The tradition to decorate a Christmas tree came from Germany. Both noble noblemen and poor burghers decorated the Christmas tree with New Year's handmade toys - sweets, sweets and figurines of colored paper. Christmas balls are the most famous ornament that appeared in the 18th century, first in the form of colored potatoes, and then in the form of glass gilded toys. Until now, many have kept at home as a relic old Christmas toys, which they got from their grandparents.

How to decorate a Christmas tree

There are several rules, respecting which, decorating the tree will not only be fun, but simple!

The size of the tree should be combined with the dimensionsrooms, and the place where it will stand should be away from heating batteries and heating appliances - then the Christmas tree does not fall earlier than time and will not become a fire-dangerous decoration of the room. Candles and Bengal lights are not the best choice for decorating a Christmas tree - leave them for outdoor entertainment.

After installing the Christmas tree, hang garlands on it, whichit must first be checked for serviceability and safety. Tinsel and beads can be any color, depending on the general idea of ​​decorating the Christmas tree. They need to be placed around the trunk, and not to hang vertically.

Then evenly place large New Year'sChristmas toys, it is better to use 2 or 3 primary colors, then the tree will look more spectacular. Very well combined toys of green, red and white colors. Do not overload it with toys, then because of the scenery you will not see fluffy branches. The toys hanging next to the lights of the garlands are most noticeable due to the colorful lighting - take this into account when choosing the main Christmas balls.

Now it's time for small toys thatit is more convenient to hang on long threads. You can use a paper clip as an attachment, unbolting them as a wrong figure-eight, where a small hook serves as a binding for a toy, and a large hook is attached to a branch. Especially elegant are Christmas trees, where toys hang on satin ribbons, but then you should reduce the number of toys, otherwise the tree will look like an overloaded decoration. Toys distribute evenly and make sure that the tree does not change its visual shape.

And lastly, on the top of the tree, a star or other ornament is fastened - a bow or a spire.

These are the general rules of decorating a Christmas tree. In addition, you yourself can make your spruce different from all, the design of the New Year tree can be anything. Perhaps it will be a non-standard color solution. Now at the peak of the New Year's fashion, exclusive Christmas toys and Christmas trees decorated with shades of precious metals, while mixing silver and gold is not recommended. And with the help of a conventional spray paint, you can shade both toys and the tips of the branches on the tree.

New Year's toys with their own hands

If your family has children, the New Yearcooking can begin long before buying a Christmas tree, devoting several evenings to discussions and choice of toys. You can make New Year toys with your own hands. Such toys in the New Year's bustle will give you and your children peace and comfort and create an atmosphere of magic. You can paint the walnuts together with an aerosol or make new-year toys made of beads and paper, tying satin ribbons to them, or you can make snowmen from a special salt test, decorated with beads, confetti or tinsel. Older children can make from ordinary foam, divided into grains, snow strands that are attached to the ceiling - for this, the particles of polystyrene thread on string. You can also make New Year knitting toys 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, instead of eyes, you can make beads or buttons. A fabulous atmosphere in your house will help create frost and snow on the spruce branches. To create a frost, decorate the Christmas tree branches and cones in a hot, strong solution with salt for several hours. After that, we take out and give the branches time to dry out. Now we decorate the branches and cones with snow. To do this, we rub the foam on the grater, glue the branches and cones with glue and sprinkle with foam. You can also make Christmas toys from ordinary chicken eggs. For this, pierce the egg from 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 an egg on the egg, beak, plumage, and glue the feathers on the glue instead of the tail. In the same way you can do both cats and mice that your heart desires! We advise you to read:

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