New Year’s window decor is a great way to decorate a country house inside and outside, and for those who live in a city apartment it is an opportunity to create a festive mood for the household and share it with all passersby outside. In this material we presented 9 cool ideas on how to decorate the windows for the new year with your own hands, and also collected 70 photos for your inspiration.
1. Decorate the windows with vytnankami
Decorating windows cut out of paper patterns and pictures - this is perhaps the most traditional way of decoration, especially in our country. If you want to remember childhood, and besides decorate windows as quickly as possible, then paper snowflakes are what you need.
And here is the scheme, how to cut out snowflakes of different shapes.
If you want to diversify the decoration of the window with vytnankov more complicated, then we suggest to cut out other New Year and Christmas symbols. For example, figures of deer, stars, trees or angels as in the photo below.
Here are some more cool photo examples of the windows on the windows.
One of the classic plots of window decoration with paper pictures is the theme of the Christmas town. That is what we propose to depict on the windows in the coming 2019.
For window decoration you will need:
- Paper (white is better);
- Soap and some water (for making "glue") or double-sided tape;
- Scissors and model / stationery knife for cutting vytnanok;
- Printed template.
How to do it?
- Print the templates in the number and combination you need;
- To cut windows and doors, use either sharp nail clippers or a stationery / mock-up knife;
- Plan the location of each piece, then proceed to gluing them.
How to stick vytnanki on the window?
Method 1: Soak a piece of soap, then rub it on the back of the vytanki and immediately glue on the window. It is important that the window is dust-free, clean and dry.
Method 2: Use PVA glue - after drying, it becomes transparent, and is easily washed with water.
Method 3: Glue vytynanki on small pieces of the usual, but rather double-sided tape.
2. We hang a branch with garlands on the eaves
How to decorate the window for the new year without spending a penny, and at the same time create a super-stylish accessory that can be reused many, many times? Find a nice branch in the park, clean it from dirt,If necessary, shorten and allow to dry.
Then hang the branch on the eaves with ribbons or jute. Finally, decorate it with Christmas balls, a garland, gingerbread and cones. If desired, the branch can be painted in white, gold, silver or covered with artificial snow.
You can also decorate windows with natural or artificial spruce branches.
3. Paint the windows with a chalk marker
This method of window decoration is inexpensive and very simple, because all you need is a marker and a window! White chalk marker is great for painting glass: they can draw thin and thick lines, the paint falls tight and is easily erased with a damp cloth.
For window decoration you will need:
- White chalk marker (sold in many stationery stores and shops for creativity);
- Wiper or wet wipe;
- Scissors for cutting patterns;
- Templates or stencils New Year's themes. Below you can download and print our samples.
How to do it?
- Wipe the windows clean.
- Shake the marker, attach the tip on a piece of paper and gently bend it until ink appears at the tip. Draw a few lines on the paper to make sure the marker is healthy.
- Download the template from our article or search for Christmas stencils on the Internet, enlarge the sample to the desired size using any image editor, print, cut and paste it on the window.
- Attention! If you are not using a stencil, but just a picture, then it is best to stick it on the back of the window.
- If you want to print a large picture, print it on several sheets using the service rasterbator.net.
If the printer does not, use the following method: turn off the light in the room, and adjust the screen of the computer monitor to the maximum brightness. Then attach a sheet of paper (it should not be too thick) to the screen and draw the outlines of the drawing with a pencil. Then you will only have to cut the template / stencil, glue it on the window in the right place with the help of adhesive tape (better than painting).
- Draw the picture with a chalk marker, if necessary, correct the flaws with a damp cloth.
And here are the other ideas for mural windows for the new year.
4. We hang on the windows electric garland
Small lights on the windows are beautiful in their own right, and in combination with Christmas-tree toys and spruce branches in a blink of an eye they make the New Year's interior cozy and elegant.
- Especially for decorating windows, cascade lights are suitable as in the photo below.
See also: How to make a candlestick with your own hands: 70 photos, 7 ideas and workshops
5. We decorate the window sill with mini-trees
The window sill should not be empty either, it should be decorated with candles, cute Christmas figures, fir-tree paws, a vase or a dish filled with balls or cones. And here will be great to look a few mini-trees in the same bags.
You will need:
- Several artificial mini-trees, room cypress or juniper;
- Burlap or linen fabric;
- Scissors;
- Ribbon or jute rope.
How to do it?
- Cut out from the prepared fabric several round blanks of such a size so that they can completely wrap the pots of mini-Christmas trees. It is possible to cut the fabric roughly, and it is better not to cut the cuts (they should even be “fluffed up” a little).
- Wrap the pot with the Christmas tree in the fabric and fix the resulting bag with a tape or rope. Voila! Christmas tree is ready. Now you can decorate it with small toys or leave it as it is.
6. We dress curtains
Do you want not to spend money on New Year's window decoration and not to do glass washing after the holidays? Then simply decorate the curtains with stock Christmas tree toys. For example, they can be sewn to the bottom edge. roller blinds as shown in this photo.
Christmas balls or garlands can be hung on the eaves or attached to curtain hooks / rings.
Jewelry can be tied up, pinned or sewn to grabs.
Instead of Christmas-tree toys to decorate the curtains, you can use ribbons tied with ribbons or whole bunches of cones.
In the new year, curtains can be replaced by a cascade of garlands of Christmas balls and ribbons.
7. Decorate the windowsill ... Christmas stockings
Do you regret that there is no fireplace in a city apartment to decorate it with Christmas stockings for gifts? Do not be discouraged, because instead of a chimney shelf you can use a window sill, gluing small hooks to its end.
8. We paint windows with gouache
If you have a drawing skill, then with the help of gouache you can decorate the windows with a bright or, on the contrary, very delicate pattern. For example, it may be Santa Claus, looking through the windows, a fairytale forest or bullfinches on snow-covered branches. True, gouache is better to use not in its pure form, but mixed with toothpaste or tooth powder. Here are a couple of tips on painting the window with gouache:
- To get delicate colors and halftones, toothpaste is best mixed not with gouache, but with watercolor.
- If you have planned a complex pattern, it is best to use a stencil or template (the template is best glued to the back of the glass).
- To erase the picture from the window, first go over it with a dry cloth or a non-rigid scraper - this will remove the top layer of paint and speed up the washing of the glass.
9. Dressing the window with a homemade garland
How to make a garland of volumetric snowflakes, fluffy pompons, pine cones, paper balls and holly leaves, felt flags and even pasta with your own hands in this article. In the meantime, we suggest drawing ideas for decorating the window with homemade garlands in the next selection of photos.
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An interesting article, beautiful ideas, but I would not decorate the windows; But if you decorate the window sill or hang the decorations from the bottom of the window, then nothing will interfere. But decorating an apartment is a great idea! I usually hang Christmas decorations, balls, look the most on New Year's!
if snow is waiting for me, like manna from heaven, but it is not there and not ... .. just like in our city, just the pictures inspire and bring closer the “spirit” of Christmas ...
To each his own as they say)))