Celebration of the New Year begins with the decoration of rooms. This is in itself a pleasant tradition and a kind of ritual. Often, memories of how homemade toys were made were made from childhood, they decorated the Christmas tree and the walls of the rooms.
Modern decorating tools for the 2018 meeting
Now tinsel and toys no longer look as simple as decades ago. Many materials allow you to create real masterpieces. A wide range of stores offers customers a variety of toys made of glass, plastic and shiny paper.
Popular are many glowing and iridescent garlands. Original look suspension of ice-lamps. In addition, the room will be decorated with themed lamps in the form of Santa Claus, deer, snowmen, snowflakes and other Christmas paraphernalia.
To create jewelry with your own hands you need to acquire the necessary materials.The first useful thing for the manufacture of toys is cloth or felt. Such material has flexibility and softness, it can be easily cut, stitched or glued, thereby giving the desired shape.
From this material beautiful elements of garlands, pendants on the Christmas tree, decorative panels and pads are obtained. You can make a stylish event calendar out of thick felt and give the kids a great Christmas mood.
Plastic bottles will also find their place among homemade Christmas decorations. Of them make parts of garlands, thematic figures or candlesticks. It is enough to paint the transparent plastic with acrylic paints and a unique accessory will appear in the room.
Costume jewelry itself is already becoming the subject of decor. Any unnecessary beads can be easily transformed into Christmas tree decorations or garlands. Hanging on the thread with beads shiny earrings, you can arrange it a small Christmas tree. The result is an original Christmas tree with a strictly feminine theme.
If the beads are torn, then their parts can be used in decorating handicrafts made of felt and plastic bottles. Shiny rhinestones from broken jewelry will be a great addition to fabric toys.
Cones and dry leaves can also be the perfect material for creating compositions. It is enough to paint them with white paint or arrange with artificial snow. In addition, you can sprinkle the composition with small spangles, and in places stick large rhinestones.
Such ensembles look great on a festive table, on a dresser, or even just on a windowsill.
Ready decoration will be candy in elegant packaging. They can arrange the Christmas tree, hang them on a string in the form of garlands, or simply scatter them under the tree to create a festive mood.
The same can be done with tangerines. Their orange peel will be a bright spot in any Christmas composition. And the smell that filled the room will be remembered for many more years. Cinnamon sticks can complement this flavor.
How to prepare the interior for the new year
For a beautiful design, you must think over all the details in advance. It is better to determine the places for each item, calculate the approximate number of toys and prepare materials.
All handmade decorations should be designed in the same style and color scheme. It’s best to stick with white, brown, green, red, gold and silver.
The first is to determine the place for the Christmas tree. It should be clearly visible from all points of the room, while not interfering with the movement of people.
For the classical decoration of the Christmas tree, garlands, tinsel, balls of glass and plastic, various themed pendants and rain are used.
An alternative may be the original Christmas tree with decorations in the form of soft toys. Many people prefer to wind branches with luminous garlands of hundreds of bulbs of the same or different colors.
A few years ago, colored Christmas trees appeared on store shelves. In 2018, they can still be purchased, but they are recommended to be installed only where the color of the needles will be in harmony with the general situation. In all other cases, it is better to choose the classic green spruce.
As for the eternal dispute which is better, natural or artificial wood, interior designers do not undertake to advise. The choice remains on the conscience of the owner of the room. It should depend on the capabilities and preferences of all family members.
Room decoration in the year of the Yellow Dog
It is believed that the use of symbols of the next year in the design of the premises will help to live the next 12 months happily. Among the attributes of the holiday this year is red. It can be very much: textiles, decorations, clothing and even an artificial red Christmas tree in the red lights.
The element of fire will find itself in burning candles, a burning fireplace and Bengal lights. Candles better choose flavored. The smell of pine needles, citrus, cinnamon and vanilla will create a cozy atmosphere.
You can choose toys in the form of torches or even the image of fire in the drawings. It is worth trying to make candles in the shape of the symbol of the year.For this you need to make molds. It can be hollow children's toys in the shape of dogs, cut along.
The melted wax is poured into the cavities, after which the wick must be inserted. Make these products new year's help sparkles poured directly into the melted wax. Ready-made candles can be pleasant souvenirs for guests.
It is believed that dogs love all voiced. You can use this fact in the decor with the help of suitable materials. Candlesticks made of ringing metal, crystal and bells on the Christmas tree should attract the symbol of the year and make it be supportive of the owners of the house in the new year.
DIY windows
If there are windows in the room to be decorated, they must be used to create a New Year's entourage. Here you can apply a range of techniques that allow you to achieve a visual effect.
The first technique is the use of paper. Plots are cut from it or just figures. You can stick them on the glass with the help of PVA glue or just water. Outside, they will be interesting to look at the light of the lamps inside the room. If the room is dark, the silhouettes of the festive stickers will be highlighted by the light of the lanterns on the street.
The second decoration method is the use of toothpaste. It can be easily washed off the windows. This is its most important advantage.
Paste can simply draw on the glass with a brush drawing. If there are no artistic talents in the family, it is recommended to cut a stencil out of paper and attach it to the glass.
Use a toothbrush and fingers to apply the paste over the paper with a spray motion. But the main thing is that most of it should fall on the area around the figure. Then, after peeling off, the silhouette of an improvised snow will remain on the glass.
This method is suitable for creating artificial frost around the perimeter of the window. To do this, the paste must be sprayed along the frame. After which the remnants can be wiped from plastic or wood. What remains on the glass will be more like the work of frost.
Decorating glass, do not forget about the window opening as a whole. Along the perimeter or across you can hang garlands or lights. On the windowsill will look great winter composition of painted leaves and cones.
If the fantasy has dried up, then it is enough just to pour the wrapped sweets and tangerines on the windowsill. This will allow you to feel the abundance of the holiday.
These simple methods of decorating the room with the help of available tools will create a fairy tale atmosphere. They do not require the cost of funds or time. It is enough to create your masterpieces from the heart and get pleasure from the preparation for the brightest holiday.
