Going into any store before the New Year, you can see a huge variety of Christmas tree decorations. Of course, it is easier to buy beautiful garlands and balls, but if the family has a small child, you can make decorations for the forest beauty with him. It will be useful for parents to learn how to decorate a Christmas tree for the New Year 2017, involving a child of any age in this activity.
How to decorate a Christmas tree in 2017 with your child
You can start with simple frost on the branches. It can be done in two ways - the first is interesting for preschoolers, and even schoolchildren will be delighted with the second. First you need to find beautiful branches of any trees, cover them with glue and sprinkle generously with styrofoam. Even a kid can do this simple option (of course, with the help of parents). The second version of frost on branches requires a little chemical process. In a large saucepan in hot water, dilute 1-1.5 kg of salt. When the salt has dissolved and the water has cooled down, you can lower the spruce branches into the pan. They must stay in the water for several hours. After that, the branches are taken out, dried and salt crystals miraculously appear on their surface. A great addition to a beautiful Christmas tree or an element of independent compositions.
DIY Christmas tree decorations
For the next type of decoration, you will need sweets, fruits, nuts and cookies. They can be wrapped in foil or pretty paper for gift wrapping. You need to make such Christmas tree decorations as much as possible, because every time passing by the Christmas tree, it will be difficult to resist and not eat something tasty. Cookies, by the way, can be baked on their own, allowing the child to give him New Year's forms with the help of molds - snowflakes, Santa Claus, Christmas trees, gnomes. Be sure to highlight a part of the test solely for the child's fantasies and creativity, and to make it more fun and colorful, let him experiment with natural dyes - beetroot, parsley or carrot juice.
Preparing for the New Year 2017 with your child
For the development of motor skills, the joint production of a garland is perfect. In the process, you cannot do without perseverance. You will need colored paper for the garland, but you can also paint the white sheets in the colors that the child likes best. The action is simple: strips are cut and glued into rings in a chain of any length. You can add paper lanterns to the chain.
From cotton wool or tulle mesh, you can make a weightless decoration that imitates snow. Neat lumps are formed from cotton wool and strung on a thread or fishing line, and from tulle - small accordions (5x5 cm). This garland can be used to decorate any part of the house.
DIY Christmas tree decorating ideas
Suitable for creativity and egg shells. The contents of them must be carefully removed through miniature holes, and then kept in a saline solution so that future toys do not crumble in your hands. When the shell is ready, you can start creating, using paints to transform it into any animals or fairy-tale characters. Suitable for creativity and walnut shells. The main thing in decorating a Christmas tree for the New Year 2017 with your own hands is imagination, so do not limit the child and let him create.
You can complete the decoration of the forest beauty with bows. The sizes of bows can be very different, as well as their colors.
And do not forget that the New Year 2017 will be held under the auspices of the Rooster, so there should be images of him on the tree - made of felt, in the form of appliqués, gingerbread and so on.
