Home decor for the new year

The most beloved and long-awaited holiday for almost all of us is the New Year. We link the coming of the new year with bright hopes, magic, a new milestone in our destiny, an impetus to the goal. Both adults and children are waiting for a miracle, gifts, make wishes. New Year for children is a holiday for which every kid prepares in advance: he writes a letter to Santa Claus, memorizes poems and songs by heart, makes crafts, rehearses his role in a New Year's performance at school or kindergarten. In the New Year holidays, adults assess and analyze the results of the outgoing year, outline plans for the coming year, prepare gifts for their children, relatives and friends. And of course, the new year is still an opportunity for us, already mature and accomplished people, to return to a carefree childhood, to feel the familiar sweet aroma of tangerines and fragrant fir in the air, bringing us back to the N-th number of years ago, ride down the snow slide and round dances.

We will celebrate the new 2017 on the night from Saturday to Sunday, as always with the clinking of glasses of champagne, to the sound of exploding firecrackers and the chiming clock and with good wishes. 2017, according to the eastern calendar, awaits us under the sign of the Fiery Rooster. Let us hope that this brave bird will paint the coming year with bright colors like its plumage, share its energy, enthusiasm with us, instill faith in each of us, striving to be first in everything and always, set us up to achieve our goals with our work and perseverance . And our articles will help you to find out how to meet the new year correctly, so that it guarantees success and success, what wonderful gifts to buy, how to decorate them effectively and in an original way, give you ideas for decorating the holiday table, and here you will get a lot of other useful information.

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On the eve of the New Year holidays, the shelves of souvenir shops are filled with colorful balls, iridescent garlands, shiny tinsel and other fancy decorations that cannot be passed. Every year, housewives seek to create in their home an atmosphere of happiness and New Year's mood, to please not only young but also adult guests. With the development of the direction in the creativity of "hand made", people began to prefer hand-made decorations to the store. Ideas for the New Year of 2018 with your own hands are an opportunity to give individuality and uniqueness to familiar things.

How to prepare for the meeting in 2018? The Fiery Rooster is known to be a beautiful, proud and important bird. In addition to the brightness and saturation of colors, decorations should be subtle and elegant. What you need to implement a good idea? A little strength, patience, minimal skills in needlework, an elementary set of tools and quite a bit of fantasy.

The list of the most popular ideas for the New 2018, which will decorate not only windows, doors, Christmas trees or festive tables, but also the entire interior as a whole, is presented below.

New Year's window

White patterns, put on toothpaste on glass, will create a festive atmosphere and without words will tell passersby that in this house they are preparing for the meeting of the main New Year holiday with full responsibility.

The drawings on the glass look original and festive, and the toothpaste is not inferior in its characteristics to expensive artificial snow. Patterns are easy to apply, even easier to wash off, and a safe tooth “paint” will allow children to be connected to writing snow paintings.

To create an idea for the New 2018, namely the effect of flying snowflakes on glass, the following devices will be needed:

- a tube of white toothpaste;

- cut out of paper tightly snowflake;

- Toothbrush;

- small capacity;

- 4-5 tablespoons of water.

Stage 1. In order for the snowflake to hold better on the glass, wet it a little with water, fix it. Squeeze a small amount of paste into the container, add water, mix to a uniform consistency.

Step 2. Dip a brush into the resulting solution, bring it to the window, straighten the bristles with your fingers so that the spray falls on the glass and snowflake. Spray the paste onto the stencil evenly.

Stage 3. Let the white layer dry a little, gently separate the paper stencil from the glass, slightly pulling the edge. On the window will remain "negative" snowflakes.

By this principle, you can create whole pictures, adding to the snowflake the image of a snowman, a Christmas tree and even Santa Claus. For those who do not have exceptional artistic skills, the Internet offers a range of stencils that you just need to print and cut.

Pineapple bottle

With your own hands you can not only decorate your home, but also create original gifts that are guaranteed, will please the addressee. To implement one of the best and simple ideas for a New Year's gift in 2018 do it yourself:

1. Double-sided tape or glue gun.
2. A bottle of champagne.
3. Foil yellow or golden color.
4. Green cardboard sheet.
5. A bit of jute twine (or another similar rope).
6. Round chocolate candies - 500-800 grams.

The sweet dessert of an original form in several steps becomes.

Step 1. Cut the foil into fragments, approximately 7x7 centimeters in size (depending on the size of the candy). Wrap each ball in foil so that the store wrapper is completely hidden. Using a pistol, apply a small amount of glue to the surface of the candy, fix it on the wide part of the bottle.

Step 2. Gradually fill the entire space to a narrow neck with golden balls. If there is no glue gun in the farm, it will be adequately replaced by double-sided tape.

Step 3. Cut the leaves from the green cardboard, 15-20 centimeters long, attach them with one of the methods described above to the base of the neck.

Step 4. At the place of fixing the paper leaves, wind the rope in several layers.

Thus, the recipient will receive a bottle of champagne and a sweet dessert as a unique New Year's gift.

Salt Dough Baskets

The original way of serving sweets to the festive table will appeal to the masters of the pastry business. In Germany and Switzerland of the 19th century, it was popular to make all kinds of twisted baskets of salt dough as Christmas decorations and interior elements. As they say, everything new is well forgotten old, so why not implement this New Year's idea in 2018?

Required materials and ingredients:

- 2 cups of flour;

- 3/4 cup salt;

- half a glass of water;

- fireproof glass bowl;

- vegetable oil (for lubrication);

- rolling pin for rolling dough.

Cooking method.

Mix flour and salt in any convenient container, gradually add water. Stir the dough to a thick butter consistency. Turn the glass bowl over with oil. The capacity to put on any object so that its edges were raised above the surface of the abdomen for 5-7 centimeters. Roll a small ball out of dough, make a tortilla and place it on the bottom of an inverted bowl. The base of the future basket is ready.

From the remaining dough roll flagella with a diameter of 5 millimeters. Moisten the outer surface of the cake with water, it will act as an adhesive element. Attach one end of the harness to the cake, arrange it in the form of a loop and fasten the second end. For a more secure fastening of both ends of the loop to the base, press them again with your fingers.

Dampen the outer surface of the loop with water, attach another harness. The result is a double loop. The ends of each new loop should be in the center of the previous one.

When all the loops in a circle are attached, the base must be moistened with water and a knife to make small cuts - the ends of the patterns will firmly fasten on the base, and the bottom will be flat.

From the remaining dough, roll another cake, cover it with the first base of the basket. Press the circumference with a little effort for a better grip.

Heat the oven to a temperature of 120 degrees Celsius, put a glass bowl with a basket there, bake for 30-40 minutes. Salted dough should be hard and acquire a pronounced white color. Remove the structure from the oven, let it cool, separate the basket from the glass bowl.

There are a lot of ideas on how to make patterns for the bowl on the Internet - it all depends on the skill level of the creator. The color design of the design also varies; you can leave the natural color or give it a brightness spray paint.

Thread spheres

Low cost air lights will become an extravagant decoration of a Christmas tree or wall. They are presented in a wide range of souvenir shops, where they are called "Thai". The process of creating large balls is simple and interesting, and their design will be really bright and organically fit into the New Year's décor.

Required materials and tools:

- strings of bright colors;

- Balloons;

- PVA glue;

- fat hand cream;

- long needle.

Inflate the balloon to 6-8 centimeters in diameter, tight tie. Lubricate the surface of the sphere with a fat cream (then the glued strings will easily separate from the ball).

Dilute the glue with water in the 2: 1 ratio and pour it into an empty plastic bottle (half a liter is enough).

Thread through a large needle, pierce the bottle just above the bottom, so the thread will pass through the glue solution. It should be dragged slowly so that the composition is well absorbed.

Winding the ball in any direction. The result should be a cobweb, leaving only small gaps.

Leave the finished ball until the glue is completely dry (20-22 hours).

Pierce the ball with a needle, carefully remove it from the inside. As a result, a cavity must remain inside the sphere from the filaments.

The number of such balls can be unlimited. For each new one, it is advisable to select threads of a different color, or alternate 2-3 (as shown below in the example). Connect the balls into a festive garland will allow a small cable. Add brightness to a homemade miracle will help LED lights, placed inside each sphere.

Idea for the New Year 2018: a dish of ice

Preparing such an extravagant cutlery quickly and make the presentation of any dish truly enchanting.

To create an ice dish you will need:

- two glass containers (one more, the other less);

- bright berries;

- spices.

Fasten glass dishes together with adhesive tape so that there is a gap of 2-2.5 centimeters between the larger and the smaller. Fill the gap with berries (cherry, black and red currant, blueberry will do it - housewives often freeze summer berries for the winter if there are no such stocks, pomegranate seeds will do), spices (cloves) and pour drinking water.

Send dishes to the freezer until the water is completely freezing (on average, 3-4 hours are enough). It is easy to separate the dishes from the berry bowl, allowing exposure to warm water on the glass container. The finished ice dish must be kept in the freezer until it is served on the table.

As you can see, in the implementation of the New Year's ideas by 2018 with their own hands there is nothing difficult. The creator does not have to spend a lot of time and finances, but the result will exceed all expectations, and will give a lot of positive festive emotions.

It seemed that only recently we met the Year of the Monkey, as already around the corner 2017 is the year of the Fire Rooster. Well, as everyone knows, in order to make the holiday perfect, you must prepare for it in advance.

It is necessary to think through every detail: how to arrange a venue for the celebration, what dishes to serve and what competitions can be devised so that the New Year becomes the most fun day of the year. And how can you forget about gifts for family and all friends? In general, from such a number of cases the head will spin and, therefore, it is best to think about everything in advance. We invite you to get acquainted with the best ideas for celebrating the New Year 2017.

New Year 2017 Ideas

There are many options for the New Year, let's look at the main ones:

1. Family celebration.

In this case, everything is pretty standard, but a drop of New Year's magic does not hurt to make a contribution. Gather the whole family and decorate the rooms of your apartment or house, and in the evening decorate the Christmas tree. You can also make an improvised village of Santa Claus and bake cookies. New Year's Eve also spend all together, but do not need to eat a lot, as it is harmful to health, and in the morning go to look for gifts under the Christmas tree.

1. The second version of the meeting of the Fire Rooster is a party with friends.

If you have a large enough living space or have the opportunity to celebrate the New Year with friends, then why not arrange some interesting party? First of all, set a certain dress code and, if classic tuxedos are not your style, ask your friends to make a model of originality in their holiday outfit. For example, it could be a t-shirt with a picture of a rooster and so on.

Holiday Pictures

Today, it is simply impossible to imagine a celebration of any event without memorable pictures and this must be taken into account when planning a festive party. For example, you can install several stands with pictures of various characters and characters, where there will be a slot for people. Guests stick their heads in there and take various funny pictures.

Dancing

Where are the lively New Year's dances?

But, besides popular music, under which everyone is used to dancing, diversify the range of music menu with songs about the symbol of the year - the Rooster.

They will certainly raise the spirits of all and give an opportunity to fool around with all the heart.

2017 New Year Contest Ideas

At any celebration, home decorations create an atmosphere, but only contests can give a festive mood. We offer to consider some very entertaining contests:

Gift Ideas

Agree, we are waiting for the New Year not only for a merry feast. Every, even the most grown-up person in the New Year's Eve wants to receive a gift from Santa Claus. How to make an unforgettable gift? - you ask. Let's deal with this:

Unusual gift with your own hands. Everyone loves snow balls that need to be turned over so that it snows at any time of the year.

But, if you just buy it, it will become less valuable from this, but if you do it yourself, then you will get a very original gift.

Making such a ball is pretty easy:

We need a clean can, artificial snow, clear water and some glycerin.

• First mix the glycerin with water;
• Inside the jar secure the New Year's figure;
• Pour the water into the can and put snow in there;
• Close the lid.

Here is our winter in the bank! Such a gift will delight all year round.

1. It is best for your family and friends to give the necessary gifts, the ones they have long wanted. For example, mom can give a set of modern kitchen assistants, dad - a bottle of fine alcohol, a grandmother a good set and her favorite tea.
2. You can make a pretty simple, but very unusual gift for your soulmate - a sweet sock. Buy up any sweets for your girlfriend or boyfriend, pack it beautifully and put sweets in a Christmas sock at night, and in the morning your companion or life partner will find it.

How to make the New Year brighter and more fun

• The first step is to decorate the Christmas tree. You may be surprised, but even a New Year's tree can be originally decorated. Now Christmas decorations are back in fashion, which our mothers also hung on their Christmas tree. Also, in addition to this, you can add some memorable pictures to the tree, or photos of how you decorated the Christmas tree.
• Salute has always been and remained one of the most important symbols of the New Year. Come out to the courtyard with all the loved ones and launch a bright and colorful salute that will only decorate your holiday.
• Also remember, do not sit all holiday at the table with all sorts of goodies. Firstly, it is harmful to the body, and secondly, it is better to spend this time for active games and contests.

Conclusion

The New Year is for the most part a family holiday, which everyone is waiting for and it is necessary to celebrate it properly, with a small scale, so to speak, and our simple tips will help make it unforgettable.

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