Preparing for the new year is a fascinating and interesting thing. Everything needs to be considered: home decoration, paraphernalia, guest list, menu. But without a Christmas tree, it is impossible to imagine either the holiday itself, or preparation for this day.
According to the Eastern calendar, the year of the Yellow Earth Pig is coming. Its element is the Earth, which is considered a symbol of fertility, prosperity and wisdom, because the decor of the Christmas tree and home should be relatively calm, creating a mood of home warmth, coziness, housekeeping and family values.
The pig is affectionate, fair and quick-witted, easily establishes contact with others. But at the same time, she is unpredictable; her character cannot be called simple. In order to please this animal and worthily meet the new 2019 year, you need to decorate the Christmas tree taking into account certain traditions.
Christmas tree decoration: color accents
The design of the Christmas tree should correspond to the symbol of the year - the Pig.The best for the upcoming holiday will be colors: yellow, ocher, olive, white, brown, sand, peach, orange, coffee, golden, beige.
New Year omens
In order to win the Yellow Pig and attract well-being to your home, it is worth considering some points when designing a green beauty:
- On spruce there should be no excesses and pretentiousness, choose a certain style of decoration and stick to it without overloading the tree.
- Toys from natural materials will be very handy, besides they look original: to frame a Christmas tree, you can make wooden figures yourself, from withered branches weave wreaths, crafts from straw.
- Give the place of honor in the center of the Christmas tree to the figurine of a pig.
- The animal, symbolizing the coming year, is anxious about family traditions. So surround yourself with memorable and important family gizmos. – whether it be photographs in frames from which it blows pleasant memories, or an old chest. It can be caskets with family ornaments stored inside, greeting cards, collection albums – all that is valuable as a heirloom.
We act in order
Decorating a Christmas tree for a certain year is an exciting and creative process. Start with your holiday collection:
- Get out the box with old toys. Assess their condition: maybe something should be thrown away? Jewelry that has lost its appearance can be disposed of safely. Store only truly valuable toys.
- Decide in advance which spruce you will dress: use your old one or purchase a new one, a living or artificial tree will decorate the house. The higher it is, the more difficult it is to think over the composition and create a complete image.
Think of what your tree will look like. New Year's Eve is such a holiday, the organization of which is important to beat every detail.
Each photo on this page can be a good example, you will draw ideas for yourself and refine them.
Now - to the store. The sooner you worry about buying merchandise, the more likely you are to purchase worthwhile and unique items. The toy should not just like, but also correspond to the symbol of the year, its color scheme and character.
Selection and Layout Tips
To create a stylish image of a Christmas tree and home decoration, follow the simple rules:
- Choose toys in one color scheme. Christmas tree decoration should not be ridiculous, motley - the composition is lost.
- Use a garland, and not one.
- Do not buy a lot of plastic disposable toys - they will not create uniqueness, most likely, they will not be relevant next year. It is permissible to buy a pair of symbolic jewelry, for example, cute piglets.
- Dressed spruce is unthinkable without glass balls. Products from Estonia are famous for their order in advance.
- Do not try to acquire and disperse a large amount of utensils in space. Everything is good in moderation.
Toys - DIY
Decorate your Christmas tree with your own handmade toys. Any idea of decoration, embodied in life, will become a kind of stylistic accent.
What you can do: a few ideas
In this article, it will not be possible to cover all the options for home-made jewelry; we will present only a small part of simple crafts that are made in one to two hours.
"Dressed Christmas ball." Surely you have plastic balls in your collection that no longer impress with their appearance, and you don’t feel like hanging them on a Christmas tree. Give them a second life! The festive attribute is decorated in different ways: use sparkles, beads, satin threads, ribbons, ready-made pictures, feathers. Coat the toy with hot glue or PVA, attach the decoration. Variants of execution, look at the submitted photos.
- "Airy" decoration of spruce. Surely you saw this on New Year trees.For the manufacture you will need threads, a balloon, PVA glue, a lot of patience. First inflate the ball, not to the maximum, imagine the size in advance. Now coat it with glue, randomly wind a thread. Try to make intersections to make the structure solid.After the layer dries, the actions are repeated with the same or different color threads. When all layers have dried, gently pierce the ball, remove the elastic. Sprinkle the “airy” structure with varnish, if desired, attach beads, feathers with hot glue.
Crafts from beads give the decoration a special style in which the hand of the master is surely felt.
- Stitched dolls from different fabrics.
Bring children to the production process - little dreamers come up with the most unexpected decorations for Christmas trees. Then an ordinary holiday becomes unique in the memory of the child, he will surely tell everyone that the home tree is decorated with a masterpiece of his authorship.
Getting to the fun part
The New Year tree is a permanent attribute of a home holiday, the main decoration of any room. She personifies the arrival of a new time, illuminates a festive night, pleases the eye for such a short period.
There are several ways to stylishly hang jewelry so that the winter beauty turns out to be truly festive.
Decoration options
Families usually decorate their trees and apartment houses as necessary, randomly arranging all the available holiday decorations. But we will not look for easy ways and dress up the main attribute according to the rules, adhering to simple algorithms. Let's consider the main options.
Spiral
Decorating the tree in a spiral is a good way to attract a curious Pig. An interesting arrangement creates the appearance of diagonal symmetry and order.
How to do:
- First of all, we stretch garlands - lanterns. We dress the tree from the crown to the bottom, checking each of our movements to get the perfect result.
- Then we hang prepared toys of the chosen color, then all the rest. Their order should correspond to the spiral pattern.
- The final step will be to cover the Christmas tree with rains and tinsel.
The orderly arrangement of the decor creates a feeling of stability throughout the year.
Vertical and horizontal
Making the Christmas tree parallel lines can create different effects:
- The horizontal will expand the tree; the option is suitable for small Christmas trees in spacious rooms.
- The vertical will stretch the winter beauty. To fill the gaps, use jewelry that is different from other objects, such as bows.
The hanging algorithm remains the same: a garland - toys - tinsel.
Chess
Another option. The chess arrangement of toys looks very organic. True, to do this with your own hands, you will have to try: stock up on toys, clothespins for fixing them. Why clothespins?The specifics of the style are in a strictly ordered arrangement of accessories, and the tree branches are not always even, it is not possible to make a suspension on each thread. The clamp in this case will help to fix the toys, then the jewelry will not lead to the side during the whole festive period. Branches of artificial or natural wood will remain in position.
Arbitrary arrangement
You can decorate the Christmas tree arbitrarily, if you do not want to adhere to strict geometry. In this case, it is worth remembering the main rule: everything should be in moderation. Do not allow too many toys and, conversely, their lack. The tree should look organic.
Decorate a white Christmas tree
Artificial white Christmas trees look very elegant and do not need plentiful decoration. Use a minimum of colors, choose toys in one style. Hang them according to one of the proposed options.
Homemade toys transform an artificial tree. They can be knitted, stitched and any other. Make them in one color scheme, by 2019 let them be done in shades of yellow, especially since last year was the Year of the Yellow Dog - toys remained the right shades.
Feng Shui
How to bring luck, wealth and harmony to your home? Decorate the tree and the room according to Eastern teaching. In the video, psychologists and Feng Shui tell how to decorate a Christmas tree, what mood should be maintained.
Mirror Christmas tree indoors
When we decorate the Christmas tree for the New Year, be sure to combine it with the rest of the interior. Agree, the dressed-up green visitor looks strange in an unprepared room. It is beautiful when garlands are stretched from wall to wall, in doorways. Candles framed by themes will become an individual decoration.
In the end
We examined the basic rules and recommendations for decorating the Christmas tree and home.The final but important point is safety.
- Create a solid support for the tree. This can be a reinforced cross or a pot, a garter to the ceiling. The rule is especially true for families with children and animals.
- Preliminary check all electric garlands for integrity. The slightest malfunction should be the reason for repair or replacement - do not wait for the “New Year's Eve”.
- Install the Christmas tree and decorations at a safe distance from heaters or sources of fire.
- Particular attention - candles under the tree. Provide them with enough free space so that the flame does not come in contact with branches and toys.
May the New Year with the Yellow Earthen Pig bring only joy to your home!