Making something for the New Year is easier than it seems. Website “Mom can do anything!” put together a selection of simple, but very effective and beautiful crafts, which are easy to make with children for the holiday. And thanks to the description and photo master class, it will be easy to make them. They will decorate your home for the holiday, and they can also be taken as a New Year's craft to a kindergarten or school.

Small Christmas trees in five minutes.

1. Cover the cardboard on both sides with double-sided tape.
2. Cut out equilateral triangles from it.
3. Remove the protective strip from the tape and wrap the threads around the Christmas tree.
4. Sew beads and loop. The Christmas tree is ready!

Asterisks

A simple card made together with the children.

We've all had to sharpen pencils, but few people thought that pencil peelings can also be used to make crafts. Glue them onto paper in the shape of a Christmas tree, add a trunk and a star - the card is ready!

Small Christmas trees:

Snowman made of cotton pads.

1. Take two cotton pads and sew their edges with thread.
2. Use glue to fasten them together.
3. Make a scarf from threads.
4. Glue the buttons.
5. Make handles from wire.
6. Add a triangular nose.
7. Paint the eyes and mouth.
8. Glue the cardboard hat.

Christmas tree decorations from corrugated cardboard.

Easy to make from corrugated cardboard in different colors original jewelry to the Christmas tree. Stars, Christmas trees, circles of different sizes will look great.

Christmas tree forest.

You can make such a forest in literally five minutes. All you need is paper, a wooden skewer, a hole punch and a base. Wooden circles, plastein, or a pot of sand are used as the base.

A few more ideas for New Year's crafts

Very soon the most long-awaited and beloved holiday will come - New Year. The most far-sighted people buy gifts for family and friends in advance, and the most creative people make them with their own hands. Various crafts and New Year's toys, and various decorations, and cards - whatever your heart desires! In this article we will once again look at options for making New Year's crafts.

New Year's crafts from scrap materials

In fact, there is nothing more pleasant than receiving a gift made with your own hands. Such gifts indicate special attention from the donors; they contain a piece of human warmth. You can make not only gifts with your own hands, but also decorations for your home and street that will create a magical Christmas mood. Today we will tell you about the most interesting ideas for New Year's crafts.

Christmas tree made of buttons

A real New Year's interior is unthinkable without a Christmas tree. We suggest making a creative Christmas tree from scrap materials that will decorate your home.

Every housewife has a box with a variety of buttons that will be an excellent material for a future Christmas tree.

You will need:

• Cardboard, preferably green;
• Buttons of different diameters;
• Glue;
• Scissors.

Description of work:

We roll a cone out of thick cardboard and glue the edges together - this is the basis for our Christmas tree. Then, in a chaotic order, glue the buttons onto the cone. It all depends on your imagination. If you want to get a cheerful Christmas tree, use multi-colored buttons; if you want to make a stylish thing, stick on buttons of two primary colors, for example, red and white, blue and white, and others. The Christmas tree can additionally be decorated with snowflakes, beads, etc.

Attention: You can stuff the cone soft cloth or cotton wool, and attach the buttons with pins. Such a tree will be more stable.

You can also make original ones from buttons Christmas decoration to the Christmas tree. But instead of a cone, you will need a foam ball (sold in craft departments) onto which buttons are glued. This ball can be hung on a ribbon. It can decorate not only a Christmas tree, but also, for example, a window opening.

DIY New Year's bead crafts

Homemade Christmas tree decorations, made with your own hands from beads, will be an excellent gift for loved ones. To make such a toy it is not necessary to have experience in bead embroidery or beadwork. Even a novice needlewoman can make simple but very beautiful bead crafts.

Bead crafts for the Year of the Rooster

A beaded cockerel can be a wonderful New Year's souvenir. To make it you will need:

• Beads of green, light green, red, blue, light blue, yellow;
• About 2 meters of brass wire;
• Scissors.

To make a cockerel, you need to master the parallel stringing technique and the “toward” technique. You need to start with the head, then make the body, not forgetting to leave wire for future legs and each feather. If you do everything right, you will get a funny cockerel that can become a keychain.

New Year's crafts from old light bulbs

Old light bulbs that have become unusable can be purchased with a new one, no less bright life. By showing your imagination, you can make magnificent Christmas tree decorations by painting light bulbs in the shape of funny snowmen or other fairy-tale characters, as well as making appliqués using glue and sequins, beads and other decorative elements.

Crafts from pine cones

A variety of crafts made from pine cones will become a real New Year's decoration, because pine cones are a natural material that is directly related to a living Christmas tree or pine tree.

Crafts made from pine cones to decorate your home and street

DIY tree made from pine cones

To make a decorative Christmas tree from pine cones you will need:

• Thick cardboard green or brown;
• Cones (preferably pine);
• Glue gun;
• Decorations;
• Spray paint in gold or silver color.

We make a cone from thick cardboard and glue the edges. This Christmas tree will turn out to be heavy, so for stability it is better to glue a circle of cardboard to the base of the cone. Then glue the cones onto the cone using a glue gun. You need to start from the bottom and glue the cones, leaving no gaps between them. It is necessary to stick large cones at the bottom, and smaller ones closer to the top. This way the craft will look harmonious.

Now the most enjoyable part is the decoration. If you wish, you can paint the tree gold, silver or any other color using spray paint. When the paint is dry, glue on the decorations. These can be multi-colored beads, sparkles, bows, small bells and more. You can unravel the string of beads and glue each bead separately onto the Christmas tree. It all depends on your imagination!

Using the same principle, you can make a ball of cones.

You will need:

• Styrofoam ball;
• Glue gun;
• Cones;
• Spray paint;
• Decorations.

Making this decoration is quite simple. It is necessary to stick the cones onto the foam ball as tightly as possible. Then you can paint the workpiece with spray paint, or you can leave it in in kind.

An interesting idea is to “powder” the ball with artificial snow from a spray can. This product can also be decorated to your liking with various decorations.

If you tie a ribbon to the ball, it will become a wonderful decoration for the ceiling (you can hang several of these balls). And if you put a ball on a stick and secure it in flower pot, you will get a beautiful New Year's tree.

New Year's wreath of pine cones

You can make a beautiful New Year's wreath from spruce and pine cones.

To do this you will need:

• Ready-made base for a wreath (sold in stores) or thick cardboard;
• Cones (spruce or pine);
• Glue gun;
• Satin ribbon of any color;
• Spray paint;
• Decorations.

For the wreath, we take a ready-made base or cut out a suitable blank in the shape of a wreath from thick cardboard. Then we glue the cones onto the base. Paint the wreath with gold or silver paint (if desired). We entwine our product with a ribbon of a contrasting color, decorate it with beads, rhinestones, bells, etc. An interesting idea: decorate the wreath with small artificial apples, tangerines, etc. (sold in specialized stores). This wreath will look truly homely and cozy.

Other options for crafts made from pine cones:

DIY New Year's crafts: patterns and diagrams

In order for your children not to get bored while waiting for the holiday, start making them simple crafts. Literally every child can make a snowman from old socks. To do this you will need:

• White socks:
• 2-3 buttons;
• Pins with black and yellow (or red) heads;
• Scarf fabric (or colored sock);
• Glue.

Cut the sock into two parts. We tie the upper part with thread and turn it inside out. We fill this bag with rice, tie it with thread, fill it with more rice and form a head. From black pins we make the snowman’s eyes, from yellow or red pins we make a nose. We make a hat and scarf from a piece of fabric or a colored sock, and sew on buttons. The cute snowman is ready.

Children's paper Christmas tree crafts

Even the smallest children can handle creating a paper Christmas tree from their palms. You will need:

• Colored paper and colored cardboard;
• Scissors;
• Glue;
• Pencil;
• Sample.

Cut out a triangular base for the Christmas tree and glue it onto a colored sheet of cardboard. Then we trace the child’s hand on a sheet of green paper and cut out the blank. There should be several such details. Glue the “palms” onto the base from bottom to top. The fingers should remain free. When the entire base is covered with palms, the Christmas tree is ready. All that remains is to glue the star to the top and decorate the craft if desired.

Crafts for the New Year from felt

Felt is an ideal material for crafts, as it is very pliable, easy to glue, and when cut, its edges do not crumble and do not require additional processing. The material is perfect for creating toys with small parts. Craft stores have a huge selection of felt of various colors and densities.

New Year's crafts from salty text

Children love to sculpt. Invite them to make New Year's crafts from salt dough. You will need:

• 2 cups of flour;
• 1 glass of salt;
• 250 g of water.

Knead the dough from the indicated ingredients. During cooking you can add vegetable oil, then the dough will not stick to your hands. Now you can sculpt toys. Here children's imagination is not limited. You can use cookie cutters to make Christmas trees and stars. If you make holes in them with a stick, you will get wonderful decorations for the Christmas tree. The blanks should be dried in the oven and then decorated as you wish.

The easiest option for children is to color the toys with colored markers. Various beads, ribbons, sparkles will also be used - whatever is at hand. As a result, you will get exclusive decorations for your Christmas tree, and the process of creating toys will delight you and your children.

DIY New Year's toy Cockerel

The coming 2017 will be the year Fire Rooster. Therefore, it’s time to start making a cute symbol of the year. It will be a pleasant surprise for your loved ones. Even a novice craftswoman can knit a heating pad for a teapot in the shape of a funny cockerel. This is the case when a gift will be both a pleasant and practical thing. For the heating pad you need to purchase:

• Yarn in red, blue, cream and yellow shades;
• Hook No. 3.

There is a huge number of all kinds of jewelry that you can do it yourself, together with the children. Further, these crafts can be used to decorate any room - home, garden, yard, etc. - or to give to others.

You can find out about several simple but original New Year's crafts here. Get inspired, create, use your imagination so that the holiday will be remembered with bright, pleasant moments.

Christmas decorations made from broken light bulbs

You will need:

Old light bulbs

Sequins

PVA glue

Brush

Thin thread (fishing line)

1. Use a brush to apply glue to the light bulb.

2. Start sprinkling glitter on top of the glue-coated light bulb.

3. Leave the craft to dry.

4. Cut a small piece of string and tie or glue it to a light bulb so that the toy can be hung on the Christmas tree.

New Year's paper crafts. Cup of cocoa for the Christmas tree

You will need:

Rolls from toilet paper or paper towels

Plain, colored (brown) and wrapping paper

Paper napkins

Tubes

PVA glue

Water in a plastic cup

Thread to hang on the Christmas tree

Stationery knife

New Year's craft scheme

1. Prepare several paper cylinders. The height of one cylinder will be equal to the height of a mini coffee cup, so choose the size that suits you.

2. Cut out circles from cardboard. For each cup you need 2 circles: one the same diameter as the cylinder (just circle the cylinder), and the other a little smaller to fit inside the cylinder. The large circle will be the bottom of the cup.

3. Prepare some brown paper and cut out a circle with a larger diameter than the small white circle you previously cut out. Glue this piece into the middle of the brown circle. Set aside for now.

4. Prepare a white cardboard sheet. Wrap the cylinder completely with this sheet. Cut off the excess parts, but leave 1 cm at the edges to make small cuts and glue the paper to the cylinder with PVA glue (see pictures).

5. Cut out a circle from a white sheet of cardboard to cover the bottom of the cylinder.

6. Take the reserved brown circle glued on top of the large white circle, apply a little glue to the edges and insert it into the mug, gluing the blank. There will be nothing wrong if the workpiece is glued unevenly.

7. Prepare a needle and use it to make a small hole in the top of the mug so that you can thread it and hang it on the tree.

8. Let's make a handle. To begin, prepare a toothpick and cut pieces of the same width from the sheet (lengthwise).

8.2 Soak the paper tubes in water to make them easier to bend.

8.3 Once you have bent the tubes into a C shape, leave them to dry. To keep them in shape, you can attach them with a button to foam plastic or plywood.

9. Take stationery knife, and cut the paper handles for the cups so that they can be easily glued.

10. Let's decorate. Crumple a small piece paper napkin(you can roll it into a rose shape) and glue it to the cocoa - this will be the cream.

10.1 Also cut a small piece of plastic tube, glue it to a piece of paper first and wait until the glue dries.

10.2 Carefully separate the tube and the paper circle covering it from the sheet. Now it’s very easy to glue the tube to the cup.

The cup is ready, you can decorate your Christmas tree or room with it.

Crafts for the New Year for children. House for sweets

You will need:

House template

Scissors

Stationery knife

Double tape

Ruler

1. Print out the house template.

* You can draw a similar sketch of the house yourself and then follow the instructions.

2. Cut out the required parts. Use a utility knife to cut out the windows of the house.

3. Bend the house along the dotted lines. To make it easier, you can use a ruler and a tool to fold the cards and boxes, but this is not necessary.

4. Connect everything using double tape.

5. Decorate as desired.

6. Add sweets to the house and you can give it to friends, relatives, and guests.

* You can print this house on paper of different colors, and you will get many houses of different bright colors.

New Year's crafts made from felt. Holiday skates.

You will need:

Yarn (thread)

Glue (preferably a hot glue gun)

Scissors

Glitter glue

Padding

1. First you need to draw a shoe and cut it out on paper with a blade.

2. “Separate” the boot from the blade with scissors.

3. Place the boot on the felt and cut out the shape (you need 2 halves of the boot). Repeat the same action with the blade.

4. You can, if desired, make pompoms from yarn. For beauty, you can decorate the pompoms with sparkles.

5. Add more glitter to the places where the laces should be. Their arrangement should resemble the letter V.

6. After the glitter glue has dried, glue both halves of the shoe together by inserting a felt blade between them.

7. Don't forget to cut and glue the heel.

8. Glue pompoms to the toe of the shoe.

9. Start filling the shoe with cotton wool or universal filler (sewing padding polyester).

10. You can put small surprises, sweets, etc. on top of the shoe.

New Year's crafts master class. Snowflake for Christmas tree

You will need:

PVA glue

Glue gun

Wax paper

Dish detergent

Sequins

Brush

1. Draw a snowflake on paper - you can search the Internet for a simple but beautiful image.

2. Prepare a glue stick, glue gun and wax paper. Place wax paper on top of the snowflake you drew. Coat the paper with dish soap (you can mix it with a little water).

3. Using a glue gun, trace the image of a snowflake (draw a snowflake with glue). Leave the glue to dry.

4. Carefully peel the snowflake from the hardened glue from the wax paper. If some paper remains on the snowflake, try washing it under cold water to remove any remaining paper.

* Places where the snowflake may not be firmly secured, add more glue and leave to dry. You can also add a second layer of glue just in case, regardless of whether there are weak spots or not.

5. Using a brush, apply a thin layer of regular PVA glue and sprinkle glitter on top of the snowflake.

6. Glue a loop of string to the snowflake so you can hang it on the tree.

Children's New Year's crafts. Decorating Christmas tree toys

You will need:

Strand (for stuffing)

Acrylic paint

Small brushes

Plain plastic or glass beads (no design or pattern)

1. Fill the ball with a strand.

2. You can color the New Year's ball as you like. In this example, a penguin was made from a ball.

3. To draw a penguin, you need to completely paint one half of the ball with blue paint, and paint the other half as shown in the picture (leaving space for the face and eyes).

4. Draw the eyes. Use thin brushes. Wait for the paint to dry and make your eyes sparkle by adding white paint.

5. Draw the beak (small orange triangle drawn with the top of the head facing down).

6. For the paws, draw one more triangle, but larger.

* You can also draw a snowflake.

Crafts for the New Year (photo). Another option for decorating Christmas balls

1. Apply glue to the ball.

2. Sprinkle or "dip" the ball in salt.

3. Leave to dry.

*You can apply glue in the shape of a snowflake.

Useful tips

To decorate on New Year Christmas tree, table or house, it is not necessary to purchase various toys and decorations - you can make many different original New Year’s crafts with your own hands.

You will only have to purchase a few simple things (paper, cardboard, skewers, ribbons) and tools. You may already have many of these at home.

Read also:How to make a beautiful SNOWFLAKE

Here you will find interesting ideas and instructions for creating beautiful crafts for the New Year:

Easy crafts for the New Year: candy canes

Even though the instructions are long, this craft is very easy to make.

You will need:

Felt in different colors

Hot glue, super glue or PVA glue

Ribbon or string (to hang the decoration)

Toothpicks, skewers or other parts that will act as lollipop sticks.

1. Cut one strip from each sheet of felt. You can choose its dimensions yourself, but in this example the length of the strips varies from 17.5 to 30 cm, and the width is 1 cm.

* For one lollipop you will need 6 strips. In this example, 2 stripes are used for each of the 3 selected colors.

2. Place all 6 strips on top of each other. Remember that as you roll the strip into a tube, some will start to stick out and you will need to trim them. The strip that is inside the tube will be the shortest, and the outside will be the longest.

* You can cut the strips with scissors as you twist them, or you can cut the necessary strips in advance (approximate length of each strip: 17.5, 20, 22.5, 25, 27.5, 30 cm).

3. Start rolling the strips, adding a little glue between them. Finally, make sure that the outer strip is longer than all the others. Glue the ends of the strips together.

4. Using hot glue, glue the stick to the resulting candy. If desired, you can paint a toothpick or skewer white acrylic paint.

5. Glue or sew ribbon to the back of the candy so it can be hung on the tree.

New Year themed crafts: Christmas tree made from wine corks

To get the required number of wine corks, you don’t have to buy wine; you just need to order the corks on the Internet or in a store.

You will need:

Wine corks (26 corks were used in this example)

* Instead of corks, you can use cardboard or wooden thread spools.

* If you replace the plugs with toilet paper rolls, then by painting them you will also get required material for the Christmas tree. In this case, the Christmas tree will turn out larger than a Christmas tree made from corks.

PVA glue

Hot glue or superglue

Paints or glitter (to paint plugs or bushings)

Twine and a cardboard toilet paper tube (for the stump on which the Christmas tree will stick).

1. Paint the corks with acrylic paint or, best of all, apply PVA glue and sprinkle glitter on top.

2. After painting the corks (reels), glue them together in a pyramid (see image) using hot glue or superglue.

* It is advisable to glue one row of corks first, then another, and so on until you have the required number of rows. After that, simply glue all the rows together.

3. Cut part of the cardboard tube from the toilet paper, start wrapping it with twine, adding PVA glue to help the twine stick better. You've got a stump.

4. Using hot glue, glue the stump to the tree.

You can glue a button, ribbon, toy or paper star, or a small suitable object in an arc to the top of your head.

Crafts for the New Year (step-by-step photo instructions): snowflakes from clothespins

You will need:

Regular wooden clothespins

Small decorative clothespins (optional)

Medium clothespins (optional)

White acrylic paint

Sponge brush

Glitter, fake snow or salt

PVA glue

Thin wire.

* In this example, 6 clothespins of each size are used to make one snowflake. Therefore, purchase the required quantity and better with a reserve.

1. First, get rid of the spring mechanisms on the clothespins.

2. Paint all the clothespins.

3. Using hot glue or superglue, glue large clothespins together to form a snowflake (see image).

4. Glue medium ones on top of large clothespins, and stick small ones on top of medium ones.

5. Cover the resulting decoration with PVA glue and sprinkle glitter, artificial snow or salt on top. You can also use decorative snow (spray).

6. Thread a wire or ribbon through the hole in the clothespins to create a loop to help hang the clothespin.

Crafts for the New Year on the Christmas tree: patterns from puzzle pieces

You will need:

Small parts from old puzzles

Acrylic paint (in this example red, green and white)

Tassels

PVA glue or hot glue

Twine or thin ribbon

Small bell (optional)

Various decorations (optional).

You can create several variations of wreaths and other Christmas tree decorations from puzzle pieces, and here are some of them:

Puzzle candy

1. First, paint a few parts that you are going to use for the craft. In this example, 6 parts were painted red and 6 white.

2. When the paint is dry, use PVA glue to connect the parts together.

3. All that remains is to add the ribbon. If you have a hole between two puzzle pieces, insert the tape through it, and if there is none, just glue it, staple it, or make a hole with scissors.

Puzzle wreath

1. First glue all the parts together to make a circle (wreath).

2. Paint the parts in the desired color.

* If desired, after the paint has dried, you can paint some details in a different color.

3. You can attach a bell to the wreath. Thread the ribbon through the bell and then through the wreath and you can decorate your Christmas tree.

The best crafts for the New Year: New Year's candles

You will need:

Cardboard rolls for paper towels and toilet paper

* In this example we used: 3 bushings of 30 cm, 2 bushings of 20 cm, 3 bushings of 15 cm, 2 bushings of 10 cm, 1 bushing of 5 cm. But you can use other sizes by cutting some of the bushings.

Electrical tape or tape

Hot glue

Spray paint or acrylic paint

Battery-powered electric candles

Sequins

PVA glue.

1. Glue the sleeves together to form one large candlestick.

2. Using electrical tape, adhesive tape or tape (preferably double-sided), attach the spark plugs to the bushings.

3. Use hot glue on the sleeve to imitate candle wax. Squeeze the glue to create large and small drips of wax.

You can make several layers of “wax” - first apply one, wait until it dries, and then apply the second one on top.

*You will need a lot of glue.

*Hot glue may create unwanted "threads". They can be cut with scissors or melted with a hair dryer.

4. Prepare acrylic paint and start painting the entire candle holder from cardboard sleeves. Choose the color yourself.

5. When the paint is dry, cover the candle holder with PVA glue and sprinkle glitter on top of it.

6. Apply PVA glue to the lower part of the candlestick (the lower parts of the bushings) and glue it to a paper plate so that the structure holds better.

7. Using hot glue, attach tinsel or garland to the candle holder and plate. You can add other decorations, such as a toy bird, artificial berries and flowers, ribbons, stars and beads.

Crafts for the New Year with children: New Year's lights from cardboard tubes

You will need:

Cardboard toilet paper rolls (their number depends on the number of lights)

Twine

Colored paper or colored cardboard

Hot glue or PVA glue

Scissors.

1. First, all the bushings need to be pressed down.

2. Cut each bushing into pieces (rings) 5-7 mm wide.

3. Glue the rings to the colored cardboard.

4. Trim the glued rings.

5. Now all the resulting lanterns need to be connected with twine.

To do this, the twine can be glued directly to the lanterns (with reverse side colored cardboard).

* Or you can cut out small rectangles from cardboard or paper, bend them in half and glue them to the lanterns. Next, glue twine to these rectangles, bend them and glue the ends.

Lanterns can be hung on the Christmas tree or used to decorate your home or other objects.

Creative DIY crafts for the New Year: burlap Christmas tree

You will need:

White jute burlap (decorative, for needlework)

*You can use other fabric, such as linen.

Scissors

Double-sided tape

Cone (you can buy foam or make it yourself from paper)

To learn how to make a cone, check out our article:Paper cone .

1. Cut the fabric into wide strips - about 5 cm.

2. With double sided tape Start gluing the strips around the cone, from bottom to top (see image). Each subsequent strip should slightly overlap the bottom strip.

* If necessary, use scissors to shorten the length of the strips.

*Adjust the fabric to make it lie the way you like.

3. The Christmas tree can be placed on a small pot, which can be filled with artificial snow, pebbles or sand.

* You can decorate the Christmas tree by gluing various decorations to it (using PVA glue or hot glue) - pompoms, stars, buttons, etc.

You will need:

Small fir branches(preferably artificial)

Artificial berries

Small tray.

1. First place the tray on a flat surface. Add spruce branches to the sides.

2. Now add the pine cones. They can be placed on top of the branches.

3. Continue adding pine cones to the tray, distributing them however you like.

4. Add a few more spruce branches between the cones.

5. Now you can add a few branches with artificial berries.

*If desired, some parts can be attached using hot glue.

* You can also sprinkle this New Year's decoration with artificial snow, salt or glitter, and to make this “snow” stick well, you can lightly coat the top of the cones with PVA glue.

Homemade crafts for the New Year: elegant spruce wreath

You will need:

Wreath (you can buy ready-made or make it yourself)

To find out how you can make a wreath with your own hands, visit our articles with detailed instructions: DIY New Year's wreath and DIY Christmas wreath

Decorative snow (spray and in regular form)

* As an alternative to decorative snow, you can use salt and PVA glue. Place the wreath on the table and apply glue to the top part, then sprinkle generously with salt.

Candles (battery-powered decorative candles can be used) of various sizes

Decorative branches (preferably white)

Round tray (you can use a board).

1. Place the wreath on a flat surface and sprinkle its top branches with decorative snow. After this, wait until the “snow” dries and hardens.

2. Place the snow wreath on a round tray, board or even cardboard.

3. Place candles in the center of the composition. To make candles look beautiful, try to place an odd number - 3 or 5, for example.

4. Now add white decorative sprigs.

5. Add decorative snow or a few piles of salt to the base of the candles.

Cool crafts for the New Year: table decorations

You will need:

Christmas balls

Superglue or hot glue

Decorative twigs and berries.

1. Remove the fasteners from the ball.

2. Apply glue to the branches in those places that will come into contact with the neck of the New Year's ball.

* You can fill the balloon with water so that you can insert a real flower or a couple of real spruce branches into it for scent.

DIY craft ideas for the New Year: a simple star made from ribbon

You will need:

Small board (plywood)

Small nails or screws

Chalk, marker or pencil

Bright ribbon

Scissors.

1. Draw a regular 5-pointed star on the board.

2. Nail or screw screws to the ends of the drawn star.

3. Starting from the top point, begin wrapping tape around the nails (screws) along the lines of the drawn star. You can tie a bow on top. Use scissors to cut off the excess tape.

Craft for kindergarten for the New Year: ice cream for the Christmas tree

You will need:

Corrugated paper or thin wrapping paper

Brown colored paper or cardboard or paper bag

Scissors

PVA glue

Thread and needle (if necessary)

Thread or ribbon (to hang the toy on the Christmas tree).

1. Make small cones out of paper or cardboard. To do this, cut out a circle (in this example, the diameter of the circle is 12 cm). Cut the circle in half and roll each of the resulting semicircles into a cone, gluing the ends together.

You will find more detailed instructions for creating a cone in our article: Paper cone.

2. Crumple a few pieces corrugated paper or thin colored paper so that you get small balls - these will be balls of paper ice cream.

3. If you want to hang your decoration, then thread a thread and a needle through the center of the paper ball. Secure the ends of the thread in place with glue and trim off the excess.

*If you want to use ribbon, just glue it to the cone and you can hang it on the tree.

4. Apply glue to the bottom of the paper ball and glue it to the cone. You can also apply glue to the edge of the cone.

The ice cream is ready and you can decorate the Christmas tree with it.

How to make a craft for the New Year (video): a snowman from a sock

The New Year is such a bright and long-awaited holiday that you want to prepare for it in advance. Moreover, there are things that simply need to be taken care of the day before. For example - gifts, home decor and Christmas tree decorations self made, which take a lot of time to create, especially if a lot of them are required. If you decide to prepare original New Year's crafts with your own hands, then start right now - time is running forward, without looking back, 2017 will come very soon.

DIY New Year's interior

The beauty of this holiday is that New Year's Eve you can afford what's in common days it will seem strange. This applies in particular to interior design. If an abundance of bright colors, glitter and tinsel on weekdays is considered bad manners, then on the eve of a holiday this is exactly what is needed to create a fabulous atmosphere.

And don’t forget about garlands - a mandatory attribute of the New Year. They can be made from anything.

Garlands can be made from anything

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Original chair covers

Of course, not everyone has the strength or the means to completely change the situation on the occasion of some event. important event, but this is not necessary. It is enough to limit yourself to textiles and a few themed accessories that you can easily make with your own hands if you have at least some skills in needlework.

Even an inexperienced seamstress can sew such funny chair covers in the shape of Santa Claus hats for the Year of the Rooster. To do this, you need to cut out two red rectangles in accordance with the width of the back of the chair, cut off the top third of the fabric at an angle, sew them together and decorate them with white piping and a pompom.

Chair covers will be created immediately festive atmosphere

A way to hide diverse furniture

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Unexpected solution for the table

When it comes to table decoration, the first thing that comes to mind is beautiful tablecloths, napkins, and dishes. If you decorate the table in the way suggested in the photo, then your household and guests will definitely be delighted.

Gaiters will make the table silent when moving

This decor has another undeniable advantage - a piece of furniture in New Year's shoes can be easily and silently moved, without even lifting it and without the risk of damaging the floor covering. And to create unusual beauty, you just need to buy leggings of a suitable color in the store and sew the simplest shoes from colored felt.

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Christmas wreath - mood from the doorway

To ensure that every guest gets into the spirit of the New Year holidays right from the door, hang a Christmas wreath on the front door. To make a wreath from pine or fir cones you will need:

• base for a wreath (sold at any craft store);
• glue gun;
• ribbon to hang decor.

If you do not have the opportunity to buy a ready-made base, it can be created from thick cardboard and foam rubber. If you want to make your wreath a little snowy, spray paint the pine cones. You need to glue the cones close to each other so that the base is not visible. The finished wreath can be hung on a wide contrasting ribbon.

If you have accumulated a lot of wine corks, feel free to start making jewelry. Using a glue gun, you need to thickly glue the corks onto the base for the wreath, placing them randomly in several layers. You can decorate the 2017 New Year's craft at your own discretion.

Shocking cork wreath

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Garlands from scrap materials

A garland can be made from anything. Most New Year's material for creativity - Pine cones. To make it you will need:

• cones of different sizes;
• long strong rope;
• screw pins for making jewelry (represents a ring with a stem and thread).

The cones can be painted or varnished, but it is better to leave them in their natural form. Screw a pin into each pine cone. Place the first pine cone on the rope and secure with a knot. Continue stringing and pinning pine cones at 20 cm intervals until you get the garland of the desired length.

An unobtrusive garland of natural materials

If you are handy with a needle and thread, sewing a simple sock bag will not be difficult. For New Year's decor Socks sewn in a patchwork style, decorated with snowflakes, lace and frills, are perfect. If you decorate all the socks differently, the garland will look colorful and cute.

Colorful pointy socks

Red and white – classic

Many people remember the garland-chain from the times kindergarten. Only then they made it from colored paper and glued it with PVA glue. All kinds of ribbons of different colors, textures, patterned or plain will add pretentiousness to such a simple garland. Prepare the material:

• ribbons (satin, silk, grosgrain, braid);
• glue gun

Cut all the ribbons into strips 10 cm long. Connect each link of the chain to the previous one and secure with a drop of hot glue.

You can decorate a room or a Christmas tree with a bright chain

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How to beautifully decorate a candlestick for the New Year

Burning candles are an integral attribute of the New Year holidays. It’s not for nothing that they say that you can watch how a fire burns endlessly. Making candlesticks from pine cones for the New Year 2017 is very simple. You will need:

• knife or pruning shears;
• glitter;
• PVA glue;

First you need to remove it with pruning shears or sharp knife the top of the cone. Then coat each remaining scale with glue and sprinkle with glitter, and when the glue dries, brush off the excess glitter with a brush. The candlestick is ready, all that remains is to place a candle in it and do not forget about fire safety.

So simple but very cute

Cinnamon is the most New Year's spice. It can not only be added to baked goods, but also used for New Year's decor. Take a glass glass or any jar. Cover its surface with cinnamon sticks using a glue gun. Make sure the chopsticks are higher than the glass. The final touch is a ribbon or string for decoration.

Aromatic spice cinnamon

Those who know how to knit can show their talent in making candle decorations. Simple knitted “muffs” with braid patterns will make the most ordinary New Year’s candle. You can combine several plain candles or decorate your knitting with Scandinavian winter patterns- deer and snowflakes.

Clothes for a candle - what could be more comfortable?

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Snow globe - New Year's fairy tale in a jar

Making a glass ball with snow is very simple. For the classic version you will need:

• jar with lid;
• glue gun;
• glycerol;
• artificial snow (chopped tinsel, polystyrene foam, stars, sparkles);
• New Year's decor.

First the lid is decorated. All the Christmas trees, houses, Santa Clauses, deer and everything your heart desires are installed on it. All this is fixed with hot glue. Then you need to pour glycerin diluted with water in a 1:1 ratio into the jar. Lubricate the threads of the lid with glue and tighten tightly. The snow globe is ready.

Snow-covered Christmas tree - traditional design

Blue spruce - a fresh solution

A snow globe from a wine glass is made using the same principle, but instead of a lid, a circle of thick cardboard is used. It needs to be glued to the edge of the glass with a glue gun. Make the cardboard bottom slightly larger in diameter than the glass itself. Protruding edges can be decorated with sparkles.

The snow-covered composition in a glass looks elegant

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Festive menu - surprise guests with the design of dishes

When creating a holiday menu for guests, remember the main thing - everyone has become tired of ordinary salads and potatoes over the course of the year. And even if you cannot afford red, black and overseas eggplant caviar on the table, believe me, there is always a way out of the situation! It is enough to decorate the same familiar dishes beautifully and unusually - and they will already seem to taste different.

How do you like this presentation of the simplest creamy dessert “Bird's Milk”, prepared for the Year of the Rooster? Agree, in glasses with colorful cookies instead of a lid, it looks amazing and evokes an incredible appetite!

Neither children nor adults will refuse this dessert.

And here's to you interesting option another decoration for the sweet table. All you have to do is bake shortbread cookies of different sizes and fold them into a Christmas tree shape, gluing them together with whipped egg white icing that imitates snow.

A Christmas tree made from shortbread cookies will undoubtedly decorate the table.

New Year is one of the few holidays in which champagne is an integral attribute. Raising glasses of sparkling drink to the chimes has already become an unchanging tradition. So give this ritual a little chic and shine! To do this, just dress up boring bottles in a shiny outfit: coat them with glue and generously sprinkle with multi-colored sparkles or beads.

Sparkling sparkling champagne in New Year's suit

You can easily turn the most ordinary cupcakes into a mini Christmas tree using a pastry syringe and strawberries. Moreover, you don’t even have to bake them – store-bought cupcakes without frosting are quite suitable. Place a strawberry on top of each and decorate with green buttercream or egg white cream using a star-shaped syringe attachment.

Guests will love cupcakes with a surprise

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Create the holiday spirit with little things

To make the holiday truly a success, you should not lose sight of even the smallest details when preparing. Sometimes they are able to set a joyful tone much more effectively than something global. Cute decorative little things in the setting, small souvenirs for all guests are a guarantee that everyone will have good mood. Here are some craft ideas for the New Year 2017.

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Santa Claus's helpers are fairy-tale elves

Cute fairytale elves made of felt and fir cones can become a multifunctional decoration. If you attach a loop to the cap, they turn into Christmas decorations, and if you attach a cardboard rectangle with the name of the guest to your hands, you will get funny seating cards that will fit perfectly into the decoration of the festive table.

Fairytale elves - multifunctional decoration

To make such funny little people, just a few cones and large wooden beads, a pair of bells or beads for a cap and several sheets of multi-colored felt.

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Sweet souvenirs made from candies and wine corks

If you are expecting many guests on New Year's Day, take care of small souvenirs for them, because on this magical night it is especially pleasant to receive surprises, even small ones. In this case, beautifully decorated delicious sweets are just what you need.

An original gift will delight guests

To create these cute Santa Clauses shown in the photo, you will need wine corks, some white acrylic yarn, red and black acrylic paint, tassels, white beads, small pompoms and glue.

The lower half of the cork should be painted with red paint, and on the upper part, draw eyes and glue a beaded nose. Using glue, glue a cone-shaped candy onto the top of the cork, and use threads to make a beard and edge on the candy cap.

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Forest beauty - use an alternative

Recently, more and more people, for various reasons, are refusing to install a natural Christmas tree, replacing it with artificial analogues. But don’t be trivial - replace the Christmas tree with a more creative alternative! For example, why not turn an ordinary hanger into a Christmas tree, as in the photo?

From a hanger to a Christmas tree - New Year's metamorphoses

Here are some examples of how you can make New Year's crafts with your own hands. In most cases, you won't even have to spend extra money.

Christmas tree made of candies on a paper cone

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Christmas tree lamp made from a cone

For such a miracle to appear in the house, it is enough to find in the bins a piece of paper, a decorative net from a hopelessly withered bouquet, glue, threads, various beads, ribbons and small toys. A sheet of paper should be rolled into a cone, glued well and decorated as your heart desires.

If you first make shaped holes in the paper and put an LED garland inside the cone, you will get a beautiful lamp that you won’t want to part with even after the New Year holidays are over.

To get another, more openwork version of the Christmas tree, you need to wrap multi-colored threads soaked in glue around a cone, and when they dry, remove the workpiece.

Two in one - a decorative item and a lamp

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Original patchwork Christmas tree

The next version of the New Year tree is good way using the scraps or scraps of beautiful paper that have accumulated in the craft drawer. A Christmas tree made from them does not require additional decoration.

To create this colorful miracle, you need to make a cone base and cover it with paper or fabric shredded branches cut using curly scissors. You should start gluing the parts from the bottom, and the very top can be crowned with some decorative bead. To ensure that the “branches” curl upward beautifully, it is recommended to slightly twist them with a pencil before gluing them.

A Christmas tree made from scraps will delight you with its colorfulness

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Christmas decorations - make something exclusive from scrap materials

The main symbol of the New Year is the Christmas tree. DIY Christmas tree decorations add coziness and make the holiday even more family-friendly. Christmas tree decorations are made from everything that comes to hand. Even an old light bulb can become a cute penguin or snowman if you paint it with paints. The base can be decorated with felt or woolen threads, imitating your character’s hat.

Cute penguin in a blue hat

Every family member will be pleased New Year's tree see a personalized Christmas tree ball. To create such a New Year's craft for the New Year 2017, just buy transparent white glass balls, print out a small photo of each household member and place it inside the toy, additionally decorating it with beads and ribbons.

Everyone will like personalized balloons

If you have a baby in your home, you can use a plaster cast of his tiny hand or foot to decorate the Christmas tree. You can make a cast yourself from building plaster, adding PVA to it for plasticity. It’s even easier to buy a ready-made kit for making prints. The memory will last a lifetime. Elements of children's clothing, such as mittens or felt boots, also look very cute on the Christmas tree. You don’t need to decorate them in any way, just hang them on the tree.

In a few years you won't believe his hand was so small

Cute wool mittens

For those who know how to knit, it will not be difficult to build such cute dolls from wooden beads and leftover yarn. Well, those who do not own knitting needles can donate an old knitted sweater in this case.

The dolls will look wonderful on the Christmas tree

At the heart of the Christmas balls next photo- foam ball. It can be covered with beautiful beads, rhinestones, decorated with soutache cord or covered with unusual fabric to ultimately obtain exquisite glamorous jewelry.

Glamorous toys for secular holiday

The New Year brings the most joy to children. During the New Year's holidays, allow children to participate in decorating the house and making their own New Year's crafts for the Christmas tree. Such cute hedgehogs and New Year's elves are made from ordinary pine cones and colored felt. The elf's head can be made from ping pong balls.

Forest dwellers - hedgehogs

Sleeping elves - Santa's helpers

Felt toys have been very popular lately. They are easy to sew and quite safe for kids. The edges of the felt do not fray, which makes this material easy to work with. And if you put sachets of herbs inside your jewelry, they will also fill your home with a pleasant aroma.

Safe and cute felt crafts for the New Year 2017

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Making gifts – everything unusual is nice

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Packing of New Year's surprises

We should also say something about gift wrapping. Of course, now in stores there is such a service for customers that, if necessary, they will not only pack your New Year’s gift, but also deliver it to your home. It’s beautiful, but not as nice as receiving a gift, knowing that the giver spent time not only choosing it, but also decorating it with his own hands. This can say a lot to the recipient.

Packing New Year's gifts, due to the specifics of the holiday, allows you to give free rein to your imagination. Here are some examples for inspiration that are easy to reproduce with your own hands.

To create a deer-shaped wrapper, you will need craft paper, colored cardboard and glue. You will have to tinker a little with cutting out the parts, but the result is worth it.

Such a wrapper will certainly be opened carefully

Jewelry or small jewelry can be presented to a lady in this unusual way - by hiding the surprise in a pre-peeled nut. And to make the effect of the gift stronger, watch the fairy tale “Three Nuts for Cinderella” together on the eve of the holiday, because what girl doesn’t want to feel like a princess.

An ideal gift solution for romantic girls

You can give your guests sweets by placing them in beautiful pyramid boxes that resemble a Christmas tree. It’s very easy to find a template for such a box; the main thing is to choose a beautiful designer cardboard.

Boxes can be made in one evening

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Useful little thing - gift tag

To ensure that your gift does not get lost among the others and gets to the right recipient, it is advisable to put a note on it with the name of the person for whom the gift is intended. It would seem like a trifle, but the label can also be issued in New Year's style.

The white cardboard label, decorated with cross-stitch, looks laconic and stylish. Draw a design on the cardboard with a simple pencil, and then pierce holes with a needle or awl. This will make embroidering more convenient. All you have to do is thread the thread through the holes.

Simple and beautiful

A small sprig of juniper or mistletoe can be rolled into the shape of an Advent wreath. This label looks fresh and natural. You can attach the branch with a glue gun.

Evergreens for gift decoration

Paper snowflakes are taught to cut out in early childhood. They can be used to decorate gifts for the Year of the Rooster. Use bright, monochromatic wrapping paper. This way a snow-white snowflake will look more impressive.

A small snowflake looks cute

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Homemade postcard - made with soul

Great addition To New Year's gift- postcard. A handmade postcard is an exclusive thing. Having several types of colored paper with a pattern, a red ribbon, scissors and a white sheet, you can make a cheerful card with three Christmas trees.

Draw a triangle on the base and cut out three such triangles for each Christmas tree. Combine different colors. Fold each triangle in half and glue it together as shown in the picture. Complete the design with red ribbon bows and a congratulatory inscription.

New Year cards You can also do it yourself with 3D figures. Draw and cut out a semicircle from colored paper. Fold it like an accordion. Repeat the operations, but the diameter of the semicircle should increase with each tier. Glue the edges of the accordions in order of size to the card.

3D Christmas tree made of plain paper

Cut out a triangle from green paper and a star from gold paper. Apply hot glue to the buttons and attach them to the herringbone triangle in any order. Decorate the composition with a gold star.

Buttons are an unusual material for a postcard

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Master class on creating a New Year's craft "House for a Cockerel"

This step-by-step master class New Year's crafts for the Year of the Rooster will help you make several toys or gifts in one evening. The basis is a plot with the symbol of the year, but if you want to diversify the Christmas tree, choose napkins with different pictures.

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Preparing materials for work

To create a house from wooden ice cream sticks you will need the following materials and tools:

• long flat ice cream sticks 2 pcs.,
• standard sticks – 6 pcs.,
• figured sticks – 5 pcs.,
• larch cones – 2 pcs.,
• pistachio shells – 5 pcs.,
• napkins, white twine, brocade ribbon, multi-colored sequins,
• white acrylic paint, varnish on water based,
• PVA glue, universal transparent glue “Dragon”,
• brushes, dish sponge, scissors.

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Step-by-step description and photos

On six standard sticks folded together horizontally, glue the long sticks vertically with transparent universal glue “Dragon”, 1 cm from the edge.

Glue the shaped sticks to finally form the house.

Cut off part of the sponge. Apply white acrylic paint to the wooden sticks and larch cones, lightly touching with a sponge. Paint over the middle of the house and the pistachio shells completely.

Paint the details

After the paint has dried, glue a loop of white twine to the back of the roof.

Carefully tear off the pair of birds you like from the top layer of decoupage napkins. Place a picture with a rooster and a chicken in the middle of the house, drop a little PVA glue and quickly spread it with a brush using movements directed towards the edge of the picture. Cover the shell with a layer of PVA glue and roll it in small glitter or simply paint it with colored acrylic paint.

After the glue has completely dried, cover the house with a layer of water-based varnish.

Protect the motif with varnish

While the varnish is drying, tie two larch cones and tie a bow from a brocade ribbon. Cut off the excess tape with scissors.

Tie the pine cones to the string loop on the back of the Christmas craft. Attach a brocade bow to the top using universal glue.

Attach decorated eggs made from pistachio shells with universal glue to the bottom of the house.

After the glue has completely dried, the house of ice cream sticks is ready.

New Year's craft for the year of the Rooster

Christmas tree decoration with your own hands

New Year's house for the Rooster on the Christmas tree

The list of crafts for the New Year 2017 can be continued endlessly. Here is only a small fraction of what you can create with your own hands for the holiday. The main goal of this collection is to inspire you to be creative and awaken your irrepressible imagination, so that something you came up with will be on the list of the best New Year’s handmade ideas next year.