Snowman from beads - a wonderful Christmas toy or simply decoration of the interior

By the New Year everyone wants to please themselves with original Christmas decorations. Yes, if you plan to go on a visit, or, on the contrary, visit the guests, you can not do without giving presents. And if the script of the New Year's party includes any contests or even a win-win lottery, then it's worth thinking about seriously.

And to help us comes the ability to do their own hands with lovely trinkets. For example, with the help of the beadwork skill, we can create so many wonderful things!

How to make a snowman from beads, will be described below. A snowman made of beads can be of two types: simple, which can be used as a pendant or a Christmas tree toy, or volumetric, which can be seated under a tree, on a window sill or chest of drawers. Consider the options for manufacturing both types of snowmen.

Snowman made of beads.

Plain A snowman made from beads is made very simply. Here we will use one of the most common techniques of weaving. In fact, it will be a little transformed weaving from beads. For this craft we will need: white beads, red (for a smile), black (for eyes and buttons), brown (for hand-twigs) and wire.

Let's get to work. We put on the wire white beads. This will be the first row. After that we put on the beads of the second row (there will be two more) and let the wires through them meet the ends towards each other, as it is done when we weave from the beads. In this technique we weave a whole snowman, changing only the number of beads in the rows. Also, replacing the white beads with colored ones, we weave buttons, eyes, mouth and nose.

Let's give you an approximate description of the series by the number of beads in each (snowman plaid from the bottom up):
1 row: 9 white beads;
2nd row: 11 white beads;
3 rows: 13 beads, 12 white and central black (button);
4 row: 15 white beads;
5 row: 15 beads, 14 white and 1 central - black;
6 row: 15 white beads;
7 row: 15 beads, 14 white and 1 central - black;
8 row: 13 white beads;
9 row: 11 white beads;
10 row: 9 beads, 6 white, 3 central red;
11 row: 11 white beads;
12 row: 11 beads, 9 white and one fourth red (2 beads will be produced);
13 row: 11 beads, 9 white and 2 black (we have them over the corners of a smile);
14 row: 9 white beads;
15 row: 7 white beads.

From brown beads and wire, we make twigs and hands and fix them separately. If you follow these instructions, then you will get a wonderful snowman from beads, which took no more than half an hour to complete.

Three-dimensional snowman from beads

A three-dimensional snowman made of beads is made a little more complicated than a simple one. We also need a fishing line or wire, white, red and black beads. We will begin work with the fabrication of the frame, outwardly it will resemble two intersecting stripes, each of which is performed in the same technique as the usual snowman from beads. The stripes will consist of two beads. As a result, we will have to get a cross with four central beads, from which three beams of 9 pairs of dialed beads and one beam consisting of 11 pairs diverge. The ends of the rays must be weaved together. So we get a frame for the lower toy ball. Further, fixing the line at the bottom of the frame, we fill the voids between the woven rays, moving in a circle and stringing the right amount of beads, to form a completely woven ball.

In order to keep the snowman in shape, you can put a foam or a ball of suitable size inside. We weave the head in the same way, just make it smaller diameter and from the colored beads make the mouth and eyes, and on the ball of the stem you need to make the buttons of the beads of a different color. You can make a snowman's hands - twigs, as in the weaving of an ordinary snowman. And you can even weave him a broom, a hat or a bucket on his head.

By making wireframes larger or smaller, you vary the size of the toy. Also the size may be affected by the size of the selected beads. It all depends on your imagination! A 3D snowman will not only be a wonderful New Year decoration for your home, but also a wonderful toy for your child.