How to hang balls on a Christmas tree. How to decorate a Christmas tree? Christmas tree decoration with garlands

In the upcoming 2018, the Rooster will be replaced by the Yellow Dog.

In addition to the variety of dishes on the New Year's table, it is very important to surprise the symbol with Christmas tree decorations, because how favorable the Year will be to you will depend on the outfit of the green beauty.

How to decorate a Christmas tree?

There are a few simple rules on how to easily, quickly and beautifully dress up a green beauty:

You should not choose a lush and tall Christmas tree for a small room. It will not be visible indoors, and the decorations will look sloppy.
Start decorating the Christmas tree with garlands. We advise you to first plug it into the outlet to check the health of all the bulbs. Usually, the trunk is wrapped with lanterns, and also distributed among the branches according to the planned placement of toys.
Now it's time for the toys. The larger the tree, the larger the decorations fit it, and vice versa.
Start with those that will set the overall color tone for the tree.
Toys can be attached to wires, threads, special plastic clothespins, but the most convenient way is straightened paper clips.
Don't forget the top! For her in the New Year, a big bow, or a traditional spire and a star, is perfect.
The final touch will be hanging rain and tinsel. Make sure that there is not too much of it - it can hide toys.

In anticipation winter holidays store shelves will be full of bright toys, garlands and lanterns; Christmas markets will attract with their brilliance and originality of design solutions. The choice is limitless! Decorating a Christmas tree has long been not just a winter ritual, but a real art, where you can show all the breadth of imagination.

What color to decorate the Christmas tree in 2018?

Fire colors: yellow, gold, red are popular Christmas colors. If you choose them as the main color for Christmas tree decorations, your home will become even more cozy. You should not be limited only to ball toys, because you can also decorate a Christmas tree with bows, socks for gifts and lanterns.

Gold is the color of celebration, brilliance and luxury. This color brings out the details perfectly and is ideal for tinsel, ornaments on Christmas trees and ribbons. When decorating it, the main thing is to know the measure. Therefore, it is best to combine it with a small range of shades: with yellow, white and green.

How to decorate a Christmas tree in eco-style?

Every year people think more and more about the protection of nature and its resources, begin to appreciate everything natural and organic.
New Year's decor is also affected by this trend. Toys began to be made from natural materials: wood, fabric, thread, and also use dried fruits and plants for decoration. The New Year tree, decorated in eco-style, will be enthusiastically viewed and admired by guests. The secret lies in the little details: a sprig of cinnamon lurks on a ball, a wooden snowman descends from a snowy hill of cotton wool...

Decorate the Christmas tree in retro style

Our mothers and grandmothers have exactly preserved the old toys that we remember from childhood: figurines of people and animals, stars and peaks on the top of a tree, balls with simple patterns. You can dress up a festive tree in a vintage outfit.

Edible Christmas decor

Back in the old days, when Christmas decorations there were not so many, the main decorations were sweets, gingerbread, cookies. Traditions tend to return, and now the tree is again decorated with gingerbread cookies, fruits and candies. As New Year and Christmas - above all family holidays, "edible toys" can be prepared by a large friendly company. It will be especially interesting for kids to decorate cooked gingerbread with colored icing.

How to make a Christmas tree with your own hands?

Did you know that more and more more people on New Year's Eve and Christmas come up with their own Christmas trees? This happens not even because they are not satisfied with the classic spruce or pine, just the result exceeds all expectations!

A Christmas tree with your own hands can be made from:

Trees: Take small logs of the colors you want, cut them into flat circles and place them in the shape of a tree on the wall. You can also take birch branches and place them horizontally. Such a Christmas tree allows toys and other decorations to be hung on carnations nailed in advance. You can also hang a luminous garland on them. It will turn out very nice!

- paper, cardboard and thread:

Such a Christmas tree will look very creative, and at the same time leave you a huge field for imagination in creating decorations.
You can use photographs, papier-mâché, classic Christmas decorations, beautiful small souvenirs, postcards - whatever your heart desires.

- Garlands:

You will need such improvised materials: a hammer, carnations and classic Christmas lights. Mark the outline, shape and size of the future Christmas tree on the wall. Hang out the lanterns. Christmas tree in the style of minimalism is ready!

The New Year is getting closer and closer - and now you have finally taken home a fresh coniferous tree, or acquired an artificial green beauty. The next step is to learn how to properly decorate a Christmas tree so that it looks cozy, beautiful and stylish. What rules to follow and what mistakes to avoid - we explain further.

Arrangement of Christmas decorations

There are three main types of arrangement of Christmas tree decorations. The most familiar option for us is a horizontal division, in which all the garlands and rains divide the spruce into tiers, and the toys follow each other in a circle.

With a vertical division in the arrangement of decorations, the orientation from top to bottom or from bottom to top is clearly visible.

And finally, with a helical arrangement, the decorations are twisted around the tree in a spiral, almost in a diagonal position, falling to the lower branches.

Each of these types of Christmas decorations are good in their own way, so choose the one that suits you best.

How to decorate a Christmas tree with garlands

When thinking about how to decorate a Christmas tree, always start with long elements - electric garlands and tinsel. To get started, connect the garlands to the power supply - this way it will be more convenient for you to follow how the wire lies on the branches. By the way, when buying a garland, pay attention to its length so that the wire is enough for the volume of your Christmas tree. And keep in mind that you are unlikely to be able to get by with just one garland to beautifully decorate the Christmas tree.

When decorating horizontally, take a garland and wrap it around the spruce in a circle, or in a spiral if the design is screw. And with a vertical division, garlands and tinsel should be broadcast along the longitudinal line, not wrapping them around the tree, but, as it were, lowering them down from the tops.

If you have faux Christmas tree white color, then the garlands under it should be selected with white wires so that they look harmonious.
Instead of tinsel, Christmas trees are also wrapped beautiful ribbon in the color of toys or a thread with small beads.
Spruce will look even more stylish if tinsel is not used at all.

How to hang Christmas decorations

When we figured out the garlands and tinsel, we learn how to properly decorate a Christmas tree with the help of using Christmas tree decorations.

A lot depends on how big your tree is. Large trees look good with large balls, respectively, for smaller trees it is better to choose small Christmas tree decorations. This does not mean that a large spruce should be decorated only with large toys, but their number should prevail - and vice versa.

Now about the order of decoration. To make the Christmas tree look beautiful and thoughtful, you can’t dress it up with all the Christmas decorations in a row - start with large ones, filling them with the main space between the garlands hung earlier, and then take on the “little thing”. This applies to toys of the same type, such as balls. If you have other types of toys, such as angels, bumps, etc., start with them later.

Do not put a lot of the same toys next to each other, try to place them on different parts of the Christmas tree. If the difference in the size of the toys is large, then the largest specimens should be hung on the lower branches, and the smaller ones should be placed closer to the top. Expensive and fragile toys are better closer to the trunk of the tree, and not at the ends of the branches.

As an alternative to Christmas balls and other toys, you can hang sweets, tangerines, gingerbread men, nuts, etc., even flowers on the spruce, but do not overdo it so that the tree does not look clumsy.

How to fix a toy on a branch?

There are several ways to attach a Christmas ball or other toy to a Christmas tree.

The most aesthetically pleasing are fastenings with ribbons. It is best to choose ribbons in the color that prevails on the Christmas tree, or stay on neutral white or green, the color of the spruce branches.

In the absence of ribbons, Christmas tree decorations can be hung on threads, wire, or even on an unbent paper clip. And in stores with New Year's paraphernalia, you can find special plastic hooks for Christmas tree decorations.

Finishing the decor

How to decorate a Christmas tree at the top? The most traditional decoration is the star, which is usually fixed at the top last. In addition to the star, a toy-spire, a snowflake are also used, less often an angel figurine, or even just a magnificent bow.

Traditionally, it is customary to dress up a Christmas tree in the rain, use sparkles, streamers, confetti as decorations, and spray artificial snow on the branches. But if you want to keep the tree in a particular style, then these elements will overload its appearance.

In conclusion, under the tree you can spread beautiful fabric to place gifts on it. There, if desired, you can put the figures of Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden.

How to stylishly decorate a Christmas tree

And how to properly decorate a Christmas tree so that it looks stylish: at least - do not hang all the available ones on the Christmas tree at once christmas balls, and choose only balls of the same color. The same applies to other decorations: stick to one or two colors in the design of the Christmas tree, do not mix gold shades with silver ones, give preference to a single-color electric garland.

Many different design ideas stylish Christmas tree see the following video:

Fashion for decorative solutions, color combinations and toys come and go, but some principles remain the same..

Take a little inventory

A few days before you decorate the tree, examine the contents of your boxes with New Year's decor. Figure out what you're missing and make a list to go to the store with - it'll save you time.
Examine the toys left over from previous years - they may need a light repair, new glitter or fasteners.
If you have children, give them a holiday by making homemade Christmas toys.

Correctly choose and install a Christmas tree

Don't put a big tree in a room that's too small. Do not install living tree near a battery or other heat source.
If you have children or pets, it is especially important to secure the spruce carefully. Make sure its base is securely fastened. Additional way fastenings - tie the top of the tree to the cornices and cabinets with several laces (arrange a stretch), then disguising them with garlands that will stretch under the ceiling.
If your Christmas tree is too low, you can put it on a podium (or table), after laying it out Christmas paper, oilcloth or cloth. By the way, this will give you a place for fancy gifts that will be more visible than on the floor.

Use an electric garland

Buy faceted light bulbs, not smooth ones - they have more glare.
Before wrapping a tree with a garland, plug it into an outlet and check how it works - whether all the lights are on, whether the wiring sparks. Do not use more than three garlands at once - traffic jams may not withstand.
The electric garland is hung on the Christmas tree before other toys - so it will not obscure them. It is good if you wrap a tree trunk with one garland, and place the other on the branches to illuminate toys.
It is more convenient to decorate the Christmas tree with the lights on - you will immediately see how evenly the garland lies. Arrange the garlands in a spiral, not from the bottom up.

Hang toys in the right order

The larger the tree, the larger the toys fit it. A small Christmas tree with huge balls will seem cumbersome.
hang first large toys, then small. Start hanging with large balls that set the main tone for the tree. After hanging all the balls, rest for a while in another room. Then come back and take a fresh look - does everything look harmonious. Hang toys of a different type in the remaining gaps between the balls.
Large toys are placed on the lower branches. As you climb higher, it is worth using smaller toys.
It is better not to hang the same toys next to each other.

Attach toys correctly

You can hang balls on the Christmas tree with thread or wire. A convenient and simple method is unfolded paper clips.
You can also look for special plastic hooks for Christmas decorations - they are produced in green so that they are invisible.
Toys tied with lush bows will look especially elegant.
The best, most expensive and beloved toys are usually the most fragile. Do not hang them on weak thin branches close to the tips (especially if you have children and pets). Place them close to the trunk.

Decorate the top

Traditional decorations are a spire or a star (it is a reminder of the Bethlehem star that led the Magi to the manger of Jesus).
You can also put an angel upstairs or even tie a bow.

Use improvised materials

Try to decorate the Christmas tree with edible toys - tangerines, sweets, nuts, wrapped in gold foil.
Teddy bears and any other toys will also look good.
A wide shiny ribbon wrapped around a Christmas tree is a successful and not very common decor.

Finishing touch

Scatter beads, shiny tinsel, rain on the Christmas tree, sprinkle with frost spray, artificial snow, sprinkle with confetti, serpentine, sparkles - but only when she is fully dressed up.
Be careful with rain if you have cats - pets love to eat them and can die from it.
If your Christmas tree is aged in a certain color scheme- pack the gifts that will lie under it in paper of the same colors.
Put Santa Claus with the Snow Maiden under the Christmas tree. If you are celebrating Christmas, you will need Christmas scenes, the so-called. "nativity scenes" where small dolls depict the Mother of God and other characters.

1 DO A LITTLE INVENTORY

A few days before you decorate the tree, examine the contents of your Christmas decor boxes. Figure out what you're missing and make a list to go to the store with - it'll save you time.

Examine the toys left over from previous years - they may need a light repair, new glitter or fasteners.

If you have children, give them a holiday by making homemade Christmas toys.

2 CHOOSE AND INSTALL THE CHRISTMAS TREE CORRECTLY

Don't put a big tree in a room that's too small. Do not install a live tree near a radiator or other heat source.

If you have children or pets, it is especially important to secure the spruce carefully. Make sure its base is securely fastened. An additional method of fastening is to tie the top of the tree to the cornices and cabinets with several laces (arrange a stretch), then disguising them with garlands that will stretch under the ceiling.

If your Christmas tree is too low, you can put it on a podium (or table), after covering it with New Year's paper, oilcloth or cloth. By the way, this will give you a place for fancy gifts that will be more visible than on the floor.

3 USE AN ELECTRIC GARLAND

Buy faceted light bulbs, not smooth ones - they have more glare.

Take care of the safety rules: do not use homemade or cheap Asian crafts so as not to cause a fire. For the same reason, do not decorate the Christmas tree with candles and sparklers. An exception is an electric garland with "candles".
Before wrapping a tree with a garland, plug it into an outlet and check how it works - whether all the lights are on, whether the wiring sparks. Do not use more than three garlands at once - traffic jams may not withstand.

The electric garland is hung on the Christmas tree before other toys - so it will not obscure them. It is good if you wrap a tree trunk with one garland, and place the other on the branches to illuminate toys.

It is more convenient to decorate the Christmas tree with the lights on - you will immediately see how evenly the garland lies. Arrange the garlands in a spiral, not from the bottom up.

4 HANG TOYS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

The larger the tree, the larger the toys fit it. A small Christmas tree with huge balls will seem cumbersome.

First hang large toys, then small ones. Start hanging with large balls that set the main tone for the tree. After hanging all the balls, rest for a while in another room. Then come back and take a fresh look - does everything look harmonious. Hang toys of a different type in the remaining gaps between the balls.

Large toys are placed on the lower branches. As you climb higher, it is worth using smaller toys.

It is better not to hang the same toys next to each other.

5 ATTACH TOYS CORRECTLY

You can hang balls on the Christmas tree with thread or wire. A convenient and simple method is unfolded paper clips.

You can also look for special plastic hooks for Christmas decorations - they are produced in green so that they are invisible.

Toys tied with lush bows will look especially elegant.

The best, most expensive and beloved toys are usually the most fragile. Do not hang them on weak thin branches close to the tips (especially if you have children and pets). Place them close to the trunk.

6 DECORATE THE TOP

Traditional decorations are a spire or a star (it is a reminder of the Bethlehem star that led the Magi to the manger of Jesus).

You can also put an angel upstairs or even tie a bow.

7 USE MATERIALS

Try to decorate the Christmas tree with edible toys - tangerines, sweets, nuts, wrapped in gold foil.

Teddy bears and any other toys will also look good.

A wide shiny ribbon wrapped around a Christmas tree is a successful and not very common decor.

8 FINISHING TOUCH

Scatter beads, shiny tinsel, rain on the Christmas tree, sprinkle with frost spray, artificial snow, sprinkle with confetti, serpentine, sparkles - but only when she is fully dressed up.

Be careful with rain if you have cats - pets love to eat them and can die from it.

If your Christmas tree is designed in a certain color scheme, wrap the gifts that will lie under it in paper of the same colors.

Put Santa Claus with the Snow Maiden under the Christmas tree. If you are celebrating Christmas, you will need Christmas scenes, the so-called. "nativity scenes" where small dolls depict the Mother of God and other characters.