Christmas decoration at home do it yourself

Snow begins to fall a little on the ground, and thoughts of approaching the most fabulous time of the year immediately come to mind. Everyone is looking forward to the New Year and dreaming enough to enjoy the magical charm of the holiday. To make it unusual and remember for a long time, it is important to take care of this in advance.

With the advent of holidays, the city is transformed. The streets are decorated with bright luminous garlands, shop windows are beautifully and stylishly decorated. So I want to look inside and plunge into the atmosphere of the holiday. What can you not see on the shelves of shops, here everyone will find a gift for the New Year.

No less important than the choice of a gift is the design of the home. You can decorate the house yourself, drawing ideas on the Internet, or invite experts who will create a design project exterior.In order for the holiday to pass at the proper level, it is worthwhile to think over all the details in advance and prepare for its holding. It will not be enough just to cook the festive dishes to the table.

If earlier for the holiday it was decided to decorate only the inside of the room, then Recently, homeowners are trying to arrange their home and outside. To decorate the entrance to the house and the room itself is to attract children. Nothing will be remembered by him as these magical moments spent together with his parents, while creating colorful decorations. Winter sculptures of ice, snowmen, stuck together with their own hands, will also be a decoration of the garden. It has long been believed that while making a snowman, you should make a cherished wish. As soon as the snow figure melts, the desire must be fulfilled.

Ice balls of different colors, which stand along the path in the garden, will look unusual and original.

To make such a decoration, you need to take:

• inflatable balloons of various sizes;
• food coloring

An important condition for the creation of ice sculptures is the presence of frosty weather. Step-by-step manufacturing process is as follows.

1. It is necessary to pour water into the balloons. If it is boiled, then the figures will be transparent. If you pour water directly from the tap, the ice will be dull.
2. It is better to add food coloring to the liquid. If you take dyes of different colors, you can get ice colored balls, they will become a bright accent of the winter garden.
3. Balls endure to frost and leave for several hours, preferably at night.
4. The field of freezing water balls should be removed.

Such colorful balloons will immediately attract the attention of guests and will become a decoration of the garden.

The tradition to decorate their homes for the New Year and Christmas holidays came from the West. Residents of Western countries believed that the way for Santa Claus should be open, so it was important to decorate their home as much as possible. The owners lit up their house, hung garlands, wreaths. The brightly lit courtyard and decorated house symbolized the willingness to receive guests and Santa Claus.

Recently, the tendency to decorate the courtyard and the entrance to the room appeared in ours. You can decorate the space in different ways, for example, taking into account certain stylistic trends. Luminous garlands will look very nice if you hang them on the branches of trees or at the entrance to the house. Bright colored lights will appeal to entice passersby, winking at them. Christmas pots, which can be hung on trees and at the entrance to the porch, will look festive. Such colorful products can be made with your own hands or you can buy ready-made options in stores. Independently make hanging pots easy.

Perhaps one of the main attributes of the exterior decor can be called wreaths that adorn the entrance doors. Such a wreath will decorate any house, apartment and even office. But the main thing is that you can make it yourself. By the way, the Chinese believe that by feng shui a wreath on the door will protect the house from the penetration of negative energy and evil spirits into it. At the same time, he will attract good and positive to the premises.

To decorate the entrance to the room can be textiles. For this fit old mittens and knitted socks. If there is a possibility, you can sew cute animals and snowmen from old knitted things and hang them on a fishing line or a beautiful ribbon on branches of trees and bushes. These charming figures immediately cheer up. A garland of sprigs of coniferous trees that envelops window frames and a porch will look very colorful. It can be placed at the entrance to the courtyard, decorating the fence with it.

When the garden and courtyard are already decorated, it is worth proceeding to the design of the house from the inside. To decorate the room in an original way, you should use decorative items, origami and other unique crafts that you can make yourself.

The pre-New Year period is the hottest time, at this time all households should be included in the work, to have time to decorate the room for the New Year. Crafts made with children will delight not only those present, but also all guests at home. This happy time will give moments of quiet family happiness. The house will sparkle with new bright colors, happiness and impetuous fun will settle in it.

Well, if the house has a fireplace.Usually it is an important part of the New Year's composition, so its attention should be paid to its design.

You can put small compositions on the mantelpiece, this is a very good place to decorate. Vases, candles, Christmas decorations, bright beads, tinsel, bows can be the decoration of the shelf. In the event that such a shelf is missing, you can simply pull a garland with colorful lights around the fireplace.

If you can install a fireplace in a large private house, then in a modern apartment it is problematic to do so. In order not to violate the traditions, you can make a false fireplace with your own hands or order it in the workshop. It can also be built from an old large cardboard box, originally decorated and decorated as desired. Instead of a real fire, you can place a flashing garland inside the fireplace or light candles. Such an element of decor will decorate any room and will please the owners of the house not only for holidays.

Do not forget about decorating the ceiling. You can stretch across the room serpentine, securing it in the corners.The decoration of the ceiling will look beautiful and stylish if you use the chandelier. Lighting is an important part of the decor, so you should decorate the lighting devices. On the chandelier, lamps or sconces can be hung on the line Christmas decorations, snowflakes or beads.

Do not forget about the windows. You can decorate the window with white paint by drawing frosty patterns or snowflakes on the glass. It is important not to scratch the glass and use paints that would be easily washed out afterwards.

On the window you can hang decorative themed parts that are sold in stores. They can be fixed on the fishing line, glued with double-sided tape. If the windows are beautiful curtains or curtains, they should be supplemented with festive accessories. Very original here will look garlands of shiny paper.

Installations on walls look very unusual. If the house has no place for a big fluffy Christmas tree, you can build it yourself. On the wall you can hang a beautiful New Year's poster, a garland imitating the appearance of a Christmas tree. Shelves that hang on the wall from top to bottom, starting from a small top to a larger product at the bottom, look very stylish.Each shelf is beautifully decorated with twigs, balls, candles, cones and other Christmas paraphernalia. The wall is a large canvas. You can draw anything on it, decorate the canvas with bright colors, add original details and accessories.

To make the holiday table look more solemn, you can make special chair covers. They can be matched to the tone of the tablecloth or emphasize the overall color scheme of the room. If you put covers on the backs of chairs and fasten them with bright ribbons, the room will look more festive.

To design any room is to take responsibly and do it with great love. It is important to choose the right color palette, then subtly beat it with the help of lighting devices and find the right theme that emphasizes the special atmosphere.

If the house has a staircase, it should also be decorated. It will look beautiful twisted garland of fir branches, intertwined with ribbons. This garland should be secured with a thin wire. If you add lanterns to it, this decoration will illuminate the stairs in the evening.

It should do the decor of balconies and loggias. Lanterns and festoons on the windows will be a worthy decoration of these premises. Glowing lights will be visible from the street, delighting passers-by with their twinkling. Using stained paints that are easily removed with water, you can paint the glass surface. And wishes with the New Year, written on the window, will be visible outside the room.

Particular attention should be paid to the decor of the kitchen, because in this room people usually gather at the common table on ordinary days. Small Christmas decorations, vases with tangerines will give the room a special atmosphere. If you drop a couple of drops of orange or tangerine essential oil on the twigs, citrus fruits will reign in the room for a long time.

Undoubtedly, everyone wants every room, even a corridor, to look beautiful, but here you should know when to stop. It is important that the decor items are combined with each other. Going into the house, guests should immediately feel the festive atmosphere, so you need to decorate the hall for the New Year.

In this room you should not hang a lot of garlands, it is enough to put a composition of small fir branches.Cones covered with white, silver or gold paint, candles and glass beads will complement the festive composition. Ordinary branches covered with white paint placed in a transparent vase will look very organic.

Any hostess on the eve of the New Year is trying to do everything so that the festive table was decorated in the most colorful way. On the table should lay a beautiful tablecloth, put the appropriate color or theme napkins. The anticipation of the holiday is already felt in everything, so it is important to arrange dishes for the celebration in an unusual way. Beautiful and original cutting of fruit, meat delicacies and cheese, exquisite serving of dishes will be the final chord before the feast.

It is difficult to imagine the New Year holidays without the beauty of the forest. Tradition to decorate it came from ancient times. It is customary to buy a large fluffy Christmas tree, which is placed in the central part of the room or in another convenient place for general viewing. Under the main tree, gifts are usually folded, which are waiting in the wings in bright, shiny packages. If there is no big Christmas tree, you can put a small artificial tree or make a composition of fir branches.

It is very good when there is a living coniferous tree in the yard. It can be decorated with a shimmering garland and flashlights. On a live Christmas tree, you can hang up postcards with wishes for each guest or forfeits with tasks. Such an original decoration will definitely be remembered, and besides, guests will be able to have fun, fulfilling desires.

To make the decor more interesting, you can create toys on the Christmas tree with your own hands. They will be able not only to decorate the house, but also to give the room a special atmosphere, to add bright accents to the decoration of the rooms. For such work will be needed:

• scissors;
• color paper;
• PVA glue;
• Christmas tinsel;
• braid, lace;
• beads, beads, pearls.

To decorate the tree, you can use not only tinsel and balls. It will be very interesting to look at spruce toys made of natural materials and fabrics. The toys can be sewn from felt of different colors or even knitted from threads. Knitted little animals or snowmen look very cute. The Christmas tree will be decorated with large balls made using decoupage technique.

Unusual toys can be made from foam. Foam balls wrapped with shiny paper, decorated with sequins or even sprinkled with semolina. It will look good on the tree garlands of paper, they can be alternated with such balls. You can make original jewelry using quilling technique. Openwork snowflakes and patterns can be a highlight of the New Year composition. And how unusual will be the usual bulbs painted with stained glass paints on the New Year's theme.

To capture the most interesting moments of the holiday, it is worth preparing a photo zone in advance. You should choose a suitable place for this, adhering to several rules:

• the place for photographing must be at least 2 m wide;
• Do not make a photo zone on the aisle or near the festive table;
• no need to install it in front of the mirror, otherwise the photographer will be visible in the photo;
• to get a high-quality image, the area should be well lit.

A great idea would be to install near a small table area,on which lay out various details. It can be mustache, wigs, masquerade masks, glasses. Perhaps there will be many who want to make such a fun photo. Place for photo zones should be beautifully decorated. You can decorate the area in a romantic style.

Whatever style is chosen, it is necessary that the main culprit of the holiday - the Christmas tree - be present in the zone. Instead of a Christmas tree, you can put fir branches. The use of willow branches will also be useful. From them you can weave baskets for treats and fruit. The photo zone should be well lit, so you should add illumination and hang a garland.

For the New Year's design of the house to be bright, fabulous and original, it is important to adhere to a certain style. Do not hang New Year's attributes if they are not combined with each other. At registration of the room two colors will look harmoniously, they will be the main ones in the decor. The most popular options can be considered a combination of gold with red and blue with silver. Although there are other, no less interesting options for the design of rooms.

• The original way to decorate the window for the celebration.
• Beautifully decorated pine needles and cones.
• Fireplace decoration for the celebration.
• Glowing garland complements New Year's décor.
• Christmas salads and treats.

If you want to learn how to make Christmas decorations with your own hands, then the following video is for you.