On New Year's Eve, it's time to decorate your home to create a special festive atmosphere. Previously, snowflakes cut from white thin paper were glued to windows, but now it has become incredibly fashionable to cut out pictures and figures using the “pull-out” technique.
This kind of creativity is based on templates cut out of paper or cardboard. Whatman paper is also quite suitable for these purposes. Such decorations look very beautiful!
To carefully and accurately draw and then cut out the templates, you will need the following tools:
- A4 paper;
- a simple pencil;
- ruler;
- eraser;
- a special mat (a regular cutting board will do);
- special knife for paper (a simple stationery knife will do);
- thin nail scissors.
It is best to print the drawings using a printer. If you don’t have such a unit at hand, you can easily redraw the template you like using a computer. Just enlarge the drawing to the right size, using the Ctrl button and scrolling the mouse, then attach a sheet of white paper to the screen and trace the outline with a pencil. After this, place the sheet on the table and aim more clearly. The template is ready! All that remains is to cut out this miracle and stick it on the window with soapy water.
Stencils for windows: Father Frost and Snow Maiden
Small figures and his granddaughters Snow Maiden, you can decorate a window or make a wonderful composition on a windowsill or table. If you make the template larger, it is quite possible to decorate the walls.
Stencils for the New Year: Funny snowmen
Adorable snowmen are a must to decorate every New Year's home. It is very easy to cut out figurines of good-natured snowmen symmetrically, or you can make entire families of snowmen using templates and a stationery knife. A composition with a Christmas tree, a snowman and Santa Claus will also look beneficial on the window.
New Year's stencils: Christmas tree and nature
The Christmas tree can be cut out and pasted on the window as a silhouette, or you can make a symmetrical volumetric cutout and put our Christmas tree. To make a standing Christmas tree, you can glue two identical Christmas tree templates onto a round paper stand or fold each Christmas tree in half and glue them together.
Stencils for windows: Christmas tree decorations and balls
Christmas tree decorations can be easily cut out according to an individual template or in a symmetrical pattern. A similar decoration is used to complement the composition on the window, hang on christmas tree or attached with threads to a curtain or chandelier.
New Year's paper stencils: Snow-covered houses
Nothing will look as cozy and cute as a snow-covered house in a New Year's picture on your window. You can cut out a small hut or an ice palace, or you can place a whole village of small houses on the window. If you symmetrically cut out the silhouette of a city or village from thick paper or cardboard, and put a garland inside, you will get a magnificent backlit composition.
Stencils for the New Year: New Year's bells
With the help of wonderful stencils and templates you can cut out beautiful bells. Carved New Year or Christmas bells can be glued to the window as a cute addition to the composition of the Snow Maiden, Santa Claus, Christmas tree and snowy houses. You can also glue translucent paper (such as tracing paper) to the bell template. This bell can be used with a backlight effect.
Window stencils: Sleigh, cart, deer
Another New Year's fairy tale character is a deer. A team of reindeer delivers Father Frost and Snow Maiden to the appointed place. We present to your attention excellent templates for cutting out sleighs and deer. Such drawings will look great on the holiday windows of your home.
There are two ways to create joyful festive atmosphere in the house: visit a supermarket or New Year's fair to buy ready-made decor, or decorate the interior with window applications, paper toys and hand-made compositions. The most successful is considered a compromise option, in which factory-made garlands, candles and balls are complemented by unique handicraft garlands, toys and crafts.
Natural composition of dry branches
Used for making home crafts or painting on glass. various materials, which are easy to find in the bathroom or kitchen: toothpaste, pieces of soap, starch or flour for paste, tape. Toothpaste can be easily replaced with white gouache, but it has been used for a long time and willingly because suitable properties: even dried “Aquafresh” or “Silka” is easily washed off with clean water, and also has a slight pleasant smell.
If you don't have real balls, you can always draw them
In addition to adhesives and coloring compounds, everything that can be found in children's corner, school table or in a box with New Year's accessories:
- thick cardboard;
- colored paper;
- multi-colored foil;
- bugles and beads;
- beads and sequins;
- old Christmas decorations;
- pieces of fabric, yarn and leather;
- wooden and metal parts;
- tinsel;
- chains, etc.
The choice of material depends on the craft. For example, wonderful window decorations for the New Year are made from plain white paper. These are primarily snowflakes, Christmas trees and themed origami toys. Thick cardboard is useful for making stencils or templates for drawings on glass, and strips of colored paper are useful for a fun garland chain that can be used to decorate a window opening.
Paper Christmas trees and stars - traditional New Year's figures on the window
Permanent home “helpers” are usually used as tools:
- scissors;
- stationery knife;
- sewing needles (with a set of threads);
- brushes of all sizes;
- sponges;
- toothbrushes;
- wire cutters, etc.
Almost all of the listed tools and materials can be found at home, and if some are missing, they can be easily purchased at the store, spending a very modest amount.
How to decorate a window for the New Year
Usually, not one specific place in the apartment is decorated, but all or some rooms, so the decoration of windows for the New Year should be harmoniously combined with the decoration of the rest of the interior. This is expressed in the selection of identical shades, repeating motifs, patterns, and ornaments. Some people like the white and gold holiday color scheme, others like an abundance of red, and others like the combination of blue color with a silver tint. It’s better to start preparing when the main style has already been chosen and the palette has been determined.
Sometimes just white is enough
Paper decorations
If you have no experience in preparing for the holiday or don’t have enough free time, we offer the simplest and most advantageous option - decorating windows for the New Year from sheets of paper, white or colored. Even kids who have barely learned to hold scissors in their hands are happy to cut out snowflakes. Usually a simple but effective procurement scheme is used:
This is how you fold a sheet of paper to cut out a 6-sided snowflake.
You can come up with hundreds of beautiful openwork patterns, experimenting with trimming the edges of the workpiece. More experienced fans of preparing for the New Year have their own “branded” patterns, and beginners can borrow ready-made templates to start with:
To cut a realistic snowflake, you need to try
Complex circuits, but worth it
Original options for 8-, 6- and 4-gonal snowflakes
Cutting out a large number of snowflakes of different sizes and shapes, you can glue them to glass using paste or soap solution in different ways:
In the form of a New Year tree and in a chaotic order
The paper is also suitable for creating flat or three-dimensional compositions of houses, winter trees, animals, and fairy-tale characters.
New Year's industrial landscape on the windowsill and urban sketches on the glass
Drawings using templates and stencils
To make the hard work of amateur decorators easier, they came up with templates and stencils. Ready-made New Year's themed kits can be purchased in a store or downloaded from the Internet, and then printed and printed on New Year Use to transfer images to windows.
Christmas scene on the night window
How are templates different from stencils? The templates are outlined, and then the drawing is painted or left in its original form. Stencils are usually used immediately for painting, although you can also trace along the inner contour.
Spray technique using a stencil
In the photo instructions there is a mirror, but for transferring to window glass the same actions are performed.
Cut out a snowflake from paper (outlines of a house, animal, tree).
Using soapy water, glue the snowflake onto the window. You can also use ordinary water, because after painting the stencil will have to be peeled off immediately.
We dilute the toothpaste with a small amount of water, but so that it does not drain, but remains slightly thick. Take a toothbrush and dip it in the prepared solution.
Using your finger, we move the bristles of the brush and release it sharply so that the splashes purposefully fall in the area of the stencil. It looks beautiful when there are more splashes in the center, and they disperse along the edges.
Carefully peel off the paper stencil, being careful not to smear any splashes.
It turned out easy new year image snowflakes. To decorate a window with similar designs, you will need very little: half a tube of toothpaste, an old toothbrush and stencil paper.
When working with stencils, you can use a dishwashing sponge instead of a brush. We cut off a piece of soft foam rubber, roll it into a roll, and tie it with thread or tape to form a kind of “brush.” Then we blot the cutouts on the stencil.
Sponge technique
A few more fun stencils and templates for windows for the New Year:
Decorative pendants and garlands
It is customary to hang garlands everywhere: on the Christmas tree, on the walls, under the ceiling. They decorate the outside of houses, decorate trees in the garden and small architectural forms in the yard. Same for windows suitable decoration, because curtain rods are successfully used as a mounting point.
Garland of artificial greenery with pine cones and snowflakes suspended on threads
A garland can be made from anything, in fact it is various items, suspended on a thread or ribbon. Traditionally, light flags are strung on a thick thread or strong cord. christmas balls, stars, decorations made of beads or bugles. Children love to make lanterns or caps from colored paper and attach them to a string mixed with snowflakes and pieces of cotton wool to represent snow.
Luxurious natural composition against the background of homemade garlands
Instead of long garlands, you can use laconic but elegant decor - New Year's pendants made of Christmas tree decorations, tinsel and bugles.
Pendants made of Christmas balls on satin ribbons and a garland sparkling with gold and silver
Stars on the kitchen window, unexpected citrus decoration, hearts, dolls
DIY window sill decorations
To make the window truly beautiful for the New Year, according to tradition, not only the glass, but also the window sills are decorated. Fantasy lovers winter holiday knows no boundaries: along with the usual Christmas trees, Snow Maidens and Santa Clauses appear natural compositions made of branches and moss, romantic arrangements with candles, dollhouses covered in snow.
Remember the magical snow globe, inside of which, when you shake it slightly, real snow begins to fall? It is difficult to make such a toy with your own hands, but we will look at how to decorate a windowsill for the New Year using ordinary glass jars. Behind the glass, just like in that ball, is a small winter fairy-tale world with houses, forest animals and fir trees.
New Year's gifts under tin lids
There are two options for designing compositions in jars:
- at the bottom of a jar closed with a lid;
- on the lid of an inverted jar.
Both options are equally popular, but the second - with an inverted jar - is more often used if the vessel is too deep and it is difficult to reach the bottom. Arranging items on the lid is much easier.
Figurines under a glass cover
Brief instructions for making crafts from inverted cans:
- we find several glass jars of different sizes with screw-on lids;
- lay the inverted lids upside down;
- we place miniature figures of animals, snowmen, people, as well as Christmas trees, houses, etc. on the lids;
- we tighten the jars, checking that the figures are the right size;
- If the composition is successful, open the jars and glue the selected items.
Then we finally tighten the jars - original jewelry Ready for the windowsill for the New Year!
You can make beautiful candlesticks from the same glass jars. We paint glass walls by hand with paints that do not emit when heated. harmful substances, and place small candles inside the vessels. We decorate the upper part with bells, mini-garlands, and tinsel.
Magic lamps for the windowsill
Candlesticks with cones
New Year in glasses
Unusual and at the same time natural compositions are obtained from natural materials: cones, twigs of coniferous and deciduous trees, moss, acorns, dry grass, driftwood, etc. They go perfectly with artificial snow, serve as an excellent background for miniature figures of bullfinches, deer, hares, and bear cubs.
"Trees" from dry branches
You can build a snow-covered “tree” from dried branches and secure it in a jar or vase. To enliven the picture, we plant bullfinches, tits or woodpeckers on the branches. But since the tree is New Year’s, and therefore magical, anything you want can grow on it: gingerbread cookies and sugar gingerbread cookies, golden beads and small Christmas balls, keychains with photographs of relatives and just satin bows.
Just pine cones growing from little chocks
The composition can be made much brighter if the glass vase is replaced with a gilded bottle, and the branches, along with the decorations hung on it, are covered with sparkles. The easiest option is to buy decorative hairspray, silver or gold, and carefully treat each branch.
Both golden balls and red berries look festive
When we decorate a window sill for the New Year with our own hands, we always try to add something personal and individual, so homemade compositions look warmer, homely and family-friendly.
Candles and illuminations
Twinkling lights are an essential component of both a fun and mysterious winter holiday. Even simple white pictures on the windows for the New Year look different if they are illuminated with multi-colored garlands or candles. If the frame of a window made of Christmas tree or pine branches is enlivened with sparkling illumination, it will look much brighter and more positive.
The theme of lanterns-candlesticks is played out in an interesting way
To make candles look more status and solemn, they are placed in bronze or crystal candlesticks and decorated with tinsel, “rain” or beads. But there are many options when you can create a cozy and romantic atmosphere without pretentious candlesticks.
Candlestick “house”, which you can make yourself from a sheet of plywood and an exquisite vintage arrangement
Options for installing candles on the windowsill
Electric garlands are the most spectacular New Year's entourage. Neon, white, multi-colored lights turn even the most boring environment into a festive one. Often, thin threads of electric garlands are used to decorate the New Year tree, and they are also hung along the walls or from the ceiling. They look no less advantageous as decoration for windows and window sills.
Backlight winter composition on the windowsill
Pendants made of stars and a luminous branch in a vase
New Year's windows as part of interior design
When decorating a room for the New Year, you must adhere to the rule of proportionality. If you decide to decorate a chest of drawers, a window, a table in the center of the room, and even install a Christmas tree, then you need to do this extremely carefully. A large number of bright jewelry turns light festive the atmosphere is like a booth and quickly gets boring. Sometimes a simple design of window glass is enough.
Snowflakes with toothpaste instead of frosty patterns
You can create an unobtrusive festive backdrop using identical flickering electric garlands hung in different parts of the room.
Illumination of the room with electric garlands
Sometimes one barely noticeable touch reminds of the upcoming celebration.
Paper round dance from Christmas trees
WITH New Year's decor even the winter landscape becomes cozier and warmer.
Window to the terrace
With the help of festive decorations you can emphasize the style of the room.
Christmas color scheme in country style
Video: how to decorate windows for the New Year
Decorating windows for the New Year is useful, interesting and enjoyable. If you devote several evenings to this creative activity, then by the holiday the interior of the room will be magically transformed: snowflakes will appear on the glass, and fabulous compositions of homemade crafts will appear on the window sills.
The most popular and practical solution is to decorate windows for the New Year with your own hands. First of all, the idea comes to mind to cut out snowflakes and stencils of a suitable theme from paper.
What is relevant for the 2018 meeting? Of course, the dog who next year will be the hostess. In addition, any motives that are somehow related to the New Year, winter, or Santa Claus are suitable. More recently, such decorations were called simply or stickers, but today they are called the colorful word “vytynanki”.
To be fair, it should be noted that vytynanki are used not only for the New Year; their help is sought during celebrations:
- Halloween;
- Valentine's Day;
- March 8;
- birthday.
The approach of the New Year is evidenced by large decorated windows of restaurants and cafes, stained glass windows of beauty salons and ordinary offices. Well, of course, every owner wants.
Decorating windows for the New Year with vytynankas is today a separate direction in handmade techniques. A large number of forums, master classes and videos are devoted to this topic.
How masterpieces are created for windows
How to make vytynanka for the New Year? Window decoration is creative process, in which all family members can take part. As a rule, ordinary A4 paper is used to make stencils. But people with a creative approach choose other materials:
- Tracing paper.
- Foil.
- Metallized paper.
Snowmen and snowflakes on the windows are already quite boring, so it’s better to come up with a whole composition on a winter theme, where the main characters will be Father Frost and the Snow Maiden, a Christmas tree, handsome deer, bells, forest animals and gifts.
For creating New Year's stencils For windows, you can use pictures on the Internet that need to be printed. The master will need a standard set of tools, which includes:
- sharp manicure scissors (it is better to stock up on two options - with smooth and rounded ends);
- stationery knife;
- a simple pencil;
- ruler and patterns;
- eraser;
- glass board for modeling plasticine or other hard surface that will protect the table from cuts and scratches.
All large parts are cut using a stationery knife, and small elements are cut out with scissors.
Advice! You can draw pictures yourself, because not every Internet user has a printer. As a last resort, you can enlarge the image and, by attaching the sheet to the screen, simply copy the drawing.
Ways to use stencils
Stencils for can be used in different ways.
- Glue the cut out figure or the whole composition onto the glass using laundry soap or paste made from flour and water.
- A negative image can be obtained by applying a stencil moistened with water to the surface of the glass and applying a thick soap solution around it with a sponge or brush. After removing the stencil, you can correct the design with a regular toothpick.
- First, the main composition is painted on glass in gouache. When completely dry, the picture is completed with paper protrusions.
- From a new dish sponge and a toothpick you need to make a brush. Lightly dilute toothpaste with water, which in this situation acts as paint. When the pattern on the glass dries, it will resemble real snow.
To fix the stencil on the glass, some decorators use thin transparent tape. When creating a large composition, you need to follow some rules. For example, all three-dimensional details (Santa Claus, Christmas tree, houses, snow-covered meadows) are glued below. A flying reindeer team will find a place in the middle of the ensemble, closer to the left or right side.
Here you also need to take into account the direction of movement of the deer. The noses of noble animals should not rest against the frames of the window structure. The remaining elements of the picture (stars, snowflakes, garlands, angels, fir branches with balls) would be quite appropriate at the very top.
Advice! It is better for a novice designer to take simple stencils. When a person gains experience, it will be much easier for him to cope with highly complex protrusions. By using materials of different textures and textures (postcards, jewelry), you can create a real work of art.
Winter landscape with toothpaste on the window
Decorating windows with protrusions for the New Year is a process that can captivate people different ages. Creating snow patterns on windows using a toothbrush and toothpaste is a fairly simple procedure, but the effect is amazing!
To implement the idea you will need the following materials:
- ready-made vytynanka;
- toothpaste (white or blue);
- Toothbrush;
- pure water.
To begin with, it is recommended to choose simple stencils (snowflake, candle, angel, Christmas tree). All internal elements with sharp corners are cut through stationery knife. The protrusion moistened in plain water or soap solution is applied to the glass, and excess water is blotted with a sponge or soft cloth.
Squeeze a small strip of toothpaste onto a saucer and add a little water. You can use a toothpick to stir the mixture until smooth. Dip the toothbrush in the resulting substance, bring it to the pasted stencil and quickly run your finger over the bristles - you get small splashes that need to fill the entire free space of the window.
When the white mass dries, the stencils are removed by prying them off with the tip of a knife. As a result of this activity, an amazingly beautiful snow-covered landscape appears on the wall.
Creative ideas for the holiday
What else can you think of to decorate windows for the New Year? Stencils are not the only solution; there are other, no less entertaining and attractive decorations.
This method is the simplest and is suitable for very busy people who are not creative. You can decorate windows using ready-made stencils, which on New Year's Eve wide range sold in hypermarkets and shops specializing in decorations.
These stickers are very easy to apply to glass and other smooth surface. The finished composition can be used to decorate the entire window, or you can decorate only a small part, for example, the corners. When the holiday is over and the emotions associated with it subside, the stencils are quickly removed, and not even a trace remains on the glass.
Similar stickers with the image New Year's characters and decorations can be made independently.
To work you need to prepare the following:
- Drawing.
- Transparent file.
- Polymer universal adhesive.
The sheet with the drawing must be placed in a file and glue should be applied along the contours of the image. It will take about 10 hours for the glue to dry completely. After this time, the finished polymer sketch can be removed from the file. There will be no difficulty here; you just need to pry the hardened substance by one edge and pull lightly. The result was a drawing with a convex relief. To fix it on the wall, you just need to wet the smooth side of the sticker with water.
Garlands made of paper, cotton wool and light bulbs
If for some reason the idea of sticking protrusions on windows is not suitable, you can decorate the window openings with all kinds of garlands - both purchased and. The main thing is that the pendant is beautifully fixed and in harmony with the rest of the jewelry.
To make a cheap but cute garland you will need fishing line or nylon thread, white cotton wool. First you need to roll out a large number of cotton balls, and then string them onto the fishing line, leaving a small gap and a knot between each one.