The decoration of the Christmas tree is an old tradition that combines the whole family and helps create a festive mood. So that the New Year's tree looks beautiful and original, toys, garlands and tinsel for him should be chosen in advance.
Where to begin?
Before you begin to decorate the Christmas tree, it must be prepared. There are several simple rules that should be adhered to, deciding to establish living spruce or pine.
- Do not put a tree with a frost in a warm room. A spruce reacts poorly to a sharp change of temperature regime. Because of this, the needles of the plant may lose their elasticity and will be very fast.
- If the tree is too high, its top before installing needs to be neatly trimmed. The location of the cut can then be easily decorated with a star or color bow.
- Live fir is worth putting 1-2 days before the new year. In this case, during the entire holiday, the smell of ate will be felt.
- Plant is located away from heating appliances. It will also prevent the rapid drying of the plant and the appearance of the needles.
- As a rule, the tree is installed in the corner or by the wall. This is done so that the plant does not interfere with anyone.
- Live spruce can be placed in a bucket with a suitable filler or on the cross. By installing the tree, you need to make sure of its stability.
With the installation of artificial ate is associated much less rules. All that is needed is to get a tree from the storage location and slightly straighten his branches.
Immediately after that, you can proceed to the decoration of the New Year's beauties.
Sequence of registration
To the tree looks harmonious and attractive, it is worth sticking to a certain order in the process of her decoration.Electrochirlanda
The first thing on the tree hangs garland. Initially, it is recommended to decompose on the floor and check the operation of the bulbs. Only after that the garland can be fixed on fir branches. For decorating one tree, 2-3 garlands are usually used. You can position them vertically or horizontally. Using the garlands of different values, decorations with bulk lights should be hung at the bottom of the tree, with small - ate closer.
The more lights, the more beautiful the New Year tree will look like. You can use both color and monochrome garlands. The choice depends on the personal preferences of a person, as well as on what style the tree is made.
Large toys
After fixing the garlands you can start decorated with Christmas balls. First, big toys hang on the tree, then small. They can be both multi-colored and monophonic. Original toys can be created with their own hands. Most often, one-photon balls are painted with acrylic paints, decorated with sparkles or bulk bows.
Glass toys are considered better quality. But families with young children are more suitable plastic balls that cannot be broken down.
Large toys usually hang on the lower branches . In this case, the New Year tree will look beautiful and neat.
Small ornaments
Hanging volumetric balls on the tree, you can proceed to decorating ate with small figures of glass and plastic. To do this, use different products.
- Fairy tale characters. For the decoration of the Christmas tree, figures depicting characters from various fairy tales and cartoons are ideal for decorating. They like young children, and adults.
- Symbols of the new year. Beautifully on the Christmas tree will look at the snowman figurines, Santa Claus, Snow Maiden. They are usually hanging in the most prominent place.
- Forest beasts. "Settle" in your tree you can and various animals, as well as birds. There is a lot of thematic figures for every taste.
- Multicolored cones. Such simple toys will be perfectly looked at any Christmas tree. To decorate a tree, cones of brown, white, silver or green colors are perfect.
You can decorate a tree and figures made at home. In the process of creating such toys, children are happy to participate.
- Salt dough crafts . Figures made from this pliable material are obtained very beautiful, but short-lived. From salt dough you can make volumetric crafts, and flat. After drying, they are painted in suitable colors. Do such jewelry needed in advance. Otherwise, they simply do not have time to fully dry. Simple hinges from satin ribbons are usually attached to finished toys.
- Edible toys . Especially like kids toys that can be eaten. For the decoration of the New Year tree, you can use gingerbread figures, dried slices of fruits, nuts or candy. The phased process of creating and decorating such toys will pass through both a schoolchildren and a small child.
- Paper snowflakes. Such simple decorative elements are able to make even small children. All you need to create snowflakes - white paper and sharp scissors. Of the beautiful paper figures, many wicked even bulk garlands.
Tree with fluffy branches Do not decorate too small toys . They are wound on the background of green needles.
Top
The latter decorate the top of ate. To do this, use different options for decor.
- Bow . The bulk bright bow fixed on the top of the ate looks beautiful and effectively. It can be bought in the store or make yourself. As a rule, the paper uses white, silver or scarlet tapes. To decorate the Christmas tree in the style of country or eco fit the products from burlap.
- Angel . To decorate a tree in the European style you can use an angel figure. It can be bought in the store or make it yourself. Fine figures with transparent or white wings look prettier.
- Bright Star. This classic decoration also looks good at the top of a spruce. The Christmas star, which is also called Bethlehem, has five rays. As a rule, the decoration of the ate uses a red figure. No less beautiful and silver or gold tops look.
- Snowflake . Having decided to decorate your Christmas tree homemade toys, the classic top can be replaced by ordinary snowflake. It can be made of paper or any other girlfriend.
- Symbol of the year . At the top of the Christmas tree, you can also fix the glass figure or a soft toy depicting an animal, which is the symbol of the upcoming year. The main thing is that the figure is not too heavy.
Mounting the Christmas tip is needed carefully and reliably. In this case, she definitely does not fall at the most inopportune moment.
Beads and Mishura
Bright tinsel and colored beads are now used not as often as before. They are used to fill out a free space on the branches and make the New Year tree brighter and beautiful.
It is not necessary to abuse tinsel. It is necessary to select it so that it is combined with the rest of the decorations on the Christmas tree.
How to decorate beautifully in different styles?
New Year's fir can be arranged in a classic style or supplement some original details.Classic
This style is tested by time and like a large number of people. Christmas trees decorated with stylish vintage toys, garlands and stars, look beautiful both in large homes and in small apartments. As an inspiration when decorating a New Year's tree, you can use examples of trees from your favorite films.
Step-by-step decoration process of such a Christmas tree looks very simple. To begin with, the tree is decorated with plenty of color lights. After that, colored balls and other toys are hanging on its branches. They are perfectly combined with cones or flowers of Poinsettia. Mishura on the tree should be not very much, otherwise it will hide all the toys.
"Home"
Getting ready for a simple home holiday, it is not necessary to decorate a big christmas tree and use expensive toys. Beautifully will look at the tree, decorated with family photos, children's crafts and cute postcards. Take part in the decoration of this New Year tree can both children and adults. Free space can be filled with old vintage toys.
Baroque
Main feature of this style - cord and abundance of decoration . New Year's trees decorate with colored balls, original toys and a large number of tinsel. The most popular colors that are used to decorate the Christmas tree in such a style - red and gold. Balls on the branches hang not only single, but also whole "clusters". You can add the basis of the Christmas tree with lush bows made of bright satin ribbons or translucent golden fabric.
European
The main difference of this style is that only 2-3 colors are used to decorate the Christmas tree, which are combined with each other. . As a rule, simple balls of the same size hang on the tree. They are usually in a chess order.
The tree looks restrained and very stylish.
Scandinavian
This style is distinguished by love for Minimalism . To decorate the room to the new year, the Scandinavians usually use small Christmas trees in pots or baskets. They decorated with white, silver or transparent balls, as well as LED garlands with small light bulbs.
Beautiful on the background of the green branches will look and wooden figures or thin beads. The top of such a tree can be decorated with a large shining star or leave untouched.
"For kids"
In addition to the big Christmas tree in the main room, in the house you can arrange a smaller New Year tree. To decorate it, use soft toys, crafts from felt, paper snowflakes and bows of colored ribbons. To please the child, sweets hang on fir branches. When decorating a children's ate is worth using bright colors. In this case, she will look beautiful and cheerful.
Decorating a Christmas tree stands with children. In this case, they will develop good taste. In addition, making decisions regarding where to hang toys, the child becomes faster.
Country
Country style is also popular now. For decorating such chips, simple monophonic toys and self-made figures are used. Excellent on the branches of the New Year tree will look for decorations made of wood. Such a finished composition of small bows will complement. They can be used to buy, and do it yourself.
Floristic
A lot of common with the previous direction has a floral style. Artificial flowers or bright buds made with their own hands are used to decorate a bright New Year tree. You can add the composition using different twigs, berries and leaves. Fill the free space will help bright colored balls.
For the christmas tree in the floral style, various shades of pink, yellow and purple are usually used.
Excellent on the background of green branches and white or silver decorations look.
Useful advice
Make a beautiful and stylish tree will help simple tips of experienced designers.
- Having finished shaking the Christmas tree, it is important to pay attention to the decoration of the tree trunk. To do this, you can buy a special "skirt" decorated with the New Year patterns. The woody trunk is also often decorated with tinsel, garlands or fill the space under branches with empty gift boxes. Thanks to this simple decor, the room looks more comfortable and beautiful.
- If there are animals or small children in the house, expensive glass toys better hang closer to the top of the tree. In this case, the likelihood that they will break, will be much lower.
- A Christmas tree that stands in a small and dark room, it is recommended to decorate with transparent balls or toys with a mirror surface. They great reflect light and distribute it around the room.
- When planning a Christmas tree decoration scheme, you should not mix several contrast styles at once. It will only spoil the overall impression of guests and households about the New Year tree. It is also important to combine color correctly. To decorate the Christmas tree, either related or contrasting colors are usually used. Stylish will look and the tree decorated with toys and tinsel of the same color.
In the process of decorating the New Year tree, you can be inspired by the traditions that came to us from other countries.
- France . Earlier in France, as in other countries, fresh apples were often used to decorate freshers. They were considered a symbol of pleasure. Over time, fruits replaced with glass toys. Now for the decoration of the Christmas tree in French style, you can use both real ripe apples, and bright glass figures.
- Germany . The chief attribute of the new year in this country is most often decorated in a green-red color scheme. Candles enjoy great popularity in Germany. However, modern Germans often replace them with ordinary garlands with bright light bulbs. The most popular toy that can be seen on the local Christmas trees is the Nutcracker.
- Sweden . For decoration of the Christmas trees, the Swedes use a large number of jewelry made in patriotic colors. It can be both large balls and garlands consisting of colored flags. Such details are perfectly combined with monophonic figures and subtle beads.
- Poland . Local residents are famous for their optimism and faith in a miracle. Therefore, toys made in Poland are very popular in Poland, made in the form of cute angels. They are a symbol of christmas miracles.
The same figures are used as the tops.
- America . Christmas trees in the USA instead of tinsel decorate bright red bows and golden beads. Children will be happy to master their own garland from popcorn. They also look very beautifully on the green branches. Supplement the composition with white artificial snow. Thanks to such a simple decor, even simple artificial fir looks like a living.
- Japan . Instead of the Christmas tree, many residents of Japan are dressing bonsai or cute dwarf pines. Decorations for the design of Christmas trees typically use the most simple as possible. Beautifully on their branches are looking at elegant birds from paper, lanterns or fans.
Dressing Christmas tree, do not be afraid to do something wrong. Any unusual details will make New Year's tree more beautiful and unique.
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