New Year is coming, and with it balls, ribbons, garlands, bows. Every year we have to think about how to decorate the house in an original way, but do not spend a lot of time. Perhaps the 40 ideas below will make it easier for you this year;)
1. Arrange the lanterns around the house.
Inside them you can put candles or put a garland with balls.
2. Use different color schemes.
Christmas and Christmas decorations do not have to be red and green. Try using unusual color schemes - blue, golden, pink, - to decorate the house festively and originally.
3. Hang a banner above the fireplace.
Moreover, even those who do not have a fireplace can do this. If desired, the focus can be drawn. And then decorate it with a festive banner of paper or fabric. The material is not really that important. The main thing is to do everything with a soul.
4. Add natural elements.
Hang on the Christmas tree a few real cones, acorns, nuts. You will see, in the room it will become more comfortable there.
5. Make ornaments with children.
This is a family holiday, so you need to do the decorations together with all your relatives - small and old. Very nice decoration, for example, will come from the prints of children's legs on a piece of paper. Draw horns, eyes and noses to them, and you will get nice deer.
6. Decorate the wall.
This is a modern solution. Hang a few ribbons near the wall and attach the balls to them. Get a nice decorative grid. If desired, you can light the garlands between the balls.
7. Take out the old postcards.
This is a modern solution. Hang a few ribbons near the wall and attach the balls to them. Get a nice decorative grid. If desired, you can light the garlands between the balls.
8. Instead of cards with inscriptions, fix to the holiday gifts photos of those to whom they are addressed.
It is unlikely that any of your relatives or friends had to receive something like that. Imagine only how they will be pleased.
9. Fold in baskets, jugs and vases sweets and other goodies, festive decorations.
This creates the spirit of this Christmas. Decor should be everywhere. And if he is also edible ...
10. Hang Christmas socks around the house.
For a festive dinner, for example, socks can be attached to the guests' chairs. Or hang them on the walls. A lot of variations!
11. Make an unusual Christmas tree.
Most of all, this idea is useful to those who have small children or pets, able to turn a living tree. Just look how pretty the tree looks from the dry branches on the wall. To produce the same, you need several branches of different sizes, a hammer, nails and traditional jewelry.
And you can make a mini tree. Ideas see in this master class:
12. Decorate the rooms with such decorations that perfectly fit into the existing color scheme.
Simply put, use decorations of such colors that are already available in the room.
13. Make unique balls.
With the help of PVA glue and thin newspaper or booksheets. Lubricate the glue with a glue and gently glue the pieces of paper, lightly pressing. Give the handicraft to dry, varnish and if desired, decorate with sequins.
14. Banks - a piece of a rural holiday in the house.
Pour a small amount of salt on the bottom of the glass jar and put a candle in it, like a snow drift.
15. Large household appliances easily turns into snowmen.
A few stickers, and you already have your own snowman, which does not melt under any circumstances. This decoration will make all household members smile.
16. Get inspired by Christmas music by decorating the house.
An ideal solution for a musical family. You can hang texts of your favorite songs on the walls, and put tools near the Christmas tree.
17. From the Christmas socks make the cutlery for cutlery.
You can buy them or impose yourself. In any case, these original cases will give +100 to the festive atmosphere.
18. Decorate the wreath with cones.
Wreaths can be not only pine or fir. Of some cones, too, a good decoration will turn out. Glue them to the ring-base (it can be made from wire, wooden rods or even a regular plastic toy), for a change dilute with branches of artificial berries, and such an ornament as you, just like no one else will.
Look at the step-by-step master class on making an original Christmas wreath made of cones:
19 . Decorate with lollipops.
New Year's candies are so beautiful that they are pitiful. But as an ornament to use - just right. Hang on the house sweet staffs. You can fasten candies even to the ceiling, and your house will turn into a real magical land.
20. Wreath from balls.
A modern wreath may well consist of balls only. Stick and tie balls of different sizes to the ring-base in a chaotic manner. You can stick to one color scheme or make a bright multi-colored decoration. Do not forget to attach a loop to the wreath, so that it can be hung on the door or wall.
21. Make an unusual Advent calendar.
They hide in themselves the pleasant surprises that their owners receive every day for a month before the New Year. The original idea is the Advent calendar from small pots with candles and wreaths on top and presents at the bottom. The big advantage of the idea is that when you receive a gift, the decoration can be brought back, and the pot again turns into a pretty decor.
22. Look for inspiration around you and in yourself.
Decorate the Christmas tree with those toys that you like most. Do you adore the sea? Hang on the Christmas tree of sea stars and seashells. Crazy about working in the country? Decorate with toys in the form of vegetables, fruits and various garden tools. You can not live without music? Hang musical instruments and notes on the Christmas tree.
23. Gifts around the house.
Boxes in festive packaging, even if they are empty, cheer up. Take advantage of this idea! Collect all the empty boxes in the house, pack them beautifully and arrange them around the house. Get a holiday, wherever you look.
24. Snowmen in the vase.
Lovely faces are always touching. Reserve yourself with tennis balls - for table tennis - with colors and twine and make charming snowmen. Draw on the balls of the muzzle, and attach the rope as a chub. Make a "detachment" of these snowballs and fold it into a vase.
25. The birch bark in the interior looks amazing.
With its help you can make simple and very nice candlesticks. All you need is to wrap an ordinary glass jar with a piece of bark, fix it with a string, decorate it with a spruce twig and put a candle inside.
26. Stylish design usually consists of two or three colors.
A cup of hot cocoa on a frosty winter day - what could be better? Make your own tray with hot drinks - give the coffee machine a separate bedside table, decorate it with spruce branches, snowflakes, snowmen, hang up tablets with themed inscriptions. And preparing something delicious, enjoy a bonus portion of coziness.
27. Make a "cocoa bar".
A cup of hot cocoa on a frosty winter day - what could be better? Make your own tray with hot drinks - give the coffee machine a separate bedside table, decorate it with spruce branches, snowflakes, snowmen, hang up tablets with themed inscriptions. And preparing something delicious, enjoy a bonus portion of coziness.
28. If you have shutters on the windows, let them garland around them.
Feel free to decorate any architectural elements in the house.
29. Create a New Year calendar in full growth.
Opposite to each date, hang a closed bag with a gift inside and ask the child (or your loved one) to take a bag every day. Small surprises are so pleasant and joyful.
30. Make a Christmas tree from greeting cards.
Another way to use old greeting cards is to lay out a Christmas tree on the wall.
31. Turn the bumps into small New Year trees.
And what is it - the form is something like. Place the bump on the stand, paint it, put a small asterisk on the top. If you want, make yourself a whole bush grove.
32. Decorate the piano.
If the tool is at home, you know perfectly well how much space it takes and how much space it has for decorations. Candles, artificial flowers, rain, garlands - thanks to all this the piano will start to look quite different, solemnly.
33. Hang the scenery on the windows.
It's nice to stroll along the street during the holidays and see in the unfamiliar windows bright lights, funny snowflakes, original toys. Make your window cozy. Hang snowflakes, balls, flashlights on the cornice. Simple and original jewelry can be made with your own hands. See how:
34. Change the pillowcases of decorative pillows for Christmas.
If you know how to do it, sew it yourself. Or order / buy already ready. In extreme cases, you can just buy a cloth, cut it into pieces and wrap them with pillows and fasten (with a pin or tape).
35. Do not forget to decorate the front door.
Hang up the lights from the outside, if you live in a private house. In the apartment on the door you can hang a wreath - this will also give atmospheric.
36. Decorate the guest room.
If the New Year holidays are celebrated at your home, and guests stay with an overnight stay, surprise them. Hang garlands at the head of the bed, hang Christmas socks, prepare symbolic gifts.
37. Christmas in the kitchen.
According to statistics, this is where the family spends most of their time in full. Seriously approach the decoration of the "meeting place", and family gatherings will continue for longer.
38. Decorate the house with carved snowflakes.
Not as simple as the children in the kindergarten cut out - although they certainly have their own charm, - but professional, with patterns. Of course, the first time the masterpiece will not work even with an experienced needlewoman - this skill requires skill. In an extreme case, there are factory snowflakes;)
39. Make a Christmas wreath from improvised materials.
Cut the rest of the packaging paper into pieces and twist the tubes from them. Glue each and join each other in the form of a wreath. Attach the ribbon and it's ready!
40. Make unusual jewelry in the style of "Star Wars".
Have you decided to organize an unusual New Year's party? You will definitely need the appropriate decor. We offer an easy and original master class for making New Year decor in the style of a cult saga!