No need to run around the shops and buy decor for big money. A lot of valuable material is already at hand! Pieces of fabric, ribbons, beads, paint - that's enough!

DIY Christmas decorations The basic set of tools is simple. This is a needle with threads, scissors, a glue gun with rods. Felt, multi-colored shreds, twine, ribbons, rhinestones, beads, paper are suitable for manufacturing. Natural materials will not be superfluous - cones, fir branches, twigs from the vine. The entire arsenal of handicraft stores is at your disposal! Even socks will come in handy, they make chic snowmen!

Decorative ornaments from shreds of fabric

Textile toys look great on the Christmas tree. Put them in a pretty box if you want to give them to your friends.

New Year's wreaths

Hang them on the front doors, above the fireplace, near the Christmas tree. Due to natural materials, their production is inexpensive. The main thing is to find a foam base or make it from rods.

Holiday waiting calendar

If there are children in the house, you must make such an advent calendar! Each envelope, bag of sweets or task brings the holiday closer. Real magic and great decor. See simple instructions for creating a calendar from improvised means.

Christmas toys made of felt

Decorating a Christmas tree is always a holiday. Felt toys look great on her and are very easy to make.

Festive compositions

Make a New Year's corner on a windowsill or a free shelf.

Christmas trees

They can be made from different materials: sisal, rope, buttons, plastic. They look beautiful on the festive table and in different parts of the room. The original Christmas tree made of tea bags will surprise your friends even in the office.

Candlesticks

Super idea for a romantic mood. It's very easy to do.

Holiday table decorations

Surprise your guests, serve the New Year's table with the right decor. Success is guaranteed!

Paper decor

The original idea will help to have fun with children. Paper Christmas decorations are the most economical to make. Snowflakes, garlands, toys - not all that should be limited.

Decorative pillows
It is not necessary to run to the store and buy new pillows. Carefully measure the ones you already have in your home. Sew pillowcases, or decorate old ones with decor. After the holiday, they can be hidden until the next New Year.

Toys and tildes

They require careful preparation and considerable effort. But the result is amazing, be sure to try it! They fit perfectly into any interior, children love them. Great for Christmas gifts for loved ones.

New Year is an amazing holiday, when even adults behave like children, firmly believing in miracles and delighted with shiny trinkets, sparkling lanterns and bright gift paper. Of course, you can not be original and, as usual, decorate the Christmas tree with traditional glass and plastic balls, but it is much more pleasant and interesting to create New Year's decorations with your own hands, having received a lot of pleasure and positive from this process. Christmas creativity is limitless! The best part is that you can make all this beauty from available improvised materials, and for this it is not at all necessary to be a handmade guru.

Designer toys from regular balloons

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Original DIY Christmas decorations

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Vintage ball "Lace"

We have already talked about the decoupage technique in, but it is better to take out the manufacture of this ball in a separate chapter. The ball is not just beautiful, it is exclusive. Everyone can add personal touches to its performance, and the uniqueness of the vintage Christmas ball will amaze any guest. And to the question: “How much does such a beauty cost,” you will smile pretty. To make it you will need:

• foam ball;
• lace, preferably made of cotton and with a large pattern;
• glue;
• acrylic paints of your choice;
• brushes for glue and paint;
• sponge.

As you can see, nothing supernatural is required. The course of work is also not intricate.

• First, coat the ball with PVA glue.
• We glue the cut out fragments of lace on it. Of course, the design must be thought out in advance.

• The next step is to prime our pattern with white acrylic. Layers are superimposed evenly. Try to paint through the lace. Despite the sufficient thickness and heterogeneity of the surface, try to avoid streaks.

• Now it's time to tint our ball. After the primer is completely dry, start painting the ball with a darker paint. Bronze, silver or old gold will look especially good.

• Take a piece of soft cloth, or rather a sponge, and quickly blot the entire ball. Now we need coverage inhomogeneity.
• We overwrite until traces of a dark tone remain only in the recesses of the lace.
• We attach a thread and a bow.

We admire the delicate pattern of old lace on the surface of the ball, as if bought several centuries ago. In this technique, you can tint the balls as you like. For example, take bronze as the main tone, and use dark brown as the second

Want to break the rules? Please! Cover the lace with gold paint before gluing, and paint the ball with oxidized copper. Then randomly apply gold in a highly diluted concentration. Walk with a sponge and stick lace. An extraordinary combination!

And you can leave the balls white. Then their snow-whiteness will resemble pure snow.

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Graceful gossamer balls

Openwork-ephemeral balls-cobwebs of threads look very attractive not only in the New Year's decor. When you see such beauty, you don’t even think that you can create something similar with your own hands, without serious financial costs and special skills in handmade. And they will bring much more joy and moral satisfaction than those purchased for money in a gift shop. They can be used simply as a stylish element of decor, and as an original lampshade that casts fancy shadows, and as unusual New Year's toys, as opposed to traditional glass balls. From several balls-cobwebs of different diameters, you can make all kinds of toys: snowmen, fish, birds. In general, everything is limited only by your imagination.

To make Christmas balls from threads, we need:

• any yarn
• air balloons
• vaseline or any greasy cream
• PVA glue
• scissors
• Bowl
• ribbons, ribbons, beads, beads, rhinestones for decorating balls

How to make Christmas balls-spider webs from yarn

1. We dilute PVA glue with water in a ratio of approximately 3 to 1.
2. We inflate balloons to the size of the future product. Each ball needs to be given a round shape and tied with a thread. Be sure to leave a loop so that it is convenient to hang the balls for drying.
3. We unwind the required amount of yarn, put it in a bowl with an adhesive solution and leave it for five minutes.
4. To make the balls easier to separate from the frozen thread, lubricate them with any fat cream, petroleum jelly or sunflower oil.
5. We wrap the balls with yarn soaked in glue, leaving at first a large distance between the threads, and then gradually reducing it until the entire ball is wrapped in yarn and looks like a cocoon. You can try to create a simple ornament, or you can wrap the ball completely randomly. In any case, the result will be excellent!
6. Cut the thread and glue it to the ball. The next step is drying. We hang the balls in a secluded warm place and leave for at least a day.
7. Now we need to separate the balloons from the thread. To unstick the thread frame from the ball, carefully press each rubber ball with your fingers. Then we pierce the balloons and lower them. Now the balloon can be easily reached through any suitable size hole in the thread cocoon. We carefully take out the balls so as not to damage our marvelous creations. From above we tie an elegant rope for fastening to the ball. wow! The ball is ready!

You can use yarn of any color to make gossamer balls. Alternatively, you can paint the finished product with any spray paint or glitter spray. Christmas balls of thread will look great with decorative bows, tinsel, rain, stars, beads, sparkles, rhinestones. We hang small balls on the Christmas tree, and decorate the room with large ones. Let your imagination run wild!

If you can’t wind a thread soaked in glue around the ball, wind a dry thread, and then thoroughly soak it with glue using a sponge or brush.

Clue: glue can be replaced with starch paste or sugar syrup. To prepare a paste, you need to take three teaspoons of starch into a glass of cold water, mix thoroughly and bring to a boil. If instead of yarn we wind copper wire around the balls, the result will also be very interesting and extraordinary.

If you want to make a very large snowman, then get large round balloons and a lot of thread.

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Christmas cone wreaths

Christmas, as a bright and kind holiday, entered our lives with all the wonderful traditions. One such tradition is decorating doors with Christmas wreaths.

They say they bring happiness to both hosts and guests, so why not learn how to make this wonderful decoration. One of the most beautiful Christmas wreaths is a wreath of spruce or pine cones. To make it you will need:

• Styrofoam circle - factory-made or made from strong wicker rods;
• artificial moss or dark green velvet;
• glue gun;
• cones in large quantities;
• gold acrylic spray paint or artificial snow and PVA glue.

The process itself can be seen in the photographs, as it is quite simple. Patience and accuracy is the only skill you need. These Christmas wreaths are quite expensive, and you can make them yourself. Merry Christmas!

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Quilling Paper Twisted Toys

Now on sale you can often find transparent Christmas toys. Before creative natures, they open up simply endless possibilities for creativity. The upper part of them can be removed, allowing you to put any nice little thing inside: rhinestones, beads, dry flowers and foliage, funny drawings or photographs, lace, satin ribbons, gold or silver ribbons ... Spirals, twisted will be an excellent filling for a romantic transparent toy in the shape of a heart. from multi-colored paper for quilling. Instead of paper for quilling, you can use old postcards (if you don’t mind) or glossy magazines that have accumulated over the year: we cut the paper into thin strips, twist it into spirals and fill the toy with them.

To make beautiful tight spirals, you can use a toothpick. To do this, carefully cut off the sharp tips of the toothpick with scissors. Then, with a paper cutter on one side of the toothpick, we make a shallow incision in the middle, about 1 cm. Insert the edge of the prepared strip of paper into the forked tip of the toothpick and twist it into a tight spiral. You need to twist not paper, but only a toothpick! Having removed the finished spiral from the toothpick, put it on a flat surface and let it unwind a little. Then, on the tip of the strip twisted into a spiral, we drip a little glue and press the edge to the spiral. Now our cute baby will not lose its shape.

To make our romantic toy with fancy multi-colored curls inside look even more beautiful and elegant, we tie a satin or silk ribbon bow on top. Such a toy can also be used in a festive decor for Valentine's Day.

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spice Christmas decorations

What can you make unusual, fragrant and very beautiful New Year's toys from? From spices! Incredible beauty! And you can hang it on a Christmas tree, and decorate the kitchen in an original way for the New Year, and a great addition to a gift.

We will need:

• cardboard
• stencil knife
• PVA glue
• golden thread
• scissors
• spices - cinnamon sticks, vanilla, star anise, etc.
• sesame seeds
• dried citrus fruits
• golden acrylic paint

How to make spice Christmas toys

According to the template, cut out figures from cardboard.

We make a hole from above and thread a golden thread into it, from which we make a loop. We cover the figures with gold paint, let them dry, paste over with spices and dried fruits, carefully trimming the edges in the shape of a cardboard.

Lubricate the part of the figure where the seeds will be, grease with glue and sprinkle with seeds. When the glue dries, we gild the seeds with a sponge dipped in paint. Wow! Blimey!

Delicious decorations can be made from other materials and even bake real Christmas tree cookies! Try it! And your loved ones will be very happy.

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Christmas balls made of lace and beads

To create such beauty with our own hands, we need the most ordinary plastic bags, beautiful threads, lace, beads and sequins. Ready for a fabulous makeover? Then, get to work!

We take a food bag in our hands and crumple it well, giving it the shape of a ball. Then we wind the selected threads on the resulting lump. We should get a beautiful even ball. For greater durability of the structure, the thread in several places can be fixed with glue.

We wrap the ball with lace and sew on beads with sequins, while decorating the ball and fixing the lace. As a final touch, we sew an elegant loop to the ball and send our handsome man to the Christmas tree!

The holiday is just around the corner! What it will be - it's up to you! Creative New Year to you!

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Let's create toys and New Year's mood with our own hands

Christmas composition in a transparent Christmas ball

This New Year's luxury can be made from an ordinary plastic cup, silver-coated cardboard, white batting or cotton wool, miniature figures of animals and trees

Handmade Christmas toys

Using stencils and gouache, you can place such wonderful guys on your windows! It is unlikely that you will want to part with them after the New Year.

There are only a few days left until New Year's Eve. New Year holidays, as always, bring a joyful mood, expectation of a magical miracle, pre-holiday chores and other pleasant moments. One of the most joyful and responsible pre-New Year activities is decorating an apartment (house) and, of course, a festive New Year tree. Garlands, snowflakes and others decorations for the New Year with their own hands will give your home a unique feeling of warmth, comfort and uniqueness, because you will definitely not find the second exactly the same New Year's decoration anywhere. And what is the process of making original New Year's crafts worth!

What decorations for the new year you can make it yourself with the children, without having special creative and artistic skills? In fact, if you still look for ideas on the Internet, there are a lot of options. From a banal snowflake cut out of a paper napkin to voluminous paper crafts (paper animals, balls, Christmas trees, garlands, etc.).

Simple and interesting tips and ideas, how to make decorations for the new year with your own hands, given in this article, as well as in the article "Do-it-yourself decorations for the New Year", will help you prepare for the holiday in the best possible way.

Decorations for the New Year with your own hands

Santa Claus origami .

Snowmen made from old socks . Socks (knee socks, tights) are white and with a color pattern, millet, an orange pencil core (we make a carrot nose out of it), threads and buttons - that's all the material you need.

Christmas balls from threads . The threads need to be dipped in PVA glue and carefully wrapped with an inflated balloon. After the glue dries, blow off the balloon.

Christmas toys from light bulbs .

Christmas decorations from pasta . In addition to pasta, you will need acrylic mother-of-pearl paints, glitters and ribbons, and a glue gun.

bottle penguins .

Openwork Christmas tree .

Snowflakes from beads .

New Year card .

Lace ball . Lace is better to take light.

Christmas wreath from baking molds . Fasten with wire or ribbons.

Clothespin Christmas wreath . And clothespins on New Year's holidays will not lose their usefulness.

Herringbone from pushpins .

Ball of cinnamon . You will need a foam ball, glue and cinnamon sticks.

New Year's packaging .

coniferous box .

Christmas ball from ribbons . To make it, we need: a foam or foam ball, 2 multi-colored ribbons (for example, white and blue), scissors and sewing pins.

paper christmas tree .

Gnomes from pine cones: www.liveinternet.ru/users/3788903

As a basis for creating an original and unique Christmas decoration, namely decoupage, you can use the most ordinary and cheapest plastic Christmas ball of any color, purchased, for example, in the nearest supermarket.

The New Year is the kindest happy and long-awaited holiday that fulfills dreams and inspires many life deeds. And in order for the mood to be truly festive, happy and cheerful, it is necessary to decorate the house. I bring to your attention the seven most simple and original New Year's fakes that you can perform even with children.

Snowflakes this is a classic and essential Christmas decoration, associated with sparklers, a decorated Christmas tree, gifts, delicious treats and Santa Claus. It is very simple to make them - fold the paper (it is better to take a thick cardboard) in half three times, as a result you should get a triangle, the edges of which should be cut out (snowflake patterns). Then straighten the leaf and you will see that a funny snowflake has turned out, sprinkle it with glue, sprinkle with sparkles and when it dries, fasten it to the tape.

Beautiful and original snowflakes can be made using the Quilling technique (twisting thin paper ribbons).

Some needlewomen suggest using a carved snowflake as a ballerina's tutu: cut out a dancing figure of a ballerina and put a tutu snowflake on it. As a result, your home will “dance” with interesting and festive decorations.

Snowflakes can be made and assembled from absolutely any materials, for example, curly pasta. Therefore, show your imagination and you will get the most original and beautiful New Year's snowflakes.

Candle. Soft warm light from a burning candle will give you a festive, kind and sweet atmosphere. You can decorate the candle itself, for example, cover it with a plain shiny paint and attach cones, berries, Christmas tree branches and other elements at the base. Or you can decorate the glass and place a candle inside. As a rule, fairs are organized closer to the New Year holidays, where you can surely find an interesting beautiful festive candle, and you just have to choose a suitable place for it on a richly served table.

Paper chain. This is the most favorite, traditional and interesting pastime in childhood, when cut strips of colored paper were glued into a long chain. Instead of plain sheets, you can take multi-colored bright paper for scrapbooking, curly scissors and, in the company of children, create a festive original decoration.

Recently, more and more often you can find a paper garland not from classic rings, but from figures.

Felt jewelry- this is one of the most festive, chic and beautiful fakes. It is very simple to make them: cut out the conceived figure according to the template - a Christmas tree, Santa Claus, a house, a traditional sock, a deer, a snowman and many other New Year's characters. Then, using glue, thread with a needle, beads, buttons and ribbon, assemble and decorate the figurine.

Christmas trees- a traditional festive and cute New Year's decoration. In addition to a lavishly decorated Christmas tree, you can decorate your home with cut-out cardboard decorations, and use a cookie cutter as a template. Decorate the finished Christmas tree with glitter, beads, buttons and fasten in different places with a satin ribbon.

From paper, you can assemble a real voluminous Christmas tree that will decorate your desktop, cabinet, TV and other surfaces. You can make it from absolutely any figures, of any size, the main thing is to show your imagination and desire to create a New Year's masterpiece.

Snowman. The most favorite pastime for children in the winter is to make snowballs. Give your child joy - make a snowman at home, for this stock up on cotton balls, cardboard, felt, glue, paint and a roll of kitchen towels or toilet paper. Paint the cardboard with white paint and cut out round or oval shapes, fix on a roll. Then stick around the roll with cotton balls, you can decorate the snowman with felt. You can also “blind” a snowman from socks, balls wrapped in thread, bells and other handy materials.

Sweets. Perhaps, without sweets, lollipops and chocolate, we simply cannot imagine the New Year. You can buy bright lollipops and use toothpicks, glue, double-sided tape and cardboard to make a Christmas tree, a star, and curly sweets and hang them on ribbons in everything and your guests can enjoy them at any time.