What do-it-yourself New Year gifts will be relevant in 2020
Everyone is pleased to receive gifts, but it is even more pleasant to receive gifts made for the New Year with their own hands. The present projects the care, love and attention invested by the creator. An added bonus is the uniqueness of such a presentation. Even the simplest execution can become a real work of art due to hand finishing. Therefore, you do not have to be a supermaster or buy expensive materials for work. As for the coming year, it becomes easy to decide what exactly to give as a gift to relatives and friends. It is enough to focus on the symbol of the year.
What gifts can you make for the New Year with your own hands for family and friends?
The most relevant DIY gift ideas for the New Year:
- soft knitted or sewn mouse;
- painted Christmas ball;
- edible set in original packaging;
- homemade scented candle;
- biscuitsbaked in the form of mice;
- home-brewed mouse-shaped soap;
- knitted shawl, mittens, scarf in the appropriate color scheme;
- beautifully decorated bottle of champagne
In addition to the emphasis on the symbol of the year, it is worth considering the addictions of the person who will be presented with the New Year's surprise.
What surprises should be
DIY New Year gifts have distinctive features in comparison with purchased ones. It is not necessary that the surprise is neat or bright. Another thing is important.
Homemade presents must meet the following "requirements":
- Originality of presentation and execution. Self-made things, by themselves, do not look like any store assortment in any case. An additional touch can be an original presentation or packaging.
- Usefulness of the gift. A thing shouldn't be a momentary admiration. A present can be a New Year's decoration on a table or a Christmas tree. Used in some way from time to time in life.
- The relevance of the presentation. The type of gift should be appropriate for the person. It is absolutely ridiculous to give, for example, a home-made needle case to a brother, and an edible bouquet of dried fish with beer to a grandmother.
Only after taking into account all the recommendations regarding the presentation, you can start choosing a specific option and get to work
Gift-symbol of the coming year
The most suitable gift for the New Year with your own hands is a felt mouse figurine. Such a present can become a decoration for a Christmas tree, a toy for a child, a pin cushion, a decorative souvenir, a keychain.
There are many options for sewing a felt mouse. They can be three-dimensional and flat, consist of several parts, or be complicated.
The easiest workshop on sewing a felt mouse:
- Prepare a pattern and fabric pattern. The toy will consist of 7 parts.
- Sew the backrest details from the wrong side. The seam is formed only at the top.
- Sew together the details of pink and gray, which will form the ears.
- A “bottom” is sewn to the back along the bottom along the entire perimeter. A small hole is left in the back of the torso to secure the tail and padding.
- Turn out the blanks of the ears and torso. All that remains is the final assembly and decoration.
- Stuff and sew on the ears. Black beads are sewn as a nose and eyes.
This pattern can be adjusted to any size and parameter, so it is considered universal.
Even an inexperienced needlewoman or a child can make this version of a felt toy.
DIY gift set
DIY New Year gift sets can be a combination of various items. Consist only of edible items, knitted or sewn accessories, decorative items.
It can also be combined options, where all the accessories are collected within one theme. For example, a cup with a gingerbread, cookies, tea bag, coffee stick, New Year's candy.
The principle of creating a gift set
It is the sets that act as a win-win idea of New Year's gifts with their own hands. You can combine several elements, parts or parts.
You can assemble the simplest "sweet" set as follows:
- Prepare 2-3 chocolates, 2 identical bars, gingerbread, 1 candy in a beautiful wrapper, 2 hook-shaped New Year's candies.
- Additionally, you will need scotch tape, scissors, serpentine ribbons, loving a small toy, tied with your own hands.
- With the help of tape, sweets are glued together. Chocolates will become the basis, stick the bars to them, and on top of them there is already candy. Attach lollipops to the bottom of the chocolates so that they resemble sled tracks.
- Tie the blank with a serpentine ribbon, which is tied on top with a bow.
- The toy is glued to the base of the "sweet sleigh" on double-sided tape.
Thus, you get an edible surprise set with a nice bonus in the form of a miniature knitted toy.
The kit is a universal present. It can be presented to a child, friend, relatives, colleague.
Male version of the set
In order not to spend a lot of time decorating a New Year's presentation set for a man, and to please him for sure, you can use the following option.
You need to buy a package of beer, prepare soft wire, toy eyes, serpentine ribbon and a pompom from New Year's rain. Everything is attached with a glue gun and double-sided tape.
Small homemade present
If you have a lot of friends, relatives, colleagues, and you want to please everyone by giving at least a small souvenir, then it is better to make it yourself.
What New Year's souvenirs with your own hands can be made quickly and efficiently:
- keychain in the form of a felt mouse;
- knitted cup cover;
- poured candles;
- snow balls;
- edible cups made of chocolate or mastic.
There are many other relevant options for souvenirs.
Winter is associated with tangerines and sweets, so a souvenir in the form of a “sweet cup” will fit into the theme of the holiday. Making such a surprise looks like this:
The most popular DIY surprise options for sale
On the eve of the holiday, there is a huge demand for homemade gifts, souvenirs and surprises. You can make good money doing what you love.
To make popular DIY Christmas souvenirs for sale, you need to take into account the needs of potential customers.
Usually the most relevant are Christmas tree toys made from natural materials:
- Stuffed Toys from felt and burlap;
- New Year's wreaths on the door made of cones, dried fruits, tinsel;
- candles with a thematic pattern;
- a panel made in any technique;
- knitted mini gifts;
- winter branches-pendants.
There can be a huge number of options for mass production of New Year's souvenirs for sale.
A homemade New Year's present is a very valuable display of attention. Initially, you should evaluate your own skills and decide on the type of work. Unusual and unique souvenirs will be a great surprise.