Hello dear friends and blog readers! The New Year is coming very soon, there are only a few days left, and I have been thinking for weeks about what to give the children on this magical holiday. What kind of New Year's gift should I give so that the kids will be delighted and remember it for a long time?
Of course, we will give toys and sweets, but the children play with new gifts for the first few days, at least mine, and then they are safely stored on the shelf, from time to time moving from there around the apartment with the help of little hands. Based on the very recent birthday, in a month or two they will completely forget what gift they were given for the celebration, although the toys were long-awaited and desired.
My thoughts, as I mentioned above, have been going on for about two weeks already: “What should I give as a gift?”, “How to present it so that it’s just uhhhh, so that it’s memorable?” and then the Universe heard me, an SMS comes from a friend:
- "Hello! Look what I did!!”
This is a Kinder made of papier-mâché, and inside it is hollow, a door is cut out and this huge egg is filled with a gift or sweets.
Hooray! Now I know how to surprise and delight my children! They will be delighted! Especially the eldest daughter, she loves these chocolate eggs and traditionally, under the Christmas tree or in person, Grandfather Frost gives her a Kinder MAXI, and here it’s not just a maxi, here is a Giant Kinder!
In general, my joy knew no bounds; I immediately learned from my friend the technology for creating this masterpiece. Then I turned to my old friend, who has been helping me out for probably 10 years now, this is, of course, Google, who told me that you can make a large egg out of paper using the papier-mâché technique, cover it with plaster or putty on top, or you can even get confused and make A real giant size chocolate egg! And I want to share all these ideas with you. Interesting? Then read the article.
I didn’t wait until I completely made my kinders, since it takes 3-5 days, I want to tell you right away! Suddenly, you, too, like me, are racking your brains about what to give your child so that it is unusual and memorable. I found master classes on the Internet, I use them myself and share them with you. In fact, everything here is easy and simple, everyone can do it! So let's get started...
Making a large Kinder Surprise out of paper step by step with your own hands
A huge Kinder is the embodiment of dreams and delight for every child! They are especially loved for the surprises that are hidden inside, and we can fill this egg with those gifts and sweets that your child loves most. The shell or shell is made using the papier-mâché technique, I think every parent became familiar with this technique in school, so anyone can create this masterpiece!
We will need:
- Balloon - 1 pc.
- Paper (A4 form, newspaper)
- PVA glue
- Starch or flour for gluestar
- Gouache paint
- Brush
- Water
- Printout with inscription
Manufacturing process:
- As you probably already guessed, our Kinder is made from paper and a balloon; we will paste the paper over the balloon. You can use PVA or paste as glue.
Important! To prepare the paste, mix tbsp. spoon of corn starch, with 2 tbsp. spoons of tap water, stir so that there are no lumps. Then pour half a glass of boiling water over the mixture, stir and place the dishes on the fire, stirring continuously until our paste thickens. Remove from heat. stirring persistently, cool and that’s it - our paste is ready!
I use PVA glue, first diluted with a small amount of water.
2. We inflate the balloon to the size we need, tie it with thread so that after we can untie it. Place it in a bowl or other container for ease of handling.
3. 1st layer - paper + water. We cut the paper into small squares or strips, dip them in water and cover our ball. You need to do everything intensively, as the water dries out quickly and the leaves will simply begin to peel off.
Important! You can replace the paper with newspapers or magazines, and cover only the last layer with white!
In this way we cover the entire ball and let it stand for 5 minutes and dry.
4. We glue the next layer using PVA glue or paste. We coat our ball with glue and glue the second layer of paper.
5. Then generously coat the third layer of paper with glue and glue and leave our egg overnight so that it dries thoroughly.
Important! There should be enough glue to soak the paper well!
I left the ball to dry near the battery in a container with holes. You can dry it by tying it with a string, but I found reviews that when the ball hangs, wrinkles may appear during the drying process and I didn’t take any risks.
6. The ball dried out overnight. Next we need to remove the balloon, to do this you just need to untie it or cut off the “tail” so that it deflates and carefully pull it out. Now you need to seal the resulting hole.
7. The next day I glued 3 layers of paper again and now my kinders are drying out, although they are quite strong and perhaps 3 layers would be enough.
8. The next step is painting our craft. Immediately paint the lower part red, having previously drawn out the waves with a simple pencil, and then the upper part white. You can paint with gouache, acrylic paint or water-based paint
Important! Add a little PVA to the gouache so that the paint does not stick to your hands and does not crack when drying.
9. Then you need to glue the inscription or draw the letters yourself. The easiest way is, of course, to print it, you can do it in color or black and white, and then color it yourself, so it will turn out the most realistic. Or attach a white piece of paper to the monitor and circle the letters.
For you, I will leave the inscription in 2 options, and you choose the one that is convenient for you:
- in color
- black and white
10. Now you need to cut each word and glue it separately.
11. This is what Kinder ends up looking like
12. Now you need to make a door in the egg and fill it with a gift. Using a stationery knife, cut it into a square or round shape; for beauty, you can tie it with a ribbon.
Or you can even carefully cut off the top of the kinder, this is at your discretion.
As a result, we should end up with a large egg like this:
Really, it makes a great gift, doesn't it? It can be given as a gift for the New Year, for a birthday, or for any occasion! You can also make the kinder personalized, glue your child’s favorite cartoon characters on it, write a wish, and in a word, there’s room for your imagination to run wild!
You can make not only a kinder, but also a large mmdms or a smiley.
And so that the crafts are not matte, you can give them gloss with the help of varnish!
Old New Year's big "Kinder surprise": what's inside?
In Russia, the 2016 collection with deer is still in use. These toys are even funnier than the new ones because they are winding. Here, for example, is a deer on a sled. The volumetric capsule also contains a long drive key. It needs to be inserted into the hole on the sled and pulled out with a quick movement. The key activates a simple mechanism, and the deer actually moves! It is enough to show your child how the sled starts up once, and then he will play on his own. What is interesting about the Kinder Surprise Maxi toys is that, unlike ordinary eggs, the figures are solid. This means that children will not lose, much less swallow, fragments. Such toys are easier to grasp with clumsy fingers than the miniature figurines of regular Kinder toys.
Giant egg made of paper and plaster - New Year's gift 2021
Every child will be delighted with such a New Year's gift, without a doubt! And if you fill it with your favorite sweets and surprises, the joy will be doubled!
We already know how to make a huge kinder surprise made of papier-mâché, but how can we give it strength and make it smoother? Gypsum, putty or self-hardening clay will come to our aid.
Initially, we need to cover the balloon with paper as described at the beginning of the article. Apply three layers and allow time to dry thoroughly. Then, when the balloon is completely dry, you need to burst the balloon and pull it out through the small hole. Then this hole also needs to be sealed. This is what you should get:
Next, you need to prime the egg - apply an even layer of plaster or putty to it, completely covering the papier-mâché. All irregularities will then be sanded with sandpaper; you should not pay attention to them at this stage.
When the plaster or putty dries, this process will not take much time, since these materials dry quickly, you need to make a hole for gifts, in the form of a door that will be removable. You need to cut it with a stationery knife.
In order for the door to be removed, you need to glue a magnet into it and seal it with several layers of paper on top. We glue cardboard into the base, a magnet onto it and also seal it with paper using PVA.
After making sure that the lid is tightly held on the magnet, you need to sand the egg and the door with coarse sandpaper, in this way we will make the kinder smooth.
After sanding the egg, depressions and pits become noticeable; the deepest ones need to be re-applied with plaster, wait for it to dry and sand again with fine sandpaper.
The next stage is painting. We paint the egg white with acrylic paint; don’t forget about the door, magnets and gaps. Then you need to make waves on the bottom of the egg and paint it red. We print the inscription on a color printer and cut out each word, then glue it onto the egg.
This is what you should get:
The perfectly smooth kinder is ready! Is it really very similar to the real thing?
How to make a Kinder toy?
As for the toy itself, this is also a rather capacious and interesting process. It all starts with the fact that designers come up with a whole series of these toys. This can be exclusively the author's work, but also figurines from popular cartoons and the like. If we consider the second option, then the company buys a license for the right to develop such series.
The second stage is drawing sketches and thinking through the toy itself. This process involves such aspects as what parts it will be divided into and which parts will be movable.
The third stage is the creation of a test sample according to the sketch. They make a model larger than the one that will be in the kinder to identify shortcomings.
Well, the final stage is industrial production itself. Mostly parts and toys are cast from plastic, but there were series with metal toys, cardboard puzzles, and even wooden figures. “Surprises” are always painted by hand, and this mainly happens in Asia, from where they are sent all over the world. The entire process from coming up with an idea to a finished toy lasts about two years, and about 100 different series are released per year.
Mega large chocolate Kinder at home
We already know the technology for making a giant kinder from paper, but now let's look at how to make it from chocolate. Yes, yes, you heard right, you can make an egg like a real kinder and let’s look at how...
Required ingredients:
- Dark chocolate - 10-15 bars,
- White chocolate - 5-7 bars,
- Balloon,
- Cream injector
- First of all, you need to rinse the balloon thoroughly and dry it with a stream of warm air using a hairdryer so that the balloon is dry on the inside.
- Next, you need to melt the chocolate in a water bath, pour 1/3 of the water into the pan and put it on the fire. Chop the chocolate into pieces, place in a deep container and place on the pan until the chocolate begins to melt. During the process, you need to stir it until it becomes homogeneous without lumps.
3. The chocolate should cool slightly so that it is not hot, but not too cold - it has a viscous consistency.
4. Now you need to unscrew the tip (cap) of the confectionery syringe and carefully put on the balloon. Then remove the piston and inflate the ball to the desired size, twist the tail for a while so that it does not deflate.
5. Spin the ball and fill it with chocolate through a syringe using a spoon.
6. When all the chocolate is in the ball, tie it and begin to slowly rotate, tapping a little, so that all the walls of the ball are completely colored. Turn the egg over vertically, the remaining chocolate will flow down to the bottom and the kinder will become stable.
7. Congratulations! The hardest part is over. Now the ball needs to be placed in the refrigerator so that it hardens properly. After about 1.5 hours, remove the egg so that the chocolate does not start to melt; wear rubber gloves.
8. To make the second layer of white chocolate and fill the egg with a surprise, you need to put a deep plate on top, draw a cut line and carefully cut off the top.
9. Remove the ball.
10.Now coat the inside with white chocolate and put it back in the refrigerator.
11. For the second time, take the egg out of the refrigerator, if desired, put a surprise in it and use a heated knife to run along the edge, the chocolate will melt and firmly connect to the top.
You can put a gift, sweets or real kinders inside the chocolate kinder.
12. The seam can be filled with chocolate from a syringe and the excess can be wiped off.
13. A perfectly even, smooth kinder surprise is ready! Such an unexpected gift will pleasantly surprise and be remembered for a long time!
And to give it authenticity, you can make original packaging. To do this, you need to cut out two ovals from foil so that there is another 10 cm of free edge. Draw a wave from below and paint it red using a spray can, then cover the painted part and paint the foil white. Do the same steps with the second sheet. Then place the egg in the center on the bottom sheet, and close the second one on top, carefully connecting the edges. Print the inscription on the printer and attach it with glue or tape.
Now the giant chocolate egg is ready! I can’t believe that you can create such a huge kinder at home!
