How to make Christmas decorations for the New Year 2020 with your own hands

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

You can prepare for the New Year 2020 without buying jewelry in stores. DIY Christmas decorations will look much more interesting.

Decorating with transparent balls

Some of the best decorations are made with clear plastic balls. They are sold in handicraft stores, bookstores, Aliexpress. The ball is divided into two halves, you can put gifts or decoration elements inside.

There is already an eyelet for a ribbon or rope on top. The smallest options, 6 cm in diameter, are sold for 35 rubles a piece, the largest, 12 cm - for about 100 rubles.

Ball with lettering and ribbon

You can make such a decoration in just 5 minutes.

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To create you need:

• transparent ball 10 cm;
• striped ribbon for a bow;
• ball filler, in this example a gold ribbon;
• shiny material for the eyelet (you can take a scrap of New Year's rain);
• permanent marker suitable for plastic or acrylic paint with a brush.

How to do:

1. First of all, an inscription should be applied to the ball. You can use “Let It Snow”, as in the example in the photo, but any other New Year's or simply inspirational inscriptions will do: “Merry Christmas”, “Jingle Bells”, “Love”, “Happiness”. It is recommended to use black paint or marker, they will be more visible on a transparent background.
2. After the lettering has dried, fill the ball with gold ribbon and close. Instead of tape, you can use other fillers: tinsel, rain, confetti, beads. To hang the ball on the tree, you need to thread a tape or rope through the eyelet and secure using a reliable knot or glue gun.
3. The final touch is a bow. You can cut a bow from a Christmas tree toy that is no longer needed in 2020, make it yourself from a ribbon, or take a ready-made bow. Even a long, narrow piece of fabric will do. The bow is attached to the lug with transparent glue.

Delicious decoration with cocoa

Since the plastic balls hold perfectly and are completely sealed in the assembled state, it is worth trying to make a "tasty" ball. One of the most popular winter trappings, at least in the West, is cocoa or hot chocolate with marshmallows. These components, that is, some kind of powder and marshmallow, and can be placed inside the ball.

But first, you need to create an interesting pattern on the ball. You can do as in the first case: make an inspirational calligraphic lettering.

The second option is a thematic print: a deer, as in the photo above, a snowflake, the outlines of a spruce. You do not need to have drawing skills, both for the inscription and for the print, it is enough to find a stencil.

Further, the ball is decorated with a bow, which is glued to the ear with a glue gun, and is complemented with a ribbon or rope for hanging. Red and white or blue and white rope looks best. You can twist it yourself from two thinner ones.

Felt jewelry

Felt is a durable, soft, easy-to-handle fabric. It is perfectly cut without crumbling, and can be used to create New Year's toys of various shapes.

Star with bead

To make such a voluminous Christmas tree toy for the New Year 2020 with your own hands, you do not need threads. All you need is reliable glue.

You should also prepare:

• red felt;
• scissors;
• pencil or chalk for fabric;
• transparent bead;
• tape to create a buttonhole.

Step by step execution:

1. A base is cut out of felt - a red five-pointed star. Further, five petals are cut from the same fabric. In size, they should correspond to the rays of the star, but at the same time be of a different shape - in the form of a pointed leaf. Next, each of the 5 sheets must be glued at the very base, folding it longitudinally in half. This will add volume to the element.
2. The sheets are glued or sewn to the base, in the center you need to leave a place for the bead. In addition to the transparent bead, other decorative elements are also suitable: buttons, small wooden snowflakes, pom-poms, bells.
3. The final touch is to secure the tape on the back. Now the decoration can be hung on the tree.

Gingerbread

This 2020 New Year's toy can be used not only as a Christmas tree. It is also suitable as a small holiday present, and someone can take it to decorate a gift box.

For manufacturing, you need to prepare:

• brown felt;
• white ribbons (with their help, stripes will be created on the arms and legs);
• beads for eyes;
• white thread and a needle;
• synthetic winterizer;
• bow;
• glue;
• loop tape.

Manufacturing process:

1. Two figures with the outlines of a gingerbread are cut out of felt. They should be the same - this will be the front and back. The templates should be superimposed on each other, placing a ribbon for the eyelet folded in half between the layers, and stitching around the perimeter with white threads. You will need standard stitches, you do not need to hide them, on the contrary, they will become an element of decoration. It is important to leave a hole at the bottom through which the toy will be stuffed with padding polyester.
2. Now you need to glue or sew on beaded eyes, sew the mouth with 5-6 stitches of white threads, attach a white tape on the limbs, as well as a bow. The last step is to insert the filler and sew the gingerbread to the end.

DIY Christmas garland

At first glance, it will be difficult to make such a decoration. But in fact, even a child can cope with the task.

For crafts, you should prepare:

• twine;
• bows (you can use pom-poms instead to fill in the gaps between toys on the rope);
• white and red felt;
• white and red large threads;
• buttons;
• synthetic winterizer;
• scissors;
• stencils of stars and blue marker.

Step-by-step execution of a Christmas tree toy with a photo:

1. First, you need to create stencils for toys on paper: circles, stars, a dog. The dog can be replaced with a symbol of the coming year, a snowflake, a Christmas tree - the options are not limited. Next, the front and back parts of each toy are cut out using a stencil. It is recommended to cut the blanks so that the colors alternate on the garland, and not two one-color toys go in a row.
2. The back and front are attached, secured with pins and sewn around the perimeter with a large contrasting thread. There should be a tape between the parts, which will be needed to hang the toy. When the toy is almost sewn, insert a synthetic winterizer into the remaining hole. This method creates stars that can be immediately hung on a string or additionally decorated with a button.
3. The circles are made differently, they do not need padding. One white circle is cut out for each toy, you can sew two together if the felt is thin and does not hold its shape. A star is drawn on the stencil on the felt. You can use acrylic paint, but permanent markers are most convenient to use.
4. A red tape is glued around the perimeter, which can be cut with fabric scissors to shape it. A tape is attached at the back.

Wood jewelry

Christmas toys made from natural materials have been in fashion for several years. Wood is the most sustainable choice. It is difficult to create Christmas tree decorations with your own hands for the New Year 2020 from scratch from wood; you will need a special tool. Fortunately, craft stores have a variety of inexpensive jewelry foundations. It remains only to figure out how to decorate them under a New Year's tree.

Metallic bumps

You don't have to look for cones in handicraft stores. They are easy to find in your own summer cottage, in a nearby forest or in a city park. Cones of any size will do, but large buds will look especially impressive.

In order to evenly paint the cone, it is recommended to take not acrylic cans, but a can of paint. The cones are cleaned of dirt and loose parts, hung on a thread and treated with spray paint.

To prevent the dye from staining the workplace, the thread on which the blank for the toy will hang should be fixed in the side of a vertically placed shoe box.

To add extra shine, the cones can be sprinkled with sparkles while the paint is still wet, or after drying, they can be spotted with glitter varnish. And how to submit them in the final version, choose the owner:

• strung on a rope and used as a garland;
• attach clothespins;
• decorate with a bow and an original loop.

Snowflake made of wooden clothespins

In any hardware store for about 100 rubles. a set of 24 wooden clothespins can be purchased. They are great for New Year's decor, because from such a set you can create 3 stylish wooden snowflakes at once.

How to create an original Christmas tree decoration for the New Year 2020 with your own hands:

1. Remove the metal spring from the clothespins. The halves will be separated. Now they need to be turned over with the inner (convex) side outward and glued, smearing with glue on the flat side. One snowflake ray is obtained from one clothespin.
2. When 8 clothespins are glued together with the back sides, connect them into a single structure. You will need glue again. First, cross 4 main beams, then add another 4. It is better to use a glue gun.
3. Using a cotton pad, gently rub the wood stain into the wood. You can skip this step, but with a coating the wood will look more spectacular, its natural pattern will appear.
4. String red beads on a thin wire and place them in the center of the star. Secure with glue.
5. Attach several small bells to one more wire, also place the wire in the center.
6. Additionally, you can attach a wooden snowflake to the center to cover the gluing area. These flat blanks are sold in decor stores.

It is not necessary to attach a ribbon to the snowflake. You can simply attach it to the branch of the Christmas tree.

Log houses with lettering

This decoration is made in a couple of minutes, the only difficulty is creating a twine hole. To do it in a wooden frame, you need a drill. If the tool is not at hand, you can glue the tape to the back of the toy using construction glue.

Wooden log cabins of this kind are sold in handicraft stores. They are already cleaned and processed, but are suitable for additional staining. In this case, you need to make a black background using acrylic paint.

It is important to paint over the log house not entirely, but to leave a small natural edging. This will make the toy look more spectacular.

When the black background is dry, you can apply the inscription. To do this, you need a thin brush and white acrylic paint. If there are several log cabins, you can, for example, write the name of a family member on each one.

A correctly selected twine plays an important role. You can buy a classic, beige shade, but red and white will look more impressive. The twine is threaded through the hole and tied at its base. The second knot is made at the top of the eyelet.

So that the Christmas tree toy can be periodically wiped with a damp cloth without fear of erasing the drawing, it is additionally recommended to cover the frame with transparent varnish. Then the Christmas tree toy, created with your own hands for the New Year 2020, will serve for several more holidays.

Bonus

So, using improvised tools and inexpensive blanks from a handicraft store, you can make the following Christmas tree decorations for the New Year 2020 with your own hands in a few minutes:

1. Laconic transparent balls with beautiful inscriptions or delicious filling.
2. Felt toys: stars, garlands, gingerbread.
3. Original wooden snowflakes, gold, silver and bronze cones, log houses with calligraphic inscriptions.