All about New Year's topiary

New Year's topiary is a festive decoration with which you can add unusual accents to the design of a house or apartment. Such compositions are very popular in the USA and Europe, and in Russia such decor is just coming into fashion. A detailed master class for beginners will tell you how to make a Christmas tree, a wreath and other topiary for the New Year with your own hands.

New Year's topiary - a variant of a festive composition using elements of natural origin. These compact artificial trees have a neat crown of a strict geometric shape - by analogy with the landscape art of the same name. They can be made literally from any available materials: from coffee beans to shells. The composition is always based on natural materials - tree branches, sometimes moss, the rest depends only on the theme and imagination of the author.

New Year's topiary usually have a white background, are decorated with all kinds of sparkles, balls, tinsel, ribbons... Sometimes they are made edible: from tangerines, sweets. Modern trends also allow the creation of non-canonical variants of the crown - in the form of a cone. Such compositions can replace a miniature Christmas tree. However, classic spherical topiary compositions are also quite popular - they decorate window sills and bedside tables, complement the design of the festive table.

Each holiday decoration has its own secrets. New Year's topiary is also created according to certain rules.

1. Careful observance of proportions. Topiary always has 3 main elements - base, trunk and crown.It is important that the latter is always the most voluminous - this will allow maintaining the correct proportionality. With an increase in the dimensions of the product, the crown should still be larger than the base.
2. The correct choice of material for the crown. Foam balls, polyurethane foam or a floral sponge are considered the most convenient to work with. You can also assemble the base from pieces of foam plastic - they are connected with glue, forming a version of the crown as close as possible to a spherical version.
3. Good hold. The base for the New Year's topiary must be heavy and stable. It is optimal if it is a clay or plastic flower pot with a wide, even base. To make it heavier, it is filled with coins, stones, you can pour alabaster or gypsum after installing the trunk of the future topiary. From above, such a base is decorated with fabric, stones, tinsel or sparkles.
4. Strong support. The trunk of a topiary composition looks best if it has an irregular geometry, a complex shape. Branches of trees, small river driftwood help to achieve this effect. In the absence of natural material at hand, you can use popsicle sticks or barbecue skewers, straws and other improvised means.
5. Adhesive bonding. So that the topiary does not crumble, it is imperative to firmly fasten its elements. For this, a safe PVA glue or a special thermo-gun with melting rods is selected - with their help, the finished composition is sufficiently strong. Toxic compounds for instant gluing, as well as silicate glue, are not suitable for the formation of New Year's topiary.

There are many ideas for creating original compositions in topiary style for the New Year. Among the available options for crafts, it can be difficult to choose just one. An overview of the most relevant ideas will help you make the final decision. For example, a sisal tree looks interesting - green or golden. You can make a tinsel wreath in the style of topiary, but it will be much more original to choose one of the following ideas.

• Coffee topiary. It looks elegant and attractive, natural brown grains set off well the bright festive decor. Such a tree is decorated with nut shells, acorns, cones and other rounded elements.

• Mandarin. A bright solution for those who want to practice creating edible compositions. This option is good for a home with small children, but the base will have to be heavier as much as possible, since the fruits are quite heavy. For fastening, tangerines are tied with ribbons or silver threads, and a wire or a hairpin is already fixed to them - it is stuck into a foam base, a floral sponge. You can decorate the composition with cones, spruce branches, green ribbons.

• Lollipop... A bright and festive version of topiary that fits well into the design of a New Year's table or children's room. It is better to choose red-white, rounded lollipops, for the trunk you need to take a straight wooden or plastic stick, if necessary, paint it white or decorate with adhesive tape. The base is made of foam, placed in a pot, decorated with cardboard or other sheet materials. The ball itself is pasted over with a red tape, on top of which the candies are attached.

• From Christmas tree decorations. Such a topiary looks interesting, spectacular and festive - it can easily replace a Christmas tree if there is not too much space in the apartment. This option allows you to decorate a rounded tree with tinsel and sparkles, which will make it as elegant and effective as possible.

DIY an interesting craft for the New Year it will be interesting for both children and adults. You can have a fun topiary decorating competition with friends or family members. A step-by-step master class for beginners will help you figure it out easily.

Given the New Year's traditions, the topiary can be made not only with a spherical, but also with a conical crown. Such a Christmas tree will definitely attract attention, deliver positive emotions. Using coffee beans as a material will be a good gift solution for a person who loves this aromatic drink.

For the manufacture of topiary, you must prepare the appropriate tools. Scissors, a thermal gun or PVA glue, a container for mixing plaster, a stapler. The necessary materials are also in every home or readily available for purchase:

• grain coffee - a standard package of 250 g is enough;
• thick white cardboard A4;
• twine made from natural materials;
• wooden base of the trunk or cinnamon sticks (3 pcs., tied together);
• sackcloth;
• gypsum for filling the mold;
• compact flower pot;
• newspaper sheets or cotton wool;
• decor for decoration - ribbons, beads, tinsel.

The process of creating a decorative mini-tree is quite simple. You just need to follow the detailed step-by-step instructions.

1. Fill the pot with liquid plasterpre-mixed with water, fix the selected base in the desired position. Wait until the composition hardens. Then decorate the pot and the bottom of the trunk with burlap, simply wrapping it and tying it with twine.
2. 1 circle with a radius along the height of the future crown is cut out of cardboard. Rolls up into a tight cone, glued or connected with a stapler. Another 1 circle is drawn along the diameter of the base, a slightly larger size, it is notched at the edges, a hole for the trunk is formed in the center.
3. The finished crown should be filled with cotton wool or crumpled newspapers to increase its elasticity and density. Then fix it on the barrel, glue it to the bottom. You can also just take the finished foam cone.
4. The crown and trunk are abundantly covered with glue, wrapped with twine. If a thermal gun is used, winding must be done immediately after applying the composition.
5. On the surface of the crown, after the glue dries on the threads, coffee beans are attached. It is necessary to observe the staggered laying order, fix the trim with the flat side to the base. It is advisable to try to leave as small gaps as possible. The second layer of grains is glued on top of the first, with the already convex side inward.
6. Next, you need to fix the decor... You can fix decorative tinsel, beads, rhinestones, star anise stars on the Christmas tree.

Quite a simple master class for making topiary with a spherical crown. For a finished tree, its diameter will be 20 cm, the height of the structure will be 42 cm.

For the manufacture of this topiary, fairly simple but effective materials are used. Among the required components:

• alabaster or gypsum for pouring the base;
• foam ball with a diameter of 15 cm;
• thermal gun and rods for it;
• scissors and brushes;
• acrylic paint of white or bronze color;
• crushed stone to fill the bottom and a pot of a suitable size;
• 20 ice cream sticks (curly or regular);
• material for winding the crown;
• a branch for a trunk with a length of 30 cm;
• decor - chestnuts, walnut shells, acorns, peach pits, star anise stars;
• dark pasta of various shapes;
• sisal of a truffle shade;
• pieces of ribbons of chocolate, snow-white, bronze tones, white organza;
• half beads;
• rattan balls - 4 pieces, 3 cm in diameter;
• berries in bunches.

The procedure for assembling a decorative New Year's topiary.

1. Preparing the pot. It is pasted over with ice cream sticks, a plastic lid is fixed at the bottom, the outside is painted with white acrylic, and you can make a silver spray from a can on top. A bow is tied outside.
2. Preparation of decor and trunk. They are colored with bronze acrylic pigment. The trunk is inserted into the pot, fixed with plasticine, poured and fixed with plaster. It will take 24 hours for the mixture to fully cure. A padding polyester "snow" is laid at the base, the same decor is attached to it as on the crown.
3. Preparation of the base. The ball is pasted over with a cloth (you can wrap it with twine, knitting threads), a prepared decor is attached on top of it - it is better not to follow a clear pattern, try to diversify the design. First, large materials are attached, then the remaining gaps are covered with small elements. The last layer is foam balls or white beads.

• Handmade topiary made of bright balls. A spectacular tree looks attractive and bright, perfect for placement in a children's room. The composition is decorated with bows and bells, artificial snow.

• Topiary magnets look pretty interesting. The combination of green pine needles and golden balls with cones looks very elegant and festive.

• The original Christmas tree topiary made of nylon ribbons and blue balls - stylish replacement for the holiday tree.

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