Christmas paper decorations: do-it-yourself decor (53 photos)

The New Year is approaching and gradually each house acquires colorful decorations. To do this, use lights, tinsel, Christmas toys. More and more often you can see do-it-yourself paper jewelry for the New Year. They become popular because the process of making them turns into a fun pastime with the family. The room becomes more colorful, and the paper decoration pleases. Another plus is the low cost of finished products.

From paper you can make various decorations. It can be:

• Garlands of white and colored paper.
• Christmas decorations.
• Snowflakes on the windows or soaring in the air under the ceiling.
• Various pimples.
• Ded Moroz and Snegurochka.
• And even a Christmas tree.

And this is not the whole list of paper decorations that can be made for the New Year.

Paper garlands

The simplest and most common garland is the chain.

To create it, you need to make blanks of the same size from colored paper. Next, assemble a chain from strips, gradually creating its links. It will turn out a beautiful garland, the creation of which is possible even for small children.

Paper Ball Garland

A garland of multi-colored balls will look beautiful. To create it, you need to prepare:

• Colored paper (not plain).
• Scissors.
• Sewing machine.

To create one ball, you need to cut out 6 identical circles of different colors from paper. Stacking them in one pile to flash on a typewriter. Without trimming the thread, flash a few more of the same blanks. Next, carefully bend each leaflet at the seam so that they form a ball. Thus, a garland of paper balls on a thread is obtained.

Garland of flags

From childhood, many remember the garlands of flags. They can be hung not only on the Christmas tree, but also decorate the walls of the room with them.

For their manufacture, it is necessary to prepare:

• Thick thread.
• Colored paper.
• Scissors.
• Glue.
• Applications.
• Hole puncher.

Many colored flags should be cut out of paper, preferably of the same size. Then stick on them different applications. You can use letters from paper of a different color and lay out the words "Happy New Year 2019!". Each flag on top pierce a hole punch. In the resulting holes, skip the thread and pull, evenly distribute the flags. A garland of paper is ready. It can be hung under the ceiling or along the wall.

Christmas decorations

To decorate the Christmas tree, you can make original Christmas toys made of paper. It can be round, oval or carved balls. Below are examples of how to make them step by step.

Option 1

To create a Christmas tree toy you will need:

• Colored paper.
• Scissors.
• 2 beads.
• Thread and needle.

Cut 18 strips of the same size out of paper (length approximately 10 cm). Depending on what toy you want to receive, choose a paper color. It can be monophonic or multi-colored. Cut 2 small circles. Put a bead on the thread and insert both ends into the eye of the needle. String a circle, then in order each strip. Upon completion, do the same with the other end of the strip. Put on the second circle and bead. Having fixed the thread, remove the loop on which the toy will hang.Carefully, by the principle of a fan, straighten the strips, you get a paper ball. If it is made of one color, you can decorate with rhinestones or flowers.

Option 2

To make a Christmas toy, you need to cut identical circles out of colored paper. Fold, draw a line along the diameter with a pencil. Next, staple along the line to fasten a stack of circles. Glue the mug with a drop of glue, alternating from above to below. Having walked like this in a circle and connecting all the leaves, you get a Christmas tree toy - a ball.

Snowflakes

To decorate the window, you can cut out a beautiful snowflake from paper and stick it on glass. They can be made of several pieces and of different sizes, thereby creating the appearance of snowfall outside the window.

Thus, decorate all the windows of the house.

To make such snowflakes you will need:

• Scheme of the future snowflake.
• Paper.
• Pencil.
• Scissors.
• Soapy water.

On the Internet today you can find countless snowflake patterns, so the difficulty in choosing it should not arise. Transfer the diagram to the paper with a pencil and cut it strictly. When you expand the paper, you get a beautiful snowflake that can be glued to the glass with soapy water.

If there is a desire to hang such decoration from the ceiling, you can use the rain. Attach a snowflake to one end and the other to the ceiling. When moving in a room, snowfall will circle under the ceiling.

You can make a snowflake using the quilling technique. On the Internet there are detailed step-by-step master classes on their manufacture, so that even a beginner can easily learn how to make openwork snowflakes from paper. Their delicate lace curls will delight the eye and give a festive mood.

Vytynanka

Vytynaki are beautiful three-dimensional figures that look great as a decoration at home or on a Christmas tree. They can also be presented in the form of a small presentation for the New Year to your family and friends.

To create a lot is not necessary. It will take a printout of the future vytyanka, a clerical knife and glue.

On the Internet, there are many templates for creating a punch, it remains only to print it in two copies and you can begin to make it. Place a board under the template and carefully cut out each indicated hole with a clerical knife. Only from below it is necessary to leave a little space for a fastener.

Glue the resulting two figures. From above - to each other, and from below to make fasteners and fix them with glue. It will turn out a beautiful and openwork figure.

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New Year is snow, lights, Christmas tree and, of course, Santa Claus and Snow Maiden. Every year they take pride of place under the New Year’s beauty. If there are no worthy figures of your favorite holiday characters, you can make them their own paper. Below is a step-by-step process of their manufacture. To do this, you will need:

• White paper.
• Cardboard red and blue.
• Compass.
• Pencil.
• The rod from the handle.
• Paints.
• Felt-tip pens.
• Glue.

Snow Maiden

From a blue cardboard cut a circle and cut it from one side to the middle. Twist the cone out of it and glue it.

Cut a dome-shaped figure out of cardboard, make an incision in the middle from the bottom. Bend a little edge. Put the resulting kokoshnik on the cone and glue the curved edges to it.

The face of a snow maiden can be drawn on the cone itself, or you can cut a circle for this and stick it on the cone. To draw on the back a long and thick braid.

From white paper cut into strips, which in turn cut like a fringe. Use the handle bar to wind it.

Fringe to decorate the coat of the Snow Maiden along the hem, sleeves, and the fastener. You can also make cilia. Paint mittens, mark buttons and decorate the finger. Snow Maiden is ready.

Santa Claus

As well as for the Snow Maiden, make a cone for Santa Claus from red cardboard. Just make it a little bigger. Paint the face, hat and mittens with paints.

Fringes make a beard, eyebrows and a coat of Santa Claus.On the coat, you can draw small snowflakes thereby decorating it. Grandfather Frost is ready.

Christmas trees

There are many ways to create a Christmas tree made of paper. Below are the most common ones.

Option 1

To make it, you will need green cardboard, glue, rhinestones, a ribbon and scissors. On the cardboard should draw the most common silhouette of the Christmas tree, cut it out. Make another one exactly the same.

Bend both in half exactly in the middle. Glue them along the fold. Decorate the Christmas tree with rhinestones. Attach a ribbon at the top. The result was a funny Christmas tree, which you can decorate a real tree or put on the table.

Option 2

Probably the easiest way to make herringbone from corrugated paper. To do this, make a cone out of cardboard. To it, starting from the bottom, attach strips of corrugated paper with a stapler. Gradually, each strip will cover the attachment point of the previous one. It is better if corrugated paper is green, but several shades. The resulting Christmas tree can be decorated with rhinestones or beads.

Making New Year's toys out of paper is not a big deal. On the contrary, this process will appeal to all family members. Fun pastime, as well as beautiful jewelry made with your own hands, will cheer you up throughout the holidays.