A mini hat made of thread is a simple craft that even a small child can make. Naturally, under the strict guidance of an adult. You can give this toy as a gift to a loved one or decorate a fluffy New Year tree with it.
By the way! To make the first such craft, you will need about 40-60 minutes. But after you master this simple process, the work will go much faster. Experienced craftswomen take no more than 20-30 minutes to make one small hat from threads. Thus, with a certain skill, in 3-4 hours you can make similar decorations for the entire Christmas tree.
Making a Christmas tree toy and hat
Imagine that your New Year tree will not just be festive and bright, but cozy and homely beautiful. DIY toys have become incredibly popular lately. And this is not surprising. Made in the same style, they make the Christmas tree a real decoration of any interior. And how many emotions the process of making New Year's toys gives!
Materials
To make a decorative toy hat, you will need:
- threads for knitting, preferably wool;
- cardboard sleeve (you can use a toilet paper or foil roll);
- double-sided tape and scissors;
- small pompom, beads, tinsel or buttons (optional).
By the way! To make the hat neat, the threads should be thick, high-quality, and convenient for work. The denser the thread, the larger the toy will be.
Step-by-step manufacturing process
Remember! Careful work without haste or fuss is the key to a beautiful craft. It is important to follow the proposed sequence of manufacturing steps. Then the work and its results will give you great pleasure. So…
- First of all, cut a small ring from the cardboard sleeve. Its width in this version should not exceed 1.5-2 centimeters, but depends on the desired size of the future craft. This ring is the basis of a small hat. This is what will hold the threads. Thanks to the ring, the toy will retain its shape even if we hang it on the Christmas tree.
- Next we will work with threads. The skein must be cut into pieces of equal length (about 30 centimeters). It is quite difficult to calculate the number of pieces that will be needed for the craft in advance. Their number depends on how tight the knitting is on your toy.
- The most crucial moment - securing the first thread to the cardboard rim. To do this, we place the thread under the ring, forming a loop. Then we pull the ends of the thread through the loop and carefully, without pressing (otherwise you can wrinkle the cardboard), tighten it.
- This work must be repeated with the remaining threads. It is important to place the segments tightly to each other so that there are no free areas on the ring.
- When everything is ready, the upper part of the cap must be tied with one of the remaining pieces. Make sure the knot is strong (otherwise it may come untied; it will be quite difficult to correct this incident in the finished work).
- The excess ends of the threads must be cut off, leaving a “tail” no more than 1.5 centimeters long.
- Next, turn the almost finished hat right side out. Using a needle, we thread one thread-loop in order to hang the toy on the Christmas tree in the future. Then we put the hat aside: you need to make a pompom.
A variety of materials are suitable for the bubo:
- bright tinsel (in this case the craft will be shiny and elegant);
- a piece of cotton wool (it perfectly imitates a snowball, and therefore this hat looks especially winter-y);
- beads, buttons;
- remnants of thread, felt of the same shade as the craft itself.
Glue the finished pompom to the toy using double-sided tape. All! The craft is ready to decorate fir branches.
Making Tips
The proposed option for making a cap is not the only one. Today many varieties have been invented.
For example, you don't have to sew on a pompom. In this case, the shape of the hat will be more rounded. And in order for the shape to last better and longer, you can place a ball of crumpled paper inside the craft. It must first be wrapped with threads of the same color as the toy.
The size of the craft can be any. The wider the ring and the longer the segments, the larger the finished hat.
To make a craft, you don’t have to run to the store and buy new threads. You can use any leftovers from past knitting projects..
By the way! Try combining threads of different colors in one craft.The result will definitely please you: the hat will turn out bright and bold, or gentle and calm. Its “tonality” depends on the chosen color scheme.
We advise you to decorate the Christmas tree exclusively with colored hats, without using other toys. In this form, the forest beauty looks stylish and original. Hats can be different in color and size, with or without pom-poms, in a word, the way you see them. Don’t be afraid to show your imagination, because the New Year is a holiday imbued with miracles.
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