Christmas lights - fresh ideas for easy realization

With the advent of the New Year holidays I want to decorate the house in a special way. One of the best decorations can rightly be called New Year's garlands. They are able to make the house feel better than other decorations. However, in order for the décor of the dwelling to be special and harmoniously fit into the existing style of the interior, it is necessary to understand the nuances of the varieties of garlands, the type of material used and the variants of their use.

Christmas garlands are different. They can be electrical products that are connected to the network to create a flickering light effect, as well as models of their own production. The choice of the desired option remains for the buyer, while the models created with their own hands, often outwardly not inferior to store counterparts.

As light bulbs in models can use different light sources. Of these, the safest LEDs can be called, which even with long work of the garland practically do not heat up, transforming most of the received energy into light. Such products are divided into several subspecies:

• threads (the simplest options with bulbs on a twisted cord);
• networks (design in the form of peculiar honeycombs for flat surfaces such as walls and ceilings);
• light curtains (wires with strands and diodes hanging down);
• icicles (a garland with vertical wires in the shape of icicles);
• fringe (main wire and many tiny LEDs);
• Belt Light (professional facade lighting of buildings with a train of various color tones);
• light clip (garlands for trees of several main wires and especially bright diodes);
• strobe light (options with stroboscopic lights, working in a given period of time).

Self-made variations are also divided into a mass of categories. They can be a single base without pendants, variants with the main wire and threads, decorated with a variety of decor. These include products that are made by sewing or gluing individual elements on a special basis. Various raw materials are used to create them, for example:

• pine or spruce cones;
• fir branches;
• various decorative stars and candles;
• paper and plastic snowflakes;
• colored paper;
• cardboard (including foil);
• felt and fabric;
• colorful cards;
• thread balls;
• small light bulbs;
• thin corrugated paper;
• old newspapers;
• kraft paper;
• natural materials (dry branches, dried berries);
• gold, white and silver spray paints.

It is difficult to surprise a modern person with something, but when the soul asks for creativity, it is difficult to refuse it. And then sometimes it does not matter what you can buy ready-made, if you want to make your own jewelry.

These materials are the simplest and most convenient raw material for creating Christmas garlands. Consider a few examples that demonstrate the capabilities of these materials in decorating the home.

Better than the Thai lanterns of yarn, you can not imagine. To date, this decor is one of the most sought after by buyers. In this case, few people know that, using the technology of Thai craftswomen, to make such a decoration can be easily.

You will need thin cotton threads, glue based on natural resins (and PVA will do), balloons of small size and ordinary garland with white diodes. Thread garlands are created as follows:

1. inflate balls, wrapped them with thread;
2. with a gypsy needle they pierce a bottle with glue and pass a thread through the holes;
3. soaked winding a balloon;
4. the wet base is dried;
5. from the workpiece remove the balloon, pierce it with a needle;
6. make a small slit and insert one bulb from a garland into it;
7. so do with all the balls.

By the elegant decor of the yarn can be attributed, and multi-colored pompons. This decoration always stands out in the interior, it attracts the views and fills the room with a feeling of home comfort. From the yarn make small toys, hats, which you can decorate the garland.

Complex materials can be made from this raw material, but the easiest way is to take simple figures on a New Year theme as a basis. It is necessary to prepare templates for snowmen, penguins, Santa Clauses, Snow Maidens, boots, Christmas trees, colorful felt and thick threads for a sewing machine. Create a beautiful garland in different ways:

1. first they squander 30-40 cm for nothing, then the line is continued with the addition of the details cut out of the felt;
2. preparing first the threads with the felt figures, then attaching them to the base of the garland.

In addition, you can decorate the garland with ready-made felt crafts. They can be purchased at handicraft stores or made independently.As a rule, this process is simple, although it will take some time. To make them, they cut out the details according to the templates prepared in advance, put the smaller ones on larger ones, put the filler inside and join the two main blanks.

This is exactly how the faces of animals, fairy-tale characters, also make ordinary Christmas-tree balls. This decor looks beautiful and at the same time unusual.

You can make a variety of flags from the fabric, as well as some semblance of tiny tilde figures. It all depends on the skill of the master and the time available to make. In their work they try to use dense textiles, the edges of which are not showered.

We can talk about paper products for a long time: this material opens up wide possibilities for decorating and creating Christmas garlands. It can be made of filament, chain, ceiling products of the most diverse configuration. In this case, the options can be flat or volumetric, different in texture and size.

For handicrafts of flat type, it is better to take scrapbooking paper, for bulk ones it’s good for monochrome. One of the interesting solutions is the sewing of bulk garland. The principle of manufacturing is not much different from the technique with felt:

1. taking Christmas patterns (Christmas trees, snowmen, snowflakes), cut out of multicolored paper of 4 pieces, the same for each element;
2. if the garland will have flat figures, one blank of two-sided colored paper is enough for them;
3. blanks, of which several pieces each, are folded in half, marking the middle (they will continue to line the line along this line);
4. after sewing 30-40 cm in vain, they take several identical blanks, put them together and stitch along the intended line;
5. flat elements sew between bulk;
6. at the end, another 30–40 cm is wasted (it will be possible to cut off the excess);
7. they take a garland, straighten out parts for which several parts were used.

If you do not want to sew the paper, you can glue it to the threads on both sides, while combining the edges of each figure. Garlands of circles made on the principle of folding paper accordion and interconnected look original. No less beautiful and paper decor foil. Foiled cardboard is convenient because it is dense and keeps its shape well.From it, you can cut the sparkling stars or even snowflakes on the principle of vytynanka.

Skillful hands will find the use of the most ordinary things. For example, you can make a unique garland of disposable paper cups. For this you need the cups themselves, scrap paper, double-sided tape, electric garland and stationery knife.

It is outlined on beautiful paper and cut out according to the number of light bulbs of the available garland. The colors are different, but you need to look to match them. Wrapped the glasses with ready-made templates and fixed with double-sided tape. All that remains is to make cross-shaped cuts on the bottom of each cup and put the decor into the garland in the places of the existing light bulbs.

For the manufacture of Christmas garlands, you can use felt, cotton wool and foil. Balls of wool for felting roll up, pre-wetting them under running water and a little soaping. After the balls are sufficiently dense, they are washed from the soap and dried,and then attached to a thread or another kind of garland. They look unusual, but quite impressive.

You can decorate the garland with balls of foil and cotton wool. For this purpose, cotton wool is rolled up first, and after it is wrapped in foil, then it is pierced with a needle and strung on the existing garland. This decor looks especially beautiful if it is diluted with white and silver snowflakes of various sizes and shapes. By the way, not only cotton balls can be wrapped in foil. Jewelry looks unique in which even yogurt cups are used as the base foil.

Coniferous branches - an excellent material for the manufacture of Christmas garlands. Attach them to the base in different ways. It is important to take into account that this material will have considerable weight even in a thread decor, so you need to think over where and how to position the product, paying particular attention to its length and auxiliary decorative elements. You can use for this beautiful satin ribbons. They will not add significant weight, but in a moment they will add an elegant New Year's look to the decoration.

And in most cases it is not necessary to invent a complicated design of coniferous garlands: it is enough just to tie the ribbons in bows.By the way, they can also be used to attach some decor (for example, small Christmas balls or thread lanterns). For greater solemnity, gold and silver ribbons used by florists can be added to the design. They will also allow to decorate coniferous garlands, without weighing down their weight.

Tying the décor to the ribbons is convenient in that, if desired, it can be replaced or removed until the next holiday. Even if the needles fall down, the finished decorative elements will remain beautiful and elegant. In addition to the ribbon, ready-made foil flashlights can be used to decorate coniferous branches.

If you really want to decorate a door or a mirror with Christmas garland, it is better to do it with such a decor that, with its aesthetics, will not interfere with operation. For example, do not veil the doorway to eliminate the possibility of entanglement of the household during the passage. It is better to hang a small garland on the door itself so that it does not lag behind and does not move too much with each opening and closing of the door. For example, it may be a light model of the flags, the option for the slopes.

Beautifully look in the decor of the door crafts from spruce branches and cones. Using salt, and sometimes just an aerosol white (silver) paint, the elements are given a snow-covered look, which brings something fabulous to the design. Bulk versions of paper look unique on the tree. At the same time, the most unusual material (old newspapers, foil, cotton wool, semolina, foam balls) is often used for their production. Spruce branches bring pre-holiday atmosphere into the room, filling the space with waiting for a miracle.

Christmas lights to decorate the mirror can be both luminous and various homemade, including without lighting. However, unlike the doorway, you should not decorate the mirror with a flashing garland. And in general, the luminous decor will be appropriate only when they will not use the mirror. The fact is that the light of multi-colored elements will interfere with the make-up or hairstyle.

Decorate with a garland mirror in different ways, it depends on the model (one sheet, with a frame, with a table): around the frame, on top, leaving free ends on the sides. Some people like to designate not the mirror itself, but the tabletop.Someone, in addition to the garland itself, adds its elements to the table top, and sometimes to the floor. With regards to models, they are diverse: some like Thai balls, giving the house a special atmosphere of comfort, others prefer small light bulbs with a neutral or warm shade of light flux. Still others decorate the mirror with homemade paper garlands in their favorite colors of the New Year.

If the house (apartment) has a fireplace, the center of attention of the interior can be made it. However, in this case, the safety rules must be considered especially. The best place to decorate can be a mantel. Different models will suit for its decoration, ranging from ordinary tinsel with multi-colored toys or stretch marks from postcards to options with a pretense of luxury.

For example, one of the best decisions would be to decorate a fireplace with a garland with decorative socks for gifts made of fabric or felt. Beautifully there will look options from coniferous branches, products from a foil with a various decor, needle tinsel with asterisks.If the Christmas tree itself is located in the room where the fireplace is located, the decoration elements of the fireplace should repeat the decorations of spruce.

If artificial snow was used in decorating, it could be the link that unites the two elegant zones of the room. The garland may hang down the sides of the mantelpiece, arc located above the fireplace. However, in any case, all its parts should be located at a safe distance from the source of fire (or heating elements). In addition to the two options for decorating the fireplace (only on the top of the mantelpiece, as well as on the top and sides), you can also decorate the wall above it.

For example, this place can be decorated with a fir ring with toys or items that are present in the decoration of fir or fireplace garland. The space below is usually left empty, although someone uses it for a rocking chair, a pair of New Year's toys, and sometimes places for future gifts. Decorating a fireplace with electric garland-nets is undesirable because it is unsafe. In addition, the fireplace itself is quite bright, and the networks look better on the windows, giving the household a lot of positive emotions in the evening.

With regards to self-made varieties, products from postcards, flags or even children's drawings will look better here. This may be a stretch, as well as a concise version of crepe paper, stitched from several multicolored stripes on a sewing machine or twisted and cut into a fringe. As for socks for gifts, it is better that they are made of textiles or felt (unlike paper analogues, they are functional and allow you to put inside small gifts for family members).

For decorating the local area, the visor, the doors of the house are also often used waterproof Christmas garlands. These are grid options, as well as products for decorating trees, including coniferous trees, located near the dwelling. Usually, they try to use items that will not be damaged by wind and snow as a New Year's decor.

The paper looks good on the windows from the inside, but after sleet such garland will become unusable, because the material tends to swell from moisture.It is possible to decorate the house outside with needle or spiral-shaped tinsel, Christmas toys made of plastic. Such a garland will not suffer from the weather, it will decorate the door, veranda and even a tree near the house. For decorating the door outside, you can use a garland-thread, under the roof you can arrange an ornament in the form of icicles.

Sometimes homeowners prefer to decorate their homes for the New Year holidays with unusual decor, combining store and home-made products, which, however, often looks very harmonious. One of the extraordinary options can be called static-dynamic garlands. They are able to imitate fireworks, bursting with fiery flowers for as long as the household needs. Such garlands are made on the basis of LEDs, so they are safe for decorating houses and streets.

You can buy a product that provides customization of your favorite New Year's music. Such garlands can be controlled by, for example, an iPhone. They will love teenagers, and everyone who likes technological accessories. So the light will flash to the beat of your favorite Christmas melody.

Someone may find it too boring to decorate their home with a garland of bulbs of the same size. In this case, you can purchase a finished product with an imitation of burning candles, sparkling snowflakes, star rain. Attracts attention also options with luminous elements in the form of snowmen, thread balls, felt toys. Often, the usual idea of ​​mandarins, the invariable attributes of the New Year, can become the best idea for adding such garlands.

Evaluate the possibilities of decorating the home for the New Year holidays will help a few ideas from the World Wide Web.

An example of a simple thread design garlands in the design of the fireplace.

Such a garland of snowflakes will fill the space with a special atmosphere.

Felted balls, bows and felt gingerbread - just what you need to decorate the wall.

Christmas garland of satin ribbons and ready-made Christmas decorations makes the window decoration elegant and festive.

Ordinary felt confetti of different colors effectively stand out against the background of the Christmas tree.

Cotton balls and volumetric snowflakes on threads can decorate any part of the room.

Cones, bows, small Christmas balls and dried orange mugs are not inferior to traditional Christmas garlands of flags.

How to make a Christmas garland with your own hands, see the next video.