Most of us have beloved pets at home. One of them is a dog, which can be not only a guard in the house, but also a true friend. Let's try together with you to mold such a small dog using polymer clay.

For work we need:

• polymer clay;
• foil;
• pin carnation;
• stationery knife;
• stacks;
• plastic roller.

Let's get started

Before sculpting, it is necessary to knead the polymer clay well. We take a small piece of foil and crush it so that we get a cone. We will use foil in order to save plastic. Small piece of clay yellow color roll into a ball.

Using a roller, we roll a ball of yellow clay into a layer, apply a foil cone to it, cut off the excess edges with a clerical knife, and wrap the cone with the resulting plastic sheet. Gently smooth the joints with fingers and stacks. Now it is necessary to stick a pin-stud into the upper part of the cone, the head will be held on it.

Now let's start sculpting the head. We roll the ball and a small cone, as shown in the figure.

We attach a small cone to the ball. We form the muzzle of the dog.

From polymer clay we sculpt a pink tongue and attach it to the muzzle.

With a stack with a ball, we make small indentations in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe eyes. Attach the head to the body.

Attach the ears to the head.

From two small balls and two sausages we make paws, as shown in the pictures.

Don't forget to make a ponytail.

Next, we sculpt a collar from a flattened flagellum and a flattened ball. To mold a heart, you need to roll a small piece of pink into a layer, draw the outline of the heart with a stack and then cut it out with a clerical knife along the outline. Smooth out the edges carefully.

We will make a few spots from orange plastic.

The final step, using a stack or a toothpick, draw our dog's hair with small strokes.

If you insert a pin with a loop during the modeling process, you get an interesting keychain. This dog will a wonderful gift to the coming 2018, which is its symbol.

Video “How to mold a dog, 32 ideas” from the youtube channel Endless Story.

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Good day, dear friends! 2018 is coming soon New Year. This means that it's time to get ready for the upcoming event with might and main, for example, prepare homemade gifts. Do-it-yourself dog - what could be better as a souvenir for an upcoming event?

Now many have already begun to prepare for the holiday, which I strongly advise you to do as well. In this article you will find many representatives of the canine world of various breeds and from a variety of materials.

This post is so detailed that I would be very surprised if you do not find what you are looking for. This year will be special for me, since I was born exactly two Eastern calendar cycles ago, also in the year of the dog. So I will try not to lose face and collect as many ideas as possible. There will be warm and soft toys, pillows, crafts, even elements of home comfort.

Do-it-yourself dog: a symbol of the New Year 2018 with photos and master classes

To make a dog yourself with your own hands, you will not need any special skills or hard-to-find materials. Almost everything is clear from the master classes, and sometimes even from the photos themselves. The main thing is to be patient and do something really sensible.

By the way, a dog can be presented not only for the New Year. After all, this creature is the personification of loyalty and devotion, so by presenting it, you seem to want to strengthen the connection with the person to whom you decided to make such a surprise.

dog costume

To create a dog costume, it is not necessary to sew a full-fledged outfit for going out. It is enough for him to acquire, for example, a cool mask of this fluffy creature. It can be printed on a color printer or used as a template for cutting out felt.

If you want to make the image complete, then I advise you to take a closer look at the following simple ideas for the holiday. From what and how can you make a cute costume for the New Year for a child and not only?

Look at the girl: she is wearing a fluffy tutu skirt, which is complemented fishnet top, striped tights and headband with textile ears. Two cute ponytails will help complete the look. A small nose is drawn on the nose.

It is easy to make a tutu skirt yourself, for this you will need a large number of translucent fabric, which will need to be folded in several layers and gathered at the top with an elastic band.

For a boy, you can adapt a fluffy pajama suit (for example, a Japanese kigurumi) or sew it like her own. For such an outfit, only approximate body parameters (the height of the child and the waist circumference) are useful, so even a not very experienced seamstress can handle the creation.

Want to make things easier? Make a cap with ears, the process of creating which is described below. Take fur, fleece or velor for her. Velsoft will also work if you can handle it (it stretches quite a lot).

Other options for hats can be seen in the following pictures. For example, such a hat can be a good alternative to the previous option. She needs fleece with a long pile.

In the future, a similar hat can be worn on the street as the main headgear. At the same time, for such a hat it will be enough to choose a T-shirt and pants (skirt) in the color of the dog. The image will be almost complete.

Another headdress is sewn according to the same patterns, but the muzzle here is completely different, as well as the ears. Fleece here can be taken with a much shorter pile.

How about a flirty dog ​​hat? Choose some cartoon character and make a catchy addition to your look.

Progress:

1. Cut out a base circle from thick cardboard.
2. Cut out a circle from the fabric, one and a half to two times larger than the base in diameter, pull it together with a “forward needle” seam laid along the edge. Put a solid base inside.
3. By a similar principle, make the top of the cylinder.
4. Side: cut a long strip of thick cardboard and cover it with fabric so that the edges do not stick out. Connect at the back with a hidden seam.
5. Sew or glue the top of the hat to the side so that the side fits snugly against the top and forms a cylinder. The structure is attached to bottom base and decorate your hat.

You can attach this to your hair with hairpins or a headband.

You can also sew the ears on the rim, for this you will need the rim itself and ear patterns. The first option is more complicated, it implies that the inner part will be somewhat smaller than the outer one. To create it is best to use fur or fleece.

But the ears are simpler.

To look believable, take regular gloves in the color you want and some felt. Cut out the details of future paws from felt and attach them with a thin layer of glue or thread. You can make such gloves in just 10-20 minutes!

Crafts from improvised materials and not only

We got the costume, but what about crafts with the Earthy Yellow Dog? We will make them ourselves different ways. Paper postcards and souvenirs, even matchboxes - all this will be used and will please with its unusual appearance.

Paper fantasies: postcards and origami

From cardboard and paper you can make postcards and original origami. How do you like this cartoon dog? It can be printed and circled to create your own original postcard. Congratulations can be written both on the card itself, and attached to the inside of the text part as a separate layer.

The second option with a simpler form looks no less original. And if you try, then such a dog can also be made with a surprise: if you pull the tongue, the ears will open.

Try to transfer this doggy to felt. So it will last much longer than the paper version and it can be used even after the New Year.

The next dog can be used as a bookmark for books, which will certainly come in handy on the farm. Make it from a regular square of paper.

From such paper dogs you can create a New Year's Christmas garland, which will remind you of the symbol of the year.

But as follows, you can fold napkins on festive table. This form is quite stable, but at the same time does not take much time to assemble. Fans of Scotch Terriers will especially appreciate it.

The last one in this series is a very cute and inventive dog: it is made from matchbox, and a heartfelt message is left inside. A series of such boxes will make all your relatives and friends happier. If you cover the boxes with a special varnish for paper, then even snow and rain will not be terrible for such a gift (although you should not wash it anyway).

wooden doggies

Warm material that is impossible better fit to welcome the upcoming New Year. Make a plywood key holder or some kind of hanger for dog things. Woodworking skills, dog carving templates and acrylic paints with specialized varnish for wood.

As children, many of us made plywood toys. This hobby can be turned into something more by making a full-fledged home sculpture.

And here is a completely childish way to prepare for the holiday: a dog with movable legs, which can be made from cardboard or plywood.

Christmas toys

In fact, you can hang almost anything on a Christmas tree. For example, I decorate a green tree with small soft toys Purchased and made by myself. Try to sew the dogs you see below. They can literally be reduced from the photo and get ready-made patterns.

A great way to surprise friends and family will be hand-painted Christmas tree balls. To do this, buy plain round balls and acrylic paints.

We use polymer clay and plasticine

Many children really like to create figures from plasticine, dough or polymer clay (by the way, you can do both using the presented MK). But it develops fine motor skills and in many ways it has a very positive effect on the child's psyche. Therefore, when preparing for the New Year, we will take into account this important factor and blind some cute dogs.

The production of such figures is generally the same, but has some differences. If you are good at modeling techniques, then you can immediately proceed to something like the dog below.

If you still consider yourself a beginner, then start with simpler forms that can be repeated right behind the photo, as in the picture below. Very cute pit bull turned out)

Pug is also not inferior to his brother. Thanks to its simplest form, even very young children can do it.

With the next three step by step master classes you will create several dogs of completely different breeds. All of them can be done with children.

A souvenir can either be close to real-life dogs or have the appearance of a cartoon character (in the second case, it may turn out to be even more interesting).

How to sew a dog out of fabric: cute patterns

Stitched dogs will be popular not only on the eve of new year holidays, but also in the future.

Stuffed Toys

A fabric dog can be sewn in a variety of ways. How do you like the dog below? It is more like a hyena, but due to the similarity with the desired character, it looks very attractive.

You will definitely like the avant-garde pattern characters that you can see below. They have very big heads and small bodies, thanks to which these dogs look childishly clumsy and naive. The effect is achieved with a very wide insert in the head and rather modest side parts.

The classic dog in the next variant is made from faux fur and stands on 4 legs, unlike most of the previously mentioned dogs. On New Year's Eve, she can sew a Christmas red cap and a scarf.

In our selection there is a place even for author's dolls-toys with author's patterns. Just look at this adorable basset! The author (Alisa Shangina) even came up with a description for it: "The world is beautiful, like a basset." The nose of the dog is felted from dry wool, but it can also be cut out separately, highlighting the corresponding part on the pattern of the muzzle.

If you do not like the soul in Dalmatians, then you will definitely like the next idea for a New Year's surprise. Patterns of a fairly high level, but the result is simply gorgeous. Stock up on white fleece, white and black thread and beads for the eyes. Don't forget the black marker.

To sew such a dog better with hands, because you just have to be a virtuoso sewing machine to grind the details of such a dog well.

A tilde dog can be made according to the following patterns. For her, take a thin cotton fabric. The character will suit a dress, trousers - whatever you want.

A square-headed dog can be made even without ready-made patterns(create them yourself), if you look closely at its structure.

If you have a few pieces of leather in stock, then create a small dog out of them.

Let's go socks

Socks are good because there is a huge selection of colors even in small stores (unlike the same fabrics). So feel free to go to the store for a new pair of socks and create adorable babies.

Both options New Year's dogs sewn according to the same principle, but the result is completely different. The first dog is very bright and cheerful, while the second is restrained and concise, it can be presented even to a serious man.

What can be done from nylon tights! A pair of pugs for inspiration from Lyudmila Tkachenko. They are made by the method of tightening and further coloring.

We create from felt

Pugs are incredibly charming representatives of the canine kingdom. To make such a doggie, you will need several colors of thick felt and thread in the color of the fabric. Then this symbol of the year can be turned not only into a keychain, but also into a brooch, a magnet, or simply left as a soft souvenir. Please note: clothes are sewn over an already finished body.

The Scottish Terrier breed inspires designers and creatives to create a wide variety of crafts with it. Below it is proposed to make a puppy and an adult version of this wonderful dog.

Continuing the series of flat felt toys, it is impossible to pass by this dog. It is sewn a little more complicated than the previous options.

Well, how to get past this charming boule? Try to make it too.

Chihuahua fridge magnet can also be made from felt. Threads are not needed here - just stock up on transparent glue and scissors.

Pillows with dogs

Decorative pillows can not only lie on sofas. This dachshund, for example, props up the door and protects from drafts. You can sew it according to the indicated patterns, increasing the animal to the desired size and stretching it in the center. The body can also be made up of many patches.

Two dachshund girlfriends are good for daytime relaxation, and at the same time as a hug toy for a child.

Do you want more ideas? On the next selection, there are more than enough of them! It is easy and quick to sew them, but each one can be presented for the New Year and not only. Use them in the car or at home.

Other gifts with the symbol of the year

If you want to surprise your loved ones not only original toys and key chains, then you can make a set of potholders for them. Decorate them as your fantasy tells.

When creating a souvenir, you can also take into account your favorite breed, to which the gifted one gravitates.

Dogs made of wool

They can be felted from dry wool, and fasteners for a brooch or magnet can be glued or sewn on the back.

Threads and pom-poms

Filament pompoms make very believable dogs. To create pompoms, you will need special devices or two circles of very thick cardboard, on which threads will be wound. After winding in several layers, cut the threads along the outer edge and thread the other thread through the rings, tightening it properly to make a knot.

The most important thing is to learn how to make high-quality pompoms. And from them, with the help of various variations of sizes and additional elements, you can get a variety of figures.

Experiments with coffee beans

Funny doggies can also be made from scattered coffee beans. To do this, you only need to outline the contours of the dog and cover the entire surface inside with glue. So you can take the child and make a beautiful festive panel.

bottle dogs

Often, schools and kindergartens require crafts from recycled materials. Bottles are perfect here. In addition to the base of plastic bottles, you can make wool and other decorative elements. You can put colorful glass balls or something similar inside the bottle to make it look more festive.

Rolling up the towel

A universal gift that is in no way inferior to the store version. Thin mohair towels are suitable for it, but thicker options with wider edges can be used. One towel is indispensable: for a believable image, ears made of pieces of felt, a nose, eyes and a ribbon will come in handy.

And a few more ways to festively roll up a towel. Not only in the form of a dog, but also in the form of other representatives of the fauna surrounding us.

I saved the juiciest for last) Just take a look at this amazing lamp in the shape of a dog, which you can create yourself. This masterpiece will be a worthy gift for your family.

Knitted dogs with knitting needles and crochet: video mk

Since knitting is not such a fast and simple thing, I decided to make a selection of video tutorials on this topic.

First of all, I suggest you knit baby booties (this is done with knitting needles). If you or your family members have Small child then it would make a great gift.

But the next three dogs are knitted with the help of many of your favorite crochet hooks. It turns out completely different and unlike each other dogs, each of which claims to be the author's toy (which costs a lot of money in stores). Thanks to the detailed MK, you will learn how to make exactly the same dogs.

The first of them is made of fluffy yarn, which makes the dogs very soft. The rest are made from ordinary threads, but also have their own charm.

The next two dogs are knitted according to the principle of amigurumi, a type of knitting that is very popular now. Thanks to him, you can create very cute creatures.

Finally, I suggest you make such a square dog. Here submitted detailed description the creation process along with patterns at the end of the document.

That's all for today. Happy New Year to you, friends! Create creative dogs with your own hands and visit more often. I will be glad to see you here and in other articles of my blog. See you soon!

Sincerely, Anastasia Skoreva

This dog is very cute and beautiful. Sculpting it is not so difficult. You can make it not only from polymer clay, but also from other plastic materials from plasticine to dough. But if you make it out of plastic and bake it, then you will get an excellent souvenir and gift.

For modeling, you need to take the following materials:

- cream or beige polymer clay
- polymer clay Brown
- white polymer clay
- some black clay for the nose
- pale pink polymer clay
- ready-made eyes can be cut out of paper
- modeling board
- All necessary tools for shaping clay (stacks, bar)

Step by step and visual master class

1 . We start work as usual with a ball that needs to be shaped into a head, then make folds and a recess for the mouth in stacks. After the black plastic, attach the spout (Fig. 1-2). The second element is to mold the body of the dog (Fig. 3-4), and the third is the hind legs of the dog (Fig. 5-6).

2. We decorate the hind legs with white clay pads (Fig. 7-9) and glue them to the body. Next, you need to blind the front legs (Fig. 11-13). they are similar to the back, but a different shape. Sculpt as shown in the photo above.

3. Also, pads should be made of white clay for the front paws and glued to the body (Fig. 14-17). then put on the head of the dog and make a strap around the neck from pink clay. Wrap it around your neck (fig. 19-20).

4. Attach another diamond-shaped medallion to the pink collar (Fig. 21-22). Now you need to mold wavy ears from brown clay and glue them to the head (Fig. 23-26). Since we have a girl, it will not be bad to stick pink bows on the ears (Fig. 27-29). Now it remains to glue the eyes, give ruddy look paints, just do not forget to darken the mouth as shown in the picture.

Can be varnished if desired. Here is the finished souvenir. Happy sculpting.

Modeling dogs

Master class of modeling a dog from polymer clay

Such cute and wonderful dogs, and you can mold them yourself or with your kids together! Such a wonderful souvenir will be a great gift for the New Year or any other holiday. The most valuable thing is your effort invested in the product.

What materials do you need to take for modeling:

Polymer clay white, black, red and other colors depending on the chosen dog
- modeling board
- stacks
- a little patience and time

Any work with polymer clay begins with softening. Since clay is usually hard when cold, it must be kneaded. warm hands which will have a softening effect.

Step-by-step master class with visual images:

1. It is better to sculpt a dog from the torso. We take a piece of white clay, roll out the ball, give the ball the shape of a drop.
2-4. We sculpt the legs, cut the fingers with a stack.
5. Glue the legs of the dog to the body.
6-7. We sculpt the head, also from a ball, but a little bigger size. We give the desired shape.
8-9. From a small ball of black polymer clay, form two ears and glue them to the dog's head.
10-11. Glue a round nose and small eyes to the muzzle.
12-13. Before gluing the head to the body, make a collar out of red clay and then put the head on it.

14-17. It remains the case for the small. Blind pens from the balls, cut through the fingers and glue the hands to the dog's body.
19. Roll out an oval-shaped skateboard from red clay. Make stacks of stripes.
20. Glue a smaller oval plate to the bottom of the skateboard.
21-22. Blind four wheels from yellow clay, give them a similar shape with the help of stacks and put a small dog on the skateboard.

A ready-made dog can not only sit on a skateboard, but also in an inflatable boat or with a life buoy. All this you can mold yourself with the help of polymer clay. At the end, the finished work needs to be baked in the oven. See the packaging for the baking time.

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This dog is very cute and beautiful. Sculpting it is not so difficult. You can make it not only from polymer clay, but also from other plastic materials from plasticine to dough. But if you make it out of plastic and bake it, then you will get an excellent souvenir and gift.

For modeling, you need to take the following materials:

- cream or beige polymer clay
- brown polymer clay
- white polymer clay
- some black clay for the nose
- pale pink polymer clay
- ready-made eyes can be cut out of paper
- modeling board
- all the necessary tools for shaping clay (stacks, bar)

Step by step and visual master class

1 . We start work as usual with a ball that needs to be shaped into a head, then make folds and a recess for the mouth in stacks. After the black plastic, attach the spout (Fig. 1-2). The second element is to mold the body of the dog (Fig. 3-4), and the third is the hind legs of the dog (Fig. 5-6).

2. We decorate the hind legs with white clay pads (Fig. 7-9) and glue them to the body. Next, you need to blind the front legs (Fig. 11-13). they are similar to the back, but a different shape. Sculpt as shown in the photo above.

3. Also, pads should be made of white clay for the front paws and glued to the body (Fig. 14-17). then put on the head of the dog and make a strap around the neck from pink clay. Wrap it around your neck (fig. 19-20).

4. Attach another diamond-shaped medallion to the pink collar (Fig. 21-22). Now you need to mold wavy ears from brown clay and glue them to the head (Fig. 23-26). Since we have a girl, it will not be bad to stick pink bows on the ears (Fig. 27-29). Now it remains to glue the eyes, give a rosy look with paints, just do not forget to darken the mouth as shown in the figure.

Can be varnished if desired. Here is the finished souvenir. Happy sculpting.

Modeling dogs

Master class of modeling a dog from polymer clay

Such cute and wonderful dogs, and you can mold them yourself or with your kids together! Such a wonderful souvenir will be a great gift for the New Year or any other holiday. The most valuable thing is your effort invested in the product.

What materials do you need to take for modeling:

Polymer clay white, black, red and other colors depending on the chosen dog
- modeling board
- stacks
- a little patience and time

Any work with polymer clay begins with softening. Since clay is usually hard when cold, it must be kneaded with warm hands to soften it.

Step-by-step master class with visual images:

1. It is better to sculpt a dog from the torso. We take a piece of white clay, roll out the ball, give the ball the shape of a drop.
2-4. We sculpt the legs, cut the fingers with a stack.
5. Glue the legs of the dog to the body.
6-7. We sculpt the head, also from a ball, but a little larger. We give the desired shape.
8-9. From a small ball of black polymer clay, form two ears and glue them to the dog's head.
10-11. Glue a round nose and small eyes to the muzzle.
12-13. Before gluing the head to the body, make a collar out of red clay and then put the head on it.

14-17. It remains the case for the small. Blind pens from the balls, cut through the fingers and glue the hands to the dog's body.
19. Roll out an oval-shaped skateboard from red clay. Make stacks of stripes.
20. Glue a smaller oval plate to the bottom of the skateboard.
21-22. Blind four wheels from yellow clay, give them a similar shape with the help of stacks and put a small dog on the skateboard.

A ready-made dog can not only sit on a skateboard, but also in an inflatable boat or with a life buoy. All this you can mold yourself with the help of polymer clay. At the end, the finished work needs to be baked in the oven. See the packaging for the baking time.