How to decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year

Someone is limited in design to only a few compositions, someone hangs a wreath of spruce branches, someone simply decorates the window with snowflakes, and someone adheres to the good old tradition of installing a Christmas tree. We have selected for you interesting and creative ideas for decorating and decorating a Christmas tree for the New Year 2020, as well as tips to help you choose the right decorative elements in connection with the symbol of the year.

A bit of history

For many centuries, the spruce has been the main symbol of the New Year and Christmas. But have you ever wondered why the Christmas tree is decorated for the New Year? Everyone knows this tradition since childhood, but why it so happened that few people know it.

An old legend tells that on the day the baby Jesus was born, all the plants of the earth came to worship him and brought their gifts. The spruce came last and for a long time did not dare to approach the baby, fearing to prick him. She had nothing to give as a gift, except for sticky resin and tough bumps. Then the trees and plants shared their gifts with the timid spruce, and it shone with bright balls, rang the bells and went up to Jesus. The baby smiled, and the star of Bethlehem shone over the top of the spruce. That is why, according to this legend, it is the Christmas tree that is decorated for the New Year.

As for historical facts, the first mention of the Christmas tree is found in Germany. It is from here that the tradition of decorating the Christmas tree for the New Year with colored ribbons, toys and sweets spread throughout Europe.

In Russia, the celebrations were introduced by Peter I in 1700. The emperor commanded to start the year on January 1, walk all night, congratulate each other, launch fireworks or burn fires and, of course, decorate a coniferous tree. And this tradition still lives on in every family.

In addition to history, many are interested in when to decorate a Christmas tree at home. Usually, decorating the holiday tree begins in the 20th of December... It is not recommended to arrange earlier so that the tree does not lose its beauty.

Someone prefers to decorate the Christmas tree as early as possible in order to fully enjoy its beauty. And someone likes to arrange in the last days of December, just before the holiday. In any case, you yourself must decide on what date you need to do this.

Features of decorating a Christmas tree for the 2020 White Metal Rat

The coming year will be under the symbol White Metal Rat, therefore, the actual color is white and everything close to it: gray, silver, golden, black, metallic shade of any color.

The main material will be metal. So the trend for the design and decoration of the New Year tree 2020 is emerging: balls, beads, bows and toys in metallic shades (gray, gold, blue and any other color), or just products in white, gray, silver, black. Metal toys are also welcome.

Let's take a look at the options for decorating the Christmas tree in 2020.

Toys in the form of a White Metal Rat

The main symbol must be present in the design. Christmas decoration on the tree in the form of the main symbol can sew from felt, from the remnants of different fabrics. And here a white rat can be cut out of thick cardboard and painted with paints, tied... Try asking your child to draw an animal and, based on the sketch, sew or knit a festive symbol.

Photos of the 2020 New Year tree decorations in the form of a Rat:

Wood jewelry

Wood is the complete opposite of metal, and of course it is not at all symbolic for the White Rat. However, toys and crafts made of wood can give a New Year and festive mood, they look beautiful and appropriate on the tree at any time,

You can make wooden crafts and toys with your own hands using blanks, or you can buy ready-made products. In any case, they will all look harmonious on the Christmas tree!

Photos of examples of decorating Christmas trees:

From natural materials

To decorate the Christmas tree for the New Year in an interesting way, you can create entertaining Christmas tree accessories from natural materials with your own hands: cones, acorns, chestnuts, twigs, twigs, wooden clothespins and toothpicks... Even from ordinary corks and twigs, anyone is quite capable of creating creative toys.

Basic styles in which to decorate

There are several common and current styles of decorating the New Year tree. Therefore, you can dress up a festive tree without being tied to a specific symbol of the year, but by choosing one of the well-known styles and adhering to the characteristics of this direction.

There are the following styles of Christmas tree decoration:

1. Classical.
2. Modern.
3. Vintage.
4. Minimalism.

How to decorate the 2020 New Year tree in each of these design directions will be discussed in more detail below.

Classic style

The classic (traditional) style, despite some pomp, allows you to arrange the tree in a rather restrained way. Commonly used ballsthe same size and shade (gold, silver), bows to match the balls, cardboard figures, glass bells.

However, do not overload the New Year tree with an abundance of colors and decor. In addition, to decorate a coniferous beauty in a classic way, you can use beads.

The classic style does not lose its relevance for many decades! And for the New Year 2020, you can beautifully and stylishly decorate the Christmas tree in a traditional way.

Modern

Modern means something modern, catchy, memorable, extraordinary. If you want to decorate the Christmas tree in an interesting and unusual way for the New Year, then you should choose Art Nouveau.

Take at least the familiar glass balls that can hang next to decorative elements in steampunk style, bright candies and garlands of an unusual shape... It could be New Year's tree, sustained in one color, for example, all decorated in silver or gold, white. And you can make an impromptu tree created from pillows, computer disks, books, branches, sticks.

Photos of Christmas trees made and decorated in Art Nouveau style:

Vintage

Vintage is characterized by the use of elements that have taken place in past eras. And then you choose which era you would like to display. In any case, to decorate the Christmas tree for the New Year, schedule muted pastel shades, wooden figurines, aged glass balls, vintage postcards, garlands with large balls.

Advice! For a vintage look, take out your oldest toys. Use heavy duty tape or a paper clip to secure them to the branches.

Minimalism

Spruce in the style of minimalism always looks fresh and does not go out of fashion. A minimum of balls, a minimum of tones and tinsel are used... Sometimes only one garlandso as not to drown out the charm of green branches with other accessories.

For minimalism, often taken Christmas tree toys... White or silver look especially noble:

If you want to stylishly decorate the Christmas tree for the New Year 2020, then you should opt for minimalism! Minimalism will look amazing in any room. You just need to harmoniously select and hang the decoration items.

The combination of colors on the New Year tree in 2020

On the advice of experienced designers, dressing up new yeartree,necessarystick tocorrectcolor tocomposetion. If we take into account the color of the upcoming 2020, then this is white, gray, silver, gold, gray, black and other metallic colors.

Either way, when choosing colors, see if they blend well together. And also consider a few simple tips:

• Almost all colors are combined with white, but it goes especially well with bright shades: with red, blue, black, yellow, golden.
• Use a technique such as gradation. So, the top can start with white balls, which will gradually turn, for example, into purple, and those - into dark purple.
• If you have an artificial white Christmas tree, then it is recommended to decorate it for the New Year with white, silver and golden balls. Just what you need for 2020! Festive, stylish and symbolic!

• Consider the overall scale of the room. If the room is too bright, then it is not forbidden to use more muted tones, and if the room is pale, then decorate the tree with bright balls. For example, against the background of furniture made of dark trees, burgundy balls and ribbons look good.

• The rain and beads should overlap in color with the balls. For example, if the balls are gold, then it is better to hang the beads and rain a shade darker or lighter.
• Sometimes a monochromatic garland looks much more luxurious than with bright multi-colored lights.

How to decorate a Christmas tree: options and ideas

Ways to decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year can be very diverse. Christmas tree glass balls, rain and an electric garland are considered traditional decorations.... And these accessories still hold the lead, but besides this, there are many other interesting ones:

• garlands of cones;
• felt toys;
• postcards;
• wreaths;
• sweets;
• wood crafts;
• bells;
• bows;
• tapes;
• tree beads.

You can use one of the listed options to decorate the Christmas tree, or combine several. It all depends on your tastes and preferences!

Important! It is advisable not to combine all types of decoration at once - it will look overloaded. For example, Christmas balls look good with satin ribbons and bows, wooden toys can be combined with a garland of natural materials, and vintage glass toys can be combined with Christmas tree beads.

The photo below is a great example of how you can beautifully decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year (a combination of white and red no frills):

Get creative with your tree. For example, a Christmas tree can be dress up completely with sweets or fruits, fortune cookies, greeting cards, surprise balloons.

Be sure to place the figure of the White Metal Rat somewhere in a prominent place... The little animal can be planted under a tree instead of the traditional Santa Claus and Snow Maiden. You can dress up with crafts made from salt dough.

Interesting decor ideas

If we take a standard classic live or artificial Christmas tree, then there are a lot of options for decorating for the New Year. In particular, a very creative way is to dress her up with everything that is in the house and can fall under the concept of a “Christmas tree accessory”.

These are knitted mittens, snowflakes, cards, hair accessories, artificial flowers, dried rose petals, burlap.

You can become a Christmas tree decorations yourself by making them yourself!

Walk around the house, look into the lockers and drawers, sort out your accessories. Now they need to be sorted by tone or size, and then proceed with the design.

Below you can study the photos of the original design. Maybe they can help you decide how you want to decorate your New Year tree for 2020:

Traditional Santa claus can be original and sparkle with new colors, if you choose products of non-standard shapes and designs.

Openwork and smart snowmen will do their job too!

It's not a sin to decorate an artificial and live Christmas tree for the New Year with an ordinary one burlap or decorative mesh, which is sold in specialty stores in rolls.

Will also look good wooden products, cardboard and twine crafts.

A Christmas tree decorated with bows... You can use bows of any size and color. Translucent bows will look stylish (as in the photo below).

Quilling

The spruce will turn out to be original and very elegant if you dress it up with crafts using the quilling technique (the technique is also called paper twisting). Just a few workouts and you can create Christmas decorations on the Christmas tree using paper, glue, pens and your imagination.

The undoubted advantage of such Christmas tree decorations is the fact that you can do them yourself! 

Photos of crafts using the quilling technique:

Flowers

They are associated with warmth, spring and summer. It would seem that they do not fit with the winter holidays at all. But it was not there! New Year tree decorated with flowers - a truly original and beautiful solution. For decoration, you can either buy flowers or make them yourself.

As for the last hand-made production, it is recommended to make artificial flowers for Christmas tree decoration from a variety of materials: paper, fabric (for example, organza, linen), corrugation, satin ribbons.

Christmas tree without a tree

But if you want something truly original, then initially you need to be original. Do-it-yourself Christmas tree will help to decorate the room quite vividly for the New Year. It could be a structure made of books, pillows, plastic bottles, clothing, disposable tableware and other items... We offer you to enjoy the creativity that someone has already created and to be inspired for an exclusive version.

There are no limits to fantasy, even the most ordinary pillows have the opportunity to become a real solemn decoration of the house.

The procedure for decorating a Christmas tree

Although we decorate a tree on holidays almost from childhood, it is not always clear how to properly decorate a New Year tree in stages. However, there are several unspoken rules that will help you decorate a tree beautifully and make it the most attractive object in the whole house.

Here are the rules and procedures for decorating a Christmas tree:

• To harmoniously decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year, you need choose the right places for herabout. Don't put a fluffy beauty in a small room, and a too small Christmas tree in a large room.
• Strengthen it securely... If there are small children and mischievous animals in the house, then it is better not to use glass products.
• Choose a beautiful garland with faceted light bulbs, beautiful lampshade.
• The garland is hung at the very beginning, in front of all the toys, then she will not obscure them, but, on the contrary, beautifully set off.
• Use multiple garlands... For example, one can wrap the trunk itself, and the other - the branches of a tree.
• Decorate the tree with the included garland... In this case, it will be better to see where which light will lie, and what it will highlight.

• For big ate choose large balls, small ones on it will look ridiculous.
• Large parts are hung first, evenly distributing around the entire perimeter (it is advisable to decorate the bottom of the tree with large elements). Then smaller toysfilling the empty space and preparing the tree for the New Year.

• Desirable do not place identical toys next to each otherunless it is conceived by the concept.
• The final stage will be tinsel, beads, rain, sparkles.
• There are several ways of decorating with balls: vertical, horizontal, chaotic.
• You can put boxes underneath, edged with paper to match the entire decor.

By the way! It would be appropriate to flaunt a streamer or even ordinary confetti.

Street tree decoration

It's great if you have a Christmas tree growing on the street (at least in the courtyard of a private house or in the country). In this case, you can decorate the yard and turn it into a real fairy tale.

When choosing a Christmas decoration for a street tree, you need to focus on two things:

1. Safety... This mainly concerns the use of a garland. Only use appliances that are designed for outdoor use. Also, do not leave the device switched on unattended.
2. Sustainability... Try to fasten the “outfit” as tightly as possible so that during snow, rain and wind they cannot fall or damage your tree.

Christmas decorations for a street tree can be purchased or made by hand. In general, all of the above recommendations and tips apply to the street beauty. The only thing -crafts made of fabric, paper are not suitable (there is a risk that they will deteriorate due to precipitation, wind).

Advice! You cannot cope with such a difficult task alone (especially if the tree is rather big). So, invite guests, relatives, kids to decorate together and create a beautiful and original composition for the New Year.

In many families, decorating the Christmas tree is a whole tradition, a ritual, a notification that the holiday holidays will begin soon, that the New Year 2020 will be soon. This is especially pleasing to the kids who like to help decorate the green beauty, hang balls on her, pull sweets. It's fun and brings the family together.I hope the tips and tricks will help you decorate your Christmas tree in a fun and beautiful way!