The New Year's table is the same main attribute of the holiday as the tree. And so that the picture on the countertop differs from that for other celebrations, it is recommended not only to prepare symbolic winter dishes, but also to decorate in a special way. We suggest you familiarize yourself with how to make a New Year’s table decor with your own hands.
Distinctive features of New Year's decor
How to decorate a New Year's table in a special way? Decor can be made completely different using a pair of large thematic objects or many small ones. Here is a small list of attributes of the New Year's decoration of the table:
- artificial or real Christmas bouquet placed in the center of the table;
- thematically decorated candles and candlesticks;
- natural materials (cones, mountain ash, sprigs of pine or spruce and so on) that are involved in table setting;
- small Christmas trees made by oneself;
- various Christmas decorations, such as balls, rain, serpentine, tinsel and the like.
The easiest options for decorating the New Year's table - candles
Most people put candles on the New Year's table. But usually the choice falls on the most common options. If you are not going to decorate the countertop with anything else than candles, then it is they who must convey the solemnity of the night. There is nothing easier than creating with them the decor of a New Year's table.
Master class on creating a thematic candlestick for the New Year:
- Prepare a few small cans and candle pills. The diameter of the hole should be slightly larger than the diameter of the bottom of the candle. You will also need bumps, twine, salt, artificial snow, lace, a glue gun.
- Close the top of the jar with a piece of lace, making a "skirt". Fasten the edges of the tape with a glue gun.
- Tie the twine from above to lace. Its ends can be glued or tied into a bow.
- Use a glue gun to glue a couple of cones on top of the twine.
- Prepare some artificial snow in a container (for example, in a plate).
- Take a wooden stick or any other similar tool, collect some artificial snow and decorate with it the wings of the cone and the top of the jar.
- Pour two to three tablespoons of salt inside the can. It should not only cover the bottom, but also reach a height of about three centimeters.
- Gently place the tablet candle inside on the salt.
- Let the whole composition dry.
Similarly, you can make a few more candlesticks using another material. For example, instead of cones, you can take fir branches.
Table Christmas tree
Herringbone can serve as decoration not only of the room, but also of the countertop. Such crafts will be especially relevant if the living tree is not in the same room as the New Year's table. The decor of the Christmas tree you can think of absolutely anyone. We suggest that you make the least costly option for materials and efforts, but which will look very nice on the table.
To create a table Christmas tree, you need scissors, thick paper, glue, napkins, and tape.
Operating procedure:
- Cut out a circle from thick paper.
- Scissors cut a circle along the radius.
- Fold the cone, and secure its edges with tape.
- Take one napkin and make a fan out of it.
- Glue the part down onto the cone.
- Make a few more such fans and stick them around the cone one above the other.
- When the bottom row is ready, do a few more in the same way until you get the Christmas tree.
The decoration for the table is ready.
Themed table setting
It should be noted that it is not only the New Year's table that should be decorated. Decor is also required for plates, appliances and glasses. To make them beautifully designed, you will also not need much effort.
For example, take a napkin in red or a color that matches your decor, a wide green ribbon, artificial leaflets, natural little cones and rowan berries. To hold the parts together you need a glue gun. Carefully fold the napkin into an accordion, and put one set of cutlery (spoon, fork and knife) on top of it. Take the tape and cut a piece that can cling to a napkin with devices. Fasten the ends of the tape with a glue gun, and glue a couple of leaves, cones and berries on the seam. Put the resulting ring on a napkin. Thus, you can very easily and quickly create your own New Year's table setting.
What about champagne?
Recently, it has become popular to decorate a bottle with some outfit. To be original, we offer you the following master class on how to beautifully arrange champagne on a New Year's table. The decor in this example will consist of water and berries.
So, take two containers - one slightly larger in diameter than a bottle of champagne, the other significantly larger (Pictures 1 and 2). Fill the smaller container with something heavy and place it in the center of the larger one. Pour water into a wide container, and sprinkle berries on top (picture 3). It can be frozen strawberries, cherries, cherries or simple mountain ash. Put everything in a refrigerator or freezer, if possible. The water in the structure should completely freeze. When the liquid turns into ice, remove the lump from a large container, and instead of a small one that was in the center, put a bottle of champagne.
Place the whole composition in a special bowl so that the melting water does not wet the tablecloth on the table.
Ideas for New Year's table decor
You can decorate a countertop in different ways: based on materials, a color palette of preferences. If the interior already has a lot of holiday attributes, then you can decorate the table as follows: lay a white tablecloth, and put red napkins on top, put a beautifully decorated bottle of champagne, beautifully set plates and appliances.
What else creative to come up with, how to decorate a New Year's table? Tabletop decor may look like this. Instead of napkins, carved large snowflakes are placed under the plates, the glasses are additionally decorated with ribbons or sparkles, in the center of the table is placed one large New Year's composition or several small ones around the table. That is, it is necessary to make several bright accents in the decor.