How to make a rat out of paper. White rat from modules

With the approach of cold weather and the onset of autumn rains, everyone begins to remember what lies ahead new year holidays, which almost everyone loves to meet in a great mood and a fabulous atmosphere. Christmas paraphernalia helps add magic. This includes not only tinsel and a Christmas tree, but also souvenirs in the form of the symbol of the year.

2020 is the year of the rat, so don’t be surprised to see a lot of figurines and objects depicting gray and white mice on store shelves. You can make a New Year's symbol with your own hands different ways: crafts made from felt, fabric, paper, felting from wool.

Not everyone knows how to sew beautiful and neat toys from fabric, so the sewing option is suitable for a narrow circle of craftsmen, but almost everyone can make a symbol of 2020 with their own hands from felt or paper; this is also a useful activity with children. Use your imagination and don’t forget to look at all your supplies of handicraft materials.

By making a few crafts for the Year of the Rat, you can please your loved ones and friends with cute souvenirs. Small souvenirs in the form of a symbol of the New Year 2020 can decorate your desktop, christmas tree and find a cozy place in any home. To create a craft symbol of the year with your own hands will not require much time and expense, but the result will be interesting and pleasant.

Felt rat: DIY symbol of 2020

It's hard to find a person who hasn't encountered felt. It's a pleasure to work with him. In order to create a rat craft from felt, the symbol of 2020. All you need is a small piece of gray felt and very small scraps of pink.

Materials:

Pink and gray felt
Scissors
Beads
Gray rope or braid of threads
Filler
Ribbon

We make a pattern on paper and transfer the details to felt. Cut out the required number of parts from felt - ears (two gray, two pink), side details(two gray parts), tummy (black or white).

Sew the side pieces along the back line, sew the belly of the mouse in the right place - from the muzzle to the back of the animal. Do not sew it all the way so that you can turn it inside out and stuff it. We sew two parts of the ears together and turn them inside out.

For the ponytail, we need to cut off the rope or make a braid from threads. Tie knots at the ends of the rope or braid. Sew the tail into the body of the mouse, securing it well. Now we can turn out our workpiece.

Fill the mouse figurine tightly, filling it completely. Sew up the remaining hole.

All that remains is to decorate the rat’s face from felt: sew on the eyes and nose, attach the ears. The rat's tail can be decorated with a bow.

Felt rat: pattern

You can make the symbol of 2020 from felt in different ways, and depending on the pattern, the figures will differ from each other. But any craft can become a talisman of the house in which it will live for the whole next year.

Rat made of nylon tights: master class

Very good tradition make souvenirs with your own hands. These also include crafts for the New Year. To do this, you can use everything you can find at home, even old tights can be used to make a rat. The nylon tights that you were sorry to throw away will make a funny little rat.

Materials:

Nylon tights
Filler
Decor: fabric, fur, beads, rhinestones

Fill your head with padding polyester, make your nose out of black fabric or thick black tights. Sew the nom in the center of the head. Add padding polyester to highlight the cheeks. From the nose in the center, grab and sew what was stuffed for the cheeks.

Bring the needle up behind the nose. We repeat the same action back. We sew the cheeks of your mouse from tights.

To secure, return to the center. Do the second cheek in the same way.

Fill the mouth with filler and sew, returning to the starting point

We do the same on the other side. And we draw the needle according to the picture. The needle must be removed from the back of the head.

We make outlines for the eyes. We fill the forehead. We sew up the top of the head and mark the place where the ears will be.

To make ears, cover rings of the same size with nylon wire. Glue or sew the ears to the marked places. Glue the eyes or do it in a convenient way.

Making a rat from nylon tights is not as easy as making a rat from felt, but it’s worth a try. Moreover, damaged tights can be found in any home.

Rat made of wool using felting technique: craft for the New Year

In a couple of hours you can make a cute rat felted from wool. This material produces the most believable and closest to real animal figurines.

Materials:

Wool: white, gray (carded), pink
Felt (mat for felting)
Needles No. 36, No. 38, No. 40
Thin comb
Beads for eyes
Scissors
Monofilament white

You need to pull out a certain amount of white wool from the combed ribbon. Do not forget that when felting, the volume of wool will decrease by about half. Roll the wool into a roll. Fold the top edge of our cone and go through the fold with a needle many times. This is necessary for consolidation. We give this roll the shape of the body and head.

Now you can add some wool. Make a design using gray carded card. We’ll make a wedge on the rat’s face (go a little onto the cheeks), and on the back you can make a spot of any shape.

Carding consists of tangled hairs, so there is no need to do complex manipulations with it. The body of our felted little rat is almost ready.

To make the paws, you need two identical strips of wool (a pair of small ones for the upper paws and a larger pair for the lower paws). The thickness of our paws should be approximately the same, but the length of the upper ones is 1.5 times less than the lower ones. Fold in half, remove excess, pulling out for a free edge.

Felt the legs parallel so that they are the same.

Rub between your fingers, tangling the hairs. You need to felt along the strips of wool, holding them between your fingers and slowly turning them. Use a pair of #38 needles. The bend must be treated with a needle. Add wool if necessary. The top paw should be approximately 2 cm, and the bottom - 3 cm.

We need pink wool to make the palms when the paws are felted. We start felting with a needle No. 38, continue with No. 40.

Make a fold.

We make the tail by analogy with the paws, about 3 cm in length. It should be fairly soft and bendable. To make the ears, place strips of wool in the center, roll them down a little and fold them in half.

Felt on both sides, finishing the edges with a thin needle. Wait for the required size and make a recess.

These are the small details that now need to be put together

Fluff the felted bases, bringing all the details towards the body.

Use a thin needle to process the abdomen, forming the navel with a No. 38 needle. Black wool is necessary for the nose and mouth.

Bend the paws and process the back and muzzle. Make indentations for the eyes, sew on mustaches and eyes.

You can make a rat out of wool with your own hands in a few hours, but it is advisable to do this in daylight and good mood. Since small details must be made the same so that your little animal does not turn out awkward.

Paper rat: DIY New Year's craft

Kids love to create with their own hands beautiful crafts, which can be given by grandparents. Paper is the simplest, cheapest and most beneficial material for children's creativity. You can create from colored paper interesting crafts and applications on various topics.

It is fashionable to make a funny three-dimensional mouse from several parts - a circle, a heart, a strip.

Cut out a circle and a slightly smaller heart, and twist the strip for the tail into a tube. Glue the heart onto the circle, folding the rounded areas. Attach a tail, and eyes and a nose from black paper.

A voluminous paper rat can be made using a ready-made template. To do this, you just need to print it, cut it out carefully and glue it together.

How to make a paper rat

You can make not just a craft in the form of a symbol of 2020, but a cute box with a rat’s face. You can put a pleasant surprise or a memorable souvenir in it. This box can be made to any size, depending on your gift.

Materials:

White cardboard
Pink cardboard
Scissors
Ribbon
Markers

We make a blank for our box from white cardboard: draw a triangle with equal sides on the cardboard. Find the middle of each side, and in the center draw another triangle, which also has equal sides. Draw ears above the large triangle. Cut out the toy and fold along the lines. We need pink cardboard to make the ears. Let's glue them on the inside.

On the front of the rat craft for the New Year, draw a face with a black felt-tip pen. Use a hole punch to make holes to thread the ribbon through.

There can be a wide variety of paper mice, and all of them will be cute and funny in their own way, especially considering that they are made by your child’s hands.

Rat made from newspaper tubes: master class in pictures

Do not rush to throw away or recycle old newspapers or magazines. You can make interesting crafts from them for the New Year.

Twist many tubes of the same diameter. You can paint them white or gray paint. After the paint has dried, you can start working.

Weaving crafts from rats newspaper tubes not a quick task, but if you varnish ready product, then it can serve you for quite a long period.

Funny DIY sock rat

If you don't have the right fabric to make a funny mouse, you can use a single sock that has lost a pair.

Materials:

Filler
Sock
2 black buttons or beads
Felt for nose

Fold the sock and draw a body and details for the ears on the sole. Cut and sew on the wrong side. Leave one edge unstitched.

Fill the sock rat with cotton wool or padding polyester. You can make a tail from the elastic band of the sock and sew it into the body of the mouse. Now you can sew up the left hole. Make ears and sew to the rat. Sew on the eyes and nose. Make a mustache out of threads.

How to make a rat from twine and cork

If you have a desire to create on the weekend, but have a problem with a lack of material, then this master class will show you that you can make a craft from what you wanted to throw away. By saving the wine cork after the holiday, you can make a funny baby rat from twine and cork.

Materials:

A pair of sewing pins
Wine cork
Wire
Twine/tourniquet
fishing line
Wire cutters
Scissors
Black marker
Hot glue or instant glue

Use a knife to shape the cork into a cone. Turn the wire into 6 identical pieces. We bend four pieces at the ends to make legs.

We insert the wire into the base of the cork and bend it the way we want to see the paws, tail and neck of the rat. We attach a pin to the wire with hot glue so that its ball becomes the nose of the future animal.

We wrap the neck with twine, securing it with glue. The rat's body should gradually become pointed at the muzzle.

Wrap with yarn gray the rat's paws separately, and then its tail, body, neck and face. To prevent the base from showing through, you will have to make several layers of winding. We make ears from wire and wrap them as well.

We stick the ends of the wire into the head. We insert two more pins with round tips into the head and body of the rat so that only white balls remain outside. Make black pupils on them.

You need to make three pieces of thick fishing line and pull them through the rat's face to get antennae. A yellow scouring pad makes a great piece of cheese.

DIY rat from a plastic bottle

One of the most quick ways to make a funny rat is to use a plastic bottle and felt or fabric.

For this craft we will need a 1.5 liter plastic bottle. Cut off the middle and bottom. Let's connect the two parts together to get the body. Wrap the body of the bottle in cloth or felt and secure with glue. From the fabric we cut out the details of the rat's face - eyes, nose, tail, ears. You can also make these parts from cardboard.

Let's glue all the details to the craft. Make the legs from the same material that was wrapped around the body and glue them.

Salt dough rat for New Year

WITH early age Children love to sculpt various figures and crafts from plasticine. This material develops fine motor skills well, so in kindergartens with junior groups start classes with this material. You can also replace it with salty dough, which is easily done at home.

The positive aspect of dough crafts is that within 24 hours the product will dry out and look like a figurine.

Recipe for salt dough for crafts:

1.5 cups flour
A glass of fine salt
Half a glass of cold water
Watercolor paints
Clear nail polish
rolling pin

Combine salt and flour with water. Add PVA and knead. Roll out the mass on the table.

Separate a small piece from the dough to make cheese out of it, on which our salt dough rat will sit.

Using a pencil, make holes of varying sizes in the cheese. Break off a larger piece and shape it into an oval. Pull it out on one side to create a nose. We sit this blank rat on a piece of cheese.

From two small pieces of dough we make ears by squeezing out indentations on them. Attach the ears to the body using water. The eyes and nose can be made from black peppercorns. Make the tail from dough by rolling it into a tube. You can also attach it with water.

You need to dry the salt dough rat at room temperature. If you put the craft in the oven, it may crack. It will take about 1-2 days for the craft to dry naturally.

Once dry, paint the cheese and mouse with matching colors.

Vytynanka for the year of the rat 2020

At the beginning of December you can start preparing for the holidays and New Year's mood. You can cut out paper protrusions that decorate windows together with your children. This is beautiful creative activity, which will not only fill free time, but can also distract you from household chores and worries.

Rat designs for 2020 can be varied, but they must contain an image of the mistress of the next year. These original pictures can be used to decorate the windows of houses, offices and schools. Since next year is the year of the metal or white rat, then plain paper quite suitable for such crafts.

Stencils for windows: year of the rat

To do beautiful pictures with the image of a rat on the windows, print the stencils and cut out with small scissors or a stationery knife.

Rat made of plasticine: children's craft for the New Year

If you don’t know what to do with your child on the weekend, then give him some plasticine. Everyone knows that this material leaves no one indifferent. Kids love to sculpt animals, flowers and other figures from it. On the eve of 2020, together with your child, create its symbol - a white rat from plasticine with your own hands.

How to make a rat from plasticine

For older children who know how to use stacks, you can suggest making a cute little rat that can live in your home or end up at a school exhibition.

We start with the body blank - mold an oval from gray plasticine, stretching it on one side into a cone. Use a stack to make indentations to represent your rat's hips. We make a blank for the tummy from beige plasticine. Let's attach it to the front of the body. Make paws with toes from two balls of beige plasticine.

Attach the legs to the bottom of the body. Roll a thin tail from beige plasticine. To make the ears we need two gray circles and two beige ones. Make the upper ones in the same way as the lower legs.

Make a muzzle from a gray ball of plasticine, extending the nose, and attach the ears to the top of the head.

All that remains is to form the face of your rat from plasticine

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Origami rat is one of the most popular paper origami. If you don’t know how to make an origami rat, then on this page you will find everything you need to assemble this simple paper figurine.

In the photo you can see what you will get if you follow the assembly diagram below. If you have photos of origami you have collected, send them to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You must have JavaScript enabled to view it.

Assembly diagram

Below is a diagram for assembling an origami rat from the famous origami master Madiyar Amerkeshev. If you strictly follow the instructions, then assembling the origami rat will not take much time, and the result will be the same as in the picture. After doing what is described in the diagram several times, you will understand how to make an origami rat quickly and without looking at the diagram. This model made from a square sheet of paper, 15x15 or 20x20 cm, start with the white side up.

Video master class

Assembling an origami rat may seem like a daunting task for beginners. Therefore, we advise you to enter the query “origami rat video” on the largest video hosting site on the Internet, YouTube. There you will find a lot different videos, which clearly shows the steps of assembling paper rats. We hope that after watching the video of the assembly master class, you will have no more questions about how to make an origami rat.

The rat, unlike other animals included in the Chinese horoscope, can boast of several distinctive character traits. Her criteria are: an excellent logical mind, sensitivity, greed towards strangers, generosity towards loved ones, shyness, great efficiency and secrecy. Therefore, in order to achieve success in the New Year and win the respect of the Symbol of the Year 2020 on New Year’s Eve, you should take care of the menu, interior, crafts and even plans for the future. And if everything is clear with food, since rats are not picky people and can eat everything, then the remaining points should be carefully thought through. Firstly, you should devote as much time as possible to work if you want to succeed. Secondly, the table can be decorated with crafts made from wheat and other plant products. And lastly, gifts should demonstrate respect for the animal. For example, interesting option There will be embroidery on pillowcases with the image of little mice or the hostess of the rat. A simpler job would be to make an image of a rodent using one of the following techniques: macrame art, crocheting and knitting, modeling from polymer clay, plasticine and even dough. Don’t forget about weaving keychains from beads and small beads - it looks very bright and really interesting!

Rat (Mouse) symbol of 2020 with your own hands, what crafts can you make?

The choice of idea for creating a craft with the image of a rat depends primarily on the purpose for which it is being created. For example, if you want to decorate a room in a house or apartment by adding bright colors to the interior design, you should think about creating objects using the origami technique from white or corrugated sheets of white paper. Another interesting idea is cutting out snowflakes from foil and combining them into a large garland, stretched across the width of a baguette or assembled in the shape of an interesting figure. An innovation and emphasis of the Eastern horoscope will be crafts for the Christmas tree, personifying the symbol of the year. For example, toys with a rat’s tail, the face of a cartoon rat from the cartoon Ratatouille, the heroes of the fairy tale “The Night Before Christmas: Mouse Tales” or the animated series that was so popular in the 90s - “Pinky and the Brain”.

The interior of the kitchen can also be improved to suit the New Year's theme by sewing an oven mitt in the shape of a rat or mouse. As accents for bedrooms and living rooms, pillowcases with hand embroidery in the form of an image of the main character of the coming year, as well as a tilde rat, are more suitable. knitted mice crocheted and knitted from high quality yarn.

Schoolchildren can be offered ideas such as: modeling from puff pastry and salt dough, beading according to ready-made and understandable patterns, cutting out protrusions and drawing postcards with a bright cover. Well, for everything to work out, parents can help or at least provide step-by-step master class with photo. This will allow you to make the symbol of 2020 with your own hands - beautiful, neat and possibly fabulous, as children imagine it.

Master class No. 1 - cross-stitch and satin stitch embroidery on a pillowcase (pillow)

Bright pillowcases will help add brightness to the interior of one of the bedrooms. Embroidery with a rat or mouse can be done both on decorative pillows located on the sofa and on large bed pillows that complement the bed. The image of a rodent can be located on the entire front side of the product or separate parts, - corners, middle, bottom or top edge. You can choose any idea for a sketch. It could be one rat, a family, rodents in love, offspring resting in a small basket or hole, fairy-tale and cartoon mice remembered from famous animated films of the Soviet era or foreign film companies.

It’s easy to reproduce the master class step by step with your own hands. The symbol of the year can turn out identical to the scheme if you follow a simple step-by-step instructions using tools such as:

pillowcase (one or more). If the pillow is plain, you can use it as a material;
gypsy needle (you can just take a thick one);
floss or wool threads;
hoop;
scissors for cutting thread;
embroidery pattern as a hint.

To visually understand how to do embroidery with your own hands, you should carefully look at the best templates and patterns presented in the photo below. They will help you decide on your idea, choosing a job that meets your individual taste, the interior of the room and the level of complexity.

To get started, just download the picture you like to your desktop and print it using a printer.

Rat on a rocking chair photo

MK - a rat toy for a felt Christmas tree

A Christmas tree toy can be presented not only in the form of a glass ball or a snowflake cut out of paper, but also in the form of an inanimate rodent - a rat, used as a decoration for the New Year tree. Festive decoration made of felt looks incredibly cute, original, and most importantly, childishly fairy-tale-like. Making such a craft with your own hands is not difficult. If you have the desire and free time, you can repeat according to the pattern not only the face of a rat and a mouse, but also animals dressed in Christmas costumes, sitting in Christmas socks and even dancing in tandem.

There are many options for master classes. However, not everything can be repeated by a beginner who decides to take up needlework from scratch. Therefore, the step-by-step works and diagrams below are divided by complexity - from the simplest to the most intricate. You can choose any of the options, depending on your experience, time and effort. After all, as many people know, during creative process At home, time flies.

Master class No. 3 - rat potholder

Very helpful and incredible a beautiful gift on New Year for friends, sisters, mothers, grandmothers and other relatives of the fair sex, there will be a potholder in the shape of a rat. You don't need to buy it! It is enough to show hard work to sew a nice kitchen accessory with your own hands. Good symbol of 2020 bright colors, sewn from fabric, crocheted or knitted, will cheer up your loved ones, making their time in the kitchen positive, even more creative and fun. A funny potholder will always bring a smile to the face of a loved one, reminding you of the attention and time spent by the giver.

The color scheme will not matter. The coming year is highlighted by metallic (iron) shades and white. And since a rat can have an unusual color, be bald and even black, you can choose any of the tones you like. Even unusual tones are acceptable: yellow, red, blue, purple, pink. The choice depends solely on individual preference and the materials available at home.

Crocheted potholder in the shape of a rat in the photo

Potholder pattern photo

Rat made of nylon - a beautiful and complex master class

The symbol of 2020 can be made not only from white and colored paper, cardboard and beads, but also from torn nylon tights and stockings that have been lying around in the closet for a long time or are preparing to be moved to the trash can.

Not every adult can repeat the craft, let alone children...

To work you will need:

tights of different densities and colors;
filler;
needle;
thread;
additional attributes for decorations (fabric, faux fur, buttons and large rhinestones).

Below are illustrative examples master classes demonstrating step-by-step work using photos.

Important! It is important to evaluate your abilities before performing a job. You should not take on complex options that will take several days.

Origami mice and rats made of paper and cardboard, paper diagrams + fifth master class

Not only adults love to be creative in their free time. Children are also capable of recreating real masterpieces from available materials. And if on the eve of the New Year they have a desire to learn something new, it’s worth telling them about technology with beautiful name— “Origami.” Folding paper allows you to bring to life images of domestic and wild animals, birds, and of course rodents, such as mice and rats.

Making a symbol of 2020 from paper will not be difficult. If you have visual photo instructions at hand or as is customary in Lately- a master class, the child will not get confused, and may even become interested in the art of Origami, which came these days from China.

Interesting! In China, origami is so developed that some beginners are looking for an experienced teacher who knows all the intricacies and patterns of paper art by heart.

Sixth master class - rat made of beads

Like previous works, weaving can vary in complexity and volume of work. Today, several solutions are offered that make it possible to produce different appearance souvenir. The pattern allows you to weave a voluminous rat, a brooch and even a keychain.

Thin aluminum wire, thick fishing line, and even nylon thread, which is strong and durable, can be used as a base.

Seventh master class - rat pattern soft fleece toy

You can instill in your beloved child a love for all living things from childhood, so that as he grows up, his attitude towards animals, birds and even rodents remains kind and sincere. To do this, psychologists recommend reading as many good fairy tales with positive characters as possible. Another trick could be a gift in the form of a beautiful and bright soft toy, made according to the pattern. On the eve of the new year the best solution will become a rat, repeating the images of the heroes of your favorite children's cartoons and Soviet fairy tales.

The symbol of 2020 in a master class with a photo will become elementary if parents prepare in advance the necessary attributes for work: a pattern, a needle and threads, fabric (fleece) of several colors and a glue gun that glues any materials.

Important! To make a child interested in a toy and become his favorite soft friend, come up with interesting story, where the main character will be a rat. Children love everything mysterious and fabulous.

Master class Tilda Rat and Mouse - No. 8

Making an interior textile doll with your own hands is only possible for girls with kind soul, - this is what experienced needlewomen say. And for good reason! The patroness of 2020, the White Metal Rat, made using the rag technique, compared to other crafts, will take more than one hour of free time, patience and perseverance. However, if you have a desire and want to make an incredible souvenir for the interior of your home, the tilde will be the ideal solution that fits into the design of any apartment.

Below are the best patterns in the photo, allowing you to sew any mouse, rat and even an adult rat, using the rag technique.

Drawing - animal rat with pencil step by step

The symbol of the year can not only be sewn from available materials, but also drawn and even copied on a blank sheet of paper. A small animal with a long tail, it will look good on the cover of a postcard, poster, personal diary and children's profile created for friends during the winter holidays.

Will help you draw an animal step by step lesson, demonstrating the simplicity of the sketch.

Master class No. 10 - rat, pictures drawn for sketching

Unlike the drawing technique, sketching allows you to redraw any picture using a visual representation and a simple pencil. When choosing complex work, the technique allows the use of carbon copies.

Mice and rats can be shown not only in the rainbow light, but also in their natural habitat. For example, rodents eating cheese, at the moment of a halt, mother and rat pups look interesting.

Crochet rat, like a real one - diagram and description of amigurumi

The amigurumi technique cannot be called new. Our grandmothers used it in Soviet time, when there was a shortage of toys in stores, and children played mainly with homemade dolls made with their own hands. Today, toys crocheted have not lost their relevance, but on the contrary, have become a luxury for most children. Not every woman can do even the simplest job. Store-bought toys are quite expensive...

If you have knitting experience, but don’t trust modern toys, you should try making a small rat yourself, following the pattern with detailed description and photo.

Crochet little rat

Master class No. 12 - DIY rat from a sock

Surely in every home there is a pair of old torn socks gathering dust on a closet shelf without use. So why not find them useful application, breathing new life into the product?!

Do-it-yourself master classes allow the use of socks made from different materials, regardless of the quality, density and color of the fabric. If desired, the rat can turn out to be multi-colored, with a print, and even sewn from several products at once.

A similar craft for the New Year is a good analogue to intricate and complex soft toys.

Rat-shaped sock toy photo

Shapoklyak photo:

Master class No. 13 - rat stencils for cutting

You can distract children from the TV and computer by cutting out stencils. To do this, just select a few pictures you like, download and print them on a printer.

You can use ready-made pictures in different ways. Alternatively, as Christmas tree decoration, tinsel pieces and even window, door or mirror stickers.

DIY mouse for fishing - fourteenth master class for men

Not only women and children have hobbies, men also love to make interesting things. Especially if it is related to hunting or fishing. The unnatural fishing mouse is an excellent bait for catching predators in rivers, ponds and other bodies of water with strong currents.

You can make a bait from five available materials: polystyrene foam, foam rubber, birch bark, fizzy drink cork and even rubber.

Below are examples and diagrams of “mice”:

Mouse for fishing (bait) photo

No. 15 master class - do-it-yourself mouse and rat from rope

As an unusual souvenir, you can present your work colleagues, teachers and relatives with a craft made from rope or, as it is also called, twine. The symbol of 2020, with a calm color, will probably appeal even to skeptics who do not recognize handmade gifts.

Mouse - template for application

Create beautiful applique for children, ready-made templates will help. Below are suggested options for the actions of the patroness of the coming year and her closest relatives - the little mice.

Applique mouse photo

Drawing tutorial - Minecraft mouse

Especially for boys who are fond of the computer game Minecraft, the artists propose to transfer the characters of the survival simulator into real life. And even if it is only on paper, the drawing will become pride and proof to parents that the child even has creative abilities.

No. 17 - souvenirs made from salt dough and plasticine

Children who decide to take part in creating gifts with their own hands can be offered a safe job consisting of sculpting souvenirs. Rats and mice made from dough and plasticine will be a good distraction for parents and an indispensable developmental process for girls and boys up to school age.

MK No. 18 - rat (mouse) made of beads - the simplest weaving

Important! Small children should not be allowed to attend the master class. Small beads can get into the child's nose and mouth, causing irreversible consequences.

The beading pattern for the symbol of the year is simple. To repeat it, it is enough to study the type of weaving, finding out how many beads are taken for each row.

What other materials are suitable for creating a rat with your own hands? List:

1) boiled eggs;
2) eggshell;
3) textiles;
4) threads;
5) LEGO constructor;
6) light bulb;
7) tree;
8) balloon;
9) from artificial and natural wool;
10) sequins;
11) buttons.

Mouse masks and headbands with rat ears for children, print photos

Do-it-yourself rat from plastic bottles:

Plush Yarn Rat:

Towel rat, video tutorial:

Crafts made from cotton wool and polymer clay:

Craft from newspaper tubes:

Hello!

The New Year is approaching, and it's time to think about how to prepare your home for this holiday. It is traditional to put up a Christmas tree and decorate it. But if you approach interior design properly and try in the smallest detail, you can.

For example, do it yourself. In 2020 it will be a mouse (or a rat), so cute animals made from a variety of materials will be the topic of our conversation today.

In this article, I have collected as many as ten master classes that tell in detail about what products can be made for the upcoming holiday. Most of the ideas are aimed at children, so adult readers of this article will find it too easy. However, you can use them as a basis for your own, more complex ideas, or use them in your work if you happen to be a teacher or educator.

I look forward to your comments under the article and suggestions on how to improve this or that idea. Or maybe you can share a link to a photo of your product created according to one of the lessons? Both will be just wonderful! In the meantime, I propose to move from theory to practice and get acquainted with our first little mouse.

How to make the symbol of 2020 Rat from nylon

Although, in fact, the word “mouse” is not entirely appropriate here. In the first MK, we will take on the implementation of a rather complex idea and make an entire animal king ourselves! And not from any standard materials, but from nylon. The result will be impressive. However, you can see everything for yourself in the photo.

Necessary materials:

5 liter plastic bottle;
Nylon tights;
Sintepon;
Foil and yellow rope for crown;
Bright fabric;
Wide ribbons: red and black;
Unnecessary bow;
Gilt button;
Toy eyes;
Plaque from the belt;
Thread and needle.

Subsequence:

Stuffing nylon tights padding polyester and make faces out of them for the mouse king.

Let's start with the nose. To do this, we stitch our workpiece in the right places, tightening it with threads.

The heads may turn out a little different - it’s even more interesting. After all, each head has its own character!

From two halves of a nylon track we make ears for one head. We also stuff them with padding polyester.

We repeat the same for the remaining heads.

Now it's time to make the body. We wrap a five-liter bottle with padding polyester and put tights on it.

Sew three heads to the resulting base.

We make paws from small pieces of nylon.

We also sew them to our craft. Glue on toy or painted eyes.

Now all that remains is to make an outfit for our mouse king!

We sew a high collar from a piece of bright fabric. There are no exact sizes, because the size of the toy will be different for everyone. We decorate it around the edges with ribbons. We make a mantle from the same materials.

We make a real belt from a wide black ribbon and a plastic plaque.

We put it on the toy. We make cuffs from the same tape.

We open the bow so that the king has a frill.

This is what it will look like.

A wide red ribbon and button turns into beautiful ribbon, which can be thrown over the shoulder.

We make the base of the crown from wire. Wrap it in several layers of foil.

And then we decorate with a yellow rope.

We put the crown on the king.

Sew on the collar and put on the raincoat. Don't forget about the ponytail! The author of this description knitted it and stuffed it with padding polyester. You can go another way - for example, sew it from a piece of fabric.

The craft is completely ready. Look how gorgeous the mouse king turned out! This toy will definitely take first place at any exhibition.

Let's see what other toys can be made from similar materials. What do you think of this sweet couple?

This baby, in my opinion, will also be an excellent decoration for the house for the New Year holiday.

Such babies, too, I’m sure, will delight everyone.

In general, as you can see, there is plenty of room for creativity here! Imagine and realize your ideas in this unusual technique.

Paper mouse (rat)

And this version of the mouse is for the very little ones. Great idea for a lesson in kindergarten. Any child can cope with creating such a craft, even without the help of a teacher. What you need to develop your imagination fine motor skills and independence.

Materials:

Double-sided colored paper;
Black marker;
Glue;
Scissors;
A simple pencil.

Subsequence:

Cut out two circles from colored paper. They can be different colors or the same, but most importantly, they must be equal in size. We also need a strip, also made of paper. Fold the circles in half.

Draw half a heart on one of them, as shown in the photo. And then we cut it out.

We bend the two upper edges at the heart. These are ears. Using a black marker, draw a nose and eyes on the face.

Glue the muzzle to the body. We twist a tail from a strip of colored paper. We glue it too.

These are the kind of mischievous little mice we make. And most importantly, it literally took 5 minutes to make them!

In general, paper mice can be very different. For example, like this.

Or like this. Which option do you prefer?

Paper crafts are convenient because even a child can make them.

Therefore, if you want to keep your baby busy or are looking for a simple activity, I advise you to pay attention to this harmless type of creativity.

Rat for New Year 2020 made from a sock

Another cute souvenir for the New Year can be made from an ordinary sock. Yes to get cute toy, it is not at all necessary to purchase expensive materials. The main thing is a little perseverance and love of creativity.

Necessary materials:

Sock;
Two buttons for the eyes;
Pompom for nose;
Needle and thread;
Pencil or marker;
Scissors.

Subsequence:

We take a sock, turn it inside out and with a marker or soft pencil draw these details on it. This is the body and ears.

Cut them out along the marked outline.

And then we sew along the edge, leaving holes for the filler. The body has a hole for the tail.

We stuff all parts of the mouse with synthetic padding or other soft filler.

Don’t forget to turn the parts inside out first so that the seams are not visible.

Cut a strip like this from the remaining upper part of the sock. There should be a rubber band there.

Cut off the left and right edges, and then sew a strip along the contour. We turn it inside out.

We sew the tail to the body of our toy.

We do the same with the ears.

We use buttons and a pompom to decorate the face.

And finally, from these protruding pieces of thread, antennae are obtained.

The cute sock mouse is ready. As you can see, it’s not complicated at all!

You can experiment with the shape and color of the figure as you wish. There are many options here.

These are the cute little animals that those who have already gotten their hands on in this business get.

Would you like to learn the same?

You can even let a whole group of funny animals into your home.

Craft in the form of a mouse made of plasticine

Crafts made from plasticine are also a common type of creativity among children of kindergarten and primary school age. Why, sometimes adults take up this activity with pleasure. In the next step by step instructions Let's make such a wonderful little mouse and even make New Year's attributes for him!

We will need:

Plasticine of different colors;
Stack;
Wooden skewer;
Toothbrush;
Pen.

Subsequence:

Let's make a barrel like this from a piece of gray plasticine.

We cut it into three parts. Roll each one into a ball.

From the largest one we make the torso a. To do this, you need to give it the shape of a pear, and then flatten the top part, making a small platform on which the head will be attached.

The head will be a size two ball. Since the mouse has a sharp muzzle, you need to give the ball the appropriate shape.

We connect these two parts to each other.

With help ballpoint pen We make two holes on the head for the eyes.

We make each eye from a white ball and a black plasticine ball. Flatten them slightly and then insert them into the holes.

We will make smaller parts from pink plasticine: ears, paws and a tail. For this we need four of these pieces.

We take the largest of them and divide it into two parts. Roll each part into a pancake, and then roll it up as shown in the photo, making a small cut.

Attach the ears to the head.

At the end of the muzzle we make a nose - also from pink plasticine. Draw the mouth with the sharp end of a skewer.

From an oblong pancake of white plasticine we make a belly for the mouse. We simply attach it to the body and gently smooth it.

Two small pink balls and two gray sausages turn into very cute paws.

We attach them to our craft. Also, don’t forget to make the legs and attach them too.

And finally, we make a tail from a pink plasticine flagellum.

Now it's a matter of small things. All that remains is to decorate the toy. We make a scarf for her from two colors of plasticine. Like this.

If you wish, you can give your pet a New Year's candy. Blinding it is also not at all difficult.

Using a toothbrush we create the texture of the mouse's fur. That's all. Now the toy is completely ready!

And of course, I can’t help but show examples of other crafts using the same technique.

Look how serious he is!

Who knows, maybe these options will inspire you and you’ll come up with something completely your own based on them? It would be great!

Modeling from plasticine is a quick and affordable way make a cute figurine for your home yourself. And this is not only interesting activity for children, but also a wonderful anti-stress for adults.

Sew a rat from felt + pattern

Very cute crafts are made from felt. The advantage of this material is its neat appearance. It does not unravel, so the finished toys look neat. In addition, it can be found in a variety of color options, which is also convenient for realizing your ideas.

If you're just learning how to work with felt, a great way to practice is to make a mouse like this that's sure to cheer up everyone who visits your home.

Materials:

Felt in pink and gray colors;
Soft filler;
Thread and needle;
Marker or pencil;
Scissors;
Buttons for eyes;
Pink ribbon.

Subsequence:

The patterns for this toy look like this. We transfer them to the material and cut out parts of the required sizes.

This is what we get.

Let's make the inside of the ears. To do this, you just need to sew two pieces of felt in matching colors.

We sew them to where the muzzle will be.

We put the parts of the body together and stitch along the contour. At the same stage we attach the tail tape.

Turn the toy inside out. We make her eyes from beads or buttons.

All that remains is to sew on the belly and stuff the mouse with stuffing. Ready!

Here are a few more felt charms for you.

Even children can handle creating this kind of crafts.

The main thing is to help them handle sharp tools.

Or you can even make a full-size doll with your child. I'm sure he will enjoy playing with her!

Master class on creating a mouse using origami technique

Origami is perhaps one of the most accessible techniques. Both in terms of materials and in terms of its development. Even kindergarten-aged children can create such a mouse, so I recommend that educators reading this article take note.

Materials:

Scissors;
Colored paper;
Glue stick;
Markers;
Ruler;
A simple pencil.

Subsequence:

We will make the figure in several stages. All of them are presented in the photo below.

First, let's start making the dress. To do this, take a large square of colored paper and fold it into a basic “kite” shape. We open it, then bend the bottom corner up. We return the left and right sides of the “kite” to their place, and turn the workpiece over.

In order to make the sleeves, we need a blue square. We make a scarf out of it. Glue it to the first triangle, bending the corners along its sides. We straighten the resulting pockets.

For the head, cut out another square, this time orange. We make a triangle out of it. We bend the left and right sides down, and then raise their corners. Turn the workpiece over. We lower the central corner down.

Draw eyes and a nose on the face. Glue all the parts together.

Look what wonderful little mice the guys made.

I think it's very cute.

You can do a simpler option. This is for very young children.

This mouse is almost like a real one! Do you agree?

Experiment with materials - it always gives an interesting effect!

Look at these funny guys. They will definitely fit into your New Year's party!

And of course, don’t forget about modular origami. Yes, it will take patience, but what a result!

Beautiful rat from a plastic bottle

Everyone has probably come across crafts from plastic bottles. Usually they decorate the area near houses or in summer cottages. But have you thought about making one of these toys for your home? The advent of 2020 is a great way to try and make such an adorable mouse from just a couple of materials.

Materials:

Plastic bottle;
PVA glue;
Scissors;
Any dense material (drape, felt, etc.).

Subsequence:

Since the bottle is too long, we cut it in half, shorten each part, and then connect them again, inserting one into the other.

We wrap this place with a piece of material.

We do the same with the neck of the bottle. This is the nose of our toy.

Cut out eyes, ears and nose from the material. Glue them to the craft.

All that remains is to make the legs. To do this, we make such dense rolls from felt, drape or other material that we use.

Glue them in place.

Look what funny little mice we made. You can experiment with the shape of their ears and nose to make it more recognizable.

Mouse made from natural material

Sometimes you don’t have to go far to find craft materials—they’re literally right under your feet! Especially if you get out into the forest at least a couple of times before the cold starts. Look what wonderful little mice are made from ordinary pine cones. Do you want these for yourself? Let's see how we can make them.

Materials for two toys:

2 cones;
Silver sequins;
4 pumpkin seeds;
Dense golden threads;
PVA glue;
Scissors;
Peppercorns;
2 acorns.

Subsequence:

We use it as a basis for the toy. Pine cones. It is advisable that they are not very large, otherwise the bodies will be disproportionate to their acorn heads.

So, take a pine cone and glue an acorn to it, as shown in the photo below.

We glue ears made of pumpkin seeds to the acorn. They first need to cut off the top part diagonally.

Cut off small pieces from the threads. We plant them with glue on the pointed part of the acorn. Mustache ready!

From three peppercorns we make eyes and a nose.

We twist several red threads. This is a ponytail. Glue it to the back of the body.

If the mouse is a boy, then glue several short 2-3 cm strings between the ears.

If it's a girl, then you need longer hair.

Mix PVA glue with silver glitter and apply to the ears and body. Mice are usually gray, right?

We wait until it dries completely. Now our crafts are ready!

Despite the fact that the materials are the same, the result is different for everyone. Let's get a look.

How do you like this pet?

And there's a whole crowd of them here! Try to get at least one. I think it will be fun.

How to make a craft in the shape of a rat from threads (step-by-step instructions)

This funny rat will also be happy to settle in your house before the New Year 2020. The cutest creature, isn't it? I would definitely be delighted if I saw one of my friends like this at home. Do you like it?

Materials:

Wine cork;
Glue “Moment”;
Jute twine;
White, black and yellow acrylic paints;
Three pins with balls at the ends;
Wire;
Thick gray wool thread;
Wire cutters;
Scissors.

Subsequence:

Let's take a regular wine cork as a base. You can use thick foam instead.

Using a knife, we give it the shape that the body of our mouse will have. It turns out to be something like a pear.

We stick 6 pieces of wire (1.5 mm in diameter) into it from different sides. These pieces are the head, paws and tail.

We attach a pin with a ball at the end to the end of the wire, which represents the head. Pre-lubricate it with “Moment”. The nose can be painted immediately at this stage.

We continue to coat the wire with glue and wind jute twine onto it in several layers, giving the head the desired shape.

We wrap the arms and legs in one layer of gray woolen thread.

We bend them at the ends like this to make a paw.

And we continue to wrap.

Repeat for all limbs. We also design the tail.

We completely wrap the torso, neck and head with the same gray threads.

To make the ears, take two paper clips and bend them as shown in the photo. We also wrap them with thread.

There should be loops at the ends of the paper clips.

Having cut off the excess, we stick the ears into the head, smearing the tip with glue. We make eyes from the same pins as the nose. Just paint them white.

If you want, you can make a piece of cheese from a white eraser.

Using any convenient object, cut holes in it.

And then we paint with light yellow acrylic paint.

That's all. Our toy is ready.

Here is a toy using a similar technique. And no less cute!

These guys will also be an excellent interior decoration.

A simpler option is this mouse. A very small figurine, which, nevertheless, will warm the soul.

Vegetable mouse

Well, the last description will be the simplest and shortest. This is a great idea to cheer up your child) Or to decorate the holiday table in an original way. To create these little mice, you already have everything you need on hand - trust me!

Materials:

Two cucumbers;
4 matches;
Board.

Subsequence:

Cut one cucumber into two parts, as shown in the photo. From the second we make ears and tails (thin strips).

We connect all the parts to each other by making cuts on the “torso” of the mice in the right places. We make eyes from matches. Ready!

Often for festive table They make these lemon mice.

Well, or from other fruits and vegetables. This is a great way to have fun with your guests, don't you agree?

These crafts always turn out very cute. And, of course, children will be especially delighted.

Do-it-yourself crochet rat-mouse in amigurumi style

Now catch a couple of descriptions in amigurumi style. And you will find many other developments on the topic of knitted rodent toys and mice in particular, there are a lot of them there. I recommend getting to know each other.

This completes the selection of master classes. Be sure to write in the comments which of the proposed ideas you liked best and which one you definitely wouldn’t want to repeat. Let's see how different your tastes are. I wish you all good luck in your creativity and look forward to being regular readers on my blog! Bye!

According to the Chinese calendar, the symbol of 2020 is a white silver rat, which we will make using the technique modular origami. I propose to collect a rodent from paper modules according to a simple scheme: preparing parts, and then assembling a 3D figure.

How to make a rat in modular origami

I have prepared a simple and understandable model. White beauty is perfect for making by children and will become an original souvenir in the coming year. To work you will need:

157 white modules;
34 brown parts;
PVA glue or glue gun;
Decorative eyes and some black paper for the nose;
Scissors.

Step-by-step assembly of a rat from modules

When everything is ready, let's get to the fun part. Take 6 white modules, place them in front of you in a circle so that the long ends are directed from the center to the sides. Place one module on the adjacent ends of the parts in the same direction. That is, connect the first row of triangles with six more parts. You will get two rows of 6 pieces each.

Next, assemble in a circle. We need to double the number of modules. To do this, insert into the gaps between the parts of the previous row modulo and put on each two adjacent ends of a part. Thus, in the 3rd row there are 12 white pieces.
From 4 to 12 rows: white modules, 12 pieces each.

Row 13 is a little different. The parts must be inserted with the opposite end. Next, we make 12 modules in a circle again with the long end outward. In the last two rows we put each new module on three ends from the previous row. That is, we reduce the number of details so that the rat has a sharp nose.

Ears, paws and tail

We're done with the white bodies. Take two brown triangles, open the middle of each, making rounded outlines. Insert the sharp ends into the holes on the rat's head, symmetrically to each other.

Assemble the front legs from two brown parts and attach them from below in the front of the body. Make the hind limbs from 6 modules each. Insert the sixth one with the other end. Secure the paws with glue to the sides of the back of the body.

All that remains is to collect the tail. It won't take much time. Need brown parts again. Make a chain of 18 modules and bend it in a semicircle for realism. Glue the tail to the back of the rat.

Origami rat from modules is almost ready! Choose eyes at your discretion. Ready-made plastic ones, if available, or cut out of colored paper will do. Do the same with your nose. I cut out a small black circle, made a slit from one side to the center and glued the cone together.

The result is a cute little animal. A unique handmade souvenir! The model can be made during assembly or after completion, or you can leave the body unglued, fixing only the paws, ears, tail, eyes and nose.

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