From snowflakes to dragon: what New Year decorations can be made from paper

Paper creations for the New Year using the origami technique look especially stylish – just look at this dragon! You can simply put it on a shelf or turn it into a New Year’s toy by adding a cord to the figure. Please note: a dragon made of colored paper will look more impressive if it fits into the palette you have chosen to decorate the Christmas tree.

Most often we make flat snowflakes from paper, but what about three-dimensional snowflakes? You can’t glue them to glass, but imagine how beautiful they will look if you hang them from wires of different lengths on a cornice! By the way, you can make such snowflakes from colored paper – so they will complement the interior.

If you are a fan of shabby chic style, then you will definitely like these paper Christmas decorations for your home. Who knew muffin tins could be so beautiful?

If you plan to do needlework with the whole family, pay attention to these New Year’s crafts for children – making this funny deer is very simple (but finding a craft pouch in the “right” color is already more difficult).

It seems that it is impossible to make such New Year decorations with your own hands – they look so impeccable and expensive. However, the bulky star “like in IKEA” is not so difficult to make.

Paper balls for decorating a Christmas tree look especially beautiful if you collect them into a garland, and you can never have too many garlands! It doesn’t matter where you hang this decor – on the Christmas tree, on the cornice or on the door: it will be a great addition to the New Year’s decoration of your home.

Paper angels for the New Year tree are one of the classic and at the same time easiest decorations to make. All you need is paper, glue, scissors, a ruler and a simple pencil.

Why not make a paper garland for the Christmas tree in the shape of… the tree itself? To get something like this you will need hemp rope, green paper, a few freebies in the evening and a good New Year’s comedy in the background.

Chain garlands are perhaps the simplest crafts to make from colored paper for the New Year. That’s why they don’t like them – they look too primitive and even cheap. But there is a way to make it a great wall decoration – look how beautiful the chains look when you have a lot of them – they immediately turned into a luxurious and elegant decoration that completely changed the look of the room.

Paper flowers are not particularly suitable for Christmas decorations, but there is one exception: the poinsettia. It looks very Christmassy, ​​and these paper Christmas tree decorations are pretty easy to make.

A collection of paper figures for New Year’s decorations would be incomplete without Santa Claus! Try to make it using the origami technique – this way you will not have to worry about ruining the toy when you finish drawing a face on a New Year’s paper craft, because putting three points is very simple.

Some paper crafts for the New Year are so elegant that you won’t even guess what they are made of. For example, the source of this elegant sculpted ball was a regular toilet paper roll!

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