According to the Chinese calendar, the pig is a symbol of 2019. She will certainly bring wealth, luck and prosperity. That is why today we will talk about how to make the symbol of the year with your own hands using yarn.
General recommendations for creating a piglet from threads
With just one pompom you can make an original toy for an exhibition in a school or kindergarten. Such a toy will be a suitable gift option for parents, grandparents. In addition, such toys can become real theatrical heroes of the fairy tale "Three Little Pigs." Only for such a production it will also be necessary to make a gray wolf, but we'll talk about this another time.
How to quickly and easily make a pig out of thread
- pink yarn;
- round ball;
- glue;
- plastic cup;
- needle, thread, scissors;
- colored sheets.
Stages of the work :
- First you need to make all the blanks from yarn. This is the body of an animal and 4 hooves.
- For the body you need a balloon, which must be inflated the right size. After that, take a glass and pierce through. The hole should be near the bottom. Pour into a glass of PVA and stretch a thread through the hole in the glass so that it passes and is lubricated.
- Now you need to wrap the ball with thread from the glass. The strength of the toy will depend on the number of wound threads, so do not regret the material.
Attention! It is necessary to make a toy a few days before delivery to the exhibition. Because glue will need several days to completely dry.
- The thread should wrap the ball in a chaotic manner. Stop winding when the ball is poorly visible through the threads. After leaving work to dry for a couple of days
- After the glue is completely dry, you need to take a needle and pierce the ball. Carefully remove it from the workpiece.
- Similarly performs the legs of a piglet. It is necessary to inflate a long ball and wrap with thread. You can make each leg individually, or you can make one long blank, after drying it is cut into 4 identical hooves.
- The hooves are glued to the body, we leave to dry the workpiece and at this time we begin to make a muzzle.
- On colored paper, you need to draw eyes, ears, nickel. We cut and glue everything with glue. You can also decorate the piglet with decorative elements. For example, sew a ribbon flower on his head. Or attach a tie to the neck. In any case, the work will be original.
- After this, you need to sew a rope, for which the toy will be hung on a Christmas tree.
DIY pig thread: what you need
Making such a toy is very simple. Buboes for work are used in pink, but you can take a mummy of any other color, then the toy will turn out to be more animated.
Material Required :
- pink threads;
- felt;
- compass;
- scissors;
- thread and needle;
- PVA glue;
- eyes for a toy;
- a decoration for a toy, in this case we used red felt to make a cap.
How to make a piglet with your own hands from threads: step by step instructions
In order to make a piglet with your own hands you do not need any skills, and improvised materials that are found in every girl are suitable for making a toy:
- First you need to cut 4 patterns. It is necessary to make two pairs of blanks - one pair a little larger, the other a little smaller.
- We take the thread and the first pair of blanks and fix the thread between the rings of cardboard. After that, we start winding the threads.
- The volume of the toy depends on how many layers of thread will be wound.
- After this, the winding is cut to the outer edge and a very fluffy bubo is obtained.
- It will not be possible to make it perfectly perfect the first time, therefore be sure to trim the edges with scissors.
- With the second pair of cardboard rings we do the same.
- After this, we proceed to the manufacture of the animal's face. Using scissors, cut the threads. To do this, it is necessary to conditionally divide the bubo into two parts - top and bottom. The lower part - this will be the face of the animal, where the cheeks, nickel and eyes will be located, therefore it is necessary to distinguish between these two parts. After that, the threads are cut to the required size. After that, you should get a bubo, as shown in the photo.
- Then you need to glue - eyes, ears, nickle.
- For making ears, you can use pink felt.
- The mouth of the pig is also cut out of red felt. So the face of the animal is ready.
- After that, you can still cut the threads a little more along the body of the piglet, while leaving the longest ones in the abdomen. This will make the toy even more cute.
- Then move on to making hoofs. To do this, you need to make pompons with an ordinary fork.
- The essence of their manufacture is winding yarn on the teeth of a fork. It is necessary to thread a thread in advance, which will then collect all the threads in a single bundle. After that, the yarn is wound on a fork.
- Nicky is removed from the plug, pulled in the center.
- The workpiece is cut from the outside.
- The resulting bubo is trimmed from all sides, giving it the appearance of an ideal ball.
- Similarly, you need to make 4 more legs for the pig.
We attach each leg to a match and attach it to the body. So the cute pig from the buboes is ready! You can decorate it with a beautiful bow or cap.
We also want to share the original do-it-yourself product. This is a great option for a gift to relatives and friends. Such a piglet can be attached to a bag or backpack.
Work begins with a circle, 6 SC crochet. After that, follow the instructions on the image:
We make the symbol of the year with our own hands.
List of required materials :
- foam balls with a diameter of 6-7 cm;
- pink yarn;
- white felt - 1 sheet;
- glue gun;
- plastic eyes for a toy;
- toothpicks.
For work, you need two foam balls, for each of them we cut a little top, about 6-8 mm. After that, the balls are glued to each other with a glue gun. This is the preparation of the head and torso of the symbol of the year.
After that, you need to take another ball of polystyrene foam and cut a nickel and two cheeks out of it. In each of the blanks we cut a recess so that they are well attached to the face.
Cheeks stick to the head, while do not forget to make a decent distance because you still need to place a nickle.
After we begin to wrap the head with pink threads, while fixing everything with glue.
Attention! The threads should lie down one after another very tightly so that there are no voids. But, you do not need to pull them on!
After this, the body of the piglet is wrapped with yarn of a different color.
The next tap is gluing a nickle.
After the penny dries, it is also necessary to wrap it with pink threads and glue it well.
Two ears are cut out of pink felt. Keep in mind that they must be harmonious with the animal.
The ears are also glued with a glue gun. After this, you need to make awls for the eyes with an awl. You can buy plastic eyes for a toy in any needlework store. The eyes are glued to the face of the pig.
After that, we begin to make legs. To do this, again, you need a ball of foam. We cut the ball into two equal parts and cut each of the parts a little diagonally.
After that, it is necessary to cut and felt decoration for hooves and pens. You can cut hooves from pink felt or print the finished blank on a printer.
The legs of the pig are covered with heated foamine. It can be heated with an iron. After that, they are fixed with glue, and an unnecessary part of the material is cut off.
Then the pig is made the sole for the boots of phonamine.
Handles are made of the same foam ball and glued with a glue gun. After that, the legs are strung on toothpicks from the inside and pierced through the body. Fix with glue if necessary.
You can decorate the craft with a bright bow, a scarf, buttons on the shirt, a flower, a bright hat. After that, you need to draw the nostrils of the piglet and the work is ready.
You can hang such a toy on a Christmas tree, make it with a child, and you will not only spend time with benefit, but also talk with the baby. A piglet made of threads will be a great option for a gift. Make a piglet out of yarn and it will definitely bring you good luck in the new 2019 year.
Success and creativity!
