2017 will pass under the sign of the Fiery Rooster. According to the old tradition, those who celebrate the New Year try to appease the animal under whose sign it will pass. Therefore, before proceeding with the decor ideas, let's figure out which New Year's atmosphere and decor the Fire Rooster will prefer.

Features of decor in the year of the Rooster

The rooster is a village poultry. Therefore, jewelry made of cold metal and plastic is alien to the representative of this sign. The rooster will prefer a cozy home environment in country and Provence style. Linen and other natural fabrics, decorative pillowcases and covers for upholstered furniture will add warmth and color to your home on New Year's Eve.

The rooster will be grateful to you if you are not lazy and make some decor for decorating the house with your own hands, using natural materials. Moreover, there is still time! Handicrafts can be done with children and other family members. And believe me, the very process of making New Year's decorations will bring you joy and a festive mood!

Traditionally, a house for the New Year is decorated with New Year's toys: balls, figurines of people and animals, fir wreaths, garlands, candles in original candlesticks, painting and other window decorations and much more. And you can decorate anything: walls, horizontal surfaces of shelves and tables, curtains, window sills, doors, ceilings!

Therefore, before proceeding with crafts and buying decor, you need to think carefully about everything: the color scheme, harmonious dispersion and arrangement of the compositions, as well as prepare the material for the decor of the room.

Delicious for decoration

All sorts of goodies are perfect as a room decor: cookies, sweets, spices, fruits and dried fruits. Dried fruits can be made by yourself.

For example, dried slices of orange (lemon, grapefruit) look incredibly warm and cozy both as an independent decor and paired with cinnamon sticks, clove and thyme inflorescences. You can decorate a Christmas tree, kitchen, walls, and even the packaging of New Year's gifts with such dried citrus fruits.

  1. Cut the citrus into slices about 1 cm thick (the slice will dry out during the drying process). Blot the moisture with a towel (and you need to press well on the slices so that the juice drips). Garnish the slices with cloves or other spices if desired.
  2. Place the dried circles or their halves on a baking sheet covered with foil or cling paper in an oven preheated to 60 ° C. Keep the citruses in the oven until they are completely dry (which is about 6 hours).

Chilled and hardened citrus pieces can be painted with gouache or other paint to add brightness. However, dried slices look great in their natural form.

Salted dough decor

It is easy and simple to make beautiful stars and other figures from salted dough.

Dough recipe:

- 150 grams of flour;

- 150 grams of fine salt;

- 100 ml of water or brewed coffee (for aroma, you can add your favorite spices to the liquid: cinnamon, vanilla and others).

Mix everything thoroughly and knead the dough. If the texture of the dough is sticky, add more salt. Roll out the dough about half a centimeter thick and cut out the figures with molds. Don't forget to make the holes with a cocktail straw, where you will thread the string later.

The figurines can be decorated with peppercorns, cloves, thyme, cinnamon sticks, or whatever you like. It is necessary to dry the salt dough decor in the oven with the door ajar at a temperature of 150 ° C for about an hour. Periodically, the stars must be turned over so that they do not burn. The figures will be ready when they are absolutely solid.

Finished stars can be decorated with multi-colored, gold and silver nail polish. The stars can also be filled with transparent varnish, sprinkling the surface with coarse sea salt. And you can decorate with paints. There is a place where fantasies can roam!

DIY candles and candlesticks

Candles are an attribute capable of creating an incredibly warm, shimmering atmosphere. Live fire in beautiful candlesticks will definitely please the Fire Rooster.

1) Walnut shell candlestick... Prepare a peeled nutshell. Melt the wax, insert the wick into the shell. Cover with wax. And you can do it faster - cut a small candle to the size of the shell. Such a simple candlestick looks original and cozy. And given the nature of the natural material, this is just what you need in the year of the Rooster.

2) Citrus candlestick(grapefruit, tangerine, orange) can be done in the same way as in the previous recipes - pour wax on half of the peel, peeled from the pulp. From the second half of the citrus, you can make a candlestick lid.

Cut a hole in the top of the citrus for a candle fire. Next, you can make patterns on the citrus peel: stars, figures, or just holes. Well, you can just put a small pill candle in the peel.

Another very easy way to make a candlestick from any fruit... Cut off the top of the citrus or apple to make the fruit firm. Attach a tablet candle to the other side and cut a hole in its shape. Insert a candle into the hole - the fruit candlestick is ready! Fruit candlesticks will last only one night, but they will decorate the festive table and create a good mood.

3) Glass jar candlestick(a glass). If you just put a candle in a jar, it will be too easy. But if you put ordinary or decorative pebbles, various cereals on the bottom of the can - the Rooster will say "thank you" to you. Outside, the jar can be decorated with spruce twigs with or without cones, tree bark, cinnamon sticks in the form of a fence, or ordinary pieces of twigs. All this beauty can be attached to a makeshift candlestick using super-resistant glue and ordinary twine.

4) A flip-flop candlestick it looks so original that you will not immediately guess that it is made of an ordinary inverted glass with a stem. And all you need is to put New Year's tinsel, spruce branches and something else in the glass at your request. Turn the glass over, and place a candle on its stable footboard. You will get a candlestick on a high leg. Beauty! And by the way: the idea will fit for any occasion.

5) Candlestick on a plate (platter, in a basket)... In the above containers, place spruce branches, fancy balls and other decor in a picturesque order. And then decorate the composition with multi-colored candles.

Using candles as a decor, strictly observe safety precautions: do not place flammable objects near the fire, do not leave burning candles unattended, and keep them away from small children!

Balls of thread

A very simple and elegant decor that looks beautiful and unusual. An important plus of the balls: they are safe for children: they will not break and leave no fragments. And you can make such balls from multi-colored threads of different thicknesses. To do this, you will need balloons, glue, and thread.

  • Inflate the balloon to the correct size.
  • Wrap it tightly with threads on all sides.
  • Coat the entire area of ​​the threads with PVA glue. Wait for the glue to dry.
  • When the thread frame has hardened and acquired a rigid shape, carefully pierce the balloon and release the air from it.
  • Carefully free the thread frame from the remaining balloon.

Such balls can be used as an independent decor: hang on threads, lay out the compositions on the windowsills in the form of snowballs. And you can make snowmen or other fairy-tale characters from thread balls. At this point, let your imagination run wild!

Felt decor

You don't have to be a professional seamstress to decorate your home with felt decorations yourself. From it you can sew a figurine of the hero of the holiday - the Rooster, as well as his girlfriend a chicken, so that you do not get bored alone.

Felt holds its shape well, so stars and different figures can be cut out of dense fabric. Sew loops to them, decorate with beads and hang wherever you want!

For such a decor, you can buy pieces of felt at a fabric store, or lime an old hat (beret), which the hand has not been raised to throw away for a long time.

Ecodecor

Tree branches in floor vases, they look like small trees. Decorated branches enliven the interior and add a cozy appeal to the room. You can hang anything on the branches: fruits, toys, garlands. Branches can be painted white (with regular whitewash or paint).

Just look how beautiful and unusual the room, decorated with branches, looks! Due to its volume, it is a strong bright accent of the New Year's decor.

And if we digress from the New Year's theme - the branches do not have to be removed after the New Year and Christmas. They are good as a decorative element, appropriate at any time of the year.

The branches can also be used as a hanger for storing jewelry.

Home decor for the New Year is not an easy task, but quite doable. He who seeks will find, as they say. Were you looking for interesting apartment decorations for the New Year 2017, photos, instructions, master classes, training videos? My Tips collected 15 of the best and simplest ideas for specific jewelry, and then picked up more than 15 unusual design options from various materials for those who like to experiment. Choose your own decor for the New Year and go for it!

Home decor for the New Year

DIY Christmas decorations from acorn hats and felted wool / a piece of fabric dipped in glue and sprinkled with sparkles.

Do-it-yourself Christmas ball on a Christmas tree in the video of a portrait of your beloved child. Unusual ideas for decorating an apartment for the New Year for you!

A juicy apple spirit will revitalize your home and bring extra joy! Make a DIY Christmas wreath from apples and a mulled wine / juice bowl from the same fruits.

Make yourself cute penguins from the material that is always at hand - plastic bottles. Here are the ideas for decorating an apartment for the New Year!

Christmas tree toys made of peanut shells.

Magic wand - an interesting decoration for the New Year will complement your look!

New Year tree ball 2017 with a basket. A real balloon!

Chandelier decor with Christmas balls or a garland.
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Background for New Year's photography from a garland.

New Year tree decorations from burnt out light bulbs.

Refrigerator and snowman doors.

A Christmas tree made of books and garlands - this is the decoration of the apartment for the New Year 2017!

Dessert - muffins or gummies - in a beautiful Christmas tree presentation. So you can arrange and.

Chocolates in a penguin wrapper (for a gift or for table decoration).

Covers for chairs and armchairs.

Such are interesting apartment decorations for the New Year 2017. Interestingly, many of these decor ideas for New Year's holidays have been undeservedly ignored for years, and in vain! Make such cool apartment decoration for New Year 2017, you will not be disappointed!

Well, now let's move on to do-it-yourself home decor for the New Year 2017 for experimenters. It is interesting!

DIY small Christmas tree

A small Christmas tree with your own hands is easy to do, and its appearance is amazing! This applies to both fashionable for the third year in a row, and ordinary cone-shaped beauties. The following materials are suitable as material for creating a Christmas tree with your own hands for the New Year:

  • sisal;
  • paper;
  • the cloth;
  • Christmas balls;
  • dried flowers, dried flowers, tangerine peel;
  • nutshell;
  • cones;
  • tapes and more.

This is what homemade topiary Christmas trees might look like for New Year 2017! See the photo and get inspired to make it yourself - it's worth it!


How to make a Christmas tree topiary for the New Year with your own hands? Watch the YouTube video below:

Snowman made of threads for the new year

This small thread miracle - a snowman for the New Year 2017 - can even be made by a small child with his own hands, fortunately, the master class from YouTube explains everything in detail. Such is the decoration of an apartment for the New Year with your own hands:

DIY garlands for home decoration for New Year 2017

Option 1 - made of threads, like a snowman, a little higher. We are watching a training video from YouTube and urgently remember where threads were lying around in the apartment for such a beautiful decoration of the apartment for the New Year!

An interesting home decor for the New Year 2017 is a DIY paper Christmas garland, here is a video from YouTube:

Clever needlewomen, lovers of a hard loft style, informality and coolness will appreciate the following idea of ​​decorating an apartment for the New Year 2017:

Ideas for decorating an apartment for the New Year from scraps of building materials

Planks are not just rubbish left over in many storerooms after renovation work. This is also an amazing material for DIY experiments and DIY home decoration for the New Year! See for yourself by looking at the photo of the ideas we have selected. For example, here's a snowman made of boards, which is easy to make. Grab your own planks, nails, paints, embellishment textiles - and that's it!

Not only from boards, but also from old branches, you can make something beautiful. For example, a wooden Christmas tree on the wall, like the photo below:

Even baguettes, cornices and other similar things can be adapted for a good cause. Take a look at how beautiful and original Christmas trees are:

Cheap, but tasteful: do-it-yourself unusual Christmas trees

You will need:

  • canvas for a Christmas tree (plywood, thick cardboard, covered with fabric will do instead);
  • Christmas decorations, bows made of fabric and ribbons;
  • cardboard tubes of different diameters, cut to a width of 1-3 cm;
  • cones, nutshells;
  • everything that is in the apartment and will fit into the craft.

By the way, you can even make a Christmas tree for the New Year 2017 from. Make enough snowflakes and place them on the canvas in a herringbone shape.

Well, or put together the materials from the list and get the most unusual Christmas trees in your apartment!

Unusual decoration of the Christmas tree for the New Year 2017

This jewelry is handmade in every sense. How to make an original Christmas tree toys with your own hands with a child:

  1. Take a glossy Christmas tree ball.
  2. Apply white paint to the palm of your hand and make a print.
  3. Decorate your snowy fingers with muzzles, glue scarves from ribbons.
  4. Draw some snowflakes with the brush.
  5. Hang up and enjoy!

Waste ideas for home decor for the New Year

A Christmas tree made of cardboard and crumpled paper with your own hands is made in 1 free evening - take the time to decorate the apartment for the New Year!

Tired of old curtains, "beads" in the arches, boring walls? Such a New Year's idea for a simple apartment decor for the New Year will help to close everything-everything! Just take some crepe paper and cut it into strips. Fringe - whatever you want! It's better to alternate colors, but in general it's a matter of taste!

Gifts under the Christmas tree for decor for the New Year 2017

Where can we go without gifts? They will both delight and decorate the house on New Year's holidays! Gift wrapping is tricky, so here are some good ideas in the photo!



Well, and without master classes on how to pack real gifts or make such unusual dummies - options for decorating an apartment for the New Year in the photo are indispensable. We watch decorating ideas for the New Year in a YouTube video:

See and bookmark the page - it will come in handy! 30 DIY apartment decorations for the New Year, unusual New Year's decor 2017 and a lot of master classes will surely please your friends. Share with them a list of decor ideas for New Year 2017!

And fun and troublesome at the same time when we we decorate the house for the New Year 2017 with our own hands... I would like to find the most original ideas, use new materials and techniques to make wall and window decorations look fresh, festive, fabulous, turning a house or apartment into a fairy tale.

We decorate the house for the New Year 2017 with our own hands

Any decorative concept looks especially impressive if all decor details are made in the same style. We decorate the house for the New Year 2017 with our own hands using a variety of materials, but at the same time it is desirable to observe a single color scheme, the unity of textures. You should not embody everything that you saw on the pages of magazines in one room at once. If you want to see how these or those decor items should ideally be combined with each other, then visit the stands in stores and salons. Match them with the style of furniture, the color of the walls and other things in your apartment, and only then buy and make your favorite models with your own hands.


As an example, you can see the interior trend # 1 of recent times - the use of living shreds in a pot, which, albeit not big, like those trees that we are used to, but in this way you do not damage the ecosystem. Everything should be matched to this Christmas tree, and most of it is not on its thin and weak branches, but under it. Use paper Christmas trees and snowflakes as Christmas tree decorations, as well as small toys in the form of birds, because 2017 is the year of the Rooster and this is the only bird year among the entire twelve-year cycle.


For the kitchen, you should use simple interior stickers that can be used to decorate cabinets and work surfaces in just a few minutes. Be sure to complement the decor with fir or pine branches on the upper surfaces of the cabinets, in addition to being very beautiful and undoubtedly creating a festive mood, so also the coniferous aroma will have a beneficial effect on the health of all your household. This is one of the most spectacular and inexpensive ways in the pre-New Year period.

We decorate the house for the New Year 2017 with our own hands master class

For a spectacular and fashionable wall decor, you will need a free wall in the apartment and a lot of imagination. Ideas as we are we decorate the house for the New Year 2017 with our own hands, master class and educational materials on this matter are already quite a lot and, judging by their abundance, we can say that they will be in fashion for at least several more seasons. Such original wall trees will be a great option for modern interior styles when we are.


In the first example, small shelves are used, which, due to their different lengths, form a pyramid. Such shelves are painted in a color that perfectly matches the shade of the walls, so as not to stand out against its background at all. In addition to the regular decor that you can put on these shelves, supply them with small garlands, paper flags that descend from one level to another, like on a real Christmas tree. You can choose any shades for decor, but note that in our example, the most fashionable color combination of 2017 was used - pale pink and light gray shades.


In the next example, the shelves themselves are an interesting decorative element and can be fully used even after the end of the New Year holidays. On them, as in the photo, you can put small ceramic cups, fill them with sprigs of needles, small cardboard gift boxes, beautifully tied ribbons.


If you want to impress your friends with originality, then here's a creative idea for you,. Moreover, it is not at all necessary to kindle a fire inside such an impromptu hearth, you can simply picturesquely put firewood or beautiful logs inside, and it will burn - install a container for fondue with a small burner under it and serve treats in this way. A white carpet on the floor, which will imitate a snowy meadow, and white pillows, on which it will be comfortable to sit around the "fire", will add mood.

We decorate the house for the New Year 2017 with our own hands interior crafts

There will never be enough ideas for decorating the space of the rooms. You need to effectively decorate, come up with a setting for the festive table, build a Christmas wreath, which will give you all the New Year's mood right from the start. When we we decorate the house for the New Year 2017 with our own hands, interior crafts play a very, very important role.


Candles, which are made in the form of cones, can be bought in decor stores, although their cost will be quite high. You can try to make such a candle yourself by melting a white ordinary candle in a water bath, first removing the wick and winding it on the bump. Then it is necessary to dip the cone in this paraffin and distribute it over all the scales. You can also practice making a candlestick in the form of a log, just make a hole inside the piece of wood (entrust this to your dad and the milling machine), pour wax inside and insert the wick. But remember that it is better to use such candlesticks together with metal bowls that are inserted inside, or to make holes for ready-made tablet candles, which are already initially equipped with such metal sleeves. We do this, of course, for fire safety purposes.


However, candles that are used as part of New Year's compositions do not even have to be set on fire, they can be spectacular in and of themselves. For example, the candles decorated with lace, which you see in the photo above. Such a composition is nothing more than an inverted Christmas wreath. This shape is ideal to become the central composition of the festive table, because experts advise using as much natural materials, green, juicy shades as possible when serving. It is quite possible to form the “donut” itself with the help of a floral sponge, if you want the greens and moss to really be fresh and alive. If you want to use artificial plants, then you can use a cardboard, foam base, which you simply paste over with the first decorative layer. Then comes the turn of other elements - the very candles wrapped in lace, star anise stars, cinnamon sticks, dried berries. If your family is fond of picking mushrooms, then be sure to add a few decorative fly agarics, which are just asking for this green meadow.


Well, one more idea that also fits perfectly into the eco-concept. Such decorations can be used not only for the table, but also for any composition. The beauty of such snowmen (bears, Santa Clauses) is that they are not snowy, white, as is customary by tradition, but green, as if overgrown with grass. To achieve this effect, you need to cut out blanks, and the material should be such that it will be convenient to work with in the facing technique. Only we will not trim pieces of paper or fabric, but green threads, which are also called "Grass", they are really very similar to green grass. This work is quite painstaking, because the whole figure needs to be processed row by row, but, at the same time, not very complicated in technique. The formation of snowmen and bears will complete, of course, the presence of additional elements, such as red bows made of bright satin ribbons.

We decorate the house for the New Year 2017 with our own hands ideas

For us when we we decorate the house for the New Year 2017 with our own hands, ideas can relate not only to the decor of the surrounding space, but also to the festive table, on which there can also be a place not only for delicious food, but also for beautiful handicrafts. Sometimes the food itself is so beautifully presented that it is simply a pity to eat it. This also applies to the traditional European dessert - the gingerbread house.


It's quite simple to make such a thing, it's not for nothing that this tradition has been hundreds of years old, and, therefore, there are dozens of recipes for ideal gingerbread and cookies. However, it is not even so important that these gingerbread cookies are very tasty, because it is not easy to encroach on such beauty. The house can be in any style, supplemented with snow-white glaze, which looks like real winter snow, candles can be placed next to the house. Such a composition will definitely be the center of attention on your table.


However, if you remember that 2017 is dedicated to a rooster, then you can deviate from traditions by replacing the gingerbread house in the center of the table with a bird's nest. The material for it can be green caramel, and if you cannot buy one, you can form a nest with green sisal, which is often used to decorate topiary and other crafts. Inside are packed large size sweets, which will play the role of bird eggs. The branches located at the base of the nest will perfectly fit into the overall eco-theme of the cock's feast.

We decorate the house for the New Year 2017 with our own hands photo


And a couple more examples of how we decorate the house for the New Year 2017 with our own hands, photo which conclude our today's review. These are ideas for that you can embody in each of your rooms.


Paper snowflakes have been cut out for so many generations of children in our country that some are tired of them. What makes this idea interesting is that there are so many snowflakes that they even block the window opening, which really gives the feeling of a real January blizzard. At the same time, do not forget that, as in nature, snowflakes all have a different shape, so there should not be the same snowflakes on your eye, use all the templates that you can find to form a large-scale panel for them.


And for such an idea, you can use the same electric garlands or divide into several pieces (only for those who know how to work with electrical appliances) one long garland. They should be hung over the entire length of the cornice at regular intervals so that they alternate slightly in length. Even without including such garlands in the network, you will get a very elegant decor.




When winter comes, the most solemn cold New Year holiday is immediately remembered. Every house prepares for his arrival. The hostesses think over delicious dishes. Children write letters with wishes to Grandfather Frost. On such a day, people will definitely give presents to each other to cheer up and have fun. It will be much more pleasant to give gift ideas for the New Year 2017 with your own hands, so you can prepare them in advance, thereby making the idea a reality.

You don't have to do something hard. You can depict simple presents for the New Year that everyone will like. After all, sometimes it is the simplest little thing that radiates warmth that becomes an expensive gift, especially if it is done with your own hands, because it says a lot.








It is necessary to include the predecessor of the year in the idea for a gift for the New Year 2017 with your own hands. After all, then the present will be not only special, but also interesting. It doesn't take much time and effort to create such art.

Christmas decoration in the form of a snow globe with a surprise




To reproduce this gift idea for the New Year 2017 with your own hands, you need to prepare auxiliary material. Today in stores you can buy transparent glass balls with screw caps. If such material is not available, then you can use an ordinary glass jar, which is closed with a screw cap.










Inside it will be necessary to organize a snowy clearing. Any animals can be attached to it. If the “Fire Rooster” is the predecessor of the year, then you can purchase a figurine of this particular bird. Additionally, you need New Year's tinsel, glycerin, sparkles, artificial snow, and you can use weightless beads.

For fastening, it is best to take waterproof glue, and fill the container with distilled water. Such water with the addition of glycerin will allow everything in the jar to be as transparent as possible.










A third of the glycerin is taken in a half liter container. At the same time, you can check how the sparkles will look there as follows. A few things are taken and thrown into the jar, if the sparkles quickly sink to the bottom, then you need to add glycerin to the water. If, on the contrary, it is too slow then you need to add distilled water. All this is done at the discretion of the owner of the gift.










You can take various toys for the presentation. Many people often use small figures, borrowing them from children from kinder surprises (chocolate eggs). They are beautiful and look great in such a gift.

To begin with, the toy itself is attached to the lid of the jar using an adhesive base, for example, a cockerel. After that, you can fill the jar with water, glycerin and other New Year's accessories that were prepared in advance. I would like to note that you should not add too many sparkles, snow, tinsel, otherwise the toy will not be very visible. Add just a little bit.










After the registration stage is completed, you need to tightly close the lid. To do this, over the entire diameter, it is necessary to grease well with glue and tighten tightly. Let the glue dry for a while. The adhesive base will prevent air from entering, which can ruin the gift over time.

Such a handmade gift idea for the New Year 2017 will not leave indifferent either an adult or a child. Moreover, it is such a souvenir that will perfectly suit this holiday and will certainly give a festive mood.

Original frame for New Year








Any person will definitely like such a present. Having made a gift with their own hands, and attaching their own idea in design to this, for the New Year 2017 they will surely retain good and pleasant feelings about themselves.

Frame decoration can be done in almost any style. The material at hand is suitable for work, as well as auxiliary material. For example, beads, buttons, shells, beads, and so on. A dense material can be fixed to the base. For the frame, wooden slats or bamboo sticks are often used.









So, to get the job done, waterproof glue is best suited, with which you can glue the bamboo frame of the desired size. After that, you need to make a base, that is, using a piece of dense plywood, which is cut to size several centimeters larger than the frame itself.

After that, a piece of thick fabric is glued onto the plywood, because it is convenient to attach various accessories for decoration to the fabric. Then you need to decide where the photo will be placed. After all, the photo can be shifted to any side.










After all this is ready, beautiful patterns are laid out from the shells. You can make them by connecting one after another in a circle, then you get a flower. You can perform the composition and make a bouquet, which, after gluing, can be painted with varnish.

In the corner, you can attach two shells, as if it were open, and in the middle, lay a white bead simulating pearls. Tie the corners of the frame with a rope with a tourniquet. It is not uncommon for many people to want to surprise their relatives, so a pre-prepared photograph is attached to the frame. After all, you can capture any moment, and knowing the taste of the person being done, you can make such a gift simply unforgettable.








Today there are many different amazingly beautiful ideas that are quite easy to translate into reality, thereby bringing joy to your loved ones. You just need to experiment a little and show imagination and then everything will work out for sure.

New Year is on the list of holidays that are dearly loved not only by children, but also by adults. They are eagerly awaiting him and believe that something magical and fabulous will happen on this day. The main tradition of this holiday is the exchange of gifts with friends and family. It is pleasant for someone to give gifts, to someone on the contrary - to receive, but in any case, each person asks the question of choosing a gift. Consider how to make gifts for the New Year 2017 with your own hands.

When choosing gifts, the main task is to find an unusual and original present. Of course, modern stores offer a wide range of various interesting things, but it's much more pleasant to make original New Year gifts with your own hands.

Christmas frame for photography

A photo frame is a fairly common gift, so it can also be given for the New Year holidays, casting aside doubts. She will always remind loved ones of your love for them and, of course, please the eye. There are a lot of advantages in such a gift, the main one of them is ease of implementation. The frame can be decorated with any decorative elements that seem to suit you.

For work you will need:
  • Any frame;
  • Beads, rhinestones, sparkles;
  • Glue;
  • Cardboard or photograph;
  • Coating varnish.
Manufacturing principle:

You can take any frame as a basis: wood, plastic or metal. In addition to her, for work you will need various beads, rhinestones, sparkles, glue and varnish for coating. Snowflakes need to be cut out of felt, each of its own size and color. Also, a cardboard base is useful for work, on which wishes will be written or a photograph will be pasted. Glass can be used as desired. A cardboard base should be attached to the frame, snowflakes, beads and other decorations should be glued to it. At the end of the work, apply varnish and let the product dry. Such a gift will become a pleasant and warm memory for those to whom it is meant.

Other DIY Christmas frame ideas:

DIY Christmas photo frame
A regular frame sprinkled with sparkles is a cool DIY souvenir

DIY Christmas tree

A homemade Christmas tree is a gift that any person will surely like. It is unique in that it is able to create a real New Year's atmosphere and perfectly replace a large real spruce. After all, some people do not always manage to put this tree and decorate it.

For work you will need:
  • Paper, Whatman or cardboard;
  • Tinsel;
  • Small toys;
  • Garland.
Manufacturing principle:

It is not difficult to make such a gift; for this you need to take cardboard or whatman paper. The size of the sheet or roll depends on how big the tree you want to make. The paper must be rolled into a cone shape and tinsel must be wound on it, having previously applied glue there. The main thing is to tightly wrap the cone with tinsel so that there are no gaps. You can safely decorate the finished Christmas tree with small toys or garlands. This will create a real feeling of New Year's holiday.

Other options for homemade Christmas trees:

A small Christmas tree is a cute souvenir to complement any gift for the new year

DIY sweet gifts for the New Year

Many people associate New Year with sweets. It is doubly pleasant to give or receive as a present something tasty and original.

Sweet Christmas tree decorations


An excellent gift - an appetizing and edible Christmas tree decoration. These gingerbread cookies will look great as a decor and will be a great addition to other sweets on the table. Such delicious gifts for the New Year with their own hands will pleasantly surprise everyone.

For work you will need:
  • Good quality butter;
  • Linden honey;
  • Cinnamon;
  • Cardamom;
  • Egg yolks;
  • Lemon juice;
  • Sugar;
  • Flour;
  • Chocolate;
  • Powdered sugar;
  • Ginger;
  • Carnation.
Cooking steps:
  1. Mix 120 g of sugar and ½ part of a packet of butter and heat until a homogeneous mixture is obtained.
  2. Add 250 g of lime honey to this mixture and mix.
  3. Grind 20 inflorescences of cloves.
  4. Add ½ kg flour, cloves, 2 tsp. peeled and grated ginger, 3 yolks, 1 tsp. grains of cardamom and 2-3 tsp. cinnamon.
  5. Next, all ingredients must be mixed and brought to a homogeneous mass.
  6. Roll out the layer with an oak rolling pin so that its thickness is at least 0.5 cm. Cut out the desired figures with molds or a glass.
  7. Make small punctures on the gingerbread with cocktail tubes.
  8. Bake products for 15-20 minutes at a temperature of at least 190 degrees.
  9. Then you need to prepare the icing sugar. To do this, grind 50 g of sugar in a coffee grinder. Drizzle with a tablespoon of lemon juice and stir.
  10. Pour icing on the gingerbread cookies. You can also melt 120 g of chocolate in the microwave and dip the gingerbread in it.
  11. Stretch ribbons through the holes made, decorate the gingerbread cookies.
  12. Natural food colors such as beet juice or carrot juice can be added to the glaze to achieve vibrant colors.

Sweet ball on the Christmas tree

A sweet ball on a Christmas tree is a genuine joy for real sweet tooth.


For work you will need:
  • Round Christmas tree toy made of transparent plastic or glass;
  • Cocoa powder;
  • Powdered sugar;
  • Small candies;
  • Chocolate drops or bar pieces;
  • Small marshmallow.
Cooking steps:
  1. Remove the top from the transparent ball, rinse and dry.
  2. Pour cocoa powder, icing sugar and chocolate drops inside. Mix.
  3. Add small candies, marshmallows.
  4. Put the top on the ball.

Such a gift can be safely given to friends and family. It will be an excellent decoration for the Christmas tree, and after the celebration, the contents of the ball can be poured into a cup, poured over with milk or boiling water and enjoy a fragrant drink.

Other options for sweet New Year gifts:



DIY symbolic gifts for the New Year 2017

You can prepare a gift in the form of a Fire Rooster. This mythical bird in 2017 is a symbol of the New Year. For example, make an original souvenir in the form of this bird.


For work you will need:
  • Flour - 200 g;
  • Water - 130 g;
  • Salt - 125 g;
  • Paints;
  • Beads;
  • Glue.

In order to make such a souvenir, you need to mix flour, salt and water. From the resulting test, blind a rooster: head, beak, eyes, tail, comb. Fasten all the parts together with glue and paint with bright colors. You can also glue beads on a colored rooster for decoration.

Rooster bottle

Turn a bottle of champagne into a rooster - an invariable attribute of the New Year's table. Its appearance will delight children and will undoubtedly surprise adults.


For work you will need:
  • Colored paper;
  • Scissors;
  • Feathers.

Even a first grader will have no difficulty in making such an original gift. Make a cone out of yellow paper and cut out the wings. Cut out small details from red paper: beak, comb, eyes. The tail can be made from feathers or cut out of paper. Glue all the details together, and the symbolic original rooster-case for champagne is ready.

Unusual gifts for the New Year with your own hands

A gift with a real New Year's mood is a Christmas tree toy with a photo. Everyone, without exception, will be pleased to receive such a present. After all, photography is a pleasant memory, and in such a performance it will not leave anyone indifferent.


For work you will need:
  • Transparent Christmas tree ball;
  • Artificial snow;
  • Ribbon;
  • The photograph is approximately 5x5.

First, print a photo. Its size depends on the size of the toy itself. Next, pour artificial snow into the hole of the toy and insert a neatly folded photo. Using a needle or toothpick, smooth out the photo inside. Tie the toy to a colorful ribbon and the gift is ready.

Snowmen from light bulbs can perfectly complement the New Year's interior. The proposed gift for the New Year will definitely delight its new owners, especially if it was made by hand.

For work you need:
  • Bulb;
  • Glue;
  • White paint;
  • Brush;
  • Colored paper;
  • Markers and markers;
  • Scraps of fabric;
  • Scissors.

Bulbs for this option can be taken burned out. First, they must be painted white and allowed to dry. Then cut rectangles from scraps of fabric - these will be the scarves of the snowmen. They should be glued onto the snowmen. Markers and felt-tip pens can draw eyes, pockets, mouths and buttons, and cut a carrot nose out of orange or red colored paper. A small smiling guest will certainly decorate the festive table.


DIY creative gifts for the new year

It is very easy to give your loved ones warmth, comfort and a piece of magic. A beautiful and festive candlestick will help create that very atmosphere.


For work you will need:
  • Glue;
  • Glass vase, glass or jar;
  • White paper;
  • Scissors;
  • Brush;
  • Candle;
  • Decor elements.

To make such a creative candlestick, cut out snowflakes of different sizes from white paper. The container that will become the candlestick must be perfectly clean and dry. You need to take a brush, dip it in glue and carefully apply it over the entire surface. Next, glue the snowflakes. After the snowflakes have adhered, you need to apply another layer of glue to create an uneven texture. After that, leave the candlestick to dry for 1 day. Then you can take beads or seed beads, string them on a thread and tie it around a candlestick. Also bright ribbons are suitable for this. When the candlestick is ready, you will need to place a candle inside.

What else the New Year holidays are associated with is the cones. They can also be used to create an original gift that will be remembered for a long time.

For work you will need:
  • Frame wreath with a diameter of 40-50 cm;
  • Green nylon thread;
  • Glue gun;
  • Spruce cones.

To build a wreath of cones, the frame must be carefully wrapped with nylon thread. You can make it yourself from wire and foam rubber. With the help of glue, large cones need to be glued to the moss. Fill the empty space between large ones with small cones. Next, you should wait for the wreath to dry, and then the present is ready.

The listed gifts with instructions will help to bring to life the most original and creative ideas for the New Year. Do not be afraid of difficulties, because everything is much simpler than it might seem. In order to create a universal gift for loved ones, you do not need to have special knowledge at all, it is enough to want it and craft it with love.

Other DIY Christmas crafts from cones