How to make a Christmas wreath with your own hands
New Year is an important holiday for most people. The event is interesting and joyful, they are waiting for him, they are preparing for it. On holidays, the streets of cities and towns change, garlands and rains sparkle everywhere. Glowing fir trees are visible in the windows of the houses, Christmas wreaths are hung on the doors.
Shops and fairs are full of Christmas decorations, but many prefer to make crafts on their own, involving all family members in the process. One of the attributes that is gradually entering our lives is the New Year wreath. The tradition, borrowed from Western countries, was liked by everyone, as evidenced by decorated doors.
The history, symbolism and significance of the Christmas wreath
In Western countries, holiday homes are decorated with residential products, cars, and offices. The subject is popular, thanks not only to its original appearance, but also to its meaning and history.
The wreath has a round shape, which from ancient times, long before the advent of Christianity, was associated among many peoples with the Sun. A few millennia ago, they created similar products, marking the feast of the rebirth of the Sun. It took place in the second half of December (days of the winter solstice), symbolizing the victory of good.
As the Christian symbol of Christmas, the wreath appeared in 1839, the Protestant theologian Johann Hinrich Wichner became its founder. According to one version, he had several children in the shelter who, expecting their favorite holiday, counted the days before Christmas. Trying to simplify the work of the little ones, the Lutheran embellished the old wheel a little, and set nineteen small red candles and four large white ones inside. On weekdays and Saturdays a red candle was lit, and a white candle on Sundays. So the children could clearly count the days on their own.
Another legend says that homeless children worked in a church parish located in Germany near the city of Hanover.To count the days worked from the beginning of the month, they took an unusable wheel from the wagon and daily installed one candle in it, and on Sunday added an extra, larger one. It turned out that at Christmas a wheel decorated twenty-eight light sources in a children's room.
Installation in a wreath of candles makes it similar to the role of the Advent calendar. Moreover, each Sunday of Advent corresponds to a recollection from the gospel reading. Candles mounted on a wreath symbolize light, good.
Christmas decoration has symbolism, which is interpreted differently. The circle means infinity, the sun, life, at the same time symbolizes God. The evergreen spruce branches used in weaving correspond to eternal life. Candles are associated with a feeling of joy from the upcoming holiday, with the light that will illuminate everything at Christmas. Also, four candles correspond to all sides of the world, and the circle - to the globe.
The item can be decorated with bells. In Great Britain, there is a belief that the ringing issued scares away unclean forces and gives praise to Jesus Christ. According to Scandinavian traditions, the sound of a bell announces the beginning of fun. The material used in crafts is characterized by its attributes. For example, the spruce among the Slavic peoples acts as a symbol of death, while the Celts compare it with eternal life.
The principles of creating a wreath
Germany is the cradle of the New Year’s attribute, according to tradition. The standard product is interwoven branches of evergreen conifers, decorated with candles, red ribbons.
Gradually, the holiday wreath spread throughout Western Europe and North America. North American residents began to decorate the product with mistletoe branches, berries of garden holly, leaves of beautiful milkweed.Western European countries use different sweets, such as sweets, nuts, candied fruits, to decorate crafts.
As the New Year wreaths became popular in the world, many designers, specialists, and self-taught made a huge contribution to the development of these products. There were models created from different materials, decorated with natural, artificial, edible elements. But no matter how the subject in question does not differ in appearance, the principle of its creation remains unchanged, is as follows:
First, a wireframe is created;
Spruce branches and other materials are woven into it;
The wreath is decorated with decorative elements;
The finished product is hung on the door, wall, laid on the table.
What to make the basis of
The main element of the craft is its foundation, it is it that holds the entire structure, does not allow it to disintegrate. You can make a base from virtually any means at hand. The standard material for the frame is natural raw materials, for example, straw, hay, willow, vine, live branches. In addition to natural components, you can use iron, aluminum wire, cardboard, old newspapers, polystyrene, pieces of hose, and other materials.
The strength and durability of the product will depend on how well the foundation is made. The base should not be too light, at the same time it should not be overloaded, the light structure can be demolished by a street wind, a draft in the room, it will be too heavy to knock on the door every time it is opened. Let us dwell in more detail on the raw materials that are used to make the base:
From paper
There are several options for making a simple paper frame. To do this, you can reuse old newspapers, magazines, scribbled notebooks, wrapping paper, books. Let's consider in detail several ways:
Easy circle with stencil
From thick cardboard we cut out a ring.Each of the outer and inner diameters of the holes is independently determined, it is desirable that the difference between them is 10 cm.
We take the type of paper selected for work, for example, pages from a notebook. We twist each sheet into a roll, glue the edges so that the twist does not unfold. On both sides at the edges of the cardboard we lay out the convolutions in a circle, grabbing them with tape.
We align the resulting base, for this, any unnecessary piece of fabric, bandage, stockings will do. We wrap the base with the selected material, fixing the ends with tape.
The base is almost ready, at the final stage it remains to tightly wrap the product with wrapping paper, putting the edges on the glue.
No stencil
We take newspaper and landscape sheets and twist them, or squeeze them with our hands, giving them an elongated shape.
We connect the blanks together in a circle, for this we twist them together, glue them with tape.
The resulting base is carefully wrapped with toilet paper.
Tube frame
We cut the newspaper sheet into strips, their width should be about 10 cm.
We take a knitting needle and wind the sheets obliquely on it. We glue the edges of the convolution so that the workpiece does not deform, does not turn around.
Getting to weaving. To do this, put a few tubes together, fasten their ends with a thread, scotch tape. We begin to weave the braid in a circle, gradually adding new stripes.
It is better to paint the tubes before weaving. Spray paints are recommended.
From cardboard
Thick paper is also well suited to create a base for future crafts. You can use cardboard boxes from under the equipment, shoes, bushings from paper towels, toilet paper, binders of old magazines, books. The foundation can be made as follows:
Simple wreath of cardboard sleeves
We take bushes from toilet paper, not necessarily the same diameter, we make transverse markings on them.
Using a construction knife, we cut off the rings that are even in width.The glued cylinders on the sides are glued together in a circle shape.
The resulting construction can only be decorated.
A more complex version of the bushings
The liners from paper towels should be of the same diameter. We spread them on the working surface, make marks with a pencil in increments of 3-4 cm.
Cut the cylinders, form a circle out of them. You can connect the elements in several ways: squeezing the tips, insert the tubes into each other, wrap the joints with tape (the bushings are not cut into pieces); string the rings on the thread, then coat with glue, wrap in a circle with paper stripes.
Next, hide the structure under a layer of fabric, wrapping paper.
Flat base
From a cardboard sheet we cut out a flat ring. Around the resulting bagel we wrap the toilet paper, create a volume.
We give the craft a presentable appearance, decorating it with a layer of threads.
Volume base
We cut the soft cardboard into strips whose width is 4-5 cm.
At the first strip, we fold the edge at an angle of 45 degrees, begin to twist it into a tube, then glue the next segment and gradually form a circle.
When connecting the donut, we partially go in one lane to another. The joint can be additionally fixed with tape.
From wire
There are two ways to create a database. One is that a thick metal, aluminum wire is taken. From it we twist the frame in the shape of a circle, we start the edges for each other, we fix it with thin copper cores, twine. If the thickness of the material is not enough, you can make several turns. In the second embodiment, it is better to use aluminum wire. To do this, we connect several long wires, we begin to weave them together, simultaneously turning into a ring.
You can attach spruce branches, plant leaves, other materials with a thin wire rod, copper, or insert them into the holes formed by twisting.If desired, the metal frame can be added with paper, cloth.
Foam
The easiest option to buy is a finished product. Specialized stores, various sites are selling foam bases. However, not in every city, village they can be found, and there is no time to wait for the parcel, in this case it is better to make a frame with your own hands. Consider a master class in which the stages of work are indicated step by step:
Preparing the workplace. To do this, we cover the table or floor with oilcloth, as the material is light, crumbles a lot, and when it is processed, particles can spread throughout the house.
Then we take a sheet of polystyrene foam, it can be found in a box from previously purchased equipment, use the remnants of insulation, in a pinch, purchase.
With a compass, note the outer and inner diameters; if there is no such tool, you can use plates of different sizes.
Carefully, using a construction knife, cut out the workpiece, smooth the corners.
The resulting base can be wrapped with corrugated paper, sisal.
From branches
Twigs and branches are the easiest material to work with. The cost of creating crafts will be minimal. Raw materials can be found in the park, on the street, near your own house, where such trees as willow, birch, oak, even a Christmas tree grow. The base can be performed using different methods:
Fresh branches
The material easily bends, does not hold its shape, it is difficult to get a perfect circle, therefore a template is needed. As a form that will restrain the workpiece from sprawling, we use a kitchen plastic bowl, a shallow pan.
At the bottom of the container, evenly spread the rods. Then in several places we tie the blank with thread. You can completely wrap the product in a spiral.
Dry branches
To work with such material, you need a template, so we cut out a circle from cardboard.
We take dry twigs, put them on the surface of the pattern, trying to place them so that they do not go beyond the stencil.We continue laying until we get the volume.
We take the thread and carefully tie the branches, trying not to shift them from their place. Better in advance, before laying the twigs, lay out sections of threads on the template. Having tied the base, raise it, make an additional spiral winding.
Willow, birch twigs
Before starting work, natural raw materials must be soaked. To do this, we lower each rod into a bucket of water, while boiling water is required for birch branches.
We twist several wet rods in a circle, fix with threads, copper wire. Further around them we begin to weave the rest of the vine.
When the product is ready, it must be dried, if necessary, painted with spray paint.
From the made foam pipe heater
Non-standard building material - thermoflex, will become a good basis for New Year's crafts. Depending on the weight of the additional decorations, a thin-walled, or thick insulation is chosen. Work with this raw material is as follows:
We turn the thermoflex pipe into a circle, if it is long, then the excess part must be cut off.
Thin-walled material can be glued by connecting two joints together, additionally fixed with tape. For thick - it is necessary to cut a piece of plastic pipe, while its outer diameter should correspond to the inner thermoflex. On both sides, the trimmed plastic fasteners are greased with glue, inserted into the hole of the foamed insulation. When connecting, it is necessary to glue the edges of the expanded polystyrene pipe.
Christmas Wreath Decoration Options
The classic wreath is decorated with fir branches, red ribbons, bells, candles. However, this type of decor is not fundamental, there are many design options, while using different materials, both natural and artificial. For instance:
dried berries;
sweets, cookies, candied fruits, citrus fruits;
cones, branches, corks;
Christmas toys, balls, rain, garlands;
satin ribbons, threads, bows, jewelry, tinsel;
cotton wool, wool, fabric, other materials.
Natural materials
The holiday project can be made entirely from natural raw materials. To find him, just go out into the forest, garden, planting. In addition to the pleasure of walking, here we will more than stock up on necessary raw materials, such as spruce, pine branches, moss, cones, dry twigs. Even in your own home you will find something, for example, a shell from nuts, orange, lemon peel, dried flowers, seeds, seeds. Having collected all the components, you can get to work. Consider several popular decor options:
Pine and spruce cones
There are a lot of ideas for creating crafts from cones. They can be attached to any base, glued only between each other. Make closed or loose. Crumble into pieces, combine with other materials. The easiest way is as follows:
cut out a flat cardboard base;
pre-prepared cones (washed, boiled, painted) glued to the base;
additionally decorate with spruce, pine branches, rain, ribbons.
Dried fruits with cinnamon sticks
Natural festive design can not only decorate the door, walls, table at home, it is also able to smell. To get such a wreath, you will need: a foam base; dried fruits, if there are none, you can take an orange, lemon, apple, cut them into thin slices and dry in the oven. All elements are glued to the foam circle, cinnamon sticks are added, as well as thyme, lavender. Combined crafts in which different natural components are used look good.
Dried flowers
To create crafts, you need to stock up on material in advance. Natural decor elements are harvested in season, dried. If this is not possible, they can be purchased at specialized points of sale.
An excellent base will be obtained from cereal stems, hay. As decoration, you can use stifu, feather grass, reeds, falaris, flax, herbarium, and other components. For fastening use wire, thread, glue gun.
Viburnum and mountain ash
As the main element, you can choose berries. North American residents traditionally use holly branches with red fruits. Mountain ash is suitable for our region. In winter, it is difficult to find the necessary components, so you can make an imitation of clusters of red beads. If the plants were collected in advance, then creating a wreath will not be a problem.
After collecting viburnum, rose hips, intended for crafts, they must be preserved by dropping in molten paraffin. Then dry. In this case, the berries do not lose their natural shape, color. A wreath on the wall, created only from viburnum, mountain ash, or in combination with other components, will attract special attention, and hanging on the street will become the subject of curiosity not only of people, but also of birds.
Decor with a variety of coniferous branches
Spruce branches are a classic, but they are not required to be used in a Christmas wreath. Due to the fact that the needles of this vegetation quickly crumble, together with them the product loses a presentable appearance. Alternatively, you can use pine, thaw, fir, cedar, juniper. Also, coniferous branches can be diluted with mountain ash, rose hips, cones, mandarin slices.
Newspaper wreath
Creating a construction will require certain skills of weaving from such a specific material, but first you need to prepare it. For this you will need: newspapers, they must be not crumpled, whole; long thin knitting needle; glue stick; stationery knife. Having prepared the materials, we proceed to cutting strips. Their length should be 30 cm, width - 7 cm. We lay out the obtained strips on the table, put a knitting needle on them, begin to wind up as tightly as possible, glue the edge.Having prepared a working tool, we proceed to the main work. Consider a master class of a volumetric wreath:
We take three sticks and put them on the table in shape so that they intersect in the center.
At the intersection, we establish a cylindrical shape, for example, an air freshener, hair spray.
We bend the lowest of the sticks and lay it on top of the neighboring one.
The neighbor is also bent, placed on the next.
Continuing these simple actions, we gradually rise.
Having reached the middle of the form, it is necessary to slightly raise it, without removing it from the craft.
After the workpiece has reached the desired length, remove the bottle from the inside.
We turn the resulting "sausage" around, connect the ends with a wire, thread.
We paint the crafts, decorate with coniferous branches, bows.
Wine cork decor
Corks from alcoholic drinks can be a good material for decorating Christmas crafts. To perform the composition of this raw material, it will be necessary to carry out laborious work, which consists in collecting the required number of components. Even lovers of entertainment drinks can not drink so much wine. The search process will require the involvement of relatives and friends. When the right amount of decoration elements is found, you can realize your plan. The instruction is as follows:
We prepare a bulk frame of hay, newspapers, thermoflex.
Corks begin to be glued sideways to the inside of the donut, placing them at a slight angle.
After finishing one row, we move on to the next, while changing the slope of the wooden bushings in the opposite direction.
We perform actions until we completely cover the base.
We start decorating, for example, take a plastic garland, wrap it in random order around the structure. Add some red beads, ribbons.
Christmas felt wreath
The structure of the material is different from ordinary fabric.A special kind of felt will be a good help when creating a Christmas product. Thanks to a large selection of shades and colors, you can make a unique composition. There are many applications: they are sheathed in a base; ribbons, bows are made of it; cut out a variety of figures; combine with other jewelry. For clarity, consider the master class of a simple wreath:
We lay out the felt on the table, with the help of a stencil we outline the contours of two identical circles. Cut the workpiece.
We connect the obtained pieces, place a ribbon between them, which will serve as a loop, sew them together.
First we connect the outer edges, then proceed to the inner. We do not complete the seam, we leave a small, non-sewn gap in which we add filler (cotton wool, synthetic winterizer, pieces of old fabrics), distribute it evenly.
After the base is ready, go to the decor. To do this, sew a red bow, ribbon under the eyelet.
Next, we decorate the circle with the help of beads, rhinestones, bells.
Using woolen threads for decoration
You can make a wreath from improvised material, without financial costs. To do this, you can take the woolen threads that are in many houses, or visit your grandmother. When the main raw material is found, we proceed to create the craft.
There are several ways to decorate a product. You can take a round base of polystyrene foam or cut a flat one out of cardboard. Next, take the frame in hand and begin to wrap it tightly with thread. For work, it is advisable to use several balls of different colors. Having finished applying the fiber, we move on to the decorations.
Simple winding of threads does not take much time, everyone can do it. More time-consuming work remains for lovers of needlework, who decided to link crafts or individual elements of decor. This will require crochet or knitting skills.The principle of manual labor is as follows: we take a volume base, measure the perimeter of its circumference, which corresponds to the width of the canvas; using knitting needles or a hook, we knit a workpiece, it should correspond to the size of the frame; wrap the base with a knitted fabric, connect the edges with a seam.
New Year's wreath from foamiran
Decorative foam materials are ideal for needlework. It’s easy to work with, it feels like suede to the touch. When heated stretches, it is easy to give it any look. The material is ideal for crafts that will not dry out over time, will not lose their attractive appearance. Let's analyze the step-by-step principle of working with foamiran by the example of a wreath of fir branches and clusters of mountain ash:
We cut the guide into strips, their width should be 2 cm, length - up to 40 cm.
Having departed from the edge of 5 mm, we create a fringe on the cut ribbons with the help of scissors.
We take an even wire, glue the created blank to it, form a likeness of the spruce branch.
We mask the part of the wire located under the “needles” with a floral tape.
Next, we form clusters of mountain ash. To do this, we take red beads, or polymer clay, from which we make balls, we paint them in red.
We glue the green colored wire with elements imitating berries, we form a bunch.
We assemble the frame. To do this, lay out the "spruce" branches in a circle, then we bind them together, add clusters of mountain ash, wound them between the needles.
We get a ready-made New Year's wreath, which will be a magnificent decoration of any room.
Christmas candy wreath
This craft will be a joy to children. Any child will necessarily join the process, and then the fact of a lack of components may be revealed. You can create a sweet design in many ways. We glue the candies in a wrapper in a circle directly to each other, string the candy wrappers on the wire, fasten to the finished base, sew them together.
Marmalade, marshmallows can be connected to the foam base with toothpicks, they should not penetrate the candy through and through. The situation is simpler with lollipops, which are perfectly tied with thread.
Wreath of wooden cuts
It is not difficult to build a product from cut saw cuts of branches. Near any house you can find a tree, collect the necessary material, which will later turn into a decoration of the front door, or complement any style of interior decoration. The following workshop will help you create a simple, yet original design:
We dry the branch, remove the bark, cut it into equal parts.
Using the template, lay out the saw cuts in a circle, it is desirable that they have the same shape.
On top of them, lay out the second so that each top element overlaps the two previous ones, and the joint is in the center.
Using a drill, we drill holes along the edges of the upper saw cuts that penetrate both rows.
By twine we connect the elements, lubricate the contact sides with glue.
We decorate the resulting wreath with a spruce twig of felt and bells.
Decor from different materials
You can create a festive craft from almost any material at hand. This statement concerns both its basis and decoration. A wreath made from one raw material does not always have a presentable appearance. Therefore, it should be made out using different components. For example, a base decorated with tinsel, pine cones, artificial leaves. Or polyfoam covered with a knitted fabric, in the center of which you can hang a fir ball, and decorate one side with asterisks, twigs.
In fact, almost any wreath is a combination of different decor elements. Even the classic design combines spruce branches with red ribbons and candles.
Conclusion
New Year is a holiday for the whole family. On this day, everyone is happy, people are having fun everywhere, and children's laughter is heard.Prepare for the celebration in advance, local authorities decorate the streets of the city, make sure that the tree, as the main attribute, is installed on time in the central square. Behind them are also residents, who also, worrying about their home, decorate their favorite tree, make crafts, among which the New Year wreath began to play an important role.
New Year is an important holiday for most people. The event is interesting and joyful, they are waiting for him, they are preparing for it. On holidays, the streets of cities and towns change, garlands and rains sparkle everywhere. Glowing fir trees are visible in the windows of the houses, Christmas wreaths are hung on the doors.
Shops and fairs are full of Christmas decorations, but many prefer to make crafts on their own, involving all family members in the process. One of the attributes that is gradually entering our lives is the New Year wreath. The tradition, borrowed from Western countries, was liked by everyone, as evidenced by decorated doors.
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The history, symbolism and significance of the Christmas wreath
In Western countries, holiday homes are decorated with residential products, cars, and offices. The subject is popular, thanks not only to its original appearance, but also to its meaning and history.
The wreath has a round shape, which from ancient times, long before the advent of Christianity, was associated among many peoples with the Sun. A few millennia ago, they created similar products, marking the feast of the rebirth of the Sun. It took place in the second half of December (days of the winter solstice), symbolizing the victory of good.
As the Christian symbol of Christmas, the wreath appeared in 1839, the Protestant theologian Johann Hinrich Wichner became its founder. According to one version, he had several children in the shelter who, expecting their favorite holiday, counted the days before Christmas. Trying to simplify the work of the little ones, the Lutheran embellished the old wheel a little, and set nineteen small red candles and four large white ones inside. On weekdays and Saturdays a red candle was lit, and a white candle on Sundays. So the children could clearly count the days on their own.
Another legend says that homeless children worked in a church parish located in Germany near the city of Hanover.To count the days worked from the beginning of the month, they took an unusable wheel from the wagon and daily installed one candle in it, and on Sunday added an extra, larger one. It turned out that at Christmas a wheel decorated twenty-eight light sources in a children's room.
Installation in a wreath of candles makes it similar to the role of the Advent calendar. Moreover, each Sunday of Advent corresponds to a recollection from the gospel reading. Candles mounted on a wreath symbolize light, good.
Christmas decoration has symbolism, which is interpreted differently. The circle means infinity, the sun, life, at the same time symbolizes God. The evergreen spruce branches used in weaving correspond to eternal life. Candles are associated with a feeling of joy from the upcoming holiday, with the light that will illuminate everything at Christmas. Also, four candles correspond to all sides of the world, and the circle - to the globe.
The item can be decorated with bells. In Great Britain, there is a belief that the ringing issued scares away unclean forces and gives praise to Jesus Christ. According to Scandinavian traditions, the sound of a bell announces the beginning of fun. The material used in crafts is characterized by its attributes. For example, the spruce among the Slavic peoples acts as a symbol of death, while the Celts compare it with eternal life.
The principles of creating a wreath
Germany is the cradle of the New Year’s attribute, according to tradition. The standard product is interwoven branches of evergreen conifers, decorated with candles, red ribbons.
Gradually, the holiday wreath spread throughout Western Europe and North America. North American residents began to decorate the product with mistletoe branches, berries of garden holly, leaves of beautiful milkweed.Western European countries use different sweets, such as sweets, nuts, candied fruits, to decorate crafts.
As the New Year wreaths became popular in the world, many designers, specialists, and self-taught made a huge contribution to the development of these products. There were models created from different materials, decorated with natural, artificial, edible elements. But no matter how the subject in question does not differ in appearance, the principle of its creation remains unchanged, is as follows:
What to make the basis of
The main element of the craft is its foundation, it is it that holds the entire structure, does not allow it to disintegrate. You can make a base from virtually any means at hand. The standard material for the frame is natural raw materials, for example, straw, hay, willow, vine, live branches. In addition to natural components, you can use iron, aluminum wire, cardboard, old newspapers, polystyrene, pieces of hose, and other materials.
The strength and durability of the product will depend on how well the foundation is made. The base should not be too light, at the same time it should not be overloaded, the light structure can be demolished by a street wind, a draft in the room, it will be too heavy to knock on the door every time it is opened. Let us dwell in more detail on the raw materials that are used to make the base:
From paper
There are several options for making a simple paper frame. To do this, you can reuse old newspapers, magazines, scribbled notebooks, wrapping paper, books. Let's consider in detail several ways:
Easy circle with stencil
No stencil
Tube frame
From cardboard
Thick paper is also well suited to create a base for future crafts. You can use cardboard boxes from under the equipment, shoes, bushings from paper towels, toilet paper, binders of old magazines, books. The foundation can be made as follows:
Simple wreath of cardboard sleeves
A more complex version of the bushings
Flat base
Volume base
From wire
There are two ways to create a database. One is that a thick metal, aluminum wire is taken. From it we twist the frame in the shape of a circle, we start the edges for each other, we fix it with thin copper cores, twine. If the thickness of the material is not enough, you can make several turns. In the second embodiment, it is better to use aluminum wire. To do this, we connect several long wires, we begin to weave them together, simultaneously turning into a ring.
You can attach spruce branches, plant leaves, other materials with a thin wire rod, copper, or insert them into the holes formed by twisting.If desired, the metal frame can be added with paper, cloth.
Foam
The easiest option to buy is a finished product. Specialized stores, various sites are selling foam bases. However, not in every city, village they can be found, and there is no time to wait for the parcel, in this case it is better to make a frame with your own hands. Consider a master class in which the stages of work are indicated step by step:
From branches
Twigs and branches are the easiest material to work with. The cost of creating crafts will be minimal. Raw materials can be found in the park, on the street, near your own house, where such trees as willow, birch, oak, even a Christmas tree grow. The base can be performed using different methods:
Fresh branches
Dry branches
Willow, birch twigs
From the made foam pipe heater
Non-standard building material - thermoflex, will become a good basis for New Year's crafts. Depending on the weight of the additional decorations, a thin-walled, or thick insulation is chosen. Work with this raw material is as follows:
Christmas Wreath Decoration Options
The classic wreath is decorated with fir branches, red ribbons, bells, candles. However, this type of decor is not fundamental, there are many design options, while using different materials, both natural and artificial. For instance:
Natural materials
The holiday project can be made entirely from natural raw materials. To find him, just go out into the forest, garden, planting. In addition to the pleasure of walking, here we will more than stock up on necessary raw materials, such as spruce, pine branches, moss, cones, dry twigs. Even in your own home you will find something, for example, a shell from nuts, orange, lemon peel, dried flowers, seeds, seeds. Having collected all the components, you can get to work. Consider several popular decor options:
Pine and spruce cones
There are a lot of ideas for creating crafts from cones. They can be attached to any base, glued only between each other. Make closed or loose. Crumble into pieces, combine with other materials. The easiest way is as follows:
Dried fruits with cinnamon sticks
Natural festive design can not only decorate the door, walls, table at home, it is also able to smell. To get such a wreath, you will need: a foam base; dried fruits, if there are none, you can take an orange, lemon, apple, cut them into thin slices and dry in the oven. All elements are glued to the foam circle, cinnamon sticks are added, as well as thyme, lavender. Combined crafts in which different natural components are used look good.
Dried flowers
To create crafts, you need to stock up on material in advance. Natural decor elements are harvested in season, dried. If this is not possible, they can be purchased at specialized points of sale.
An excellent base will be obtained from cereal stems, hay. As decoration, you can use stifu, feather grass, reeds, falaris, flax, herbarium, and other components. For fastening use wire, thread, glue gun.
Viburnum and mountain ash
As the main element, you can choose berries. North American residents traditionally use holly branches with red fruits. Mountain ash is suitable for our region. In winter, it is difficult to find the necessary components, so you can make an imitation of clusters of red beads. If the plants were collected in advance, then creating a wreath will not be a problem.
After collecting viburnum, rose hips, intended for crafts, they must be preserved by dropping in molten paraffin. Then dry. In this case, the berries do not lose their natural shape, color. A wreath on the wall, created only from viburnum, mountain ash, or in combination with other components, will attract special attention, and hanging on the street will become the subject of curiosity not only of people, but also of birds.
Decor with a variety of coniferous branches
Spruce branches are a classic, but they are not required to be used in a Christmas wreath. Due to the fact that the needles of this vegetation quickly crumble, together with them the product loses a presentable appearance. Alternatively, you can use pine, thaw, fir, cedar, juniper. Also, coniferous branches can be diluted with mountain ash, rose hips, cones, mandarin slices.
Newspaper wreath
Creating a construction will require certain skills of weaving from such a specific material, but first you need to prepare it. For this you will need: newspapers, they must be not crumpled, whole; long thin knitting needle; glue stick; stationery knife. Having prepared the materials, we proceed to cutting strips. Their length should be 30 cm, width - 7 cm. We lay out the obtained strips on the table, put a knitting needle on them, begin to wind up as tightly as possible, glue the edge.Having prepared a working tool, we proceed to the main work. Consider a master class of a volumetric wreath:
Wine cork decor
Corks from alcoholic drinks can be a good material for decorating Christmas crafts. To perform the composition of this raw material, it will be necessary to carry out laborious work, which consists in collecting the required number of components. Even lovers of entertainment drinks can not drink so much wine. The search process will require the involvement of relatives and friends. When the right amount of decoration elements is found, you can realize your plan. The instruction is as follows:
Christmas felt wreath
The structure of the material is different from ordinary fabric.A special kind of felt will be a good help when creating a Christmas product. Thanks to a large selection of shades and colors, you can make a unique composition. There are many applications: they are sheathed in a base; ribbons, bows are made of it; cut out a variety of figures; combine with other jewelry. For clarity, consider the master class of a simple wreath:
Using woolen threads for decoration
You can make a wreath from improvised material, without financial costs. To do this, you can take the woolen threads that are in many houses, or visit your grandmother. When the main raw material is found, we proceed to create the craft.
There are several ways to decorate a product. You can take a round base of polystyrene foam or cut a flat one out of cardboard. Next, take the frame in hand and begin to wrap it tightly with thread. For work, it is advisable to use several balls of different colors. Having finished applying the fiber, we move on to the decorations.
Simple winding of threads does not take much time, everyone can do it. More time-consuming work remains for lovers of needlework, who decided to link crafts or individual elements of decor. This will require crochet or knitting skills.The principle of manual labor is as follows: we take a volume base, measure the perimeter of its circumference, which corresponds to the width of the canvas; using knitting needles or a hook, we knit a workpiece, it should correspond to the size of the frame; wrap the base with a knitted fabric, connect the edges with a seam.
New Year's wreath from foamiran
Decorative foam materials are ideal for needlework. It’s easy to work with, it feels like suede to the touch. When heated stretches, it is easy to give it any look. The material is ideal for crafts that will not dry out over time, will not lose their attractive appearance. Let's analyze the step-by-step principle of working with foamiran by the example of a wreath of fir branches and clusters of mountain ash:
Christmas candy wreath
This craft will be a joy to children. Any child will necessarily join the process, and then the fact of a lack of components may be revealed. You can create a sweet design in many ways. We glue the candies in a wrapper in a circle directly to each other, string the candy wrappers on the wire, fasten to the finished base, sew them together.
Marmalade, marshmallows can be connected to the foam base with toothpicks, they should not penetrate the candy through and through. The situation is simpler with lollipops, which are perfectly tied with thread.
Wreath of wooden cuts
It is not difficult to build a product from cut saw cuts of branches. Near any house you can find a tree, collect the necessary material, which will later turn into a decoration of the front door, or complement any style of interior decoration. The following workshop will help you create a simple, yet original design:
Decor from different materials
You can create a festive craft from almost any material at hand. This statement concerns both its basis and decoration. A wreath made from one raw material does not always have a presentable appearance. Therefore, it should be made out using different components. For example, a base decorated with tinsel, pine cones, artificial leaves. Or polyfoam covered with a knitted fabric, in the center of which you can hang a fir ball, and decorate one side with asterisks, twigs.
Conclusion
New Year is a holiday for the whole family. On this day, everyone is happy, people are having fun everywhere, and children's laughter is heard.Prepare for the celebration in advance, local authorities decorate the streets of the city, make sure that the tree, as the main attribute, is installed on time in the central square. Behind them are also residents, who also, worrying about their home, decorate their favorite tree, make crafts, among which the New Year wreath began to play an important role.