New Year's wreath of cones. Wreath of cones: master class

The tradition of hanging on the door or the New Year windowa wreath of cones and spruce branches came to our country from Europe. For Western culture, this decoration is a symbol of Christmas, joy and hope for happiness in the new year. In Russia, this element of decor has no religious connotations. But he creates a festive mood and makes dreams about the imminent fulfillment of all desires. From our article you will learn how to make a wreath of cones with your own hands and draw your luck into your house. Perhaps, the creative process will capture you so that you decide to make an unusual gift to your friends, acquaintances and colleagues at work.

A classic wreath of cones. Master Class

Making a New Year's decor for home is verya pleasant and joyful process. Put in it your love for close people and feel how everyone around you becomes kinder. To make a wreath of cones, we need the following materials:

• Sheet of cardboard.
• Several old newspapers or kraft paper.
• Scotch.
• Spruce branches or voluminous tinsel of green color.
• Plastic red balls of different sizes, large decorative snowflakes, ribbons and beads.
• Fir cones.
• Walnuts and walnuts, rose hips.
• Water-based matte paint.
• Scissors.
• Glue gun.

We make the basis

To begin with, we decide how much will be readywreath of cones. To make the decoration look harmonious, multiply the size of the inner diameter by 1.6 and get the size of the outer one. When the calculations are done, cut out the round blank from the cardboard. To give the future wreath volume, we take the paper and crush it with our hands. Apply the resulting bundle to the cardboard ring and attach it around the circle with scotch tape. Cut off all unnecessary scissors. Some masters prefer to use a stem of twigs or twigs, which are connected by twine and twisted into a ring.

Fix spruce branches

If you want your wreath of cones to rejoiceyou till the spring, then use for its design the twigs of Nobles (this is a sort of spruce). Otherwise, the Christmas decoration very soon will lose its beautiful appearance, and you will have to constantly remove the crumbling needles. If you do not find the right flower material in the nearest flower shop, do not be discouraged. It can be replaced with bulk tinsel, which is sold in any supermarket. So, with the help of a glue gun attach the branches to the base. Also you can use the staples or the whip - if you do everything neatly, then the appearance will not be affected at all.

Decoration

Usually a Christmas wreath of cones is decorated in red and white, and we will do exactly the same:

• We take bright Christmas balls, gently break off the leg and place them at the same distance from each other.
• In an arbitrary order, we glue snowflakes on it.
• With the help of small red balls (you can use fillers for gifts) and thin wooden sticks, you make an imitation of the branches of x-rays. We supplement them with our composition.
• We paint nuts with white paint in two layers and glue them to the branches.
• The hips are glued together so that small bunches are obtained, and place them next to the balls.
• Spruce cones are cleaned and dyed their tips in white - it must appear that they are powdered with snow. Using hot glue we attach them to the wreath in any order.

Finishing touch

We take beautiful ribbons of white and red color,wrap them branches and finish the work. Such a wreath of cones and spruce branches will look great on the doors of your house. And you can take a large candle in a white-white color, put it in the center of the circle and decorate the resulting holiday table with the composition.

Snow white wreath of cones. Master Class

We suggest you make another original decoration that will help create a festive atmosphere in an apartment or a country house and cheer up its inhabitants. We will need:

• Thin long branches of a bush.
• Fir cones.
• Plastic toys.
• A ball of white paint or artificial snow.
• Hair spray.
• Sequins.
• Garden shears and wire.

Getting Started

• Twist the branches into a circle of the correct size and reliablyfasten them with wire. Cut off all the excess with scissors and paint the base in white. Do not get your hands dirty, use rubber gloves.
• Cover the cones with a hairspray and immediately apply them with sequins.
• If you want, you can make a wreath with silver ribbons, bows or beads.
• When the paint dries, attach the Christmas tree toys and cones to the base.

Custom Jewelry

A wreath of cones can be decorated with dozens of differentways. Someone prefers his traditional version, and someone approaches the process of creating a New Year's decor with a sense of humor. For example, some people decorate a wreath with dried orange slices, shells, wine stoppers, tea bags, coffee filters and other waste materials. But we suggest you build a special, sweet wreath of cones. How to make another gift for children for Christmas? To do this, you should prepare the following materials:

• Cardboard.
• Foam rubber sheet.
• White bandage.
• Spruce or pine cones.
• Plastic balls of different size and color.
• Chocolate sweets in wrappers.
• Ribbons, beads and bows for decoration.
• Scissors, double-sided scotch tape.

Operating procedure

• First, make a round base of cardboard and glue foam on it. Carefully, with scissors, level the edges.
• Take a normal medical bandage and wrap them a future wreath so that there are no gaps.
• Apply spangles to spruce cones using a spray can. Place them evenly over the entire circumference, leaving enough free space. Next, glue bright plastic balls and ribbons.
• We proceed to the most responsible and pleasantmoment: choose light candy, which in form resemble a truffle. We glue the double-sided adhesive tape to the bottom of our sweets and in an arbitrary order attach them to the wreath. Try to fill them with all the free space.
• To wreath was lush, spread out the tops of candy wrappers and wrap silvery rain or tinsel around candies.
• Add a New Year's wreath of cones and candiessoft toys and small gifts. Remember that the kids will be happy to eat an available treat and check every day whether Santa Claus brought them another bauble. Therefore, be ready to regularly replenish the thinning with new sweet elements.

We hope that you will find our advice useful, andThe original wreath of cones will decorate your door during the long holiday holidays. In addition, you can always make an unusual gift to your friends and relatives, adding it, for example, with a bottle of champagne or good red wine.