All about New Year's lanterns

Winter, New Year's Eve atmosphere is the most magical time of the year. Decorating a house today is not just something - the abundance of options makes you puzzle over the choice of decor. But traditions almost always win, at least partially. Christmas lanterns are one of those cute, win-win traditions.

Decoration in the form of lamps came into fashion in the 19th century. It is the street lamps that have come to be associated with a winter fairy tale - a snowy evening, the gentle light of lanterns, tranquility and comfort. Therefore, New Year's lanterns in all sorts of variations are present in modern festive decor. If you cannot buy an expensive souvenir, you can make a flashlight yourself - with the current choice of materials for creativity, the result will be impressive.

What decorate New Year's lanterns:

• window area - just put it on the windowsill and give a soft light to households and a little passers-by;
• media zone - on a TV stand, on a coffee table, on the territory near the sofa;
• Desktop - tune in to a working mood with the full presence of a festive mood;
• hallway, area by the mirror - immediately sets the mood for everyone who enters the house.

There are no such bright and at the same time intimate attributes of the holiday: from musical and electric models to lanterns from ordinary cans with the created effect of snowfall. Inside the model there may be Santa Claus or some kind of classic New Year's decoration.

What other do-it-yourself lanterns are for the New Year:

• with LED lighting or a garland inside;
• with snow, a blizzard - you need artificial snow and a couple more tricks;
• with a luminous figure of a snowman;
• lanterns in the form of a floor vase with sequins;
• in the form of a ball;
• decorative lanterns made of cardboard, colored paper;
• paper, antique-style street lamps.

And this is only part of all the ideas. There is no need to reject the simplest options in advance - paper lanterns. Their brevity, fragility and some reference to childhood will only emphasize the comfort and warmth of the New Year's environment.

Using templates and diagrams, it is easy to make flashlights that outwardly seem "unapproachable". For example, beginners will love the idea of ​​a cute tissue paper Christmas lamp.

Here's a step-by-step guide.

1. Put 2 sheets of tissue paper on top of each other, folding them in half lengthwise. The fold must be ironed.
2. After that, the paper needs to be unfolded, collected without dividing into sheets in an accordion of folds. The depth of the fold is approximately 1.5 cm.
3. If you want to make the flashlight smaller, trim the edges of the accordion at an equal distance from the center. Then unfold and turn the paper so that the convex side of the median line faces the table.
4. You need to take a needle with a dense thread threaded into it. Re-assemble one side of the sheet into an accordion by pulling the thread through the paper. Tie the ends so that the circle comes out closed.
5. On the other side of the sheet, do the same.
6. Distribute the folds over the entire circumference, connect the edges of the sheet with double-sided tape.

Flashlight is ready!

And one more instruction, with the help of which anyone can make a beautiful flashlight (it can become a candlestick if you put a candle inside instead of a garland). By the way, a fishing "firefly" can become a luminous element in a flashlight.

To make it you need:

• a jar suitable in size;
• acrylic medium;
• salt;
• glue (if not a thermal gun, then any adhesive composition of strong fixation);
• sponge or hard brush;
• scotch tape, wire, twine and tape;
• any suitable decor elements.

The manufacturing process consists of specific steps.

1. A medium is applied to the jar, it needs to be allowed to dry for about an hour.
2. A varnish is applied to the surface with a sponge, which also dries.
3. The area of ​​the jar where there should be less snow is glued with tape. And again the remaining space is varnished.
4. Until the varnish has dried, you need to quickly sprinkle the salt by dipping the wet layer of the jar into it.
5. When everything is dry, the future New Year's lamp is ready to be decorated. Wire the neck of the jar with wire several times. Then you need to make the handle of the flashlight, attach it to the neck.
6. Wrap the neck of the jar with twine, attaching spruce branches under it. Further, it all depends on the author's imagination - berries, ribbon, beads, even small spruce balls can decorate this craft.

Any safe, light-giving element can be placed inside the resulting snow-covered flashlight. The handle of the product can be wrapped with beautiful thread, braid, lace.

For information on how to make a New Year's lantern from a can, see the video.

From words to pleasant visuals. With such examples, you can get inspired and arrange a whole workshop at home for the manufacture of New Year's lanterns.

• Cute stained glass lanterns - it does not seem at all that this is just a craft, and not a store product. It's nice to receive such a flashlight as a gift.

• You can make such lamps quickly., from them you will get a bright, very festive garland that will lift your spirits.

• Whole New Year's composition to create home comfort in no time.

• Decorative lanterns - they do not shine, but they set the tone for the design of the house. An interesting solution for a children's room.

• A story about resourcefulness and simplicity, which is only welcome in 2020.

• Another simple solution that looks cozy, very home-like, - and in the kitchen, such lamps will look especially appropriate.

• Lanterns in the form of houses - a win-win and, of course, a classic of the genre.

• Openwork lanterns are all from the same cans - a nice option for delicate interiors.

• Even the smallest in the family can contribute to the Christmas decoration of the house.

• Stained glass lamps from self-adhesive paper and jars, which are easy to find on the farm.