New Year's wreaths made from paper plates. What and how to make a Christmas wreath with your own hands

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29.09.2019

On the eve of the New Year and Christmas holidays, the desire inevitably arises to decorate your home with something new or unusual. Some people buy boxes of Christmas decorations, others... But overseas jewelry, which only yesterday surprised with its colorfulness only from pictures, is gaining more and more popularity. It's about about Christmas wreaths. Definitely, you can buy this decor before Christmas to add to your home collection. But they look much more interesting homemade decorations. The designers of the Zatusim website have prepared several master classes with step-by-step photos that will help you figure out how to make and decorate a Christmas wreath with your own hands.

It is coniferous branches that form the basis of the classic Christmas wreath. Various new ideas for making wreaths from fabric and thread, beads and ribbons, tinsel and wicker, and even toilet paper and bottle caps are variations that look colorful, but have nothing in common with a Christmas decoration - a wreath symbolizing the infinity of time and counting down the weekdays. And holidays until Christmas.

IN classic version Spruce, pine, juniper branches can be used as a base. It is the pine needles that give this decoration New Year's shades, filling the room with traditional aromas.

But you can make a decoration for a spruce Christmas wreath with your own hands from any available material.

First, let's learn how to make a classic Christmas wreath with our own hands - with step-by-step master classes it's very easy to do.

Spruce Christmas wreath with pine cones

To make a Christmas wreath from spruce branches you will spend no more than an hour with your own hands, and it will delight you with its grace, beauty and excite all the holidays with its pine smell.

To make it you will need:

  • Fir branches – 15 – 20 pcs.;
  • Cardboard – 40x40 cm;
  • Sheets of paper – 10 – 15 pcs.;
  • Fir cones – 8–10 pcs.;
  • Red wool thread– 1.5 – 2 m;
  • Bell – 1 pc.;
  • Red ribbon 1 cm wide – 60 cm;
  • Artificial berries – 3 – 4 branches.
  • Glue;
  • Scissors;
  • Pencil;
  • Artificial snow in an aerosol can.

We make the basis for a Christmas wreath from cardboard with our own hands.

To do this, use a compass to draw two circles of different diameters. You can use any utensil: a pan lid or a plate, which can be easily traced with a simple pencil.

Cut out both circles using scissors.

We take sheets of A-4 paper (can be replaced with newspaper) and, crumpling them, wrap the cardboard base.

Getting ready for work spruce branches– cut large ones to size, give small ones an attractive look appearance.

We attach the spruce branches to the base with glue. We glue each next branch so that it overlaps the base of the previous one. We continue to work until we cover the entire circle with pine needles.

We prepare pine cones to decorate the wreath.

We will also decorate the wreath with artificial berries.

A small bell.

And red woolen thread.

We wrap the thread evenly around the entire wreath.

Let's start decorating the spruce wreath with cones, which we glue in random order onto the needles.

Now you can attach artificial berries to the branches.

We make it out of tape big bow, which together with the bell we glue to the wreath so that it looks inside the circle.

All that remains is to treat the needles with snow. For this you can use artificial snow in an aerosol can.

Our Christmas wreath of fir branches with cones is ready.

All that remains is to find a place to hang it.

Christmas wreath made of thuja or fir

Beautiful Christmas wreaths are made not only from spruce or pine branches, but also from thuja, fir, and juniper.

To make it you will need:

  • Sprigs of fir, thuja or juniper - 20 - 25 pcs.;
  • Soft wire – 3 – 4 m;
  • Green threads;
  • Wire cutters.

A bouquet of fir branches can be purchased at the market.

You will need several of these bouquets. They become brittle after being exposed to the cold, so leave them that way until warmed up.

Now you can untie the bouquet and make several miniature bouquets from small branches, tying them with thread.

The frame for such a Christmas wreath can be a circle woven from a vine.

Or from twigs.

Or made of wire.

We attach fir bouquets to the base using thread or wire.

Gradually fill the entire circle with branches.

As a result, we get a beautiful Christmas wreath.

If you select all the branches to size and carefully fill the base with them, you can make such a beautiful wreath.

And decorate it in an original way.

Beautiful Christmas wreath made from an artificial tree

If you want to make a Christmas wreath with your own hands, which you can save and use for more than one year, use branches artificial spruce. No, you don’t need to disassemble your New Year’s beauty for parts or purposefully buy a new one. It is enough to buy a garland of pine needles, which can be cut into small branches or used whole.

To make it you will need:

  • Artificial spruce branches;
  • Cardboard – 2 sheets;
  • Christmas tree decorations – 3 – 4 pcs.;
  • Red beads – 1 m;
  • Twine – 10 m.

Tools and auxiliary materials:

  • Scissors;
  • Pencil;
  • Glue gun;
  • Plates of different diameters – 2 pcs.

We will make the basis for the Christmas wreath from cardboard.

To do this, we outline the plate.

First with a larger diameter, then with a smaller one.

In total you will need two cardboard blanks.

We cut out the templates with scissors to make 2 cardboard rings.

We will tie the pieces together with twine.

We wrap the base with a strong thread, placing both rings together.

We immediately make a loop on which you can later hang the finished Christmas wreath.

We take spruce branches. It is more convenient to work with a long garland, since it will not need to be attached several times.

We wrap the rings.

We continue to wrap the blank ring until we fill the base completely.

All that remains is to decorate the finished wreath. To do this, we wrap the ring with beads in any shape, glue on stars, toys, snowflakes.

We learned how to make Christmas wreaths from living and artificial Christmas tree, other coniferous trees.

Symbolic Christmas wreath with candles

But if you adhere to Christmas traditions exactly, then you need to make a wreath with candles.

It is the candles that symbolize the approach of Christmas. There should be 4 large ones in total - according to the number of Sundays when they are lit, and 24 small ones. With the traditions and history of Christmas wreaths you can.

Definitely, a Christmas wreath and candles are a decoration for festive table. But you can use it to decorate any flat surface, both indoors and outdoors. Let's start creating.

Traditional Advent wreath with candles

We will make a Christmas wreath with candles with our own hands on a base of fir branches. We will use 4 candles in total, which can be lit every Sunday on the eve of the holiday.

To make it you will need:

  • Coniferous branches: spruce, boxwood, fir;
  • Straw Circle;
  • Pine cones – 30 – 40 pcs.
  • Candles – 4 pcs.;
  • Decoration materials.

Tools and auxiliary materials:

  • Thin wire;
  • Scissors;
  • Glue gun.

We make the base of the wreath from ordinary straw, which can be replaced with foam plastic or other easily cut construction material.

We glue pine cones around the edge of the base.

It is necessary to glue both the outer and inner contours.

Fill the remaining surface of the base on one side with pine branches. You can combine several types of needles.

All that remains is to install on the finished Christmas wreath 4 large candles and decorate with available materials. Our version uses cinnamon sticks, bows, cookies, and stars.

Thanks to the decor, you can make wreaths in different color scheme.

Christmas composition from a wreath with candles

This composition can be used for the central decoration of a New Year's or Christmas table. A wreath of pine needles and snow-white candles will look noble and elegant.

To make it you will need:

  • Coniferous branches
  • Tray;
  • Large white candles – 3 pcs.;
  • Small white candles – 4 pcs.;
  • Semolina;
  • Artificial snow in an aerosol can;
  • Decorative white crystals.

The basis of the composition will be a small tray. It is on this that we place large candles. You can take candles of different heights - this will make the composition look more interesting, or add small candles.

On top of the tray we place a finished Christmas wreath decorated with artificial snow.

All that remains is to decorate the composition. In this case we will use ready-made crystals or twigs with snow cover.

We place them directly on top of the needles.

Finally, sprinkle the entire composition with semolina to create the illusion of real grains of snow.

Their own homes, workplaces and of course a Christmas tree.

New Year's wreath - great way make any interior colorful and festive.

It is worth noting that such a wreath is a symbol family warmth and hearth.

There are many ways to make a beautiful wreath for the New Year with your own hands.


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Here are some of the most interesting and simple Christmas wreaths that you can make with your children and hang them in the house or on the Christmas tree to decorate your home.

DIY New Year's wreath made of oranges and cinnamon

You will need:

Thin and flexible branches (for the frame)

Hot glue

Rope

Wire.

Decorations:

Pine branches or leaves with berries (natural or artificial)

Dried orange slices (you can use lemons)

1. Make the frame of a New Year's wreath from branches.


* To obtain dried slices orange, they need to be briefly placed in the oven on low heat.

2. Using glue and wire, begin attaching decorations to the frame. You can glue the pine cones, attach the orange slices with wire, and tie the cinnamon with rope or pieces of fabric.

* Simply insert pine branches or leaves with berries inside the frame or you can secure them with wire or glue.

How to make a bright New Year's wreath with your own hands


You will need:

Cardboard or foam frame

Hot glue or tape

Decorations (bows, pipes, toys, etc.).

1. Cut out a frame for the wreath from cardboard or a piece of foam. You may need to cut out two circles and glue them together to make the frame stronger.


2. Start wrapping the frame with tinsel. You can use glue or tape to secure the tinsel in some places, but so that the attachment points are not very noticeable


3. When the wreath is ready, you can attach decorations to it. This can also be done with glue or tape.

DIY New Year's wreath made from candies (master class)


You will need:

Corrugated cardboard (cardboard from which boxes are made)

Compass or round object the desired shape and a pencil (to draw a circle)

Acrylic paint

Foam rubber

A lot of candies.

1. Draw on a piece of cardboard big circle(in this example the circle has a diameter of 22 cm.)


2. Cut out a circle and draw another circle inside it smaller size. Cut out this circle. You can use a stationery knife instead of scissors.


3. Repeat steps 1-2 to make another donut and glue the two donuts together to make the wreath frame stronger.


4. Use paint white to paint the cardboard frame of the future wreath.


5. Cut out a donut of similar sizes from foam rubber and cut several pieces, which then glue to cardboard ring on both sides.


6. Wrap the frame with a bandage.


7. Prepare the candies - for this example we needed 300 grams. truffles. Try to choose light candies - they hold up better.

8. Cut double-sided tape into small pieces and stick them to the bottom of each candy, then glue all the candies to the wreath.


9. To make the wreath even brighter, you can fill the spaces between the candies with rain, beads and/or tinsel, which is attached with glue.



Here are a couple more options for New Year's wreaths decorated with candies:

New Year's wreath made of candies (photo instructions)


You will need:

Foam ring (wreath base)

Toothpicks

Soft candies (preferably jelly).

DIY New Year's wreaths on the door


You will need:

PVA glue

Scissors or utility knife

Aerosol or acrylic paint (if desired)

Decorations (ribbons, bows, small Christmas tree decorations).

1. Cut each cylinder into big rings. Press each ring until it forms a leaf shape (see image).

2. Glue all the rings together so that they form a wreath.

*You can paint the wreath if you wish.

3. Start decorating the wreath with bows, tinsel, Christmas decorations, ribbons, etc.

Wreath made of colored paper and cardboard for the New Year (photo instructions)


You will need:

Colored paper, colored cardstock, or patterned paper

Cardboard (for the base of the wreath)

Stapler

Scissors.



How to make a wreath with pine cones and fruits for the New Year


You will need:

Kitchen napkins

Green organza (if necessary)

PVA glue or hot glue

Decorations ( artificial fruit, cones, flowers, leaves).

1. Roll the newspaper into a tube and make a ring out of it. If necessary, use two newspapers to make a ring.


2. Wrap the ring in a few more newspapers to make it more durable and prevent it from unraveling. Parts that protrude can be secured with PVA glue.

3. Give the newspaper ring more attractive appearance. To do this, use white paper napkins to wrap around the ring.


4. If desired, you can wrap the ring with organza, securing it with PVA glue or hot glue. You can skip this step.


5. Now start wrapping the ring with tinsel, securing it with PVA glue if necessary.


6. Prepare small artificial fruits, flowers, leaves and pine cones. Start hot glueing them to the wreath.


*You can use any decorations, not just fruits or leaves. For example, you can buy bows, glue bright ribbons or small light Christmas tree decorations.

New Year's wreath made of Christmas balls (master class)

You will need:

Foam frame

Small Christmas toys

Glue (hot, superglue).

1. Remove the fastener from each Christmas tree decoration.

2. Start gluing big toys to the foam frame.

3. Continue pasting the frame with smaller toys and finish with the smallest balls.

* Not all New Year's balls glued to the frame, some glued to other balls. The main thing is to add toys until the foam ring is completely closed.

Beautiful wreath for the New Year with cells for gifts

You will need:

Corrugated cardboard (thick cardboard from a box)

Colored cardboard

Scissors

Knitting thread (any color)

Stationery knife (if necessary)

Cardboard cylinders (from toilet paper or paper towels)

PVA glue or hot glue

Acrylic paints.

1. Cut the cardboard cylinders into rings.

* If you want the fan to have not only small, but also large rings, then you can cut out strips from colored cardboard and glue the ends together.

2. You can paint it if you wish. acrylic paint all or some of the rings.

3. Cut out a large circle from corrugated cardboard, and in the center of the circle cut out another smaller circle - this will be the base of the wreath. You can make the base more durable by gluing two cardboard circles together.

* To cut a circle within a circle, it is easier to replace the scissors with a utility knife.

4. Wrap the thread around the base of the wreath.

5. Start gluing the rings to the base.

All that remains is to put small gifts on the “shelves”. You can wrap these gifts in paper and secure with a thin ribbon, as in the image.

DIY paper wreath for the New Year (master class)


You will need:

PVA glue

Scissors

Tassels

Acrylic paint (white)

Scrapbooking paper, colored paper, or wrapping paper

Pictures on thick sheets (from old postcards, packaging, boxes)

Various other decorations.

1. Prepare several sheets of newspaper and twist them into thin tubes (see image). Glue the tip of the newspaper with PVA glue. The number of tubes depends on the thickness of the wreath.

Every year is full interesting events and amazing moments, so why not get the same positive emotions from the very beginning of the New Year?

To do this, it is enough to decorate your home festively, and such an accessory as a homemade wreath on the door will become the first festive accent in it.

Bright decorations of this type will attract the attention of every guest: they are made very simply, using a variety of improvised and decorative materials, and the process itself takes no more than half an hour.

Let's quickly find out how to make a New Year's wreath with your own hands - and begin the annual preparation for the holidays.

DIY New Year's wreaths, photo

Many of you know that modern New Year's wreaths are designed to decorate entrance or interior doors. So start by creating a framework and planning how to attach such accessories.

As a solid base, you can use cardboard, wood, metal wire, fabric or paper folded into the desired shape.

By the way, today wreaths are starting to acquire a lot of unusual shapes: in addition to a circle, it can be a heart or a star, as well as many other figures that will harmoniously complement the New Year's design.

Think about the size in advance: the larger the accessory, the better, but if you are decorating a door in a hallway with a very limited area, a large decoration can visually reduce the free space.

It is important to consider the sizes of other accessories. involved in the design, since each element New Year's interior should be perceived as harmonious.

Advice: creating a bright wreath will not make sense if you hang it on a door that is constantly open. Think: perhaps it would look much better on the wall or one of the shelves?

To create such wreaths, a huge number of materials are used: paper, newspaper clippings, rain and tinsel, fabric and spruce branches, New Year's toys And stationery. All this is used in design with one goal: to make the wreath as bright and interesting as possible.

But if you don’t want such a decoration to turn into an unnecessary accessory that only spoils the appearance of the room, plan the color scheme in advance.

If the wreath will turn on immediately a large number of shades - they should alternate and not contradict each other.

Ideally, it is better to choose one or two bright shades, and make the remaining details lighter. Compliance with the measure also applies to the process of placing decorative elements on the wreath: decide which of them will become central.

As a rule, a bright Christmas ball, photograph, bow or star is placed in the center or at the top of the wreath.

The process of creating a wreath to decorate a room on New Year is the same for any materials:

  1. Creating a frame of the desired shape and diameter.
  2. Attaching the main material to the frame (for example, fabric for subsequent patching or paper for gluing decorative parts).
  3. Creating one or more loops to be able to secure the wreath to the selected surface.
  4. Decorating using any available means.

As you can see, such decoration can be created even without special skills. The main thing is to decide on materials and colors, and photos of New Year’s wreaths from modern interiors will help you with this.

Traditional wreaths for the New Year

Most of the wreaths in New Year's style made from natural or imitating materials. For example, you can create an original New Year's wreath from cones: unlike other accessories of this type, it does not require a frame, since the cones can be connected to each other in the desired shape.

To prevent the wreath from falling apart, use silicone glue. Treat the surface of the cones with paint, glitter or decorate with bright ribbons.

Another popular way to create a festive wreath for a door is to use natural or artificial fir branches. By the way, it is not necessary to make it green: the second most popular are considered white twigs, Although they can be painted red, blue, purple.

Advice: real spruce branches will quickly dry out and fall off. If you are going to use the created wreath for more than one year, give preference to artificial pine needles.

A simple master class for a New Year's wreath made of spruce branches involves following the following steps:

  • frame preparation. The material that will hold each branch on itself is ordinary wire or thin vine branches. You can roll a circle out of paper or fabric, but such materials are not suitable for those who plan to weave a spruce into the base of a wreath;
  • securing branches. Arrange the spruce branches in a circle (clockwise or counterclockwise) - and secure with thread or a stapler, depending on the materials used;
  • wrap the protruding branches using bright threads, ropes or rain;
  • start adding accessories: berries, small cones, Christmas decorations, figures made of thick fabric, cardboard or paper, etc. It is also better to use threads for this;
  • With reverse side attach a loop or hook to the wreath for wall mounting.

Maintain the atmosphere New Year's holiday a hand-made wreath will help from ordinary Christmas tree toys. Most often, balls of different colors are chosen for it, but you can also use decorations of other shapes: the main thing is that they are in harmony with each other.

Traditionally, start by creating a frame. If you choose fabric, the toys will have to be sewn to a textile base.

You will decorate your wreath easier and faster if you choose strong wire for the frame: just string the balls on it in the desired sequence - and all you have to do is add decorations from bows and ribbons so that you can hang the wreath on the door.

Attention! To keep the toys securely on their base, first glue glass and plastic balls to their tips.

You can create a stylish wreath from ordinary twigs collected from your nearest garden or forest. Like spruce branches, they will be placed in a circle and tied with threads. Such a frame is decorated with berries, decorative birds and other small toys.

Wreaths made from other materials

If you have a desire to create a festive wreath, unlike the others, decorate it homemade toys from multi-colored fabric. Little snowmen, deer, Santa Clauses and many other characters sewn to the base of the wreath will create a fabulous atmosphere in your home.

Another similar option that will take less time to create is a New Year’s wreath. from felt. From this material you can cut out dense Christmas trees, stars, hearts, snowflakes that will complement the festive design.

In addition, felt can be wrapped in spirals - and the frame can be decorated with decorative flowers, pine cones and other elements bright colors. You can even make inscriptions on a wreath from this material - congratulations on the holidays or the names of the owners of the house.

Wreaths are very easy to make on paper based . But paper itself looks boring and casual, so this wreath will have to be further decorated.

New Year's wreaths look much more interesting from newspaper tubes: roll up small fragments and connect them to each other, forming figures in the form of snowflakes, flowers, petals.

A wreath created by by sequentially gluing such tubes in a circle: add a couple of touches in the form of bright beads or ribbons - and stylish accessory he'll be ready.

Besides, newspaper tubes can be used as a frame: just weave them together.

From colored paper dense type, you can create a large number in advance volumetric sprockets. Place them in a circle and connect them with glue: such a wreath will definitely attract the attention of every guest. By the way, you can also use patterned gift paper, and foil.

You can hang a New Year's Eve on the door beaded wreath. But its creation will take much more time and money: the wreath must have enough big sizes, and the design itself must be thought out to the smallest detail, using beads and beads of different shades and shapes.

You can find weaving techniques on the Internet, as well as master classes on creating small toys from beads that can be sewn to a textile base to get another original type of wreath for the New Year.

Who would have thought that even ordinary clothespins for drying clothes might be needed in holiday decor? You can use either wooden or plastic clothespins different colors. Create a ring-shaped base and use glue to securely secure the clothespins in a circle.

Many people repaint them green tint. Can be attached to clothespins family photos or thematic pictures.

The next idea is to create a New Year's wreath from plastic bags. The base is made of cardboard or thick paper. The bags are cut into separate strips of small width, assembled into an accordion - and secured to the base with glue.

The more magnificent your wreath turns out, the more interesting it will look even without additional accessories, so use as many small strips of polyethylene as possible.

How to decorate a New Year and Christmas wreath

Some materials cannot be used as basic materials in decor. holiday wreaths on a wall or door. But they are great for creating additional accents. For example, around the circle of the wreath you can place wooden wine corks, painted in different colors or left in their original form.

If you want to create a brighter wreath - sew or glue colorful buttons to the surface.

Suitable for decoration and jewelry: beads or old earrings that have not been used for their intended purpose for a long time will emphasize exquisite design your wreath. It can also be small bells, repainted acorns or nuts, or fancy-shaped pasta.

You can add expressiveness to your wreath by attaching edible flowers to the surface. decorative elements. For example, candies with a bright label, New Year-themed cookies, apples or tangerines.

The door wreaths obtained as a result of all the described manipulations can be painted in one color (it is better to use sprayers for this), decorated with sparkles or rain, or covered with artificial snow. You can insert into the base artificial or dried flowers and leaves.

If you'd rather stick uniform style when preparing a room for the New Year, create several wreaths of the same type at once. Hang one on the door, place a couple on the walls or bookshelves, if the room has a fireplace, decorate its walls with appropriate decorations.

And, of course, don’t forget about New Year's table: The wreath can be placed in the center and decorated with garlands. It is often transformed into a candlestick: long candles with such a base will look great.

DIY home decorations will become a source of comfort and warmth on New Year's Eve.

Therefore, do not rush to buy ready-made accessories: it is better to spend this time searching interesting ideas for self-decoration - and you will be pleased with the result.