Before the New Year holidays, many people try to come up with original decorations for their home and Christmas tree. Stores sell a lot of unusual toys and beautiful Christmas tree sets, but homemade decorations seem more attractive and original than store-bought ones.
Jewelry made by hand seems to absorb a piece of the soul of the person who made it.
Decorations and toys for the Christmas tree, made at home, will give a festive atmosphere, bring joy to the owners and their guests, and will delight the children.
There are a lot of options for Christmas tree decorations: in this matter you need to show your imagination, then the New Year's interior will turn out beautiful and original.
To decorate your home for the holiday, you will need various materials that are probably found in every home. To create New Year's decor, colored paper, bottle caps, ribbons, glitter, beads, buttons and even newspapers are suitable.
Decorations from old CDs
Old disks are an excellent material for creating New Year's decorations.
DIY Christmas decorations, photo
To make this craft, use scissors to cut the disk into several small pieces.
Then take a Christmas tree toy and apply glue to it, and then attach pieces of the disk to the toy - you will get an unusual decoration.
Festive crafts made from felt
A New Year's decoration made from felt material looks interesting. To make such a craft, you don’t need to spend a lot of money. This fabric is inexpensive, and you only need a little of it.
In addition to individual toys, you can make homemade New Year's garlands from such small felt figures, fixing them on a thread, cord, satin or soutache ribbon.
You can make many beautiful crafts from fabric. Multi-colored materials open up great opportunities for New Year's decor.
Using fabrics you can make real mini-masterpieces. Eye-catching colors look especially attractive in cold winter.
You can even make a small Christmas tree with your own hands; it can be placed in the center of the holiday table or presented as a gift to friends.
Christmas tree toys made of cardboard or postcards
It’s not difficult to make Christmas tree balls from thick paper. For this purpose, you can use thick colored paper, magazine covers and postcards.
Cardboard makes adorable Christmas tree crafts. You can make cardboard balls with your children; this activity will be interesting for those who are so looking forward to the New Year.
Take a postcard or thick paper (necessarily double-sided) and cut out circles of the same size from it. You need to cut eight blanks. In order to outline the circles, you can use a small glass. Then make two more circles, but a little smaller.
Fold larger pieces in half twice. The result will be a workpiece that is a quarter of a circle. Glue the four blanks made earlier onto the smaller circle. Then, carefully, so as not to break the craft, straighten the glued “pockets”.
If all the steps were performed correctly, you will have two parts of the toy. Before gluing the blanks onto a circle of small diameter, make sure that they are positioned correctly.
The two parts need to be glued together. After the toy has dried, straighten the decorative elements on the Christmas tree toy and attach a bright ribbon. The decoration is ready and can be hung on the Christmas tree.
Christmas tree balls made of threads
String balls are a DIY trend. Crafts made from threads can be hung not only on the Christmas tree, but also used as a decorative element for the interior of various rooms, for example, to create a spectacular lamp, or used as a ceiling decoration by attaching balls to threads of different lengths. You can make balls of different sizes from threads.
To create a decoration from threads, you need glue, preferably PVA (it is not visible after it dries), an inflatable ball and threads (remnants of yarn).
Before you begin, place the threads in glue for a short while; To do this, pour it into a plate.
Inflate the balloon.
Wrap the yarn that has been in the glue around the ball so that it resembles a cocoon, leaving small gaps. Let the ball dry - this takes a day.
The ball blank should be pierced in several places so that the ball is deflated and removed.
You can create a whimsical festive composition from these thread balls.
Decorate the finished thread balls with pearls and multi-colored beads. You can also use fur, satin ribbons and shiny buttons for decoration.
Festive wreaths made of fir cones
In most cases, doors are decorated with such wreaths, but they can also be attached to the wall in the apartment. Such a wreath above the fireplace, if there is one in the house, looks very impressive.
Making your own New Year's wreath is easy. Find a suitable base for the wreath, such as wire or willow twigs. You will also need cones from coniferous trees and special liquid nails. Don't forget about materials for decorating the wreath.
The cones need to be glued to the base with nails, try to keep them as close to each other as possible.
The cones can even be painted silver or white: use acrylic paints for this. Decorate the wreath with colored ribbons and shiny rain.
Japanese crafts kanzashi
For the New Year, you can make Japanese kanzashi crafts with your own hands, symbolizing closeness to nature. Such decorative crafts can resemble flowers, Christmas trees or something else - there are many options.
For the New Year, decorations made using Japanese technology in the form of snowflakes, Christmas trees, wreaths, balls, and cute angels will be popular. Such an accessory will not only be an interesting idea for decorating an apartment, but will also serve as a wonderful New Year gift for family and friends.
Festive headband “Snowflakes” in Japanese technique
A New Year's hair decoration resembling a snowflake will appeal to little princesses and adults of the fair sex. This decorative item on your head will highlight the beauty of your hairstyle.
To make a headband, you will need the following items: a glue gun, squares cut from white or sky-colored ribbon approximately 5 by 5 cm, a lighter, squares from blue ribbon half the size. You also need 42 blanks of ribbons with a shiny surface, measuring 2 by 2 cm, a snowflake blank measuring 3 cm, a white headband (it can be braided with a white ribbon) and scissors.
Make petals (regular round ones) from white squares; you need 6 of them. The photo below shows the process of making such petals:
Then make 12 triangular-shaped petals. Fold the square-shaped piece of tape in half three times, folding it diagonally. Spread it slightly and you will have a petal.
Make two-color petals in the amount of 6 pieces. The white and blue squares need to be folded in half (diagonally), then put the blue one in the center of the white and wrap it around the white piece, then wrap the white piece of ribbon around the blue one and fold it in half.
From the glitter ribbon blanks you will make 42 miniature petals.
From blanks measuring 2.5 by 2.5 cm, make 6 petals: fold the blank diagonally, then turn each side up.
Wrap the paper snowflake blank with white ribbon and attach it to the hoop with a special gun. Cover the snowflake with petals.
Gather all the petals together. Attach white triangular-shaped petals to a two-color petal. There should be only 6 of them.
Three glossy petals need to be glued to each other.
Glue the “corrugated” sky-colored petals in a circle - so that it looks like a flower.
Treat the edges of the petals with a lighter so that they do not crumble: this must be done during production.
Connect all the parts. In a circle, insert a composition of glossy petals into each detail. In the center of the white flower, mark a sky-colored flower made from “corrugated” blanks.
The final stage is decorating the headband with beads.
A hairpin made using Japanese technology will become a beautiful decoration and an object of interest to others.
Festive kanzashi, made in the shape of snowflakes, are an excellent replacement for traditional New Year decorations. Such decorations are one of the best options for New Year's decor.
Crafts made using Japanese technology are distinguished by their brightness and originality.
Step-by-step instructions for making a New Year's topiary with your own hands - in: create a miniature Christmas tree yourself from scrap materials.
Decorations for the New Year's table
Properly selected decorations for the festive table on New Year's Eve are of great importance. Guests gather at the festive table, and the decor will definitely not go unnoticed, so you need to be especially careful when choosing decorative elements. You need to come up with something unusual to surprise your guests, demonstrate your creativity and good taste.A prerequisite when decorating a New Year's table is to place decorations in its central part: this is a good way to place accents.
Multi-colored fruits, Christmas tree decorations, spruce branches (what could be better than the main living symbol of the New Year, pine or spruce branches have a unique aroma), compositions of flowers and spruce cones, burning candles, napkins with a bright pattern are suitable as decorative elements.
A composition with citrus fruits and spruce branches placed in the center of the table looks impressive.
There are a lot of options and ideas for New Year's compositions. You can make a composition in which flowers are combined with fir branches. Place pine branches in a basket, put Christmas balls, oranges and some kind of knitted item: knitted items are mainly associated with winter and the Christmas holidays.
The composition with candles is no less beautiful.
For a romantic New Year's celebration, use a New Year's wreath as a table decoration.
The closer the New Year is, the stronger the festive atmosphere is felt. Pay attention to New Year's decor, make decorations and cute trinkets with your own hands so that the festive interior will delight your guests.
By creating holiday decorations for the New Year, you will demonstrate your skill and impeccable taste and, most importantly, get great pleasure from this process. Invite the holiday to your home!
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Methods and options for creating and decorating New Year's table compositions are described.
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Many people notice that the older they get, the more difficult it is to re-experience that magical feeling of a fairy tale and miracle that always came to us as children on New Year's Eve.
But we're in website We are sure that the New Year's mood will not keep you waiting if you make one of these wonderful decorations for your home and Christmas tree with your own hands. Almost all of them, with the exception of two or three, do not require much time and any special materials - they can be made in half an hour from what is at hand.
Stars made of threads
Wreath made of balloons and an old hanger
In just half an hour, you can make a colorful wreath by purchasing a couple of sets of inexpensive balloons. Blogger Jennifer, the author of this article, recommends straightening out an old hanger, but if you don't have one, a piece of strong wire will do just fine.
- You will need: a couple of sets of balls (20-25 balls of different colors and sizes), a wire hanger or wire, fir branches, braid or a ready-made decoration for decorating a wreath.
Tablecloth made of snowflakes
A delicate and surprisingly festive tablecloth will be made from snowflakes, which we have gotten our hands on since childhood. You can sit down and cut out snowflakes with the whole family, and then lay them out on the table and fasten them with small pieces of tape. A wonderful solution for entertaining guests or just having lunch with the family during the holidays.
Multi-colored hats
The cutest colored hats can be made from leftover yarn, which can be used to make a garland for a Christmas tree or to decorate a wall. Or hang them on a window or chandelier at different levels. Children over five years old will also be great at making this simple decoration. See details.
- You will need: a roll of toilet paper for rings (or regular cardboard or thick paper), scissors, colorful yarn and a good mood.
Lamp “Snowy City”
For this charming lamp, you need to measure a piece of paper around the circumference of the jar with a small margin (for gluing), draw and cut out a simple city or forest landscape. Wrap it around the jar and place a candle inside.
- You will need: a jar, thick paper of any color, maybe white, any candle. Another option is to cover the top of the jar with “falling snow” using a special “snow” spray, which is sold in hobby stores.
Balloons with photos
A great idea for decorating a Christmas tree or as a gift for relatives and friends. The photo needs to be rolled into a tube so that it fits into the hole of the ball, and then straightened out with a wooden stick or tweezers. Small black and white rectangular photographs are suitable, and you can also cut the photo according to the shape of a ball or silhouette (as in the case of a cat in the snow).
- You will need: plastic or glass balls, photographs, various things to fill the ball - tinsel, garlands, coarse salt (for snow).
New Year's lamps
And this miracle is a matter of five minutes. It is enough to collect balls, fir branches, cones and put them in a transparent vase (or a cute jar) and add glowing garlands.
Embers
Glowing garlands, hidden among cones, branches and pine paws, create the effect of smoldering coals in the fireplace or a cozy fire. They even seem to be heating up. For this purpose, a basket that has been lying on the balcony for a hundred years, a nice bucket or, for example, a wicker container for small items from Ikea will be suitable. You will find everything else (except for the garland, of course) in the park.
Floating candles
A very simple decoration for the New Year's table or for a cozy evening with friends during the New Year holidays - a composition with candles floating in a vessel with water, cranberries and pine branches. You can use cones, orange slices, fresh flowers and leaves from a flower shop - whatever your imagination tells you. And as a candlestick - deep plates, vases, jars, glasses, the main thing is that they are transparent.
Snowman on the refrigerator or door
Children will definitely be delighted with this - it’s fast, fun and very simple, because even a three-year-old can handle cutting out large parts. It is enough to cut out circles, a nose and a scarf from self-adhesive paper, wrapping paper or colored cardboard and attach them to regular or double-sided tape.
Snowflakes on the window
Interesting use for a glue gun lying around. In order to glue these snowflakes to the glass, just lightly press them to the surface. For details see our video.
- You will need: a stencil with a snowflake drawn with a black marker, tracing paper (parchment, baking paper), a glue gun and a little patience.
Christmas trees-candies
You can build bright Christmas trees with your kids for a children's party or decorate a festive table with them. Cut out triangles from colored paper or cardboard, attach with tape to a toothpick and stick the resulting Christmas trees into the candies.
- You will need: Hershey's Kisses or any other truffle candies, toothpicks, tape, colored paper or cardboard with a design.
Garland with photographs and drawings
New Year, Christmas - warm, family holidays. And it will come in very handy with photographs, children's drawings, and pictures. The easiest way to secure them is with clothespins, which can be decorated with hearts or snowflakes.
Origami star
Painted spoons
Ordinary metal spoons or wooden cooking spoons are transformed into interesting New Year's decorations using acrylic paints. Kids will definitely love this idea. If you bend the handle of metal spoons, you can hang them on the Christmas tree. And wooden spoons will look great in the kitchen or in a bouquet with fir branches.
Snowman made from a sock
2021 is coming soon. How quickly time flies! But not only years are running away, but also hours, minutes, seconds. If you want to feel the New Year approaching in advance and celebrate it without fuss and haste, start decorating your home right now. Ideas for New Year's decor are already in the air, and many of them can be suggested by children who will gladly take part in this pleasant and exciting process. Moreover, the children do not need to be urged on or rushed, and they themselves can easily add something new every day and gradually bring the festive interior to perfection. You may have to buy some, but most of the decorations can be made with your own hands from what you can find around the house.
Color matters: the main tone of New Year's decor
Recommendations for choosing colors cannot serve as the ultimate truth. New Year's decor should fit harmoniously into the existing interior and only give it an elegant, festive look. But some tips may be useful.
Green, the color of pine needles, will be present in any case. To dilute it, you need to use not the entire rainbow palette, but only two or three contrasting tones. It is better to give preference to New Year's colors - red, gold, silver. Rich, bright shades of purple, blue, and turquoise also look good.
You can decorate everything in one color scheme - this is a very effective and stylish option. Just don't forget about compatibility. If the interior of the apartment is designed in cold colors, choose the appropriate color scheme and silver; add gold and New Year’s red to the warm shades.
Several Christmas trees in the house - easy and simple
You don’t want to cover your walls with tinsel and garlands, and you don’t need to. But New Year without a tree is not a holiday, so we definitely put up a forest beauty. Everything is simple here: we prepared some free space, inspected last year’s toys, determined what needs to be purchased, and we can decorate the main one.
But, if you approach the issue creatively, you can not buy the missing toys, but make them yourself. And one more thing - in every room you can find a place for a homemade Christmas tree, and let the holiday be felt throughout the apartment at once.
Additional trees can be:
- – from beads, garlands, photographs,
- from scrap materials - wooden sticks, pine cones, pasta,
- – tinsel, rain, sweets and everything that comes to mind are glued onto the cone,
- knitted or collected from small balls,
- beautifully shaped branches with silver or gold plating,
- ordinary indoor plants, properly decorated.
Just let the trees not be of the same type, but different in texture, shape and method of execution.
And now - toys. Made with love and imagination, they will turn your New Year into the warmest, most soulful and cozy holiday. You can wrap simple Christmas tree balls with scraps of fabric, knit clothes with them from colored yarn, paint them with acrylic paints, make compositions from pine cones, and funny felt figures. Bake in the shape of stars and Christmas trees with a small hole for a ribbon and hang it on the branches - both tasty and beautiful.
Decorating windows and doors
The windows are the eyes of the house, the door is the face. Let your apartment look out at the world around you and welcome guests with joy.
Let's start with the windows:
- place compositions of branches, pine cones and candles on the windowsills,
- arrange and hang bright New Year's balls,
- cut from plastic bottles or thick paper,
- make garlands from flags, funny figures, Christmas socks.
If you are interested in or are simply familiar with this technique, create fairy-tale, illuminated, magical figures and winter scenes.
Doors are usually decorated with wreaths. Get creative, create your own wreath or improve an existing one. Everything comes into play:
- dried citrus slices,
- winter berries – rowan, cranberry,
- cut flower buds,
- bright candies,
- corks, beads,
- cones, coniferous branches, ribbons,
- bows, tinsel, garlands.
A wreath can be used to decorate not only a door, but also a wall, window, furniture or chandelier. 
New Year's lighting and table setting
New Year is unthinkable without candles. Let there be many of them, make beauty with your own hands. Place white and colored candles in glass vases, glasses, ordinary jars, one third filled with sea salt or red berries, wrap them with cinnamon sticks, and cover them with green twigs.
A composition with a live fire will come in handy anywhere, and especially in the center of a festive dinner. It is better to set the table in the same colors that predominate in the interior decoration. Each plate can be equipped with the name of the guest or a small card with a wish. The dishes are to your taste, but it is very desirable to depict some New Year’s symbol on each one.
Decorate your home with love, involve everyone at home, and you will get real pleasure. And also a pleasant bonus in the form of quite tangible savings, since you can create all the New Year’s beauty with your own hands. Have a nice winter evening and a happy New Year!
New Year is already around the corner. Very soon the garlands will light up in the windows, Olivier will appear on the tables, and the smell of tangerines will be in the air. Naturally, such a solemn and beloved holiday requires careful preparation. And this applies not only to preparing family meals or choosing an evening dress for a feast. Your home also needs New Year's decor. So why not bring in the New Year spirit with some homemade decorations?
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Fun ice cream decorations.
It can also be made from pompoms.
Name cards for guests can be made from... pasta. Just look for letter-shaped pasta in the store.
Metal baking tins can become original personalized cards...
...or fun decorations.
Name cards can also be made from green plants.
Decorate the wall with these “threaded” masterpieces where you can hang postcards.
Even ordinary plastic toys can become stands for personalized cards on the holiday table.
Candy mice.
Peanut figures.
You can decorate holiday cupcakes with fun paper mittens.
You can make watercolor cards for guests.
You can make cute little wreaths from soft balls. It will take no more than 5 minutes to make one of these. Plus, you can do them with your children.
Cheer up your guests by creating a fun New Year's “photo booth” - just create an original background for a photo.
Place animal figures and Santa Claus in any indoor plant. It will turn out to be a cute little New Year's scene.
Make these great accessories for fun photos. You can print almost any picture.
Everyone loves the New Year holiday because of the fun, delicious food, weekends, communication, dancing, songs, competitions... And it all starts with creating a festive atmosphere that will give joyful emotions and impressions. In this article we will tell you how to decorate your home for the New Year in an original, creative and enchanting way.
The most common home decoration for the New Year is a garland. Let's look at a few ideas and workshops for making it.
You will need: colored paper, scissors, pencil.
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Garland "Santa's Socks"
You will need: bright large socks, red rope or satin ribbon, clothespins or eyelets.
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- Attach the string to the desired location.
- Hang the socks on the rope, following the thematic color scheme.
- Secure each sock.
Garland “Circles of felt”
You will need: pieces of felt of bright colors, scissors, glue, thread.
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- Cut out circles from felt. There should be about 50 circles. The more circles, the longer the garland.
- Glue the circles to the thread.
- Attach the garland.
You will need: peel of orange, tangerine, grapefruit, lemon (you can choose one option, or you can make an assortment), scissors, needle and thread.
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Such a creative garland will not only decorate your home and surprise guests, but will also give a wonderful citrus aroma filled with vitamin C, which is so necessary in the winter.
Garland “Natural composition”
You will need: cinnamon sticks, dried tangerine slices, pine cones, Christmas tree balls, thick thread and needle.
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- Using a needle, thread a cinnamon stick, a dried tangerine slice, and a pine cone onto a thread.
- Repeat the first step until the desired size of the garland.
- Decorate with Christmas balls.
- Attach the garland.
Decorating your home with a wreath for the New Year is a very original idea! It can be hung on a wall or door. A New Year's festive Christmas wreath can be made from clothespins, buttons, twigs and even wine corks. Let's take a look at the master classes and learn how to make wreaths for the New Year.
You will need: aluminum hanger or wire (for the frame), clothespins, beads and ribbon (for decoration)
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- Unroll the hanger and make a round frame, or create a wire frame.
- String a clothespin and a bead.
- Repeat step #2 until the wreath is filled.
- Hang the wreath on the wall or door.
You will need: cardboard, scissors, glue, ribbon and bright buttons.
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- Cut out a circular wreath frame from cardboard.
- Glue the buttons to the frame.
- Make a ribbon bow at the top.
You will need: base for the frame, a lot of wine corks, beads for decoration, satin ribbon, glue gun.
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If you have a question, where can I get so many plugs? - the answer is simple. Wine corks can be ordered from an online store at an affordable price, or you can purchase them in a specialized store selling interior goods in your city. You can make not only a wreath from wine corks, but also a huge number of different crafts, which are described in this article: “Crafts from wine bottle corks with your own hands.”
You will need: sprigs of pine needles or a fir broom, threads, beads and ribbon for decoration.
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Window, glass and mirror decorations for the New Year
You will need: snowflake template, toothpaste and brush, glass half filled with water.
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You will need: pieces of felt, scissors, glue, sequins, thread.
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- Cut out snowflakes or stars from felt.
- Glue a piece of sequins to the center of each snowflake.
- Glue all the snowflakes to the thread.
- Decorate cornices and baseboards.
Decorating the walls of the house for the New Year
Such bright snowflakes on the walls look very creative. They are quite easy to make, you just need to have at least 24 identical wooden popsicle sticks. You can collect them or order them from an online store at a very affordable price.
You will need: ice cream sticks, red gouache, newspaper, glue and ribbon.
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You will need: thick threads, an inflatable ball or ball, PVA glue, scissors, a needle, a candle in a tin box, a glass.
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Now we will look at enchanting ideas for decorating the ceiling. Helium balloons will look very festive as they fly to the ceiling, decorating it. The more there are, the better, brighter and more beautiful!
Snowflakes on threads attached to the ceiling fill the entire room with snow and such snow does not make you cold! Get together with a big group, cut out a huge number of snowflakes and turn an ordinary room into a masterpiece!