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Teaching a child to make New Year's gifts with their own hands

Teaching a child to make New Year's gifts with their own hands

Well, most importantly, children always receive desired gifts for New Year's. Fourth, you can stuff yourself with sweets to your heart's content… The list can go on endlessly.

Surely you have prepared gifts for your beloved little ones for the New Year and are eagerly waiting for the moment to give them. After all, what could be more beautiful than a happy child's face?

But everything in the world should be fair, so there's no need to accustom children to selfishness and consumerism from childhood. Why not teach children to make New Year's gifts and cards with their own hands? Such touching crafts will surely please both you and the grandparents and other relatives to whom the kids wish to give presents.

The simplest yet original idea is a beautifully designed New Year's wish. First, take a sheet of paper and cut out something related to the New Year theme – a Christmas tree, a snowflake, a Christmas ball, a star. Then on the resulting piece of paper, write a congratulation with wishes in the most beautiful handwriting possible. Roll the piece of paper into a tube and tie it with a beautiful ribbon, then hide it inside balloons, unusual bottles, etc.

You can also make a New Year's booklet together with the children. Co-write a short kind fairy tale with the little ones about the adventures of Father Frost, Snow Maiden, and other New Year's characters. Then take several sheets of paper, paper clips, a stapler, colored pencils, markers – and get to work! Your task is to help put the booklet together; the children should draw the illustrations themselves. You can also make appliqués for the New Year, decorate the book with ribbons, confetti, glitter, etc.

Well, perhaps the most popular idea for a handmade holiday present is considered a New Year's card. It can be made from colored paper, cardboard, shiny wrapping paper, ribbons, fabric scraps, rhinestones, sequins, glitter, beads, and even bright buttons. Allow the child to use their imagination – remember: you should help, not direct.