The tradition of decorating a Christmas tree came from Germany.Both noblemen and poor burghers decorated the tree with handmade New Year's toys, candies, sweets and figures made of colored paper. Christmas tree balls are the most famous decoration, which appeared in the 18th century first in the form of painted potatoes, and then in the form of glass gilded toys. To this day, many people keep old New Year's toys that they got from their grandparents at home as a relic.
How to decorate a Christmas tree
There are several rules that, if followed, will make decorating a Christmas tree not only fun, but also easy!
These are the general rules for decorating a Christmas tree.In addition, you can make your tree different from all the others, the design of the New Year tree can be anything. Perhaps it will be a non-standard color solution. Now at the peak of New Year's fashion are exclusive New Year's toys and trees decorated with shades of precious metals, while mixing silver and gold is not recommended. And with the help of ordinary spray paint, you can shade both the toys and the tips of the branches on the tree.
New Year's toys with their own hands
If there are children in your family, then New Year'sYou can start preparing long before buying a Christmas tree, devoting several evenings to discussing and choosing toys. You can make New Year's toys with your own hands. Such toys will give you and your children peace and comfort in the pre-New Year's bustle and create an atmosphere of magic. You can paint walnuts together with an aerosol or make New Year's toys from beads and paper, tying satin ribbons to them, or you can make snowmen from special salted dough, decorating them with beads, confetti or tinsel. Older children can make snow strands from ordinary polystyrene, divided into grains, which are attached to the ceiling - for this, the polystyrene grains are strung on a thread. You can also make knitted New Year's toys together with your children. For example, New Year trees can be decorated with symbols of the coming year, such cute toys can be crocheted or knitted, with beads or buttons instead of eyes. Frost and snow on spruce branches will help create a fairy-tale atmosphere in your home. To create frost, dip the tree branches and cones in a hot strong solution with salt for several hours. After that, take them out and give the branches time to dry. Now decorate the branches and cones with snow. To do this, grate foam plastic, grease the branches and cones with glue and sprinkle with foam plastic. You can also make Christmas tree toys from ordinary chicken eggs. To do this, pierce the egg on both sides with a needle, release all the contents, the egg should remain empty. Now use your imagination! For example, if you have multi-colored feathers, you can make a beautiful bird. Draw a hole, a beak, feathers on the egg, and glue the feathers on instead of a tail. You can make cats and mice in the same way, whatever your heart desires! We recommend reading:
