We Decorate The House For The New Year With Our Own Hands: A Selection Of Ideas And Photos Of Decor

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-17 22:26

How to decorate a house for the New Year - simple and interesting decor ideas

A few weeks before the New Year, a festive mood comes to us. A magical atmosphere fills the house when we start decorating it. Garlands, lanterns, Christmas decorations and other symbols of your favorite holiday are used to create a unique and bright interior.

Content

• 1 How to decorate a house for the New Year: decor elements

  • 1.1 Garlands

    1.1.1 Photo gallery: DIY Christmas garlands

  • 1.2 New Year (Christmas) wreaths
  • 1.3 Photo gallery: New Year's compositions

  • 1.4 What to make a Christmas tree

    1.4.1 Photo gallery: Christmas trees from scrap materials

  • 1.5 Window decorations
  • 1.6 Photo gallery: ideas for making snowflakes and balls

  • 1.7 DIY Christmas decor

    • 1.7.1 Christmas toys
    • 1.7.2 Festive table decor

• 2 New Year's interior: how to decorate a house

  2.1 Photo gallery: options for the New Year's interior

How to decorate a house for the New Year: decor elements

The traditions of New Year's home decoration have been formed for a long time. Adding modern ideas to them, making a little effort and showing imagination, you can decorate your home in an original way and add to the interior that fabulous that usually accompanies these holidays.

Garlands

The easiest way to quickly transform a house is to decorate it with garlands. There are many options - paper, from Christmas balls, tangerines, cones, lanterns and any decorative elements in the form of traditional symbols of the holiday.

Above the fireplace, you can attach a garland of small socks, postcards, or Christmas balls

Making garlands from everything in the house is one of the favorite activities in our family before the New Year holidays. Most often we make paper garlands, for example, from origami figures. Children like that they can not just watch the decoration of the apartment from the side, but do something together with adult family members. And we usually decorate curtains with garlands of beads.

Photo gallery: DIY Christmas garlands

You can cut different figures from felt for garlands.

Easily make a garland of paper fringe or ribbons

It will always be appropriate for the New Year to decorate in the form of a garland of cones

Many options for garlands are paper crafts

Christmas tree branches can be used to create garlands to decorate stairs, railings, exterior walls of houses, gazebos in the yard, etc.

Small felt or knitted mittens are a good base for a garland

Snowmen are made from light bulbs, which can be combined into a garland or used as a separate Christmas tree decoration

Simple garlands are made from strips of beautiful paper in the form of rings connected in a chain

The elements of the garland can be Christmas trees made from paper cupcake molds.

New Year (Christmas) wreaths

Such jewelry is a European tradition. But already here they are part of the New Year's decor. You can make them from a variety of materials at hand:

• corks from wine bottles - corks are glued from all sides to a frame made of branches, wire or papier-mâché, and then the product is decorated with ribbons, beads, tinsel or other decorations;

  

  Corks easily assemble into a New Year's wreath

• paper (colored, corrugated, for origami, newspapers, etc.): one of the options is to twist tubes from newspapers, make a blank ring out of them, coat with glue, and after drying, decorate with New Year's figures, beads, etc. cut out of paper.;

  

  The options for paper wreaths are very diverse.

• branches or vines: flexible twigs are woven or tied into a wreath, and then the product is decorated;

  

  You can weave a wreath from thin branches and decorate it with fir branches, beads, ribbons, cones

• ribbons - they can be either the base of a wreath made of a wire frame, or just a decor for wreaths made of other materials.

  

  Ribbons can also be used to decorate wreaths made of different materials.

Photo gallery: New Year's compositions

Candles are a good element of New Year's compositions

Oranges with cloves not only decorate the house, but also fill it with a pleasant aroma

You can make a Christmas tree from long pods of hot pepper

New Year's food compositions are usually placed in the kitchen or on the festive table, but they are also appropriate in the bedroom or living room.

You can make beads from candied fruits, dried or candied berries and use them to decorate a Christmas tree or, for example, windows.

Golden or silver New Year's compositions look beautiful

What to make a Christmas tree

And even the main symbol of the holiday - a Christmas tree - is easy to make with your own hands. It can be used to decorate a festive table, walls, windows, or place it anywhere in the room. It all depends on the size, shape and material.

Photo gallery: Christmas trees from scrap materials

Simple cardboard, a little time - and the trees for the New Year's decor at home are ready

One of the easiest ways to make a Christmas tree is to use tinsel for this.

Even pasta is a great base for a Christmas tree.

Branches of various shapes, thicknesses and lengths, collected in a Christmas tree and decorated with a garland, beads, toys - an unusual version of the New Year's symbol

Simple and effective idea - a Christmas tree made of old paper on the wall of the room

You can also make an original Christmas tree from boards of different lengths

You can make a bright Christmas tree out of green beads and decorate it with beads

Window decorations

I also want to decorate the windows in the house. Most often, snowflakes of different shapes and sizes are used for decoration. Christmas trees, deer, sleighs, Santa Claus and other details are also cut out of paper, after which they are glued to the glass with soap.

You can decorate a window for the New Year with paper snowflakes, Christmas trees and other elements

You can also decorate the window with a garland of lanterns or Christmas wreaths.

A garland with multi-colored lights simply located around the perimeter of the window is a great option for festive decor

In one of the bedrooms, every year we decorate the window with some kind of garland pattern with multi-colored lamps - in the form of a Christmas tree, snowflake, spiral. It looks very festive both outside and inside the apartment.

Photo gallery: ideas for making snowflakes and balls

Colorful paper balls can be made with children

Yarn, fabric, felt are often used to make Christmas tree decorations

Snowflakes for home decoration for the New Year can be crocheted

Flat or voluminous snowflakes are quickly made from paper

A multi-layered snowflake is easy to make from felt

Old discs, some yarn and beads, rhinestones or other decor - all you need to make bright Christmas tree decorations

Small balloons wrapped with thread, coated with glue and dried - blank for Christmas decorations

Different sizes of foam balls can be wrapped in a cloth or decorated in another way

Beautiful Christmas balls are made of ribbons

DIY Christmas decor

Christmas decorations are easy to make yourself. And you will need simple materials for this, which can often be found in any home.

Christmas decorations

A lot is used to make toys for the Christmas tree:

• paper;
• fabric and thread;
• rhinestones, beads, sequins;
• felt, felt;
• light bulbs;
• plastic bags or cups;
• oranges, nuts, cones, etc.

To make a toy from an orange, you need:

1. Soak the orange slices in warm sugar syrup for 1 hour, then the same time in the oven at 60 ° C.
2. Dry the resulting candied fruits on parchment.
3. Thread a thread through each circle, hang the toy on the branch of the Christmas tree.

A Christmas tree toy can be made not only from an orange, but also from lemon or lime.

Making a toy from a walnut is even easier:

1. Wrap the nut with thick thread in different directions so that it holds well.
2. Tie a knot, put a few cinnamon sticks on it, tie a couple more knots.
3. Tie the remaining ends of the thread so that a loop is formed, for which the toy can be hung on a branch.

Walnut toys can be made very quickly.

Festive table decor

A fabulous mood gives us not only a festive decor in the interior, but also table setting using New Year's details. There are many ideas on this topic, and there are those available for self-implementation:

1. Spruce or juniper twigs, pine needles. They are laid out simply on plates, next to the appliances, and added to New Year's compositions that decorate tables.

   

   By tying the cutlery with a ribbon and adding a small twig of the Christmas tree, you can beautifully decorate the festive table

2. Red and white Christmas hats or socks. An interesting option is to use them as covers (holders) for cutlery.

   

   Cutlery holders can be made in the form of caps, socks, pouches

3. Tablecloth with festive decor. On a textile product, you can embroider snowflakes with white ribbons, snow-covered Christmas trees with beads, attach stripes in the form of sledges, stars, snowmen, etc.

   

   In addition to ribbons, embroidery on tablecloths can be done using beads, threads, stones, sequins

4. Candles. They can be used as a central element of compositions, complementing with Christmas tree branches, garlands, small balls, tangerines, etc. Candles will always be appropriate on the New Year's table.

   

   You can make decorations from candles and Christmas tree branches for both the interior and the festive table.

5. Napkins folded in the form of New Year's symbols. A simple way is to make a Christmas tree:

   1. Fold a tissue or paper napkin in half, then again.

   2. Bend the corner of each layer so that there is a small distance between them (1–2 cm).

      

      The corners of the napkin are bent so that there is a distance of at least 1 cm between them

   3. Turn the napkin over.

   4. Bend its edges to the center, attach a weight to keep the napkin folded, and then turn it over again.

      

      You can use a glass as a weight for a napkin

   5. Bend each layer upward, forming a Christmas tree.

      

      A napkin tree can be supplemented with several decorations

New Year's interior: how to decorate a house

When decorating a house, you can use any decor options, but so that together they look harmonious. This is easy to do, for example, choosing one color for decoration or several similar shades. The design looks beautiful from the same parts for different rooms or parts of the house. So, plastic or paper snowflakes can be used to decorate windows, walls, a fireplace, as well as textiles in the house - tablecloths, curtains, pillowcases for cushions, bedspreads. Another option is to use balls of the same color for decorating a Christmas tree, windows, front door, stairs, etc.

Photo gallery: options for the New Year's interior

An interesting option is to use stars in the interior in the form of toys for a Christmas tree, decor or patterns on textiles, ceiling pendants, etc.

Red and white are traditional colors for New Year's decor

The lilac and purple color of New Year's decorations is suitable for interiors in which the same shades are present

The sofa for the New Year can be decorated with pillows in the form of Christmas trees

You can hang Christmas wreaths and toys on a shortened curtain on ribbons, and just put figures in the form of traditional symbols of the holiday on the windowsill

An unusual option - a delicate blue-gray New Year's interior in a marine style

Christmas balls can also be used to decorate a fireplace, wall clock, etc.

It is very easy to illuminate a false fireplace with a garland; you can also simulate a fire by adding branches

If there is no carpet in front of the fireplace to sit on, pillows, pear chairs and other soft seating options will also work.

White and gold - a classic elegant color combination

A false fireplace made of cardboard can be built in 15 minutes by cutting it out and attaching it to the wall with double-sided tape

Dark floors will look great with white decorations

Finally, last but not least, after decorating your home, do not forget to actively use the created beauty, gathering with loved ones for conversation on festive evenings.

The main thing in the New Year's interior is that it should not become the culmination, but only the beginning of a real New Year's and Christmas fairy tale!

For many families, the tradition of decorating houses for the New Year is one of their favorites. Beautiful jewelry can be made from scrap materials. Homemade balls, garlands, wreaths, snowflakes are used for New Year's interior decoration, festive table, Christmas tree. Simple ideas will inspire you to create something original and magical.