How to create a DIY witch and how to do it using recycled materials? In this tutorial we will explain step by step how to make a nice witch with very few materials you have at home. Furthermore, we will tell you the legend linked to the figure of the Befana. Read on.
There befana he comes at night with his shoes all broken, the Roman hat, long live the befana! How many times as children have we heard this humming nursery rhyme between amazement and a hint of fear that accompanied the idea of one old woman that dwindled to pass under the doors and to fill the stocking of delicacies and a few pieces of coal.
Currently, Epiphany is an opportunity for children to unwrap other gifts and eat sweets before returning to school. But, originally, the befana was symbol oflast year and old, just like her, and the gifts she brought were symbols of good omen for the new year.
Read also: How to draw the Befana to print and color
Not everyone knows, however, in the Christian tradition there figure of the befana is tied closely with that of Magi kings. History has it, in fact, that in one cold night in winter the three Magi, Gasparre, Melchiorre and Baldassare, in travel to the saint Hut, had lost their way. The three, therefore, they came across in a old lady that he pointed them there Street right: the three invited the little woman to join them but the old woman refused despite the insistence of the three wise men. However, theelderly woman regretted not following the three: I prepare a lot full of delicacies and turned the length and breadth of the Research of the Kings and not finding them he began to to knock at every door giving away treats at each child he met.
In short, one particular figure and shrouded in mystery that of the befana. And, in the last day before that the parties go Street, is important set up home with decorations to theme. Why not then build a small befana with their own hands using materials of recycling. A’occasion greedy for explain also to the little ones L’importance of the recycling and show them how simple and beautiful it is to give life to new objects starting from unused materials. So, for this operation, get the help of the little ones. Here’s how to do it.
Making an Epiphany with recycling: what you need
Let’s start immediately by saying that the witch we will illustrate the realization foresees theuse of a bottle of yogurt is others materials that you will surely find in the house. In particular, you will need it:
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- A bottle some yogurt
- A black cardboard
- Of the sorghum
- One toothpick
- Of the wire to sew
- Two caps bottle
- A ball of polystyrene
- Gods wires woolen
- cotton swab
- Some clippings of cloth
- Glue vinyl
- Scissors
Creating a DIY witch: the procedure
To achieve this little one befana with the skillful art of do-it-yourself and recycling is really simple: just follow the next ones steps:
- The first thing to do is to wash carefully the little one bottle of yogurt that you will have procured. Attention: it is good that you do this step, without the help of the little ones. With the scissors cut a little bit the edge for shorten slightly the neck of the bottle, then passed away, with L’Help of an needle from stocking or a nail, the bottle transversely. This hole will serve for to insert there broom of the befana.
- At this point, realized the cloak. On the cardboard black drawn and then cropped two half moons: one great of 16.8 × 9.8 cm and one smaller than 15 × 7.5 cm. Glued with vinyl two o’clock half moons to bottle to to form a cloak, the larger moon embracing the smaller one. For to achieve the arms it will be enough for you crop of the cardboard black and pink. Decorated the cloak with gods fabric scraps simply by gluing them on.
- Concentrate now on broom. To make it happen recovered of the sorghum from an old and unused broom, tie it up with a wire to a toothpick is fixed with there glue vinyl. At this point, inserted there broom in the hole that you created earlier so that it cuts the bottle from side to side.
- For create the face you will use the ball of polystyrene. Paint eyes, cheeks is mouth and for the little nose used the cotton swab. Now you just have to paste the woolen threads to the ball: these they will be the hair of your little befana.
- For the hat cut out a circle from the cardboard is paste it on ball, above positioned and glued a bottle cap: the hat is ready!
Here is your little witch is over!
We deliberately avoided to write about paste there ball (the head) at the neck of the bottle and do you know why? Why you can use the bottle-befana as it carries chocolates also filling it with candies and giving it to children or anyone of your loved ones. A nice gift, delicious is sweet made with the heart as well as with the hands. Nice is not it?
How to create a befana do it yourself: pictures and photos
To review the images on the creation of a DIY befana, browse the gallery and do not miss all the other tasty ideas we have reserved for you!
How to create a DIY witch and how to do it using recycled materials? In this tutorial we will explain step by step how to make a nice witch with very few materials you have at home. Furthermore, we will tell you the legend linked to the figure of the Befana. Read on.
There befana he comes at night with his shoes all broken, the Roman hat, long live the befana! How many times as children have we heard this humming nursery rhyme between amazement and a hint of fear that accompanied the idea of one old woman that dwindled to pass under the doors and to fill the stocking of delicacies and a few pieces of coal.
Currently, Epiphany is an opportunity for children to unwrap other gifts and eat sweets before returning to school. But, originally, the befana was symbol oflast year and old, just like her, and the gifts she brought were symbols of good omen for the new year.
Read also: How to draw the Befana to print and color
Not everyone knows, however, in the Christian tradition there figure of the befana is tied closely with that of Magi kings. History has it, in fact, that in one cold night in winter the three Magi, Gasparre, Melchiorre and Baldassare, in travel to the saint Hut, had lost their way. The three, therefore, they came across in a old lady that he pointed them there Street right: the three invited the little woman to join them but the old woman refused despite the insistence of the three wise men. However, theelderly woman regretted not following the three: I prepare a lot full of delicacies and turned the length and breadth of the Research of the Kings and not finding them he began to to knock at every door giving away treats at each child he met.
In short, one particular figure and shrouded in mystery that of the befana. And, in the last day before that the parties go Street, is important set up home with decorations to theme. Why not then build a small befana with their own hands using materials of recycling. A’occasion greedy for explain also to the little ones L’importance of the recycling and show them how simple and beautiful it is to give life to new objects starting from unused materials. So, for this operation, get the help of the little ones. Here’s how to do it.
Making an Epiphany with recycling: what you need
Let’s start immediately by saying that the witch we will illustrate the realization foresees theuse of a bottle of yogurt is others materials that you will surely find in the house. In particular, you will need it:
You may be interested in: DIY ideas to make beautiful socks for the Epiphany
- A bottle some yogurt
- A black cardboard
- Of the sorghum
- One toothpick
- Of the wire to sew
- Two caps bottle
- A ball of polystyrene
- Gods wires woolen
- cotton swab
- Some clippings of cloth
- Glue vinyl
- Scissors
Creating a DIY witch: the procedure
To achieve this little one befana with the skillful art of do-it-yourself and recycling is really simple: just follow the next ones steps:
- The first thing to do is to wash carefully the little one bottle of yogurt that you will have procured. Attention: it is good that you do this step, without the help of the little ones. With the scissors cut a little bit the edge for shorten slightly the neck of the bottle, then passed away, with L’Help of an needle from stocking or a nail, the bottle transversely. This hole will serve for to insert there broom of the befana.
- At this point, realized the cloak. On the cardboard black drawn and then cropped two half moons: one great of 16.8 × 9.8 cm and one smaller than 15 × 7.5 cm. Glued with vinyl two o’clock half moons to bottle to to form a cloak, the larger moon embracing the smaller one. For to achieve the arms it will be enough for you crop of the cardboard black and pink. Decorated the cloak with gods fabric scraps simply by gluing them on.
- Concentrate now on broom. To make it happen recovered of the sorghum from an old and unused broom, tie it up with a wire to a toothpick is fixed with there glue vinyl. At this point, inserted there broom in the hole that you created earlier so that it cuts the bottle from side to side.
- For create the face you will use the ball of polystyrene. Paint eyes, cheeks is mouth and for the little nose used the cotton swab. Now you just have to paste the woolen threads to the ball: these they will be the hair of your little befana.
- For the hat cut out a circle from the cardboard is paste it on ball, above positioned and glued a bottle cap: the hat is ready!
Here is your little witch is over!
We deliberately avoided to write about paste there ball (the head) at the neck of the bottle and do you know why? Why you can use the bottle-befana as it carries chocolates also filling it with candies and giving it to children or anyone of your loved ones. A nice gift, delicious is sweet made with the heart as well as with the hands. Nice is not it?
How to create a befana do it yourself: pictures and photos
To review the images on the creation of a DIY befana, browse the gallery and do not miss all the other tasty ideas we have reserved for you!
