A beautifully decorated Christmas tree has become an obligatory element of Christmas decor. It's hard to imagine a holiday without it! We have collected ideas on how to decorate the Christmas tree for the new year 2020, taking into account the wishes of the symbol of the year - the rat, what style to choose and what color scheme to base on.
Colors for decorating the Christmas tree in 2020
It should be determined in advance in which color it is better to decorate the Christmas tree in 2020, the color scheme should correspond to the preferences of the hostess of the upcoming period - the White Metal Rat.
The colors of the coming year are silver, gold, all shades of gray and white. When decorating a Christmas tree, experts recommend taking into account the color scheme that prevails in the interior. For decoration, you should choose the main color and its shades, the second color will serve to emphasize interesting details that will be used in decoration. Finish the design with the addition of glitter in the form of silver or gold tinsel.
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Fashion trends and Christmas decor ideas
A fashionable trend in decorating the Christmas tree will be the use of all shades of purple. But it is not recommended to use it as the main one; when decorating, it is better to include elements of lavender or light lilac color.
There are several ways to decorate a Christmas tree:
Christmas tree design trends New Year 2020:
- Handmade balloons will become a fashion trend. They can be made from fabric, wire, cardboard and other materials, and then decorated with wool, glitter, embroidery, pictures, etc.
- On the Christmas tree, be sure to hang edible decorations. You can use cookies, candies, beautifully decorated fruits or gingerbread.
- Experts recommend decorating the spruce with toys with beads or sequins. These decorations are best made by hand. A pattern is applied to a felt or fabric base, after which it is embroidered with beads. Even balls pasted over with sparkles will be a beautiful addition to the decor of the Christmas tree.
- Many interesting items can be made from plastic. In the manufacture of such toys, acrylic paints, threads, lace, fur, buttons, etc. are used.
- A fashionable trend in decorating the Christmas tree is the use of loose materials. With the help of figured pasta, coffee beans, rice, peas, you can create many interesting details.
- Another trend is toys made from natural materials. Chestnuts, acorns, cones, walnuts, dried tangerine or orange peel can be used. In order for the aroma to come from the Christmas tree, you can use sprigs of cinnamon or lavender in the decoration process.
- Vintage decor does not lose its relevance. However, it is not hung in large numbers. The toy should stand out from the others.
Among fashion trends season, a special place is occupied by original decorations for the top of the spruce. Big red stars remain in trend. In addition, the crown can be decorated with an angel figurine, a large golden bow, a toy rat.
If you can't decide how to properly place toys on a coniferous tree, use the following ideas:
- the arrangement of jewelry in a spiral;
- scattering of toys and circular placement of garlands and rain;
- distribution of decorations in the vertical direction;
- circular hanging toys.
Symbols for good luck
If you want to put up a Feng Shui Christmas tree, first decide what goals and desires are priorities and in which direction you need to direct positive energy. According to this teaching, each side of the world is responsible for various benefits:
- southeast: material well-being, prosperity, monetary gain;
- east: harmony in the family, mutual understanding, homeliness;
- south: public recognition, glory;
- west: replenishment in the family, the birth of children;
- north: professional achievements, career advancement, success in work;
- northeast: new knowledge, wisdom;
- northwest: interesting travels, adventures, meetings with like-minded people;
- southwest: harmonious personal relationships, happy marriage, good luck in the realm of love.
If you place a decorated Christmas tree in the center of the room in 2020, it will become a symbol of good health and vitality, because positive home energy is concentrated in this place.
According to Chinese teachings, red lanterns with tassels, coins with a hole, balls with hieroglyphs are considered symbols of good luck. You can hang banknotes, toys in the form of lotus flowers, cranes and walnuts on the New Year tree. To bring prosperity and happiness to your home, place rat figurines under the Christmas tree.
7 options for decorating the Christmas tree beautifully and inexpensively
You can decorate the Christmas tree with balls and other New Year's attributes in various styles. The most popular in 2020 will be the following options for inexpensive holiday decor:
Classical.
To elegantly decorate the Christmas tree in 2020 of the Rat, use balls of 2-3 shades of the same size. It is advisable to take the silver color as a basis, because it goes well with other bright colors. In the classic version, decorations are placed on a coniferous tree in a circle, garlands with small light elements and a plain rain are used.
Retro.
This style is characterized by the use of old Soviet toys, round candies in bright wrappers, glass and plastic balls. You can complement the decor with paper snowflakes and stars, and put the figures of Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden under the Christmas tree.
To decorate a Christmas tree in this style, use natural materials: cones, acorns and chestnuts, branches, dried fruits and flowers, cinnamon sticks, cookies and gingerbread. Christmas balls and decorations can be made from wood or paper.
Country.
Rustic motifs should prevail in this style: toys made of thread and fabric, knitted boots and mittens, figurines decorated with lace, matte plain balls, felt decorations. A Christmas tree decorated in this style should embody home comfort, warmth and harmony.
European.
When decorating a European-style Christmas tree, use balls in 2 shades. Traditional combinations: gold and red, silver and blue. You can also hang satin bows of the same colors and a plain garland on a tree. The use of tinsel and rain is not welcome. A Christmas tree decorated in the European version should be stylish and neat.
Scandinavian.
This decor is dominated by light shades, moderation and simplicity. If you like this style, you can change the natural spruce for an artificial one or make an imitation of a Christmas tree from garlands, wire and other scrap materials.
- On the Christmas tree, be sure to hang edible decorations. You can use cookies, candies, beautifully decorated fruits or gingerbread.
A lush and elegant Christmas tree is the attribute of the New Year holidays, thanks to which your home is filled with an atmosphere of magic, fairy tales and amazing comfort. Without it, any interior would be monotonous and ordinary. We even get pleasure from searching for fresh ideas on how to decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year. And how much joy and positive emotions the process of decorating a Christmas tree brings!
At the same time, not only adults, but also children love to dress it up. And if the whole family is involved in this process, you are guaranteed fun.
Our Christmas tree decorating tips will help you bring your home to perfection and feel like a real designer.
How to choose a Christmas tree and where to place it?
The most popular holiday tree options are spruce or pine. Their size should be related to the height of the room.
Usually choose a Christmas tree with a height of no more than 1.5 meters. It is desirable that its branches are lush and symmetrical, and the trunk is even.
A small fir would also be an excellent choice. She immediately has several advantages:
- the tree has a rich dark green with a blue color;
- long branches with dense long needles;
- needles almost do not fall from the fir!
For this evergreen beauty, you also need to choose a suitable place in the house. It is worth considering that you do not need to put it in hot places (for example, near a radiator or fireplace), otherwise the needles on it will quickly dry out and lose their color. For the Christmas tree, a bright and well-ventilated room with a moderate temperature is ideal. You can also place it near the window.
Natural pine needles contain specific oils that can cause an allergic reaction in some people. If there is a newborn in the house, then it is better to give preference to an artificial Christmas tree.
How can you decorate a Christmas tree?
The magic of transforming a Christmas tree, of course, begins with the choice of toys and other decorations. Their diversity today is simply huge and is limited only by imagination: sparkling garlands, original toys, traditional tinsel, sweets, bows of various sizes and colors, and other equally spectacular decorations.
You can decorate the Christmas tree with various decorations:
- Toys. To decorate the Christmas tree, you can choose at least two of their options: factory-made and home-made. If you want to decorate a Christmas tree in a classic style, you will need glass one- or multi-colored balls, lanterns and icicles, and for the top - a traditional bright garland. Retro lovers can decorate the Christmas tree in vintage style using old USSR toys, paper garlands, postcards and wooden decorations (for example, in the form of an old wall clock), and decorate the top of the Christmas tree with a star. Adherents of more original styles in the design of the New Year's interior will suit home-made toys made of fabric, paper, plastic, salt dough, cotton wool and other materials.
- Fairy lights. Luxurious New Year's celebration starts with bright lighting, so garlands are considered an important attribute of any Christmas tree. They don't have to be multi-colored. You can choose a garland with lanterns of the same color (for example, the popular blue or white).
- Bows. The tradition of hanging lush red bows on the Christmas tree came to us from Europe. Their traditional types, i.e. ordinary single bows. However, you can decorate the Christmas tree with their other options: for example, with beautiful double bows (their weaving technology is shown in the video) or large gift bows (see photo instructions below). The choice of their color will depend on the overall color scheme of the festive interior.
- See photos in the gallery step by step manufacturing big bow on the top of the tree. With the help of dry twigs and stars, you can create a whole composition.
Multi-colored garlands look good in combination with many toys. Solid colors can be used for a minimalist modern Christmas tree decoration.
It is very important when choosing these elements New Year's decor, to consider whether they will be combined with each other in style, color or shape. At the same time, it is not necessary to use absolutely all the available jewelry options - it is better to stick to a sense of proportion, the chosen style and your own preferences.
Alchemy of New Year's design: how to stylishly decorate a Christmas tree?
Creating a New Year's interior is not an easy task, but very interesting. Agree, to turn the everyday decoration of your home into a real masterpiece, worthy of admiration - this is "aerobatics". And such a task is within the power of everyone. And we will gladly help you to fulfill it.
How to decorate a Christmas tree? Where to begin? How to arrange toys? Here are some popular ways:
- European classic. A Christmas tree decorated with garlands, balls and, if desired, tinsel is considered traditional. In this case, the balls are better to choose red and gold or blue and silver. The Christmas tree can be decorated with one-color tinsel or garlands that will spiral around the tree from top to bottom. Or you can replace the "rain" with beautiful bows. It is important that they are placed evenly, in a checkerboard pattern. Usually, large glass balls and several types of the same type of small toys (or sweets) are used to decorate the New Year's tree in a classic style.
By the way, such a Christmas tree is perfect not only for home interiors, but also for decorating offices and workrooms on New Year's Eve. For greater clarity, we invite you to watch a video in which a professional designer will talk about the traditional design of the Christmas tree. You will learn how long to choose a garland depending on the length of the Christmas tree. - Country style, or country. It is perfect for lovers of naturalness in design, as well as for those who love homemade jewelry. A Christmas tree in this style is decorated with home-made dolls, figures of socks and animals sewn from felt, lace angels, crocheted, sweets wrapped in foil, dried fruits and, of course, small toys in the form of Santa Clauses. Garlands are usually made from cones, paper, or nuts, but factory-made ones can also be used. They are placed parallel to the floor or wrapped around the Christmas tree in a spiral. Remember the famous Christmas tree from the McCallister house (the movie "Home Alone")? It is stylized under the country style popular in America.
- winter tree. In this style, you can decorate not only a green Christmas tree, but also a white (silver) color. Bright green needles can be covered with artificial snow from a special can, giving it the desired shade and snowy effect. It is worth dressing her up with white, blue, purple, silver or blue toys, tinsel and garlands. If you use bows, then it is better to choose pastel colors of ribbons. You can place decorations on the Christmas tree in two ways: randomly or evenly. In the latter case, it is better to hang tinsel (or long ribbons) vertically. new trend of this style - decorating the Christmas tree with feathers(preferably white).
- In the style of Coco Chanel. Even the most luxurious interiors will envy such an elegant decoration of the Christmas tree. Its distinctive features are modesty, sophistication and minimalism in details. All decorative elements have a muted milky color. Against the background of the natural greenery of the needles, silver or gold toys look great. Usually, tinsel is not put on such a Christmas tree - it is better to place long beads in the form of lace horizontally on the floor (as shown in the photo). You can complement the decoration with small ribbon bows.
- Maximum Tapes. Silk ribbons are in vogue today more than ever. They can be used not only for making bows, but also as garlands for the Christmas tree. You can place them in different ways: spirally or vertically (in the latter case, it is better to make curls from ribbons that look like serpentine), exactly horizontally or randomly. Such ribbons will look perfect against the background of large and small glass balls or textile toys. And one more little tip: you can use tartan ribbons- they will look expressive and bright against the background of greenery.
- Rainbow. Such a Christmas tree should be colorful and multi-colored, but all colors need to be ordered. You need to arrange glass balls of different colors according to the rainbow spectrum from bottom to top. This can be done at an angle in the form of a serpentine, straight parallel to the floor or vertically. If you use a lot of colorful balls, tinsel and garlands on such a Christmas tree are optional.
- Maximum toys. This Christmas tree decor is suitable for decorating children's rooms. Hang a huge number of toys on the Christmas tree - and your child will definitely appreciate it, and even help you with decoration with pleasure. The idea behind this design is to decorate the Christmas tree with as many toys as possible, placing them close to each other.
Country style decoration requires maximum use of simple homemade decorations and garlands.
Rainbow layers of balls look great not only on a green, but also on a white artificial Christmas tree.
Follow these tips, but don't forget to let your imagination run wild and improvise when choosing a Christmas tree decoration style!
How to decorate a Christmas tree without toys?
If you do not have toys or you decide to move away from tradition and decorate a Christmas tree original way, use other things as decorations. It can be:
- Cones.
- Fruits (dried or fresh).
- Candies.
- Tinsel.
- Star stickers (you can write wishes, jokes or names of family members, friends on them).
- Garlands and artificial snow.
- Seashells.
- Colored feathers.
And in the photo below are several options for decorating a Christmas tree for the New Year from this list.
Such methods will be optimal not only for tall Christmas trees with which we traditionally decorate houses, but also for small (for example, desktop) Christmas trees. Large toys will not look good on them, but small garlands, fruits, sweets, shells and other small accessories will come in handy.
Decorating the exterior: decorated Christmas tree in the yard
If you have a Christmas tree in your yard, be sure to decorate it! Such an elegant tree will certainly appeal to you, your neighbors and ordinary passers-by. For such a Christmas tree, you will need a long garland.
You should also think about safety: you should check all power cords for serviceability, and also protect them from moisture.
In addition, pay attention to the following nuances:
- The standard solution for decorating facades and Christmas trees is garlands with small bulbs.
- If you have a tall Christmas tree (about 2-3 meters) growing in your yard, it is better to decorate it with one-, two- and three-color garlands.
- You can decorate the Christmas tree with garlands in different ways: twist the tree in a spiral, randomly or vertically.
- Under the Christmas tree, you can put a figure of Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. Or maybe you want to arrange a personal plot in a European style, then put lawn figurines depicting deer, gnomes or elves near the tree.
- You can put a small Christmas tree in a flowerpot and decorate it by placing it at the entrance to the house.
Pay special attention to the design of the Christmas tree, decorate it with soul, and it will surely thank you with a good mood and a cozy atmosphere in the house. Let your tree become the embodiment of your design ideas!
The two main attributes of the New Year's celebration are a richly laid table and a Christmas tree. And if a luxurious feast is intended, rather, for bodily pleasure, then a beautiful Christmas tree is the soul and symbol of the holiday, without which it is difficult to imagine the joy of meeting the coming year. If there are kids in the house, then this, of course, must be a living tree, spreading an indescribable aroma around itself, and creating a special fabulous atmosphere. Of course, you need to imagine how beautifully to decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year, and we'll talk about this. Plus, at the end of the article you will find many photo ideas on how to decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year.
The forest beauty will look amazing if you decorate it according to the rules.
You can’t hang everything on it, too much tinsel and toys will not give it beauty, but tastefully selected garlands, balls and other accessories will make it stylish.
- First you need to choose a tree that is ideal for a living room. Ideally, it should be large enough and high enough to match the height of the ceiling and the floor area. A small spruce will look inappropriate in a large room, just like a large one in a tiny room.
- Care should be taken to ensure that it has a well-visible tip, which is necessary for the tip. Also, a high-quality Christmas tree has proportional fluffy branches.
- The most important point is the choice of a place for spruce. We used to think that before the festival it is better to put it on the balcony, however, this is a wrong opinion. The tree perfectly deserves to be held
- food, because it feels great in a warm room. However, you should not put it next to the battery and other heating devices - so its needles will quickly turn yellow, dry and crumble. The best option is to place it near a window opening, where there is light and good air ventilation.
- When assigning her a place in one of the rooms, one must take into account that she will look best if her green fragrant paws spread freely in space. Tight corners are not for a real tree and are only suitable for artificial Christmas trees, although even those lose some of their charm. True, if someone from the household has a tendency to allergies, this is probably the best solution.
- If the room is large, and there are a lot of children in the house, then it makes sense to place this New Year's decoration in the center. Round dances and dances around her will make the celebration especially lively and joyful.
It is equally important to securely fasten the tree so that it stands firmly in place, but this is only the beginning of the preparations - you need to understand how to decorate the tree beautifully, and what decorations are needed for a certain style.
Types of Christmas tree accessories
When the same balls and other Christmas decorations are used every year, for sure, at some point everyone will find it boring, even if they are used in different combinations.
Therefore, it is advisable to at least periodically update the toy arsenal, especially since there are currently a lot of interesting and original gizmos on sale that help to design a Christmas tree in any style:
- You can use traditional toys, purchased and made with your own hands, as decorations:
- they can be classic - in the form of multi-colored glass balls, animal figures, stars, snowflakes, icicles, gnomes, lanterns;
- if you wish, you can use your own crafts made of plastic, fabric, cones, paper, and even dough - such little things will look very original, but this style will have to be supported by the corresponding types of garlands;
- A retro Christmas tree will delight lovers of antiquity, and for this it is enough to rummage through your grandmother's chest with old things and find old toys, cotton and paper decorations there, which will give the design a vintage look.
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- You can beautifully decorate a green beauty with bows - gift, home-made, large and small, double and single from various materials, including shiny ones. Usually they are perfectly combined with glass and polymer balls of the same tone of various sizes. In general, colors should be chosen based on the overall color palette of the room.
- Decorative tinsel makes the tree especially elegant, but this decoration should not be abused. It should be chosen strictly in the style of the overall decor and combined with other accessories.
- It's a good idea to decorate the Christmas tree with sweets - sweets in bright wrappers, chocolate figurines in gold or silver foil, gingerbread and candies. For this purpose, you can even specially bake cookies in the form of small figures that will look great among fluffy spruce branches.
- And, of course, a beautiful garland is a necessary accessory for any Christmas tree. By the way, depending on the style, it is not necessary to choose voluminous and bright attributes. They can be small, refined and monochromatic, for example, only with golden yellow or blue lanterns, but then they will also need toys of similar color.
When the decorations are chosen, you should think about the color palette, it is she who will set the festive tone of the Christmas tree composition. 
How beautiful to decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year
The main recommendation when placing decorative elements is not to overdo it and know when to stop. The second important rule is not to try to combine incompatible things. In the design process, any randomness is undesirable, which will spoil appearance tree, personifying the beloved, winter celebration.
Understanding how beautifully to dress up a Christmas tree for the New Year, it is necessary to maintain the chosen style, which provides for a certain color scheme. For decoration, you can use the color wheel, which is a visual aid even for professional artists and designers:
- for the Christmas tree, you can take toys and other decorative elements of different shades of the same tone;
- placing the decorations in the same order as on the circle, moving to the right or left side;
- pick up opposite colors, such as lilac and green, or blue and red.
However, this is not the only condition for the main New Year's attribute to look impressive and aesthetically pleasing - you need to correctly place the toys chosen for decoration.
With horizontal decoration, in addition to garlands and tinsel, as a rule, only balls of various sizes are used as additional elements, however, it is allowed to dilute them with stars and snowflakes.
Three types of placement are expected:
- it makes sense to dress a low tree vertically, that is, from top to bottom, then it will appear taller and slimmer;
- the horizontal arrangement of toys and lights is more suitable for tall trees that do not have a large span of branches;
- spiral placement is suitable for different Christmas trees and always looks amazing, as long as it suits the taste of the household.
Knowledge of such subtleties will help not only dress up a symbolic tree, but also competently combine interior items, different flowers in bouquet compositions, in a word, such information will come in handy in different situations.
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Where to start decorating
First of all, a garland is placed on the tree, and only after that the rest of the decorations are hung. So, it remains to be decided which lines it will be located on, and, based on this, it will be necessary to perform the following actions:
- with a vertical arrangement, it is better to choose two or three middle elements and, one by one, fix them on the top of the Christmas tree, carefully lowering them down;
- fixing it anywhere, lay out the decoration on the branches horizontally at several levels;
- attach a long garland to the top, place it in rings, wrapping it around the spruce.
If a small number of toys are expected, then you can wrap the composition in a spiral in several rows, the main thing is to ensure that the pronounced geometry is respected, which will make the whole structure more refined and aesthetic.
The Christmas tree top is a kind of crown of the whole composition and it definitely requires a decorating decorative accessory. Today, it is not necessary to wear a star-shaped decoration on the top branch, and other, sometimes very exotic design options are suitable for this.
An element of decor can be:
- pointed shiny spire with a pot-bellied thickening in the lower part;
- a beautiful big star (not necessarily pointed) or a snowflake;
- a lush multi-layer bow made of lurex or other material;
- figurine of an angel;
- a hat made of sparkling rain or a garland;
- beautiful soft toy - a symbol of the year;
- Santa hat.
In general, this important part of the Christmas tree composition should match the overall style and color scheme, and you can come up with many other options for how to decorate it to your liking.
When decorating, one should not forget that smaller toys, in particular, balls, should be at the top of the tree, and larger ones at the bottom, it is better if such a transition is gradual.
Using different styles
With the style in which the Christmas tree will be decorated, you need to decide right away and stick to it to the end.
They choose it based on personal preferences, the surrounding interior, a special children's option can be selected for the children's room:
- Many people love the classics, and this design involves decorating with all kinds of jewelry. Toys in the form of glass balls, sweets and small figures are placed evenly throughout the crown. As a rule, the color palette of such a Christmas tree is blue, red, gold or silver, complemented by bows and garlands of the same tone.
- Country style is the use of homemade toys, wooden figurines, do-it-yourself snowflakes, cones. The arrangement is predominantly spiral or horizontal. Such a Christmas tree will appeal to those who love the naturalness of the decor. It is also better to make garlands for this composition yourself from paper, natural textile fabric, acorns, nuts and dried fruits.
- The rainbow composition will appeal to both children and adults - it consists of glass balls of different colors, arranged on a tree like a rainbow spectrum. The color scale is displayed at an angle, along longitudinal or transverse lines, but always from top to bottom.
- Some do not like the abundance of colors and colors, well, then they can be offered a Scandinavian, minimalist design style. To do this, you can purchase a small compact tree by placing it in a pot or basket. On such a Christmas tree there can be only a few plain balls, or even one original accessory of the author's work.
- Knowing how to decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year, for children you can decorate a tree with a large number of different toys, the most important thing is that they are bright, beautiful and placed close to each other.
- Shabby chic style, created through artificially aged things, is quite popular today. The main material for decoration are vintage ribbons, bows, lace. You can also use any pendant jewelry, beads. Such a composition can be complemented by all kinds of stars, hearts, roses and other cute paper flowers. At the same time, the Christmas tree can be either miniature - desktop, or regular size.
- You can also create a particularly sophisticated, luxurious composition if you dress the spruce with white, silver or golden toys, complement it with small light bows and long thin beads. By the way, the fewer toys will be present on the branches, the better the forest guest will look.
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Knowing how beautifully to decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year, you need to not only follow the generally accepted rules, but, if possible, put your soul into your decoration. And then it will really bring joy and a feeling of a real holiday, becoming a happy talisman for the whole family in the coming year.
How to decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year: photo ideas
The New Year is already very close. So, it's time to start creating a festive atmosphere in the house. And the Christmas tree will help you with this like no other. And we will tell you how to beautifully decorate the Christmas tree with your own hands.
Without a doubt, the most pleasant thing in the pre-New Year's fever: this is the decoration of the Christmas tree. After all, this time can be pleasantly spent with the family, I think you will not deny that the opportunity to jointly decorate the Christmas tree unites and gives a lot of positive emotions.
In addition, you should know that the tradition of decorating a Christmas tree came to us from ancient times, it was believed that the spruce symbolizes the triumph of life over death and protects the hearth from evil spirits. So as you can see, a decorated Christmas tree is not just beautiful decoration your home, but also to some extent a talisman.
Of course, our ancestors did not have all kinds of Christmas decorations, so they decorated the Christmas tree with nuts, fruits, cookies, sweets, etc. You and I are more lucky: we have garlands, tinsel, various toys at our disposal - if you wish, you can decorate the Christmas tree in an unusually beautiful way. But first things first, because among the many Christmas decorations you can easily get lost.
First of all, you need to buy a Christmas tree: at your discretion, someone loves artificial Christmas trees, and someone is exclusively alive. By the way, when considering artificial Christmas trees, you can buy a "snow-covered" Christmas tree, which you will not find among the living. If you want a live Christmas tree in the snow, but you can’t find one anywhere, this is not a reason to be upset. After all, this matter is fixable: firstly, you can buy special artificial snow in the form of a spray in the store, or you can act more economically and make artificial snow to decorate the Christmas tree with your own hands. How to make artificial snow with your own hands?
There are several ways to make artificial snow with your own hands:
- Spread the Christmas tree branches with glue and sprinkle with sugar or salt, in fact, this option is more suitable for decorating toys.
- Mix semolina, white paint and glue in equal proportions - you can change the proportions at your discretion.
- This way to make artificial snow for the Christmas tree is one of the best: you need to grate white soap and mix it with starch, filled with warm water. Add hot water and beat with a whisk for about 2 minutes, until the consistency of shaving foam is obtained. Ready "snow" must be immediately applied to the branches of the Christmas tree directly with your hands. You can see the result in the photo below.
In general, no matter what green beauty you choose, you still need to conveniently place it in the house. As a rule, the most successful place to install a Christmas tree is considered to be a large window in the living room, but again it all depends on you and the layout in your apartment.
The next step is to think about how to decorate the bottom of the Christmas tree. You can use some beautiful basket, it can even be woven from newspaper tubes.
Or you can use a blanket, a bedspread, or just a piece of some suitable fabric (it’s better to think in advance how you want to decorate the Christmas tree and pick everything up). It will turn out a kind of imitation of a Christmas tree skirt. Of course, if time permits, you can work hard and sew a beautiful skirt under the Christmas tree. And about how to sew a Christmas tree skirt, read the article: "Christmas tree skirt: how to make / sew a Christmas tree skirt with your own hands."
In addition, you can beautifully wrap the Christmas tree stand with burlap and tie it beautifully with a ribbon.
- You should start decorating the Christmas tree with a garland, and keep in mind that for every meter of the height of the Christmas tree you need 150-200 garland lights (this is of course an average figure, plus it is important how magnificent your Christmas tree is).
- Next, you can hang Christmas decorations: first large ones (approximately at the same distance), then hang medium and small ones - fill in the gaps between large ones.
- And remember that it is better to place the brightest and most beautiful toys in the foreground, and less attractive ones can be hung in the depths.
- At the end, you can decorate the Christmas tree with tinsel, ribbons or a home-made non-electric garland, and the final touch is rain.
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How to decorate a Christmas tree in a classic style
Perhaps, the use of toys (balls, snowflakes, etc.), beads of red and gold colors in decorating the Christmas tree will never go out of fashion. Tinsel with matching ribbons will not hurt either. In this case, you need to use several identical toys, which can be diluted with a small amount of original toys (found on Christmas trees in singular try to hang them in the most visible place).
A fresher composition comes out if you dilute the previous combination with silver. By the way, do not forget that toys that will make your Christmas tree special can be made with your own hands. In the photo example below, they made a cute toy from ordinary cinnamon sticks and twigs painted gold. In addition, they made a bunch of bows from a red ribbon - it’s easy to make them with your own hands and it turns out very beautifully.
How to decorate a Christmas tree in European style
The European style of Christmas tree decoration is quite common in our country. And not casually, because the Christmas tree, dressed up in the European style, looks stylish and beautiful. How to decorate a Christmas tree in European style? Stick to a couple of rules and you'll be fine. Since you need to start decorating the Christmas tree with a garland, let's start with it: you need to use ordinary flickering light bulbs. Jewelry should be a maximum of two colors (in principle, as you can see, the previous options belong to the European style, we took them out separately, since the combination of red with gold or silver is the most popular at all times). In addition to the combination of red with gold or silver, a combination of all shades of blue with silver and white is popular.
No less beautiful is the combination of green and silver. Decorate the Christmas tree using silver and clear balls, add a couple of green balls to them. In addition, white birds will fit perfectly into this combination as an option, and on top all this beauty can be crowned with green ribbons.
By the way, do not forget that spectacular silver toys are easy to make with your own hands: you can make any figure out of paper or cardboard and paint them with spray paint or anoint them with glue and sprinkle with silver sparkles.
In addition, in the European style, it is customary to decorate the Christmas tree with toys of the same color (color scheme), but of a different “texture” (combine matte balls with shiny ones). And one more detail: if you want to decorate a Christmas tree in a European style, forget about rain and tinsel, but all kinds of ribbons and bows are welcome.
How to decorate a Christmas tree in a minimalist style
If you don't like Christmas trees "overloaded" with toys, this style is just for you. True, in this case, you will need to work hard and certainly find a magnificent Christmas tree. Well, then everything is simple: you need to decorate the Christmas tree with a minimum number of decorations. A small garland and some toys, or one garland, or some ribbons, etc. - at your discretion. In this case, the smaller the better.
And even in this case, you can show a creative streak: use a wire to hang toys, thread them into loops and twist the tip beautifully. From the same wire, make stars and attach them to a thin rope / thread pre-painted silver.
Or an even simpler option: decorate the Christmas tree with a garland and hang paper toys.
In addition to the green beauty, you can use a white one, wrap it with a feather garland (you get a feather Christmas tree) and decorate to a minimum.
How to decorate a Christmas tree in the style of "Masses"
If you want to dress up your Christmas tree in mass style: Decorate your Christmas tree with stripes. The stripes can be straight, or you can make them in a spiral.
Moreover, you can decorate the Christmas tree by using multi-colored Christmas decorations.
Or you can unusually decorate a Christmas tree from toys of the same color scheme: choose different shades of any one color.
Do not forget about the original toys that you can always make with your own hands and decorate the Christmas tree with them.
How to decorate a rustic Christmas tree
Christmas tree decorated in rustic style will delight lovers natural materials and nature. Bring the atmosphere of a fairytale forest into your home. The main thing is that for such a decor it is easy to find materials and make decorations for the Christmas tree with your own hands. Stock up on all kinds of twigs, cones, twine, burlap and start creating.
Make a burlap garland as shown in the photo below.
Cone embellishments: Paint the entire pinecone white or just the edges, plus you can glue on some glitter. Glue a string of twine to a dried cone and you can decorate the Christmas tree.
And you can decorate the old Christmas balls accordingly.
Or disguise the lollipop (the lollipop itself, if there is nowhere to buy one, you can make it from wire) with twine. Plus, as an option, use wooden beads.
The finished Christmas tree, decorated in rustic style, looks just amazing!
In addition, for a rustic Christmas tree, you can make straw toys and buy some things resembling Christmas tree decorations in a furniture or wooden steps store.
If you have a closet or attic full of old things, be sure to dig in there. There is sure to be something suitable for decorating a rustic Christmas tree.
Another good idea is to create a rustic tree of memories. Moreover, you can print photos on plain paper, which is then placed in tea, dried and cut out photos of the required shape.
Or here is such an “elegant” way to decorate a Christmas tree with wooden mini birdhouses.
In general, you can decorate the Christmas tree even with ordinary wine corks, it will turn out beautifully.
How to decorate a Christmas tree: original ideas
In our time, all kinds of Christmas tree decorations and other New Year's decorations, anyone can decorate a Christmas tree to their liking.
So you can make a Christmas tree for the sweet tooth.
An unusual beauty in a peacock style and even a sea one.
But store-bought toys tend to be expensive. Is it possible to beautifully decorate a Christmas tree without hitting the family budget? Of course you can, let's see original ideas presented below.
Firstly, no one will forbid you to simply remake old toys, glue rhinestones to them, repaint them, etc.
Cover the balls in pieces from an old sweater, etc. Additionally, make balls with artificial snow. It will turn out pretty, I’m not afraid of this word, a “cozy” home-like Christmas tree.
Or use different tapes.
You don’t want to change old toys or they just don’t exist: make toys out of paper.
In addition, bright decorations from multi-colored paper can be made from paper, and such a beautiful star with a garland on the top of the Christmas tree from thick paper, as shown in the photo below.
Paper bows will also look nice.
Or paper houses, anoint their roof with glue and sprinkle with sugar.
In addition, paper is not the only thing that Christmas tree decorations are made of. You can make "woolen" balls.
Sew beautiful toys.
Or this option: use the old rulers, brushes, level, etc. It turns out the original tree.
And if you have small children, hang their old shoes and mittens on the Christmas tree. hand cast, photographs, etc.
In addition to photography, frames with beautiful pictures are suitable.
Back to the children, it is not necessary to use real things: you can make "miniatures".
This kind of decoration is perfect for a children's photo shoot.
If you have very young children who, at the same time, can get to the Christmas tree, and you are afraid that they might drop it, this is not a reason not to buy a Christmas tree. Simply, for safety reasons, decorate the Christmas tree with soft toys.
By the way, old children's toys are a great decoration. Moreover, you can simply glue or tie ribbons to them and dress up the Christmas tree.
Or pre-paint.
Our ancestors decorated the Christmas tree with all sorts of goodies, why shouldn't we do the same? Bake cookies, buy sweets, tangerines and go for it.
And in the end, the closest to the heart of a Russian person is the way to decorate a Christmas tree. Still, we live in Russia, and most of the houses have a bunch of Soviet-era New Year's toys. So why not decorate the Christmas tree with them, add beautiful ribbon bows to them, and you get a charming vintage Christmas tree that also brings back pleasant childhood memories.
No matter how you decide to decorate the Christmas tree, the main thing is that you like it and bring joy to you and your loved ones. Happy New Year!
Hello dear readers. New Year's festivities are associated primarily with a decorated Christmas tree. And it doesn’t matter in what form she visits the house. Natural or synthetic, a sprawling beauty or a modest twig - a Christmas tree always brings a special flavor even to the pre-holiday atmosphere. Her presence gives a feeling of comfort, magic and hope for a probable miracle. Therefore, this festive guest is decorated with special care. Many people believe that it is necessary to decorate the Christmas tree in a special way. This will help to lure good luck, stability, prosperity, and even your soulmate. And for this it is necessary to appease the main character of the coming year. According to Eastern beliefs, in the coming 2020 the Yellow Dog will dominate. Given this point, Feng Shui experts offer a number of recommendations on how to decorate the Christmas tree in 2020, the year of the white rat.
Following these tips will help create a special aura that will attract good luck and happy accidents into your life for the next year.
Where to put a Christmas tree
I would like to note right away that no matter what place in the house you designate for placing a festive tree, this will not become a bad sign.
Its installation in a certain zone will only emphasize what is most important to you, what exactly you would like to improve in the coming year in your life.
So, according to the rules of Feng Shui, the most optimal point for installing a Christmas tree will be the center of the apartment. It is here that all energy meridians converge.
Therefore, if you place the central festive attribute here, you will be able to have a beneficial effect on all areas of life.
But putting a Christmas tree here is not always convenient, expedient and even safe. Then you need to define it in another place.
It should be borne in mind that according to the ideas of Feng Shui supporters:
- South determines popularity, fame, promotion.
- The southeast is responsible for the material component.
- Southwest helps to solve issues related to love, relationships, family.
- The West is joy, children, creative impulses.
- The North-West is interesting for those who want change, long for travel, seek to find friends, patrons.
- The North is responsible for promotion and self-realization.
- The North-Eastern zone will help in learning, encourage you to work on yourself, and lead to the accumulation of experience.
How to decorate the Christmas tree for the New 2020 year of the white rat
When decorating a Christmas tree, you should remember which symbol patronizes in 2020. This role is assigned to the White rat.
As it turned out, this character is characterized by modesty, friendliness and a craving for naturalness.
Color palette
Therefore, the preferred palette of festive decoration should include the following tones:
✔ Yellow, golden.
✔ Brown, beige.
✔ White, silver.
✔ Natural green.
Other shades are also allowed. But in everything a measure and some restraint must be observed.
Excessively bright colors are best avoided. The same applies to the abundance of tinsel. But the use of jewelry made from natural materials is welcome.
So, you can hang fruits, nuts, crafts using small branches, cones, dried berries, etc. on the Christmas tree.
Christmas decorations
Christmas symbols can be widely used. The presence of cherubs, angel wings, stars of Bethlehem, postcards with biblical stories will not spoil the New Year's atmosphere at all.
Edible decorations have been used to decorate the festive tree for a very long time. So, nuts and fruits (apples, tangerines, lemons, oranges) symbolize a good harvest, and bags of wheat grains will bring prosperity to the house.
Also, dried berries, gingerbread, cookies, candies, small chocolates or chocolate figurines, dough products can serve as decorations.
Traditional characters look good on the Christmas tree:
✔ Ded Moroz and Snegurochka.
✔ Snowman.
✔ Deer, penguin, northern bear.
Heroes of popular cartoons, decorated with New Year's colors.
Well, the Christmas tree cannot do without traditional balls, icicles, bows, bells and snowflakes. Christmas tree beads, electric and paper garlands, rain and serpentine will complete the decoration.
Jewelry and Feng Shui
Little tricks that Feng Shui suggests.
- Material wealth and good luck in financial affairs are lured with the help of various coins, folded banknotes tied with a ribbon, treasure chests. You can also use jewelry.
- If you want to find your soul mate in the new year or strengthen relationships, then you should use paired toys, hearts and red shades.
- Coffee beans collected in mini-bags will help streamline family life.
- The desire to get an addition to the family can be expressed using pacifiers, rattles, and baby socks as Christmas accessories.
- Large plain balls are symbols of longevity and good health.
- Christmas tree bells will help drive away evil spirits and attract good ones.
- The presence of figurines, toys and images of a dog will help streamline your life and harmonize all areas of your life.
Christmas symbols are also quite appropriate on the New Year tree. It will help win the favor of traditional Christian patrons.
The procedure for decorating the Christmas tree
When a live Christmas tree enters the house from frost, it needs to be given time to thaw. It would be nice, if possible, to rinse it from dust accumulations so that its aroma can fully reveal itself.
A Christmas tree, spruce or pine, especially a large one, needs reliable fastening. You can install it with a massive cross.
It is possible to use a bucket of sand. The mount is covered with a cloth or clods of cotton wool, imitating snow.
The bottom can be decorated with armfuls of tinsel, including substandard ones, and extra toys. Often, figurines of Santa Claus with his granddaughter, an animal-symbol of the year and gift boxes are placed below.
If garland bulbs are used for decoration, then they are first hung up. The orientation of the garlands will emphasize the basic principle of the arrangement of Christmas tree decorations. There are several.
The principle of using garlands
- Spiral - each subsequent detail of the decor is hung with a slight indent to the side and down. The garland surrounds the Christmas tree in a spiral from top to bottom. The screw orientation can also be done with the help of color accents. Here, different toys of the same color are hung in a continuous narrow strip in a spiral, covering the Christmas tree. Colors alternate from top to bottom, observing the same helicity.
- Pyramidal - the size of the toys gradually increases from the top to the lower branches. The largest of them are hung from below. The garland is hung in a circle in overhanging waves. You can do without it.
- Intermittent - a checkerboard pattern is used to place jewelry or a consistent alternation of large and small accessories. Two lighting lines can be used. At the same time, one of the garlands is wrapped in a spiral from left to right, and the other, on the contrary, from right to left.
- Horizontal or vertical orientation - Strict lines are observed. Design elements either encircle the Christmas tree in circles or are arranged in vertical straight lines. Garlands are hung accordingly.
- Intuitive - at first it seems that the toys are hung chaotically, but at the same time the impression of complete harmony is created. Here, colors, shapes and sizes of jewelry alternate in accordance with the tastes of the owners. The most attractive decor elements take center stage. The orientation of the Christmas tree lights doesn't really matter. Here it is important to decorate the Christmas tree from all sides, even with the one that is adjacent to the wall.
The chosen principle of decorating the Christmas tree is emphasized by the arrangement of paper garlands, rain, Christmas tree beads, serpentine, tinsel.
These items are hung last. The final touch is the crown decoration.
To do this, they use a traditional star, a special spire-shaped toy, a spherical design of their rays directed in all directions.
You can also place a large bow on top, a figurine of Santa Claus or a symbolic animal - a white rat. And sometimes they just put a red New Year's cap on the top of their head. It also looks good.
Decorated Christmas tree should have a harmonious finished look. Nothing should come out of general style design.
How to decorate a Christmas tree in 2020 - colors and decoration styles
There are a few established styles to keep in mind when decorating your Christmas tree for 2020.
Everyone, in accordance with his taste, will be able to choose the closest decor option for him. It should be recalled that an elegant Christmas tree should harmoniously fit into the overall decoration of the room.
European style. The Christmas tree is decorated in one color, you can use different shades. Another option is a design using two or three well-matched colors. Toys are hung in a small volume.
Accents can be made by evenly placing fairly large elements on the Christmas tree. It can be bows, bells, flowers, small postcards or pictures. The tree turns out to be strict and elegant. Tinsel is usually not used here.
1. Handmade
Homemade Christmas decorations are used. They can be made not only from paper, cardboard and foil.
Various improvised materials (old jewelry, plastic containers, vinyl records, etc.), fabric and knitted crafts are widely used here.
2. Eco style
The peculiarity of this style is the use of exclusively natural materials, the predominant use of light shades and simplicity. Here you can even do without a Christmas tree, imitating it from all kinds of materials.
Dried fruits, berries, cones, shells, twigs, etc. serve as decorations. And various figures can be made from salt dough. It is preferable to use a garland of yellow bulbs.
3. Scandinavian style
It also suggests light colors and simplicity of decoration. Use white and light-colored toys.
Preference is given to small sizes and simple shapes. No frills. There are few accessories, but they are chosen with taste.
4. Minimalism
You can use a silver or white Christmas tree, or sprinkle the needles with sparkles. For decoration, a very small number of toys are taken, as a rule, of one discreet color. One-color unblinking garlands with a sparse arrangement of lights are appropriate here.
5. Victorian style
This is a classic outfit. The main colors are gold and red. The Christmas tree is generously hung with toys, figurines of cherubs, ribbons, bows, golden beads.
The garland should be red or yellow. Be sure to have gift wrapping under the tree and no tinsel.
6. Vintage
A riot of lights and colors is foreseen. A large amount of tinsel, the presence of tangerines and apples, vintage toys.
Under the tree they put cotton or foam New Year's characters: the Snow Maiden, Santa Claus, a snowman, an astronaut. And at the crown is placed a traditional scarlet star.
7. Modern
Artificial Christmas trees of flashy colors will be appropriate here. Often, coniferous wood is spray-painted or not used at all. It is replaced by a stylized imitation of any materials.
It is not even necessary to imitate a Christmas tree, it is enough to achieve a pyramidal structure. This piece can be decorated with anything, including junk, wire scraps and spare parts. Agree that this option will not be appropriate in every interior.
Safety
Before decorating a Christmas tree in 2020, read the safety rules.
- The tree must be stable. Fastening must be secure
- There should not be any open fire either on the Christmas tree itself or in its immediate vicinity. If there is a desire to use candles or lamps, they should only be electric. Otherwise, let them be only decorative elements. They should not be lit.
- Electric garlands must be in good working order. They should be positioned so that there are no difficulties with plugging them into the outlet.
- If the family has small children or active pets, then you need to carefully select Christmas tree decorations. Too small accessories should be avoided so that the baby does not have the opportunity to swallow them, put them in his nose or in his ear. Animals may also try to eat some of the Christmas decorations. For the same reason, all figures must be solid, without removable elements. Also, do not use fragile and breakable objects. The Christmas tree should be safe for everyone without exception.
