywood you should draw an isosceles triangle - the basis of the future Christmas tree. To do this, use a tape measure to measure a horizontal line 40 cm long at the bottom of the sheet. Then, from its middle (20 cm), draw upward a strictly vertical line 60 cm long. From the resulting top, draw two segments down to the ends of the horizontal line.
Step 2:
We make blanks for the sides and shelves of the Christmas tree. We measure the lengths of its base and sides, and then visually divide the structure into three equal parts horizontally, thanks to which the tree will have two shelves at the top and lower parts. (Don't forget to measure the trunk fragment and sides for it)
Step 3:
Depending on how deep you want to make your Christmas tree, you should draw all the necessary blanks with the indicated lengths and a total width of the rectangles of 5-10 cm.
Step 4:
Using a jigsaw, you need to cut out a triangular blank and all the rectangles from a sheet of plywood. Using wood glue, we gradually glue the rectangles to the sides of the base, placing their ends perpendicularly. After this, we glue the shelves in the spaces between the sides.
Step 5:
We glue the trunk with the sides to the tree last, after the back strip is attached.
Step 6:
Let the glue dry, check the reliability of the bond and cover the structure with two layers of acrylic paint.
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So, in a few steps you can get a decorative Christmas tree rack, and you can easily decorate it with the most different ways: figurines of animals and birds, bunches of berries, beads, paper snowflakes and other crafts.
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Take ideas for creating such original Christmas trees, and no one will dare to call your interior devoid of style. Happy Holidays!
On New Year It is customary to give each other gifts. The master provides you with detailed instructions on how to make a Christmas tree as a gift with your own hands. An unassembled gift takes up little space and can easily fit in a small bag or envelope. The wooden craft was made from a photograph of one online store where you could buy this miracle self made priced at $37...
How to make a Christmas tree as a gift with your own hands
Materials and tools
To make this craft you will need a small piece of three-layer plywood. The master, as always, makes your work easier and offers to download a gift template for cutting. Tool for work:
- Hand jigsaw for figured cutting
- Scissors and glue for cutting out the Christmas tree template and gluing it to the workpiece
- Sandpaper. You can sand it manually with your own hands or using .
Step-by-step instructions for making a gift
- Download for cutting with a jigsaw. The template is prepared for printing on an A4 sheet of two types of Christmas trees. You can change the scale and print the content in other sizes.
- We cut out the template with scissors and glue it onto a piece of plywood using glue. Important for conservation appearance and strength, place the tree and the crossbar along the fibers of the plywood. The author also used a piece of OSB sheet, the result is also excellent. See photos and videos.
- We cut out two parts of the gift along the contour of the template. Pay attention to the width of the assembly groove on the tree and crossbar.
- Remove the template paper and sand the parts with sandpaper.
- At this stage, work can be stopped, but it is still better to protect the Christmas tree gift from influence external environment varnish, wax or oil. The author covered the parts with 2 layers of varnish. In principle, you can paint your Christmas tree with paints, cover it with glitter and even place Christmas tree decorations on it. Everything is at your discretion or desire.
Grinding tool 
Sanding the details of the gift I’m relatively new to the Masters’ Fair, not to say that I’m a great master, but I really love my work - artistic sawing. I have been doing sawing for 2 years, since childhood I dreamed of learning :) I finally decided to do a master class, especially New Year's competition master classes happened. This is my first master class, so please don’t throw slippers.
So! Master class on making beautiful and simple Christmas tree from plywood! I made 3 different Christmas trees: the first one was for me, the second one was asked by my husband to be painted using the technique dot painting(we often complement each other in our creativity), and my daughter asked for one Christmas tree to paint.
Well, let's begin! What do we need?
Materials and tools: 
1. Product drawing - the drawing of this Christmas tree is freely available on the Internet. Using simple manipulations, I slightly edited the drawing to suit my taste - I added the inscription 2017, stars and a slot to one Christmas tree. By the way, by downloading and printing this drawing, you can make the same Christmas tree! Only the size of the slot will need to be measured and the Christmas tree fit into the stand. In my case the slot is 6 mm.
2. 6 mm plywood, it is advisable to use 2/4 or 2/2 grade plywood.
3. Glue stick.
4. Hand jigsaw or jigsaw machine- in my case it’s a jigsaw, but for those who don’t have one, you can use a regular hand jigsaw.
6. Thin files.
5. A screwdriver or drill with a thin drill bit.
6. Sandpaper and files for sanding.
7. Acrylic paints and contours, acrylic varnish, brush.
Stages of work:
1. Print out the drawing of the Christmas tree. We cut it and glue it to 6 mm plywood with regular glue and a pencil.
2. Drill holes.
3. We cut out the outer and inner contours of the Christmas tree and the Christmas tree stand.
4. Now that all the internal and external contours have been cut out, you can remove the remaining paper from the plywood and carefully sand the product. We sand with files and sandpaper.
5. In the end, we got these cute Christmas trees!
6. Coloring!
To create a New Year's mood, it was decided to apply a rather simple design on the Christmas tree, but at the same time capable of inspiring nostalgia for childhood. Even a beginner who has picked up a brush for the first time can draw it.
To ensure the paint adheres well, prime the Christmas tree. acrylic primer. And let's start choosing the color for the future decoration.
A deep and rich indigo color and a silver outline will look great.
The snowflake is ready! The number and size of snowflakes is unlimited!
Now it's the turn of the back side of the Christmas tree. Here we again remember what beautiful drawings Frost was drawing on our windows! Just as there were no similar drawings on the window, when drawing our assistant will be improvisation and rich imagination :)
7. Cover the final result with acrylic varnish.
You can decorate them as your heart desires! We made three Christmas trees for gifts - I painted one Christmas tree red, the second one was decorated by my daughter :) Well, the third one was painted using the dot painting technique by my wife - Alfia, by the way, is an excellent artist and master in her field! It turned out very beautiful!
I would like to remind you that you can cut this Christmas tree out of plywood with an ordinary pioneer jigsaw or cut it out
from cardboard, transferring the drawing through carbon paper! And you can color it however you like!
We wish you pleasant creativity!
Happy New Year 2017!!!
PS: If you have any questions, I will be happy to answer them! I can tell you where to get good sawing files :)