Preparing for the New Year and Christmas holidays is just the time when you want to do something magical and unusual. Try to create beautiful New Year's compositions for the New Year 2024 with your own hands. It is not difficult at all and it will not be difficult to find suitable materials for jewelry. We offer some interesting ideas with photos for making holiday decor.
Christmas bouquet in a sleigh
An original composition of spruce twigs can be made in just half an hour using blanks of their plywood for creativity or suitable planters (for example, a large mug). The craft can be a wonderful gift.
Required:
- decorative sleigh (plywood blank for crafts);
- sponge for floristry;
- legs of live or artificial spruce;
- transparent film;
- floral sponge;
- florist wire;
- stationary gum;
- artificial snow;
- for decoration - cones, toys and decorations, ribbon, etc.
Production:
- For crafts, a ready-made blank for creativity is best - a plywood sleigh. The workpiece can be left unprocessed, covered with stain or varnish, painted with paints or decoupage in the New Year theme.
- Cut the floral sponge to fit the sleigh.
- Wrap the sponge with foil and secure with an elastic band. Cut off the excess edges of the film.
- Insert the sponge into the sled.
- Fix the floral wire on the branches of the Christmas tree and decorative elements.
- Insert the wire legs into the floral sponge. First, beautifully arrange the branches, and then the cones, berries and other decorations.
- You can add sweets or bows to the composition.
- Decorate with artificial snow.
Chic composition is ready, you can put a few small gifts in a shiny wrapper into the sleigh.
Tangerine Topiary
New Year's mood since childhood, many associate with the smell of tangerines and oranges.
Required:
- beautiful container (planter, large mug, etc.);
- sponge for floristry;
- thick branch about 20 cm long;
- skein of jute threads;
- florist wire;
- scissors;
- stationery knife;
- glue gun;
- tangerines;
- cloves;
- pine paws;
- green tangerine leaves;
- artificial snow.
Production:
- Into 3-4 tangerines stick cloves. This can be done randomly or "draw" a pattern. On the topiary, they will need to be placed in different places.
- Tie tangerines with jute thread crosswise.
- Insert the wire into the cross hairs and fix.
- Cut the floral sponge to the shape of the flowerpot. Wet it and insert it into the container.
- Cut a ball 10-12 cm in diameter from the second piece of sponge for the "crown" of the tree.
- Fix the ball to the branch.
- Fix the second end of the branch in a pot.
- Insert tangerines into the crown.
- Decorate with leaves.
- Insert coniferous twigs into pots and lightly sprinkle with artificial snow.
It is necessary to make 3-4 turns of thread when tying tangerines. So the load is distributed evenly, and the composition will be more durable.
The original tree with a subtle spicy aroma is ready.
Christmas cone wreath
A Christmas wreath is considered a traditional decoration for the winter holidays and can be made from a variety of materials.
Required:
- thick cardboard;
- spruce or pine cones (better to take the same type and size)
- decor elements;
- ribbons;
- scissors;
- glue gun.
Production:
- Cut out a round base from cardboard. If the wreath is supposed to be hung on a door or wall. We must immediately make a loop of wire.
- Use hot glue to stick the cones tightly together.
- Decorate the wreath to your liking.
How to decorate a wreath depends on the overall style of the room. For an eco-style wreath, you can take dried slices of oranges and lemons, cinnamon sticks, rose hips and rowan berries with berries, linen or burlap ribbon. For a classic style, Christmas decorations, beads and bows are more suitable.
Christmas composition with candles
Compositions with candles will immediately create a magical holiday mood. This decor can be placed on a table or chest of drawers.
Required:
- cut a tree with a diameter of about 30-40 cm;
- fireproof impregnation;
- 1-5 candles;
- bumps;
- figurine of an angel, a deer, a snowman, a Christmas tree;
- Christmas toys and decor;
- glue gun;
Production:
- Saturate saw cut wood with a fire-fighting mixture.
- Glue the candles with hot glue. You can take 1-3 thick candles or many thin ones of different heights, white or red.
- Glue a New Year figurine.
- Fill free space on the saw cut with cones and other decorative elements, creating a composition to your liking.
It is safest to place candles in tall glasses or a low, wide glass vase - you can pour water into it and place floating candles.
Christmas fruit bouquet
Unusual, fresh and original will look a bouquet of fruits. It is not difficult to make it at all.
Required:
- high glass vase;
- spruce or pine paws;
- orange;
- small red grapefruit;
- lemon;
- garnet;
- sprigs of rowan or wild rose, cotton with boxes or natural flowers;
- long wooden skewers;
- knife;
- pruner;
- jute twine.
Production:
- Prepare fruit: cut orange, grapefruit and lemon in half; break the pomegranate into several parts, peel half.
- Prick fruit on skewers.
- Collect a bouquet of coniferous twigs.
- Insert cotton, rowan or wild rose.
- Add fruits and arrange nicely.
- Tie the bouquet with jute twine.
- Pour cones into a tall glass vase.
- Put the bouquet in a vase.
Fragrant fruit bouquet is ready.
Garlands of coniferous branches
Required:
- pine, spruce, fir twigs;
- rowan or wild rose with berries;
- floristic wire;
- twine;
- pruner;
- Christmas decor, artificial snow.
Production:
- Big coniferous paws are disassembled into small twigs with secateurs.
- Make a loop at the end of the wire.
- Measure a piece of wire equal to the length of the future garland plus 10-20 cm.
- Tie on the twine.
- Place the first foot, and tie with twine.
- Position the second branch so that it slightly overlaps the first and fasten well with twine.
- Keep adding until you get a garland of the desired length.
- Fix the last legs of the spruce carefully.
- Decorate the garland in accordance with the general style of the room - you can add cones, Christmas toys, bows, a garland.
- Place in the center of the table (attach to a door or stairs).
- Sprinkle lightly with artificial snow.
If you plan to hang the garland on a door, staircase or wall, loops or ties must be provided.
Be sure to make some New Year's compositions and feel like a real master capable of creating a magical Christmas fairy tale.
