Learning to make a horse. Crafting from felt and paper

The figures of horses are made from a mass of materials. They are embroidered, molded from clay, forged from metal, glued from paper. But craftsmen do not stop there and are looking for more and more new ways of creating hand-made articles. In this article, we will acquaint you with the techniques of performing a figurine of a horse made from papier-mâché and felt. Reserve the necessary attributes for work and create with us.

We make a horse out of papier-mâché. Preparation of materials

To work will require clay, wallpaper paste, flour, paper (newspapers, exercise books), a brush, petroleum jelly or children's cream, water. First you need to make a paste. Soak one large spoonful of wallpaper paste in the water. The same amount of flour brew with boiling water. Mix both solutions. The consistency of the paste should resemble sour cream. Tear the paper into small pieces. Plastilin mash in the hands to make it soft. Now you can proceed directly to the process of making crafts.

The process of performing a figurine of a horse

How to make a craft? The horse must first be made of plasticine. Then, the whole figure of the animal should be smeared with petroleum jelly or cream. It is necessary that then the paper easily moved away from the plasticine base. Wet the paper in water and make out the entire figure. Add the next layer of the material with a paste. Brush all the paper elements with a brush, leveling them and expelling excess air. Strand the layers made with water and paste. The total number should be 8-10. Next, the horse (hand-made), made with his own hands in the papier-mache technique, must completely dry up. Then cut the product in half, take out the clay, and then glue the two pieces of paper back to back. Top with the last layer of paper. After the figure dries, paint it with paints, cover with a layer of acrylic lacquer. The horse is ready! Crafts, made with their own hands, can serve as a souvenir, a children's toy. Also it can be used as an ornament on a Christmas tree, suspension in a car.

Horse (hand-made). With your hands sew a toy of felt

For the manufacture of a soft toy in the form of a horse, the following materials will be needed: felt fabric, threads floss, needle, filler (cotton wool, sintepon), satin narrow tape, paper, pencil, pins, decorative elements (beads, beads).

On paper, draw the silhouette of the animal and cut out the figure. Transfer the template to the felt folded in half, pin with pins. Carry out two identical parts from the fabric. For each piece, sew the eyes - beads, embroider your mouth, nose, claws. Cut the ribbon into pieces, set their edges with a cigarette lighter. Fold each satin section in half and sew the resulting loop with the ends to one of the felt parts in the head and back area. So you can draw a mane. Now sew both halves of the toy with stitches, leaving a small hole. Fill the filler through it. Sew a hole. That's all, the work is over, the soft horse is ready!

Hand-crafted, made of felt made by yourself, will become one of your child's most favorite toys.