Before the New Year holidays, many try to come up with original jewelry for the house and the tree. Many unusual toys, beautiful Christmas tree sets are sold in stores, but handmade decorations seem more attractive and original than purchased ones.
Hand-made jewelry seems to absorb a piece of the soul of the one who made them.
Decorations and toys for the Christmas tree, made at home, will give a festive atmosphere, bring joy to the owners and their guests, and delight children.
There are a lot of options for Christmas tree decorations: in this case you need to show imagination, then New Year's interior it will turn out beautiful and original.
To decorate the house for the holiday, various materials will come in handy, which are sure to be in every home. For creating New Year's decor Colored paper, bottle caps, ribbons, sequins, beads, buttons, and even newspapers will do.
Jewelry from old discs
Old discs are a great material for creating Christmas decorations.
DIY Christmas decorations, photo
To make such a craft, cut the disc into several small fragments with scissors.
Then take a Christmas tree toy and apply glue to it, and then attach the disc pieces to the toy - you will get an unusual decoration.
Festive felt crafts
A Christmas decoration made of felt material looks interesting. To make such a craft, large costs are not needed. Such fabric is inexpensive, and you need very 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, lace, satin or soutache ribbon.
Many fabrics can be made beautiful crafts... Multi-colored materials open up great opportunities for New Year's decor.
With the help of fabrics, you can make real mini-masterpieces. Catchy colors in cold winter look especially attractive.
You can even make a small Christmas tree with your own hands; it can be placed in the center of the festive table or presented as a gift to friends.
Christmas tree toys made of cardboard or postcards
It is not difficult to make balls on a Christmas tree made of thick paper. For this purpose, you can use a dense colored paper, magazine covers and postcards.
Charming Christmas tree crafts are made from cardboard. Cardboard balls can be made with children; this activity will be interesting for those who are looking forward to the New Year so impatiently.
Take a postcard or thick paper (always double-sided) and cut out circles of the same size from it. You need to cut eight blanks. You can use a small glass to draw circles. Then make two more circles, but a little smaller.
Fold the larger pieces in half in half. You will get a blank, which is a quarter of a circle. On the smaller circle, glue the four blanks made earlier. Then, carefully, so as not to break the craft, straighten the glued "pockets".
If all the actions were performed correctly, you will have two parts of the toy. Before gluing the pieces to the small diameter circle, make sure they are correctly positioned.
The two pieces need to be glued together. After the toy is dry, spread the decor elements on the Christmas tree decoration and attach a bright ribbon. The decoration is ready, you can hang it on the tree.
Balls on a Christmas tree made of threads
Thread balls are a trend in DIY style. Thread crafts can be hung not only on the Christmas tree, but also used as a decorative element for the interior. different rooms, for example, create a spectacular lamp, or use it as a ceiling decoration by attaching balls to threads of different lengths. Balls of different sizes can be made from threads.
To create an ornament from threads, you need glue, preferably PVA (it is not visible after it dries), a balloon and threads (leftover yarn).
Before you start, put the threads in the glue for a little while; to do this, pour it into a plate.
Inflate the balloon.
Wrap the yarn that has lain in the glue around the ball so that it resembles a cocoon, leaving small gaps. Let the ball dry - it takes 24 hours.
The ball blank should be pierced in several places to deflate the ball and remove it.
From such thread balls, you can create a fancy festive composition.
Decorate the finished thread balls with pearls, multi-colored beads. Fur, satin ribbons and shiny buttons can also be used for decoration.
Festive wreaths 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 over the fireplace looks very impressive, if there is one in the house.
Making a New Year's wreath yourself is easy. Find a suitable base for your wreath, such as willow wire or twigs. You will also need coniferous cones and special liquid nails. Don't forget about materials for decorating your wreath.
Cones need to be glued to the base with nails, try to keep them as close to each other as possible.
You can even paint the buds silver or white using acrylic paints. Decorate the wreath with colored ribbons, shiny rain.
Japanese crafts kanzashi
With your own hands, you can make Japanese kanzashi crafts for the new year, symbolizing closeness to nature. Such decorative crafts can resemble flowers, Christmas trees or something else - there are many options.
Decorations made in Japanese technique in the form of snowflakes, Christmas trees, wreaths, balls, cute angels will be relevant for the New Year. Such an accessory will not only become an interesting idea for decorating an apartment, but will also serve as a wonderful New Year's gift for family and friends.
Festive headband "Snowflakes" in Japanese technique
This Christmas hair ornament resembling a snowflake will appeal to little princesses and adults of the fair sex. This decorative item on the head will emphasize the beauty of the hairstyle.
To make the bezel, you will need the following items: a gun for applying glue, squares cut from a white or sky-colored ribbon about 5 by 5 cm, a lighter, squares of tape blue half the size. You also need 42 blanks from ribbons with a shiny surface, having a size of 2 by 2 cm, a blank of a snowflake measuring 3 cm, a white rim (it can be braided with a ribbon white) and scissors.
Make petals (regular round) from white squares, you need 6 of them. The photo below shows the process of making such petals:
Then make 12 triangular petals. Fold a piece of tape in the shape of a square in half three times, you need to fold it diagonally. Spread it out a little and you have a petal.
Make 6 bicolor petals. The squares of white and blue should be folded in half (diagonally), then put blue in the center of the white and wrap it around the white blank, then wrap the white piece of tape around the blue and fold in half.
Make 42 miniature petals from the sequins ribbon blanks.
From blanks measuring 2.5 by 2.5 cm, make 6 petals: fold the blank diagonally, then wrap each side up.
Wrap the blank of paper snowflakes with a white tape and attach it to the hoop with a special gun. Cover the snowflake with petals.
Bring all the petals together. Attach white triangular petals to the petal of two flowers. There should be only 6 of them.
Three glossy petals need to be glued together.
Glue "corrugated" petals of heavenly color 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 manufacture.
Connect all the details. In a circle, insert a composition of glossy petals into each detail. In the center of a white flower, mark a flower of a heavenly shade from "grooved" blanks.
The final stage is decorating the rim with beads.
A hair clip made in Japanese technique will become a beautiful decoration and a subject of interest to those around you.
Festive kanzashi made in the form of snowflakes are a great replacement for traditional decorations for the New Year. Such decorations are one of the best options New Year's decor.
Crafts, for the creation of which the Japanese technique was used, are distinguished by their brightness and originality.
Do you already know besides store toys? By tradition, decorate the Christmas tree for the New Year should be as varied as possible, using balls, garlands, Christmas decorations, lights and homemade crafts.
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
Correctly selected decorations for the festive table on New Year's Eve have 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 guests, demonstrate your creativity and good taste.A prerequisite for decorating a New Year's table is the placement of decorations in its central part: this good way to place accents.
As decorative elements, 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.
The composition with citrus fruits and spruce branches located in the center of the table looks spectacular.
Options and ideas New Year's compositions so many. You can make a composition in which flowers are combined with fir branches. Put pine branches in the basket, put there Christmas balls, orange oranges and some kind of knitted item: knitted items are mainly associated with winter and Christmas holidays.
The composition with candles is no less beautiful.
For a romantic New Year celebration, use a Christmas wreath as a table decoration.
The closer the New Year is, the stronger the festive atmosphere is felt. Pay attention to the New Year's decor, make decorations and cute knick-knacks 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, you will enjoy this process. Invite a holiday to your home!
Read on to learn how to create: learn the tricks of decorating and discover new ideas for using accessories and stylish little things in your holiday design.
Methods and options for creating and decorating New Year's compositions on the table are described.
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Today in stores there is a huge selection of a wide variety of fashionable and stylish jewelry for every taste and wallet. Some even change the New Year's style of the tree and the apartment in general every year.
However, despite all the variety and miracles of design, nothing can replace handmade toys and jewelry. They will not only add variety to the “cold” decor from the store. The process itself will surely give a lot of positive emotions and vivid impressions, and fabulous atmosphere will reign in your home long before New Year's Eve. It will be especially pleasant for children to look at the fruits of their labor. Adults will surely appreciate your attempts to create a cozy festive atmosphere.
In order to do this, not much is needed - desire and imagination. As materials, you can use improvised means that are in any home: color and wrapping paper, ribbons, beads, cones, buttons and even old newspapers. And even if ideas do not visit you at all, you can "call for help" the Internet.
New Year's crafts from discs: we make decorations for the New Year from old CDs
Surely in every home there are old unnecessary discs that are a pity to throw away. They can be used in advance of new year holidays to create stylish and unusual toys that will look great on the tree.
Not much is needed for this - an old disc, cut into pieces, and the most common toy, you can take an old and already boring one. Having carefully coated it with glue, attach the "fragments" of the disc to the surface in random order. That, in general, is all. Stylish decoration that will perfectly "play" with light is ready.
However, from old CDs you can make not only a Christmas ball, but also much more.
New Year felt crafts: we make felt decorations with our own hands for the New Year
Decorations and toys made of felt material look very impressive and unusual. You can buy such fabric in any store for purely symbolic money, especially since more than a dozen interesting figures can be made from a couple of meters. The multi-colored material will give you a lot of possibilities, and the flight of imagination will be almost unlimited.
After a variety of figures are sewn, they can be hung around the apartment "one by one", you can decorate the Christmas tree instead of toys, or you can put them together in a festive garland. In any case, it will look great.
By the way, a small and neat Christmas tree, a star or an angel can become not only a decoration, but also an excellent “warm” souvenir for friends and relatives. They will surely appreciate your efforts and care.
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Christmas crafts made of cardboard or postcards
In order to decorate the Christmas tree with unusual toys, you do not need to run around the shops in search of something that others do not have. It is enough to find thick cardboard at home (colorful magazine covers, old postcards or, as a last resort, ordinary colored sheets from the set - the main thing is that they are double-sided), glue and scissors.
The first thing to do is cut 8 circles of the same size (about the size of the neck of a regular glass, you can have a little more or less), and 2 more a little smaller. After that, the large circles fold in half twice (to end up with a quarter). The blanks are ready. Four of them need to be glued to one small circle, four more to the other.
After that, the pockets are gently melted, and the two halves of the toy are glued together. It remains to attach a beautiful ribbon and you can hang the original cardboard ball on the Christmas tree. And if you cover it with varnish or glitter, hardly anyone will guess where such a stylish toy came from.
Cardboard balls are especially fun to make with kids. The technique is not too complicated, so they will gladly take part in the manufacture of Christmas tree decorations, and then all the holidays will be proud of their masterpieces that adorn the fluffy beauty.
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Christmas balls made of threads
Balls made of thread are one of the most fashionable hand-made techniques today. Moreover, it is used not only to create New Year's, but also everyday decor. In any case, such compositions and toys will not only enliven your festive interior, but also make it unique.
To create a masterpiece, you will need threads (you can use leftover yarn, or you can buy multi-colored skeins in the store), PVA glue and air balloons... The mechanism is simple. The ball is inflated to the desired size, after which it is wrapped with threads soaked in glue in advance. This should be done quite tightly, leaving only small gaps.
After the first stage is completed, the toy must be properly dried. As a rule, a day is enough for this. If during this time the thread ball has become hard, you can proceed to the final - piercing and removing the remains of the balloon.
To decorate a thread ball, you can use any elements - beads, braid, rain, tinsel ... In general, a full flight of imagination. The same goes for “collecting” the finished composition. Thread balls suspended at different heights from the ceiling look very impressive.
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Festive wreaths
A Christmas wreath is a fashionable decoration that can be purchased at almost any store. However, it is much more pleasant to make a composition with your own hands, putting the warmth of the soul into it. The material can be anything. For example, bumps.
Making a wreath of cones begins with a base, which can be a wire, willow rods or something else that easily "forms" into a circle. Cones are attached to the base using liquid nails. They need to be placed as close to each other as possible so that the wreath looks "lush".
After the main part of the work is done, you can start decorating. For example, cover the cones with colored varnish and "dilute" them with small toys, rain or tinsel. That, in general, is all. It remains to find a suitable place to place the New Year's masterpiece. He must not go unnoticed.
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Japanese crafts kanzashi
The novelty of the season in the field of decoration is jewelry made in the Japanese technique of kanzashi. They can be of any shape - herringbone, flower, snowflakes ... individually or in a group. By the way, this great option not only Christmas tree decorations, but also a gift, as well as elements of a festive costume.
In their homeland, Japan, they symbolize closeness to nature. In our country, they are more like a nice souvenir than something meaningful from an ideological point of view. In order to do something in the kanzashi style, you need not so much - silk ribbons and desire!
Festive headband with snowflakes in Japanese technique
Thanks to the Japanese, anyone can bring joy to little and big princesses by making a wonderful headband that resembles a snowflake. It will not only complement the appropriate costume, but will certainly become that very missing highlight for any New Year's hairstyle.
So, in order to make such a wonderful accessory you will need:
- blanks made of silver, blue and white ribbons (silver ones should be cut into squares measuring 2 * 2 centimeters, white - 5 * 5 centimeters, blue - 2.5 * 2.5 centimeters, in total there should be at least 42 squares of each color);
- glue gun;
- white rim (if there is a rim of a different color, then it can be easily turned into white by braiding with a ribbon);
- scissors;
- preparation of a snowflake measuring 3 * 3 centimeters.
So, after all the materials and blanks are ready, you can start working.
The first thing to do is 6 round petals made of white squares. They should be the largest, as they will form the "middle" of the future flower. Then - 12 triangular petals are also white, but they will turn out to be slightly smaller in size. Next, from 12 triangular blanks (white and blue), fold six petals consisting of two colors. And finally, the final touch of the preparatory stage - 42 small, silvery petals. The edges of each workpiece must be scorched with a lighter so that they do not disintegrate in the future. Otherwise, it can be an unpleasant surprise for the person to whom the bezel is intended.
After you have finished with the petals, you can wrap the snowflake with a white ribbon, attach it to the rim and, finally, collect the first petals in the “heart of the flower”. Its base will consist of 6 large white petals that need to be glued together. In no case should they disintegrate! After that, to each petal, you can attach a white-blue composition of three more (two white petals at the edges and a two-color one in the center). And finally, each detail should be complemented by a silvery small petal that is inserted directly into the center of the glossy ones. As a result, you should get a kind of "fluffy" flower.
The finished composition can be decorated with sparkles, beads or anything else - at your discretion. The only thing that is not recommended is to varnish it, this can ruin the appearance.
In this technique and from the same ribbons, you can make not only a rim, but also beautiful snowflakes. They will become great alternative traditional Christmas tree decorations and even a souvenir for family and friends who will surely appreciate your originality and warmth, invested in such a gift.
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The New Year is such a bright and long-awaited holiday that one wants to prepare for it in advance. Moreover, there are things that you just need to take care of the day before. For example - gifts, home decor and handmade Christmas tree decorations, which take a lot of time to create, especially if you need a lot of them. If you decide to prepare original New Year's crafts with your own hands, then start right now - time is running forward, without looking back, 2017 will come very soon.
DIY New Year's interior
The beauty of this holiday is that on New Year's Eve you can afford what on ordinary days will seem strange. This applies in particular to interior design. If the abundance of bright colors, glitter and tinsel on weekdays is considered bad manners, then on the eve of the holiday this is exactly what is needed to create a fabulous atmosphere.
And don't forget about garlands - a must-have attribute of the New Year. They can be made from anything.
Garlands can be made from anything
Original chair covers
Of course, not everyone can afford to completely change the situation on the occasion of some important event, but this is not necessary. It is enough to confine yourself to textiles, a few themed accessories that you can easily make with your own hands, having at least some small skills in needlework.
Even an inexperienced seamstress can sew such funny chair covers in the form of Santa Claus hats for the Year of the Rooster. To do this, you need to cut out two red rectangles in accordance with the width of the back of the chair, cut the upper third of the fabric at an angle, sew together and decorate with white piping and a pompom.
Chair covers will immediately create a festive atmosphere
A way to hide versatile furniture
Unexpected table solution
When it comes to decorating a table, the first thing that comes to mind is beautiful tablecloths, napkins, and dishes. If you decorate the table in the way suggested in the photo, then your household and guests will definitely be delighted.
Leggings will make the table silent when moving
This decor has another indisputable plus - a piece of furniture in New Year's shoes can be easily and silently moved, without even lifting it and without risking damage flooring... And to create extraordinary beauty, you just need to purchase leggings in the store. suitable color and sew the simplest shoes out of colored felt.
Christmas wreath - mood from the doorway
So that every guest gets into the spirit of the New Year holidays from the very threshold, hang a Christmas wreath on the front door. To make a wreath of pine or spruce cones, you will need:
- base for a wreath (sold at any craft store);
- glue gun;
- tape to hang decor.
If you do not have the opportunity to buy a ready-made base, you can create it from thick cardboard and foam rubber. If you want to make the wreath a little "snowy", paint the buds with spray paint. You need to glue the cones close to each other so that the base is not visible. The finished wreath can be hung on a wide contrasting tape.
If you have a lot of wine corks, feel free to start making jewelry. Using a glue gun, you need to glue the corks densely onto the base for the wreath, arranging them randomly in several layers. You can decorate the New Year's craft 2017 at your discretion.
Shocking cork wreath
Garlands from scrap materials
You can make a garland out of anything. The most New Year's material for creativity is pine cones. For manufacturing you will need:
- cones of different sizes;
- long strong rope;
- screw pins for making jewelry (it is a ring with a leg and a thread).
Cones can be painted or varnished, but it is better to leave them in their natural form. Screw a pin into each bump. Put the first cone on the rope, secure with a knot. Continue stringing and securing the buds at a distance of 20 cm until you have the desired length of garland.
Unobtrusive garland made from natural materials
If you are friends with a needle and thread, it will not be difficult to sew an uncomplicated sock bag. Patchwork-style socks decorated with snowflakes, lace and ruffles are great for New Year's decor. If you arrange all the socks in different ways, the garland will look colorful and cute.
Motley pointed socks-shoes
Red and white - classic
Many people remember the chain garland from the times kindergarten... Only then it was made of colored paper and glued with PVA glue. Pretentiousness to such an unpretentious garland will add all kinds of ribbons of different colors, textures, with a pattern or monochromatic. Prepare the material:
- ribbons (satin, silk, rep, braid);
- glue gun.
Cut all ribbons into strips 10 cm long. Connect each link of the chain to the previous one and fix it with a drop of hot glue.
You can decorate a room or a Christmas tree with a bright chain.
How to beautifully decorate a candlestick for the New Year
Burning candles are an integral part of the New Year holidays. No wonder they say that you can endlessly look at how the fire burns. Making candlesticks from cones for the New Year 2017 is very simple. You will need:
- knife or secateurs;
- sequins;
- PVA glue;
First you need to remove the top of the cone with a pruner or a sharp knife. Then grease each remaining flake with glue and sprinkle with sparkles, and when the glue dries, brush off excess sparkles with a brush. The candlestick is ready, it remains to place a candle in it and not forget about fire safety.
So simple but very sweet
Cinnamon is the most New Year's spice. It can not only be added to baked goods, but also used for New Year's decor. Take a glass beaker or any jar. Use a glue gun to glue the surface with cinnamon sticks. Make sure the sticks are higher than the glass. The final touch is a ribbon or string for decoration.
Aromatic spice cinnamon
Those who know how to knit can show their talent in making candle ornaments. Simple knitted muffs with braid patterns will make the most ordinary New Year's candle. You can combine several solid candles or decorate knitting with Scandinavian winter patterns - deer and snowflakes.
Candle clothes - what could be cozier
Snow Globe - New Year's Tale in the Bank
Making a glass ball with snow is very simple. For classic version you will need:
- jar with a lid;
- glue gun;
- glycerol;
- artificial snow (chopped tinsel, polystyrene, stars, sparkles);
- New Year's decor.
First, the lid is decorated. All Christmas trees, houses, Santa Clauses, deer and everything that the soul desires are installed on it. All this is fixed with hot glue. Then you need to pour glycerin into the jar, diluted with water in a 1: 1 ratio. Lubricate the thread of the cover with glue and screw tight. The snow globe is ready.
Snow Covered Christmas Tree - Traditional Design
Blue Spruce - Fresh Solution
A snow globe made from a wine glass is made according to the same principle, but instead of a lid, a circle made of thick cardboard is used. It needs to be glued to the edge of the glass with a glue gun. Make the cardboard bottom slightly larger than the glass itself. Protruding edges can be decorated with glitter.
The snow-covered composition in the glass looks elegant
Festive menu - surprise guests with the design of the dishes
When composing a festive menu for guests, remember the main thing - everyday salads and potatoes have become boring to everyone in a year. And even if you cannot afford red, black and overseas eggplant caviar on the table, believe me - there is always a way out of the situation! It is enough to arrange the same familiar dishes beautifully and unusually - and they will already taste different.
How do you like this serving of the simplest "Bird's milk" creamy dessert prepared for the Year of the Rooster? Agree, in glasses with colorful cookies instead of a lid, it looks amazing and causes an incredible appetite!
Neither children nor adults will refuse such a dessert.
And here is an interesting option for another decoration for a sweet table. It is enough to bake shortbread cookies of different sizes and fold them in the shape of a herringbone, gluing together with whipped protein glaze, imitating snow.
The shortbread herringbone will surely decorate the table
New Year is just one of the few holidays in which champagne is an integral attribute. Raising glasses with a sparkling drink to the chimes has already become an invariable tradition. So give this ritual a little chic and sparkle! To do this, it is enough to clothe boring bottles in a shiny outfit: coat them with glue and sprinkle them abundantly with multi-colored sparkles or beads.
Sparkling sparkling champagne in a New Year's costume
Using a pastry syringe and strawberries, the most ordinary cupcakes can be easily turned into a mini Christmas tree. Moreover, it is not even necessary to bake them - store-bought cupcakes without glaze are quite suitable. Place strawberries on top of each and decorate with green butter or protein cream using the star-shaped syringe attachment.
Surprise cupcakes will delight guests
Create a holiday spirit with little things
For the holiday to really be a success, even the smallest details should not be overlooked when preparing. Sometimes they are able to set a joyful tone much more effectively than something global. Cute decorative details in the setting, small souvenirs for all guests are a guarantee that everyone will have a good mood. Here are some craft ideas for New Year 2017.
Santa's helpers - fairy elves
Cute fairy elves made of felt and fir cones can become a multifunctional decoration. If you attach a loop to the hat, they turn into Christmas decorations, and if you attach a cardboard rectangle with the guest's name to your hands, you get funny boarding cards that will perfectly fit into the decoration of the festive table.
Fairy elves - multifunctional decoration
To make such funny little people, just a few cones and large wooden beads, a pair of bells or beads for a cap and a few sheets of colorful felt are enough.
Sweet souvenirs made from sweets and wine corks
If you expect a lot of guests in the New Year, take care of small souvenirs for them, because on this magical night it is especially pleasant to receive surprises, albeit small ones. In this case, beautifully decorated delicious sweets are just what you need.
The original present will delight the guests
To create these cute Santa Clauses shown in the photo, you will need wine corks, some white acrylic yarn, red and black acrylic paint, brushes, white beads, small pompoms and glue.
The lower half of the cork should be painted with red paint, and on the upper part, draw eyes and glue a bead nose. With the help of glue, glue a cone-shaped candy to the top of the cork, and from the threads make a beard and a trim on a candy cap.
Forest beauty - use an alternative
Recently, more and more people, for various reasons, refuse to install a natural herringbone, replacing it with artificial counterparts. But don't be banal - replace the Christmas tree with a more creative alternative! For example, why not turn a regular hanger into a Christmas tree, like in the photo?
From a hanger - to a Christmas tree - New Year's metamorphoses
Here are some examples of how you can make DIY Christmas crafts. In most cases, you don't even have to spend extra money.
Christmas tree made of candies on a paper cone
Christmas tree lamp from a cone
For such a miracle to appear in the house, it is enough to find a piece of paper in the bins, a decorative mesh from a hopelessly faded bouquet, glue, threads, various beads, ribbons and small toys. A sheet of paper should be rolled into a cone, well glue and decorated as your heart desires.
If you first make curly holes in the paper, and put an LED garland inside the cone, you will get a beautiful lamp that you will not want to part with even after the end of the New Year holidays.
To get another, more openwork version of the Christmas tree, you need to wind the multi-colored threads soaked in glue on a cone, and when they dry, remove the blank.
Two in one - a decor item and a lamp
Original patchwork herringbone
The next option for a Christmas tree is a good way to use the scraps or scraps that have accumulated in the needlework box beautiful paper... A herringbone made of them does not require additional decoration.
To create this colorful miracle, you need to make a cone base and glue it over with paper or fabric scraps cut out with curly scissors. You should start glueing the details from the bottom, and the very top can be crowned with some kind of decorative bead. To make the "twigs" twist up nicely, it is recommended to slightly twist them with a pencil before gluing them.
Christmas tree made of scraps will delight you with its colorfulness
Christmas toys - make an exclusive from scrap materials
The main symbol of the New Year is a tree. Hand-made decorations for the Christmas tree add coziness and make the holiday even more family-friendly. Christmas tree decorations are made from everything that comes to hand. Even an old light bulb can become a cute penguin or snowman if you paint it with paints. The base can be decorated with felt or woolen threads, imitating your character's hat.
Cute penguin in a blue hat
Each family member will be pleased at christmas tree to see a personalized Christmas ball.To create such a New Year's crafts, New Year 2017 just need to buy transparent balls made of white glass, print on a printer small photo each household and place it inside the toy, additionally decorating with beads and ribbons.
Name balloons will appeal to everyone
If a baby appears in your house, you can use a plaster cast of his tiny handle or legs to decorate the Christmas tree. An impression can be made independently from plaster of paris, adding PVA to it for plasticity. It's even easier to buy a ready-made kit for making prints. The memory will remain for a lifetime. Elements of children's clothing, for example, mittens or felt boots, look very cute on the Christmas tree. They do not need to be decorated in any way, you just need to hang them on the tree.
In a few years you will not believe that his palm was so small
Cute wool mittens
For those who know how to knit, it will not be difficult to build such cute dolls from wooden beads and yarn leftovers. Well, those who do not own knitting needles can donate in this case an old knitted sweater.
The dolls will look wonderful on the tree
At the heart of the Christmas balls in the next photo is a foam ball. It can be pasted over with beautiful beads, rhinestones, decorated with a soutache cord or covered with an unusual fabric to end up with exquisite glamorous jewelry.
Glamorous toys for a secular holiday
The New Year brings the greatest joy to children. During New Year's Eve, let the kids participate in home decoration and making Christmas crafts do it yourself for the Christmas tree. Such cute hedgehogs and New Year's elves are made from ordinary cones and colored felt. Elves' heads can be made from ping-pong balls.
Forest dwellers - hedgehogs
Sleeping Elves - Santa's Helpers
Felt toys are very popular lately. They are easy to sew and completely safe for babies. The edges of the felt do not peel off, which makes this material available for work. And if you put a sachet of spicy herbs, then they will also fill the house with a pleasant aroma.
Safe and cute felt crafts for the New Year 2017
Gift decoration - everything unusual is pleasant
New Year's surprise packaging
We should also say about gift wrapping. Of course, now in stores there is such a service for customers that, if necessary, they will not only pack a New Year's gift for you, but also deliver it home. It is beautiful, but not as pleasant as receiving a present, knowing that the donor spent time not only on his choice, but also on his own design. This can tell the recipient a lot.
Due to the specifics of the holiday, packaging of New Year's gifts allows you to give free rein to your imagination. Here are some examples for inspiration that are easy to replicate with your own hands.
Craft paper, colored cardboard and glue are useful to create a deer-shaped wrapper. You have to tinker a bit with cutting out the details, but the result is worth it.
Such a wrapper will certainly be opened carefully.
Jewelry or small costume jewelry can be presented to a lady in such an unusual way - by hiding a surprise in a previously peeled nut. And to make the effect of the gift stronger, look together on the eve of the holiday the fairy tale "Three nuts for Cinderella", because what girl does not want to feel like a princess.
Ideal solution for presenting a gift for romantic girls
You can present your guests with sweets by placing them in beautiful pyramid boxes resembling a Christmas tree. It is very easy to find a template for such a box, the main thing is to choose a beautiful designer cardboard.
Boxes can be made in one evening
Useful little thing - a label for a gift
So that your gift does not get lost among the rest and get to the right addressee, it is advisable to hang a note-label on it with the name of the person to whom the present is intended. It would seem a trifle, but the label can also be decorated in the New Year's style.
White cardboard label, decorated with cross stitch embroidery, looks laconic and stylish. Draw the drawing on the cardboard with a simple pencil, and then pierce the holes with a needle or awl. This will make it easier to embroider. You just have to thread the holes.
Simple and beautiful
A small twig of juniper or mistletoe can be rolled into a Christmas wreath. This label looks fresh and natural. You can attach a twig with a glue gun.
Evergreens for gift decoration
Paper snowflakes are taught to cut in early childhood. They can be used to decorate gifts for the Year of the Rooster. Use bright, plain brown paper. So the snow-white snowflake will look more spectacular.
Small snowflake looks cute
Homemade postcard - made with soul
Perfect addition to New Year's gift- card. A handmade postcard is an exclusive thing. Having several types of colored paper with a pattern, a red ribbon, scissors and a white sheet, you can make a funny postcard with three Christmas trees.
Draw a triangle on the base and cut three such triangles for each tree. Combine different colors... Fold each triangle in half and glue together as shown. Complete the decor with red ribbon bows and a congratulatory lettering.
You can also make Christmas cards with 3D figures with your own hands. Draw and cut a semicircle out of colored paper. Fold it up like an accordion. Repeat the operations, but the diameter of the semicircle should increase with each tier. Glue the edges of the accordions in ascending order to the postcard.
3D herringbone made of plain paper
Cut a triangle out of green paper, and a star out of gold paper. Using hot glue on the buttons, attach them to the herringbone triangle in random order. Decorate the composition with a golden star.
Buttons - an unusual material for a postcard
Master class on creating a New Year's craft "House for a cockerel"
This step-by-step master class on New Year's crafts for the Year of the Rooster will help you make several toys or gifts at once in one evening. The plot with the symbol of the year is taken as a basis, but if you want to diversify the tree, choose napkins with different pictures.
Preparation of materials for work
To create a house from wooden ice cream sticks, you will need the following materials and tools:
- long smooth ice cream sticks 2 pcs.,
- standard sticks - 6 pcs.,
- curly sticks - 5 pcs.,
- larch cones - 2 pcs.,
- pistachio shell - 5 pcs.,
- napkins, white twine, brocade ribbon, multicolored sequins,
- white acrylic paint, water-based varnish,
- PVA glue, universal transparent dragon glue,
- brushes, dish sponge, scissors.
Step-by-step description and photo
On six standard sticks, folded together horizontally, glue long sticks with transparent all-purpose glue "Dragon" vertically, 1 cm away from the edge.
Glue the curly sticks, finally forming the house.
Cut off a piece of the sponge. Apply white acrylic paint on wooden sticks and larch cones, lightly touching with a sponge. Paint over the middle of the house and the pistachio shells completely.
Color details
After the paint has dried, glue a loop of white twine to the back of the roof.
From the top layer of decoupage napkins, carefully tear off the pair of birds you like. Put a picture with a rooster and a chicken in the middle of the house, drip a little PVA glue and quickly distribute it with a brush with movements directed to the edge of the picture. Cover the shell with a layer of PVA glue and roll in small glitter or simply paint it with colored acrylic paint.
After the glue is completely dry, cover the house with a layer of water-based varnish.
Protect the motif with varnish
While the varnish dries, tie two larch cones and tie a bow out of a brocade ribbon. Cut off the excess tape with scissors.
Tie the bumps to the loop of twine on the back of the Christmas craft. Attach a brocade bow on top of all-purpose glue.
Attach the decorated pistachio-shell eggs with all-purpose glue to the bottom of the house.
After the glue has completely dried, the house of ice cream sticks is ready.
New Year's craft for the Year of the Rooster
DIY Christmas toy
New Year's house for the Rooster on the Christmas tree
You can continue the list of crafts for the New Year 2017 ad infinitum. Here is just a small fraction of what you can create with your own hands for the holiday. The main task of this collection is to inspire you to be creative and awaken your irrepressible imagination, so that something invented by you will appear on the list of the best New Year's handmade ideas next year.