New Year's crafts for the door. What decorations can be made for the New Year: ideas and master classes (73 photos)

- a beautiful Catholic tradition and a wonderful craft for New Year, which is increasingly taking root among us. Why not: New Year's mood there is never too much. Do you know why it is a wreath, and what it symbolizes?

Typically, Christmas wreaths are made from pine needles or holly, an evergreen shrub with red berries and jagged, spiny leaves. These plants were also used in the pre-Christian period. Evergreen leaves in winter promised the return of the sun, and sharp needles at the tips scared away sorcerers and evil spirits. Christianity brought its own content to the evergreen wreaths: the thorny branches were reminiscent of crown of thorns, which Christ carried in the last hours of his life, and the red berries are drops of his blood.

However, despite the sad associations added by the church, simple people They enjoy decorating their homes with wreaths. And they are not limited to traditional Christmas tree and holly motifs. We have collected 15 of the most elegant and original wreaths for.

A wreath that imitates Santa's beard is sure to please the old wizard. To make such a decoration, wide strips of tulle are folded in half and secured in the form of loops on a metal or plastic rim. The beard-free half of the wreath is decorated with a Santa hat.

Faux fur and several cardboard houses create a real winter fairy tale. You can wrap the base of a boa with white fluff.

Another hint at the Santa suit. Scarlet wreath Christmas balls, secured to the base with a glue gun. And on top of it is a traditional black belt.

Classic red berries and poinsettia flowers are located not on a coniferous wreath, but on a circle trimmed with decorative burlap. To create lush folds, thread 3-5 strong threads along the entire length of the fabric and gather the fabric on them.

This wreath is made without any additional base. The patches of wood were simply glued together and decorated with a decorative bow with pine cones and cypress branches.

Wrap the foam base tightly with thread, decorate with a cheerful snowman and roses from cotton pads. To make roses, cut each disc in a spiral and roll the resulting ribbon into a tight bud.

This wreath, strictly speaking, is not even a wreath. A frame of four cut branches was decorated with branches of various coniferous species. It turned out very elegant.

Christmas tree tinsel and toys will also be created festive atmosphere. Before entangling the base with tinsel, it is worth blowing it out with silver spray paint.

A cozy wool wreath made from balls of wool and twine. Surely a needlewoman lives in this house.

The tips of the cones are slightly dipped in White color, and tightly covered the foam base with them. An inconspicuous garland was stretched between the cones. There are no wires visible in this lush wreath, only cheerful lights are visible.

And this wreath is for those who have not yet finished celebrating Halloween. And the snowman on it looks more like a skeleton, and the coloring is gloomy: the wreath is made of wide laces in black and white.

The most fragrant Christmas wreath. The foam base is covered with spices and decorated with a traditional dark green ribbon.

The wreath does not have to be hung on the door; it can also decorate the house as a panel, like this elegant wreath made of scarlet felt poinsettias.

Such wreaths will definitely not allow old Santa to forget why he came to your house. Candies and gifts are one of the main elements of Christmas.

Imagination and fantasy allow each person to creatively approach the design of their home before the holiday. Many people are concerned about the question of how to decorate a door for the New Year with their own hands; photos will quite help to realize such an idea. Moreover, you can choose decorations on them to suit your interior and style.

If there is rich fantasy and imagination, then the design will definitely bring a lot of pleasure. Moreover, as usual, there is more than one door in an apartment or house, and you want to diversify the decorations. After all, the entrance is unique in its own way, but the interior rooms are different in another way.

Interior doors



How to decorate a door for the New Year if it is an interior door? Today this is one of the easiest tasks, because charming garlands can immediately come to the rescue. Typically, such decorations consist of beautiful, brightly shimmering light bulbs, which can be either colored or plain.



Such devices are amazing in that they never get confused and do not interfere with the passage. That is, you can always enter without hindrance. After all, tinsel, rain or many other decorations can develop from the wind, thereby disturbing. Moreover, the garland can be folded into some shape and thus it will turn out Christmas decoration.



Of course, this is not necessary; the garland can consist of only light bulbs; other accessories that are securely fastened can be added to it. For example, stars, icicles, snowflakes and so on.



Come up with something interesting New Year's ornament You can do it yourself. For example, a Christmas tree template made is quite suitable for making a garland. You can also pick up a photo of the stencil from the Internet. After all, there are a lot of interesting ideas and ideas there.



Let's say if you take a template of snowflakes, you can cut them out of colored velvet cardboard in the required quantity. Then glue the edges of the rays using glue in the form of a garland. It is best to make snowflakes in different colors or simply alternate, for example, 3 bright yellow, 3 bright red, 3 bright blue and so on.




If the New Year's decoration on the door consists of one garland, then this is somehow not enough. Therefore, you can come up with beautiful applique and secure it in the middle, but so that it does not fly away or rise up in the wind.



For such a craft, you can take templates of Grandfather Frost and the Snow Maiden. Also bunnies, a team of deer, snowflakes, various kinds of congratulations in the form of a poster with illustrations. All this will look great on the door.



Moreover, we should not forget about the Lord, whose time is approaching. Therefore, you can decorate the New Year with your own hands with an image beautiful Cockerel. It’s easy to select an image using a template, and then color it beautifully. To do this, it is best to call on children for help. They will definitely show their fantasy and imagination.

Entrance door




Decorating the front door for the New Year may differ slightly from the interior door, but this is not always the case. Everything will depend on where and how it is located. Beautiful New Year's style, created with one’s own hand, is able to lift the spirits not only of the owners, but also of all people passing by. After all, then you immediately feel the holiday.




Usually, the well-known Christmas tree wreath is an integral part of decorating front doors. Such toys are sold either ready-made or you can make them yourself. Some people call this accessory a “Christmas donut.” This decoration comes from the West, but in Russia this decoration is very popular.




You can make such a creation from spruce branches. By the way, it’s not uncommon at Christmas tree markets to see how sellers collect bouquets from tree branches, which they then sell. This is the kind of material you can use to make your own door decoration.




To do this, purchase spruce branches and weave them into a wreath. Secure it firmly with wire and use it to place real cones on this accessory, which you can collect in advance in the forest.



You can show your talent in beautiful design fir cones, for attaching to a “Christmas donut”. To do this, spray the material with purchased artificial snow, which can be purchased in cans. Then the cones will take on a snow-covered appearance and will definitely look like a New Year’s Eve.




How to make a Christmas wreath differently? To do this, you can take other decorative elements. For example, men's ties, satin ribbons, Christmas tree toys in the form of shiny balls, and much more. All this will depend on the personal imagination and taste of the owner of the craft.



The door for the New Year should look bright and shine. Therefore, do not forget about the iridescent rain, tinsel and other Christmas tree toys. The decoration of the wreath can be made from collected and no longer needed men's ties. Any circle is taken as a basis and ties are wound around it. They are attached so that the tails stick out from the middle, so that a real “donut” is formed.




It’s not uncommon to decorate the front door for the New Year in a slightly different way. For example, several Christmas trees are placed on both sides near the entrance. They are decorated with toys, and multi-colored gift boxes, beautifully decorated in shiny iridescent paper, are placed under the forest beauty. A lush bow is attached to the top of the gifts. You can place a New Year's rug right next to the doorway.



Shouldn't be on front door attach a lot of accessories. Because too many details like this doesn’t look very original. An electric garland can be placed on top of the entrance box. Now on sale various shapes of this accessory, for example, in the form of icicles or snowflakes.



You can buy individual copies of snowflakes and attach them to the middle of the door. When turned on, it will shimmer and blink beautifully. Hang around such a silhouette New Year's balls, which are easy to make with your own hands so that they are not glass and do not break.



New Year's decoration of the front door is often represented by ringing bells, which can ring even from the wind, thereby attracting attention and lifting the spirits of everyone around.




A photo printed from the Internet with such a craft can help you make it yourself. After all, this does not require much effort and time. It’s not uncommon for the school to teach children how to make such gifts for their home. After all, New Year's decorations should always bring only joy and admiration to everyone.

For this craft you will need the following materials:




- ring of the required size from any material;
- satin ribbons of different colors;
- small balls, but not glass;
- bells (you can buy them in the store in advance);
- a ball of wool or artificial thread;
- other auxiliary accessories, for example, small plastic hearts, snowflakes or stars.

Craft




First, take the ring prepared for the craft and wrap it tightly in several layers wool thread. After this, many satin, multi-colored ribbons are tied to the lower part of the circle, which are selected to the desired length. You shouldn’t make them short, because additional accessories and bells are attached to their ends.




After this, the finished ring is fixed to the front door using a hook or other objects. When the door opens or the wind blows, the bells will make a pleasant ringing sound. Do not use accessories that may get wet, such as paper or cardboard.




If all this fails, then you can resort to the most common decoration method - making the decor yourself using self-adhesive film. This decoration will be reliable and of high quality. For example, depict a forest beauty Christmas tree, decorating it with shiny tinsel or a garland.




Many housewives lay out entire designs from garlands, but then it is better to use light bulbs of the same color. For example, make a Christmas tree and next to it a bunny with a gift. Decorate them with shiny tinsel and snowflakes.




Having decorated the front door, you will immediately create an atmosphere festive mood and the approach of a magical evening. Every home is already starting to prepare for the winter celebrations, so you need to give complete freedom creativity to your thoughts and ideas, because a lot in the New Year will depend on this. Happy upcoming holiday!

Useful tips

To decorate on New Year Christmas tree, table or house, it is not necessary to purchase various toys and decorations - many different original New Year's crafts you can do it yourself.

You will only have to purchase a few simple things (paper, cardboard, skewers, ribbons) and tools. You may already have many of these at home.

Read also:How to make a beautiful SNOWFLAKE

Here you will find interesting ideas and instructions for creating beautiful crafts for New Year:

Easy crafts for the New Year: candy canes

Even though the instructions are long, this craft is very easy to make.

You will need:

Felt in different colors

Hot glue, super glue or PVA glue

Ribbon or string (to hang the decoration)

Toothpicks, skewers or other parts that will act as lollipop sticks.

1. Cut one strip from each sheet of felt. You can choose its dimensions yourself, but in this example the length of the strips varies from 17.5 to 30 cm, and the width is 1 cm.

* For one lollipop you will need 6 strips. In this example, 2 stripes are used for each of the 3 selected colors.

2. Place all 6 strips on top of each other. Remember that as you roll the strip into a tube, some will start to stick out and you will need to trim them. The strip that is inside the tube will be the shortest, and the outside will be the longest.

* You can cut the strips with scissors as you twist them, or you can cut the necessary strips in advance (approximate length of each strip: 17.5, 20, 22.5, 25, 27.5, 30 cm).

3. Start rolling the strips, adding a little glue between them. Finally, make sure that the outer strip is longer than all the others. Glue the ends of the strips together.

4. Using hot glue, glue the stick to the resulting candy. If desired, you can paint the toothpick or skewer with white acrylic paint.

5. Glue or sew ribbon to the back of the candy so it can be hung on the tree.

New Year themed crafts: Christmas tree made from wine corks

To get the required number of wine corks, you don’t have to buy wine; you just need to order the corks on the Internet or in a store.

You will need:

Wine corks (26 corks were used in this example)

* Instead of corks, you can use cardboard or wooden thread spools.

* If you replace the plugs with bushings from toilet paper, then by painting them, you will also get the necessary material for the Christmas tree. In this case, the Christmas tree will turn out larger than a Christmas tree made from corks.

PVA glue

Hot glue or superglue

Paints or glitter (to paint plugs or bushings)

Twine and a cardboard toilet paper tube (for the stump on which the Christmas tree will stick).

1. Paint the corks with acrylic paint or, best of all, apply PVA glue and sprinkle glitter on top.

2. After painting the corks (reels), glue them together in a pyramid (see image) using hot glue or superglue.

* It is advisable to glue one row of corks first, then another, and so on until you have the required number of rows. After that, simply glue all the rows together.

3. Cut part of the cardboard tube from the toilet paper, start wrapping it with twine, adding PVA glue to make the twine stick better. You've got a stump.

4. Using hot glue, glue the stump to the tree.

You can glue a button, ribbon, toy or paper star, or a small suitable object in an arc to the top of your head.

Crafts for the New Year (step-by-step photo instructions): snowflakes from clothespins

You will need:

Regular wooden clothespins

Small decorative clothespins (optional)

Medium clothespins (optional)

White acrylic paint

Sponge brush

Glitter, fake snow or salt

PVA glue

Thin wire.

* In this example, 6 clothespins of each size are used to make one snowflake. Therefore, purchase the required quantity and better with a reserve.

1. First, get rid of the spring mechanisms on the clothespins.

2. Paint all the clothespins.

3. Using hot glue or superglue, glue large clothespins together to form a snowflake (see image).

4. Glue medium ones on top of large clothespins, and stick small ones on top of medium ones.

5. Cover the resulting decoration with PVA glue and sprinkle glitter, artificial snow or salt on top. You can also use decorative snow (spray).

6. Thread a wire or ribbon through the hole in the clothespins to create a loop to help hang the clothespin.

Crafts for the New Year on the Christmas tree: patterns from puzzle pieces

You will need:

Small parts from old puzzles

Acrylic paint (in this example red, green and white)

Tassels

PVA glue or hot glue

Twine or thin ribbon

Small bell (optional)

Various decorations (optional).

You can create several variations of wreaths and other Christmas tree decorations from puzzle pieces, and here are some of them:

Puzzle candy

1. First, paint a few parts that you are going to use for the craft. In this example, 6 parts were painted red and 6 white.

2. When the paint is dry, use PVA glue to connect the parts together.

3. All that remains is to add the ribbon. If you have a hole between two puzzle pieces, insert the tape through it, and if there is none, just glue it, staple it, or make a hole with scissors.

Puzzle wreath

1. First glue all the parts together to make a circle (wreath).

2. Paint the parts in the desired color.

* If desired, after the paint has dried, you can paint some details in a different color.

3. You can attach a bell to the wreath. Thread the ribbon through the bell and then through the wreath and you can decorate your Christmas tree.

The best crafts for the New Year: New Year's candles

You will need:

Cardboard sleeves from paper towels and toilet paper

* In this example we used: 3 bushings of 30 cm, 2 bushings of 20 cm, 3 bushings of 15 cm, 2 bushings of 10 cm, 1 bushing of 5 cm. But you can use other sizes by cutting some of the bushings.

Electrical tape or tape

Hot glue

Spray paint or acrylic paint

Battery-powered electric candles

Sequins

PVA glue.

1. Glue the sleeves together to form one large candlestick.

2. Using electrical tape, adhesive tape or tape (preferably double-sided), attach the spark plugs to the bushings.

3. Use hot glue on the sleeve to imitate candle wax. Squeeze the glue to create large and small drips of wax.

You can make several layers of “wax” - first apply one, wait until it dries, and then apply the second one on top.

*You will need a lot of glue.

*Hot glue may create unwanted "threads". They can be cut with scissors or melted with a hair dryer.

4. Prepare acrylic paint and start painting the entire cardboard tube candle holder. Choose the color yourself.

5. When the paint is dry, cover the candle holder with PVA glue and sprinkle glitter on top of it.

6. Apply PVA glue to the lower part of the candlestick (the lower parts of the bushings) and glue it to a paper plate so that the structure holds better.

7. Using hot glue, attach tinsel or garland to the candle holder and plate. You can add other decorations, such as a toy bird, artificial berries and flowers, ribbons, stars and beads.

Crafts for the New Year with children: New Year's lights from cardboard tubes

You will need:

Cardboard toilet paper rolls (their number depends on the number of lights)

Twine

Colored paper or colored cardboard

Hot glue or PVA glue

Scissors.

1. First, all the bushings need to be pressed down.

2. Cut each bushing into pieces (rings) 5-7 mm wide.

3. Glue the rings to the colored cardboard.

4. Trim the glued rings.

5. Now all the resulting lanterns need to be connected with twine.

To do this, the twine can be glued directly to the lanterns (on the back of the colored cardboard).

* Or you can cut out small rectangles from cardboard or paper, bend them in half and glue them to the lanterns. Next, glue twine to these rectangles, bend them and glue the ends.

Lanterns can be hung on the Christmas tree, or used to decorate your home or other objects.

Creative DIY crafts for the New Year: burlap Christmas tree

You will need:

White jute burlap (decorative, for needlework)

*You can use other fabric, such as linen.

Scissors

Double-sided tape

Cone (you can buy foam or make it yourself from paper)

To learn how to make a cone, check out our article:Paper cone .

1. Cut the fabric into wide strips - about 5 cm.

2. Using double-sided tape, start gluing the strips around the cone, from bottom to top (see image). Each subsequent strip should slightly overlap the bottom strip.

* If necessary, use scissors to shorten the length of the strips.

*Adjust the fabric to make it lie the way you like.

3. The Christmas tree can be placed on a small pot, which can be filled with artificial snow, pebbles or sand.

* You can decorate the Christmas tree by gluing it to it (using PVA glue or hot glue) various decorations- pompoms, stars, buttons, etc.

You will need:

Small spruce branches (preferably artificial)

Artificial berries

Small tray.

1. First, place the tray on a flat surface. Add spruce branches to the sides.

2. Now add the pine cones. They can be placed on top of the branches.

3. Continue adding pine cones to the tray, distributing them however you like.

4. Add a few more spruce branches between the cones.

5. Now you can add a few branches with artificial berries.

*If desired, some parts can be attached using hot glue.

* You can also sprinkle this New Year's decoration with artificial snow, salt or glitter, and to make this “snow” stick well, you can lightly coat the top of the cones with PVA glue.

Homemade crafts for the New Year: elegant spruce wreath

You will need:

Wreath (you can buy ready-made or make it yourself)

To find out how you can make a wreath with your own hands, visit our articles with detailed instructions: DIY New Year's wreath and DIY Christmas wreath

Decorative snow (spray and in regular form)

* As an alternative to decorative snow, you can use salt and PVA glue. Place the wreath on the table and apply glue to the top part, then sprinkle generously with salt.

Candles (battery-powered decorative candles can be used) of various sizes

Decorative branches (preferably white)

Round tray (you can use a board).

1. Place the wreath on a flat surface and sprinkle its top branches with decorative snow. After this, wait until the “snow” dries and hardens.

2. Place a wreath with snow on round tray, board or even cardboard.

3. Place candles in the center of the composition. To make candles look beautiful, try to place an odd number - 3 or 5, for example.

4. Now add white decorative branches.

5. Add decorative snow or a few piles of salt to the base of the candles.

Cool crafts for the New Year: table decorations

You will need:

Christmas balls

Superglue or hot glue

Decorative twigs and berries.

1. Remove the fasteners from the ball.

2. Apply glue to the branches in those places that will come into contact with the neck of the New Year's ball.

* You can fill the balloon with water so that you can insert a real flower or a couple of real spruce branches into it for scent.

DIY craft ideas for the New Year: a simple star made from ribbon

You will need:

Small board (plywood)

Small nails or screws

Chalk, marker or pencil

Bright ribbon

Scissors.

1. Draw a regular 5-pointed star on the board.

2. Nail or screw screws to the ends of the drawn star.

3. Starting from the top point, begin wrapping tape around the nails (screws) along the lines of the drawn star. You can tie a bow on top. Use scissors to cut off the excess tape.

Craft for kindergarten for the New Year: ice cream for the Christmas tree

You will need:

Corrugated paper or thin wrapping paper

Brown colored paper or cardboard or paper bag

Scissors

PVA glue

Thread and needle (if necessary)

Thread or ribbon (to hang the toy on the Christmas tree).

1. Make small cones out of paper or cardboard. To do this, cut out a circle (in this example, the diameter of the circle is 12 cm). Cut the circle in half and roll each of the resulting semicircles into a cone, gluing the ends together.

You will find more detailed instructions on creating a cone in our article: Paper cone.

2. Crumple a few pieces corrugated paper or thin colored paper so that you get small balls - these will be paper ice cream balls.

3. If you want to hang your decoration, then thread a thread and a needle through the center of the paper ball. Secure the ends of the thread in place with glue and trim off the excess.

*If you want to use ribbon, just glue it to the cone and you can hang it on the tree.

4. Apply glue to the bottom of the paper ball and glue it to the cone. You can also apply glue to the edge of the cone.

The ice cream is ready and you can decorate the Christmas tree with it.

How to make a craft for the New Year (video): a snowman from a sock

Today in our article the section “Crazy hands with an online store Winter's Tale": we will talk about how to make various interesting things from pine branches, LED garlands, cans and much more. Every owner of his home strives to decorate it and bring comfort and charm to it. Create a unique interior with your own hands - it’s very easy and simple You just need materials, and we will tell you how to use them and what decorative elements you can create!

DIY New Year's decor elements and crafts

Making crafts is a fun activity that anyone will enjoy. Find some free time and the desire to create. We will tell you about the most popular handicraft items. About how to make them and what materials you will need.

Christmas wreath

Decorating a house for the New Year and Christmas has already become a pleasant tradition for every person. One of the most popular decorations is the New Year's wreath. It hangs on the door, meeting and delighting the eyes of guests. This accessory is very easy to make at home. You will need: glue gun, base (cardboard, wire), pine needles, decorations and a little imagination. The wreath is decorated with spruce, willow or birch branches, artificial berries , cones , mini balls and everything that is at hand!

• A voluminous base will be required. Cut a circle out of cardboard, wrap it with thick paper (newspaper), and tie it with thread. Or take some wire, roll it into several rings and connect them.
• Using a glue gun or thread, attach one branch at a time, one after another, in one or two rows, so that there are no gaps. You can use both natural and artificial pine needles.
• Then, when the wreath is ready, all that remains is to complement it with accessories to suit your taste and color.

Gift Baskets

What's a holiday without gifts? Everyone enjoys receiving gifts in attractive packaging. Make an incredibly beautiful Christmas basket, fill it with sweets and present it to your loved ones. You will need: glue, basket, coniferous branches , packing tape. The principle of decorating a basket is the same as for wreaths. Decorate the edge and handle with spruce branches at your discretion, and add various cute items. Place delicious souvenirs in a basket, wrap it in transparent film and tie a bow with a ribbon.

New Year's table setting

When decorating your home interior for the New Year, you should pay more attention to the design festive table. Your family will gather, and you will definitely please them with something delicious. Christmas table setting will bring a unique atmosphere of magic, comfort and happiness. When designing, you should adhere to a certain color range. The main New Year's shades are red, gold, green, and white. It will look truly elegant and solemn pine garland or its branches, if you put them in a vase or assemble a composition from them. Candles are another symbol of Christmas. Most often chosen for table decoration candles columns or canteens. Place them in marvelous candlesticks or decorate it yourself with spruce branches, pine cones, or simply wrap it with ribbon and tie a nice bow. Are you worried about open fires at home? Then absolutely safe ones will suit you battery operated LED candles- their light is almost indistinguishable from a real flame! And you don't have to worry about forgetting to pay them off. Special attention attract those who with flickering flame– the tongue trembles and trembles exactly like a natural flame. Another sophisticated touch will be napkins for guests. Place them on each plate, carefully rolling or pinching them special rings, add sprigs of pine needles and bright artificial berries. The main thing is to comply color palette and Christmas traditions, and you will succeed!

On the eve of the holidays, we all expect unprecedented miracles. So create a pinch of magic for yourself and those around you! - this is true small miracle in a glass jar filled with liquid. Shake it and thousands of shiny snowflakes will swirl in a snowy dance. It’s very easy to make a craft from an ordinary glass jar with a screw-on lid. Surely in your home, somewhere on the farthest shelf, old cans of preserved food are gathering dust. Give them new life- create a wonderful accessory self made. Need glycerin pure water, hot glue gun, glitter different shades and a figurine that will show off inside the composition. For example, our catalog contains a whole series small figurines on a winter theme.

• Remove the lid and glue the selected figure to its inner part. You can recreate the whole composition by adding small houses, shrubs or Christmas trees.
• Pour filtered water into a clean jar and add glycerin (sold at any pharmacy).
• Add a little glitter, add different colors for brightness, or take artificial snow.
• Close the jar with a lid with a figurine glued to it from the inside. For reliability, coat the threads with glue.
• Voila! The magic ball is ready! Just shake it and see how the snowflakes magically spin, slowly going down.

Hanging vases and candlesticks

There can never be too many candlesticks - every romantically inclined person knows this, as well as everyone who loves evening gatherings with friends by candlelight. Quite recently, a new product appeared that quickly became fashionable among designers - this hanging glass candle holders. Meet round shape or in the form droplets. If you put them in tea candles or flowers, both options will look very impressive. They are tied with ribbons, hanging at different levels above a table or on a window. They are used in installations above places of honor for newlyweds or hung on wedding arches.

Candlesticks made from cans

If you have old tin cans lying around, turn them into useful decorative items for the kitchen and more! Find cans of coffee, paint, jam or baby food. You can cut out a heart-shaped window on it, through which a flickering flame will be visible, or make holes, turning them into patterns. Punctures are made using a nail and a hammer along the contour of the design, which is applied in advance. Do you like a gentle and sensual style? Then paint the container in a warm soft color and add delicate white lace. You can also benefit from glass tanks. They can be painted with contour paints using dot or stained glass techniques. Glitter, which is applied in a dense layer over the entire surface of the container, will help to bring sparkling magic.

Making a lamp from a bottle will be an original solution. The bottle with glowing lights inside is mesmerizing to look at. You will need an electric garland, a drill and a glass drill, electrical tape or thick tape. Don't have a drill at your disposal? Then we offer an excellent solution to this problem - bottles without bottom. If you want to make everything yourself, then here are the instructions:

• We choose a place for the hole and wrap the tape around the bottle. We recommend making a hole in the lower part near the bottom.
• To maintain safety precautions, we recommend wearing safety glasses and gloves.
• We carefully begin to drill a hole, every few seconds you need to stop and, if possible, wet the drilling site with water, because... The glass may become very hot and break.
• Choosing an electric garland. For small containers, a chain of 30-50 light bulbs is suitable, and for installations from several cans, you can take 100-200 LEDs.
• Then we carefully push it through the hole, leaving only the edge with the battery pack or plug for the socket outside.
• The shimmering bottle is ready!

New Year is a spiritual, special holiday, giving joy and good spirits a few days before the celebration itself. It is noted that on New Year's Eve people become a little kinder to others, the atmosphere is saturated with the spirit of the rapidly approaching holidays, filling everyone around with positive emotions and a sense of expectation of a miracle and something new.

IN Lately In our latitudes, the interesting Western tradition of decorating a door with a New Year or Christmas wreath is becoming increasingly popular. This custom is not only beautiful, but also has a beneficial effect on neighbors. After all, it is impossible to hold back a smile when passing by a door, which with all its appearance shows that behind it is hiding a family that has successfully prepared for the New Year.

So far, colorful door wreaths are difficult to find on sale here, because the tradition of decorating a home in this way has not yet spread properly. Now, for a second, imagine how great it would be to do DIY New Year's wreath 2019! You can hang one on your front door (or decorate the interior door to the hall with a wreath, for example), and give the rest to your family, friends and loved ones.

Master class: New Year's wreath made of spruce or thuja branches

To make a miracle wreath for the New Year and Christmas holidays you will need:

• frame-base for the wreath (can be made of wire, cardboard, rolled newspaper, etc.);
• glue (glue gun) or rope (wire);
• spruce branches or thuja branches (cones, tinsel, berries, dried oranges, Christmas balls etc.);
• pruning shears or scissors;
• paint or artificial snow (optional);
• red or gold satin ribbons;
• various decorations (bells, stars, etc.).

Step 1. Cut out the base for the wreath from cardboard (a kind of donut that is better wrapped in paper, as in the photo) or make a circle from thick wire as shown in the photo.

Step 2. Spruce branches need to be cut with pruning shears or scissors into individual small green branches.

Step 3. Now, having connected the green thuja branches together in small bunches with rope or wire, screw or tape these bunches to the frame. Branched small branches of the Christmas tree can be scrolled one at a time.

Step 4. All that remains is to decorate the New Year's wreath to your liking and you can hang the stylish decor on the door.

Ideas for imagination...

It doesn’t matter what the New Year’s wreath is made of, the most important thing is that it brings joy and gives only positive emotions. And you can make this wonderful decoration for your home from everything that the eye of the creator of beauty, that is, you, falls on.

Just grab a lot of clothespins, paint them any color you want and get to work. A wire hanger can make good frame for the wreath. You can also take beads of a suitable size and string them on an untwisted hanger, alternating with clothespins. Don't forget to decorate ours with ribbons. It is good to attach to the finished wreath soft toy in the form of a snowman, Santa Claus or deer.

Take a good look at the empty cardboard egg tray. Turning on your imagination and imagination, you cannot help but notice that its cells are similar in shape to flower buds that are just about to fully bloom.

You need to very carefully cut out the cells from the tray and, using scissors, give them the shape of buds. It’s great that cellulose, which is part of egg tray, can be painted over with any type of paint. This allows us to safely experiment with different colors, creating truly fabulous wreaths.

It’s very funny, but even from socks you can create a wonderful composition. You can string socks cut out at the toes onto the wreath base or twist each sock into roses and glue them to the wreath.

All you need is cardboard, glue and, of course, a lot of buttons in the color of your choice. Just glue the buttons, alternating small and large, to the cardboard “donut” and a very elegant decorative element is ready! You can also string large buttons onto a rope and tie the ends with a satin ribbon.

This stylish wreath is made using the same principle as a Christmas wreath made from clothespins. For greater structural strength, it is better to use two circles of wire. IN wine corks you need to make holes and string them on wire, interspersing them with large beads.

Don't let waste paper waste space in your home. Make wonderful “newspaper” decor - Christmas tree decorations, garlands, angels, candle decor in decoupage style, etc. Newspapers also make excellent New Year’s wreaths.

Using paper you can create gorgeous aerial wreaths. Go through old photographs, clippings from colorful magazines, snowflakes, unusual envelopes. Surely there will be something interesting to create a Christmas wreath. Just don’t rush to immediately glue the found “treasures” to the base. Apply, rearrange, arrange and only then proceed with the final fastening.

A great idea is a Christmas wreath with round cardboard slots for small gifts. You can build a kind of calendar using an Advent wreath as a basis. Of course, it’s better not to hang such “wealth” on the outside of the front door.

Did you know that the very first wreaths were made from just such natural materials? This composition looks simply magical, and requires virtually no expenses.

If you want to surprise, then pasta painted with gold or silver paint on a Christmas wreath - best way out! Simply find some oddly shaped macarons, paint them, and arrange them on a wreath.

Dried orange and lemon slices easily stick to foam or cardboard. If you want to make a wreath of apples, then you need to use a very strong wire frame. Rowan or viburnum branches can easily be screwed to the base with wire or stuck into polystyrene foam, “foam” or plasticine.

New Year's wreath made of Christmas balls

A wreath of bright and shiny balls for the Christmas tree looks truly festive. The balls can be strung on wire or glued with hot glue to the base of the wreath.

New Year's wreath of sweets

The only disadvantage of such a wreath is that they tend to “melt” very quickly, especially if there are little sweet tooths in the house. Soft candies can be pinned to the frame with toothpicks, and lollipops can be glued to each other by wetting the candy with water on one side.

All you have to do is tie a lot of balloons around the frame - and that’s it! The creative New Year's wreath is ready.

Don't know what to do with your old, boring ties? Problem solved! Just wrap them around a wire or other frame and you can hang an extraordinary decorative element on the door.

If you decide to make a wreath of pine cones, you can even do without a frame. Such a wreath from natural material It looks festive and really New Year’s.

This option is ideal for those who want to receive beautiful decor at the very minimum cost. You just need to wrap the frame with tinsel (preferably green) and add small decorations.

New Year's wreath made of beads

This delicate work will require quite a lot of effort and time, but the result will look impressive.

There is room for your imagination to run wild: you can cut out a lot of snowflakes and faces of Christmas deer from felt and collect them all in one wreath; thick threads can be wrapped around a round frame and decorated with ribbons, bows and ribbons; You can make many flowers from fabric and glue them to the base of the wreath.

This is the perfect wreath for a programmer. This version of the Christmas wreath once again proves that in the process of making such decor, almost any material can be used!