The long-awaited New Year celebrations are just around the corner. And everyone wants to decorate their home with unusual, unique decorations. The large assortment of toys in stores is impressive in its diversity, but a DIY Christmas tree decoration will bring much more positive emotions, both adults and children.

To make a New Year's decoration yourself, you can use any available materials in the form of beads, ribbons, disks, buttons, colored pieces of paper, etc. If you show imagination and desire, you will get unique decorations for your home.

New Year's crafts from unwanted disks

To create such a decoration, you should get old disks, glue and a glass Christmas tree decoration. The disk is cut into elements of different shapes, which are glued to the ball.

Felt Christmas decorations

Felt is the most inexpensive material different shades, so the toys turn out bright and beautiful. It is possible to make toys from it in the form of symbols of the year, Christmas trees and other characters.

Cardboard balls for Christmas tree

To make multi-colored balls, you will need colored paper on both sides or any postcards and magazine covers.

To begin with, you should cut out 8 pieces of circles of the same size and 2 smaller ones. Large pieces are folded in half twice. The result is a part similar in shape to a quarter circle.

On small circle 4 such parts folded in four are glued on. The remaining 4 are glued onto the second small circle. Then each element is carefully unfolded, and the halves are carefully glued together to form a ball.

The already dried circle can be decorated with ribbons and beads.

Balls made from threads

Thread balls are made of any diameter and are suitable for decorating not only coniferous beauties, but also apartment interiors.

To create a ball you will need PVA adhesive, threads, balloons. First, soak the yarn in glue. The inflated ball is wrapped with threads soaked in glue and left to dry for a day.

After drying, the ball is pierced in different parts, deflated and pulled out. The blank is decorated with beads, beads, buttons, etc.

Interior decoration

A wreath made from pine cones. Such products can be hung on the door, above the fireplace, or simply on the wall. To create a wreath, you take cones from spruce and pine, twigs or wire, liquid nails and decorative elements.

Cones are glued onto a base of twigs or wire. Such a blank can be painted in any color and decorated with ribbons, Christmas tree “rain”, balls, etc.

Kanzashi jewelry that came from philosophy Japanese art. Snowflakes, Christmas trees, toys and accessories for people are often used in the form of New Year's kanzashi decorations.

Creating a headband with a kanzashi snowflake

To make a kanzashi snowflake, you will need to acquire a lighter, scissors, a glue gun, 5 by 5 cm squares cut from white and blue flowers, 7 squares 2.5 by 2.5 of blue ribbon, 42 squares of shiny ribbons size 2 by 2 cm, the headband itself and a three-centimeter pattern of a beautiful snowflake.

From snow-white squares you need to fold 7 pieces of simplified round petals. Next, 12 simplified triangle petals are prepared. To do this, the square element is folded diagonally and in half three times.

The following blanks are 6 two-color simple petals. Snow-white and blue squares are folded diagonally and in half, then a blue one is placed on the center of the snow-white petal and wrapped around the white one, then a white ribbon is wrapped around the blue one and laid in half.

From 42 shiny squares you need to fold simple petals.

From ribbons measuring 2.5 cm, 7 petals are made in a fold. To do this, the tape is laid diagonally and both sides are folded up. To prevent the tape from falling apart, you can burn the sections with fire.

The snowflake pattern is wrapped in snow-white ribbon and glued to the rim. Simplified round petals are glued along the entire diameter of the pattern.

Blue folded blanks are glued in a circle so that it looks like a flower. A blue blank is glued into the fold into the center of the snow-white flower. At the end, the snowflake is decorated with beads.

A photo of such a New Year's decoration can become a clear example of how to create a unique hair accessory.

New Year's table decoration

The bottom of the basket is lined with fir branches and filled with fruit, toys and candles. The end result can really decorate New Year's table and give the atmosphere a solemn and festive mood.

Photos of New Year's decorations

Do you like to do handicrafts? Then you will love making Christmas tree decorations with your own hands! This is a pleasant and exciting activity for the whole family that will not leave anyone indifferent - you will spend several evenings with pleasure making Christmas tree decorations with your own hands.

What do you need to make your own New Year's decorations? You can use almost anything you can get your hands on. If you want, you can buy special supplies (sold in craft stores), or you can use what you have in any home. So what to prepare:

• plain paper (good for making patterns);
• pencils and markers;
• regular cardboard, white and colored (you can use velvet);
• sharp scissors and a breadboard knife;
• glue (PVA or glue gun with sticks);
• threads and needles;
• yarn of different shades;
• various decorative materials - these can be sparkles, sequins, confetti, multi-colored foil, stickers and much more.

This is the basic set, but in order to make a specific Christmas tree toy, you may need something else.

Simple crafts from scrap materials

Of course, you've probably seen how they are made from thread and glue. christmas balls do it yourself, but why not expand the range? We make different Christmas decorations with your own hands.

From yarn

This is a simple and at the same time spectacular Christmas tree decoration that can decorate any Christmas tree.

For production you will need:

• yarn;
• tailor's pins;
• plate or bowl;
• porous material (for example, a disposable tray);
• cutting paper;
• marker.

The threads need to be soaked in glue - the glue should saturate the yarn well, it is thanks to it that the decoration will keep its shape. While the threads absorb the glue, you need to make a template for your toy - draw what you want on paper. These could be DIY New Year's balls, strange birds or neat little houses. You can also try making a snowman, a couple of small trees and a star.

The template needs to be attached with pins (or ordinary toothpicks) to the porous material, and the design you need should be laid out on top - first the outline is laid out, then the interior decor. You should not cross the threads too often; the toy should be fairly flat. Once you are finished, dry the item and remove it from the pins and tie a loop in the eye. If desired, you can decorate with sparkles or rain.

From wire

How to make New Year's toys with your own hands in just a couple of minutes? Use wire!

To make toys you will need:

• two types of wire - thick and thin (thin wire can be replaced with bright threads, for example, floss. Pure white strong threads look very beautiful);
• beads, beads;
• colored tape;
• pliers.

In order to make figures or balls for the Christmas tree, cut several pieces from thick wire and give them the shape that your New Year's decoration will have. In our case, this is a star, but you can use any geometric shapes and simple silhouettes.

The ends of the thick wire need to be twisted. You need to string beads and seed beads mixed together on a thin wire, tie the end of the thin wire to the future Christmas tree decoration, and wrap it randomly.

When the toy is evenly wrapped, you need loose tail wrap the wire around the toy and tie a ribbon in the shape of a bow - your toy is ready.

Another original idea:

Made from ribbon and beads

Who said that making New Year's toys with your own hands must take a long time and painstakingly? Not at all. In just five minutes you can, which will decorate and christmas tree, and interior.

You will need:

• beads;
• narrow tape;
• yellow, golden or silver cardboard;
• glue "Second";
• needle and thread.

We fold the ribbon like an accordion and string it on a thread, after each loop of the ribbon you need to string a bead. The more “tiers”, the smaller they are - you see, a Christmas tree is already starting to look like. When the ribbon runs out, you need to tie the thread in a knot and cut out a small star from cardboard. Next, you need to glue your Christmas tree to the star, and make a loop on top so that the decoration can be easily hung.

Interior decor made in this way looks very attractive.

From cardboard - in a couple of minutes

Some New Year's toys made of paper or cardboard take a lot of time to make, but not in this case - here you really only need a couple of minutes to make an elegant hand-made New Year's decoration.

So, you will need:

• ordinary cardboard;
• a little twine or thick yarn;
• glue;
• paints and brushes;
• napkin or cloth;
• varied decor.

Make two figures out of cardboard, glue them together, placing a thread with a loop between them - the blank for the toy is ready.

Use a loose tail of twine to wrap the tree in different directions. After some kind of thread pattern appears on the tree, you can start gluing it with a napkin. You can tear the napkin into pieces, coat the tree well with glue, and seal it tightly with the napkin. This will give a nice texture to the future toy.

After the toy has dried, you can start painting - paint the Christmas tree green.

After the paint layer has dried, shade the texture of the toy using a dry, hard brush and white paint, and then decorate it to your taste.

From bright shreds

Here you will need sewing machine, but if you really want to, you can do it without it. This best way make New Year's toys from cotton wool and fabric - just choose fabric with a Christmas ornament, or use what you have on hand.

Prepare several paper patterns - for example, deer, stars, gingerbread men, teddy bears, letters and hearts. Cut out fabric blanks with your own hands, sew them in pairs, leaving a small gap (for stuffing), and through this small hole, tightly stuff the toys with cotton wool or padding polyester. It is most convenient to fill with a pencil.

Patterns can be downloaded here:

By the way, don’t forget - we sew on a machine from the inside, but if you decide to make toys from thick fabric, then it’s better to sew it with a decorative seam over the edge - a do-it-yourself toy will look simply charming and will be suitable for a home Christmas tree or for kindergarten— usually children make decorations themselves for kindergarten Christmas trees.

Made from twine and cardboard

New Year's toys made of paper and cardboard will be much more interesting if you add a couple more to them simple materials. To make such a toy you will need ordinary cardboard, simple paper or natural twine, a little felt or any other fabric, as well as ordinary paper, a pencil and ruler, and a drop of glue.

The star template can be downloaded here (click on the picture, it will enlarge):

First, make a pattern on plain paper, and then transfer it to cardboard. Don't forget that the star must be double. You shouldn’t make the star too thin; it’s better to make it a centimeter or more. The tail of the twine is glued to the cardboard, then you need to gradually wrap the entire workpiece.

Place the thread as tightly as possible so that there are no gaps. To decorate the star, make a couple of leaves and berries from fabric and decorate one of the rays. Your decoration is ready.

From yarn and cardboard

Do you want to make original and at the same time charming Christmas tree decorations with your own hands? Then it's time to make small gift hats with your own hands from scrap materials. This is wonderful New Year's gift, which looks cute and will keep you warm all winter long!

To make Christmas tree decorations in the form of hats, you will need:

• a couple of bushings from toilet paper(you can just glue cardboard rings together);
• remnants of colored yarn;
• beads and sequins for decoration.

You need to glue rings approximately 1.5-2 cm wide from cardboard. If you are using a toilet paper roll as a base, cut it into several segments of approximately the same width.

The threads need to be cut into pieces of approximately 20-22 centimeters. We fold each piece in half, pass the loop through the cardboard ring, and pull the free edges of the threads through the loop. It is necessary that the thread is firmly fixed to the cardboard base. This needs to be repeated until the cardboard base is hidden under the threads.

All the thread tails need to be pulled through the ring so that our hat has a “lapel”.

Now we pull the loose tails tightly with thread and trim them into a pom-pom shape - the hat is ready! All that remains is to make a loop and decorate your Christmas tree toy with sequins and sparkles.

From beads

Making a New Year's toy in a minimalist style is easy and simple - you will need wire, beads and seed beads, a ribbon and a coin (can be replaced with a small candy, but it looks much more impressive with a coin). Try to make this Christmas tree toy with your own hands, the master class is very simple.

Make a loop on the wire and string green beads mixed with large beads on it - they will play the role of New Year's balls on our Christmas tree. Once the wire is filled, give it a herringbone shape by folding it in a spiral.

Once your tree has taken shape, bend the free edge into a loop.

We cut off a piece of ribbon, form a loop from it for hanging and pull it through the Christmas tree, and decorate the free tail with a coin (the easiest way is to glue it with double-sided tape). We tie a decorative bow on the hanging loop - your decor is ready!

Christmas balls

How to make a New Year's ball from threads? It’s as simple as that, watch our master class on spectacular lace balls for the Christmas tree.

You will need:

• several balloons;
• cotton threads;
• PVA, water and sugar;
• scissors;
• polymer glue;
• spray paint;
• decor.

First you need to inflate the balloon - not completely, but according to the size of the future decoration. Mix two tablespoons of water, two teaspoons of sugar and PVA glue (50 ml), and soak the thread in this mixture so that the thread is saturated. Then you need to wrap the ball with thread randomly. The balls need to be dried for several hours. After the glue has completely dried, you need to deflate the ball and take it out, and carefully paint the ball of thread with spray paint and decorate it with sequins and sparkles.

DIY thread Christmas balls will turn out to be very, very impressive if you make them in different tones - for example, red, silver and gold. Try to make New Year's balls with your own hands using different techniques - you can sew or knit balls, make them from cotton wool with your own hands, or, for example, sew them from felt - you can never have too many of these toys.

From paper

New Year decorations paper is very popular among both big and small admirers of the New Year's miracle - try making paper ones Christmas balls with your own hands.

A DIY paper Christmas toy is made like this:

There is no additional need to decorate such a toy; it is already expressive.

Another ball option:

Or you can make a ball like this according to the master class:

From felt

DIY felt Christmas toys look very warm and cozy, and they are very, very easy to make. To make your own charming felt Christmas tree decorations you will need:

• red, white and green felt;
• red, white and green threads;
• Crystal glue;
• scissors and needles;
• cardboard;
• a little satin ribbon;
• soft filler (cotton wool, holofiber, padding polyester).

First, make sketches for your future toys. It could be anything. Once the patterns are ready, transfer them to felt and cut them out. What is good about this material is that it does not crumble, you will not need to additionally process the edge of each workpiece.

Make identical decorative elements - for example, sprigs of holly (by the way, did you know that this is a symbol of joy and Christmas reconciliation?). The berries need to be glued to the leaf using glue, and then a decorative knot should be made - this will give the berries volume.

We sew each piece together in pairs. By the way, it is best to sew it with contrasting threads; it will be fun and elegant. How to make New Year's decorations voluminous? Stuff them with holofiber before sewing them up completely! Straighten the product well, so the Christmas tree toy will be filled more evenly. You can use the back of a pencil for stuffing.

Sew on decorative elements and your New Year's toy ready!

Try sewing felt decorations not only for the New Year tree, but also for your home - for example, a Christmas wreath decorated felt toys, looks very stylish. Look at the selection of DIY New Year's decorations, photos of master classes - and you will understand how many interesting things can be made from ordinary felt of two or three colors.

Master class on how to make a Christmas garland with your own hands from felt:

Below you can download templates and patterns of different Christmas trees for felt crafts:

Felt deer, mk:

Paper toys

You can make a simple and elegant flower for your Christmas tree out of paper - you will need a little glue, a sheet of double-sided thick colored paper, scissors, double-sided tape and a stapler, as well as a few minutes of free time.

1. Cut 10-12 identical strips of paper about two centimeters wide.
2. Fold each strip into a loop and secure with a stapler at the very edge.
3. When all the strips are folded like petals, assemble the flower by gluing the petals to each other with pieces of double-sided tape.
4. Cut out the center from colored paper and secure it with double-sided tape; secure a ribbon or thread under the center. Your paper toy is ready!

See how you can make paper toys that are just as simple and beautiful!

Now you know how to make a Christmas tree toy from any material that you have at hand - it can be fabric and cardboard, paper and twine, wire and beads, you can use everything - the main thing is the inspiration and spirit of the New Year that will fill your hearts in the process of making cute Christmas decorations!

A few more original ideas with master classes

2021 is coming soon. How quickly time flies! But not only years are running away, but also hours, minutes, seconds. If you want to feel the New Year approaching in advance and celebrate it without fuss and haste, start decorating your home right now. Ideas New Year's decor are already in the air, and many of them can be suggested by children who will gladly take part in this pleasant and exciting process. Moreover, the children do not need to be urged on or rushed, and they themselves can easily add something new every day and gradually bring the festive interior to perfection. You may have to buy some, but most of the decorations can be made with your own hands from what you can find around the house.

Color matters: the main tone of New Year's decor

Recommendations for selection color range cannot serve as the ultimate truth. New Year's decor should fit harmoniously into the existing interior and only give it an elegant, festive look. But some tips may be useful.

Green, the color of pine needles, will be present in any case. To dilute it, you need to use not the entire rainbow palette, but only two or three contrasting tones. It is better to give preference to New Year's colors - red, gold, silver. Saturated ones also look good, bright shades purple, blue, turquoise.

You can decorate everything in one color scheme - it’s very impressive and stylish option. Just don't forget about compatibility. If the interior of the apartment is designed in cold colors, choose the appropriate color scheme and silver; add gold and New Year’s red to the warm shades.

Several Christmas trees in the house - easy and simple

You don’t want to cover your walls with tinsel and garlands, and you don’t need to. But New Year It’s not a holiday without a Christmas tree, so we definitely put up a forest beauty. Everything is simple here: prepared free space, conducted an audit of last year’s toys, determined what needed to be purchased, and the main one could be decorated.

But, if you approach the issue creatively, you can not buy the missing toys, but make them yourself. And one more thing - in every room you can find a place for a homemade Christmas tree, and let the holiday be felt throughout the entire apartment at once.

Additional trees can be:

• – from beads, garlands, photographs,
• from scrap materials - wooden sticks, pine cones, pasta,
• – tinsel, rain, sweets and everything that comes to mind are glued onto the cone,
• knitted or collected from small balls,
• branches beautiful shape with silver or gold plating,
• ordinary indoor plants, properly decorated.

Just let the trees not be of the same type, but different in texture, shape and method of execution.

And now - toys. Made with love and imagination, they will turn your New Year into the warmest, most soulful and cozy holiday. You can wrap simple Christmas balls with scraps of fabric, knit clothes with them from colored yarn, and paint them acrylic paints, make compositions from pine cones, funny felt figures. Bake in the shape of stars and Christmas trees with a small hole for a ribbon and hang it on the branches - both tasty and beautiful.

Decorating windows and doors

The windows are the eyes of the house, the door is the face. Let your apartment look out at the world around you and welcome guests with joy.

Let's start with the windows:

• place compositions of branches, pine cones and candles on the windowsills,
• arrange and hang bright New Year's balls,
• cut from plastic bottles or thick paper,
• make garlands from flags, funny figures, Christmas socks.

If you are interested in or are simply familiar with this technique, create fairy-tale, illuminated, magical figures and winter scenes.

Doors are usually decorated with wreaths. Get creative, create your own wreath or improve an existing one. Everything comes into play:

• dried citrus slices,
• winter berries – rowan, cranberry,
• cut flower buds,
• bright candies,
• corks, beads,
• cones, coniferous branches, ribbons,
• bows, tinsel, garlands.

A wreath can be used to decorate not only a door, but also a wall, window, furniture or chandelier.

New Year's lighting and table setting

New Year is unthinkable without candles. Let there be many of them, make beauty with your own hands. Place white and colored candles in glass vases, glasses, ordinary jars, one third filled with sea salt or red berries, wrap them with cinnamon sticks, and cover them with green twigs.

A composition with a live fire will come in handy anywhere, and especially in the center of a festive dinner. It is better to set the table in the same colors that predominate in the interior decoration. Each plate can be equipped with the name of the guest or a small card with a wish. Dishes to your taste, but depict some kind of dish on each new year symbol very desirable.

Decorate your home with love, involve everyone at home, and you will get real pleasure. And also a pleasant bonus in the form of quite tangible savings, since you can create all New Year's beauty you can do it with your own hands. Have a nice winter evening and a happy New Year!

1. Cardboard candlestick

On New Year's Eve you will probably light candles to create a festive and relaxing atmosphere. Try to give your candlesticks a custom look using perforated paper, cardboard stars and colored threads - the whole process will take no more than ten minutes. True, not just any candle is suitable for the job: choose models in a thick, tall glass cup holder that will prevent contact between the fire and the cardboard.

2. Candle in fabric wrapper

A candle in a glass can be decorated not only with paper, but also with fabric, secured at the neck with glue and the joint can be decorated with ribbon or twine. For this technique, thin textiles are suitable, which can be easily shaped the required form without unnecessary folds.

3. Ball with falling snow

As children, many of us had New Year's souvenirs with falling snow: if you shake such a ball, the “snowflakes” slowly rise up and then smoothly fall to the bottom - why not a toy for New Year's meditation?

To make a souvenir with your own hands, you will need a jar with a lid, a decorative figurine, crushed polystyrene foam and glycerin. Glue the figure and a small “snowdrift” of foam to the lid, fill the jar with glycerin (it can be mixed with water to make the snow fall faster) and fill it with crushed foam. Now close the lid and enjoy the hand-made magic.

For this DIY, they do not use Christmas tree balls, but small round vases - it is more convenient to paint them and place them on the chest of drawers. You need to decorate the hemisphere from the inside using spray paint. While it is still wet, lightly blot the coating with regular paper napkin— expressive streaks will appear on the surface.

5. Miracles happen

If you like life-affirming slogans and inscriptions in the interior, the New Year is the time to create a composition with a positive charge for the next 12 months. The letters can be cut out of cardboard and attached to toothpicks or sushi sticks, and the glasses can be filled polymer clay or even ordinary plasticine.

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6. Wreath for great possibilities

A wreath made of artificial branches can be bought at any home goods store, but we recommend decorating it not with ordinary Christmas tree decorations, but with whatever is at hand. In our example, these are keyholes and keys on ribbons, which symbolize new opportunities - with such a wreath the coming year will certainly bring them.

7. Felt stars

Thick fabrics like felt or felt are easy to cut and hold their shape well, making them ideal for creating DIY Christmas tree accessories. Choose a shape to suit your taste and start by creating a stencil: this will make it easier to cut the fabric evenly. The place where the twine is attached can be hidden under a large bead.

8. “Knitted” toys

If you know how to crochet and knit, knit for those who are bored Christmas decorations stylish “packaging”. To decorate the balls, you can also use an old sweater that you don’t mind cutting up - the joints of the knitwear can be sewn by hand in five minutes.

9. Mini Christmas tree

A simple mini Christmas tree will help decorate your desktop or windowsill. Roll a cone out of thick paper, carefully cut off the excess material from the bottom and apply a thin layer of PVA glue. Start wrapping the cone with yarn from top to bottom, pressing each new layer of thread tightly, and at the end of the curtain, decorate the Christmas tree with colored buttons.

10. Frost under glass

Transparent Christmas tree balls are good because they allow you to express yourself without limiting your flight of imagination. We love this elegant decor with a “filling” reminiscent of frost: to make the same, cut out a pattern from thin paper (drawing paper or even baking paper) and carefully place it inside, lifting the cap with fastening.

11. Magic socks

In the West, Christmas gifts are often placed in stockings, which are usually hung on the mantelpiece. If there is no fireplace smell in the apartment, this is not a reason to refuse interesting idea: Socks can just as easily be hung on the dresser or at the foot of the bed. Choose voluminous woolen socks from the store, decorate them with buttons and ribbons and calmly wait for Santa - he definitely has something special in store for you this year.

12. Gingerbread house

Even if you are far from cooking, don’t be afraid to experiment with a gingerbread house. Firstly, stores sell ready-made plates that just need to be put in the oven, and then glued and decorated. Secondly, such a house will become the main decoration of the festive table, and then dessert. Melted chocolate is best for gluing, and in the decoration you can use candies, whipped cream and mastics - or all at once to make the house even more elegant.

Despite the fact that cinnamon is a spice from the tropical zone, its fragrant sticks are strongly associated with New Year holidays. Apparently, it's all about the hot winter drink - mulled wine, for which cinnamon has become one of the mandatory attributes. These spice sticks are truly indispensable for holiday decor: try gluing them in a “picket fence” to a thick candle and tying them with a bow: when heated, the cinnamon will exude an unobtrusive but exciting aroma.

14. Winter fruits

Who doesn't love snacking on champagne and tangerines? If the feast is still far away, make stylish New Year's decorations from citrus fruits. Oranges and lemons need to be cut into very thin rings (literally 2-3 millimeters) and placed in the oven overnight at a low temperature (about 60 degrees). In the morning you will receive translucent dried slices that can be fastened together in several pieces, threaded and hung on the tree.

15. Garland of memories

If the year has brought you many joyful moments, then the days remaining before the festive feast are perfect for remembering this. We suggest making a garland of memories from printed photographs, twine and ordinary clothespins: recognizing themselves in the photographs, guests new year party they will rejoice with you.