From paper, fruit, fabric and bottles, we tell and show how to make beautiful holiday decorations from improvised means.

Handmade jewelry is not only an opportunity to save money, but also a great reason to show imagination, making the interior unique. After all, the festive mood will be completely different if you fill the house not with standard accessories from the mass market, but with products in which you have invested your soul. In this article we have collected the best ideas of New Year’s decor for the house with our own hands and visual workshops.

Stylish New Year decor-2023 with your own hands

Original ideas of New Year’s decor with your own hands

There are many options for New Year’s decor from improvised materials: from remnants of fabric and paper to dried fruits and plastic bottles. Let’s look at the most popular and affordable ideas.

Made of paper

Paper is a universal material for creativity. For a reason, it is from him that children most often make simple crafts in the garden or elementary school. Paper is easy to get, it is inexpensive, eco-friendly and safe. It is convenient to cut and fold various shapes from it, it can be painted and decorated in almost any way.

The most obvious and easiest option is to make snowflakes and decorate a window or a Christmas tree with them. To do this, you will need a minimal set: actually, the sheets themselves, scissors and a thread or other attachment. The paper can be white or colored, with sequins, craft in general, any variations to your taste. It’s great to make such a craft together with children or just with family members: everyone will get their own original decoration, and it looks much more interesting than the same purchased snowflakes.

Scandinavian-style accessories are also popular now. The brightest representative is the paper Christmas star. It is also made from sheets of different designs, but it is better to take the material more tightly, since the composition is quite large and voluminous, it is important that it holds its shape well and is durable. Another option is a paper flower. By design, it looks like a star, but it is made of light thin paper (according to the type of calcined), looks very airy and gentle, but at the same time requires a little more time to prepare. 

And, of course, paper makes attractive and easy-to-implement garlands. You will need only sheets, glue and rope to fasten the parts. The hanging can be two-dimensional (flags, figures, snowflakes) or three-dimensional (for example, Christmas trees in the origami style). You can decorate any surface in a house or apartment with it: a wall, a closet, a window, a decorative partition.

Master class

Here is a detailed video instruction for the paper star. It is made very simply and will organically complement any interior: not only in Scandinavian, but also, for example, in eco-, vintage style or minimalism.

Christmas decor made of cardboard

Products made of cardboard are more dense and durable than paper, but at the same time they are more difficult to bend and fold.

It is better to make flat or multi-layered decorations from this material. Any ordinary cardboard (from drawing kits or boxed) is suitable for work, but corrugated looks especially interesting. 

What can be made of cardboard:

Master class

One of the simplest options is to cut out a figurine and decorate it to your taste: paint, paste over with colored paper or tinsel, add natural elements. It can stand on a stand or be hung by a loop: for example, on a wall or on a Christmas tree. Here is a detailed video tutorial on how to make a beautiful fairy-tale deer yourself. If desired, the design can be simplified or adapted to the materials that you have at home.

Made of fabric

For an original New Year’s decor, you don’t need a lot of fabric, so even the scraps that lie idle at home will be enough.

Also, for this purpose, you can use old festive textiles that are no longer needed (for example, serving napkins or towels), so you will immediately get themed patterns and drawings.

There are many options for fabric crafts. Some require a certain skill and the presence of a sewing machine at home, and for some ordinary needles and threads will be enough.

At home, you can make fabric:

Master class

From pieces of fabric and small scraps, you can make a beautiful eco-friendly garland. It is suitable for the living room, bedroom or nursery.

From fruits and berries

Tangerines have always been associated with the New Year, but in the last couple of years it has become a real trend to use citrus fruits not only on the festive table, but also to decorate the house with them.

Not only they will be useful for decorating. You can also take apples, cinnamon sticks, lingonberries and any other edible additions. The most fashionable decoration now is garlands of dried oranges, limes or tangerines. Such a composition is good in its minimalism: the fruits themselves and the rope on which they will be fixed are enough. A garland is hung on windows, in doorways, you can decorate a fireplace (if there is one) and any large furniture with it. Often cinnamon, nuts or berries are added to citrus fruits, it turns out not only beautiful, but also fragrant.

Another, more compact version, Christmas tree toys. They are made from the same ingredients, and they, in turn, are fixed to the tree by a thread, twine or satin ribbon. It turns out to be original and beautiful. Such decorations look especially organic in eco-style, scandi or minimalism.

Master class

A simple example of how to dry oranges and assemble a garland from them is in this master class. Instead, you can take any other citrus fruits or, for example, apple slices.

From needles

Another bright trend of 2023 is natural decorations that can be found in the nearest forest or park. 

First of all, these are fir branches, which by themselves create a unique festive atmosphere at home. They can be supplemented with cones, acorns, thin fallen twigs of shrubs, tree bark.

There are several options for how to decorate a house with pine needles:

To emphasize the naturalness of such decoration, complement the coniferous branches with a New Year’s decor of cones, berries, etc. You can add artificial elements, but they should not look organically.

Master class

It’s enough just to put a fragrant twig in a vase to set a festive mood, but you can also make a full-fledged composition that will transform the room and even replace a real Christmas tree if necessary. To do this, you will need only the branches themselves, some additional decorations, a container for a stand and a sponge.

From bottles

Unless you lead a zero waste lifestyle, then you probably have a couple of unnecessary plastic bottles at home. 

Instead of just throwing them away, you can dispose of the containers in an original way, at the same time getting a beautiful Christmas decor from the bottle. For example, a plastic base easily turns into a Christmas tree toy, an element of a festive composition, a sock for gifts, a house-flashlight or even a candlestick. At the same time, the durable and malleable material allows you to make jewelry of a certain shape, but at the same time it is easy to cut and, if necessary, bend it. The surface is easily painted with paint, marker or, for example, nail polish. 

In addition to plastic bottles, it is quite possible to use glass. They will make beautiful candlesticks or, for example, houses with snow. But it is unlikely to hang such a decor on the Christmas tree, since the toy is not made of special thin glass, it will turn out to be too heavy.

Master class

If you love creativity, then make a beautiful snow globe out of a standard plastic bottle. It can not only decorate your own home, but also become a wonderful gift. Its main value is in its unique design, because it is a handmade thing.

How to fit into the interior

To make a festive handmade look organically in the interior, it is important to complement it with the right details.

Here are some ideas:

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